Queen Black Dragon



The Queen Black Dragon is an incredibly large, powerful, and dangerous monster. Although she was released along with Song from the Depths, she could only be fought and permanently accessed as of a week later. She is so strong that you can not actually slay her ; you can only put her back to sleep. She is the Strongest Monster in Runescape fightable by conventional methods. It's been said that the Queen Black Dragon was created by the Dragonkin. She can be accessed by an underground cave just north of Rimmington at a cave in 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.

The dragon was released on the 29th May 2012. Mod Chris L hinted that the fight wouldn't be as challenging as Nex, but almost as challenging due to it being a solo fight. Mod Element, on the day 'Song from the Depths' was released, stated "The QBD will be very extreme compared to other bosses". It is also recommended the player should have a combat level of at least 120. Mod Chris L also said in a recent interview that the boss will be "no easy feat to conquer" and that its statistics were based on Nex's. Mod Edam stated it will be instanced, you'll only be able to fight it on your own. The Dragon kiteshield is a potential reward from killing this beast, as well as a new range of dragon orientated items including draconic armour.

The Queen Black Dragon has a 60 Summoning requirement, and be less of an endurance fight and more like a Nomad-type fight, featuring dodging attacks.

With the release of Song from the Depths, the Coral crossbow is a reward that is used along with Coral bolts to help defeat the Queen Black Dragon. It is unknown how it will help at the moment, though. Another reward from Song from the Depths is reduced damaged from her, so it is advised to complete the quest before you venture to defeat the Queen Black Dragon.

As of 18 May 2012 Jagex released their first Behind the Scenes in video. This video is all about the future release of the Queen Black Dragon and can be found here.

The Queen Black Dragon is the largest monster in Runescape beating monsters such as the Corporeal beast, as well as being the highest level monster ingame, surpassing even Nex.

It is confirmed that dragonbane bolts do work on the Queen Black Dragon and are an excellent way to damage her.

Strategy
Before entering turn range pray on. This is a necessity because she will hit constant 300's if you forget. Also do not forget to drink some super antifire/antifire potion because she WILL heavily damage you for the normal dragonfire breath of 400-500+.

It is adviseable to kill the souls that appear during the fight to prevent the time-stop attack.

When she leans her head backwards that indicates that she is going to use her fire-shield attack and it is reccomended to go to the far end of the arena to dodge her attack.

Attack her with your preferred attack style. There is no way to avoid her fire breath so remember to brew when necessary. She will ocassionally summon a wall of fire about as tall as the player. There will be one cell in which has a gap. Quickly make your way through the gap or you will be hit 200 lp. Phase one should not be too difficult just remember to brew and restore.

Once her first health bar is depleted, QUICKLY pray mage and deactivate the stone in the center of the platform you are on. If you don't, you will be hit constant 200's by the grotworms. Also STAY OFF THE INVISIBLE PLATFORM. To the north an invisible platform will start to take shape once you deplete her first life bar. As you continue through the phases, this platform will become larger. For every 2 ticks you stand on this platform you will be hit 200 lp. Kill all of the grotworms and quickly turn your range pray back on. A tortured spirit will be summoned and will constantly hit you 200 lp when he activates his attack. He will not always be on his main attack but rather following you to melee minor hits. A good idea is to before the fight, jump into the Oo'glog infinate run spa. Keep your distance from the spirit while attacking the Queen with your preferred attack style. If you can, try and lure the spirit behind the crystal. This will only last a few turns because the Queen will continue attacking you with her fire wave which means you will have to move anyway. In this phase, she will summon two consecutive fire walls. Right before the first gap in the fire wall is about to pass you, quickly run to the other gap.

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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 vastly improved combat experience.