Dragon platebody

The Dragon platebody is an item that was released with the While Guthix Sleeps quest on 26 November 2008. It's one of the best platebodies in the game and the unique +100 defense bonus dragon piece of armour, also surpassing in price the Dragon Full Helm.



History
Multiple years before the relase of the Dragon platebody, Spinning plates were released, joking that "Dragon plates" (since the Spinning plates had a picture of a dragon) were then available. With Jagex's joke, many players thought that such an item would never be released.

On 2 September 2008, a new banner was released after the Distractions and Diversions update, showing a female what appeared to resemble a Dragon platebody. Weeks ago an image representing the Dragon platebody was posted onto the internet by an anonymous user, and resembles the one in the banner.

There is also speculation that the dragon platebody was shown in two newspost screenshots. The Clan Wars improvements were accompanied by an image of a player wearing a dragon armour body, although because the image is so small it is possible it is a Dragon Chainbody. The PvP worlds update also revealed a screenshot, this time clearer, of what appears to be a player wearing a dragon platebody. If you look closely at the PvP picture, the piece of armour seems to have three horns on his shoulder and the dragon chainbody has only one horn each shoulder.

In the Smithing Guide it says you need 99 smithing to "fix" the Dragon Platebody. It is rumored that the lump of dragon metal that you get at the end of "While Guthix Sleeps" is a "broken" Dragon Platebody.

There are 3 items that have showed up in the G.E. They are:


 * Ruined dragon armour slice
 * Ruined dragon armour lump
 * Ruined dragon armour shard

It is believed that you need these 3 pieces to create a Dragon Platebody. The ruined lump might be the lump of Dragon Metal from the quest. They are all market priced at 9.7m.

This item requires 60 Defence to wear and 99 Smithing to repair.

The Dragon Platebody has just been released, so more information will become available as time goes on.