King Black Dragon

The King Black Dragon (also known as "the KBD") is the 27th strongest monster in RuneScape, but it was the strongest monster available to kill when it was released. Recently, the King Black Dragon has lost popularity since most of the loot that it drops may be acquired from monsters that are easier to kill, such as the Giant Mole in Falador Park. He is still fought, however, by clans or individuals looking to pass time or just for the experience of killing it. Additionally, many players choose to kill the King Black Dragon in hopes of receiving a draconic visage. Even though some easier monsters drop similar loot, the KBD drops high-priced items very often so it still can remain a good source of money.

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

The King Black Dragon can also be killed for Slayer if a player's task is black dragons.

The King Black Dragon Lair


The King Black Dragon Lair is a multi-combat area, allowing groups of players to fight him simultaneously. 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 only uses melee when fighting, but he has very high defence, 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:


 * Regular dragonfire. (All adult dragons have that)
 * Shock-like breath that can reduce your stats. It is suggested that you have 75 defence or higher and good mage defence armour.
 * 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.

All of these breath attacks are long ranged, including the regular dragonfire. They can also cause severe damage to those without the proper protection. When a player is using both an antifire potion and anti-dragon shield, the King Black Dragon can hit up to 100 with his 3 unique breaths, though his normal breath will hit 0. Killing him becomes easier if the group forms a circle around him as he cannot attack everyone at the same time, and needs to pause between attacks in order to choose a target. Note: Do not just use an antifire potion to defend against the King Black Dragon's attacks. This will do almost nothing and he will hit very high 400s with dragon fire breath. Wearing an antifire shield reduces his max hit from over 600 (dragonfire) to low 300s (melee) A Super antifire can also be used to protect you as much as an AntiFire potion+Anti Dragonfire shield would protect you from the KBD's attacks, However you need 85 herblore and you cannot use the assist system to make this.

Suggestions for Fighting
An anti-dragon/dragonfire Shield is essential as all dragons can deal well over 500 life points of damage to a player not wielding one (unless you use a super antifire). Using an antifire potion in conjunction with an Antifire shield or a Dragonfire shield completely protects the player from the dragon's breath. 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 75+ is recommended.

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Weapons

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Arrows and Runes

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Armour

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Ores and Bars

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Gems
Note: There are sapphires around the area of fighting


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Other

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Trivia

 * 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 fire protection.
 * The Three Headed Dragon from Learning the Ropes is very similar in appearance to the King Black Dragon, other than the green scales.
 * All of the fighters on the "trio of players fighting the King Black Dragon" art picture have no protection (unless they have super antifire potions) shown except for the warrior, though the warrior's anti-dragon shield is being eaten by the right head of the King Black Dragon. (It is hard to tell, but you can see the picture of an anti-dragon shield.) However it's worth noting that they could be using antifire potions, instead of a shield. A thing to notice is that according to the picture, the king is somewhat far from the fighters, and the shield is still bigger than the warrior himself. The warrior is using what looks like a dragon platebody (perhaps a chainbody) and a dragon longsword (before the 09 graphical update). The ranger is using a magic longbow. The mage looks like she's wearing blue mystic robes; however, this is unknown.
 * The King Black Dragon makes an appearance as a playable monster in the FunOrb game Armies of Gielinor.
 * Unlike most dragons, the king black dragon has not received the latest graphical update. Mod Wayne has confirmed that the King Black Dragon is soon going to receive a graphic update along with pet dragons, POH dragons and Elvarg.
 * 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.
 * There is a player in the concept art at the king black dragon and he appears to be alarmed at his height based on the exclamation marks slightly above his head.
 * In a letter in the Postbag from the Hedge, the King Black Dragon makes references to "The Kin", possibly referring to the Dragonkin, further implying that the Dragonkin created the Wyverns, and that dragons are a descendant of the Wyverns, and possibly have inherited knowledge from them.
 * The Wilderness has been restored, and there is now great danger when attempting to get to the KBD. Aggressive players are hunting people who wander throughout the Wilderness, if you are found you could be killed concequently losing some items. KBD is now less popular due to these threats.

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