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The King Black Dragon (often abbreviated to "the KBD") is the 27th strongest monster in RuneScape, but it was the strongest monster available to kill when it was released. Recently, the King Black Dragon has lost popularity since most of the loot that it drops may be acquired from monsters that are easier to kill, such as the Giant Mole in Falador Park. He is still fought, however, by clans or individuals looking to pass time or just for the experience of killing it. Additionally, many players choose to kill the King Black Dragon in hopes of receiving a draconic visage. Even though some easier monsters drop similar loot, the KBD drops high-priced items very often so it still can remain a good source of money. The King Black Dragon also has a very high rate drop of crimson charms, comparable to waterfiends and drops 4 of any charm at a time. Due to his stab and, in particular, range weakness the king black dragon can be used as a decent source of charms at higher levels, though rock lobsters and waterfiends are better unless you have a black dragons task.

The King Black Dragon was the highest level monster in the game until 7 September 2004 when it was replaced by the Kalphite Queen. Afterwards, it was the highest level monster in the Wilderness, but it was soon replaced by the Chaos Elemental. Afterwards, it was the highest level dragon but was replaced by the mithril dragon. It is now the highest level dragon in the Wilderness, as well as the highest level chromatic dragon. The King Black Dragon is still the highest level monster in RuneScape Classic.

The King Black Dragon can also be killed for Slayer if a player's task is black dragons.

Contents 1 The King Black Dragon Lair 2 Attacks 3 Suggestions for Fighting 4 Drops 4.1 100% drop 4.2 Weapons 4.3 Arrows and Runes 4.4 Armour 4.5 Ores and Bars 4.6 Charms 4.7 Other 4.8 Rare drop table drops 5 Gallery 6 Trivia

The King Black Dragon LairEdit

The King Black Dragon Lair is a multi-combat area, allowing groups of players to fight him simultaneously. The lair is a level 42 Wilderness dungeon near the Lava Maze (Watch out for PK'ers). The dungeon may be accessed via a ladder in a fenced area on the west end of the Lava Maze containing four Lesser Demons. The ladder leads to an area with poison spiders, and a lever which will teleport the character to the King Black Dragon's lair. The lair itself isn't in the Wilderness, but players are in the Wilderness until they pull the lever. If a player gets teleblocked, they can't pull the lever. Players also do not need to leave via ladder, as teleporting can be used to exit the lair.

It is common to use the obelisks located throughout the Wilderness, which will teleport you randomly to other obelisks in various places within by activating them, one of them being in level 44 Wilderness at the Frozen Waste Plateau, and another one being found south of the Lava Maze, which are both right near the KBD lair. It is worth noting that by using obelisks to traverse the Wilderness, you may come across PKers who could potentially kill, tele-block or poison you. This is especially notable at the obelisk near the Rogue's Castle, as the combat level range is great, it is a multi-combat area and the Chaos Elemental occasionally wanders near Rogue's Castle. Since one of the obelisks is in deep Wilderness, it is very likely you may get poisoned by other players, as well as being teleblocked, preventing you from using the obelisks. Also, the Chaos Elemental CAN come close to the obelisk, so it is highly advised to turn off auto-retaliate when using the obelisks.

AttacksEdit

The King Black Dragon uses melee when fighting and also uses 4 different types of dragon breath attack that have fairly devastating effects, which makes him a well-rounded and difficult foe. His 4 dragonbreath attacks consist of the following:

• Regular dragonfire. (All adult dragons have that)
• Shock-like breath that can reduce your stats. It is suggested that you have 75 defence or higher and good mage defence armour. All stats will be lowered by 1 point.
• Ice breath that can stop players from moving or attacking.
• Poison breath that will deal 80 poison damage. You should bring at least 1 anti poison potion if you want to kill him.

All of these breath attacks can deal heavy damage to unprepared players. Unlike other dragons, such as metallic dragons, there is no possible way to negate all but the melee and regular dragonfire. The breaths can deal various damage, using an Anti-dragon shield and a dose of Antifire or Super antifire will take the damage from the special breaths up to 100. The breath may also have a chance to do their special ability, but this is does not happen all the time. Rangers should take notice of this, as while soloing they will be subject to a large amount of damage of Dragonbane bolts are not used.

Suggestions for FightingEdit

Main article: King Black Dragon/Strategies

An anti-dragon/dragonfire Shield is essential as all dragons can deal well over 500 life points of damage to a player not wielding one (unless you use a super antifire). Using an antifire potion in conjunction with an Antifire shield or a Dragonfire shield completely protects the player from the dragon's breath. There are no specific levels required to fight this monster, but for players who wish to Melee in a team, having a combat level in the mid 80's should be enough and for players who wish to fight using Ranged in a team, having a Ranged level in the mid 60's will suffice for two to three kills if in a two man team with 70+ defence and using ruby bolts (e). If not then ranged level 85+ is recommended.

DropsEdit

100% dropEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Dragon bones	1	1 Always	2,739
	Black dragonhide	1	1 Always	4,898

WeaponsEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Rune longsword	1	2 Common	18,765
	Mithril battleaxe	1	2 Common	861
	Mithril 2h sword	1	2 Common	1,405
	Adamant 2h sword	1	3 Uncommon	3,704
	Adamant hatchet	1	3 Uncommon	669
	Black hatchet	1	3 Uncommon	300
	Rune battleaxe	1	4 Rare	24,561
	Rune 2h sword	1	4 Rare	38,182

Arrows and RunesEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Blood rune	15, 50	2 Common	5,025–16,750
	Death rune	7–50	2 Common	2,709–19,350
	Air rune	105	2 Common	945
	Fire rune	105	2 Common	1,575
	Iron arrow	690	2 Common	5,520
	Earth rune	105	3 Uncommon	840
	Law rune	15,45	3 Uncommon	3,225–9,675
	Steel arrow	150	3 Uncommon	2,850
	Runite bolts	1–12	3 Uncommon	583–6,996
	Nature rune	20–78	4 Rare	2,340–9,126
	Rune arrow	45	4 Rare	8,820

ArmourEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Amulet of strength	1	2 Common	1,206
	Adamant platebody	1	2 Common	9,796
	Rune sq shield	1	4 Rare	22,695
	Dragon helm	1	4 Rare	59,285
	Rune platebody	1	5 Very rare	38,738

Ores and BarsEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Iron ore	100 (noted)	3 Uncommon	16,400
	Adamant bar	1	3 Uncommon	2,104
	Silver ore	100 (noted)	4 Rare	13,400
	Rune bar	1	4 Rare	12,928
	Coal	100 (noted)	5 Very rare	21,800

CharmsEdit

Charm drop percentages

No charms
24–28%	7–9%	3–5%	58–62%	1–2%

Represents 90% confidence range, based on a sample of 1,557 kills.
4 charms are dropped at a time.

Please add to the log (only if 15 or more creatures killed).

OtherEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	1–3000	2 Common	Not sold
	Yew logs	100	2 Common	48,600
	Runite limbs	1	2 Common	9,328
	Shark	4	3 Uncommon	2,348
	Black dragon tail-bone	1	3 Uncommon [1]	Not sold
	Oyster	1	4 Rare	35
	Oyster pearls	1	4 Rare	691
	King Black Dragon heads	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Clue scroll (hard)	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Court summons	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Draconic visage	1	5 Very rare	5,275,073

1. ^ Tail-bone drops only during the Fur 'n' Seek wish list.

Rare drop table dropsEdit

This monster drops items from the rare drop table; the ring of wealth improves the chances if equipped.

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Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price Coins 250; 381; 450; 3,000; 9,000; 12,000 2 Common Not sold Uncut sapphire 1 2 Common 690 Uncut emerald 1 2 Common 1,225 Uncut ruby 1 2 Common 3,029 Loop half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 14,218 Tooth half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 17,354 Uncut diamond 1 4 Rare 11,975 Uncut dragonstone 1 4 Rare 20,913 Dragonstone 1 4 Rare 19,257 Dragon dagger 1 2 Common 17,329 Rune javelin 5 4 Rare 1,260 Adamant javelin 20 5 Very rare 1,140 Rune spear 1 5 Very rare 12,310 Dragon spear 1 5 Very rare 37,134 Dragon dagger 50 (noted) 5 Very rare 866,450 Rune kiteshield 1 5 Very rare 32,422 Shield left half 1 5 Very rare 63,895 Dragon helm 1 5 Very rare 59,285 Adamant bolts 200 3 Uncommon 45,400 Rune arrow 150–200, 500 4 Rare 29,400–98,000 Onyx bolts 150 4 Rare 1,293,150 Battlestaff 200 (noted) 4 Rare 1,486,800 Air orb 1000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,790,000 Fire orb 1000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,948,000 Vecna skull 1 5 Very rare 818,530 Water talisman 1 3 Uncommon 6,450 Earth talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 23,525–32,935 Fire talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 67,350–94,290 Chaos talisman 1 3 Uncommon 361 Pure essence 500–15000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 64,000–1,920,000 Nature rune 47,62–67 4 Rare 5,499–7,839 Soul rune 20 4 Rare 2,640 Death rune 50, 121 4 Rare 19,350–46,827 Blood rune 50 4 Rare 16,750 Nature talisman 1 4 Rare 389 Raw swordfish 125 – 250, 1000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 36,250–290,000 Raw shark 250–500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 131,000–262,000 Big bones 150 – 500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 67,800–226,000 Coal 150–7500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 32,700–1,635,000 Adamantite ore 150–800 (noted) 3 Uncommon 257,100–1,371,200 Silver ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 13,400 Adamant bar 1000–7000 (noted) 4 Rare 2,104,000–14,728,000 Runite ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 1,032,100 Rune bar 1,50,150 (noted) 4 Rare 12,928–1,939,200 Clean ranarr 33 (noted) 3 Uncommon 57,420 Clean toadflax 25–250 (noted) 3 Uncommon 77,900–779,000 Clean snapdragon 30–120 (noted) 3 Uncommon 300,990–1,203,960 Clean torstol 10–100 (noted) 3 Uncommon 324,550–3,245,500 Saradomin brew (4) 250, 2500 (noted) 5 Very rare 2,711,500–27,115,000 Watermelon seed 3 3 Uncommon 4,464 Yew seed 1–50 4 Rare 63,790–3,189,500 Magic seed 1–6 4 Rare 220,780–1,324,680 Palm tree seed 10 4 Rare 860,310 Snapdragon seed 1 4 Rare 40,225 Torstol seed 1–31 4 Rare 254,049–7,875,519 Fellstalk seed 2 4 Rare 3,640 Yew logs 100–20000 (noted) 4 Rare 48,600–9,720,000

GalleryEdit

TriviaEdit

• The King Black Dragon can talk, as seen in A Tail of Two Cats. During the final cutscene he is visited by Bob the Jagex Cat. During the chat between the King and Bob, a range player attempts to solo the King, is unable to damage him, and is killed in one hit as he had no visible fire protection.
• Unlike most dragons, the King Black Dragon has not received the latest graphical update. Mod Wayne has confirmed that the King Black Dragon is soon going to receive a graphic update along with pet dragons, and POH dragons.
• Flametongue, a King Black Dragon that fought during the God Wars, shows that the King Black Dragon may not be the only of his kind.
• In a letter in the Postbag from the Hedge, the King Black Dragon makes references to "The Kin", possibly referring to the Dragonkin .
• The King Black Dragon has a unique melee, dragonfire and death animation unlike the metallic and chromatic dragons.
• It was revealed in the April 2011 BTS that the Kalphite Queen and the King Black Dragon were due to be married on 29 April 2011, to coincide with the wedding of Prince William of Wales and Miss Catherine Middleton in the United Kingdom. However this turned out to be a marketing ploy by Diango

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Chromatic dragons	Green dragon (Brutal) (Daemonheim) • Blue dragon (baby) • Red dragon (baby) (Daemonheim) • Black dragon (baby) (Daemonheim) • Pet dragon • King Black Dragon • Queen Black Dragon
Metal dragons	Bronze dragon • Iron dragon (Daemonheim) • Steel dragon • Mithril dragon
Other	Frost dragon (Daemonheim) • Skeletal Wyvern • Revenant dragon • Elvarg • Mr. Mordaut • K'klik • Tutorial dragon • Three-headed dragon
Dragonkin	Dragonkin • Sakirth • Sithaph • Strisath

Preceded by	Title	Succeeded by
Black Dragon	Strongest monster in RuneScape	Kalphite Queen