Rune dragon

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This article is about the normal rune dragon. For the elite version, see Elite rune dragon.

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Rune dragon

Release	15 June 2015 (Update)
Members	Yes
Examine
Its scales seem to be fused with rune metal.
Combat info
Level	LP	XP	XP
127	68,250	4,200	1,386
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
252 / 168 / 84
Aggressive		Poisonous
Slayer
Level	XP	Category
76	2051	Rune dragons
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
1820	1820	1820	10000
Style		Speed
		4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
92 92 92 Accuracy 2577 2577 2577
Defensive
Armour		Weakness
2458	90
Affinities
-	50	50	50
Immunities

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Defined properties:

All Life points: 68,250 Life points: 68,250 All Slayer experience: 2051 Slayer experience: 2051 All Combat experience: 4200 Combat experience: 4200 All Release date: 15 June 2015 Release date: 15 June 2015 All Combat level: 127 Combat level: 127 All Is members only: true Is members only: true All NPC ID: 21136 NPC ID1: 21136 All NPC ID: 21137 NPC ID2: 21137

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Rune dragons are metal dragons that can be found on Mount Firewake, in Kethsi. In order to fight rune dragons (and be assigned them for a slayer task), the player must first complete the quests Ritual of the Mahjarrat and Fate of the Gods.

They won the first RuneLabs poll, alongside adamant dragons, and were first announced in the June 2015 Behind the Scenes.

Rune dragons are found in the remains of Mount Firewake, where the Kethsians kept the Stone of Jas, until it was overused and awakened the Dragonkin. Also located in this area is the laboratory of the Dactyl Forcae, a disciple of Kerapac, who created the adamant and rune dragons.

If the player dies on Mount Firewake, their gravestone spawns near the World Gate.

Strategy

Rune dragons have a total of 3 phases that must be completed with each kill, with the first phase requiring the use of dragonbane bolts or arrows in order to break through their metallic armour and with the second phase being unreachable with melee weapons.

As with mithril and adamant dragons, rune dragons use all three styles of combat, in addition to the standard dragonfire. Their magic and melee attacks are simply standard attacks, while their ranged attack will freeze the player for one second, which can be avoided with Freedom and Anticipation.

During their second phase, their standard dragonfire is replaced with an "enhanced" dragonfire. The "enhanced" dragonfire is not as strong as it implies; rather, it functions similarly to the Queen Black Dragon's dragonfire (even super antifires with a dragonfire shield/anti-dragon shield cannot fully block - this attack is reduced to the low 400s with full antifire protection, and 800's with standard protection) though it is avoidable.

Armoured phase

• Starts with 68,250 life points
• Dragonbane ammunition is essential on this phase, as all other attacks, including those of familiars, deal dramatically reduced damage.

Flying phase

• Starts with 45,045 life points. Any attacks during the transition will be reduced to 10% damage.
• The dragon begins flying and becomes immune to melee attacks. Dragonbane is no longer required to deal full damage. In addition, the dragon stops using melee attacks and replaces its standard dragonfire attack with the enhanced version.
• Throughout this phase, the rune dragon may breathe a bright blue plume of enhanced dragonfire, dealing magic damage. This attack cannot be fully blocked by a super antifire or wyrmfire potion, and will deal a minimum of 450 magic damage. However, if the player is far enough from the dragon, a small cloud appears under the player indicating the enhanced dragonfire is being used and can be avoided by moving away from it.

Enrage phase

• Starts with 22,522 life points. Any attacks during the transition will be reduced to 10% damage.
• The rune dragon gains a faint blue aura about its head crest after landing, indicative of this phase beginning.
• It is again possible to attack the dragon with melee.
• The dragon gets stronger with every attack. It stops using enhanced dragonfire and returns to standard dragonfire. It also starts using its melee attacks again.

Drops

100% drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Reinforced dragon bones	1	Always	21,881
	Rune bar	1	Always	2,985

Charms

No charm
29–33%	11–14%	20–23%	28–31%	5–7%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 1,678 kills. 4 charms are dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Rune platelegs	1	Common	37,002
	Rune chainbody	1	Common	29,002
	Rune kiteshield	1	Common	30,650
	Dragon longsword	1	Uncommon	56,212
	Off-hand dragon longsword	1	Uncommon	55,396
	Dragon platelegs	1	Rare	160,990
	Dragon plateskirt	1	Rare	164,077
	Runite ore	4 (noted)	Common	5,676
	Runite bolts (unf)	40	Common	7,720
	Rune bar	3 (noted)	Common	8,955
	Magic logs	30 (noted)	Uncommon	11,400
	Uncut dragonstone	2 (noted)	Uncommon	24,154
	Black dragonhide	9 (noted)	Uncommon	31,338
	Onyx bolt tips	8	Uncommon	56,856
	Coins	11,000–14,000	Uncommon	11,000–14,000
	Prayer potion (3)	3	Uncommon	6,624
	Rocktail	2	Uncommon	9,380
	Rare drop table	1	Rare	Not sold
	Steadfast scale	1	Rare (1/768)	13,281,692
	Glaiven wing-tip	1	Rare (1/768)	7,908,410
	Ragefire gland	1	Rare (1/768)	578,526
	Draconic visage	1	Rare (1/512)	1,187,911

Tertiary drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Forcae's journal page	1	Uncommon (1/20)	Not sold
	Sealed clue scroll (hard)	1	Uncommon	Not sold
	Sealed clue scroll (elite)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Kethsi ring	1	Rare	Not sold
	Court summons	1	Very 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.

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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

Achievement

• Forcae's Mettle ( 15) - Complete Forcae's journal. (X/10)

Gallery

Concept art of an armoured rune dragon and rune dragon

A teaser of the former location of the Stone of Jas on Kethsi

Trivia

• Upon release, there was a bug that caused Rune dragons to build up their rage outside of combat, due to players leaving combat during the third phase. This caused them to easily kill players in a single hit. This bug was patched the following day. Without growing their rage, rune dragons will still keep their rage for a long time after leaving combat. If one leaves for a bank trip, it is common to find their already damaged dragon in the same state as it was before leaving.
• There is currently a glitch where damage from a dwarf multicannon deals full damage for phase one of the fight, even though dragonbane ammo is required in order to harm them. 
• On release, rune dragons were aggressive and had fewer spawns. With the Patch Notes update on 22 June 2015, several changes were implemented, such as increased experience, tolerance towards players, more spawns, and reduced damage from their enhanced dragonfire.
• Originally, as a rune dragon had to reach a specific threshold of life points to move to the next phase, overhitting the mark would result in the dragon regenerating all lost health back to the specific health mark (e.g if the rune dragon had 46,000 life points and was hit by a Tuska's Wrath on a Slayer assignment, it would have 34,000 life points; the next hit would result in its health returning to the transition threshold of 45,050 life points). In addition, rune dragons could not be attacked during phase transition. This was changed on 22 August 2016 due to player complaints.
• If a rune dragon is forced into its next phase via indirect damage, it will turn aggressive towards the player that caused the phase transition.
• Rune dragons (and their elite variant) are the only metallic dragons to have no weaknesses.
• On 13 November 2017, the drop rate for glaiven wing-tip, ragefire gland and steadfast scale has changed to 1/256 from 1/512.
• As of 1 February 2018, the highest kill count for these monsters was 69,056 kills.
  • This had not increased by 6 May 2018.