Iron dragon (Dungeoneering)

An Iron dragon may be encountered while training Dungeoneering, they normally appear alone in rooms in the furnished floors, remember to use an antidragon shield when fighting it.



Habitat(s)

 * Daemonheim (furnished floors)

Other drops

 * Tinderbox
 * 2000-50000 Coins

Strengths and weaknesses
Iron dragons, like all metal dragons, have very high defence. As with all dragons, an anti-dragon shield, or Cure potion potion is essential when fighting them. Without the shield or cure potion, you can be hit extremely hard by the dragon's firebreath, while the anti-fire potion will only provide added protection.

Dragons will use both melee and dragonfire attacks while in melee range, but will only use a ranged dragonfire attack while the player is out of melee range. Using both an anti-dragon/Dragonfire shield and an anti-fire potion and using range or magic to kill them will ensure that no damage is taken. Using a Rune crossbow along with either mithril or stronger bolts or using fire spells (higher than fire bolt or it won't be very effective) makes killing Iron dragons a lot easier. However, Chaos gauntlets will greatly help players who choose to use bolt spells. Additionally, leaf-bladed swords work well as they have a high stab bonus.

Strategies
A recommended strategy for hunting iron dragons when using magic is to use the Fire wave spell. The gear that should be taken with you is armour that increases magic bonus and your anti-dragon.

100% drop

 * Dragon bones