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King Black Dragon

Also called	KBD
Release date	24 September 2002 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	120
XP per kill	2265.5 (and 747.6 experience)
Slayer level	1
Slayer XP	1,104.5
Assigned by	Sumona, Duradel or Lapalok, Kuradal
Always drops	Dragon bones and black dragonhide
Examine text	Was the biggest, meanest dragon around.
Combat stats LP Max hit 45,000 821+ (melee), 4,205+ (Dragonfire) without an anti-dragon or dragonfire shield) Attack Defence Ranged Magic 60 60 60 60 Other Immune to Poison? Immune to Stun? No Yes Attack Speed Speed 8 (Interval: 1.2 seconds) Aggressive? Poisonous? Yes Yes (100) Attack styles Weakness Melee Magic Dragonfire Nothing

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The King Black Dragon is an enormous, three-headed black dragon. He was the second dragon ever created by one of Kerapac's fellow dragonkin. One decade later, he was released, though he is much easier to kill than any of the God Wars generals. 

The King Black Dragon can also be killed for Slayer if a player's task is black dragons. The bonuses of the Slayer helmet and the dragon slayer gloves apply on this monster if on a Black Dragon task. Players also gain a 10% damage bonus if they choose to travel through the wilderness to get to his lair instead of using the teleport at Edgeville. Players can gain a decent damage bonus on the King Black Dragon if they use all of these bonuses. This boost can be increased with a Dominion marker. He also has a damage cap of 5,000 for a normal attack, and 6,000 on a critical hit. Players should take this cap into account when using Incendiary Shot.

Getting thereEdit

There are two ways that player's can reach the King Black Dragon's Lair.

• Northwest of the Edgeville lodestone is an Artefact. Activating it teleports the player to the lair.
• There is a ladder in level 42 of the Wilderness, near the western part of the Lava Maze. Wilderness Obelisks may be useful in reaching it. Players using this method may want to bring an antipoison for the poison spiders that they will encounter. Entering the lair via the Wilderness will give players a 10% damage boost against the King Black Dragon. Players must be wary of player killers, although the chance of encountering one is slim.

AttacksEdit

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

• Regular dragonfire. (All adult dragons use this)
• Shock-like breath that can reduce your stats. It is suggested that you have 75 defence or higher and good magic defence armour. All stats will be lowered by 1 or 2 points. Super restores should be used but are not required.
• 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 adult dragons, there is no possible way to negate any form of attack except the melee and regular dragonfire. The breaths can deal various damage, though using an Anti-dragon shield and a dose of Antifire or Super antifire will take the damage from the special breaths down to 100. The attack also has a chance to do its special ability.

Normal dragonfire

Poisonous dragonfire

Freezing dragonfire

Shocking dragonfire

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Suggestions for fightingEdit

Main article: King Black Dragon/Strategies

An anti-dragon/dragonfire Shield in conjunction with an antifire potion are essential to fight the King Black Dragon, as without the dragon can hit well over 4,000. Make sure to have both the shield and antifire potion, otherwise the dragon can still hit over 2,000. A combo of an antifire potion, and protect from magic can serve the same purpose, allowing you to use a two handed weapon, like a godsword.

There are no specific levels required to fight this monster, but for players who wish to melee in a team, having a combat level around 140 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. It is also recommended for players to stand on either side of the dragon, causing it to turn around constantly to attack. It is not possible to use a dwarf multicannon - it will be destroyed. Though ranged is a very good way to kill the dragon, it is not the only one - magic is also viable.

DropsEdit

100% dropEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Dragon bones	1	1 Always	2,263
	Black dragonhide	1	1 Always	3,779

CharmsEdit

Charm drop percentages

No charms
25–29%	4–7%	2–4%	61–65%	1–3%

Represents 90% confidence range, based on a sample of 1,274 kills.
4 charms are dropped at a time.

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

WeaponsEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Rune longsword	1	3 Uncommon	18,488
	Rune battleaxe	1	3 Uncommon	24,627

Ammo and runesEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Blood rune	50	2 Common	8,150
	Death rune	50	2 Common	4,650
	Law rune	50	3 Uncommon	9,000
	Mithril arrow	250	3 Uncommon	5,250
	Rune arrow	50	3 Uncommon	9,950
	Runite bolts	25	3 Uncommon	10,000

ArmourEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Rune sq shield	1	3 Uncommon	22,731
	Rune platebody	1	3 Uncommon	38,924
	Dragon helm	1	4 Rare	59,636
	Dragon rider boots	1	5 Very rare [1]	1,285,958
	Dragon rider gloves	1	5 Very rare [2]	1,195,045

Ores and barsEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Adamant bar	1, 5 (noted)	3 Uncommon	3,168–15,840
	Rune bar	1,2 (noted)	3 Uncommon	13,002–26,004
	Silver ore	100 (noted)	3 Uncommon	10,500
	Gold ore	50 (noted)	3 Uncommon	16,650
	Runite ore	3 (noted)	3 Uncommon	31,257

OtherEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	1,000–3,000	2 Common	Not sold
	Yew logs	50 (noted)	2 Common	28,050
	Magic logs	10 (noted)	2 Common	16,240
	Black dragon tail-bone	1	3 Uncommon [3]	Not sold
	Last riders	1	5 Very rare [4]	Not sold
	King Black Dragon heads	1	4 Rare [5]	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Spin ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Court summons	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Clue scroll (hard)	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Draconic visage	1	5 Very rare [6]	1,232,961
	Dragon kite ornament kit (or)	1	5 Very rare [7]	177,178
	Dragon kite ornament kit (sp)	1	5 Very rare [8]	129,350

1. ^ Dropped alongside the common drop.
2. ^ Dropped alongside the common drop.
3. ^ Tail-bone drops only during the Fur 'n' Seek wish list.
4. ^ Last Riders is dropped for everyone in the room when Dragon rider gloves or boots are dropped, unless the player has one in the bank or inventory.
5. ^ Estimated at 1/60 according to player data of 1000 kills as of 3rd February 2013.
6. ^ Estimated at 1/4,754 using gathered Adventurer's Log data as of 18 September 2012.
7. ^ Dropped alongside the common drop.
8. ^ Dropped alongside the common drop.

Rare drop table dropsEdit

This monster drops items from the rare drop table.
The ring of wealth improves the chances if equipped but is not required to access the table.

GalleryEdit

A group of players fighting the dragon as depicted in art.

The king black dragon stuffed head.

Concept art of the updated dragon.

The King Black Dragon statue in a Clan Citadel.

KBD Concept Art.

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TriviaEdit

• The King Black Dragon is a lower combat level than the regular black dragon.
• There is currently a graphical glitch that does not allow the player to see the King Black Dragon's drop when it drops along the edge of the rock in the middle.
• 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, R4ng3rNo0b889 attempts to solo the King, is unable to damage him, and is killed in one hit as he had no visible fire protection.
• The King Black Dragon received a graphical update, along with more refined drops that a player would expect from a high level monster. Before the update, it dropped low-level runes and other various items like iron arrows.
• Despite being a boss dragon, the King Black Dragon's dragonfire can still be blocked with Protection prayers, and the dragonfire is treated as a chromatic variant, which is most likely an oversight from Jagex.
• Despite being a boss monster, for a while after the Evolution of Combat, the King Black Dragon could be tagged (a *). This was later fixed in an update.
• Even if the player goes into the melee range of the King Black Dragon, the King will still do just as many dragonfire attacks on the player as if they were ranging him. This is unusual as most types of dragons tend to use melee more often than dragonfire when they attack a player in melee range.
• Despite being able to poison players, the King Black Dragon can be poisoned. This may be an oversight from Jagex.
• 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.
• A while after the Queen Black Dragon was released, when you killed a King Black Dragon, the Adventurer's log said: "I killed a King Black Dragon, the biggest, meanest dragon around." After it's graphical update the adventurer's log was also changed to "I killed a King Black Dragon, which was once the biggest, meanest dragon around."
• 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.
• The examine text "The biggest, meanest dragon around" wasn't true after Queen Black Dragon was released, as the Queen Black Dragon is much, much bigger than the King Black Dragon. His examine was changed due to this, to 'Was the biggest, meanest dragon around.'
• According to the Third dragonkin journal the King Black Dragon is a failed project of a Dragonkin to copy the Queen Black Dragon that had been created by Kerapac.
• According to the Last Riders book, Hannibus rode the King Black Dragon.
• According to the Last Riders Lore book, Hannibus and some of his fellow Dragonriders were brought to Gielinor by the Empty Lord (Zaros) and two of their last five riders worked with Zamorak to bring down Zaros. This then caused all of them to be hunted as both Zamorakians and Zarosians believed they had betrayed them.