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Steel dragons are powerful dragons made out of metal found in Brimhaven Dungeon, Kuradal's Dungeon and the Fortress of Ghorrock. They can also be bought as a guard for player-owned dungeons (only for the treasure room) for 10 million coins if the player's Construction level is 95 (see Steel dragon (POH)).

Please note that as with all player-owned dungeon monsters that monsters in the dungeon will not drop any items and will not give any experience in combat.

Steel dragons have a chance to drop the famous draconic visage, but as a very rare drop. They can drop rune items, and have an increased chance of dropping dragon platelegs/skirt over its counterparts, the iron and Bronze dragon. However the rune hatchets, maces, and limbs can generate quite a nice profit if high alched, ranging from 8k to 9.6k each.

Contents 1 Weakness 1.1 Melee tactics 2 Cautions 3 Locations 3.1 Kuradal's Dungeon 3.2 Ghorrock 3.3 Brimhaven Dungeon 3.3.1 Brimhaven Resource Dungeon 4 Drops 4.1 100% drops 4.2 Charms 4.3 Weapons 4.4 Armour 4.5 Ammo and Runes 4.6 Other items 4.7 Rare drop table drops 5 Trivia

WeaknessEdit

Like most metal dragons, steel dragons have extremely high defence. Since they are made out of metal, they are fairly weak to magic attacks, so spells like Water Surge or Magic Dart are useful against them. With staves now being 2-handed, the use of Wands is recommended if the player does not have access to Super Antifires.  Anti-fire potions are a must while fighting them if using magic. The spell of a polypore staff is also very effective when used in conjunction with Mystic Might (or if possible Augury) and/or a magic potion; if taking none of these then a high Magic level of at least 85 is suggested. An anti-dragon shield or dragonfire shield will reduce most damage from dragonfire, an antifire potion or antifire mix reduces some dragonfire damage, and an appropriate shield and potion/mix used together negate all damage from dragonfire. With no protection, dragonfire has a maximum hit of 490. With just a shield, it has a max hit of 50. With just a potion/mix, the max hit is reduced a bit to 250 but is still quite high, making it difficult to slay even one steel dragon without taking extensive damage.

Melee tacticsEdit

Steel Dragons are no longer weak to stab, and as such using melee is not advised.  With good enough stats and good gear, it may still be effective.  However magic is best.

CautionsEdit

Steel dragons also have the ability to use their fire breath from a distance, an ability shared with the other metal dragons, Elvarg during the Dragon Slayer quest, brutal green dragons, the King Black Dragon, and frost dragons. Steel dragons can hit up to 229 with melee, and even harder with their breath if the player is not wearing an anti-dragon shield. However, some people bring runes to mage steel dragons while not getting hit at all by standing at least one space away from the dragon's head (being on low detail helps as you can see the floor grid), wearing an anti-dragon shield and drinking antifire potions. It is also possible to range these dragons, as rangers can kill 50 or more dragons in one trip. Players planning to range them should bring several ranging potions and anti-fire potions (usually around five ranging potions and nine anti-fire potions). Rangers should also bring blessed dragonhide armour or black dragonhide armour with several emerald bolts (e). Players seeking to melee steel dragons will need to use prayer potions to kill them effectively (typically about 10-15 per inventory). It is, however, not recommended that players kill these dragons with melee unless all their melee stats are at least level 85. Meleers should use the Protect from Melee prayer; even players with level 99 Defence will otherwise take heavy melee damage. Even with prayer, players should bring two to three pieces of high-level food just to be safe.

It is recommended to put the game setting (under the chat box) on "filter". Otherwise, the message stating that the player's dragonfire resistance is running out may get lost.

LocationsEdit

Kuradal's DungeonEdit

One of the best locations to kill steel dragons (if assigned by Kuradal) is Kuradal's Dungeon, due to its close proximity to a fairy ring and the ferocious ring's bonus in the dungeon. However, cannons cannot be used in Kuradal's Dungeon. Players with at least level 86 and/or 90 Agility will find shortcuts in the dungeon, reducing the time required to reach the dragons. This location is fairly popular and can become crowded with more slayers than there are spawns. There are four steel dragons in this location; the dragons are tightly grouped together, and the area in which they are located is rather small.

GhorrockEdit

The fortress of Ghorrock, at the far north-west corner of the Wilderness is accessible once a certain point has been reached in the Temple at Senntisten, contains several spawns of both iron and steel dragons. Like in Kuradal's Dungeon the two species occupy the same space without mingling, allowing players to kill one type with minimum interference from the other. Steel dragons occupy the north and west sides of the outer courtyard of the fortress. It is within the area where the Stone of Jas' residual effects will boost damage, making it an appealing option. Players using super anti-fire potions are strongly recommended to drink a dose before using any of the entrances.

The fortress can be reached in several ways. The quickest safe way requires completion of Ritual of the Mahjarrat; by using the fairy ring code dkq to the Glacor Cave (gaining the damage-boosting effect of the Stone of Jas energy as well), exiting the cave and running directly north over the Ritual Plateau players can enter the fortress among the iron dragons and run west to the steel dragons. A slower safe option is to go to the dks fairy ring, run north to the canoe at the west edge of the snowy hunter area and then run east from the landing point to enter the fortress from the west.

The other ways to access Ghorrock are from the east side, through the Wilderness. Players with 89 Magic can use Ice Plateau Teleport (Lunar Spellbook) or players with 96 Magic can use Ghorrock Teleport (Ancient Spellbook) to teleport slightly south of the entrance. Those without access to these spells can use the Wilderness obelisks to try and reach the level 44 obelisk and run north-west, although this method is subject to random chance. The final method, and most risky, is to use the Ardougne or Edgeville teleport lever to reach the Deserted Keep and run west past the Mage Arena and Wilderness Agility Course.

Brimhaven DungeonEdit

See Brimhaven Dungeon for how to get there efficiently.

Players who haven't earned Karamja gloves 3 (which do not need to be worn to enter the dungeon) must pay Saniboch 875 coins to enter Brimhaven Dungeon. There are aggressive fire giants, wild dogs, black demons and iron dragons between the entrance and the steel dragon. Players using the pipe shortcut from the red dragons should activate Protect from/Deflect Melee before using the shortcut, due to the risk of being attacked by a black demon immediately upon exit of the pipe.

This location is not recommended for players that have access to any of the other options, due to the low number of steel dragons available.

Brimhaven Resource DungeonEdit

Located within Brimhaven Dungeon, this is a much less crowded location available to players with level 80 Dungeoneering. The Brimhaven Dungeon resource dungeon houses about five steel dragons south of the entrance and about seven iron dragons to the northeast. There is a hammer spawn and an anvil present here, which allows players to smith the bars dropped. Players may be interested in smithing high demand low level ranged ammo, such as steel knives from the regular steel bar drops of the dragons, however the g.e value of these is very low, a better stackable option would be Steel arrowheads as they have a higher g.e value. Mages may be interested in smithing steel platebodies to alch for coins if they have the appropriate Smithing level. There are four anvils in the dungeon, and the steel dragons are close to one of them. Due to the Dragons being non agressive after the EoC update, it is possible to pick up all the bars after each kill and smith them if one wishes to do so

DropsEdit

100% dropsEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Dragon bones	1	1 Always	2,187
	Steel bar	5	1 Always	3,735

CharmsEdit

Charm drop percentages

No charms
33–34%	14–15%	35–36%	14–15%	3%

Represents 90% confidence range, based on a sample of 18,460 kills.
3 charms are dropped at a time.

Please add to the log (only if 50 or more creatures killed).

WeaponsEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Rune hatchet	1	3 Uncommon	7,487
	Rune mace	1	2 Common	8,185
	Rune battleaxe	1	4 Rare	24,667
	Rune 2h sword	1	4 Rare	37,922

ArmourEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Adamant kiteshield	1	3 Uncommon	2,854
	Rune full helm	1	3 Uncommon	20,611
	Rune sq shield	1	5 Very rare	22,766
	Dragon plateskirt	1	5 Very rare [1]	162,803
	Dragon platelegs	1	5 Very rare [2]	164,771

Ammo and RunesEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Blood rune	20	2 Common	3,320
	Rune javelin	7	2 Common	1,785
	Soul rune	5	3 Uncommon	615
	Rune dart	9–12	3 Uncommon	882–1,176
	Runite bolts	2–14	3 Uncommon	756–5,292
	Rune knife	7	3 Uncommon	798

Other itemsEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	470–12,650	2 Common	Not sold
	Steel dragon tail-bone	1	2 Common [3]	Not sold
	Runite limbs	1	2 Common	9,237
	Super attack (3)	1	2 Common	367
	Anagogic ort	20, 40	3 Uncommon	Not sold
	Super defence (2)	1	3 Uncommon	76
	Super strength (1)	1	3 Uncommon	318
	Rune bar	1	3 Uncommon	13,006
	Curry	1–2	3 Uncommon	472–944
	Ferocious ring	1	3 Uncommon [4]	Not sold
	Court summons	1	3 Uncommon	Not sold
	Spin ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Clue scroll (hard)	1	3 Uncommon	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Draconic visage	1	5 Very rare [5]	1,230,658

1. ^ Estimated at 1/543 using gathered Adventurer's Log data as of 18 September 2012.
2. ^ Estimated at 1/531 using gathered Adventurer's Log data as of 18 September 2012.
3. ^ Only during the Fur 'n' Seek wish list.
4. ^ Only in Kuradal's Dungeon
5. ^ Estimated at 1/10,505 using gathered Adventurer's Log data as of 18 September 2012.

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.

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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 1,121 Uncut emerald 1 2 Common 1,741 Uncut ruby 1 2 Common 3,649 Loop half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 7,954 Tooth half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 12,275 Uncut diamond 1 3 Uncommon 7,396 Uncut dragonstone 1 4 Rare 14,574 Dragonstone 1 4 Rare 9,556 Dragon dagger 1 3 Uncommon 17,219 Rune battleaxe 1 4 Rare 24,667 Rune javelin 5 4 Rare 1,275 Adamant javelin 20 5 Very rare 980 Rune spear 1 5 Very rare 11,844 Dragon spear 1 5 Very rare 37,094 Dragon dagger 50 (noted) 5 Very rare 860,950 Rune kiteshield 1 5 Very rare 32,349 Shield left half 1 5 Very rare 65,262 Dragon helm 1 5 Very rare 59,709 Adamant bolts 200 3 Uncommon 17,200 Rune arrow 150–200; 500 4 Rare 29,250–195 Onyx bolts 150 4 Rare 1,296,300 Battlestaff 200 (noted) 4 Rare 1,666,200 Air orb 1,000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,340,000 Fire orb 1,000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,424,000 Vecna skull 1 5 Very rare 133,474 Water talisman 1 3 Uncommon 4,796 Earth talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 19,625–27,475 Fire talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 47,475–66,465 Chaos talisman 1 3 Uncommon 251 Nature talisman 1 3 Uncommon 255 Pure essence 500–15,000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 43,000–1,290,000 Nature rune 47–77 4 Rare 5,264–8,624 Soul rune 20 4 Rare 2,460 Death rune 50; 121 4 Rare 93 Blood rune 50 4 Rare 8,300 Raw swordfish 125 – 250; 1,000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 36,375–291 Raw shark 250–500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 245,500–491,000 Big bones 150 – 500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 66,150–220,500 Coal 150–7,500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 40,800–2,040,000 Adamantite ore 150–800 (noted) 3 Uncommon 218,850–1,167,200 Silver ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 11,000 Adamant bar 1,000–7,000 (noted) 4 Rare 3,242,000–22,694,000 Runite ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 1,046,100 Rune bar 1,50,150 (noted) 4 Rare 13,006–1,950,900 Clean ranarr 33 (noted) 3 Uncommon 73,359 Clean toadflax 25–250 (noted) 3 Uncommon 95,225–952,250 Clean snapdragon 30–120 (noted) 3 Uncommon 110,070–440,280 Clean torstol 10–100 (noted) 3 Uncommon 108,710–1,087,100 Saradomin brew (4) 250 (noted) 5 Very rare 156,000 Watermelon seed 3 3 Uncommon 5,889 Yew seed 1–50 4 Rare 67,826–3,391,300 Magic seed 1–6 4 Rare 164,198–985,188 Palm tree seed 10 4 Rare 1,156,740 Snapdragon seed 1 4 Rare 2,360 Torstol seed 1–31 4 Rare 70,221–2,176,851 Fellstalk seed 2 4 Rare 1,018 Yew logs 100–20,000 (noted) 4 Rare 54,500–10,900,000

TriviaEdit

• As with all POH dungeon monsters, Steel dragons that are purchased and placed in dungeons do not drop items when they die. However, the dragon's dragonfire can still be used to charge the dragonfire shield, making the dragon a highly desired guardian.
• The steel dragon's max hit with dragonfire against an unprotected player is 490. The dragon seems to hit higher more often when using its dragonfire attack from afar.
• Steel dragons, like all other metallic dragons, received a voice update. Instead of hearing large noise when you hit it, it makes a smaller, softer noise.

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