Dragon dagger

The Dragon dagger is the strongest dagger available and can only be wielded by members who have at least 60 Attack and who have completed the Lost City quest. Dragon Daggers are affordable, fast, can be poisoned and have a knock-out special attack. These aspects, combined, make the Dragon Dagger extremely popular amongst players of all combat levels. Unlike most other daggers, they are held backwards, with the tip of the blade towards the back of the player.

The prices for the Dragon Dagger vary upon its poison level. The un-poisoned Dagger can be purchased in the Zanaris market place for 30,000 coins; from the travelling merchant Rasolo standing by the Baxtorian falls for 60,000 coins west of Seers' Village; and for 45,000 coins at Blades by Urbi in Sophanem, and at the Grand Exchange in Varrock

Alternatively, players with a high enough Hunter skill level can hunt Magpie Implings in the Impetuous Impulses minigame and potentially receive one as loot. The Dragon Dagger is also a drop from a few high-levelled Revenants, found in the Wilderness.

With the release of the Dragon Claws the price of the dragon dagger has dropped, and shows signs of continuing to drop. This is probably because the claws can hit harder (a +56 strength bonus compared to the +40 of the dragon dagger), are just as fast, and have an arguably better special attack. However, the sheer availability and comparatively low cost of the dragon dagger may attract players. Dragon Claws are also two-handed, much harder to get, and lack the ability to be poisoned. The claws can hit up to around 46-23-12-11 (92) under perfect conditions, which equals a 184 with both specials, while under perfect conditions the dragon dagger can hit 50-50 four times for a total of 400 damage from 4 specials. However, in PvP, these damages would not be possible. Dragon claws tend to be great when ones oppenent is at low hp as if they do not expect it, they can't survive through it. When pking, a dragon dagger is highly dependent on the players attack bonuses and level.

As of 13 January 2009, the dragon dagger and all its poisoned variants are now split on coinshare.

Special Attack
The dagger's special attack, Puncture, inflicts 2 hits in quick succession with increased attack and strength whilst only using 25% of a player's special attack energy. High levelled players, if lucky, can hit over 100 with a single special attack bar (castle wars only). Due to the fact that the special only uses 25% of the special attack bar, even a high levelled opponent could be killed in a matter of seconds. This special is considered one of the best special attacks of the more affordable weapons in the game, and players will sometimes carry a dragon dagger in addition to their main weapon, just to cause 8 quick hits and a considerable chance of inflicting poison on their foe. The maximum hit known with the dagger is 53-53, but was glitched. The highest unglitched special so far is 50-50 which was done using a Castle Wars bracelet. In normal conditions (i.e. In PvP) 50-50 would not be possible.

Both the Dragon Dagger and Dragon Longsword are quest only items. You have to have completed Lost City.

As with all dragon items, with the exceptions for the dragon platebody and dragon square shield, this item cannot be made using the Smithing skill.

Poisoned versions


Dragon daggers are commonly used with their special attack to hit double times for four attacks, this is especially done with the poisonous version in PvP or Clan Wars.

Trivia

 * Formerly, the Dragon dagger(p++)'s suffix, as with all super-poisoned items, was (s). This was changed to what it is today in an update on 22 August, 2006 when Jagex alleged that it could potentially be confused with an admittedly uncommon nickname for Saradomin armour, rune (s).
 * Due to the longer suffix after the update to its name, the full name of the Dragon dagger(p++) became too long to use as an item name. Because of this, its name was shortened to Drag dagger(p++). When the Grand Exchange came out over a year later, many players were unable to find the dragon dagger(p++) because they had never noticed the abbreviated name. This lead to many players instead purchasing a Dragon dagger(p+), which was the best poisoned version they could find. The name was eventually changed back to Dragon dagger(p++).
 * When wielded, the Dragon dagger, along with its poisoned varieties, are the only daggers, along with Keris, to be held with a reverse grip (blade pointing downwards).
 * Saradomin Wizards from Treasure Trails wield dragon dagger(p++)s to prevent their attacks from being negated by any prayer, making them more difficult. If a player uses protect from melee, the Wizard will cast Saradomin strike, and if they use protect from mage, he will use the dragon dagger. Interestingly, the Wizard can cast Saradomin Strike while wielding a dragon dagger, even though players can only cast the spell while wielding a Saradomin staff.