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Vorkath (roughly translated as pathetic failure/weakling/runt in the dragonkin's language) is a draconic boss-monster first encountered during the Dragon Slayer II quest as the penultimate boss. Created by Zorgoth during the Fourth Age's Dragonkin Conflicts, the blue dragon is one of his subjects that have survived his experiments in the laboratory beneath the dragonkin fortress on Ungael. Despite its phenomenal strength, he notes that it lacked the aggression he desired, and abandons it to guard the fortress from invading human forces as a "little distraction".
A player poking Vorkath to awaken him for battle.
The quest variant of Vorkath is significantly weaker than his post-quest counterpart; however, both share the same attacks. After the quest, a stronger variant of Vorkath may be fought. Both the quest and post-quest fights take place in an instance; if the player dies battling Vorkath, they can pay 100,000 coins to Torfinn to reclaim their items. If the player dies elsewhere before reclaiming their items, their unclaimed items will be permanently lost. In addition to this, Torfinn's holding capabilities do not stack with others (e.g Zulrah, Grotesque Guardians), so if players have items being held by one of these fights and dies to Vorkath, the items there will be lost.
Vorkath is considered a blue dragon for the purpose of a Slayer assignment. As Vorkath is also undead, the Salve amulet and its variants will work on him. However, it does not stack with the Slayer helmet.
Fight overview
Vorkath uses a variety of attacks, primarily range and mage attacks, as well as melee if standing next to him. He can also use three types of dragonfire: regular, venomous, and prayer-disabling kind. His dragonfire is stronger than other dragons' and requires more tiers of protection to block. The final common attack is a fireball he launches high in the air that must be dodged or it will deal substantial damage.
Occasionally (after six normal/dragonfire attacks), he will use one of two special attacks and alternate between them:
- Freezing the player in place and summoning a Zombified Spawn that will approach the player and explode violently if not killed, resulting in up to 60 damage
- Launching acid pools around the area and rapidly spitting fireballs at the player that must be dodged or they will deal high damage very quickly
Once Vorkath is killed, he will return to his original pose, and if Dragon Slayer II is completed, can be re-woken for another battle.
Drops
In addition to the 100% drop, the player will also have two rolls on Vorkath's drop table. This excludes unique items such as Vorki, skeletal visages and elite clue scrolls.
100%
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price 
Superior dragon bones 2 Always 24,496
Blue dragonhide 2 Always 3,836
Weapons/Armour
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Rune longsword 2–3 Common 37,600–56,400
Rune kiteshield 2–5 Common 64,464–161,160
Dragon battleaxe 1 Uncommon 119,379
Dragon longsword 1 Uncommon 59,600
Dragon platelegs 1 Uncommon 161,472
Dragon plateskirt 1 Uncommon 161,434
Battlestaff 5–15 (noted) Uncommon 43,280–129,840
Dragonbone necklace 1 Very rare (1/1,000) 141,657
Runes
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Chaos rune 650–1,000 Common 64,350–99,000
Death rune 300–500 Uncommon 68,700–114,500
Wrath rune 30–100 Uncommon 11,880–39,600
Dragonhide
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Green dragonhide 25–32 (noted) Common 38,725–49,568
Blue dragonhide 20–30 (noted) Common 38,360–57,540
Red dragonhide 15–25 (noted) Uncommon 36,915–61,525
Black dragonhide 15–25 (noted) Uncommon 44,580–74,300
Tips
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Sapphire bolt tips 25–35 Uncommon 775–1,085
Emerald bolt tips 25–35 Uncommon 1,400–1,960
Ruby bolt tips 25–35 Uncommon 2,400–3,360
Diamond bolt tips 25–35 Uncommon 4,550–6,370
Amethyst bolt tips 25–30 Uncommon 5,875–7,050
Dragonstone bolt tips 7–28 Uncommon 1,596–6,384
Onyx bolt tips 5–30 Uncommon 41,940–251,640
Rune dart tip 75–109 Uncommon 92,475–134,397
Dragon dart tip 10–50 Uncommon 30,720–153,600
Dragon arrowtips 25–50 Uncommon 25,825–51,650
Materials
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Adamantite ore 10–30 (noted) Common 12,450–37,350
Diamond 10–30 (noted) Common 19,970–59,910
Crushed nest 10–30 (noted) Common 30,180–90,540
Grapes 250–301 (noted) Common 33,750–40,635
Magic logs 50 (noted) Common 57,850
Dragonstone 1–3 (noted) Uncommon 11,978–35,934
Dragon bolts (unf) 50–100 Uncommon 73,000–146,000
Seeds
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Papaya tree seed 1 Uncommon 5,277
Watermelon seed 15 Uncommon 2,400
Ranarr seed 1 Uncommon 36,280
Snapdragon seed 1 Uncommon 47,932
Torstol seed 1 Uncommon 56,486
Willow seed 1 Uncommon 4,132
Teak seed 1 Uncommon 74
Maple seed 1 Uncommon 39,215
Calquat tree seed 1 Uncommon 93
Mahogany seed 1 Rare 4,797
Palm tree seed 1 Rare 35,320
Yew seed 1 Rare 95,166
Magic seed 1 Rare 154,113
Spirit seed 1 Rare Not sold
Other
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Coins 20,000–81,000 Common Not sold
Manta ray 25–55 (noted) Common 26,925–59,235
Wrath talisman 1 Uncommon 926
Rare drop table 1–3 Uncommon Not sold
Dragon bones 7–28 (noted) Uncommon 15,393–61,572
Vorkath's head 1 Uncommon (1/50)[1] Not sold
Clue scroll (elite) 1 Uncommon (1/65) Not sold
Jar of decay 1 Very rare (1/3,000) 163,008
Vorki 1 Very rare (1/3,000) Not sold
Draconic visage 1 Very rare (1/5,000) 7,704,775
Skeletal visage 1 Very rare (1/5,000) 43,945,254
- ↑ Players will always receive Vorkath's head on their 50th Vorkath kill.
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 8,990
Tooth half of key 1 Rare 11,949
Uncut sapphire 1 Rare 638
Runite bar 1 Rare 12,390
Unknown talisman
(please specify)1 Very rare Error
Nature rune 67 Very rare 13,735
Rune 2h sword 1 Very rare 37,933
Rune battleaxe 1 Very rare 24,597
Uncut emerald 1 Very rare 802
Law rune 45 Very rare 9,405
Death rune 45 Very rare 10,305
Steel arrow 150 Very rare 4,500
Rune arrow 42 Very rare 4,956
Adamant javelin 20 Very rare 1,020
Rune sq shield 1 Very rare 22,637
Dragonstone 1 Very rare 11,978
Silver ore 100 (noted) Very rare 7,600
Uncut ruby 1 Very rare 1,430
Rune kiteshield 1 Very rare 32,232
Dragon med helm 1 Very rare 59,046
Rune spear 1 Very rare 12,095
Shield left half 1 Very rare 65,678
Dragon spear 1 Very rare 37,797
Uncut diamond 1 Very rare 2,868
Rune javelin 5 Very rare 800
Concept art
Trivia
- Originally, the post-quest Vorkath had 640 Hitpoints. This was changed to 1,000 with increased stats due to players being able to use a tactic in order to deal damage during the poison pool attack without taking any damage. Kill times were reset following this fix.
- Many players criticised this, as it made Vorkath incredibly hard to kill, especially for players who could not afford a dragon warhammer or were off-task. As a result, Vorkath's health was reduced to 750 the following day, with any damage dealt to him during the poison pool attack being reduced. In addition, it also made the salve amulet and its variants work against him. Like the first hotfix, kill times were reset again.
- Due to player requests of how poor Vorkath's drops were given the time needed to kill it, several of Vorkath's drops were increased, and given the ability to roll for two drops at a time. However, player complaints about how overpowered it was and the drop values being similar to Zulrah caused fears of items crashing, so some of the more lucrative drops were reduced as a result. The same update also increased the damage players could deal to Vorkath during his poison pool attack, up to 50% of their maximum hit.
- Vorkath's post-quest examine is a reference to a similar saying Let sleeping dogs lie, which means to avoid interfering with situations where nothing is currently wrong.
