Dragon boots

Not to be confused with Dragon rider boots.

Dragon boots

Release date	28 August 2007 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Quest item?	No
Tradeable?	Yes
Lendable?	Yes
Equipable?	Yes
Stacks?	No
High Alch	12,000 coins
Low Alch	8,000 coins
Destroy	Drop
Store price	Not sold
Examine	These will protect my feet.
Weight	1.0 kg

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Dragon boots are boots made of dragon metal. Like most other dragon items they cannot be made using the Smithing skill. They were released along with the God Wars Dungeon on 28 August 2007. They were the most powerful boots available until 14 September 2011 when Steadfast boots were released.

Dragon boots have a Strength bonus twice that of Rune boots. The only boots that have higher bonuses are Bandos boots, which have a prayer bonus of 1, and 1 higher stab, crush, and slash defence bonuses, but no strength bonus, and steadfast boots, which have +2 higher stab, slash, and crush attack bonuses, and +4 higher stab, slash, crush, and summoning defence bonuses. Due to this fact, dragon boots are commonly used by players who wish to increase their damage. Thus, they are popular with those training the Slayer skill and player killing.

The boots require a Defence level of 60 to wear and can be obtained as a drop from Spiritual Mages (found in the God Wars Dungeon), which require a Slayer level of 83 to kill. Alternatively, one may use the services of the Grand Exchange or trade with another player to obtain a pair.

A dragonbone upgrade kit, obtained by defeating the Queen Black Dragon, could be combined with a pair of dragon boots to become a pair of dragonbone boots.

Within hours of their release, prices were between 5,000,000 and 9,000,000 coins. Within a day of their release, prices were between 1,000,000 and 3,000,000 coins. Their release also caused a rapid drop in the price of Rune boots, which fell from 200,000 coins to below 100,000 coins within a week.

On 15 March 2011, a 2 hour glitch due to a ring of wealth update caused some players slaying spiritual mages to have a 100% drop rate for dragon boots. Players report having as many as 100 dragon boots in the short span of the glitch. Although Jagex came forward to remove the glitch, the economic impact on the price of Dragon boots was severe.

Bonuses

Hover over image for type												A male player wearing a pair of dragon boots
Attack bonus
0	0	0	-3	-1
Defence bonus
+16	+17	+18	0	0
Other bonuses				Slot
+4	0	0%	0

Dropping monsters

Monster	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Spiritual mage	120,123	1	4Rare

Trivia

• During the early hours after the release of the boots, players found that they were not a very rare drop. Many higher-levelled players were able to get several pairs per trip. As the day progressed, the price fell rapidly as with most newly-released items.
• In the first few hours after their release, their in-game name was "dragon boost", spelt incorrectly. This was swiftly corrected.
• This item is commonly seen throughout RuneScape. Many players have this item not only because of its cheap price, but also its high strength bonus.
• After the 16 June 2009 update, the price of Dragon boots fluctuated significantly. This is due to the drop changes and PvP changes done in this update.
• When Bounty Worlds were released, the price of Dragon boots rose from the long time price of 280,000 to 500,000 coins. This was due to increase in demand, but supply keeping around the same as it was before.
• The Dragon boots appear to be smaller when worn by female players compared with male players, as with most footwear, since female avatars are slightly smaller in size.
• Dragon boots have seen a decrease in price as of the Free Trade and Wilderness update.
• Max, the seller of the Max cape and hood can be seen wearing a pair of Dragon boots, along with a Torva platebody, Max cape, Torva platelegs and a pair of Barrows gloves.