Elvarg

Elvarg is a green dragon, although she's slightly stronger than an ordinary green dragon. She is the dragon that players have to kill in the Dragon Slayer quest in the dungeon under Crandor. She is also the only attackable dragon available to non-members.

During the 5th age, Crandor was an important island in Runescape. In the year 139, a Crandorian adventurer discovered and ventured into the dungeon to discover Elvarg, which enraged the dragon. Elvarg, despite the fact that she is relatively weak compared to many other dragons, managed to destroy the human community in Crandor and kill most of the survivors in a refugee camp near Rimmington.

The dragon was confirmed to be female in the March 7 2007 Postbag from the Hedge, by such quotes as She wouldn't 'a had second thoughts about roasting yer with her breath... and That's what she done to Crandor, after all...

Prior to the introduction of members, Elvarg the Dragon was the single strongest foe in the game, and remained so until surpassed by the members-only dragons.

History
The following is the Champions' Guild Guildmaster's account of Elvarg's history.

Since then, Elvarg has continued to rule Crandor. Any attempt to reach the island on ship has been thwarted by Elvarg, who burns any ship that nears the island to ashes.



Fighting strategy
Elvarg attacks in two ways: A standard melee attack, and a ranged firebreath attack. Unlike most other dragons, her dragonfire attack hits higher than her melee attack with an anti-dragon shield worn.

When fighting Elvarg, it is required that players have an anti-dragon shield, a one-handed weapon (preferably a rune sword or a rune battleaxe, though a rune longsword or rune mace has also been found effective), and two pieces of armour (preferrably rune platelegs with a rune chainbody or adamant platebody, though it is possible to beat her without rune platelegs). The rest of the inventory should be filled with food (and maybe some potions for members). Lobsters or swordfish are recommended, depending on the level of the player and their skill at obtaining the food. She can hit up to 10 with melee, so the level 43 Prayer, Protect From Melee, may also help players trying to slay her (by protecting them from getting slashed by Elvarg's claws). Like most chromatic dragons, stab and ranged attacks work better against her.

Players are recommended to use melee against her although they can also use magic and range against her, as it is hard to hide behind the pillars in her room. It is also recommended that players do not run around while fighting her as she will continue to deal damage while the player does nothing, which will eventually get you killed.

The dragon has also apparently been defeated by archers; players can wield a crossbow and the needed shield at the same time as the crossbow is one-handed. The player, if they have a high ranged skill, can hide behind cover and fire bolts until the dragon is fallen, while incurring less damage from the fire.

It is possible to have a friend weaken Elvarg to very low HP (even if below half) then let you finish off Elvarg as she does not really drop the head. Your character will cut it off and it will appear in your inventory. As long as that person does not kill Elvarg, one can do this with as many people as they wish, but they can only do this if they have not already done Dragon Slayer.

Then you must go and talk to Oziach and you will beat the quest without having the head.

Tips

 * This monster, by the general consensus of players, is quite easy. Not much food is required, but it is recommended that you bring about 5-7 Lobsters for higher players. Lower level players should probably bring a full inventory of lobsters if they are free players with adamant or rune armour. It is highly recommended that you are level 50 combat or higher (although quite a few players level 35-49 have been able to beat her) (and even more on RuneScape Classic).


 * When fighting her on a free server, players must wield an anti-dragon shield. If a player chooses not to wear the shield, she can deal upwards to around 50 damage.


 * Members can drink an anti-fire potion so that her fire breath doesn't do as much damage. If combined with an anti-dragon shield, fire breath will do no damage to the player.


 * Also it is highly recommended melee players (especially f2p players) bring a strength potion.


 * During your battle, you will also find that your prayer is being reduced.


 * Eating "one-click" foods such as a lobster or tuna is highly recommended. Although food such as Chocolate Cakes and Plain Pizza heal just as much (or higher) and are generally cheaper, they need to be consumed in slices.  Players with low Hitpoints will find that Elvarg often can hit faster than they can replenish food if they bring such alternatives.

Trivia

 * Before the quest Dragon Slayer was updated, the players did not need to cut off the head. When they defeated Elvarg, they would be teleported out of the lair and receive the "Quest complete" message.
 * Before the graphical dragon update Elvarg looked like the dragon in the image on the right.
 * Elvarg has the highest hitpoints of any free-to-play quest monsters, surpassing the Cockroach soldier having the same level as Elvarg but only 96 hitpoints, and level 92 Greater Demons with just 87 hitpoints.
 * There used to be a safe spot where rangers or mages could go behind and kill her, but the update makes it so there are no more safe spots.
 * The lowest level to ever complete the quest is level 6 and has been proved on YouTube. She completed the quest using Rings of recoil and a super-poisoned dagger.
 * Prior to the addition of the Metal Dragons, Elvarg was the only Dragon to have a Ranged attack.