Frost dragon

For the pet version, see Frosty.

For the variant encountered in Daemonheim, see Frost dragon (Dungeoneering).

This article has a strategy guide. All information on mechanics, setups, and strategy are on the subpage.

Frost dragon

Release date	19 July 2010 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	112
XP per kill	1,085.4 (and 358.1 experience)
Examine text	A dragon covered in frost and ice.
Combat info LP Max hit 8,500 Magic: 300+ Melee: 213 Ranged: 400+ Dragonfire: 2,500+ Recoil: Varies Attack Defence Ranged Magic 80 80 80 80 Immune to Poison Stun Deflect No No No Attack speed Undefined Aggressive Poisonous Yes No Attack styles Weaknesses Magic Melee Ranged Dragonfire Stab Bane

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Frost dragons reside in the Asgarnian Ice Dungeon resource dungeon. Specifically the entrance is at the very top of the Ice Dungeon. The dungeon requires level 85 Dungeoneering to access, and inside are a total of 12 dragons to kill. Frost dragons attack with all three combat styles, as well as with dragonfire. They are weak to stab, making chaotic or drygore rapiers popular weapons choices. The dungeon can be accessed easily by using the fairyring network with the combination aiq.

Killing frost dragons is highly profitable as their bones are currently worth 16,991 coins each. Players may gain upwards of 480,000 coins per full inventory of bones, more if using Magic notepaper or a Beast of Burden familiar. Players should note that High Alchemy is not permitted within the resource dungeon.

Combat

Frost dragons may attack with either Ranged or Magic. Each frost dragon will attack with EITHER their ranged or magic attack for the entire fight; which style it will use depends on whichever attack is randomly used FIRST - so keep an eye on the first attack, and pray accordingly for that kill.

When fighting frost dragons, a blue recoil orb will appear and start circling the dragon. It is important that you do NOT attack while the orb is out, as it will rebound 80% of any damage you would've dealt. Therefore, it is important that you have your auto-retaliate switched OFF when fighting these dragons; when the orb appears, click away from the dragon to stop attacking and wait. The orb will circle 3 times before it disappears, after which you can resume killing your dragon (you and your cannon are able to deal damage to the dragon slightly before the orb disappears, at about 2.3-2.5 rotations). NOTE that some have noticed damage rebound before the orb is visible, so it is important to pay close attention.

This makes frost dragons a slightly tougher monster to fight, but should not heavily hinder any higher level player trying to kill them. Also note that a dreadnip will be able to deal damage normally and the damage will not be reflected, which can allow a kill if the dragon is low on health while the orb is active.

In the area containing the dragons are randomly appearing Frost dragon bones spawns. The bones from these spawns are unobtainable, even by Telekinetic Grab — this formerly caused bots to 'try' to pick up the bones, effectively incapacitating them. However, it seems that bots have been able to differentiate the random spawns from the legitimate spawns, and bots have seemingly disappeared from the area after the release of Botwatch.

Unlike with metallic dragons, using Protect From Magic or Deflect Magic offers the same protection from Dragonfire breath as an anti fire potion or anti dragon fire shield, making the Saradomin Godsword a very good option for killing them.

Strategies

Main article: Frost dragon/Strategies

Drops

100% drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Frost dragon bones	1	Always	16,991

Charms

No charm
15%	18–19%	44–45%	18%	4%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 57,494 kills. 1 charm is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Weapons and armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Adamant platebody	1	Uncommon	8,975
File:Dragon Helm.png	Dragon Helm	1	Rare	Error
	Adamant kiteshield	1	Uncommon	7,314
	Rune longsword	1	Uncommon	17,883

Runes and talismans

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Water talisman	2 (noted)	Common	5,056
	Death rune	10; 15	Uncommon	2,320–3,480
	Air talisman	2 (noted)	Uncommon	996
	Pure essence	50 (noted)	Uncommon	1,500
	Law rune	10	Uncommon	5,700
	Blood rune	10	Uncommon	6,780

Herbs

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Grimy guam	1 (noted)	Common	709
	Grimy marrentill	1 (noted)	Common	2,307
	Grimy tarromin	1 (noted)	Common	105
	Grimy harralander	1 (noted)	Common	741
	Grimy ranarr	1 (noted)	Common	1,860
	Grimy irit	1 (noted)	Common	5,008
	Grimy avantoe	1 (noted)	Common	1,043
	Grimy kwuarm	1 (noted)	Common	11,782
	Grimy cadantine	1 (noted)	Common	4,322
	Grimy lantadyme	1 (noted)	Uncommon	7,551
	Grimy dwarf weed	1 (noted)	Uncommon	8,476
	Grimy snapdragon	1	Very rare	1,789

Other drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	200–1,337	Common	200–1,337
	Shark	1; 2; 3	Common	1,933–5,799
	Water orb	2 (noted)	Common	11,884
	Adamant bar	3 (noted)	Uncommon	5,283
	Limpwurt root	1 (noted)	Uncommon	5,190
	Mahogany logs	3 (noted)	Uncommon	900
	Clue scroll (hard)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Court summons	1	Rare	Not sold
	Spirit sapphire	1	Rare	Not sold
	Spirit emerald	1	Rare	Not sold
	Spirit ruby	1	Rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Rare	Not sold
	Draconic visage	1	Very rare	1,187,911

Rare drop table drops

This monster has access to the rare drop table.
Luck-enhancing items such as a ring of wealth or luck of the dwarves are not required to access the table.

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	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	250–500	Common	250–500
	Uncut sapphire	1	Common	809
	Uncut emerald	1	Common	2,555
	Uncut ruby	1	Common	1,842
	Uncut diamond	1	Common	4,843
	Uncut diamond	45–55 (noted)	Rare	217,935–266,365
	Loop half of a key	1	Common	11,053
	Tooth half of a key	1	Common	11,538
	Uncut dragonstone	1	Uncommon	12,077
	Uncut dragonstone	45–55 (noted)	Rare	543,465–664,235
	Dragon longsword	1	Common	56,212
	Dragon spear	1	Rare	35,861
	Battlestaff	180–220 (noted)	Rare	542,160–662,640
	Rune javelin	5	Rare	905
	Rune platebody	1	Uncommon	37,480
	Rune platebody	15–25 (noted)	Rare	562,200–937,000
	Shield left half	1	Rare	64,399
	Dragon helm	1	Uncommon	58,601
	Rune arrowheads	113–137	Common	14,916–18,084
	Onyx bolts	135–165	Very rare	1,003,725–1,226,775
	Chaos talisman	1	Rare	1,923
	Nature talisman	1	Rare	1,473
	Water talisman	65–82 (noted)	Rare	164,320–207,296
	Earth talisman	65–82 (noted)	Rare	12,025–15,170
	Fire talisman	25–35 (noted)	Rare	5,225–7,315
	Raw lobster	135–165 (noted)	Common	47,655–58,245
	Raw shark	225–275 (noted)	Uncommon	321,075–392,425
	Big bones	68–82 (noted)	Uncommon	13,804–16,646
	Dragon bones	180–220 (noted)	Rare	384,480–469,920
	Coal	200–1,100 (noted)	Uncommon	22,400–123,200
	Gold ore	90–110 (noted)	Common	52,830–64,570
	Adamantite ore	180–220 (noted)	Uncommon	40,860–49,940
	Adamant bar	14–16 (noted)	Common	24,654–28,176
	Adamant bar	135–165 (noted)	Rare	237,735–290,565
	Runite ore	90–110 (noted)	Rare	127,710–156,090
	Rune bar	3 (noted)	Common	8,955
	Rune bar	45–55 (noted)	Rare	134,325–164,175
	Grimy torstol	90–110 (noted)	Uncommon	485,010–592,790
	Grimy snapdragon	90–110 (noted)	Uncommon	161,010–196,790
	Super restore (4)	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	125,910–153,890
	Prayer potion (4)	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	130,950–160,050
	Lantadyme seed	14–16	Uncommon	10,164–11,616
	Dwarf weed seed	14–16	Uncommon	11,508–13,152
	Magic seed	4	Uncommon	209,856
	Palm tree seed	10	Rare	396,000
	Flax	450–550 (noted)	Common	43,200–52,800
	Molten glass	45–55 (noted)	Common	27,585–33,715
	Soft clay	450–550 (noted)	Uncommon	188,550–230,450
	Yew logs	68–82 (noted)	Uncommon	11,356–13,694
	Yew logs	675–825 (noted)	Rare	112,725–137,775
	Teak plank	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	16,740–20,460
	Mahogany plank	270–330 (noted)	Rare	356,670–435,930
	Blurberry Special	1	Uncommon	12,008
	Vecna skull	1	Very rare*	124,871
	Hazelmere's signet ring	1	Very rare*	1,432,268,388
	Brawling gloves (Melee)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Magic)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Ranged)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Agility)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Cooking)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (FM)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Fishing)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Hunter)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Mining)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Prayer)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Smithing)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Thieving)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (WC)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 1	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 2	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 3	1	Very rare	Not sold

Universal drops

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster outside of Daemonheim.

These drops are dropped alongside main drops.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Key token	1	Rare	Not sold
	Mimic kill token	1	Very rare	5,575

Trivia

• When a player uses a bucket of milk on a frost dragon, a message in their chat box will appear saying "They're great!" which is a reference to the Frosties/Frosted Flakes breakfast cereal.