Dragon armour

Dragon armour is considered the next step up from Rune armour. All dragon armour requires level 60 Defence to wear and is members-only. They are a distinctive red in colour and are generally sold at fairly high prices, or are dropped by high-leveled monsters at a low drop rate. Dragon armour is considered one of the highest valued melee armor in the game; a full set (Chain, legs/skirt, full helm/med helm, square shield, the newly released Dragon platebody and boots) costs around 53 million coins or more(Much of the cost of the "set" goes to the dragon full helm; with the Dragon med helm, the set only costs about 11-12 million coins). It is also worth noting that in the Grand Exchange, there is a Dragon Armour set that is sold with the Dragon Medium Helm, and a set that is sold with the Dragon Full Helmet and the new Dragon Platebody.

It is often debated whether it is cheaper to buy Dragon armour or Barrows equipment, since Barrows equipment requires repairs every 15 hours of combat. Though barrows equipment has a much larger defence bonus than dragon armour does.

None of the Dragon armour or weapons can be made using the Smithing skill. Though the exception is the Dragon square shield, which is created by combining a Shield left half with a Shield right half on an anvil, which requires 60 Smithing. Note you also need the Legends Quest completed to be able to wield or make this shield.

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 * The dragon square shield can be made by using the two halves on an anvil. This requires level 60 Smithing.

Non-existent dragon armour
Some pieces of dragon armour are in very high demand by players. These include: -Dragon kiteshield -Dragon spikeshield -Dragon berserker shield -Dragon defender

Because of this, Jagex has come up with a few April Fool's jokes, with Spinning plates and Dragon kites actually being toys that players can buy from Diango in the Draynor Village. But with the Dragon platebody being released, the joke of the Spinning plate is now obselete.