King Black Dragon

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King Black Dragon

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Release date	24 September 2002 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	276
XP per kill	Unknown edit
Examine text	The biggest, meanest dragon around.
Slayer info
Slayer level	1
Slayer XP	258 (296.7 with dragon slayer gloves)
Assigned by	Sumona, Duradel or Lapalok, Kuradal
Combat info LP Max hit 2,400 254 with Melee and its magical dragonfire (650+ (dragonfire) without an anti-dragon or dragonfire shield) Attack Defence Ranged Magic Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Immune to Poison Stun Deflect No Unknown No Attack speed Undefined Aggressive Poisonous Yes Yes (80) Attack style Weaknesses Ranged

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

The King Black Dragon (often abbreviated to "the KBD") is the 27th strongest monster in RuneScape, but it was the strongest monster available to kill when it was released. Recently, the King Black Dragon has lost popularity since most of the loot that it drops may be acquired from monsters that are easier to kill, such as the Giant Mole in Falador Park. He is still fought, however, by clans or individuals looking to pass time or just for the experience of killing it. Additionally, many players choose to kill the King Black Dragon in hopes of receiving a draconic visage. Even though some easier monsters drop similar loot, the KBD drops high-priced items very often so it still can remain a good source of money. The King Black Dragon also has a very high rate drop of crimson charms, comparable to waterfiends and drops 4 of any charm at a time. Due to his stab and, in particular, range weakness the king black dragon can be used as a decent source of charms at higher levels, though rock lobsters and waterfiends are better unless you have a black dragons task.

The King Black Dragon was the highest level monster in the game until 7 September 2004 when it was replaced by the Kalphite Queen. Afterwards, it was the highest level monster in the Wilderness, but it was soon replaced by the Chaos Elemental. Afterwards, it was the highest level dragon but was replaced by the mithril dragon. It is now the highest level dragon in the Wilderness, as well as the highest level chromatic dragon. The King Black Dragon is still the highest level monster in RuneScape Classic.

The King Black Dragon can also be killed for Slayer if a player's task is black dragons.

The King Black Dragon Lair

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The King Black Dragon lair is just wide-open space. There is nowhere to hide.

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A player fighting the KBD.

The King Black Dragon Lair is a multi-combat area, allowing groups of players to fight him simultaneously. The lair is a level 42 Wilderness dungeon near the Lava Maze (Watch out for PK'ers). The dungeon may be accessed via a ladder in a fenced area on the west end of the Lava Maze containing four Lesser Demons. The ladder leads to an area with poison spiders, and a lever which will teleport the character to the King Black Dragon's lair. The lair itself isn't in the Wilderness, but players are in the Wilderness until they pull the lever. If a player gets teleblocked, they can't pull the lever. Players also do not need to leave via ladder, as teleporting can be used to exit the lair.

It is common to use the obelisks located throughout the Wilderness, which will teleport you randomly to other obelisks in various places within by activating them, one of them being in level 44 Wilderness at the Frozen Waste Plateau, and another one being found south of the Lava Maze, which are both right near the KBD lair. It is worth noting that by using obelisks to traverse the Wilderness, you may come across PKers who could potentially kill, tele-block or poison you. This is especially notable at the obelisk near the Rogue's Castle, as the combat level range is great, it is a multi-combat area and the Chaos Elemental occasionally wanders near Rogue's Castle. Since one of the obelisks is in deep Wilderness, it is very likely you may get poisoned by other players, as well as being teleblocked, preventing you from using the obelisks. Also, the Chaos Elemental CAN come close to the obelisk, so it is highly advised to turn off auto-retaliate when using the obelisks.

Attacks

Run!

The King Black Dragon uses melee when fighting and also uses 4 different types of dragon breath attack that have fairly devastating effects, which makes him a well-rounded and difficult foe. His 4 dragonbreath attacks consist of the following:

• Regular dragonfire. (All adult dragons have that)
• Shock-like breath that can reduce your stats. It is suggested that you have 75 defence or higher and good mage defence armour. All stats will be lowered by 1 point.
• Ice breath that can stop players from moving or attacking.
• Poison breath that will deal 80 poison damage. You should bring at least 1 anti poison potion if you want to kill him.

All of these breath attacks can deal heavy damage to unprepared players. Unlike other dragons, such as metallic dragons, there is no possible way to negate all but the melee and regular dragonfire. The breaths can deal various damage, using an Anti-dragon shield and a dose of Antifire or Super antifire will take the damage from the special breaths up to 100. The breath may also have a chance to do their special ability, but this is does not happen all the time. Rangers should take notice of this, as while soloing they will be subject to a large amount of damage of Dragonbane bolts are not used.

Suggestions for Fighting

Main article: King Black Dragon/Strategies

An anti-dragon/dragonfire Shield is essential as all dragons can deal well over 500 life points of damage to a player not wielding one (unless you use a super antifire). Using an antifire potion in conjunction with an Antifire shield or a Dragonfire shield completely protects the player from the dragon's breath. There are no specific levels required to fight this monster, but for players who wish to Melee in a team, having a combat level in the mid 80's should be enough and for players who wish to fight using Ranged in a team, having a Ranged level in the mid 60's will suffice for two to three kills if in a two man team with 70+ defence and using ruby bolts (e). If not then ranged level 85+ is recommended.

Drops

100% drop

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Weapons

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Dragon bones	1	Always	2,136
	Black dragonhide	1	Always	3,482

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Arrows and Runes

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Rune longsword	1	Common	17,883
	Mithril battleaxe	1	Common	3,550
	Mithril 2h sword	1	Common	3,569
	Adamant 2h sword	1	Uncommon	8,231
	Adamant hatchet	1	Uncommon	10,119
	Black hatchet	1	Uncommon	3,295
	Rune battleaxe	1	Rare	24,988
	Rune 2h sword	1	Rare	36,735

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Armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Blood rune	15; 50	Common	10,170–33,900
	Death rune	7–50	Common	1,624–11,600
	Air rune	105	Common	9,450
	Fire rune	105	Common	16,695
	Iron arrow	690	Common	9,660
	Earth rune	105	Uncommon	1,890
	Law rune	15; 45	Uncommon	8,550–25,650
	Steel arrow	150	Uncommon	2,550
	Runite bolts	1–12	Uncommon	197–2,364
	Nature rune	20–78	Rare	8,100–31,590
	Rune arrow	45	Rare	6,795

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Ores and Bars

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Amulet of strength	1	Common	4,143
	Adamant platebody	1	Common	8,975
	Rune sq shield	1	Rare	22,047
	Dragon helm	1	Rare	58,601
	Rune platebody	1	Very rare	37,480

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Charms

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Iron ore	100 (noted)	Uncommon	44,900
	Adamant bar	1	Uncommon	1,761
	Silver ore	100 (noted)	Rare	13,800
	Rune bar	1	Rare	2,985
	Coal	100 (noted)	Very rare	11,200

No charm
26–30%	4–6%	3–5%	59–64%	0.9–2%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 1,185 kills. 4 charms are dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Other

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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.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	1–3,000	Common	1–3,000
	Yew logs	100	Common	16,700
	Runite limbs	1	Common	7,065
	Shark	4	Uncommon	7,732
	Black dragon tail-bone	1	Uncommon	Not sold
	Oyster	1	Rare	6,705
	Oyster pearls	1	Rare	457
File:Kbd heads.png	King Black Dragon heads	1	Rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Rare	Not sold
	Clue scroll (hard)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Court summons	1	Rare	Not sold
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Draconic visage	1	Very rare	1,187,911

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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

Gallery

A group of players fighting the dragon as depicted in art.

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The king black dragon stuffed head.

Concept art of the updated dragon.

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The King Black Dragon statue in a Clan Citadel.

Trivia

A stamp featuring the King Black Dragon from a postbag

• The King Black Dragon can talk, as seen in A Tail of Two Cats. During the final cutscene he is visited by Bob the Jagex Cat. During the chat between the King and Bob, a range player attempts to solo the King, is unable to damage him, and is killed in one hit as he had no visible fire protection.
• Unlike most dragons, the King Black Dragon has not received the latest graphical update. Mod Wayne has confirmed that the King Black Dragon is soon going to receive a graphic update along with pet dragons, and POH dragons.
• Flametongue, a King Black Dragon that fought during the God Wars, shows that the King Black Dragon may not be the only of his kind.
• In a letter in the Postbag from the Hedge, the King Black Dragon makes references to "The Kin", possibly referring to the Dragonkin.
• The King Black Dragon has a unique melee, dragonfire and death animation unlike the metallic and chromatic dragons.
• It was revealed in the April 2011 BTS that the Kalphite Queen and the King Black Dragon were due to be married on 29 April 2011, to coincide with the wedding of Prince William of Wales and Miss Catherine Middleton in the United Kingdom. However this turned out to be a marketing ploy by Diango.

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