King Black Dragon

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The King Black Dragon (often abbreviated to "KBD") was the strongest monster available to kill when it was released. He was the second dragon ever created by one of Kerapac's fellow dragonkin. One century later, he was released into the wild due to the failed experiments, but the Queen Black Dragon lolllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll :] held in captivity due to her being more close to dragonkin.

The King Black Dragon was the highest level monster in the game until 7 September 2004 when he was replaced by the Kalphite Queen. Afterwards, he was the highest level monster in the Wilderness, but he was soon replaced by the Chaos Elemental. Afterwards, he was the highest level dragon but was replaced by the mithril dragon. He is now the highest level dragon in the Wilderness, as well as the second highest level chromatic dragon next to the Queen Black Dragon. The King Black Dragon is still the highest level monster in RuneScape Classic.

Recently, the King Black Dragon has regained a lot of popularity, as new items such as the Dragon rider gloves were added to his drop table and a teleport straight to his lair was added. Many players also choose to kill the King Black Dragon in hopes of receiving a Draconic visage. The King Black Dragon also has a very high rate drop of Crimson charms, comparable to Waterfiends and drops 4 of any Charm at a time. The King Black Dragon can be used as a decent source of charms at higher levels, though Rock lobsters and waterfiends are better unless you have a Black dragons task.

The King Black Dragon is often killed by high-level players looking for profit or charms. This is primarily due to the fact that the average value of the King Black Dragon is anywhere from 15,000 coins to 30,000, and the fact that it is much easier to kill than any of the God Wars generals.

The King Black Dragon can also be killed for Slayer if a player's task is black dragons. The bonuses of the Slayer helmet and the dragon slayer gloves apply on this monster if on a Black Dragon task. Players also gain a 10% damage bonus if they choose to travel through the wilderness to get to his lair instead of using the teleport at Edgeville. Players can gain a decent damage bonus on the King Black Dragon if they use all of these bonuses. This boost can be increased with a Dominion Marker. He also has a damage cap of 10,000. However, as this is already 25% of his full health, it only affects Incendiary Shot.

Getting There
There are two ways that player's can reach the King Black Dragon's Lair.
 * Northwest of the Edgeville lodestone is an Artefact. Activating it teleports the player to the lair.
 * There is a ladder in level 42 of the Wilderness, near the western part of the Lava Maze. Wilderness Obelisks may be useful in reaching it. Players using this method may want to bring an antipoison for the poison spiders that they will encounter. Entering the lair via the Wilderness will give players a 10% damage boost against the King Black Dragon. Players must be wary of player killers, although the chance of encountering one is slim.

The King Black Dragon Lair
The lair is a level 42 Wilderness dungeon near the Lava Maze, the dungeon may be accessed via a ladder in a fenced area on the west end of the Lava Maze containing four Lesser Demons. The ladder leads to an area with poison spiders, and a lever which will teleport the character to the King Black Dragon's lair. The lair itself isn't in the Wilderness, but players are in the Wilderness until they pull the lever. If a player gets teleblocked, they can't pull the lever. Players also do not need to leave via ladder, as teleporting can be used to exit the lair. It is common to use the obelisks located throughout the Wilderness, which will teleport you randomly to other obelisks in various places within by activating them, one of them being in level 44 Wilderness at the Frozen Waste Plateau, and another one being found south of the Lava Maze, which are both right near the KBD lair. It is worth noting that by using obelisks to traverse the Wilderness, you may come across PKers who could potentially kill, tele-block or poison you. This is especially notable at the obelisk near the Rogue's Castle, as the combat level range is great, it is a multi-combat area and the Chaos Elemental occasionally wanders near Rogue's Castle. Since one of the obelisks is in deep Wilderness, it is very likely you may get poisoned by other players, as well as being teleblocked, preventing you from using the obelisks. Also, the Chaos Elemental CAN come close to the obelisk, so it is highly advised to turn off auto-retaliate when using the obelisks.

Attacks
The King Black Dragon uses melee when fighting and also uses 4 different types of dragon breath attack that have fairly devastating effects, which makes him a well-rounded and difficult foe. His 4 dragonbreath attacks consist of the following:

All of these breath attacks can deal heavy damage to unprepared players. Unlike other adult dragons, there is no possible way to negate any form of attack except the melee and regular dragonfire. The breaths can deal various damage, though using an Anti-dragon shield and a dose of Antifire or Super antifire will take the damage from the special breaths down to 100. The attack also has a chance to do it's special ability, but this is does not happen all the time.
 * Regular dragonfire. (All adult dragons use this)
 * Shock-like breath that can reduce your stats. It is suggested that you have 75 defence or higher and good magic defence armour. All stats will be lowered by 1 or 2 points. Super restores should be used but are not required.
 * Ice breath that can stop players from moving or attacking.
 * Poison breath that will deal 80 poison damage. You should bring at least 1 anti poison potion if you want to kill him.

Suggestions for Fighting
An anti-dragon/dragonfire Shield in conjunction with an antifire potion are essential if you want to fight the King Black Dragon, as without the dragon can hit well over 4,000. Make sure to have both the shield and antifire potion, otherwise the dragon can still hit over 2,000.

There are no specific levels required to fight this monster, but for players who wish to Melee in a team, having a combat level in the mid 80's should be enough and for players who wish to fight using Ranged in a team, having a Ranged level in the mid 60's will suffice for two to three kills if in a two man team with 70+ defence and using Ruby bolts (e). If not then ranged level 85+ is recommended. It is also recommended for players to stand on either side of each other. This way the KBD will have to turn constantly to attack someone. You can not use a Dwarf multicannon, it will be destroyed.

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Trivia

 * There is currently a graphical glitch that does not allow the player to see the King Black Dragon's drop when it drops along the edge of the rock in the middle.
 * The King Black Dragon can talk, as seen in A Tail of Two Cats. During the final cutscene he is visited by Bob the Jagex Cat. During the chat between the King and Bob, a range player attempts to solo the King, is unable to damage him, and is killed in one hit as he had no visible fire protection.
 * Each head is used for a specific type of dragonfire. The middle head is used for the shocking dragonfire, the one that seems to have ice around it does freezing and the pale green head uses poison.
 * The King Black Dragon received a graphical update, along with more refined drops that a player would expect from a high level monster. Before the update, it dropped low-level runes and other various items like iron arrows. After it was updated, it dropped rune armor and the dragon helm more frequently along with new drops.
 * When the King Black Dragon uses its corrosive breath, a belch can be heard.
 * If the King Black Dragon freezes you with his ice breath, you will be able to eat. However, you cannot move (as with other ice spells and binding spells), but unlike the freezing/binding spells, you are unable to fight back. This may be a glitch.
 * Despite being able to poison players, the King Black Dragon can be poisoned. This may be an oversight from Jagex.
 * Flametongue, a King Black Dragon that fought during the God Wars, shows that the King Black Dragon may not be the only of his kind.
 * A while after the Queen Black Dragon was released, when you killed a King Black Dragon, the Adventurer's log said: "I killed a King Black Dragon, the biggest, meanest dragon around." After it's graphical update the adventurer's log was also changed to "I killed a King Black Dragon, which was once the biggest, meanest dragon around."
 * The King Black Dragon, Queen Black Dragon and Mithril dragons are currently the only dragons where they will show on your Adventurer's log.
 * In a letter in the Postbag from the Hedge, the King Black Dragon makes references to "The Kin", possibly referring to the Dragonkin.
 * The King Black Dragon has a unique melee, dragonfire and death animation unlike the metallic and chromatic dragons.
 * It was revealed in the April 2011 BTS that the Kalphite Queen and the King Black Dragon were due to be married on 29 April 2011, to coincide with the wedding of Prince William of Wales and Miss Catherine Middleton in the United Kingdom. However this turned out to be a marketing ploy by Diango.
 * The examine text "The biggest, meanest dragon around" wasn't true after Queen black dragon was released, as the Queen black dragon is much, much bigger than KBD. His examine was changed due to this, to 'Was the biggest, meanest dragon around.'
 * According to the Third dragonkin journal the King Black Dragon is a failed project of a Dragonkin to copy the Queen Black Dragon that had been created by Kerapac.
 * According to the Last riders book, Hannibus rode the King Black Dragon.
 * According to the Last Riders Lore book, Hannibus and some of his fellow Dragonriders were brought to Gielinor by the Empty Lord (Zaros) and two of their last 5 riders worked with Zamorak to bring down Zaros. This then caused all of them to be hunted as both Zamorakians and Zarosians believed they had betrayed them.

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