Red dragon



Red dragons are powerful monsters, and an anti-dragon shield or anti-fire potion is essential when fighting them. It is an underrated monster as the red dragonhides and dragon bones are worth large amounts of coins, and they can be safely maged or ranged.

If assigned Red dragons as a slayer task you are able to kill Baby Red Dragons as an alternative.

Locations

 * Brimhaven Dungeon (6 spawns)
 * Red Dragon Isle in fairly deep Wilderness (4 spawns)
 * Varrock museum, as a demonstration/model and not attackable

Strengths and weaknesses
Like all dragons, red dragons have high defence, though they are less defended against stab and ranged attacks. As with all dragons, an anti-dragon shield and possibly an anti-fire potion is essential when fighting them. Without one, you can be hit extremely hard by dragonfire.

The Wilderness location is extremely dangerous as players in that area can be a target for revenants. The Red Dragon Isle is recommended, because Bounty Hunter provides a relatively close banking area. The Brimhaven Dungeon location is a safer place to combat red dragons. If you are fighting them here, remember to bring 875 coins (or Karamja gloves 3 for free entrance and possibly a teleport) for the entrance fee and an axe. There are a few safe spots in the South West corner and north of the Red Dragon area of the dungeon. The biggest issue is the interrupts from Wild dogs, though this can be countered by having a combat level of 127 or higher and also it can be a good thing. when you get low health you can kill a few dogs and then use bones to peaches. After some time monsters stop being aggressive, so longer sessions at the dragons have fewer such interruptions and make it a lot safer to collect the drops as long as a player stays within a fairly limited area. If you are ranging, bring some food for the initial aggressive period and an Emergency teleport.

These dragons do not drop a draconic visage. Also, these dragons are generally left alone unless the player is on a slayer task, as they are too far from a bank and hard to kill to be efficient to kill for money. This is why, for a long time, black dragonhide was worth less than red dragonhide.

It should also be noted that an efficient money making trick for low-mid levelled players is to collect the white berries that respawn every 3 seconds in the southern part of red dragon isle, a full load of white berries can fetch coins if sold at  the Grand Exchange. But be forewarned you may be subject to revenant attacks in this area.

100% Drop

 * Red dragonhide
 * Dragon bones

Armour and weapons

 * Adamant Platebody (nearly all the time)
 * 4 Rune arrows
 * 8 Rune darts
 * Dragon medium helmet
 * Rune longsword
 * Mithril 2h sword (common)
 * Mithril hatchet
 * Mithril battleaxe
 * 20 Mithril javelins
 * 5 Rune javelins
 * Mithril kiteshield

Runes

 * 4 Law runes
 * 5 Death runes
 * 2 Blood runes

Charms

 * Crimson Charm
 * Gold Charm
 * Green Charm (most common charm)
 * Blue charm

Other

 * Level 3 Clue Scroll
 * Gems
 * 3 Chocolate cakes
 * Adamantite bar
 * Dragon Egg (99 Summoning Required)
 * Coins
 * Herb
 * Half of a key