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Dragon platebody
Dragon platebody
Release date 26 November 2008 (Update)
Members? Yes
Quest item? No
Tradeable? Yes
Lendable? Yes
Equipable? Yes
Stackable? No
High Alch 1,056,000 coins
Low Alch 704,000 coins
Destroy Drop
Store price Not sold
Exchange price 7,057,795 coins (info)
Buy limit 10
Examine Provides excellent protection.
Weight 9 kg
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"Dragon plate" redirects here. For the plates that Diango sells, see Spinning plate.
For the Lucky version, see Lucky dragon platebody.
Dragon platebody detail

The Dragon platebody is considered one of the best non-degradable platebodies in the game and is comparable to the Third age platebody and the Bandos chestplate. It requires level 60 Defence to wear. Level 92 Smithing is needed to repair the body from its 3 broken parts, along with 1 million coins for the purchase of a one-use blast fusion hammer. Although creating it requires completion of While Guthix Sleeps, the quest does not have to be completed or even started in order to equip the dragon platebody.

A dragon platebody could be combined with a dragon platebody ornament kit (or) to make a gold-trimmed dragon platebody (or), with a dragon platebody ornament kit (sp) to make a spiky dragon platebody (sp), or with a dragonbone upgrade kit to make a dragonbone platebody. None of these cosmetic enhancements change the stats in any way.

Combat Stats
Type Slot
Unknown edit Torso slot
Weapons Main Off
Damage - -
Accuracy - -
Style - -
Attributes
Defence-icon Armour rating0
Constitution-icon Life bonus+0
Prayer-icon Prayer bonus0
Critical bonuses
Attack-icon0% Ranged-icon0% Magic-icon0%
Dragon armour set (lg) equipped
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A player wearing full dragon armour including a dragon platebody
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Contents

Smithing

File:Smithdragplate.gif
A player forging herself a dragon platebody. Please note that creating one requires three hammer strikes.

The 4 items needed to create the dragon platebody:

Item Price
Ruined dragon armour slice
Ruined dragon armour slice &0000000002723036000000Coins 10000 2,723,036
Ruined dragon armour lump
Ruined dragon armour lump &0000000001230385000000Coins 10000 1,230,385
Ruined dragon armour shard
Ruined dragon armour shard &0000000001697406000000Coins 10000 1,697,406
Blast fusion hammer
Blast fusion hammer &0000000001000000000000Coins 10000 1,000,000
Total price &0000000006650827000000Coins 10000 6,650,827
Dragon platebody
Dragon platebody &0000000007057795000000Coins 10000 7,057,795
Profit/Loss &0000000000406968000000Coins 10000 406,968

Smithing dragon platebodies can be very profitable and can provide a decent smithing experience rate. However, it is difficult to buy the lumps, shards, and slices off of the Grand Exchange, and constantly changing prices may ruin any chances of a large profit.

All 3 pieces of dragon armour are only dropped by tormented demons which are found in the former area of the Stone of Jas inside the Ancient Guthix Temple. This is locked off to players who have not completed While Guthix Sleeps.

After the completion of While Guthix Sleeps, it is possible to unlock the mithril door upstairs near the mithril dragons by using a dragonkin key. This key can be made by using half of the strange key (acquired during the quest While Guthix Sleeps) on a mithril dragon, while both pieces of the key are in the player's inventory. This will fuse the pieces together into the dragonkin key.

Beyond the mithril door are three hanging dragon skulls, rib cages, and a giant orb in the centre. Using fire wave on each head will cause a flame to appear in their mouths and they will be moved towards the orb in the centre.

Once the orb is lit, the player can go back in the Ancient Cavern towards a corner south-west of the brutal green dragons. Up the stairs, the player will find the Dragon Forge. It is here, using a blast fusion hammer purchased from the Foreman at the Blast Furnace for 1,000,000 coins, that the player can fuse together the three parts of the dragon platebody with 92 smithing, originally 99 smithing at its release. The process yields 2,000 Smithing xp.

A boost may be used such as dwarven stout or dwarven stout(m). The Assist System may also be used to create the platebody (also, an assisting player can boost his/her smithing level with dwarven stout or spicy stew).

History

Dragonplatebodyconcept
The dragon platebody concept.

Multiple years before the release of the Dragon platebody, spinning plates were released, joking that "dragon plates" (since the spinning plates had a picture of a dragon) were then available. With Jagex's joke, many players were disappointed and thought it would never be released.

On 2 September 2008, a new banner was released after the Distractions and Diversions update, showing a female character wearing what appeared to resemble a dragon platebody.[1] Also, an image representing the dragon platebody was posted onto the internet by an anonymous user, and resembles the one in the banner.[2]

On an unknown date, long before the platebody was released, Jagex put concept art of what appears to be the dragon platebody in the "Membership benefits" section of their website (shown right). This has since been implemented into the design for the Primal platebody. There is also speculation that the dragon platebody was shown in two news post screenshots. The Clan Wars improvements were accompanied by an image of a player wearing what is believed to have been a dragon armour body, though because the image is so small, it is possible that it was a dragon chainbody. The PvP worlds update, on 3 October 2008, also revealed a screenshot, this time clearer, of what appears to be a player wearing a dragon platebody. Looking closely at the PvP picture, the piece of armour seems to have three horns on its shoulder.

Even after the release of the dragon platebody, players were still not satisfied. They complained the platebody did not look attractive or intimidating enough for such a sought after item. Jagex posted a sticky in the forums to collect feedback on what the dragon platebody should look like. Several weeks later, on 25 March 2009, the new dragon platebody was released, along with an unannounced graphical update of many other pieces of dragon armour.

On 4 August 2010, an update was released: Ornament kits, which allow the user to "trim" their dragon platebody. One side effect of this procedure is that the dragon platebody becomes untradeable until the kit is removed.

Gallery

Trivia

  • The three components of the Dragon Platebody are 16 kg, whereas the completed body is 9 kg.
  • When it was released on 26 November 2008, the starting price on the Grand Exchange was 30 million coins.
  • When the platebody was first released, level 99 Smithing was required to smith the three pieces together. It also was not possible to use the assist system. Within a few days, the requirement was lowered to 92 and the Assist system was opened to use.
  • This is 1 of 2 metal platebodies that do not give a negative Ranged attack bonus, the other one is the 3rd Age Platebody.
  • As of 4 August 2010, this item may be decorated with an Ornament Kit. While decorated it cannot be lent or traded.
  • On 25 March 2009 the Dragon platebody received a graphical update, and again on 6 March 2012, along with several other armours.
  • The Rune Platebody requires 99 smithing to build, yet the Dragon Platebody only requires 92 smithing. This could have many explanations, for example that the forge is much stronger than regular anvils, or that you don't have to make the body's shape from bars, but the actual reason is unknown.
  • The three parts of the platebody do not look they fit together to form the platebody. For example, one piece has a horn, and together they are too small to make the platebody. all three parts resemble body parts of a tormented demon.

See also

References

  1. ^ Head banner possibly including a dragon platebody.
  2. ^ Dragon platebody drawing


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Ornamental/Heraldic

Black platebody (t)Black (t) • Black platebody (g)Black (g) • Black platebody (h1)Black (h1) • Black platebody (h2)Black (h2) • Black platebody (h3)Black h3 • Black platebody (h4)Black (h4) • Black platebody (h5)Black (h5)
Adamant platebody (t)Adamant (t) • Adamant platebody (g)Adamant (g) • Adamant platebody (h1)Adamant (h1) • Adamant platebody (h2)Adamant (h2) • Adamant platebody (h3)Adamant (h3) • Adamant platebody (h4)Adamant (h4) • Adamant platebody (h5)Adamant (h5)
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Dragon platebody (sp)Dragon (sp) • Dragon platebody (or)Dragon (or) • Dragonbone platebodyDragonbone

Rune God

Ancient platebodyAncient • Armadyl platebodyArmadyl • Bandos platebodyBandos • Guthix platebodyGuthix • Saradomin platebodySaradomin • Zamorak platebodyZamorak

Temple Knight

Initiate hauberkInitiate • Proselyte hauberkProselyte

God Wars Dungeon

Bandos chestplateBandos • Torva platebodyTorva

Barrows

Torag's platebodyTorag's • Dharok's platebodyDharok's • Guthan's platebodyGuthan's • Verac's brassardVerac's

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Dragon equipment
Weapons
Melee

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Ranged

Dragon arrow 5Arrows • Dragon arrowheads 5Arrowheads • Dragon dartDarts • Dragon dart tipDart tips • Dragon crossbowCrossbow • Off-hand dragon crossbowOff-hand crossbow • Dragon 2h crossbow2h crossbow

Off-hand

Off-hand dragon battleaxeBattleaxe • Off-hand dragon clawClaw • Off-hand dragon daggerDagger • Off-hand dragon maceMace • Off-hand dragon longswordLongsword • Off-hand dragon scimitarScimitar • Dragon defender inventoryDefender

Armour
Sets

Dragon plate armour set (lg)Plate armour set (lg) • Dragon plate armour set (sk)Plate armour set (sk) • Dragon chain armour set (lg)Chain armour set (lg) • Dragon chain armour set (sk)Chain armour set (sk)

Set pieces

Dragon bootsBoots(dragonbone) • Dragon gauntletsGauntlets • Dragon helmHelm • Dragon full helmFull helm (sp) (or) (dragonbone) • Dragon chainbodyChainbody • Dragon platebodyPlatebody (sp) (or) (dragonbone) • Dragon platelegsPlatelegs (sp) (or) (dragonbone) • Dragon plateskirtPlateskirt (sp) (or) (dragonbone) • Dragon sq shieldSquare shield (sp) (or) • Dragon kiteshieldKiteshield (sp) (or)

Corrupt dragon
Armour

Corrupt dragon helmHelm • Corrupt dragon sq shieldSquare shield • Corrupt dragon chainbodyChainbody • Corrupt dragon plateskirtPlateskirt • Corrupt dragon platelegsPlatelegs

Weapons

Corrupt dragon battleaxeBattleaxe • Corrupt dragon daggerDagger • Corrupt dragon maceMace • Corrupt dragon longswordLongsword • Corrupt dragon scimitarScimitar • Corrupt dragon spearSpear

Lucky dragon equipment
Armour

Lucky dragon full helmFull helm • Lucky dragon chainbodyChainbody • Lucky dragon platebodyPlatebody

Weapons

Lucky dragon clawClaw(Off-hand) • Lucky dragon 2h swordTwo-handed sword

Other

Gloves (dragon)Culinaromancer's gloves 9(dragonbone) (Dragon-coloured gloves) • Broken axe (dragon)Broken axe • Ruined dragon armour lumpRuined lump • Ruined dragon armour shardRuined shard • Ruined dragon armour sliceRuined slice • Shield left halfShield left half • Shield right halfShield right half • Dragon limbsDragon limbs

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