Rune dragons are a metal dragon that is first encountered and fought during the Dragon Slayer II quest.
They can be found in the Lithkren Vault after the quest in the eastern chamber. To get back to the laboratory, players can travel using the rowboat from the quest or, after completion, taking a digsite pendant and using it on the strange machine north of the rune dragon room, adding a teleport straight to Lithkren on it.
Rune dragons have multiple attacks, similar to mithril and adamant dragons. Along with standard dragonfire attacks, they have a standard Melee, Ranged and Magic attack, as well as two unique attacks:
- Two small bolts of electricity are launched onto the floor, which will then move to other tiles around the player, dealing small but rapid damage if the player doesn't move. Wearing insulated boots will minimise this damage from 6-7 to 1-2.
- A Ranged attack that takes the effect of enchanted onyx bolts, in which the dragon will heal for whatever it hits on the player. This hits through Protect from Missiles.
At 99 Construction, players can add them to their player-owned house dungeon for 25,000,000 coins.
Drops
100%
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Dragon bones 1 Always 2,713 Runite bar 1 Always 12,368
Weapons/Armour
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Rune mace 1 Common 8,238 Rune scimitar 1 Common 14,969 Rune longsword 1 Common 18,606 Rune warhammer 1 Common 24,832 Rune platebody 1 Common 38,473 Rune platelegs 1 Common 37,828 Dragon platelegs 1 Rare 161,162 Dragon plateskirt 1 Rare 161,137 Dragon med helm 1 Rare 58,488
Runes/Ammunition
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Rune arrow 30–42 Common 2,100–2,940 Chaos rune 76–150 Common 6,764–13,350 Death rune 40–100 Common 8,120–20,300 Wrath rune 30–50 Uncommon 12,480–20,800
Herbs
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Grimy avantoe 1 (noted) Uncommon 1,814 Grimy snapdragon 1 (noted) Uncommon 8,405 Grimy torstol 1 (noted) Uncommon 8,341 Grimy ranarr weed 1 (noted) Uncommon 7,640
Materials
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Rune javelin heads 21–29 Common [1] 12,495–17,255 Dragon javelin heads 32–40 Common [1] 30,528–38,160 Dragonstone 1 (noted) Common 11,932 Runite ore 2–5 (noted) Uncommon 22,338–55,845 Runite bolts (unf) 20–40 Uncommon 9,220–18,440 Dragon bolts (unf) 20–40 Rare 22,980–45,960
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Only dropped after completion of Monkey Madness II.
Other
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Wrath talisman 1 Uncommon 917 Clue scroll (elite) 1 Rare (1/300) Not sold Dragon limbs 1 Rare (1/800) 2,919,241 Dragon metal lump 1 Very rare (1/5,000) 1,251,182 Draconic visage 1 Very rare (1/8,000) 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
- Upon release, rune dragons had a 1/3 chance of their dragon bones drop being replaced by superior dragon bones. This was removed from their drop table in an update on 25 January 2018 as part of a balancing change.
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