Rune dragon

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Rune dragon
Release date	4 January 2018 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	380
Always drops	Dragon bones Runite bar
Examine	Its scales seem to be made of runite.
Examine	Its scales seem to be made of runite.
Combat info
Hitpoints	330
Aggressive	Yes
Poisonous	No
Max hit	38
Weakness	Stab, Magic, dragon hunter crossbow
Attack Styles	Melee (slash), Ranged, Magic, Dragonfire (extra long-ranged)
Attack Styles	Melee (slash), Ranged, Magic, Dragonfire (extra long-ranged)
Slayer info
Slayer level	1
Slayer XP	363
Category	Rune dragon
Assigned by
Assigned by
Combat stats
	284
	284
	284
	284
	276
	276
	196
	196
	246
	246
Aggressive stats
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
Defensive stats
	+30
	+30
	+115
	+115
	+90
	+90
	+30
	+30
	+95
	+95
Other Bonuses
	?
	?
	?
	?
	+14
	+14
	+0%
	+0%
Immunities
	Immune
	Immune
	Immune
	Immune
Attack speed
Attack speed

Rune dragons are metal dragons first encountered during Dragon Slayer II, in which the player must fight against one during Zorgoth's assault. After completion of the quest, they can be found in the eastern chamber of the Lithkren Vault.

To get back to the laboratory underneath Lithkren, players can travel using the rowboat from the quest or, after completion, taking a digsite pendant and using it on the strange machine north of the rune dragon room, adding a teleport straight to Lithkren on it.

Rune dragons are the result of a side project of Zorgoth's after being inspired by another dragonkin, Forcae, which involves infusing dragon eggs with various metals. While Forcae's metal dragons were created to find a solution to the dragonkin's infertility, Zorgoth had bred his metal dragons for his war against humanity.

At 99 Construction, players can add them to their player-owned house treasure room for 25,000,000 coins.

Attacks

Rune dragons have multiple attacks, similar to mithril and adamant dragons. Along with standard dragonfire attacks, they have a standard melee, ranged and magic attack (which resembles Water Wave), as well as two special attacks.

The first attack is two small electric bolts, which are launched around the player's position and homes in on them. This deals 4-7 damage per tick for a few seconds. If a player is wearing insulated boots this damage is reduced to 1-2 per tick. Players can avoid the attack entirely by running four to five squares away from their original position when the attack was launched.

The second attack is a Ranged attack that hits through Protect from Missiles, and uses the Life Leech effect from enchanted onyx bolts, where the dragon will heal itself for 100% of the damage dealt to the player.

Drops

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Dragon bones	1	Always	2,713
	Runite bar	1	Always	12,368

Weapons/Armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Rune mace	1	Common	8,238
	Rune scimitar	1	Common	14,969
	Rune longsword	1	Common	18,606
	Rune warhammer	1	Common	24,832
	Rune platebody	1	Common	38,473
	Rune platelegs	1	Common	37,828
	Dragon platelegs	1	Rare	161,162
	Dragon plateskirt	1	Rare	161,137
	Dragon med helm	1	Rare	58,488

Runes/Ammunition

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Rune arrow	30–42	Common	2,100–2,940
	Chaos rune	76–150	Common	6,764–13,350
	Death rune	40–100	Common	8,120–20,300
	Wrath rune	30–50	Uncommon	12,480–20,800

Herbs

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Grimy avantoe	1 (noted)	Uncommon	1,814
	Grimy snapdragon	1 (noted)	Uncommon	8,405
	Grimy torstol	1 (noted)	Uncommon	8,341
	Grimy ranarr weed	1 (noted)	Uncommon	7,640

Materials

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Rune javelin heads	21–29	Common	12,495–17,255
	Dragon javelin heads	32–40	Common	30,528–38,160
	Dragonstone	1 (noted)	Common	11,932
	Runite ore	2–5 (noted)	Uncommon	22,338–55,845
	Runite bolts (unf)	20–40	Uncommon	9,220–18,440
	Dragon bolts (unf)	20–40	Rare	22,980–45,960
	Runite bar	1	Rare	12,368

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Wrath talisman	1	Rare	917
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	Rare (1/300)	Not sold
	Dragon limbs	1	Rare (1/800)	2,919,241
	Dragon metal lump	1	Very rare (1/5,000)	1,251,182
	Draconic visage	1	Very rare (1/8,000)	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
	Unknown talisman (please specify)	1	Very rare	Error
	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

• Upon release, rune dragons had a 1/3 chance of their dragon bones drop being replaced by superior dragon bones. This was removed from their drop table in an update on 25 January 2018 as part of a balancing change.