Lava dragons reside in the Lava Dragon Isle in the Wilderness (between level 36 and 42 Wilderness). Lava dragons attack with Melee, as well as with dragonfire. They are particularly weak to Magic, thus making Fire Bolt a slow but profitable method of killing them.
Lava dragons can be safespotted both inside and outside their isle. The many piles of skeletons and edges at the isle allow for players to safespot them inside. Alternatively, players can camp some of the southern spawns outside the isle, although they should be careful as Vet'ion can walk to their safespot and attack the players. Having 74 Agility and the hard Wilderness Diary completed is recommended when killing them to use the stepping stones to escape the isle, as the area is frequented by player killers.
Bringing a pestle and mortar is optional to grind the scales into shards, in addition to High Level Alchemy runes to alch their common adamant and rune equipment drops. If killing them from outside the isle, Telekinetic Grab will be needed to grab their drops. Although it is possible to stay at the isle indefinitely using this method, it is advisable to bank every 10-20 minutes as the isle is commonly targeted by player killers.
Lava dragons are the only monsters to drop the lava dragon bones, which give 85 Prayer experience when buried. However, burying them on Lava Dragon Isle grants 340 Prayer experience instead.
Although they drop black dragonhide, they do not count as black dragons for a Slayer task.
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Drops[]
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Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Lava dragon bones 1 Always 4,720 Black dragonhide 1 Always 2,929 Lava scale 1 Always 3,770
Runes/Ammunition[]
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Rune dart 12 Common 13,608 Rune javelin 20 Common 3,500 Fire rune 75 Common 375 Lava rune 15–30 Common 60–120 Rune knife 8 Uncommon 2,504 Runite bolts 30 Uncommon 12,090 Death rune 20 Uncommon 4,060 Blood rune 20 Uncommon 7,340 Law rune 20 Uncommon 3,320 Onyx bolt tips 12 Uncommon 98,652 Dragon javelin heads 15 Uncommon [1] 14,310
- ↑ Only dropped after completion of Monkey Madness II.
Weapons/Armour[]
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Adamant 2h sword 1 Uncommon 3,490 Rune longsword 1 Uncommon 18,606 Lava battlestaff 1 Uncommon 9,454 Rune axe 1 Uncommon 7,181 Adamant platebody 1 Uncommon 9,407 Rune kiteshield 1 Uncommon 32,015 Rune med helm 1 Uncommon 11,084 Rune full helm 1 Uncommon 20,588
Herbs[]
Two herbs are dropped when the herb table is rolled.
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Grimy guam leaf 1–2 Uncommon 15–30 Grimy marrentill 1–2 Uncommon 13–26 Grimy tarromin 1–2 Uncommon 132–264 Grimy harralander 1–2 Uncommon 674–1,348 Grimy ranarr weed 1–2 Uncommon 7,640–15,280 Grimy irit leaf 1–2 Uncommon 775–1,550 Grimy avantoe 1–2 Uncommon 1,814–3,628 Grimy kwuarm 1–2 Uncommon 1,165–2,330 Grimy cadantine 1–2 Rare 1,312–2,624 Grimy lantadyme 1–2 Rare 1,391–2,782 Grimy dwarf weed 1–2 Rare 448–896
Other[]
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Coins 66–3,000 Common Not sold Fire talisman 1 Uncommon 4,924 Fire orb 15 (noted) Uncommon 18,435 Chocolate cake 3 Uncommon 906 Adamantite bar 2 Uncommon 3,808 Looting bag 1 Uncommon (1/30) Not sold Mysterious emblem 1 Uncommon (1/40)[1] 68,122 Slayer's enchantment 1 Rare (1/136)[1] 1,661 Clue scroll (elite) 1 Rare (1/250)[2] Not sold Draconic visage 1 Very rare (1/10,000) 4,940,340
Rare drop table
In addition to the drops above, this monster has access to the standard rare drop table.
Show/hide rare drop table Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Coins 3,000 Rare Not sold Loop half of key 1 Rare 10,307 Tooth half of key 1 Rare 10,840 Uncut sapphire 1 Rare 455 Runite bar 1 Rare 12,368 Nature talisman 1 Very rare 744 Nature rune 67 Very rare 14,539 Rune 2h sword 1 Very rare 37,758 Rune battleaxe 1 Very rare 24,487 Uncut emerald 1 Very rare 679 Law rune 45 Very rare 7,470 Death rune 45 Very rare 9,135 Steel arrow 150 Very rare 4,800 Rune arrow 42 Very rare 2,940 Adamant javelin 20 Very rare 1,220 Rune sq shield 1 Very rare 22,459 Dragonstone 1 Very rare 11,932 Silver ore 100 (noted) Very rare 7,000 Uncut ruby 1 Very rare 1,249 Rune kiteshield 1 Very rare 32,015 Dragon med helm 1 Very rare 58,488 Rune spear 1 Very rare 11,933 Shield left half 1 Very rare 65,697 Dragon spear 1 Very rare 37,226 Uncut diamond 1 Very rare 2,627 Rune javelin 5 Very rare 875
Trivia[]
- They were formerly red dragons, but have spent too long surrounded by lava and have been transformed.
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Chromatic dragons |
Green (baby) (brutal) • Blue (baby) (brutal) • Red (baby) (brutal) • Black (baby) (brutal) | ||||||
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Long-tailed Wyvern • Spitting Wyvern • Taloned Wyvern • Skeletal Wyvern • Brutal black • Ancient Wyvern | ||||||
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Lava • Reanimated • Revenant
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Callisto • Chaos Elemental • Chaos Fanatic • Crazy archaeologist • King Black Dragon | ||||||||
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Elder Chaos druid • Ent • Green dragon • Lava dragon • Mammoth • Revenant • Runite Golem | ||||||||
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