Dragon (race)

A Dragon (Draconis Rex) (english: King Dragon) is a monster with wings (though rarely seen flying) and the ability to use a breath attack of fire.

Dragons are often a very high combat level. Even those that don't have a particularly perilous dragon-breath attack. As this attack can hit over 50 damage, an Anti-dragon shield, Anti-fire potion, or Dragonfire shield is almost always required to fight them. If both the shield and the potion are used, 100% of the damage is prevented.

Adult dragons drop Dragonhides of their particular colour (or metal bars in the case of Metallic Dragons) and Dragon bones. Babydragons drop Babydragon bones. The highest level adult dragons also share the Draconic visage as a rare drop]] (the likelyhood of recieving the visage increases in regards to the strength of the dragon).

For the chromatic dragons, it is interesting to note that the combat level of the corresponding dragon increases with a trend similar to that of the rank of the colour of the karate belt. Metallic dragons increase in strength corresponding to that of the metal they are made from.

There are three non-attackable dragons:
 * Mr. Mordaut is the teacher in the Surprise Exam! random event.
 * K'klik is a fairy dragon found in the Recipe for Disaster Quest
 * The un-named three headed dragon found in the tutorial-quest Learning the Ropes.

Chromatic Dragons

 * Green dragon - Brutal Green Dragon - Elvarg - Dragon (tutorial)
 * Blue dragon - Baby Blue Dragon - K'klik (Fairy Dragon)
 * Red dragon - Baby Red Dragon - Mr. Mordaut
 * Black dragon - Baby Black Dragon - King Black Dragon

Metal Dragons

 * Bronze dragon
 * Iron dragon
 * Steel dragon
 * Mithril dragon

Levels

 * Baby Blue Dragon (48)
 * Baby Red Dragon (48)
 * Green dragon (79)
 * Baby Black Dragon (83)
 * Elvarg (83)
 * Blue dragon (111)
 * Bronze dragon (131)
 * Red dragon (152)
 * Iron dragon (189)
 * Brutal Green Dragon (227)
 * Black dragon (227)
 * Steel dragon (246)
 * King Black Dragon (276)
 * Mithril dragon (304)



Trivia

 * In the 19th Postbag from the Hedge, a letter from a green dragon stated they CAN fly. They are not seen flying (except in cutscene from Dragon slayer) because they prefer to eat us on the ground. This is probably said because dragons would be hard to see by a player if they would attack from the sky.
 * In the same letter, they are also depicted as fairly dim-witted, talking in a dialect similar to ogres.
 * Dragons are thought to be the descendants of the powerful, supposedly extinct race known as Dragonkin.
 * White dragons seem to have existed at some point in RuneScape's history, as the examine option on Third age ranger armour implies.