Frost dragon

For the pet version, see Frosty.

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

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Frost dragon

Release	19 July 2010 (Update)
Members	Yes
Examine
A dragon covered in frost and ice.
Combat info
Level	LP	XP	XP
112	8,500	1,085.4	358.1
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
65 / 43 / 21
Aggressive		Poisonous
Offensive
Max hit
500	500	500	Varies
Style		Speed
		4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
77 77 77 Accuracy 1783 1783 1783
Defensive
Armour		Weakness
1694	75
Affinities
90	65	55	45
Immunities

Defined properties:

All Life points: 8,500 Life points: 8,500 All Combat experience: 1085.4 Combat experience: 1085.4 All Release date: 19 July 2010 Release date: 19 July 2010 All Combat level: 112 Combat level: 112 All Is members only: true Is members only: true All NPC ID: 51 NPC ID: 51

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Frost dragons reside in the Asgarnian Ice Dungeon resource dungeon. The dungeon requires a minimum level of 85 Dungeoneering to access, and inside are a total of 12 dragons. Frost dragons attack with all three combat styles, as well as with dragonfire. The dungeon can be accessed easily by using the fairy ring 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, or more if using Magic notepaper or a Beast of Burden familiar.

Combat

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 the player should keep an eye on the first attack, and pray accordingly for that kill, unless using Soul Split or a healing familiar such as a Bunyip or Unicorn stallion to heal.

When fighting frost dragons, a blue recoil orb will appear and start circling the dragon. It is important that players do not attack while the orb is out, as it will rebound 80% of any damage that would've been dealt. It is important to have 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 killing the dragon can resume. This makes frost dragons a slightly tougher monster to fight, but should not heavily hinder any higher level player trying to kill 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).

Main drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Adamant platebody	1	Uncommon	8,975
	Rune arrow	12	Common	1,812
	Adamant kiteshield	1	Uncommon	7,314
	Rune longsword	1	Uncommon	17,883
	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
	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
	Coins	200–1,337	Common	200–1,337
	Shark	1; 2	Common	1,933–3,866
	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

Tertiary drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Sealed 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.
• For a while after release, Frost dragons only used melee and magic attacks, and did not have their orb reflector ability. However, due to heavy botting at the time, Jagex added a ranged attack and the orb reflector ability to combat botting.
• Frost dragons were created with experimentation by Kerapac, as detailed in Forcae's journal.
• 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.