Metal dragons

Metal dragons are dragons whose hides are metallic. They are generally strong against melee and ranged attacks, though they are relatively weak against magic attacks. Metal dragons drop metal bars when killed, which correspond to the type of metal dragon the player killed. For example, a Steel dragon will drop steel bars. Unlike chromatic dragons, metal dragons will attack with a ranged dragonfire attack if the player moves away from melee distance. For this reason, it is strongly advised to equip either an Anti-dragon shield or Dragonfire shield while fighting them. It should be noted that Protect from Magic will not give any protection against dragonfire as they do against chromatic dragons, though players may fully protect themselves from any dragonfire damage by wielding either an Anti-dragon shield or Dragonfire shield and drinking a dose of Antifire potion. All metal dragons except for Bronze dragons have a chance of dropping the rare Draconic visage. In addition, all metal dragons except for Mithril dragons have a chance of dropping Dragon platelegs and a Dragon plateskirt. However, mithril dragons are the only of the metal dragons to drop the Dragon full helm.