Dragon equipment

A player wearing full Dragon armour

Graphically updated Dragon armour and claws

Dragon equipment are items made from Dragon metal, they are some of the most powerful pieces of armour and weapons in Gielinor. All dragon equipment is dark red in appearance. (With the exception of dragon darts and dragon arrows, but since they are created by dragon talons instead of the metal, this is to be expected). They were created by an ancient race called the Dragonkin.

Dragon weapons in the RuneScape Economy

Since their initial release, dragon weapons have profoundly affected the economy of the game. They have affected the economy for weapons in many ways - specifically runite weapons. At one point, runite items were arguably the best in the game, but the introduction of dragon items encouraged players to save for and obtain them instead of runite, reducing demand and causing the prices of those items to fall.

Weapons

Dragon weapons are some of the most powerful weapons. Like dragon armour, (except the dragon platebody and dragon square shield) they are not smithable. Most dragon weapons are Pay-to-play only, with the exception of Corrupt dragon equipment, and require level 60 Attack (or Range in the case of dragon darts and dragon arrow) to wield. All dragon weapons (except for the dragon darts) have special attacks; each weapon has its own abilities and functions. Most dragon weapons require the completion of a specific quest to be wielded. They were created by the Dragonkin, as revealed by Mr. Mordaut in a Postbag from the Hedge. Dragon weapons are very popular with new members with level 60+ Attack, as Lost City is very easy to complete and is the only other requirement besides level 60+ Attack to wielding the Dragon longsword and Dragon dagger.

Current dragon weapons

In order of release:

Item		Poisonable?	Requires	Exchange price	Release date
Dragon longsword		No	Lost City Level 60 Attack	60,564 coins (update)	27 February 2002
Dragon battleaxe		No	Heroes Quest Level 60 Attack	133,991 coins (update)	27 February 2002
Dragon spear		Yes	Level 60 Attack	40,021 coins (update)	April 14 2003
Dragon dagger		Yes	Lost City Level 60 Attack	17,356 coins (update)	25 February 2004
Dragon mace		No	Heroes Quest Level 60 Attack	30,054 coins (update)	25 February 2004
Dragon halberd		No	Regicide Level 60 Attack Level 30 Strength	221,633 coins (update)	20 September 2004
Dragon scimitar		No	Monkey Madness Level 60 Attack	68,256 coins (update)	29 March 2005
Dragon hatchet		No	(To use) Level 61 Woodcutting (To equip) Level 60 Attack	738,525 coins (update)	7 November 2005
Dragon 2h sword		No	Level 60 Attack	878,189 coins (update)	20 February 2006
Dragon arrow*		Yes	Level 60 Ranged	2,295 coins (update)	11 June 2007
Dragon dart*		Yes	Level 60 Ranged	331 coins (update)	11 June 2007
Dragon claws		No	Level 60 Attack	Exchange:Dragon claws coins (update)	26 November 2008
Dragon pickaxe		No	(To use) Level 61 Mining (To equip) Level 60 Attack	11,290,268 coins (update)	9 September 2009

* Dragon arrow and dragon dart tips are actually made from a dragon's talons and not from dragon metal, which may explain why they are not red in colour and why the darts are the only "dragon" item with no special attack. They are the only dragon items that can be made using the Fletching skill. The arrows may only be fired from a Dark bow, which does have two special attacks that depend on whether dragon or other arrows are equipped.

Armour

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A player getting 60 Defence and gaining the ability to wear dragon equipment.

Dragon armour is the next step up from Rune armour, although Granite armour is sometimes considered the real step up from Rune armour despite the fact there are much fewer pieces in the granite set. All dragon armour requires level 60 Defence to wear and is members-only. They are a distinctive dark red in colour, usually have details that make them look different from previous armours besides colour (like the dragon helm containing spikes) and are generally sold at fairly high prices, or are dropped by high-levelled monsters at a low drop rate.

Dragon armour is considered one of the highest sought-after melee armour in the game. It is often debated whether it is more cost-effective to buy Dragon armour or Barrows equipment, since Barrows equipment requires repair every 15 hours of combat, though barrows equipment has a much higher Defence bonus than dragon armour does.

The Dragon square shield is created by combining a Shield left half with a Shield right half on an anvil, which requires level 60 Smithing. Note that the Legends' Quest has to be completed to be able to wield or make this shield. To repair the Dragon platebody, level 92 Smithing is required, along with a Blast fusion hammer. There are 3 parts needed to smith the Dragon platebody: the Ruined dragon armour slice, the Ruined dragon armour lump and the Ruined dragon armour shard. Players can only smith this in the Ancient Caverns, and 2,000 Smithing experience is gained for this. The Assist System may be used to repair the Dragon platebody.

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Dragon plate armour set with gold ornament kits after the 6 March 2012 graphical update.

Current dragon armour

In order of release:

Item		Requires	Exchange price	Release date
	Dragon helm	Level 60 Defence	60,107 coins (update)	27 February 2002
	Dragon sq shield	Level 60 Defence and Legends Quest	331,980 coins (update)	20 August 2003
	Dragon chainbody	Level 60 Defence	2,997,875 coins (update)	7 September 2004
	Dragon platelegs	Level 60 Defence	162,026 coins (update)	17 January 2005
	Dragon plateskirt	Level 60 Defence	161,707 coins (update)	29 March 2005
	Culinaromancer's gloves 9 (dragon-coloured gloves)	9/10 mini quests of Recipe for Disaster	100,000 coins (from Culinaromancer's Chest)	15 March 2006
	Dragon full helm	Level 60 Defence	32,714,089 coins (update)	3 July 2007
	Dragon boots	Level 60 Defence	78,306 coins (update)	28 August 2007
	Dragon gauntlets	Buying it from Fist of Guthix (for 300 tokens) and level 60 Defence	Exchange:Worn-out dragon gauntlets coins (update) for uncharged gauntlets (costs 50 tokens to charge)	9 April 2008
	Dragon platebody	Level 60 Defence (While Guthix Sleeps required to make one)	5,918,315 coins (update)	26 November 2008
	Dragon defender	60 Attack, 60 Defence	Not sold	7 December 2010
	Dragon kiteshield	60 Defence	19,624,674 coins (update)	29 May 2012

Nonexistent dragon items

Nonexistent dragon items are often the subject of Jagex's April Fools jokes. Dragon kites, released on April Fool's Day, were toys that players can buy from Diango in the Draynor Village before the actual release of the dragon kiteshield.

There are several dragon items that have yet to be released. These items include:

Nonexistent dragon weapons

• Dragon shortsword
• Dragon warhammer
• Dragon hasta
• Dragon crossbow
• Dragon thrownaxes
• Dragon throwing knives
• Dragon javelins
• Dragon brutal

* Jagex stated that they are planning to make a dragon weapon out of every weapon known on their Official YouTube channel on their comment section (can currently be found on the 1st page), this is the direct quote:

“

artgeek12583 - We have plans to make a Dragon version of each weapon, however they are all in various states of development so we have no ETA for any of them. Rest assured that if we do introduce any into the game they will be well publicized, as such an important item would deserve.

”

All dragon Weapons confirmed.

Trivia

• Oddly, the dragon platebody requires only 92 Smithing to repair, whereas the rune platebody requires 99 Smithing to make. This is because historically, Rune smithing was added long before the dragon platebody was released. However, a valid explanation of this is that, when repairing a dragon platebody, the player is simply reconnecting the pieces of dragon armour using a powerful forge whereas, when making a rune platebody, the player is creating the shape of the armour from scratch, using an ordinary anvil.
• On 6 March 2012, dragon armour, along with many other armours, received a graphical rework.

See also

• Corrupt dragon equipment