Brutal black dragons are Slayer monsters requiring level 77 Slayer in order to be damaged and are a tougher version of black dragons. They are found in the Catacombs of Kourend. Players can kill them as an alternative for a black dragon Slayer assignment.
Players can access the dragons by heading towards the Dragon's Den and running past the brutal blue and red dragons, or alternatively, use the hole found in the Lovakengj House to take them there immediately (this requires climbing up the rope from inside the catacombs first).
Like all brutal dragons, they use Melee, Magic and long-range dragonfire. Using both Protect from Magic (with a couple of prayer potions) and an antifire potion will completely protect players from damage, if players don't stand in Melee range.
Due to the brutal black dragon's unique drop table, it is the best way for ironmen to obtain a dragon spear, as the only other way of obtaining one is through the rare drop table, which has a much rarer drop rate.
Brutal black dragons also have the best generic drop table out of all of the dragons in-game.
Drops
100%
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Dragon bones 1 Always 2,713 Black dragonhide 2 Always 5,858
Unique
There is a 1 in 128 chance of hitting the unique drop table.
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Dragon platelegs 1 Rare (1/512) 161,162 Dragon plateskirt 1 Rare (1/512) 161,137 Dragon spear 1 Rare (1/512) 37,226 Uncut dragonstone 1 Rare (1/512) 13,080
Weapons
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Rune hasta 1 Uncommon [1] 11,867 Rune spear 1 Uncommon [1] 11,933 Rune longsword 1 Uncommon 18,606 Rune sword 1 Rare 12,166 Dragon dagger 1 Rare 17,505 Dragon longsword 1 Rare 59,317
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Players who have not completed Barbarian training will receive the spear instead of the hasta.
Armour
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Rune platelegs 1 Uncommon 37,828 Rune full helm 2 Uncommon 41,176 Rune platebody 1 Rare 38,473 Black d'hide body 1 Rare 7,285 Black d'hide vamb 1 Rare 2,362 Dragon med helm 1 Rare 58,488
Runes and Ammunition
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Rune javelin 50 Common 8,750 Rune dart 20 Common 22,680 Law rune 75 Common 12,450 Death rune 75 Common 15,225 Blood rune 50 Uncommon 18,350 Soul rune 50 Uncommon 7,300 Rune arrow 75 Uncommon 5,250 Rune knife 25 Uncommon 7,825 Rune thrownaxe 30 Uncommon 6,270
Materials and Consumables
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Anglerfish 2 Common 3,154 Lava scale 5 (noted) Uncommon 18,850 Dragon arrowtips 40 Uncommon 24,320 Dragon dart tip 40 Uncommon (3/128) 123,560 Dragon javelin heads 40 Rare 38,160 Runite ore 3 (noted) Rare 33,507
Other
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Coins 370–2,200 Common Not sold Ensouled dragon head 1 Uncommon (1/20) 10,133 Clue scroll (hard) 1 Uncommon Not sold Ancient shard 1 Rare (1/123.33) Not sold Dark totem base 1 Rare (1/185) Not sold Dark totem middle 1 Rare (1/185) Not sold Dark totem top 1 Rare (1/185) Not sold Clue scroll (elite) 1 Rare (1/250) Not sold Draconic visage 1 Very rare (1/10,000) 4,940,340
Rare drop table
In addition to the drops above, this monster also has access to the rare drop table.
Show/hide rare drop table Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Coins 3,000 Common Not sold Loop half of key 1 Common 10,307 Tooth half of key 1 Common 10,840 Chaos talisman 1 Common 505 Uncut sapphire 1 Common 455 Uncut emerald 1 Uncommon 679 Uncut ruby 1 Uncommon 1,249 Nature talisman 1 Uncommon 744 Steel arrow 150 Uncommon 4,800 Rune arrow 42 Uncommon 2,940 Rune javelin 5 Uncommon 875 Adamant javelin 20 Uncommon 1,220 Runite bar 1 Uncommon 12,368 Nature rune 67 Uncommon 14,539 Law rune 45 Uncommon 7,470 Death rune 45 Uncommon 9,135 Rune battleaxe 1 Uncommon 24,487 Rune 2h sword 1 Uncommon 37,758 Rune sq shield 1 Uncommon 22,459 Silver ore 100 (noted) Uncommon 7,000 Dragonstone 1 Uncommon 11,932 Uncut diamond 1 Rare 2,627 Dragon med helm 1 Rare 58,488 Rune kiteshield 1 Rare 32,015 Rune spear 1 Rare 11,933 Shield left half 1 Rare 65,697 Dragon spear 1 Rare 37,226
Trivia
- They are the strongest dragon in Old School RuneScape, superseding mithril dragons.
- Brutal black dragons are the only chromatic dragons that are slayer monsters.
- The magic attack of the brutal black dragon resembles Iban Blast.
- Upon release, brutal black dragons did not have any slayer requirement and dropped the dragon full helm at the same rate as mithril dragons. Due to player complaints about how profitable they were without any requirements (other than combat) in addition to devaluing a unique mithril dragon drop, an update was added to require players to have 77 Slayer to harm them and removed the dragon full helm from their drop table.
Dragons and dragon-like races | |||||||
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Chromatic dragons |
Green (baby) (brutal) • Blue (baby) (brutal) • Red (baby) (brutal) • Black (baby) (brutal) | ||||||
Metal dragons | |||||||
Slayer monsters |
Long-tailed Wyvern • Spitting Wyvern • Taloned Wyvern • Skeletal Wyvern • Brutal black • Ancient Wyvern | ||||||
Other |
Lava • Reanimated • Revenant
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