Bronze dragon

Bronze dragons are a type of metal dragon found in the Brimhaven Dungeon and the Chaos Tunnels. While they are the weakest of the metallic dragons, they are still powerful monsters. An anti-dragon/dragonfire shield and/or an antifire potion are essential when fighting them as they can reduce the maximum hit of their dragonfire to below 100, and when used simultaneously block dragonfire damage altogether; super antifire also completely blocks dragonfire.. They are the lowest levelled monsters to drop elite clue scrolls that do not require having a slayer assignment with them. Their appearance has been updated on many occasions, the most recent being 5 July 2010.

Locations

 * Brimhaven Dungeon (3) NOTE: 875 gp and a hatchet will be required to reach the bronze dragons. At least 31 Woodcutting or 43 Agility is needed to reach them.
 * Chaos Tunnels (3, there are 2 near the earth warriors, and 1 near the fire elementals)

Strengths and weaknesses
Bronze dragons, like all other metallic dragons, have a strong melee attack and a long-ranged dragonfire attack that can potentially hit up to 500 in a hit. This can be negated with the use of a combination of a dragonfire shield or antifire shield combined with a dose of antifire, or a dose of super antifire. Bronze dragons have moderate defence against melee, high defence against ranged, and low defence against Magic. Players using melee will find stab attacks, or if they have a high attack level, a Abyssal whip will also work too.

Recommended inventory/setup (Magic)
Equipment Inventory
 * Helm: Full Slayer Helm /Hexcrest (on task) > Grifolic visor > Mystic hat
 * Body: Grifolic poncho > Mystic robe top > Fungal poncho
 * Amulet: Arcane stream necklace > Arcane blast necklace > Amulet of glory > Arcane pulse necklace
 * Leggings: Grifolic leggings > Mystic robe bottom > Fungal leggings
 * Gloves: Mystic gloves > Splitbark gloves
 * Offhand: Dragonfire Shield > Anti-dragon shield
 * Boots: Ragefire boots > Mystic boots > Splitbark boots
 * Staff: Mystic lava staff > Lava battlestaff > Staff of fire
 * Ring: Seer's ring > Ring of wealth > Ring of life
 * Antifires*
 * 2-3 medium/high level food
 * Depends on your Magic level and how long you want to spend in there

The Polypore staff is not recommended due to its high requirement, the dragon's poor drops, and fire spells are a cheaper alternative.

Recommended inventory/setup (Range)
Equipment Inventory
 * Helm: Full slayer helm/Focus sight (on task) > Helm of netizinot
 * Amulet: Amulet of Ranging > Amulet of Fury > Amulet of glory
 * Body: Black d'hide body > Red d'hide body > Blue d'hide body
 * Chaps: Black d'hide chaps > Red d'hide chaps > Blue d'hide chaps
 * Crossbow: Rune crossbow > Adamant crossbow
 * Offhand: Anti-dragon shield
 * Ammo: Broad-tipped bolts > Mithril bolts
 * Vambraces: Black d'hide vambraces/spiky > Red d'hide vambraces/spiky > Blue d'hide vambraces/spiky
 * Boots: Snakeskin boots > Leather boots
 * Ring: Archer's ring > Ring of wealth > Ring of life
 * Antifires*
 * 2-3 medium/high level food
 * Depends on your Range level and how long you plan to stay there.

Recommended inventory/setup (Melee)
Equipment Inventory
 * Helm: Full slayer helm/Black mask (on task) > Helm of Neitzot > Dragon helm > Rune full helm
 * Body: Bandos Chestplate > Dragon chainbody > Rune platebody > Rune chainbody
 * Amulet: Amulet of Fury > Amulet of glory
 * Platelegs: Bandos Tassets > Dragon platelegs/skirt > Rune platelegs/skirt
 * Shield: Dragon Defender (with super antifires) > Dragonfire shield > Anti-dragon shield
 * Weapon: Chaotic Rapier > Chaotic Longsword > Korasi's Sword > Zamorakian Spear (with super antifires) > Brackish Blade > Abyssal Whip
 * Special weapon: Korasi's Sword > Dragon Claws (with super antifires) > Dragon dagger (p++)
 * Boots: Steadfast boots > Dragon boots > Rune boots
 * Ring: Berserker's ring > Warrior's ring > Ring of wealth > Ring of life
 * 10 Prayer potions (if using prayer)
 * 15-20 medium/high level food
 * 2-4 Antifires

Other Problems
In the Brimhaven Dungeon, moreover, wild dogs and a black demon are located in the rooms with the Bronze dragons, so the player may be attacked by them while waiting to fight a dragon. If safe-spotting where you're not in reach of the breath, wild dogs may attack you, unless you are level 127+.

This can be partially circumvented (particularly if you are in the mid level range and are assigned them as a Slayer task) by using the Chaos Tunnels, and fighting the Bronze Dragons which spawn there. There are three Bronze Dragon spawns, two of them sharing a room with earth warriors, and one sharing a room with fire elementals.

Because the Chaos Tunnels are Multi-Combat, it is recommended (as the earth warriors will attack the player as wild dogs do if you have a combat level below 103, and the two bronze dragons will team up on the player in the meantime) that one should only take advantage of the dragon near the fire elementals, as they will not be aggressive towards the player, allowing them to kill the dragon uninterrupted. Caution should be used as well, many powerful monsters exist between the nearest entrances to the tunnels and both bronze dragon spawns, with the more useful one even further secluded.

Visitors to the Chaos Tunnels should also be aware of misfiring portals, which can be both a hindrance and a blessing, as they may teleport the player to dangerous areas housed with aggressive monsters, and generally make the trip longer, or force a player to teleport out should the trip trap them behind rooms of monsters the player is not prepared to deal with, but at the same time might also bring the player closer to their goal.

Drops
Bronze dragons have drops similar to that of black dragons, although they do NOT drop the draconic visage.

100% drop

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Weapons

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Armour

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Runes/Talismans

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Gems/Ores/Bars

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Other

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Rare drop table drops
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Trivia

 * Currently Bronze Dragons are the lowest combat level monsters that drop elite clues that you don't need a slayer level or quest to kill.