Brutal black dragon

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Brutal black dragon

Release date

9 June 2016 (Update)

Always drops

Dragon bones and 2 Black dragonhides

Combat info

Weakness

Stab, Ranged, dragon hunter crossbow

Other Bonuses

?

+20

+0

+0%

Immunities

Immune

Brutal black dragons are slayer monsters requiring level 77 Slayer in order to be damaged and are a tougher version of black dragons. They are found in the Catacombs of Kourend. Players can kill them as an alternative for a black dragon Slayer assignment.

Players can access the dragons by heading towards the Dragon's Den and running past the brutal blue and red dragons, or alternatively, use the hole found in the Lovakengj House to take them there immediately (this requires climbing up the rope from inside the catacombs first).

Like all brutal dragons, they use Melee, Magic and long-range dragonfire. Using both Protect from Magic (with a couple of prayer potions) and an antifire potion will completely protect players from damage, if players don't stand in Melee range.

Due to the brutal black dragon's unique drop table, it is the best way for ironmen to obtain a dragon spear if specifically hunting for one, as the only other way of obtaining one is through the rare drop table, which has a much rarer drop rate. However, many ironmen obtain one on the way to 77 Slayer if using a ring of wealth.

Drops[]

Estimated drop rates are based off 1,000 kills.^{[e 1]}

100%[]

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Dragon bones	1	Always	2,713
	Black dragonhide	2	Always	5,858

Unique[]

There is a 1 in 128 chance of hitting the unique drop table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
Dragon platelegs	1	Rare (1/512)	161,162
Dragon plateskirt	1	Rare (1/512)	161,137
Dragon spear	1	Rare (1/512)	37,226
Uncut dragonstone	1	Rare (1/512)	13,080

Weapons[]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
Rune hasta	1	Common (~10/128)^[1]	11,867
Rune spear	1	Common (~10/128)^[1]	11,933
Rune longsword	1	Uncommon (~5/128)	18,606
Dragon longsword	1	Uncommon (~1.5/128)	59,317
Dragon dagger	1	Rare (~1/128)	17,505

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Players who have not completed Barbarian training will receive the spear instead of the hasta.

Armour[]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
Rune platelegs	1	Common (~6/128)	37,828
Rune full helm	2	Uncommon (~5/128)	41,176
Black d'hide body	1	Uncommon (~1.5/128)	7,285
Black d'hide vamb	1	Uncommon (~1.5/128)	2,362
Rune platebody	1	Rare (~1/256)	38,473
Dragon med helm	1	Rare (~1/256)	58,488

Runes and Ammunition[]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
Rune javelin	50	Common (~10/128)	8,750
Death rune	75	Common (~9/128)	15,225
Blood rune	50	Common (~9/128)	18,350
Soul rune	50	Common (~8/128)	7,300
Law rune	75	Common (~6/128)	12,450
Rune arrow	75	Common (~6/128)	5,250
Rune dart	20	Uncommon (~4.5/128)	22,680
Rune knife	25	Uncommon (~3/128)	7,825
Rune thrownaxe	30	Uncommon (~2.5/128)	6,270

Materials and Consumables[]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
Anglerfish	2	Common (~8/128)	3,154
Lava scale	5 (noted)	Uncommon (~4/128)	18,850
Dragon dart tip	40	Uncommon (~4/128)	123,560
Dragon javelin heads	40	Uncommon ^[1]	38,160
Dragon arrowtips	40	Uncommon (~2/128)	24,320
Runite ore	3 (noted)	Uncommon (~2/128)	33,507

↑ Only dropped after completion of Monkey Madness II.

Other[]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
Coins	370; 550–850; 2,200	Common (~12/128) (~0.5/128 for 2200)	Not sold
Gem drop table	1	Uncommon (~3/128)	Not sold
Rare drop table	1	Uncommon (~1.5/128)	Not sold

Tertiary drops[]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
Ensouled dragon head	1	Common (1/20)	10,133
Clue scroll (hard)	1	Uncommon	Not sold
Ancient shard	1	Rare (1/123.33)	Not sold
Dark totem base	1	Rare (1/185)	Not sold
Dark totem middle	1	Rare (1/185)	Not sold
Dark totem top	1	Rare (1/185)	Not sold
Clue scroll (elite)	1	Rare (1/250)	Not sold
Draconic visage	1	Very rare (1/10,000)	4,940,340

Gem drop table

In addition to the drops above, this monster approximately has a 3/128 chance to access the gem drop table.


Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
Uncut sapphire	1	Rare (1/170.67; 1/128)^{[G 1]}	455
Uncut emerald	1	Rare (1/341.33; 1/256)^{[G 1]}	679
Uncut ruby	1	Rare (1/682.67; 1/512)^{[G 1]}	1,249
Nature talisman	1	Very rare (1/1,820.44; 1/1,365.33)^{[G 1]}	744
Uncut diamond	1	Very rare (1/2,730.67; 1/2,048)^{[G 1]}	2,627
Rune javelin	5	Very rare (1/5,461.33; 1/4,096)^{[G 1]}	875
Loop half of key	1	Very rare (1/5,461.33; 1/4,096)^{[G 1]}	10,307
Tooth half of key	1	Very rare (1/5,461.33; 1/4,096)^{[G 1]}	10,840
Rune spear	1	Very rare (1/87,381.33; 1/7,680)^{[G 1]}	11,933
Shield left half	1	Very rare (1/174,762.67; 1/15,360)^{[G 1]}	65,697
Dragon spear	1	Very rare (1/233,016.89; 1/20,480)^{[G 1]}	37,226

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 The drop rate is increased when wearing a Ring of wealth.

Rare drop table

In addition to the drops above, this monster approximately has a 1.5/128 chance to access the standard rare drop table.


Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
Coins	3,000	Rare (1/496.48)	Not sold
Loop half of key	1	Rare (1/541.9; 1/540.5)^{[R 1]}	10,307
Tooth half of key	1	Rare (1/570.19; 1/568.64)^{[R 1]}	10,840
Uncut sapphire	1	Very rare (1/2,184.53; 1/1,638.4)^{[R 1]}	455
Runite bar	1	Very rare (1/2,184.53)	12,368
Nature talisman	1	Very rare (1/3,148.88; 1/3,013.15)^{[R 1]}	744
Nature rune	67	Very rare (1/3,640.89)	14,539
Rune 2h sword	1	Very rare (1/3,640.89)	37,758
Rune battleaxe	1	Very rare (1/3,640.89)	24,487
Uncut emerald	1	Very rare (1/4,369.07; 1/3,276.8)^{[R 1]}	679
Law rune	45	Very rare (1/5,461.33)	7,470
Death rune	45	Very rare (1/5,461.33)	9,135
Steel arrow	150	Very rare (1/5,461.33)	4,800
Rune arrow	42	Very rare (1/5,461.33)	2,940
Adamant javelin	20	Very rare (1/5,461.33)	1,220
Rune sq shield	1	Very rare (1/5,461.33)	22,459
Dragonstone	1	Very rare (1/5,461.33)	11,932
Silver ore	100 (noted)	Very rare (1/5,461.33)	7,000
Uncut ruby	1	Very rare (1/8,738.13; 1/6,553.6)^{[R 1]}	1,249
Rune kiteshield	1	Very rare (1/10,922.67)	32,015
Dragon med helm	1	Very rare (1/10,922.67)	58,488
Rune spear	1	Very rare (1/11,530.73)^{[R 2]}	11,933
Shield left half	1	Very rare (1/23,061.47)^{[R 2]}	65,697
Dragon spear	1	Very rare (1/30,748.62)^{[R 2]}	37,226
Uncut diamond	1	Very rare (1/34,952.53; 1/26,214.4)^{[R 1]}	2,627
Rune javelin	5	Very rare (1/69,905.07; 1/52,428.8)^{[R 1]}	875

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 The drop rate is increased when wearing a Ring of wealth.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 The drop rate is increased by an unknown amount when wearing a Ring of wealth.

Trivia[]

Brutal black dragons are the only chromatic dragons that are Slayer monsters.
The Magic attack projectile of the brutal black dragon resembles Iban Blast.
Brutal black dragons are the only monster to have two items from the mega-rare subtable of the rare drop table on their standard drop table (rune and dragon spears).
Upon release, brutal black dragons did not have any Slayer requirement and dropped the dragon full helm at the same rate as mithril dragons. Due to player complaints about how profitable they were without any requirements (other than combat) in addition to devaluing a unique mithril dragon drop, an update was added to require players to have 77 Slayer to harm them and removed the dragon full helm from their drop table.
Brutal black dragons are the only Slayer monsters in the Catacombs of Kourend that do not have a superior variant.

References[]

↑ 1000 Black dragon kills

[barb-training-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Players who have not completed Barbarian training will receive the spear instead of the hasta.

[3] Only dropped after completion of Monkey Madness II.

[row-4] 1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 The drop rate is increased when wearing a Ring of wealth.

[row-5] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 The drop rate is increased when wearing a Ring of wealth.

[row2-6] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 The drop rate is increased by an unknown amount when wearing a Ring of wealth.

[1] 1000 Black dragon kills

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