Rune Dragons are metal Dragons first encountered during Dragon Slayer II, where the player must fight one. After completing the quest, they can be found in the eastern chamber of the Lithren Vault, opposite the Adamant Dragons. They have a combat level of 380, higher than that of Adamant dragons, but they are comparatively easier to kill.
Rune Dragons can also be assigned as a Slayer task and are considered good tasks since they can be completed quickly and have valuable drops.
5 Rune Dragons spawns can be found in the Lithren Vault, a facility located in the ruins of a dragonkin castle on Lithkren.
The fastest way to get to the Lithren Vault is by using the Digsite pendant teleport. Before completing Dragon Slayer II, follow the following steps to the Lithren Vault:
After the completion of Dragon Slayer II, use the digsite pendant on the Strange Machine in Lithkren Vault, north of the rune dragons, to unlock the teleport. Afterward, use the teleport on the digsite pendant to teleport directly to the Lithkren vault.
90+ attack
90+ strength
90+ defence
94+ magic
90+ ranged
70+ prayer
Head slot: Slayer helm (i)
Neck slot: Amulet of torture
Cape slot: Fire cape
Body slot: Bandos chestplate
Leg slot: Bandos tassets
Weapon slot: Dragon hunter Lance
Ammo slot: Rada’s blessing 4
Shield slot: Dragonfire shield
Glove slot: Barrows gloves
Boot slot: Insulated boots
Ring slot: Berserker ring (i)
Head slot: Slayer helm (i)
Neck slot: Necklace of anguish
Cape slot: Ava’s assembler
Body slot: Armadyl chestplate
Leg slot: Armadyl chaps
Weapon slot: Dragon hunter crossbow
Ammo slot: Diamond dragon bolts (e)
Shield slot: Dragonfire shield
Glove slot: Barrows gloves
Boot slot: Saradomin d’hide boot
Ring slot: Archers ring(i)
Head slot: Slayer helm (i)
Neck slot: Occult necklace
Cape slot: Imbued god cape
Body slot: Ancestral robe top
Leg slot: Ancestral robe bottom
Weapon slot: Tumeken’s shadow
Ammo slot: Rada’s blessing 4
Glove slot: Barrows gloves
Boot slot: eternal boots
Ring slot: Seers ring (i)
Similar to the Mithril and Adamant Dragons, Rune Dragons have multiple attacks, consisting of melee, ranged, and magic attacks, as well as 2 special attacks. The Rune Dragon’s melee and magic attack have a max hit of 31 while the ranged attack can hit up to 40 damage and Dragonfire can deal up to 50.
Rune Dragon’s first special attack consists of 2 small electric bolts launched at the player’s position which hones in on them if they are hit. It deals 4-7 damage per tick for a few seconds, reduced to 1-2 if the player wears insulated boot. Players should avoid the attack by running four to five tiles away from their original position when the attack was launched.
This is a ranged attack that can hit through Protect from Missiles. The Rune dragon will heal itself for 100% of the damage dealt to the player from this attack.
Rune Dragons are weak to magic and stab, so players should use any of these attack styles to deal the most damage.
Killing Rune Dragons is quite straightforward. If using melee, pray against magic and use piety. You should equip the insulated boots as they will allow you to be AFK for longer periods before needing food.
If using mage, Turn on protect from missiles and use Tumenken’s shadow. This is the most effective weapon for killing Rune Dragons across all styles, since they have relatively low Magic defence. Alternatively, players should use Earth spells.
Players who prefer to use ranged against the Rune Dragons should use Protect from missiles due to the Dragon’s accurate ranged attacks and also pray Rigour or Eagle eye. Players with 90+ ranged and a dragon hunter crossbow can easily kill Rune Dragons due to the weapon’s passive effect.
Many players kill Rune Dragons on an alt account since they are AFK and consistently give valuable drops. To do this, you should use insulated boots so you don’t have to move away from their Electric bolts special attack. With the boots equipped, the attack deals only 1-2 damage per tick, allowing for longer AFK peroids.
Players can kill 45 Rune Dragons per hour; 9 kills per trip and 5 trips per hour. This results in a profit of 1.4M GP after the food, teleports and potions have been deducted. At lower levels and equipment, players should expect 33-38 kills per hour, reducing profits significantly.
The average Drop from Rune Dragons is worth 37K GP.
100%
Dragon bones 1 (Always), Runite bar 1 (Always).
Weapons and Armour
Rune platebody 1 (1/14.11), Rune longsword 1 (1/15.88), Rune mace 1 (1/18.14), Rune scimitar 1 (1/18.14), Rune warhammer 1 (1/18.14), Rune platelegs 1 (1/21.17), Dragon platelegs 1 (1/127), Dragon plateskirt 1 (1/127), Dragon med helm 1 (1/127).
Runes and Ammunition
Rune arrow 30–60 (1/15.88), Wrath rune 20–50 (1/15.88), Chaos rune 75–150 (1/18.14), Death rune 50–100 ((1/18.14).
Herbs
Grimy avantoe 1 (noted) (1/50.8), Grimy ranarr weed 1 (noted) (1/65.3), Grimy snapdragon 1 (noted) (1/65.3), Grimy torstol 1 (noted) (1/84.67).
Other
Rune bolts 20–30 (1/8.467), Dragonstone 1 (noted) (1/18.14), Runite ore 2 (noted) (1/21.7), Dragon javelin heads 5–15 (1/25.44), Dragon bolts (unf) 15–20 (1/127), Wrath talisman 1 (1/127).
Rare Drops
Nothing (1/700; Never), Coins (3,000) (1/774), Loop half of key (1/806.5), Tooth half of key (1/806.5), Uncut sapphire (1/3,251), Runite bar (1/3,251), Nature rune (67) (1/5,419), Rune 2h sword (1/5,419), Rune battleaxe (1/5,419), Uncut emerald (1/6,502), Law rune (45) (1/8,128), Death rune (45) (1/8,128), Steel arrow (150) (1/8,128), Rune arrow (42) (1/8,128), Adamant javelin (10) (1/862.1), Rune sq shield (1/8,128), Dragonstone (1/8,128), Silver ore (100, noted) (1/8,128), Uncut ruby (1/13,005), Rune kiteshield (1/16,256), Dragon med helm (1/16,256), Rune spear (1/17,161), Shield left half (1/34,422), Nature talisman (1/34,679), Dragon spear (1/45,763), Uncut diamond (1/52,019), Rune Javelin (1/103,038)
Tertiary Drops
Brimstone key (1/50), Clue scroll (elite) (1/300), Dragon limbs (1/800), Dragon metal lump (1/5,000), Draconic visage (1/8,000).
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