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. 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".
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 players die elsewhere, these items will be 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 in place of a Slayer helmet.
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 23,560 Blue dragonhide 2 Always 3,510
Weapons/Armour
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Rune longsword 2–3 Common 37,212–55,818 Dragon battleaxe 1 Uncommon 119,231 Dragon longsword 1 Uncommon 59,317 Dragon platelegs 1 Uncommon 161,162 Dragon plateskirt 1 Uncommon 161,137 Battlestaff 5–15 (noted) Rare 40,805–122,415 Dragonbone necklace 1 Very rare (1/1,000) 74,394
Runes
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Chaos rune 300–1,000 Common 26,700–89,000 Death rune 300–500 Uncommon 60,900–101,500 Wrath rune 30–100 Uncommon 12,480–41,600
Dragonhide
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Green dragonhide 14–32 (noted) Uncommon 19,880–45,440 Blue dragonhide 11–30 (noted) Uncommon 19,305–52,650 Red dragonhide 10–27 (noted) Uncommon 22,410–60,507 Black dragonhide 5–25 (noted) Uncommon 14,645–73,225
Tips
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Sapphire bolt tips 25–35 Uncommon 600–840 Emerald bolt tips 25–35 Uncommon 1,425–1,995 Ruby bolt tips 31 Uncommon 2,914 Diamond bolt tips 30 Uncommon 5,190 Amethyst bolt tips 27–30 Uncommon 6,021–6,690 Dragonstone bolt tips 7–28 Uncommon 2,177–8,708 Rune dart tip 86–100 Uncommon 105,866–123,100 Dragon dart tip 10–50 Uncommon 30,890–154,450 Dragon arrowtips 27–50 Uncommon 16,416–30,400 Onyx bolt tips 1–30 Uncommon 8,221–246,630
Materials
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Crushed nest 10–30 (noted) Common 47,550–142,650 Grapes 78–301 (noted) Common 5,694–21,973 Diamond 4–30 (noted) Common 7,564–56,730 Magic logs 50 (noted) Common 54,500 Dragonstone 1–3 (noted) Uncommon 11,932–35,796 Adamantite ore 10–30 (noted) Uncommon 10,500–31,500 Dragon bolts (unf) 45–65 Uncommon 51,705–74,685
Seeds
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Papaya tree seed 1 Common 3,589 Watermelon seed 15 Common 1,065 Ranarr seed 1 Uncommon 45,466 Snapdragon seed 1 Uncommon 54,551 Torstol seed 1 Uncommon 58,385 Willow seed 1 Uncommon 3,620 Teak seed 1 Uncommon 85 Maple seed 1 Uncommon 28,320 Calquat tree seed 1 Uncommon 120 Magic seed 1 Rare 118,931 Spirit seed 1 Rare Not sold Mahogany seed 1 Rare 3,029 Palm tree seed 1 Rare 39,781 Yew seed 1 Rare 68,162
Other
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Coins 3,000–81,000 Common Not sold Manta ray 25–55 (noted) Common 28,075–61,765 Wrath talisman 1 Uncommon 917 Rare drop table 1–3 Uncommon Not sold Dragon bones 7–28 (noted) Uncommon 18,991–75,964 Superior dragon bones 1–5 Uncommon 11,780–58,900 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) 31,802 Vorki 1 Very rare (1/3,000) Not sold Draconic visage 1 Very rare (1/5,000) 4,940,340 Skeletal visage 1 Very rare (1/5,000) 26,536,000
- ↑ Players will always receive Vorkath's head on their 50th Vorkath kill.
Rare drop table
In addition to the drops above, this monster also has access to the rare drop table.
Show/hide rare drop table 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
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 "moonwalking" trick 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 says to avoid interfering with situations where nothing is currently wrong.
Vorkath | |
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Monsters |
Vorkath(Strategies) • Zombified Spawn |
Signature drops |
Skeletal visage • Dragonbone necklace Vorkath's head • Jar of decay • Vorki |
Equipment |
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Chromatic dragons |
Green (baby) (brutal) • Blue (baby) (brutal) • Red (baby) (brutal) • Black (baby) (brutal) | ||||||
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Slayer monsters |
Long-tailed Wyvern • Spitting Wyvern • Taloned Wyvern • Skeletal Wyvern • Brutal black • Ancient Wyvern | ||||||
Other |
Lava • Reanimated • Revenant
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