Black dragon

Black dragons are very powerful monsters, and like all other dragons, an Anti-dragon shield or Antifire potion is needed in order to protect yourself from their powerful magic-based fire. They are the most powerful chromatic dragon. They are not as popular a monster to train on as the weaker blue dragon, but their guaranteed drops, black dragonhide and dragon bones, are some of the most valuable guaranteed drops of all monsters. They are also hunted for the draconic visage.

Locations
Black dragons can only be found in four locations:
 * Taverley Dungeon - requires dusty key (or 70 Agility pipe squeeze, or 80 Agility spike trap jump) - They can easily be safe-spotted at this location.
 * The upper level contains 12 additional black dragons, but can only be killed while on a slayer assignment.
 * Evil Chicken's Lair after starting the Sir Amik Varze subquest of Recipe for Disaster. There's a safe spot available here.
 * Lava Maze Dungeon located in the heart of the Lava Maze.

Strengths and weaknesses
Black dragons have an extremely high Defence, one of the highest of any monster in RuneScape. As with all dragons, an anti-dragon shield or a dragonfire shield is essential when fighting them with Melee. Without one, you can be hit extremely hard by dragonfire. They can be ranged or maged safely in all of their locations. You could also try killing them with a halberd; however, this is not advised as it may take a very long amount of time.

Ranged is the most advised of the method due to all dragons having high Magic Defence and the occasional accident occurring with the halberd leaving the player completely vulnerable to their very powerful dragonfire attack.

If a player wishes to use melee, the best method is to use the Zamorakian hasta as it has the highest stab bonus in the game and allows you to equip an Anti-dragon shield at the same time. The only downside to this is the loss of money from using Prayer potions and the expensive price of the Zamorakian hasta itself.

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