Elvarg

Elvarg is a green dragon. She is the dragon that players have to kill in the Dragon Slayer quest in the dungeon on Crandor. Unlike other chromatic dragons, Elvarg has a ranged dragonfire attack.

Elvarg was confirmed to be female in the March 7, 2007 Postbag from the Hedge, by such quotes as She wouldn't 'a had second thoughts about roasting yer with her breath… and That's what she done to Crandor, after all…

Fighting strategy
When fighting Elvarg, it is required that players have an anti-dragon shield, a one-handed weapon (preferably a rune scimitar or a rune battleaxe, though a rune longsword or rune mace has also been found effective enough), and at least two pieces of armour (preferably rune platelegs with a rune chainbody or adamant platebody,though it is possible to beat her with worse armours). The rest of the inventory should be filled with food and possibly potions. Lobsters or better are recommended, the exact type of food used depends on the level of the player and their ability to obtain the food. The level 43 Prayer, Protect from Melee, also helps players by protecting them from getting slashed by Elvarg's claws. (This stratagy is not absolutely needed though)

Melee is the recommended fighting style to use against her, as it is more powerful than the average player's equivalent magic and ranged ability. It is also recommended that players do not run around while fighting her as she will continue to deal damage while the player accomplishes nothing.

While melee is the favoured fighting style, using ranged to defeat Elvarg is also possible. Players can wield both a crossbow and the needed anti-dragon shield at the same time due to the fact that the crossbow is one-handed. With a sufficient ranged level, the player can hide behind cover to avoid Elvarg's melee attacks and fire bolts at her until the dragon has fallen, all the while incurring less damage from the firebreath due to ranged armour having a decent defensive magic bonus. With this strategy, the prayer Protect from Magic is very useful, as it would nearly eliminate Elvarg's damage.

Tips
*If a  player chooses not to wear an anti-dragon shield, she can deal up to 50 damage.
 * Players can drink an anti-fire potion so that her fire breath doesn't do as much damage. If combined with an anti-dragon shield, fire breath will do little damage to the player.
 * When she is defeated, players will decapitate Elvarg and never be able to fight her again.
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