Red dragon

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Red dragons are second-to-most powerful of the adult chromatic dragons As with all adult dragons, an anti-dragon shield and/or antifire potion is essential when fighting them to mitigate damage from their dragonfire. The red dragonhides and dragon bones that they drop are worth substantial amounts of money, but red dragons are rarely killed as they are only found in two locations: Brimhaven Dungeon (which requires 875 coins, an axe, and 30 Agility to access) and the western side of Feldip Hills Underground beneath the Myths' Guild (which requires the completion of the Grandmaster quest Dragon Slayer II to access).

The ability to be assigned red dragons can be purchased for 50 Slayer reward points. Once unlocked, they can be disabled, but players must spend another 50 points to unlock them again. Killing brutal red dragons in the Catacombs of Kourend will also count toward a red dragon task.

After completing the Karamja Elite Diary, red dragons in Brimhaven Dungeon will drop noted red dragonhides when killed.

Locations

• Brimhaven Dungeon (6 spawns, requires level 33 Agility)
• Corsair Cove Dungeon (3 spawns, requires completion of Dragon Slayer II)

Drops

100% drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Dragon bones	1	Always	2,713
	Red dragonhide	1	Always	2,241

Armour/Weapons

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Mithril 2h sword	1	Common	1,241
	Mithril javelin	20	Common	300
	Mithril axe	1	Common	75
	Mithril kiteshield	1	Uncommon	1,044
	Adamant platebody	1	Uncommon	9,407
	Mithril battleaxe	1	Uncommon	743
	Rune arrow	4	Uncommon	280
	Rune dart	8	Uncommon	9,072
	Rune longsword	1	Uncommon	18,606

Runes/Talismans

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Law rune	4	Uncommon	664
	Death rune	5	Uncommon	1,015
	Blood rune	2	Uncommon	734

Herbs

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Grimy guam leaf	1	Common	15
	Grimy marrentill	1	Common	13
	Grimy tarromin	1	Common	132
	Grimy harralander	1	Uncommon	674
	Grimy ranarr weed	1	Uncommon	7,640
	Grimy irit leaf	1	Uncommon	775
	Grimy avantoe	1	Uncommon	1,814
	Grimy kwuarm	1	Rare	1,165
	Grimy cadantine	1	Rare	1,312
	Grimy lantadyme	1	Rare	1,391
	Grimy dwarf weed	1	Very rare	448

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Coins	30–690	Common	Not sold
	Chocolate cake	3	Uncommon	906
	Adamantite bar	1	Uncommon	1,904
	Dragon javelin heads	10	Uncommon [1]	9,540
	Ensouled dragon head	1	Uncommon (1/40)	10,133
	Clue scroll (hard)	1	Rare (1/128)	Not sold

1. ↑ Only dropped after completion of Monkey Madness II.

Rare drop table

In addition to the drops above, this monster also has access to the rare drop table.

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	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Coins	3,000	Common	Not sold
	Loop half of key	1	Common	10,307
	Tooth half of key	1	Common	10,840
	Chaos talisman	1	Common	505
	Uncut sapphire	1	Common	455
	Uncut emerald	1	Uncommon	679
	Uncut ruby	1	Uncommon	1,249
	Nature talisman	1	Uncommon	744
	Steel arrow	150	Uncommon	4,800
	Rune arrow	42	Uncommon	2,940
	Rune javelin	5	Uncommon	875
	Adamant javelin	20	Uncommon	1,220
	Runite bar	1	Uncommon	12,368
	Nature rune	67	Uncommon	14,539
	Law rune	45	Uncommon	7,470
	Death rune	45	Uncommon	9,135
	Rune battleaxe	1	Uncommon	24,487
	Rune 2h sword	1	Uncommon	37,758
	Rune sq shield	1	Uncommon	22,459
	Silver ore	100 (noted)	Uncommon	7,000
	Dragonstone	1	Uncommon	11,932
	Uncut diamond	1	Rare	2,627
	Dragon med helm	1	Rare	58,488
	Rune kiteshield	1	Rare	32,015
	Rune spear	1	Rare	11,933
	Shield left half	1	Rare	65,697
	Dragon spear	1	Rare	37,226

Trivia

• Red dragons formerly inhabited the Red Dragon Isle (now Lava Dragon Isle) in the Wilderness, but they were replaced with Lava dragons in the Wilderness Rejuvenation update (in canon, this transformation was due to the fact that they had been living surrounded by lava for a very long time).
• Red dragons are the rarest type of chromatic dragon.