Elite rune dragon

This article is about the elite rune dragon. For the normal version, see rune dragon.

ArmouredUnarmoured

Elite rune dragon

Release	15 June 2015 (Update)
Members	Yes
Examine
Its scales seem to be fused with rune metal.
Combat info
Level	LP	XP	XP
130	105,188	5,000	1,650
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
300 / 200 / 100
Aggressive		Poisonous
Slayer
Level	XP	Category
1	3399	Rune dragons
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
2992	2992	2992	11000
Style		Speed
		4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
95 95 95 Accuracy 2765 2765 2765
Defensive
Armour		Weakness
2577	92
Affinities
-	55	45	65
Immunities

? (edit)Versions: 2

Defined properties:

All Life points: 105,188 Life points: 105,188 All Slayer experience: 3399 Slayer experience: 3399 All Combat experience: 5000 Combat experience: 5000 All Release date: 15 June 2015 Release date: 15 June 2015 All Combat level: 130 Combat level: 130 All Is members only: true Is members only: true

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Elite rune dragons are a stronger version of rune dragons, which are found on Mount Firewake, in Kethsi. The completion of the quests Ritual of the Mahjarrat and Fate of the Gods is required in order to access these creatures, and the dragons are accessible through the World Gate. They won the first RuneLabs poll, and were first announced in the June 2015 BTS.

Elite rune dragons appear occasionally while the player is killing regular rune dragons. When one appears, the player is notified with a chat message. The dragon will fight the player only, unless three minutes have passed without the player attacking it, or if they teleport out of the area. When either of the conditions are met, any player can attack the elite rune dragon.

Elite rune dragons share the same mechanics as their normal variants, but boast higher combat stats. Care should be taken in longer encounters during its enrage phase, as they can reach the point of easily killing a player in one hit.

The Kethsi outfit scrolls are only dropped by elite rune dragons. Slayer tasks have no effect on elite rune dragons' drops; thus it is possible to obtain the boot upgrades or Kethsi scroll whilst off-task. It is a guaranteed drop from "Barry the Destroyer", a unique elite rune dragon that has a 1/512 chance of spawning in place of an elite rune dragon. However players will not get a scroll if they already have one in their bank or inventory.

Strategy

Armoured phase

• Starts with 105,188 life points
• Dragonbane ammunition is essential on this phase, as all other attacks, including those of familiars, deal dramatically reduced damage.

Flying phase

• Starts with 69,424 life points. Any attacks during the transition will be reduced to 10% damage.
• The dragon begins flying and becomes immune to melee attacks. Dragonbane is no longer required to deal full damage. In addition, the dragon stops using melee attacks and replaces its standard dragonfire attack with the enhanced version.
• Throughout this phase, the rune dragon may breathe a bright blue plume of enhanced dragonfire, dealing magic damage. This attack cannot be fully blocked by a super anti-fire or wyrmfire potion, and will deal a minimum of 450 magic damage. However, if the player is far enough from the dragon, a small cloud appears under the player indicating the enhanced dragonfire is being used and can be avoided by moving away from it.

Enrage phase

• Starts with 34,712 life points. Any attacks during the transition will be reduced to 10% damage.
• The rune dragon gains a faint blue aura about its head crest after landing, indicative of this phase beginning.
• It is again possible to attack the dragon with melee.
• The dragon gets stronger with every attack. It stops using enhanced dragonfire and returns to standard dragonfire. It also starts using its melee attacks again.

Drops

100% drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Reinforced dragon bones	1	Always	21,881
	Rune bar	1	Always	2,985

Charms

No charm
29–33%	11–14%	20–23%	28–31%	5–7%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 1,678 kills. 4 charms are dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	34,000–45,000	Common	34,000–45,000
	Rune platelegs	1	Common	37,002
	Rune chainbody	1	Common	29,002
	Rune kiteshield	1	Common	30,650
	Dragon longsword	1	Uncommon	56,212
	Off-hand dragon longsword	1	Uncommon	55,396
	Dragon platelegs	1	Uncommon	160,990
	Dragon plateskirt	1	Uncommon	164,077
	Runite ore	6 (noted)	Common	8,514
	Rune bar	3 (noted)	Common	8,955
	Runite bolts (unf)	70	Common	13,510
	Uncut dragonstone	5 (noted)	Uncommon	60,385
	Black dragonhide	14 (noted)	Uncommon	48,748
	Onyx bolt tips	16	Common	113,712
	Rare drop table	1	Rare	Not sold
	Steadfast scale	1	Rare (1/588)	13,281,692
	Glaiven wing-tip	1	Rare (1/588)	7,908,410
	Ragefire gland	1	Rare (1/588)	578,526
	Draconic visage	1	Rare (1/512)	1,187,911

Tertiary drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Kethsi ring	1	Rare	Not sold
	Kethsi outfit scroll	1	Rare (1/200)	Not sold

Rare drop table

This monster has access to the rare drop table.
Luck-enhancing items such as a ring of wealth or luck of the dwarves are not required to access the table.

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	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	250–500	Common	250–500
	Uncut sapphire	1	Common	809
	Uncut emerald	1	Common	2,555
	Uncut ruby	1	Common	1,842
	Uncut diamond	1	Common	4,843
	Uncut diamond	45–55 (noted)	Rare	217,935–266,365
	Loop half of a key	1	Common	11,053
	Tooth half of a key	1	Common	11,538
	Uncut dragonstone	1	Uncommon	12,077
	Uncut dragonstone	45–55 (noted)	Rare	543,465–664,235
	Dragon longsword	1	Common	56,212
	Dragon spear	1	Rare	35,861
	Battlestaff	180–220 (noted)	Rare	542,160–662,640
	Rune javelin	5	Rare	905
	Rune platebody	1	Uncommon	37,480
	Rune platebody	15–25 (noted)	Rare	562,200–937,000
	Shield left half	1	Rare	64,399
	Dragon helm	1	Uncommon	58,601
	Rune arrowheads	113–137	Common	14,916–18,084
	Onyx bolts	135–165	Very rare	1,003,725–1,226,775
	Chaos talisman	1	Rare	1,923
	Nature talisman	1	Rare	1,473
	Water talisman	65–82 (noted)	Rare	164,320–207,296
	Earth talisman	65–82 (noted)	Rare	12,025–15,170
	Fire talisman	25–35 (noted)	Rare	5,225–7,315
	Raw lobster	135–165 (noted)	Common	47,655–58,245
	Raw shark	225–275 (noted)	Uncommon	321,075–392,425
	Big bones	68–82 (noted)	Uncommon	13,804–16,646
	Dragon bones	180–220 (noted)	Rare	384,480–469,920
	Coal	200–1,100 (noted)	Uncommon	22,400–123,200
	Gold ore	90–110 (noted)	Common	52,830–64,570
	Adamantite ore	180–220 (noted)	Uncommon	40,860–49,940
	Adamant bar	14–16 (noted)	Common	24,654–28,176
	Adamant bar	135–165 (noted)	Rare	237,735–290,565
	Runite ore	90–110 (noted)	Rare	127,710–156,090
	Rune bar	3 (noted)	Common	8,955
	Rune bar	45–55 (noted)	Rare	134,325–164,175
	Grimy torstol	90–110 (noted)	Uncommon	485,010–592,790
	Grimy snapdragon	90–110 (noted)	Uncommon	161,010–196,790
	Super restore (4)	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	125,910–153,890
	Prayer potion (4)	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	130,950–160,050
	Lantadyme seed	14–16	Uncommon	10,164–11,616
	Dwarf weed seed	14–16	Uncommon	11,508–13,152
	Magic seed	4	Uncommon	209,856
	Palm tree seed	10	Rare	396,000
	Flax	450–550 (noted)	Common	43,200–52,800
	Molten glass	45–55 (noted)	Common	27,585–33,715
	Soft clay	450–550 (noted)	Uncommon	188,550–230,450
	Yew logs	68–82 (noted)	Uncommon	11,356–13,694
	Yew logs	675–825 (noted)	Rare	112,725–137,775
	Teak plank	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	16,740–20,460
	Mahogany plank	270–330 (noted)	Rare	356,670–435,930
	Blurberry Special	1	Uncommon	12,008
	Vecna skull	1	Very rare*	124,871
	Hazelmere's signet ring	1	Very rare*	1,432,268,388
	Brawling gloves (Melee)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Magic)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Ranged)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Agility)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Cooking)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (FM)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Fishing)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Hunter)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Mining)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Prayer)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Smithing)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Thieving)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (WC)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 1	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 2	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 3	1	Very rare	Not sold

Universal drops

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster outside of Daemonheim.

These drops are dropped alongside main drops.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Key token	1	Rare	Not sold
	Mimic kill token	1	Very rare	5,575

Gallery

Concept art of an armoured rune dragon and rune dragon

A teaser of the former location of the Stone of Jas on Kethsi

Trivia

• Barry the Destroyer, added on 22 June 2015, is a reference to an elite rune dragon nicknamed "Barry" that killed 32 players while stuck in the enrage phase on the day of release.
• On 11 January 2016, the drop rate of the Kethsi outfit scroll was increased from 1/2,048 to 1/200, and was made a 100% drop from Barry.
• On 13 November 2017, the glaiven wing-tip, ragefire gland or steadfast scale drop rate has changed to 1/196 from 1/256.