Brutal green dragon

Brutal green dragons are a much stronger relative to the Green dragons residing in the Wilderness. They are exclusively found in the Ancient Caverns, and therefore require sufficient progress in Barbarian Training to access. Brutal green dragons use a melee and a magic attack that hit up to 210 and 180, respectively. Like everything else in the Ancient Caverns, they are immune to poison. Brutal green dragons may be part of a slayer assignment if the player has to kill Green dragons.

It has been thought that brutal green dragons (like Mithril dragons) drop Chewed bones; which are necessary for completing barbarian training or getting a Dragon full helm gift from a barbarian spirit. However, brutal green dragons do not drop these bones, only their less-prized "mangled" counterparts. A Jagex Moderator has confirmed that only mithril dragons drop chewed bones.

Strategies
As mentioned above, brutal green dragons attack with melee, magic and dragonfire. If you choose to use ranged or magic, you don't have to deal with the melee attacks because the dragon will never move towards you. The fight can still be difficult however, because the dragon's magic attack is far more accurate than those of mithril dragons. Protection from the dragon's breath is always necessary when fighting these dragons. To that end, you should use an Anti-dragon shield, Antifire potions/mixes, or a Dragonfire shield.

Familiars will significantly extend the number of kills per trip, the most popular being the Bunyip and Fruit bat for their ability to heal a player's lifepoints. The elemental titans are a step up from the Bunyip and Fruit bat with its active scroll ability boosting the Summoner's defence and LP. A Beast of Burden can be used to carry extra supplies, which will also result in more kills per trip, and can help retain more drops (mostly Green dragonhide and Dragon bones). A Summoning level of at least 52 is recommended, so you can bring a Spirit Terrorbird. If you have a higher level, use better familiars.

Ranged
Like all chromatic dragons, brutal green dragons are weak against ranged attacks. These dragons can be effectively fought using a Rune crossbow and Ruby bolts (e) and Diamond bolts (e). Use the ruby bolts to deal lots of damage in the beginning. Ruby should only be used however while the target is above half health, below half and the special effect will start to take away smaller portions that could be hit without the enchanted effect, so switch to diamond bolts for the remainder of the fight. The Protect from Magic or, better, the Deflect Magic prayer coupled with your dragonfire protection will negate most damage. The Sap Mage prayer (or Leech Magic), lowering the dragon's defence and magic, is also helpful, as is the Eagle Eye prayer (or even Rigour).

Recommended stats


 * 75
 * 60
 * 75
 * 60

Recommended equipment


 * Full slayer helmet with green dragons as a Slayer assignment &gt; Armadyl helmet &gt; Archer Helm &gt; God coif or Mitre &gt; Seers' headband 3


 * Armadyl chestplate &gt; Karil's leathertop &gt; Black d'hide body
 * Armadyl plateskirt &gt; Karil's leatherskirt &gt; Black d'hide chaps
 * Barrows gloves &gt; Black d'hide vamb
 * Ranger boots &gt; Snakeskin boots &gt; Silly jester boots
 * Amulet of fury &gt; Amulet of Ranging &gt; Amulet of glory
 * Ava's accumulator
 * Rune crossbow or Chaotic crossbow
 * Dragonfire shield &gt; Anti-dragon shield
 * Archer's ring (i) &gt; Onyx Ring (i) &gt; Archers ring &gt; Explorer's ring or Ring of wealth
 * Ruby bolts (e) and Diamond bolts (e) &gt; Broad-tipped bolts

Melee
Attacking these dragons with melee is difficult, since you'll be facing melee, magic and dragonfire attacks. Bring good melee armour and pray against the dragon's magic attacks. If you have a high Magic level, you could wear armour with high magic defence such as black dragonhide armour instead, and use Protect from/Deflect Melee. The Sap Warrior prayer will weaken the dragon's melee attacks and defence. The Leech Curses will drain the dragon's stats as well as boosting your own. Since the dragon is weak to stab attacks, you could use a Zamorakian spear. You will need to use antifire potions since you can't wield a shield that way. If you wield a dragonfire shield, use an abyssal whip. You can also use Verac's flail (combined with the rest of Verac's set) on the stab setting, so you can sometimes hit through the dragon's defences. Finally, a simple way of reducing the dragon's defence level is to bring Darklight, as the special attack has a chance of lowering it by 5%.

Recommended stats


 * 80
 * 80
 * 80
 * 80
 * 60
 * 52

Recommended equipment


 * Full slayer helmet with green dragons as a Slayer assignment &gt; Slayer helmet &gt; Black mask &gt; Helm of Neitiznot
 * Karil's leathertop &gt; Armadyl chestplate &gt; Black d'hide body
 * Karil's leatherskirt &gt; Armadyl plateskirt &gt; Black d'hide chaps
 * Dragon Slayer Gloves &gt; RFD gloves
 * Dragon boots
 * Soul Wars Cape > Fire Cape > Ardougne Cloak 3 > Cape of accomplishment
 * Amulet of fury &gt; Amulet of glory
 * Chaotic Longsword (On Controlled Stab) / Chaotic Rapier &gt; Staff of Light (On Accurate Stab) > Leaf-bladed Sword > Dragon longsword > Abyssal whip
 * Dragonfire shield &gt; Anti-dragon shield &gt; Super antifire
 * Onyx ring (i)> Berserker ring &gt; Explorer's ring 3 or Ring of life, if using whip Warrior ring

Magic
Claws of Guthix is a very good spell to use against these dragons, since they lower their defence. It has a max hit of 200. The Charge spell will increase it to 300, requiring 80 Magic. If you have one, use a Void Knight mace to further increase the max hit to 330. The spell Flames of Zamorak can also be used as a cheaper alternative. It will lower the dragon's Magic level, decreasing its magic defence. When using magic, however, you'll be forced to wear armour that has weaker defence stats that when using ranged or melee, so it may be helpful to use the Piety or Turmoil prayer. This will require a high prayer level. Again, the Sap Mage or Leech Magic prayers work well here, and on the standard prayerbook, so do Mystic Might and Augury.

Recommended stats


 * 80
 * 60
 * 75
 * 60

Recommended equipment


 * Full slayer helmet with green dragons as a Slayer assignment &gt; Third age mage hat &gt; Ahrim's hood
 * Amulet of fury &gt; Third age amulet &gt; Amulet of glory
 * Ahrim's top &gt; Third age robe top
 * Ahrim's robe &gt; Third age robe bottom
 * Barrows gloves
 * Infinity boots &gt; Wizard boots
 * Dragonfire shield &gt; Anti-dragon shield
 * God cape
 * Seer's ring (i) &gt; Onyx ring (i) &gt; Seers ring &gt; any Mobilising Armies ring
 * God staves &gt; Elemental staff

100% Drop

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Weapons

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Armour

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Projectiles and Runes

 * 15-20 Blood runes (uncommon)
 * 8 Rune throwing axes
 * 37 Steam runes
 * 35 Lava runes
 * 17 Nature runes
 * 25 Adamant dart (p)
 * 8 Adamant arrows
 * 15 or 45 Law runes
 * Adamant javelins
 * 34 Air runes
 * 90 Mithril arrows (common)

Other

 * Coins
 * 5 noted Mithril ores
 * Curry
 * Herb
 * Uncut gems
 * Shield left half (very rare)
 * Level 3 Clue scroll (uncommon)
 * Half of a key (rare)
 * Mangled bones (very rare)