The dragon defender is the eighth and final defender obtained in the Warriors' Guild, and is held in the off-hand in place of a shield. It is dropped by Cyclopes on the top floor of the Warriors' Guild, but only if the player is wielding or carrying a rune defender or higher. Like all defenders, it allows the use of both dual-wielding and shield abilities, and provides a 3% accuracy boost.
Wielding a rune or dragon defender can cause a Cyclossus to spawn, which has a much higher drop rate of the dragon defender. In addition, using the multi-token option in the cyclopes room increases the chance of receiving a dragon defender as well as encountering a cyclossus.
Some players choose to train combat on cyclopes. They should note that wearing a dragon defender whilst fighting the cyclopes may lead to the summoning of a cyclossus. Many players consider fighting the cyclossus difficult, troublesome, and costly in terms of food. Players who desire to train on cyclopes, but do not wish to confront a cyclossus, should use alternatives such as an off-hand weapon or shield. Also, they may choose to use a two-handed weapon; do note acquiring a dragon defender requires a rune or dragon defender to be wielded or in the player's inventory.
The dragon defender was very popular before the Evolution of Combat, as it was the only off-hand melee weapon in the game. It has since been displaced by ordinary dragon off-hands and stronger weapons like the enhanced excalibur.
If one were to open the loot chest of the Barrows minigame when a dragon defender or better is equipped or in the player's inventory, there is a chance that the corruption sigil may drop, which can be combined with different (new or fully repaired) barrows weapons in order to further upgrade the tier 60 dragon defender to a tier 70 melee/magic/ranged equivalent.
- Combining it with Dharok’s greataxe, Verac's flail, Guthan's spear, or Torag's hammer creates a corrupted defender
- Combining it with Ahrim's staff creates a blighted rebounder
- Combining it with Karil's crossbow creates a tainted repriser
When using the defender in combat, it will randomly block a hit, similar to Saradominist and Zamorakian warpriest armour. This effect was added with the release of Legacy Mode. This has a chance of 1/15, reduces damage by 50%-100% and provides +20% accuracy for the next attack.
The defender reduces the damage of this attack by X.
| Requirements |  | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
60  , 60  | |||||||||||
| Class | Slot | ||||||||||
 Melee |  | ||||||||||
| Tier | Type | ||||||||||
| 60 | Defender | ||||||||||
| Weapons | Main | Off | |||||||||
| Damage | - | 144 | |||||||||
| Accuracy | - | 1132 | |||||||||
| Style | Stab | ||||||||||
| Range | 1 | ||||||||||
| Speed | Fastest (2.4s) | ||||||||||
| Attributes | Damage reduction | ||||||||||
| Armour | 113 | PvM: 0% | PvP: 0% | ||||||||
 Life points | 0 | Style bonuses | |||||||||
 Prayer | 0 |  0 |  0 |  0 | |||||||
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Disassembly
| Disassembly XP | 18.0 |
|---|---|
| Item quantity required | 1 |
| Material count | 8 |
| Base junk chance | 34.0% |
| Possible materials | |
| Often | |
 Base parts | |
 Deflecting parts | |
| Sometimes | |
 Precise components | |
 Subtle components | |
Dropping monsters
- For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.
| Source | Combat level | Quantity | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclossus | 128 | 1 | Common |
| Cyclops | 58; 67 | 1 | Uncommon |
Trivia
- A player can get as many dragon defenders as they wish, however, they must have another rune or dragon defender in their inventory or wielded.
- The dragon defender used the same blade as the dragon scimitar before its third graphical update.
- If killed in red portal clan wars each Dragon Defender turns into 1,000 coins for the killer.
Defenders, reprisers, and rebounders | |
|---|---|
| Defenders | |
| Reprisers |
 Tainted (Augmented) Ancient (Augmented) Kalphite (Augmented) |
| Rebounders |
 Blighted (Augmented) Ancient (Augmented) Kalphite (Augmented) |
| Components |
 Corruption sigil Ancient emblem Chaotic splint Perfect chitin |
