Iron dragon

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Iron dragon

Release date	17 January 2005 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	189
Life points	1650
Experience for killing	660 (220 Constitution experience)
Slayer level	Level 1
Slayer XP	173.2
Assigned by	Sumona, Duradel or Lapalok, Kuradal
Aggressive?	Yes
Poisonous?	No
Immune to poison?	No
Attack style	Melee, Dragonfire (long-ranged & melee-ranged)
Attack speed	AverageInterval: 3.6 seconds
Max hit	Melee - 203 Dragonfire - 500+
Weakness	stab, fire spellsstab, [[fires]]stab, fire spellsstab, fire spellsstab, fire spellsstab, [[ spells]]stab, fire spellsstab, fire spellsstab, fire spells[[]], fire spellsstab, fire spellsstab, fire spellsStab, Fire spells
Always drops	Dragon bones, 5 iron bars
Examine text	Its scales seem to be made of iron.

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This article is about iron dragons found in Gielinor. For iron dragons in Daemonheim, see Iron dragon (Daemonheim).

Iron dragons are one of the four types of metal dragons. They are the only metal dragon to be found inside Daemonheim. Their appearance is like that of a "normal" dragon with scales composed of iron. Their crimson eyes stand out against the rest of their dull grey body. As with all adult dragons, iron dragons have the ability to breathe fire. Thus, an Antifire potion, anti-dragon shield, or dragonfire shield is essential. They can be found deep in the Brimhaven Dungeon, outside the fortress of Ghorrock just out of the Wilderness, and in Kuradal's Dungeon. As with all metal dragons except for the bronze dragon, they have a chance of dropping the famous draconic visage, which is one of the main reasons that metal dragons are hunted. They can be placed in a dungeon pit with level 97 construction after the completion of the Love Story quest, costing 7,500,000 coins. However, the pit iron dragon would be level 204, not 189.

Iron dragons commonly drop adamant items and blood runes. They can also occasionaly drop rune items. They are also a viable source of Green charms.

Locations

Brimhaven Dungeon

Brimhaven Dungeon is a very good location as rangers and mages will find it easy to safespot. However, players can be attacked by steel dragons in the same location. Players using melee will be more affected by this, but this can be combated by standing at one of the four corners. Usually, a couple of iron dragons will gather at the south-eastern corner. A one-click teleport is recommended in case of dire need. A good strategy is to teleport to Camelot (or directly to Catherby if on the Lunar spellbook), and from there, a player should run south to the Catherby bank, withdraw 2,000 coins, Camelot Teleport runes, and antifire potions (meleers should also bring prayer potions). A boat may then be chartered to Brimhaven, and players may run south to find the Brimhaven Dungeon. There is an entrance fee of 875 coins to gain entrance into this dungeon (free if completed the hard Karamja Tasks). The Amulet of Glory's teleport to Karamja may also be used, and players may walk to West, through the gates, and then walk South West to find the entrance. Kill the dragons and teleport back to Camelot when out of antifires or inventory space. Repeat the cycle. When exiting the dungeon, it is recommended that a player has a fair amount of life points remaining as various monsters in the dungeon may hit for large amounts of damage, possibly resulting in death, unless you have a generally high defence level. Guthan's set may be helpful, but it is generally recommended to teleport out of the dungeon when done.

If a player has Karamja Gloves 3, they may teleport to the Shilo Village mining site with the gloves, run to the Hapmore bank, withdraw 10 coins, take the cart north to Brimhaven, and walk east to the dungeon from there.

Since the update of Elite Treasure Trails it is also possible to use Tai Bwo Wannai Teleport Scrolls which can be gained from any type of Clue scroll. It can be bought, though.

Another good method to get there is to use a chipped Brimhaven house tele-tab, or a house teleport tablet (with your house at Brimhaven), then run southwest to the entrance. Alternatively, if the player has high farming and has grown a Spirit Tree in Brimhaven, this can also be a convenient method of accessing the dungeon after banking at the GE.

If you have 80 dungeoneering, you can use the resource dungeon to teleport away (no dragons are near the entrance of the resource room). However, if you go back out, there's a small chance that the close Steel dragon will attack you with melee or dragonfire as soon as you get out.

Brimhaven Resource Dungeon

Set within the Brimhaven Dungeon, the Brimhaven Resource Dungeon requires a Dungeoneering level of 80 to access. Despite this high requirement, it is a very good place to hunt and slay metal dragons. The dungeon is separated into two halves; one with iron dragons, one with steel dragons. There's a hammer and a few anvils to smith the bars you obtain from killing the dragons into stackable items, assuming the player has the Smithing level to do so. Players may be interested in smithing the iron bar drops into high demand low level ranged ammo, such as iron knives, to be later used or sold. If you're making items from the bars and get attacked by an iron dragon, you can use the anvil to block it off until you are done. If you die you might lose your items, unless you have someone with a high enough dungeoneering level to go with you, so they can bless your grave. You can also go on a popular world for killing them (w27 is a good example), in hopes that someone will bless your grave in case you die. A cannon can be used here, though if placed in the wrong spot, you can end up attacking a Steel dragon by accident.

Ghorrock

File:Iron dragon Ghorrock.png

Fire v. Fire at Ghorrock.

Ghorrock is great for those that have compeleted the required quest, more so for a player who has 89 Magic and is on the Lunar spellbook or has 96 Magic and is on the Ancient Magicks spellbook. However, if a player meets these requirements, this spot becomes an excellent place to kill iron dragons as the Ice Plateau Teleport and Ghorrock Teleport take the player very close to the fortress. This is very helpful, especially if the player is planning on banking all the bones without a pack yak. What makes this spot attractive to some players without access to Kuradal's dungeon is that the iron and steel dragons are separated, precluding the possibility of a player being attacked by the other undesired type of dragon. With 43 prayer and prayer potions (if meleeing), a dragonfire or anti-dragon shield and a couple of antifire potions or super antifire potions, a player can attack them and take no damage at all. Once a player's prayer points have been depleted, they may either drink a dose of prayer potion or run south to find an altar and recharge their prayer points there. When a player is out of antifires, he/she may either run to the Mage Arena or teleport out. If banking in the Mage Arena, be sure to have extra food in case of player killer attacks. However, it is recommended to teleport out to avoid this risk.

Although the area is not multi-combat, a Dwarf Cannon can be set up here to help kill individual dragons faster. This may be an attractive option if the player wants to pay less attention to RuneScape and continue killing with auto-retaliate toggled on, as the cannon would attack dragons for the player. This is, however, hindered by the limit of 30 cannonballs being used as ammunition in a cannon at any given time.

Contrary to popular belief this area is not in the wilderness; the fortress itself is completely safe from player killers (although running through the wilderness from the mage arena may expose a player prior to entering the fortress).

This is a very attractive place to kill Iron and Steel dragons after Ritual of the Mahjarrat due to fact that the player gains increased damage from the Stone of Jas.

Note: As of 1 February 2011, the fortress can safely be entered from the west, the same valley that houses the entrance to the Mahjarrat Ritual Site Cavern, making this location more attractive.

Kuradal's Dungeon

Kuradal's Dungeon may only be accessed if Kuradal assigns a player iron dragons as a slayer task. This is an excellent location as it is generally less busy than the Brimhaven Dungeon, and it is slightly less risky to reach than Ghorrock. The iron dragons here may drop the ferocious ring, a bonus drop only available in this dungeon. The ring increases all damaging hits by 40, provides ring of life functions (teleports to Kuradal at less than 10% life points), and has teleports to Kuradal; it is recommended to wear this ring if received as a drop. The recommended inventory here is the same as the other locations (dragonfire/anti-dragon shield with antifire potions or super antifires; prayer potions for meleers).

Daemonheim

Iron Dragons are sometimes encountered in Daemonheim while Dungeoneering on the Furnished Floors. See Iron dragon (Daemonheim). These dragons have a much more different loot and also use magic attacks with their usual attacks.

Drops

100% drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Dragon bones	1	1 Always	2,104
	Iron bar	5	1 Always	1,350

Weapons

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Adamant 2h sword	1	3 Uncommon	3,665
	Adamant battleaxe	1	3 Uncommon	2,407
	Adamant hatchet	1	3 Uncommon	664
	Rune hatchet	1	4 Rare	7,607
	Rune mace	1	4 Rare	8,420
Rune longsword	Rune longsword	1	4 Rare	18,916
	Rune battleaxe	1	4 Rare	24,735
	Rune 2h sword	1	5 Very rare	38,245

Armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Adamant sq shield	1	3 Uncommon	2,152
	Rune helm	1	4 Rare	11,283
	Rune full helm	1	4 Rare	20,861
	Rune sq shield	1	4 Rare	22,884
	Rune kiteshield	1	4 Rare	34,977
	Dragon plateskirt	1	5 Very rare <ref>Estimated at 1/1,105 using gathered Adventurer's Log data as of 18 September 2012.</ref>	161,707
	Dragon platelegs	1	5 Very rare <ref>Estimated at 1/1,054 using gathered Adventurer's Log data as of 18 September 2012.</ref>	162,026

Ammunition

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Rune javelin	4–8	2 Common	1,028–2,056
	Adamant bolts	2–12	3 Uncommon	316–1,896
Exchange:Rune dart (p)	Rune dart (p)	9	3 Uncommon
	Rune knife	1–7	3 Uncommon	954–6,678
	Steel arrow	150	4 Rare	2,100
	Runite bolts	2, 4, 8	4 Rare	1,358–5,432

Runes

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Blood rune	15	2 Common	2,925
	Soul rune	3–5	3 Uncommon	954–1,590
	Death rune	15, 45	4 Rare	2,775–8,325
	Chaos rune	25, 50	4 Rare	2,150–4,300
Template:ExchangeItemNat	Nature rune	60–79	4 Rare	–
	Law rune	45, 90	4 Rare	6,705–13,410

Bars

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Adamant bar	2	3 Uncommon	4,350
	Rune bar	1	4 Rare	13,029

Potions

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
Super strength (1)	Super strength (1)	1	2 Common	912
	Super attack (3)	1	4 Rare	563
	Super defence (4)	1	4 Rare	120

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	270, 550, 3000	2 Common	Not sold
	Iron dragon tail-bone	1	2 Common <ref>Only during the Fur 'n' Seek wish list.</ref>	Not sold
	Curry	1–2	3 Uncommon	364–728
	Runite limbs	1	3 Uncommon	9,427
	Ferocious ring	1	3 Uncommon <ref>Only in Kuradal's dungeon</ref>	Not sold
	Court summons	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Clue scroll (hard)	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Spin Ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Draconic visage	1	5 Very rare <ref>Estimated at 1/10,275 using gathered Adventurer's Log data as of 18 September 2012.</ref>	4,299,605

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Rare drop table drops

This monster drops items from the rare drop table.
The ring of wealth improves the chances if equipped but is not required to access the table.

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Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price Coins 250; 381; 450; 3,000; 9,000; 12,000 2 Common Not sold Uncut sapphire 1 2 Common 810 Uncut emerald 1 2 Common 1,295 Uncut ruby 1 2 Common 2,613 Loop half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 9,402 Tooth half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 12,758 Uncut diamond 1 3 Uncommon 9,520 Uncut dragonstone 1 4 Rare 13,572 Dragonstone 1 4 Rare 10,393 Dragon dagger 1 2 Common 17,356 Rune javelin 5 4 Rare 1,285 Adamant javelin 20 5 Very rare 800 Rune spear 1 5 Very rare 12,130 Dragon spear 1 5 Very rare 40,021 Dragon dagger 50 (noted) 5 Very rare 867,800 Rune kiteshield 1 5 Very rare 34,977 Shield left half 1 5 Very rare 65,553 Dragon helm 1 5 Very rare 60,107 Adamant bolts 200 3 Uncommon 31,600 Rune arrow 150–200, 500 4 Rare 28,500–95,000 Onyx bolts 150 4 Rare 1,315,350 Battlestaff 200 (noted) 4 Rare 1,612,200 Air orb 1000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,216,000 Fire orb 1000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,406,000 Vecna skull 1 5 Very rare 457,724 Water talisman 1 3 Uncommon 4,485 Earth talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 20,650–28,910 Fire talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 48,450–67,830 Chaos talisman 1 3 Uncommon 137 Nature talisman 1 3 Uncommon 165 Pure essence 500–15000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 53,500–1,605,000 Template:ExchangeItemNat Nature rune 47–77 4 Rare – Soul rune 20 4 Rare 6,360 Death rune 50, 121 4 Rare 9,250–22,385 Blood rune 50 4 Rare 9,750 Raw swordfish 125 – 250, 1000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 37,875–303,000 Raw shark 250–500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 129,750–259,500 Big bones 150 – 500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 52,650–175,500 Coal 150–7500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 39,450–1,972,500 Adamantite ore 150–800 (noted) 3 Uncommon 248,250–1,324,000 Silver ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 9,200 Adamant bar 1000–7000 (noted) 4 Rare 2,175,000–15,225,000 Runite ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 1,067,100 Rune bar 1,50,150 (noted) 4 Rare 13,029–1,954,350 Clean ranarr 33 (noted) 3 Uncommon 115,665 Clean toadflax 25–250 (noted) 3 Uncommon 69,100–691,000 Clean snapdragon 30–120 (noted) 3 Uncommon 168,210–672,840 Clean torstol 10–100 (noted) 3 Uncommon 277,960–2,779,600 Saradomin brew (4) 250 (noted) 5 Very rare 854,750 Watermelon seed 3 3 Uncommon 5,583 Yew seed 1–50 4 Rare 84,903–4,245,150 Magic seed 1–6 4 Rare 294,483–1,766,898 Palm tree seed 10 4 Rare 1,219,220 Snapdragon seed 1 4 Rare 26,078 Torstol seed 1–31 4 Rare 274,040–8,495,240 Fellstalk seed 2 4 Rare 2,052 Yew logs 100–20000 (noted) 4 Rare 49,400–9,880,000

See also

• Bronze dragon
• Steel dragon
• Mithril dragon
• Metal dragons
• Dragon (race)