Mithril dragon

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Mithril dragon

Release	3 July 2007 (Update)
Members	Yes
Examine
Experimenting with mithril gone bad!
Combat info
Level	LP	XP	XP
112	17,800	1,809	596.9
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
108 / 72 / 36
Aggressive		Poisonous
Slayer
Level	XP	Category
1	564.4	Mithril dragons
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
1068	1068	1068	1200
Style		Speed
		4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
80 80 80 Accuracy 1924 1924 1924
Defensive
Armour		Weakness
1924	80
Affinities
90	55	45	65
Immunities

Defined properties:

All Life points: 17,800 Life points: 17,800 All Slayer experience: 564.4 Slayer experience: 564.4 All Combat experience: 1809 Combat experience: 1809 All Release date: 3 July 2007 Release date: 3 July 2007 All Combat level: 112 Combat level: 112 All Is members only: true Is members only: true All NPC ID: 5363 NPC ID: 5363

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Mithril dragons are metal dragons found in the Ancient Cavern and the extended area of the Brimhaven Dungeon resource dungeon. To access the Ancient Cavern, the player needs to start the Pyre ship section of Firemaking in Barbarian Training. To access the extended area of the Brimhaven Dungeon resource dungeon, the player must wear the Daemonheim aura 4 from the elite set of the Daemonheim achievements. These dragons have extremely high defence, but, since they are made of metal, are relatively weak to magic, with earth spells being their primary weakness. Mithril dragons are often killed for their possible drops, which includes the dragon full helm, draconic visage, chewed bones and elite clue scroll.

Mithril dragons are an excellent source of charms, as they drop four of them at a time. They are also a good source of rune weaponry.

When they originally were released, they broke the King Black Dragon's record as the strongest dragon, though this has since changed.

Habitat

A mithril dragon forging a key

Mithril dragons can be found on the top level of the Ancient Cavern and in Brimhaven Dungeon resource dungeon. Dwarf multicannons are not allowed in the Ancient Cavern, and players must pay a small fee to enter the Brimhaven dungeon if they do not have completed the hard set of the Karamja achievements.

1. Enter the cavern by jumping into the whirlpool near Otto's Grotto. Go down the stairs, run east past brutal green dragons, and climb up the stairs to the mithril dragons. Partial completion of Barbarian Training is required to use this entrance.
2. Use fairy ring bjq to teleport inside the cavern. Run east past the waterfiends and the brutal green dragons, and climb up the stairs. Partial completion of Fairy Tale II - Cure a Queen and repairing the fairy ring with 5 bittercap mushrooms are required before the ring can be used.
3. Use a ferocious ring or Slayer cape to teleport to Kuradal, run north, go down the stairs, run north-east past barbarian spirits and brutal green dragons, and climb up the stairs.

To use the ancient cavern, one must have completed the first part of barbarian firemaking training, and then talked to Otto about pyre ships. After the conversation is over, the player can now go in the whirlpool. Upon entering, one must climb down stairs and then run south to a set of stairs leading up to the mithril dragons. 

The whirlpool entrance is closer to the stairs and only involves running past brutal green dragons. However, its drawback is that players cannot have a familiar summoned when jumping into the whirlpool, which wastes an inventory space for the pouch. Many players therefore prefer using the fairy ring, a ferocious ring or their Slayer cape.

To access the ones in Brimhaven Dungeon resource dungeon, the player needs to wear the Daemonheim aura 4, obtained from the elite set of the Daemonheim achievements, the area is located on the other side of the cave, through a magical barrier. This area contains 4 dragons.

Strategies

Main article: Mithril dragon/Strategies

Drops

100% drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Dragon bones	1	Always	2,136
	Mithril bar	3	Always	2,046

Charms

No charm
9%	19–20%	48–50%	19–20%	3–4%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 11,237 kills. 4 charms are dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Rune battleaxe	1	Common	24,988
	Off-hand rune battleaxe	1	Common	24,327
	Rune dart	14	Common	1,078
	Rune javelin	8	Common	1,448
	Rune mace	1	Uncommon	7,165
	Off-hand rune mace	1	Uncommon	7,202
	Runite bolts	10–27	Uncommon	1,970–5,319
	Rune knife	8–18	Uncommon	3,160–7,110
	Rune arrow	8–42	Uncommon	1,208–6,342
	Rune full helm	1	Uncommon	20,892
	Rune spear	1	Uncommon	10,185
	Dragon full helm	1	Very rare	1,223,215
	Super attack mix (2)	1	Uncommon	657
	Super strength mix (2)	1	Uncommon	760
	Super defence mix (2)	1	Uncommon	523
	Prayer mix (2)	1	Uncommon	1,251
	Coins	600–868	Common	600–868
	Rune bar	1–2	Uncommon	2,985–5,970
	Mithril bar	5 (noted)	Uncommon	3,410
	Ancient page	1	Uncommon	Not sold
	Shark	1	Uncommon	1,933
	Chewed bones	1	Rare	Not sold
	Rare drop table	1	Rare	Not sold

Tertiary drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Shark	1–6	Uncommon	1,933–11,598
	Mithril dragon tail-bone	1	Uncommon	Not sold
	Sealed clue scroll (hard)	1	Uncommon	Not sold
	Sealed clue scroll (elite)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Very 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

• During the fusing of the dragonkin key, the mithril dragon temporarily appears as level 150.
• In a Postbag from the hedge, Oziach pointed out that there are bronze dragons, iron dragons, steel dragons, and mithril dragons when he was chatting with Evil Dave. Oziach deduced that there will be adamant dragons, rune dragons, and even dragon dragons.
• When killed, it says on the Adventurer's Log: "I killed [number] of mithril dragons." If the player killed 1, it would be "I killed a mithril dragon."
• Their examine text indicates that metallic dragons, or at least mithril ones, may be the result of unnatural experimentation; of course, this may also refer to how they were created by the dragonkin. With the release of the quest One of a Kind, this has been confirmed.
• Mithril dragons are the only metallic dragons that do not drop the dragon platelegs and plateskirt.