Dragon bolts (e)

Dragon bolts (e)

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Release date	31 July 2006 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Quest item?	No
Tradeable?	Yes
Lendable?	No
Equipable?	Yes
Stacks?	Yes
High Alch	637 coins
Low Alch	425 coins
Destroy	Drop
Store price	Not sold
Examine	Enchanted Dragonstone tipped Runite Crossbow Bolts.
Weight	0 kg

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Enchanted dragonstone bolts are runite bolts tipped with enchanted dragonstone. These bolts can be only used with the Rune crossbow and the Chaotic crossbow. Dragon bolts can be enchanted through the spell Enchant Crossbow Bolt (Dragonstone) by a player with level 68 Magic. The spell enchants 10 dragonstone bolts at a time.

Enchanted dragonstone bolts are enchanted with the Dragon's breath enchantment. This gives the bolts a chance of inflicting a dragonfire hit against their target, unless they have an anti-dragon shield or dragonfire shield, have used an anti-fire potion, or are a 'fire type' creature, such as a dragon.

Note: The chance of the special attack occurring is speculated to double upon the completion of the Elite Seers' Tasks.

Enchanted dragonstone bolts are notable because of their effectiveness against pures with very low defence. The special (and dragonfire in general) damage is calculated based on the opponent's defence - if the opponent has none, players will hit extremely hard (400 to 822 damage) and consistently. In perfect conditions, within Castle Wars, it is possible to hit up to a so far known maximum of 1031 damage.

Bonuses

Hover over image for type												The "Dragon's Breath" ability from Enchanted Dragonstone Bolts. The "Dragon's Breath" ability from Enchanted Dragonstone Bolts.
Attack bonus
0	0	0	0	0
Defence bonus
0	0	0	0	0
Other bonuses				Slot
0	0	0%	0

Dropping monsters

Monster	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Kree'arra	580	2–15	3Uncommon
WildyWyrm	382 , 562	100	4Rare

Trivia

• On 23 February 2010, a glitch allowed players to 'duplicate' these bolts. The exploit involved a glitch that produced 12 dragon bolts(e) when the enchant spell was cast, but only one unenchanted dragon bolt was used up per cast. Each cast then made over 70k profit and some people performed the duplication over 1000 times per hour for 70m+ profit per hour. The exploit was linked in connection to the Recent Update on 22 February, and was patched in under 24hrs time only existing for one day (Feb 23rd). The bug was so widely abused that the price of dragon bolts(e) had fallen from 7000 to about 4900 coins after the glitch. The glitch could also be performed on other bolts, but apparently dragon bolts(e) were the most commonly duplicated. Many threads have been hidden on the Fletching marketplace Forum on the RSOF indicating players that have abused this bug. Many abusers were banned, and Jagex released an official statement about the glitch on 2 March 2010.