Talk:Black dragon

Members?
Is it really members? Because, the lava maze in the wild is free. Sorry if I am wrong because I have not been through the whole of the Lava Maze before. Emosworld 07:52, 27 November 2006 (UTC)!!
 * All dragons are members-only - anywhere dragons would be found P2P is empty space F2P. JalYt-Xil-Vimescarrot  16:25, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok thanks. Emosworld 07:41, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * With the exception of Elvarg -- [[File:Coin.PNG]]

[http://www.Runescape.com What's this? ] Colo440   LOL!   00:46, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Kill
I like dragons a lot (to kill). I fight them in the evil chickens lair but..
 * Should i range them with Emerald Bolts (e)
 * Ranged level 73
 * Melee them with a Dragon Halberd
 * Attack 83
 * Strength 85
 * Mage them from distance
 * Magic level 76

11:27, 23 April 2008 (UTC)


 * hey, i guess ranging them is better and bring up some ranging potion and range them with emerald bolts(e) you will be very good! i hope you get a draconic visage! and good luck. you can use melee but bringing some super attack and strength potion is lot faster. but i suggest ranged. 80.81.159.10 19:25, 23 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Ranging them is probably best. I'm ranged 74 (got 74 on them not long ago), and I use plain mithril bolts - that I made myself at blast furnace, since its cheap - and a dose of ranging potion every 3-5 kills. If your killing them just for drops, use emerald (e), if you're killing them for exp, use plain mithril - since you don't get any experience for damage done by poison. Safespot meleeing with a halberd is decent, but remember chromatic dragons are weakest to ranged and stab, and the halberd's weakest style is stab - though, tbh, your attack and strength (especially with a super attack and strength potions) will make up for it.
 * I wouldn't recommend magic. Chromatic dragons, like the armour their hides make, are very resistant to magic attacks. I don't recommend melee without a safespot, unless you have high attack, strength and defence/prayer levels. They hit annoyingly often though Torag's, often 15+, so using proselyte and prayer is recommended if you prefer not to use a safespot. Using a Beast of Burden is useful, as you can carry up to 6 (with terrorbird), 9 (with tortoise) or 15 (with yak) extra dragon's worth of hide/bones. Using the BoB to carry the bones is good - prevents you accidentally burying them.
 * Keep all hides and bones, and do any clue scrolls! I had to kill 76 for my slayer task, and in total all the hides, bones and treasure trail rewards (1 clue) amounted to over 500k! Good luck on a Draconic Visage =] 16:15, 26 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I tried killing a black dragon once and like any other lvl. 64 attempting to do so, I miserably failed. However, I did note that they are IMPOSSIBLE to hit with magic (about 1 damaging shot for every 15), and when you do get a red splat, it's usually less than 5 damage. And I was using Earth Blast. I tried to melee with a rune dagger(p++), but it didn't poison at all. It did, however, hit higher than my magic. I recommend bringing a large amount of runes for about 150 blasts of your spell (at least Wind Blast), but you definitely need an excellent weapon to kill it at all. My method (which worked longer than I would have thought possible) was to gulp a Anti-Fire (which you should keep about 2 or 3 of), load my poisoned weapon, and attempt to poison it. If I got a green splat, then I would run to a safe spot and mage it for a while, letting both my ineffectual magic (for what it was worth) combined with the poison take their toll. The dragons heal quickly, and use their breath more often than their melee attack, which didn't hit too hard on me (I was wearing full splitbark).


 * In the future, I'm going to try to use ranged, as it is apparently more effective (Gaz_Lloyd?). Probably a rune crossbow with ruby bolts. Bring enough food, enough potions, and definitely an antipoison or two (for the lvl. 64 Poison Spiders just before the dragons). If you need to eat, there are some convenient rocks and the ladder to the water obelisk is definitely helpful. Don't forget your teleport (usually Falador or Camelot). Good luck! Arrogios


 * Indeed. Magic is a bad choice - Black dragonhide armour is very often used for protecting against magic, yes? However, magic is great against metal dragons. Ranged if definatly (for black dragons) best unless you have 85-90+ attack and strength, and defence if not using protect from melee. Even then I'd still use ranged - much less dangerous. Since the release of Smoking Kills, Broad-tipped bolts are better than mithril - coins per bolt as opposed to  c/bolt - broad-tipped hit higher than mithril but slightly lower than adamant also. I use them for general training myself as well.  21:52, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Verac's versus Rune Halberd
I've been planning on killing black dragons for a draconic visage. I have 2 strategies, can you plz tell me which one I should use? Oh, and some tips too.

My stats:

70 attack

65 strength

70 defence

45 prayer

Others are too low!

1) Full Verac's armour to make use of its special. I'll be using protection from melee and drinking antifire potions.  No shield since the flail is 2-handed.

2) Rune halberd (takes too long to do Regicide quest) and safe spots. I don't think the dragon can hit me that way.


 * Best not to use verac. So I recommend rune halberd. However range is a better choice I think. 12:50, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

I recomend using a d halberd actually. I tried with a rune and barely hit it. I am doing regicide atm. On the last part. I had to start from Plague City, Biohazard, and Underground Pass and this quest in only 2 days. Try to use a d halberd. Later.

Clue scroll kind of common?
I killed 16 dragons and I got 2 clue scrolls. I'm going to change it to common. Anyone who disagrees leave a note on my talk page.


 * I've killed more than 100 dragons in a row nd have never gotten a clue scroll for them. It can't be that common, you might have been very lucky. 04:31, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Two black dragon tasks (76 and 65) with only 1 clue scroll between them (in the 76 task). I'd say fairly rare, you were just lucky. 19:57, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Moving Picture
I got a moving picture of the older black dragon (the one without graphics change), should I post it? --King x treme 04:49, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Absolutely, it can serve as a good historical comparison between now and then.-- 04:51, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Where should I put it once I put it on? And whats wrong with my signature? --King x treme 04:59, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Bottom left-hand corner of the page and I'm afraid I don't know what's wrong with your signature.-- 05:02, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Got a problem making the frame. Is it ok if you do it for me? --King x treme 05:23, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Err..Who removed the picture? 10:58, October 4, 2009 (UTC)
 * Psycho Robot -  11:01, October 4, 2009 (UTC)

Visage
Do the even drop them? lmao ive killed at least 5k because i have exactly 6,229 hides in bank and some are from kbd. and i got visage second kill kbd and not a single one from regular blacks yet. Sir erik54 Talk  19:14, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
 * in case u didn't know, most of the things in RS are based on luck, so u could get visage from black drag in first kill, or kill over 1 million and never get a vissy...and I have a friend who got a vissy from black dragons. 21:38, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

i got d claws (from tormented demons) the first kill, but i never got vissy from blk drags. its definitly luck if you get one. maybe i have luck too at blk dragons or kbd. what is better to use against kbd: melee with dfs and whip (or skimmy) att 95 str 99 def 89 or ranged (range 86) with rune c bow and antidragonshield, but with ruby bolts (e) ive been there with both methods, both work, but i cant say whats the best method, maybe someone has more experience than me.

Dragon slayer gloves
Im pretty sure thats what there called....its those gloves you get for FOG. I posted on the article that its worth noting that you can range them for your task, and switch the dragon gloves last second, you still get the bonus xp.... any1 else think is should be in there?

A statement confused me...
"Players with a high Attack and Strength level could also fight them in a Safe spot with a Dragon halberd, as the Special attack does decent damage on them."

I have high attack and strength and out of three special attacks in a row, only one hit out of the 6 actually does any damage. Is this the case for anyone else or am I just extremely unlucky? 11:56, October 23, 2009 (UTC)
 * No, it's the same for everyone else. Melee is rubbish against black dragons. 11:58, October 23, 2009 (UTC)