Draconic visage

The Draconic visage (pronounced /ˈvɪzɪdʒ/; VIZ ij) is one of the most sought out drops by a monster. It is a very rare drop from iron, steel, mithril, and black dragons, as well as Skeletal Wyverns and the King Black Dragon.

A player with level 90 Smithing is able to combine an Anti-dragon shield with the visage to create the Dragonfire shield, granting 2,000 Smithing experience. If players do not have 90 Smithing, they may use the Assist System to forge the shield, an action which is highly recommended. In order to do this, the visage needs to be taken to an anvil along with an Anti-dragon shield and a hammer. Another method of smithing the Dragonfire shield is to paying Oziach, the smith of Dragon Slayer, 1.25 million (1,250,000) coins to join the shield's components together.

The Draconic visage is a "bonus" drop. This means that it is included in a dragon's main drop, and it is never the main drop itself, meaning it can be dropped as well as another item, such as the Dragon platelegs. In a Knowledge Base update on 1 February 2010, Jagex stated that the Ring of Wealth affects only the rare drop table common to many monsters (drops from this table include crystal key halves, dragon shield left half, etc.) and that the Draconic Visage is not a part of this table.

Trivia

 * The price of the Dragonfire shield dropped back in late May 2009. The price dropped even more after the PvP updates. However, the Draconic visage remained stable. This discouraged people from getting a Dragonfire shield since the visage was more expensive. Recently, the price of the Dragonfire shield has doubled since the price drop in May 2009, making the Draconic visage a much more valuable drop.
 * The visage is always visually on top of other drops except for the Dragon platelegs, Dragon plateskirt, and Dragon full helm.
 * The term "draconic visage" stems from draconic, meaning "of or relating to dragons," and visage, meaning "face," thus making it a "dragon's face."