Queen Black Dragon



The Queen Black Dragon is the largest and most dangerous monster in all of RuneScape. She is the boss of the Grotworm Lair, and the highest-levelled monster in-game, surpassing Nex. She was the second dragon ever created, as told by the journals she drops, she was created by Kerapac the Dragonkin. The Queen is fought in an instance, and can only be soloed. Defeating her requires very high combat skills and quick reflexes, and slaying her is one of the hardest challenges in the game. She is so powerful that she cannot actually be killed, only put back to sleep for a time.

She can be accessed by an underground cave just north of Rimmington next to the White Knights Encampment. You do not need to finish or even start Song from the Depths to enter the Grotworm Lair in which she resides, but the quest will give some advantages when encountering the dragon. To quickly get to the lair, you can use Remora's necklace to teleport near the entrance of the cave once a day. Alternatively, the Port Sarim lodestone is free, unlimited, and just a few steps away. Another option is to use the Rimmington teleport tablet. Entering the portal to her dungeon requires 60 Summoning.

She is first encountered in the Song of the Depths quest, where the player and Remora are eaten and subsequently spit out by her. Completion of the quest will reduce damage from the Queen Black Dragon, and it also gives access to the coral crossbow and coral bolts that help defeat her.

Besides the dragonfire and melee combat of normal dragons, the Queen Black Dragon employs various tactics and special moves that make defeating her very difficult. However, triumphing over her will bring rewards plenty, including the fabled dragon kiteshield, powerful royal crossbow, and hides to craft royal dragonhide armour, and other various items.

Lore
The Queen Black Dragon is the egg mentioned in First dragonkin journal. The egg was created by a dragonkin experiment which tries to create a new type of dragonkin that would not be cursed to feel pain whenever the Stone of Jas was used by False Users. Unlike many dragons, the Queen Black Dragon lives in a watery habitat. This is due to her mother being a water lizard.

Habitat
The Queen Black Dragon resides in the lowest level of the Grotworm Lair. To reach her, enter the caves and slide down the worm burrow shortcut on the first level, requiring 50 Agility. This will take you to the bottom level of the lair. Players without 50 Agility can traverse the three levels of the cave, reaching the bottom.

There is a portal to the heart of the caves, leading to the Queen. It requires 60 Summoning to enter. Once inside, there is no exit -- the only way to leave is through teleportation, death or triumph. You will end up in a partially submerged arena, with the dragon sleeping. Once she wakes up, the battle begins.

Phase One
The Queen Black Dragon is fought in four phases. During the first phase, she will attack with melee (if you are within her attack range), Ranged, and Dragonfire. Be aware that this dragonfire attack can hit 700 or higher, so use of antifire or super antifire is a necessity. She will also use a special fire wall attack (shown in the chat box with an orange message). You must pass through the gap in the flames to avoid damage. If this attack does hit, it will hit in the low 200s. When the health bar for the first stage reaches zero, the Queen will start coughing up level 123 Giant grotworms. Touch the dragonkin artefact in the center of the platform to stop these from appearing. These can hit fairly hard with magic, so it is advised to dispatch them quickly.



Phase Two
During the second phase, the Queen will summon level 147 Tortured souls to attack. They will use an avoidable attack that hits about 200 every time, and then attack with melee. Kill the tortured souls, and then attack the Queen. During this phase, the fire wall special attack will cause two consecutive walls of fire to appear, instead of just one. When the Queen's life meter runs out, she will cough up more worms. A quick player can touch the second artefact, which is on the left side of the chamber, while only allowing about two giant worms to spawn.

It is possible when tortured souls have been spawned, to run through them and make them hurt themselves. To do this, remember they will always teleport right before doing their special attack, at this time you run through them, and the special attack will hit the tortures soul and not you. This does take some practise, but does save you a lot of time, because in the 4th wave it is possible to use the souls special attacks to kill one of the four spawned souls in one hit.

Phase Three
The third phase is similar to the second. However, the Queen will summon two Tortured souls instead of one, and there will be three fire waves, instead of two. Once her life meter reaches zero for the third time, touch the artefact on the right side as quickly as possible.

Phase Four
The fourth phase is by far the most dangerous. She will summon four Tortured souls at once to begin the wave. One of these souls will teleport to a corner of the room, and a short phrase will appear over its head. Kill this soul as quickly as possible or it will freeze time. During the time stop, you will be unable to eat, attack or move. However, all other monsters will be able to function normally. The time stop attack nearly guarantees death unless you start with very high life points. If you are unable to kill this Tortured soul in time, drink Saradomin brews up to your maximum health and hope for low hits. The Queen has one final attack - an extra strong fire attack. When the Queen uses this attack, move out of its way as quickly as possible. As with other waves, the fire wave attack that the Queen uses will have one more (four) waves. Once the Queen's life bar has been depleted for the last time, touch the final artefact. Stairs will descend from the artefact, taking you to the rewards room.

Rewards
After restoring the enchantment and returning the Queen to her slumber, you may enter a rewards room with a Dragonkin coffer containing your spoils. Four or more different rewards are received at once.

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Weapons and Armour

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Royal crossbow components

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Runes

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Consumables

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Ores

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Seeds

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Other drops

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Trivia

 * As stated in the May Behind the Scenes article, the Queen Black Dragon is so big that 5 King Black Dragons can fit in her mouth alone; however, she isn't quite that big in Song from the Depths or the concept art, or in the fight.
 * The Queen Black Dragon is the sixth non-quest boss monster that requires a skill level to fight. The first five were the God Wars Dungeon bosses.
 * The platform upon which the Queen Black Dragon is fought is the Stone of Jas half of the Dragonkin emblem, who are responsible for the creation of the Queen Black Dragon, as well as all of the other species of dragons across Runescape.
 * With a combat level of 2100 the Queen Black Dragon is stronger than Nex, beating her by 1099 levels.
 * There was a glitch upon release that users were unable to loot their graves, this was patched straight away.
 * When fighting the Queen Black Dragon you can gain vastly improved combat experience. For example, hitting 1000 would give you a large XP sum of 1.6k XP.
 * Upon dying from her, your grave would randomly appear in one of the Grotworm lair levels or outside the Grotworm Lair.
 * The highest possible hit on the Queen Black Dragon is 1000. This similar to Nex and the Corporal Beast's damage reduction.
 * If a player ranges her, the ammo will be near the QBD, right outside the arena boundaries. You can still grab it though.
 * Each wave of her health consists of 18750 lifepoints.
 * She is the only boss that does not drop anything upon death; instead, her drops are placed in a chest.
 * The Queen Black Dragon's firebreath is not only capable of hitting through super antifire potions, but will fully charge an empty Dragonfire Shield in one shot. This shows that her dragonfire is unique.
 * This is the second highest-level boss monster in a row to be female in gender, after Nex.

Queen Black Dragon