Black dragon

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Black dragons are powerful monsters, and, like all other adult dragons, an anti-dragon shield, a dragonfire shield, or an antifire potion or even both of them is highly recommended when fighting them as it can reduce the maximum hit of their breath from about 500+ to around 50. They are level 144 in RuneScape and level 200 in RuneScape Classic. They are not as popular as the weaker blue dragons and green dragons, but their chance of dropping the much coveted Draconic visage and the cost of black dragonhide makes them worthwhile to kill. Players must kill a Black dragon during the Freeing Sir Amik Varze part of Recipe for Disaster. If one gets black dragons as a slayer task and doesn't want to kill them, baby black dragons or the King Black Dragon can be killed instead. It is advised to bring many prayer potions and antifire potions.

Killing Black Dragons may be profitable, as they drop various runes and rune equipment. Each kill is also profitable as their Black dragonhide is worth much more then their bones, as a result of very few players kill Black dragons outside of Slayer. Every kill has a guaranteed drop value of at least 0 coins.

Locations
Black dragons can only be found in four locations across RuneScape:
 * Taverley Dungeon - Requires dusty key or level 70/80 agility for use of shortcuts (Only 2 are there).
 * Lava Maze Dungeon in level 42-43 Wilderness.
 * Evil Chicken's Lair after starting the Sir Amik Varze subquest of Recipe for Disaster. (A raw chicken is required to enter the Evil Chicken's lair, and a rope to access the baby black dragon.)
 * Daemonheim - Warped floors.

Taverley Dungeon
This location is usually not crowded, because of the distance from a bank, and, furthermore, there are only two dragons. However, if a player has yet to complete the Sir Amik Varze subquest of Recipe for Disaster, which is needed for the Evil Chicken's lair, this is the best location. It is highly recommended that players have at least 70 agility (65 if you eat a summer pie) for the shortcut to the blue dragons to save yourself a lot of walking. The other shortcut is the "Taverley Dungeon Spiked Blade Shortcut" which requires an Agility level of 80 (75 with a summer pie) to overcome the obstacle. Players may want to bring an antipoison in case they get poisoned by a spider. Use the Taverley Lodestone for a quick banking method. If players want to hunt these dragons, its highly advisable that you gain access to the Evil Chicken's Lair. If a player has been assigned black dragons as a task and have yet to unlock the chicken's lair, its advisable that you kill baby black dragons to finish the task. Players less than level 90 should use the Fire obelisk to safespot them, as the Monk of Zamoraks will attack the player and can deal large amount of random damage at times.

It is possible to safespot black dragons by standing inside the entrance and using either range or magic to kill them.

Lava Maze
The main problem with this location is not pkers (they are rare in such deep wilderness, especially if in an unpopulated world) but the remote location. Antipoison is recommended incase you are poisoned by spiders. You must get past the Lava Maze above, which makes it undesirable for PKers to kill players. The nearest banking spot would be the Mage Arena, but is still dangerous. You can use the Wilderness obelisks to teleport into the level 18 or 13 one to teleport out with a Home teleport spell.

Evil Chicken's Lair
This location is highly recommended. This lair is accessible during and after the Sir Amik Varze subquest of Recipe for Disaster and requires a raw chicken to access, although there are two chickens near the altar. This is the best location to hunt them, as the Zanaris bank is close by. There is a safe spot at the eastern portion of the lair. Rangers should stay at the entrance of the passageway leading to a mine. Because of the surrounding rocks, dragons will be unable to harm you. There are several spawns to satisfy several players. For players who use super-antifire potions are recommended to use it before entering the lair, as one of the dragons spawns close to the portal.

Note: If you haven't finished the subquest, you could still kill the black dragons as many times as you wish. However, the drops will be black dragonhide, dragon bones, and the dragon token.

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Trivia

 * In RuneScape Classic black dragons were the strongest monsters in RuneScape until the release of the King Black Dragon.
 * They are the only chromatic dragon to drop the draconic visage.
 * Like all other dragons in RuneScape, besides the King Black Dragon, the black dragons received a graphical update on July 5, 2010.
 * Black dragons are the only chromatic dragons that are lowest in number, compared to other dragons. There are 4 in the Evil Chicken's lair, 2 in the Wilderness, and 2 in Taverly Dungeon.
 * They were, for a long time, regarded as the weakest monsters in the game that drop the draconic visage, due to the difficulty in killing Iron dragons and Skeletal Wyverns. Although Frost dragons are easier to kill, they require 85 Dungeoneering and a reasonably higher combat level to fight then Black dragons. Frost dragons use all three types of combat and dragonfire, as opposed to the black dragon's regular attack and dragonfire, therefore making them quite an easy target for Draconic visages.

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