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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 27,370
Blue dragonhide 2 Always 3,612
Weapons/Armour
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Rune longsword 2–3 Common 37,360–56,040
Rune kiteshield 2–5 Common 64,150–160,375
Dragon battleaxe 1 Uncommon 119,378
Dragon longsword 1 Uncommon 59,286
Dragon platelegs 1 Uncommon 161,195
Dragon plateskirt 1 Uncommon 161,153
Battlestaff 5–15 (noted) Uncommon 40,035–120,105
Dragonbone necklace 1 Very rare (1/1,000) 75,772
Runes
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Chaos rune 650–1,000 Common 42,900–66,000
Death rune 300–500 Uncommon 60,600–101,000
Wrath rune 30–100 Uncommon 13,740–45,800
Dragonhide
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Green dragonhide 25–32 (noted) Common 36,700–46,976
Blue dragonhide 20–30 (noted) Common 36,120–54,180
Red dragonhide 15–25 (noted) Uncommon 36,645–61,075
Black dragonhide 15–25 (noted) Uncommon 45,345–75,575
Tips
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Sapphire bolt tips 25–35 Uncommon 550–770
Emerald bolt tips 25–35 Uncommon 1,425–1,995
Ruby bolt tips 25–35 Uncommon 2,200–3,080
Diamond bolt tips 25–35 Uncommon 4,250–5,950
Amethyst bolt tips 25–30 Uncommon 5,575–6,690
Dragonstone bolt tips 7–28 Uncommon 1,393–5,572
Onyx bolt tips 5–30 Uncommon 39,160–234,960
Rune dart tip 75–109 Uncommon 93,825–136,359
Dragon dart tip 10–50 Uncommon 29,270–146,350
Dragon arrowtips 25–50 Uncommon 17,425–34,850
Materials
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Adamantite ore 10–30 (noted) Common 9,210–27,630
Diamond 10–30 (noted) Common 18,870–56,610
Crushed nest 10–30 (noted) Common 44,900–134,700
Grapes 250–301 (noted) Common 28,500–34,314
Magic logs 50 (noted) Common 49,950
Dragonstone 1–3 (noted) Uncommon 11,574–34,722
Dragon bolts (unf) 50–100 Uncommon 51,800–103,600
Seeds
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Papaya tree seed 1 Uncommon 5,210
Watermelon seed 15 Uncommon 720
Ranarr seed 1 Uncommon 45,247
Snapdragon seed 1 Uncommon 66,511
Torstol seed 1 Uncommon 59,989
Willow seed 1 Uncommon 2,916
Teak seed 1 Uncommon 60
Maple seed 1 Uncommon 35,722
Calquat tree seed 1 Uncommon 91
Mahogany seed 1 Rare 4,509
Palm tree seed 1 Rare 55,747
Yew seed 1 Rare 80,077
Magic seed 1 Rare 142,781
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 35,475–78,045
Wrath talisman 1 Uncommon 842
Rare drop table 1–3 Uncommon Not sold
Dragon bones 7–28 (noted) Uncommon 20,454–81,816
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) 49,447
Vorki 1 Very rare (1/3,000) Not sold
Draconic visage 1 Very rare (1/5,000) 4,905,334
Skeletal visage 1 Very rare (1/5,000) 25,702,745
- ↑ 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 9,859
Tooth half of key 1 Rare 9,745
Uncut sapphire 1 Rare 447
Runite bar 1 Rare 12,309
Unknown talisman
(please specify)1 Very rare Error
Nature rune 67 Very rare 14,807
Rune 2h sword 1 Very rare 37,758
Rune battleaxe 1 Very rare 24,392
Uncut emerald 1 Very rare 699
Law rune 45 Very rare 7,515
Death rune 45 Very rare 9,090
Steel arrow 150 Very rare 4,950
Rune arrow 42 Very rare 2,814
Adamant javelin 20 Very rare 1,400
Rune sq shield 1 Very rare 22,535
Dragonstone 1 Very rare 11,574
Silver ore 100 (noted) Very rare 5,300
Uncut ruby 1 Very rare 1,305
Rune kiteshield 1 Very rare 32,075
Dragon med helm 1 Very rare 59,004
Rune spear 1 Very rare 11,882
Shield left half 1 Very rare 66,203
Dragon spear 1 Very rare 37,508
Uncut diamond 1 Very rare 2,875
Rune javelin 5 Very rare 880
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.
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