Dragon claw

Dragon claws were released with the While Guthix Sleeps quest. Players need level 60 Attack to wield them. The claws feature a special attack called "Slice and Dice", which takes up 50% of the special attack bar, and hits an enemy four times within one turn. When two specials are used back-to-back, a player can hit eight times in two attacks, which is similar to the dragon dagger's special. They are especially notable because their rune counterpart also have a special attack, making claws the only type of weapon where both the dragon and rune versions have a special attack.

Dragon claws, when first released, started in the Grand Exchange at 150k but the high demand has pushed them up to extremely high prices.

Dragon claws may be obtained after the quest While Guthix Sleeps by killing Tormented Demons. However, players do not need to do the quest in order to wear them or to use their special attack.

With the release of the Dragon claws the price of the Dragon dagger has dropped, and shows signs of continuing to drop. This is probably because the claws can hit harder (a +56 strength bonus compared to the +40 of the dragon dagger), are just as fast, and have an arguably better special attack. However, the sheer availability and comparatively low cost of the dragon dagger may attract players. Dragon claws are also two-handed, much harder to get, and lack the ability to be poisoned. The claws can hit up to around 46-23-12-11 (for a total of 92) under perfect conditions, which equals 184 with both specials, while under perfect conditions the dragon dagger can hit 50-50 four times for a total of 400 damage from 4 specials. However, in PvP, these damages would not be possible, as they rely on other factors such as a castlewar brace against the flagholder. Dragon claws tend to be great when ones opponent is at low hp as if they do not expect it, they can't survive through it. When pking, a dragon dagger is highly dependant on the players attack bonuses and level.

Special Attack
The Dragon claws Special attack is based on the 1st hit. It then takes the first hit, divides it in half, then divides it by a further 1/2, and then it hits for the same again. For example, if a player hits a 40 on the first hit, the special would be 40-20-10-5. If it is odd, like 41, it may be 41-20-10-11, or 41-20-10-10, to average the 4 split hits with the first hit. This means that the Dragon claws essentially doubles the damage into four separate hits, ensuring its maximum potential.

It is notable that occasionally, the final two attacks do not occur, usually due to low attack on the part of the aggressor, or high defence on the part of the target. This instance will include two hits, comprising of a 1 and 0 hit. Other than this instance, the special attack will never hit a total of zero unless the target is using the prayer Protect from Melee. In this case, a 0-0 will appear.

Market
Since their release into the game with a starting price of 150,000 coins, the price of Dragon claws had begun to rise very dramatically by the highest percentage in the history of the Grand Exchange by player-demand only (not including Jagex's own price modifications of objects).

After just 30 days following their release, Dragon claws had risen by 2,142%, gaining a total of more than 6 million Coins. As of 31 January the Grand Exchange indicated a mid price for claws of 38 million, meaning they have risen 25,351% from their initial price.

On 15 July, Jagex introduced an update to PvP worlds and Bounty Hunter Worlds in which player were automatically skulled on entering the world and the Protect Item prayer was disabled on these worlds. Dragon claws, a popular item used by one itemers started to see a rapid drop in price along with other itemer weapons such as the Armadyl Godsword and Saradomin Sword.

The Dragon claws suffered a 1.2 million gold loss the day after the update though several players in World 2 could be found selling them for as low as 20 million gold or less plus junk items.

On 17 July, Jagex released Bounty+1 worlds, which allowed players to keep one item on death. The demand soon shot up with players soon buying for well above maximum price.

This item's price often rises and falls suddenly and drastically with some updates so buyers must view and buy with caution. Dragon claws are not nearly as powerful as other weapons, and with prices falling and rising, people are going to great lengths trying to buy them at low then selling them at high.

Trivia

 * This is the only weapon with which a player can attack up to 4 times with one attack.


 * Sometimes a player using the Dragon claw's special twice in a row on the second special may only hit 2 times instead of the usual 4. This is not a glitch. Since the special attack is 4 separate hits, if the enemy dies after one of the hits, the following hits do not occur. However, there are some occasions when the enemy is still alive after 2 hits and the special attack fails, hitting a 0 and a 1.