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 even Nex. She is the first dragon ever created,which was done by Kerapac the Dragonkin, as told by the journals that can be obtained after defeating her. The Queen is fought in an instance, and therefore 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 again.

Travel
She can be accessed by an underground cave just north of Rimmington next to the White Knight Camp. 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 advantages when encountering the dragon. There are a few means of travel to get to the lair:


 * Remora's necklace, which teleports you in the White Knight Camp once a day.
 * Port Sarim lodestone, which teleports you just east of the White Knight Camp free and unlimited.
 * Rimmington teleport tablet, which teleports you next to the Rimmington house portal.

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 giant 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.

Attacks
The Queen Black Dragon is a big foe that will be fought in four phases in which she has the ability to use 8 different attacks throughout the fight. Remember that completing the Song from the Depths quest lowers the damage of all attacks the Queen does. The attacks are as follows:

Melee attack
A basic melee attack that the Queen Black Dragon will use if the player stands anywhere closer to the queen than one square north of the artifact in the middle of the platform. It is a bite attack that is accurate and can hit in the 300s if not protected against. Players are advised to wear strong melee gear if they wish to melee the queen. This attack can be completely avoided by using Melee Deflect/Protection prayers.

Ranged Attack
This basic ranged attack is used througout the whole fight no matter where on the field the player stands, even in melee range. It is a sweeping attack that she does with her head, which is very accurate and can hit in the 300s if not protected against. This attack can be completely avoided by using Ranged Deflect/Protection prayers.

Standard Dragon Breath
The Queen Black Dragon has a powerful dragonbreath that even super antifires with a Dragonfire shield/anti-dragon shield cannot block. It will hit through any dragonfire protection that is available and will still hit in the low 200s when you use maximum protection. It is recommended to still use maximum protection as the Queen can hit significantly higher than 200 when you aren't fully protected.

Super Dragon Breath
The Queen Black Dragon will only use this extremely powerful attack as a last attempt to kill the player in Phase 4. Like the standard dragonbreath she uses, it is so hot that even super antifires with a Dragonfire shield/anti-dragon shield cannot completely block it. The Queen Black Dragon will aim the attack at the center of the field and the closer the player is to the center of the attack, the more damage it will deal per tick. The only way to avoid taking damage from this attack is to run to the most west or east side of the platform.

Fire Wave
This is an attack reminescent of the one used by Char during the quest The Firemaker's Curse. When the Queen is about to use this attack, the chat box will display an orange message: "The Queen Black Dragon takes a huge breath". It is a slow attack that will move towards the player in a linear fashion(It moves from north to south). If caught within the licking walls of flames, players will be damaged for rapid low 200s per game tick. Lucky for you each wave of fire has one gap in it, which the player can use to avoid any damage done by the fire wave. It is advised to stand close to the center when the chat message appears, specifically to the left of the central dragonkin artifact as that is where one fire waves will have a gap. The field has a platform of 19 squares and there are 3 different Fire waves each with their gap at a fixed spot. Type 1 will pass through on the 5th square from the right, Type 2 will pass through on the 1st square to the left of the center artifact and Type 3 will pass through on the 5th square to the left. She will cycle between these waves so a player may predict where the next loophole will be.

Summoning
This attack will start to appear during and after Phase 2. When the Queen Black Dragon is about to use this attack, the chat box will display a purple message: "The Queen Black Dragon releases one of its captured souls". When this attack starts, the tortured souls will appear one square west of the player. After which, the soul will cast a spell one square east of the player which will move every game tick until it hits the player. If hit by the spell, it will hit the player for a random damage between 200-500 damage. This attack can be avoided by waiting a second after the soul appears on screen and running through the soul. The attack will continue following the player and hit the soul instead of the player, dealing its max hit on the soul at 500 damage. Other than the spell, the summoned souls will attack the player using melee when in melee range, this attack is inaccurate. The souls have a very slow moving speed and are weak to slashing attacks.

Time Stop
The Queen Black Dragon does not use this technique herself but rather through the tortured souls she summons. This attack happens if the player doesn't kill the souls fast enough. One of the souls will then teleport to a corner of the field and start chanting the incantations. If that soul is not killed by the time the spell completes (which takes around 10 seconds), the screen will turn green and the player will be unable to move, heal or attack. The summoned souls will also freeze during the duration of this attack, while the Queen Black Dragon will attack as usual. The effect lasts for approximately 7 seconds and when it is over, the player will take whatever damage was done during the freeze in one tick,which could knock-out the player in one hit. There is no way to cancel out this effect as of yet other than to stop the incantation from happening.

Grotworms
The Queen Black Dragon will shake grotworms that were eating her rotting flesh off her body every time the player manages to defeat her in a Phase. She will not stop coughing up the worms until the player has activated the correct artefact on the field. The worms become stronger the more phases the player takes down. These worms can hit accurate 200s if not protected against as with the ones present in the slayer caves. Their magic attacks can be completely avoided with Magic Deflection/Protection prayers.

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 potions are 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 a level 147 tortured soul 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 that they will always teleport right before doing their special attack, at this time you should run through them, and the special attack will hit the tortured soul and not you. This takes some practice, but does save you a lot of time, because in the fourth 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.
 * The Queen Black Dragon's mother may have been a Wyrm. In the Dragonkin Journals, it states that her egg came from a giant water reptile. However Kerapac's magic and lifeblood turned her into a dragon.
 * Apparently, when a familiar lands a hit right after you put her back to sleep, her head dissappears and becomes regular bones.

Queen Black Dragon