Queen Black Dragon

This article is about the Dragon. For the music track, see Queen Black Dragon (music track).

For the pet version, see Queen Black Dragonling.

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Queen Black Dragon

Release	22 May 2012 (Update)
AKA	QBD
Members	Yes
Examine
Worms burrow through her rotting flesh.
Combat info
Level	LP	XP	XP
900	100,000	5,000	1,650
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
300 / 200 / 100
Aggressive		Poisonous
Slayer
Level	XP	Category
1	1693.5	Black dragons
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
2031	2990	0	2500
Style		Speed
		6 ticks (3.6s)
Combat levels
80 80 1 Accuracy 1924 1924 0
Defensive
Armour		Weakness
1924	80
Affinities
50	50	50	50
Immunities

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Defined properties:

All Life points: 100,000 Life points: 100,000 All Slayer experience: 1693.5 Slayer experience: 1693.5 All Combat experience: 5000 Combat experience: 5000 All Release date: 22 May 2012 Release date: 22 May 2012 All Combat level: 900 Combat level: 900 All Is members only: true Is members only: true All NPC ID: 15454 NPC ID1: 15454 All NPC ID: 15506 NPC ID2: 15506 All NPC ID: 15507 NPC ID3: 15507

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The Queen Black Dragon is a very powerful dragon slumbering at the bottom of the Grotworm Lair. She was the first dragon ever created, created by the dragonkin Kerapac, and is the mother to all dragons, though the most unique of her "children" were the white dragons. Level 60 Summoning is required to enter her chamber, an area that can only be accessed alone. Waking her and fighting her effectively requires practice, apt reflexes, and high-level gear. Returning her to slumber rewards the player with a hefty reward and additionally Slayer experience if assigned a black dragon task. Wearing Dragon slayer gloves while activating the last crystal will grant bonus Slayer experience.

Defeating the Queen Black Dragon at least once is one of the requirements of redeeming the Dragonkin lamp from Mr. Mordaut.

Obtaining all unique drops will unlock the [Name] the Experiment title.

Habitat

The Queen Black Dragon resides in the lowest level of the Grotworm Lair. To reach her, enter the caves and slide down the worm burrow shortcut on the first level, requiring level 50 Agility. This will take you to the bottom level of the lair. Players without level 50 Agility must traverse the three levels of the cave to reach the bottom.

There is a portal to the heart of the caves, leading to the Queen. It requires level 60 Summoning to enter. Once inside, there is no exit – the only way to leave is through teleportation, death, or victory. You will end up in a partially submerged arena, with the dragon sleeping. Once she wakes up, the battle begins.

History

A player entering the Summoning portal at the end of the Grotworm Lair.

A player fighting the Queen Black Dragon.

The Queen Black Dragon hatched from an egg mentioned in the first dragonkin journal. The egg was infused by Kerapac with his own lifeblood in an experiment to try and create a new type of dragonkin that would not be cursed to feel pain whenever the Stone of Jas was used by False Users.

The second dragonkin journal describes the time after she hatched. Kerapac noted she was intelligent and possessed many of the powers a dragonkin does such as breathing fire, as well as inheriting his magical powers. However, he noted that her large size prevented him from manipulating her powers. He considered channelling them into smaller vessels for him to use. She apparently seemed to solve it on her own by channelling them into tortured souls.

The third dragonkin journal tells of other dragonkin attempting similar experiments, one resulting in the creation of the King Black Dragon. Despite him being a significantly weaker version, Kerapac attempted to use them for breeding.

These offspring were deemed to be an abject failure. The fourth dragonkin journal describes them as "broken" and "bestial". Kerapac was enraged and wanted to kill both the King and Queen, but he regained composure and released the King Black Dragon into the wilds, where he would eventually be Hannibus' mount during the God Wars. As for the Queen, he had used his own blood to create her, and despite being a failure, still had a large amount of raw power that could be useful in the future. He created four artefacts designed to protect and imprison her before leaving.

Sometime after being imprisoned, a siren named Remora found and tried to heal the Queen Black Dragon, and eventually ended up trapped inside her. She used Remora to lure the souls of many men for her dreams, until The Raptor and an adventurer freed the siren, although it woke her up temporarily, as they burst a cyst the siren was held in. Enraged that her dream was disturbed, she breathed a plume of fire at the trio, killing Remora before going back to sleep.

During the events of One of a Kind, Hannibus and the same adventurer revisited her while she was sleeping for a clue to get Hannibus back home to his realm. She telepathically talks through Hannibus, having a good dream where an Ilujanka would be unable to dominate her. If battled before, she recognizes the adventurer as a "cruel dream", but allows them to ask her any question. Upon mentioning the dragonkin, she becomes enraged and labels the adventurer as a "nightmare-thing". Hannibus manages to subdue her and the two leave before she is able to wake up and attack the "nightmare-thing".

During the 2017 Christmas event, Santa Claus, wanting to create the perfect child, went to the Queen Black Dragon to imbue a clockwork gnome with her dragonfire after Thurgo suggested it, claiming that if it worked on royal crossbows, it should work on the clockwork gnome too. Santa visited the Queen Black Dragon, who subsequently swallowed him while destroying his sleigh and killing Rudolph, leaving behind his ashes. The adventurer visited the Queen Black Dragon, who she swallowed up. Inside, they would find Santa and the gnome before casting a fire spell on one of her sacs, freeing all three. They left before she could regain consciousness and attack.

Strategy

Main article: Queen Black Dragon/Strategies

Rewards

After restoring the enchantment and returning the Queen to her slumber, you may enter a rewards room with a dragonkin coffer containing your spoils. Four or more different rewards are received at once. You receive the 100% drop, as well as one drop from the Consumables section and then another drop. All unique drops, the draconic visage, and the Queen Black Dragon scale are tertiary drops.

Rewards are not noted. There are options to "Bank all", "Take all", and "Abandon all" - along with right click for all 3 options on each item. "Take all" option results in the player's inventory being full of all of the unnoted items of that variant. You can also use the "Abandon all" option, which discards all of the items from the coffer. Items stay in the coffer until you log out or leave the chamber. Having tier 3 or higher luck will affect the drops in the chest.

If the player clicks on the coffer but does not claim the rewards, and later logs out or loses connection, the rewards will be sent to the player's bank.

Collecting all four dragonkin journals is a requirement to trim the completionist cape and to obtain the master quest cape.

100% drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Dragon bones	8	Always	17,088
	Royal dragonhide	5–7	Always	21,660–30,324
	Royal bolts	70–100	Always	7,420–10,600

Journals

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	First dragonkin journal	1	Always	Not sold
	Second dragonkin journal	1	Uncommon (1/19)	Not sold
	Third dragonkin journal	1	Uncommon (1/19)	Not sold
	Fourth dragonkin journal	1	Uncommon (1/19)	Not sold

Charm drop

No charm
61–63%	10–11%	4–5%	4–5%	17–19%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 5,591 kills. 3 charms are dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Unique

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Royal torsion spring	1	Uncommon (1/25.6)	90,606
	Royal sight	1	Uncommon (1/25.6)	88,741
	Royal frame	1	Uncommon (1/25.6)	89,215
	Royal bolt stabiliser	1	Uncommon (1/25.6)	89,022
	Dragonbone upgrade kit	1	Uncommon (1/64)	18,629
	Dragon kiteshield	1	Rare (1/128)	351,414

Consumables

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Rocktail	4–10	Common	18,760–46,900
	Saradomin brew (2)	4–10	Common	36,544–91,360
	Super restore (2)	4–10	Common	4,488–11,220

Main drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Runite ore	30	Uncommon	42,570
	Coal	300	Uncommon	33,600
	Adamantite ore	50	Uncommon	11,350
	Uncut dragonstone	5	Uncommon	60,385
	Yew logs	300 (noted)	Uncommon	50,100
	Magic logs	120 (noted)	Uncommon	45,600
	Onyx bolt tips	30	Uncommon	213,210
	Grimy torstol	10	Uncommon	53,890
	Grimy lantadyme	50	Rare	377,550
	Snapdragon seed	5	Common	1,465
	Lantadyme seed	1	Uncommon	726
	Torstol seed	1	Rare	540
	Magic seed	1	Rare	52,464
	Coins	150,000; 200,000	Uncommon	150,000–200,000
	Raw shark	40	Uncommon	57,080
	Black dragon egg (unchecked)	1	Rare	388,818
	Rare drop table	2	Rare	Not sold

Tertiary drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Queen black dragon scale	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Draconic visage	1	Rare (1/109)	1,187,911
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Rare	Not sold

Rare drop table

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.

Show/hide rare drop table
	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

Feats

• Long Live the Queen ( 10) - Defeat the Queen Black Dragon and obtain the first dragonkin journal.
• Quiet but Deadly Lore ( 30) - Defeat the Queen Black Dragon and obtain all four dragonkin journals.
• Through The Fire And Flames ( 30) - Kill the Queen Black Dragon with a royal crossbow.
• Floor Is Larval ( 50) - Defeat the Queen Black Dragon after killing 30 grotworms during the fight.
• Safety Dance ( 50) - Avoid being damaged by twenty of the Queen Black Dragon's fire waves without defeat.
• Blackout ( 0) - Obtained a collection of unique drops from the Queen Black Dragon.
• Loot Pinata ( 5) - Defeat the Queen Black Dragon several times depending on the tier.

Gallery

First shown at RuneFest 2011.

The concept art of the Queen Black Dragon.

The supposed-to-be lair of the Queen Black Dragon.

Concept art.

The concept art of the treasure room.

The entrance to her lair.

The Queen Black Dragon sleeping.

Being eaten by the dragon.

The Queen Black Dragon's stomach.

The Queen Black Dragon's arena.

The Queen Black Dragon's health bar. Note the four crystals at the top.

A player claiming their reward after laying the mighty foe to rest.

Trivia

• According to the May Behind the Scenes article, it was intended for the Queen Black Dragon to be so large enough to fit 5 King Black Dragons into her mouth alone; however, she is not quite that big in the concept art nor in encounters, although upon entering her lair, the game camera zooms out further to make it look as if the Queen Black Dragon is very large in comparison to the player.
• The platform upon which the Queen Black Dragon is fought is the Stone of Jas half of the Dragonkin emblem, who are responsible for the creation of the Queen Black Dragon, as well as all of the other species of dragons across RuneScape.
• Before the release of the Evolution of Combat, the Queen Black Dragon had a combat level of 2100, the highest level ever attained by any attackable monster in the old combat system.
• According to a Postbag from the Hedge, the Queen Black Dragon is on a body of water to "tend" the flames in her furnace. She also calls her creator "Father", and she waits for him to come back, instead of being angry that he had abandoned her.
• This boss was revealed at the Runefest 2011 Future Updates session by Mod Mark. The Kalphite King was the other boss planned alongside the Queen Black Dragon.
• Before the release of the Evolution of Combat, the Queen Black Dragon could charge the dragonfire shield in one dragonfire attack, which other dragonfire could not accomplish.
• The update of 7 August 2012 allowed the Queen Black dragon to drop charms and removed less "desirable" rewards from her drop table. Her dragonfire attack was also changed to have a cooldown of 10 seconds.
• Originally, the Queen Black Dragon did not count for a black dragon slayer assignment. However, with the release of the Wilderness Warbands update, she now counts as a black dragon.
• Despite having no stun-immune icon, the Queen Black Dragon is unaffected by stuns. This has been fixed on 17 February 2014.
  • Along with the patch notes, the player can now quick-start the fight by clicking the second option, rather than leaving the chest room to go to the portal and then restart the fight.
• If a player receives any unique, non-effigy/royal drop, the Adventurer's log will say "While battling the Queen Black Dragon, I looted a (unique item)." If a player gets an effigy, the log will say "After killing a Queen Black Dragon, it dropped an effigy.", even though the Queen Black Dragon cannot be killed and its drops are by looting the chest, not by killing it.
• For a while after the Evolution of Combat, when investigating the portal the Pre-EoC combat value was used, stating that the player should have at least a combat level of 120 before fighting her. This has been fixed and the message is still the same, although the portal recommends that the player should be have at least a combat level of 170 before fighting her. After Legacy Mode update, the recommended combat level was once again reverted to 120.
• The Queen Black Dragon may be a reference to Alfred Tennyson's "The Kraken", wherein the Kraken is also in a deep slumber, lives deep in a "grot", and is covered with "huge sea-worms".
• Despite being a classified as a black dragon, she does not drop black dragonhides, much like Verak Lith.
• If a player kills the queen black dragon without touching the last artefact the player will receive a message saying "The power of the unprotected artefact leaks out and damages you!" the player will then receive constant 2000 damage hits.
• As of 1 February 2018, the highest kill count for this boss was 80,788 kills.
  • This had increased to 80,789 by 6 May 2018..