Queen Black Dragon



The Queen Black Dragon is the largest and most dangerous monster in all of RuneScape. She is the boss of the Grotworm Lair, and the highest-levelled monster in-game, surpassing Nex. The Queen is fought in an instance, and can only be soloed. Defeating her requires very high combat skills and quick reflexes, and slaying her is one of the hardest challenges in the game. She is so powerful that she cannot actually be killed, only put back to sleep for a time.

She can be accessed by an underground cave just north of Rimmington next to the White Knights Encampment. You do not need to finish or even start Song from the Depths to enter the Grotworm Lair in which she resides, but the quest will give some advantages when encountering the dragon. To quickly get to the lair you can use Remora's necklace to teleport near the entrance of the cave once a day, but the Port Sarim lodestone is free, unlimited, and just a few steps away. Entering the portal to her dungeon requires 60 Summoning.

She is first encountered in the Song of the Depths quest, where the player and Remora are eaten and subsequently spit out by her. Completion of the quest will reduce damage from the Queen Black Dragon, and it also gives access to the coral crossbow and coral bolts that help defeat her.

Besides the dragonfire and melee combat of normal dragons, the Queen Black Dragon employs various tactics and special moves that make defeating her very difficult. However, triumphing over her will bring rewards plenty, including the fabled dragon kiteshield, powerful royal crossbow, and hides to craft royal dragonhide armour, and other various items.

Lore
The Queen Black Dragon is the egg mentioned in First dragonkin journal. The egg was created by a dragonkin experiment which tries to create a new type of dragonkin that would not be cursed to feel pain whenever the Stone of Jas was used by False Users. Unlike many dragons, the Queen Black Dragon lives in a watery habitat. This is due to her mother being a water lizard.

Habitat
The Queen Black Dragon resides in the lowest level of the Grotworm Lair. To reach her, enter the caves and slide down the worm burrow shortcut on the first level, requiring 50 Agility. This will take you to the bottom level of the lair. Players without 50 Agility can traverse the three levels of the cave, reaching the bottom.

There is a portal to the heart of the caves, leading to the Queen. It requires 60 Summoning to enter. Once inside, there is no exit -- the only way to leave is through teleportation, death or trimuph. You will end up in a partially submerged arena, with the dragon sleeping. Once she wakes up, the battle begins.

Combat
The Queen Black Dragon is fought in four phases. During the first phase, she will attack with Melee (only if you're within range), Ranged, and Dragonfire. Be aware that this dragonfire attack can hit 700+, so use of antifire or super antifire is a necessity. She will also use a special fire wall attack (shown in the chat box with an orange message). The player must go through the gap in the flames to avoid damage. If this attack does hit, it can do damage in the low 200s range. When the health bar for the first stage reaches zero, the Queen will start coughing up giant worms. The player must tough the dragonkin artifact in the center of the platform to stop these from appearing. These can hit fairly hard with magic, so it is advised to dispatch them quickly. During the second phase, the Queen will summon Tortured souls to attack the player. They will use an unavoidable attack that hits about 200 every time, and then proceed to attack the player. The player should kill these, and then attack the Queen. During this phase, the fire wall special attack will cause two consecutive walls of fire to appear, instead of just one. When the Queen's life meter runs out, she will cough more worms up. A quick player can touch the second artifact, which is on the left side of the chamber, while only allowing about two giant worms to spawn. The third phase is similar to the second. However, the Queen will summon two Tortured souls instead of one, and there will be three fire waves, instead of two. Once her meter reaches zero for the third time, the player must touch the artifact on the right side as quickly as possible. The fourth phase is by far the most dangerous. She will summon four Tortured souls at once to begin the wave. One of these souls will teleport to a corner of the room, and a short phrase will appear over it's head. The player must kill this as quickly as possible, or it will freeze time. The player will be unable to eat, move, or attack during this time. However, all other monsters will be able to function normally. Unless you are at very high life points, this is a death sentence. If you feel that you are unable to kill this Tortured soul in time, drink Saradomin brews up to your maximum health and hope for the best. The Queen has one final attack - an extra strong fire attack. When the Queen uses this attack, the player should move out of the way as soon as possible. As with other waves, the fire wave attack that the Queen uses will have one more (four) waves. Once the Queen's life bar has been depleted for the last time, the player must go and hit the final artifact. This will take the player to another room to receive their loot.

Rewards
After restoring the enchantment and returning the Queen to her slumber, you may enter a rewards room with a Dragonkin coffer containing your spoils. Four or more different rewards are received at once.

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Weapons and Armour

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Royal crossbow

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Other drops

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Trivia

 * As stated in the May Behind the Scenes article, the Queen Black Dragon is so big that 5 King Black Dragons can fit in her mouth alone; however, she isn't quite that big in Song from the Depths or the concept art.
 * The Queen Black Dragon is the sixth non-quest boss monster that requires a skill level to fight. The first five were the original God Wars Dungeon bosses.
 * The platform upon which the Queen Black Dragon is fought is the Stone of Jas half of the Dragonkin emblem, who are responsible for the creation of the Queen Black Dragon, as well as all of the other species of dragons across Runescape.
 * With a combat level of 2100 the Queen Black Dragon is stronger than Nex, beating her by 1099 levels.
 * There was a glitch upon release that users were unable to loot their graves, this was patched straight away.
 * When fighting the Queen Black Dragon you can gain vastly improved combat experience. For example, hitting 1000 would give you a large XP sum of 1.6k XP.
 * Upon dying from her, your grave would randomly appear in one of the Grotworm lair levels or outside the Grotworm Lair.
 * The highest possible hit on the Queen Black Dragon is 1000. This similar to Nex and the Corporal Beast's damage reduction.
 * If a player ranges her, the ammo will be near the QBD, right outside the arena boundaries. You can still grab it though.
 * Each wave of her health consists of 18750 lifepoints.

Queen Black Dragon