Dragon defender



The Dragon defender is the strongest defender in the game, requiring 60 Attack and Defence to wield. It is exclusively obtained as a fairly rare drop in the Warriors' Guild from the cyclopes and their stronger brethren, the Cyclossi. Cyclossi can only be fought while wielding a rune or dragon defender, but has a higher chance of dropping the dragon defender than regular cyclopes. In addition, using the multi-token mode in the cyclopes room increases the chance of receiving a dragon defender as well as that of encountering a Cyclossus.

The dragon defender, when wielded with Korasi's sword, gives the same stab bonus as the Zamorakian spear with 1 higher strength bonus. This may be used for a much cheaper and slightly better alternative to the spear. Players with 55 slayer might want to replace Korasi's sword with a leaf-bladed sword instead, as the leaf-bladed sword has a better accuracy, but only a +50 strength bonus, which is quite low compared to the Korasi's sword, but doesn't require any quests to complete.

The dragon defender is valued at only one coin in the Items Kept on Death screen.

Trivia

 * On release, the Game Guide stated that 50 Attack and Defence were needed to wield the defender. This mistake has been fixed. You actually need 60 in both Attack and Defence as stated by the in-game skill guides.
 * Even though dragon equipment usually gain a large jump in stats compared to rune (as is expected with the stat jump from 40 to 60), the stat bonus difference between rune and dragon defenders (40-60) is only 2 less stat bonuses than the difference between adamant and rune (30-40).
 * The dragon defender has an appearance comparable to the dragon scimitar before its most recent graphical update.
 * Sometimes when using non-combat spells with the defender equipped, a glitch may occur which causes the defender to take the appearance of a black defender. This has not been fixed yet.