One of Runescape's oldest bosses, the King Black Dragon, is a three-headed dragon popularly killed to make money and as a slayer task when assigned to kill black dragons. It is the strongest dragon in OSRS, and players should exercise caution when fighting it.
The King Black Dragon is in his lair in the wilderness, as shown above. Although the King black dragon’s lair is not in the wilderness, you will have to go through the wilderness to get to it, so you have to watch out for Pkers,
Firstly, if you have 80 construction, you can build an Obelisk in the superior garden in your house, use the Obelisk, and select level 44 as the teleport destination; after you have teleported, make your way to the lair.
Lastly, If you can’t use the Obelisk in your house, use the game necklace to teleport to the Corporal Beast’s lair. Then, run southeast to the wilderness Obelisk, use it to teleport close to the destination, and make your way to the lair.
When using melee, you should have at least
When using ranged, you should have at least
Since you would need to go through the wilderness to get to the King Black Dragon’s lair, it can be pretty risky to take the gear listed below there; however, here are two methods you can use to carry different gear to the lair:
You can only keep three valuable items if you die in the wilderness or four valuable items when the protect item is activated; however, you can follow this trick to carry more items into the King Black Dragon’s lair.
The method works because items players put into the looting bag will not be kept on death. Therefore, they will be left on the floor if the player dies in the King Black Dragon Lair. However, this poses a risk as
there is a a very slight chance that a PKer will cast a teleblock on you when you put your valuable items in your looting bag just before you pull the lever to enter the King Black Dragon lair; this will cause you to lose all the items in the looting bag
Instead of taking the risk involved in the method above, you can use ALT accounts to trade the gear you need when in the King Black Dragon’s lair.
Head slot: Helm of Neitiznot
Neck slot: Amulet of torture
Cape slot: Infernal cape
Body slot: Mixed hide top
Leg slot: Mixed hide legs
Weapon slot: Dragon hunter Lance
Shield slot: Dragonfire shield
Ammo slot: Rada blessing 4
Gloves slot: Barrows gloves
Boot slot: Dragon boots
Ring slot: Ultor ring
Head slot: Berserker helm
Neck slot: Amulet of Fury
Cape slot: Ardougne cloak
Body slot: Proselyte hauberk
Leg slot: Proselyte cuisse
Weapon slot: Ghrazi rapier
Shield slot: Anti-dragon shield
Ammo slot: Rada’s blessing 3
Gloves slot: Dragon gloves
Boot slot: Rune boots
Ring slot: Treasonous ring (i)
Head slot: Zamorak coif
Neck slot: necklace of anguish
Cape slot: Dizana’s quiver
Body slot: Black d’hide body
Leg slot: Black d’hide chaps
Weapon slot: Dragon hunter crossbow
Shield slot: Dragonfire ward
Ammo slot: Diamond dragon bolts (e)
Gloves slot: Barrows gloves
Boot slot: Zamorak d’hide boots
Ring slot: Ring of shadows
Head slot: Archer helm
Neck slot: Amulet of Fury
Cape slot: Ava’s assembler
Body slot: Red d’hide body
Leg slot: Red d’hide chaps
Weapon slot: Dragon crossbow
Shield slot: anti-dragon shield
Ammo slot: Diamond bolts (e)
Gloves slot: Black d’hide vambraces
Boot slot: Mixed hide boots
Ring slot: Explorer’s ring 4
Bring at least 4 super restore potions, 1 antidote ++(4), 1 super combat or divine ranging potion, 1 extended antifire potion, 1 teleport to house, and then fill the rest of your inventory with suitable food.
To be able to fight and successfully kill the King Black Dragon, you need to know his attacks and how to avoid them; these attacks include:
The King Black Dragon’s dragonfire attacks are stronger than those of other dragons; they can hit up to 65 if the anti-dragon shield, Dragonfire shield, or anti-fire potion is not used. Using an anti-fire potion and any of those shields provides 100% protection against these attacks.
If you are in melee range, the King Black Dragon will use a melee attack 1/3 of the time. This attack can hit players with up to 25 damage, but players can nullify its effects by using Protect from Melee.
The King Black Dragon has three unblockable special breath attacks: Poison, Shock, and freeze. They occur once in 9 attacks in the melee range and once in three attacks when outside the melee range.
Poison attack will poison players and can be easily overcome by using an anti-poison like antidote++(4);
Shock attack is a shocking breath that drains two levels off all of the player’s stats; players should use stat-restoring potions like super restore(4) to nullify the effects of this attack.
Freeze attack is an icy breath that freezes the player for 6 seconds or 10 ticks.
These attacks can deal up to 50 damage without any prayer, antifire potion, or any of the Dragonfire shields; if protect from magic is used, this will provide some protection as the maximum damage will only be 20. The recommended way players can defend themselves against these attacks is by using both the antifire potion and any of the Dragonfire shields; the player will take only a maximum of 10 damage when using them; using protect from magic with these would not add any more protection.
Before entering the wilderness, make sure you set player attack to "hidden" in settings to avoid getting skull tricked. When you make your way to the lair, you must find an empty world; this might be challenging since many players commonly kill the King Black Dragon. To tackle this problem, players can create an instance to fight the King Black Dragon, which will cost 50,000 coins. This fee can be automatically taken from the player’s bank when in the lair, first, drink an antidote++ and super restore potion, then follow any of these methods:
Wear your best combat gear, including a dragonfire shield, and stand at a melee distance, regardless of your combat style, while attacking the King Black Dragon. You should also use protect from melee, as it will provide protection against his melee attacks and reduce the chances of the dragon using the special unblockable attacks.
If you can’t equip the Dragonfire shield because you want to use a two-handed weapon, you can’t use the “Melee range” method as you would take too much damage. Instead, you should keep your distance and protect use from magic when fighting the King Black Dragon to reduce damage from his dragonfire attacks.
The King Black Dragon has a relatively fast attack. To slow this down, players can walk under him immediately after an attack and then step out to perform another attack. If this method is done correctly, you can slow down the King Black Dragon’s attack to the point where he will perform only one attack for every attack you do. Players should only use this method if their weapon is significantly slower than the King Black Dragon’s attack.
The King Black Dragon always drops:
Dragon bones
Black dragon hide
The King Black Dragon drops weapons, armour, runes, ammunition, and resources at different rates below:
Dragon pickaxe at a rate of 1/1000
Rune Longsword at a rate of 1/12.8
Adamant platebody at a rate of 1/14.22
Adamant kiteshield at a rate of 1/42.67
Dragon med helm at a rate of 1/128
Air rune at a rate of 1/12.8
Iron arrow at a rate of 1/12.8
Runite arrow at a rate of 1/12.8
Fire rune at a rate of 1/25.6
Law rune at a rate of 1/25.6
Blood rune at a rate of 1/25.6
Yew logs at a rate of 1/12.8
Adamantite bar at a rate of 1/25.6
Runite bar at a rate of 1/42.67
The King Black Dragon drops gems, and other items include:
3000 coins at a rate of 1/97.52
Loop half of key at a rate of 1/100.4
Tooth half of key at a rate of 1/100.4
Uncut sapphire at a rate of 1/157.5
Uncut emerald at a rate of 1/315.1
Runite bar at a rate of 1/409.6
Uncut ruby at a rate of 1/630.1
67 Nature rune at a rate of 1/682.7
Rune 2h sword at a rate of 1/682.7
Rune battleaxe at a rate of 1/682.7
45 Law rune at a rate of 1/1024
45 Death rune at a rate of 1/1024
150 Steel arrow at a rate of 1/1024
42 Rune arrow at a rate of 1/1024
20 Adamant javelin at a rate of 1/1024
Rune sq shield at a rate of 1/1024
Dragonstone at a rate of 1/1024
100 Silver ore at a rate of 1/1024
Nature talisman at a rate of 1/1680
Rune kitshield at a rate of 1/2048
Dragon med helm at a rate of 1/2048
Rune spear at a rate of 1/2127
Uncut diamond at a rate of 1/2521
Shield left half at a rate of 1/4254
Rune javelin at a rate of 1/5041
Dragon spear at a rate of 1/5672
Brimstone key at a rate of 1/65
Kbd heads at a rate of 1/128
Clues scroll at a rate of 1/450
Prince black Dragon at a rate of 1/3000
Draconic visage at a rate of 1/500
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