Dragon scimitar



The dragon scimitar is the strongest scimitar available in Old School RuneScape. It can only be wielded by players who have an Attack level of 60 and have completed the Monkey Madness quest.

It may be purchased from Daga on Ape Atoll for 100,000 coins. A Monkeyspeak amulet does not need to be worn, as players can just right-click 'Trade' on Daga; however, you still must be in monkey form. Players who have freed King Awowogei in Recipe for Disaster can easily reach Ape Atoll through the Teleport to Ape Atoll spell (requires 64 Magic) to access Daga's shop on Ape Atoll more quickly. The scimitar is also a rare drop from the Wilderness boss Scorpia.

The Dragon Scimitar has a special attack, Sever, which is more accurate and prevents the target from using protection prayers such as Protect from Magic, Protect from Missiles, and Protect from Melee for 5 seconds, costing 55% of the Special Attack energy. Sever "does not affect the Protect Item prayer" (Dragon Scimitar Change, par. 2).

As with all dragon equipment, the dragon scimitar cannot be made from raw materials using the Smithing skill.

The dragon scimitar is arguably the fifth best one-handed training weapon in the game, behind the Abyssal tentacle, Abyssal whip, Zamorakian hasta, and the Staff of the dead, and is used to train Strength due to the whip's and hasta's inability to do so.

In comparison, the Saradomin sword offers a +82 Strength bonus and +82 Slash attack. The Saradomin's blessed sword offers a +88 Strength bonus and +100 slash attack. The Abyssal whip offers a +82 Strength bonus and +82 slash attack.

Trivia

 * The dragon scimitar was not actually released until almost four months after the Monkey Madness quest on 29 March 2005.
 * If the player asked Zeke to sell them a dragon scimitar, he would say, "Seriously, you'll be a monkey's uncle before you'll ever hold a dragon scimitar." Interestingly enough, in the Monkey Madness quest, players have to play the role of a monkey's uncle to complete a certain part of the quest.