Dragon equipment

Dragon equipment are items made from Dragon metal, they are some of the most powerful pieces of armour and weapons in Gielinor. All dragon equipment is dark red in appearance. (With the exception of dragon darts and dragon arrows, but since they are created by dragon talons instead of the metal, this is to be expected). They were created by an ancient race called the Dragonkin.

Dragon weapons in the RuneScape Economy
Since their initial release, dragon weapons have profoundly affected the economy of the game. They have affected the economy for weapons in many ways - specifically runite weapons. At one point, runite items were arguably the best in the game, but the introduction of dragon items encouraged players to save for and obtain them instead of runite, reducing demand and causing the prices of those items to fall.

Weapons
Dragon weapons are some of the most powerful weapons. Like dragon armour, (except the dragon platebody and dragon square shield) they are not smithable. Most dragon weapons are Pay-to-play only, with the exception of Corrupt dragon equipment, and require level 60 Attack (or Range in the case of dragon darts and dragon arrow) to wield. All dragon weapons (except for the dragon darts) have special attacks; each weapon has its own abilities and functions. Most dragon weapons require the completion of a specific quest to be wielded. They were created by the Dragonkin, as revealed by Mr. Mordaut in a Postbag from the Hedge. Dragon weapons are very popular with new members with level 60+ Attack, as Lost City is very easy to complete and is one of two requirements to using the Dragon longsword and Dragon dagger.

Current dragon weapons
In order of release:


 * {|class="wikitable sortable"

!colspan="2"|Item !Poisonable? !class="unsortable"|Requires !Exchange price !class="unsortable"|Release date Lost City
 * Dragon longsword
 * Dragon longsword.png
 * No
 * No

Level 60 Attack Heroes Quest
 * 27 February 2002
 * Dragon battleaxe
 * Dragon battleaxe.png
 * No
 * Dragon battleaxe.png
 * No

Level 60 Attack Lost City
 * 27 February 2002
 * Dragon spear
 * Dragon spear.png
 * Yes
 * Level 60 Attack
 * April 14 2003
 * Dragon dagger
 * Dragon-dagger.png
 * Yes
 * Dragon dagger
 * Dragon-dagger.png
 * Yes
 * Yes

Level 60 Attack Heroes Quest
 * 25 February 2004
 * Dragon mace
 * Dragon mace.png
 * No
 * Dragon mace.png
 * No

Level 60 Attack Regicide
 * 25 February 2004
 * Dragon halberd
 * Dragon halberd.png
 * No
 * Dragon halberd.png
 * No

Level 60 Attack

Level 30 Strength Monkey Madness
 * 20 September 2004
 * Dragon scimitar
 * Dragon scimitar.png
 * No
 * Dragon scimitar.png
 * No

Level 60 Attack
 * 29 March 2005
 * Dragon hatchet
 * [[File:Dragon hatchet.png]]
 * No
 * [[File:Dragon hatchet.png]]
 * No

(To use) Level 61 Woodcutting

(To equip) Level 60 Attack (To use) Level 61 Mining
 * 7 November 2005
 * Dragon 2h sword
 * Dragon 2h sword.png
 * No
 * Level 60 Attack
 * 20 February 2006
 * Dragon arrow *
 * Dragon arrow 5.png
 * Yes
 * Level 60 Ranged
 * 11 June 2007
 * Dragon dart *
 * Dragon dart.png
 * Yes
 * Level 60 Ranged
 * 11 June 2007
 * Dragon claws
 * Dragon claws.png
 * No
 * Level 60 Attack
 * 26 November 2008
 * Dragon pickaxe
 * Dragon pickaxe.png
 * No
 * Dragon claws
 * Dragon claws.png
 * No
 * Level 60 Attack
 * 26 November 2008
 * Dragon pickaxe
 * Dragon pickaxe.png
 * No
 * Dragon pickaxe.png
 * No

(To equip) Level 60 Attack
 * 9 September 2009
 * }
 * }

* Dragon arrow and dragon dart tips are actually made from a dragon's talons and not from dragon metal, which may explain why they are not red in colour and why the darts are the only "dragon" item with no special attack. They are the only dragon items that can be made using the Fletching skill. The arrows may only be fired from a Dark bow, which does have two special attacks that depend on whether dragon or other arrows are equipped.

Armour


Dragon armour is the next step up from Rune armour, although Granite armor is sometimes considered the real step up from Rune armour despite the fact there are much fewer pieces in the granite set. All dragon armour requires level 60 Defence to wear and is members-only. They are a distinctive dark red in colour, usually have details that make them look different from previous armours besides colour (like the dragon helm containing spikes) and are generally sold at fairly high prices, or are dropped by high-levelled monsters at a low drop rate.

Dragon armour is considered one of the highest sought-after melee armour in the game. It is often debated whether it is more cost-effective to buy Dragon armour or Barrows equipment, since Barrows equipment requires repair every 15 hours of combat, though barrows equipment has a much higher Defence bonus than dragon armour does.

The Dragon square shield is created by combining a Shield left half with a Shield right half on an anvil, which requires level 60 Smithing. Note that the Legends' Quest has to be completed to be able to wield or make this shield. To repair the Dragon platebody, level 92 Smithing is required, along with a Blast fusion hammer. There are 3 parts needed to smith the Dragon platebody: the Ruined dragon armour slice, the Ruined dragon armour lump and the Ruined dragon armour shard. Players can only smith this in the Ancient Caverns, and 2,000 Smithing experience is gained for this. The Assist System may be used to repair the Dragon platebody.

Current dragon armour
In order of release:


 * {|class="wikitable"

!colspan="2"|Item !Requires !Exchange price !Release date Level 60 Defence 9/10 mini quests of Recipe for Disaster (from Culinaromancer's Chest)
 * align="center"|Dragon med helm.png
 * Dragon helm
 * Dragon helm
 * 27 February 2002
 * align="center"|Dragon sq shield.png
 * Dragon sq shield
 * Level 60 Defence and Legends Quest
 * 20 August 2003
 * align="center"|Dragon chainbody.png
 * Dragon chainbody
 * Level 60 Defence
 * 7 September 2004
 * align="center"|Dragon platelegs.png
 * Dragon platelegs
 * Level 60 Defence
 * 17 January 2005
 * align="center"|Dragon plateskirt.png
 * Dragon plateskirt
 * Level 60 Defence
 * 29 March 2005
 * align="center"|Gloves (dragon).png
 * Culinaromancer's gloves 9 (dragon-coloured gloves)
 * 17 January 2005
 * align="center"|Dragon plateskirt.png
 * Dragon plateskirt
 * Level 60 Defence
 * 29 March 2005
 * align="center"|Gloves (dragon).png
 * Culinaromancer's gloves 9 (dragon-coloured gloves)
 * align="center"|Gloves (dragon).png
 * Culinaromancer's gloves 9 (dragon-coloured gloves)
 * Culinaromancer's gloves 9 (dragon-coloured gloves)
 * 100,000 coins
 * 15 March 2006
 * align="center"|Dragon full helm.png
 * Dragon full helm
 * Level 60 Defence
 * 3 July 2007
 * align="center"|Dragon Boots.png
 * Dragon boots
 * Level 60 Defence
 * 28 August 2007
 * align="center"|Dragon gauntlets.png
 * Dragon gauntlets
 * Buying it from Fist of Guthix (for 300 tokens) and level 60 Defence
 * for uncharged gauntlets (costs 50 tokens to charge)
 * 9 April 2008
 * align="center"|Dragon platebody.png
 * Dragon platebody
 * Level 60 Defence (While Guthix Sleeps required to make one)
 * 26 November 2008
 * Dragon defender inventory.png
 * Dragon defender
 * 60 Attack, 60 Defence
 * Not sold
 * 7 December 2010
 * Dragon kiteshield.png
 * Dragon kiteshield
 * 60 Defence
 * 29 May 2012
 * }
 * 60 Attack, 60 Defence
 * Not sold
 * 7 December 2010
 * Dragon kiteshield.png
 * Dragon kiteshield
 * 60 Defence
 * 29 May 2012
 * }
 * 29 May 2012
 * }

Nonexistent dragon items
Nonexistent dragon items are often the subject of Jagex's April Fools jokes. Dragon kites, released on April Fool's Day, were toys that players can buy from Diango in the Draynor Village before the actual release of the dragon kiteshield.

There are several dragon items that have yet to be released. These items include:

Nonexistent dragon weapons
* Jagex stated that they are planning to make a dragon weapon out of every weapon known on their Official YouTube channel on their comment section (can currently be found on the 1st page), this is the direct quote:
 * Dragon shortsword
 * Dragon warhammer
 * Dragon hasta
 * Dragon crossbow
 * Dragon thrownaxes
 * Dragon throwing knives
 * Dragon javelins



Trivia

 * Oddly, the dragon platebody requires only 92 Smithing to repair, whereas the rune platebody requires 99 Smithing to make. This is because historically, Rune smithing was added long before the dragon platebody was released. However, a valid explaination of this is that, when repairing a dragon platebody, the player is simply reconnecting the pieces of dragon armour using a powerful forge whereas, when making a rune platebody, the player is creating the shape of the armour from scratch, using an ordinary anvil.
 * On 6 March 2012, dragon armour, along with many other armours, received a graphical rework.