Dragonfire
- "Dragon's Breath" redirects here. For the bolts with the special effect "Dragon's Breath", see Dragonstone bolts (e).
- For the ability in the Evolution of Combat beta, see Beta:Dragon Breath (ability).
A player with a dragonfire shield and antifire potions is protected against dragonfire damage.
Dragonfire is, as the name suggests, the fiery breath used by dragons against their enemies. All adult dragons are able to use it, with the exception of the Revenant dragon.
Abilities
Dragonfire is much more powerful than regular fire or the fire from fire spells. A dragon can deal up to 688 damage to players without proper equipment. Dragonfire is unique in the fact that it defies the combat triangle. It is a different form of attack in itself, however, it can still be partially resisted by using the Protect from Magic prayer or the Deflect Magic curse. This is only a small part, however, and even then it can hit up to 400+ damage. Familiars are not affected by dragonfire.
Depending on what the game message says, and if you used anything, damage will be calculated as this:
- "You manage to resist some of the dragonfire." - Approximately 150-300 damage will be dealt.
- "You are horribly burned by the dragonfire!" - More then 300 damage dealt, unless an antifire potion is used.
- "Your prayers manage to resist some of the dragonfire." - Damage ranging from 0-100.
Normal chromatic dragons (green, blue, red, and black) only use close ranged dragonbreath, meaning that the dragons will only use it if the player is adjacent to the dragon. Stronger dragons, like the King Black Dragon , brutal green dragons, Elvarg and metal dragons, have long-ranged dragonfire, and use it when both close or far away from the target. The King Black Dragon is even able to use different kinds of dragonfire, each with a different effect, including freezing, poisoning and stat-reducing. Baby or pet dragons cannot use dragonfire.
The skeletal wyverns don't use dragonfire, instead, they use an ice-type breath which is even more dangerous. It can reduce the stats of a player and prevent them from moving.
Protection
There are several methods to protect oneself against dragonfire.
|
Name |
Effect | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Protect from Magic | Slightly increases your resistance to dragonfire. The max hit of a dragon's dragonfire is reduced to 100, making food necessary for killing even a small amount of dragons. | Does not work for a metal dragon's dragonfire. Also does not stack with other dragonfire protection, contrary to popular belief. |
| Antifire | This potion offers protection for 6 minutes and can be made by those with 69 herblore using a lantadyme and dragon scale dust on a vial of water. All by it self it does not offer good protection and should not be used as sole protection in battle. |
If used with a Fire shield it will offer full protection, this is often done against stronger dragons. |
| Antifire mix | A max of 2 doses of antifire can be mixed with caviar to create an anti-fire mix. This is potion's effect is identical to the one above. | Also heals the player 60 LP |
| Super antifire | Those with level 85 herblore can combine a 3 dose antifire with a desert phoenix feather to create a super antifire. Super antifire offers full protection against dragonfire, hence no other protection is needed (like the Dragon/anti-fire shields). However, they should mind the 6 minute limit of the potion. | This potion is untradeable and the assist system can not be used to make it. |
| Anti-dragon shield | An anti-dragon shield reduces the damage from dragonfire down to around 30, making it the most used way of protection. This shield can be obtained during the Dragon Slayer quest and thus players must have completed this quest in order to increase their change against a dragon greatly. |
If used with a antifire (mix) it will offer full protection, this is often done against stronger dragons. |
| Dragonfire shield |
Same as the one above, with increased defensive stats and it can be charged with dragonfire. Each dragonfire attack provides the shield with one charge, and each charge improves the shield's defense bonuses by 1. The shield can carry up to 50 charges. Players can also discharge the shield. |
If used with a antifire (mix) it will offer full protection, this is often done against stronger dragons. |
Using dragonfire
Players can also use dragonfire in combat, but only under the right conditions. The dragonfire used by players has the same effect as dragonfire used by dragons. Therefore, it can hit very high against players without proper protection.
One way to use dragonfire is by using enchanted dragon bolts in ranged. These bolts have, like other enchanted bolts, a special attack. This special attack enables the wearer to occasionally hit the opponent with a blast of Dragonfire, dealing 400 to 710 damage. The amount of damage dealt is based on the opponent's Defence level.
Another way players can use dragonfire is by use of the Dragonfire shield. If the shield is operated while containing charges accumulated taken from dragons' dragonfire breaths, the charges are released in a devastating dragonfire attack upon the target. Each time this attack is performed, charges are lost, thus lowering the shield's defensive bonuses. Consequently, it can only be performed 50 times before needing to recharge the shield.
Just like regular dragonfire, both these methods will not cause damage if the opponent is a fire monster or a dragon. In PvP situations, if the opponent is wearing an Anti-dragon shield or under the effects of Antifire potions (or both) the damage is reduced significantly.
Magical fire is not considered as dragonfire. The protection needed for dragonfire doesn't provide protection against fire spells.
After While Guthix Sleeps, players need dragonfire to combine the two parts of the dragonkin key. This can be done by using both parts of the key on a mithril dragon.
Trivia
- The message when you are partially protected from dragonfire is different depending on what kind of protection you have. For example: If you are using an anti-fire shield, it will say "the shield protects you from the heat". If you are using just an antifire potion, it will say "the anti-fire potion protects you from the fiery substance". This implies that dragonfire is made up of several different factors, such as heat, substance and even magic.