Dragon scimitar



The dragon scimitar is currently the strongest scimitar in the game, and can only be wielded by members who have at least 60 Attack and who have completed the Monkey Madness quest. It can be bought from two different shops for 100,000 coins: either from Daga's Scimitar Smithy on Ape Atoll, or from Dealga in the Varrock Swordshop, though you can also buy it at the Grand Exchange. It is faster to buy them from Dealga in Varrock. A m'speak amulet does not need to be worn, as players can just right-click 'Trade' on him. Players who have freed King Awowogei in Recipe for Disaster can easily reach Ape Atoll through the Teleport to Ape Atoll spell (requires 64 Magic) to access Daga's shop on Ape Atoll more quickly. It is also a possible loot from Monkey knife fighters after completing Do No Evil.

The dragon scimitar has a special attack, Sever, which, along with increasing the user's accuracy for that hit, has the chance of rendering the target unable to use protection prayers (with the exception of the Protect Item prayer) for five seconds. This uses 55% of the user's special attack energy. It appears that the dragon scimitar may hit reasonably lower on some NPC's. Most notably, the special attack deactivates the protection prayer altogether. The opponent must reactivate the prayer after 5 seconds are over. However, this effect doesn't work on NPCs (such as the Kalphite Queen), and as such is hardly used, and can be seen rarely in Castle Wars, Fist of Guthix and other PVP activities where Prayer is commonly used. It is also commonly used in BH. The scimitar is popular for Strength training as it has comparable bonuses to the dragon longsword but is slightly faster. It is nearly tied with the toktz-xil-ak (obsidian sword) when used in conjunction with a berserker necklace in terms of hourly experience rates; however, the toktz-xil-ak and the obsidian necklace are much more expensive and reduce attack and defence statistics when used together.



Merchanting
With the re-introduction of Free-trade, it is no longer profitable to buy the Dragon Scimitar from any shop and sell it on the Grand Exchange.

Dragon Scimitar vs Dragon Longsword
Many players prefer the dragon scimitar because of the speed, which the dragon longsword lacks; however the Dragon longsword carries a +71 strength bonus, where as the Dragon scimitar carries a +66 strength bonus. Both of these weapons have ups and downs; the Dragon longsword requires an easier quest to complete, Lost City; but the Dragon scimitar requires a very difficult quest to complete and by the time you complete this quest﻿ you will find that you are able to afford and wield a better weapon, such as an Abyssal Whip. The special attack for each are both very good, however the Dragon Longsword uses less special attack energy and also gives a slightly better accuracy addition and bonus damage. The Dragon Longsword is recommended for fighting higher levelled monsters, but the Dragon scimitar can quickly kill low levelled monsters, making the Dragon Scimitar better for killing low levelled monsters for strength pures. At the end of the day it is your own personal decision to choose the Dragon Scimitar or the Dragon Longsword. Most player prefer the dragon scimitar however, because the faster speed is much more useful than small bonuses.

''As with all dragon equipment, the Dragon scimitar cannot be made from raw materials using the Smithing skill. The dragon platebody and the dragon sq shield can be smithed from their component parts.''

Trivia

 * The dragon scimitar was not actually released until almost four months after the Monkey Madness quest, on 29 March 2005. Six days later on 4 April, it was announced that the special attack of the dragon scimitar was not working as intended and could not be fixed. It was changed to the current special attack on that day.D scim spec weapon swap.png
 * On 23 July 2009, five days before the scheduled update, the dragon scimitar image in the Grand Exchange Database was replaced by the new model. Players found the image and posted about it in the RuneScape Forums, making it widely known before Jagex removed the image a few hours later. Five days later, the image was once again put up along with the official release.
 * On 28 July 2009, the Animation Pack 1 update changed the appearance and attack animations of the dragon scimitar, along with godswords, longswords, and the abyssal whip.
 * On 10 August 2009, an update enlarged the blade of the dragon scimitar and gave it a more red-plastic colour and a shiny effect.
 * On 15 June 2010, an update enabled players that had completed Monkey Madness to buy dragon scimitars from Dealga in the Varrock Sword Shop for 100,000 coins.
 * The z-buffering update changed the way the scimitar was held so that it is held horizontally like it was before the update. It was updated on 1 December 2010.