Dragon equipment

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Dragon equipment are some of the most powerful pieces of armour and weapons in Gielinor. All dragon equipment are dark red in appearance, with the exception of dragon darts and dragon arrows.

[edit] Weapons

Dragon weapons are some of the most powerful weapons. Like dragon armour, (except the dragon platebody and dragon square shield) they are not smithable. Most dragon weapons are Pay-to-play only, with the exception of corrupt equipment and require level 60 Attack to wield. All dragon weapons (except for the dragon darts) have special attacks; each weapon has its own abilities and functions. Most dragon weapons require the completion of a specific quest to be wielded. They were created by the Dragonkin, as revealed by Mr. Mordaut in a Postbag from the Hedge. Dragon weapons are very popular with new members with level 60+ Attack, as Lost City is very easy to complete and is an easy pathway to the Dragon longsword and Dragon dagger.

[edit] Dragon weapons in the RuneScape Economy

Since their initial release, dragon weapons have profoundly affected the economy of the game. They have affected the economy for weapons in many ways - specifically runite weapons. At a time runite items were arguably the best in the game, and the introduction of dragon items encouraged players to save for and obtain them instead of runite, reducing demand and causing the prices of those items to fall.

[edit] Current dragon weapons

In order of release:

	Poisonable?	Requires	Exchange price	Release date
Dragon longsword	No	Lost City	69,700 coins update	27 February 2002
Dragon battleaxe	No	Heroes Quest	120,700 coins update	27 February 2002
Dragon spear	Yes		37,196 coins update	Unknown
Dragon dagger	Yes	Lost City	30,200 coins update	25 February 2004
Dragon mace	No	Heroes Quest	31,000 coins update	25 February 2004
Dragon halberd	No	Regicide	195,300 coins update	20 September 2004
Dragon scimitar	No	Monkey Madness	100,200 coins update	29 March 2005
Dragon hatchet	No		2,900,000 coins update	7 November 2005
Dragon 2h sword	No		1,488,267 coins update	20 February 2006
Dragon arrow	Yes	Dark bow	5,840 coins update	11 June 2007
Dragon dart	Yes		633 coins update	11 June 2007
Dragon claws	No		40,000,000 coins update	26 November 2008
Dragon pickaxe	No		14,927,156 coins update	9 September 2009

Dragon arrow and dragon dart tips are actually made from a dragon's talons and not from dragon metal, which may explain why the darts are the only "dragon" item with no special attack. They are the only dragon items that can be made using the Fletching skill.

[edit] Armour

A player getting 60 Defence and gaining the ability to wear dragon equipment.

Dragon armour is considered the next step up from Rune armour. All dragon armour requires level 60 Defence to wear and is members-only.

They are a distinctive dark red in colour and are generally sold at fairly high prices, or are dropped by high-levelled monsters at a low drop rate. Dragon armour is considered one of the highest valued melee armour in the game. The dragon armour items are plate, chain, legs/skirt, full helm/med helm, square shield, boots, gloves/gauntlets. There is a Dragon chain armour set with the medium helm and the chainbody, and a Dragon plate armour set with the full helm and the platebody sold in the Grand Exchange.

It is often debated whether it is cheaper to buy Dragon armour or Barrows equipment, since Barrows equipment requires repairs every 15 hours of combat, though barrows equipment has a much larger Defence bonus than dragon armour does.

None of the Dragon armour or weapons can be made using the Smithing skill, with the exception of the Dragon platebody and the Dragon square shield, which can be made or repaired at level 92 and level 60 Smithing, respectively.

The Dragon square shield is created by combining a Shield left half with a Shield right half on an anvil, which requires level 60 Smithing. Note that the Legends Quest has to be completed to be able to wield or make this shield.

To repair the Dragon platebody, level 92 Smithing is needed, along with a Blast fusion hammer. There are 3 parts needed to repair the Dragon platebody: the Ruined dragon armour slice, the Ruined dragon armour lump and the Ruined dragon armour shard. Players can only smith this in the Ancient Caverns, and 2,000 Smithing experience is gained for this. The Assist System may be used to repair the Dragon platebody.

[edit] Current dragon armour

In order of release:

	Requires	Exchange price	Release date
Dragon med helm		60,700 coins update	21 February 2001
Dragon sq shield	Legends Quest	302,100 coins update	20 August 2003
Dragon chainbody		6,700,000 coins update	7 September 2004
Dragon platelegs		957,500 coins update	17 January 2005
Dragon plateskirt		179,900 coins update	29 March 2005
Dragon gloves (or Gloves)	Recipe for Disaster	100,000 coins (from Culinaromancer's Chest)	15 March 2006
Dragon full helm		19,800,000 coins update	3 July 2007
Dragon boots		445,300 coins update	28 August 2007
Dragon gauntlets		200,600 coins update	9 April 2008
Dragon platebody	While Guthix Sleeps	13,400,000 coins update	26 November 2008

[edit] Non-existent dragon items

Main article: Upcoming updates

Non-existent dragon items are often the subject of Jagex's April Fools jokes. Dragon plates and Dragon kites, released on April Fool's Day, were actually toys that players can buy from Diango in the Draynor Village.

There are several dragon items that have yet to be released. These items include:

[edit] Non-existent dragon weapons

Dragon sword
Dragon warhammer (recently confirmed to be in development in a recent Q&A)
Dragon hasta
Dragon crossbow (recently confirmed to be in development in a recent Q&A)
Dragon bolts (bolts made of dragon metal)
Dragon thrownaxes
Dragon knives
Dragon javelins
Dragon brutal arrows

[edit] Non-existent dragon armour

Dragon kiteshield
Dragon defender

[edit] See also

Corrupt dragon equipment

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