Red dragon

For red dragons found in Daemonheim, see Red dragon (Daemonheim).

Red dragon

Release date	27 February 2002 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	152
Life points	1400
Experience for killing	560 (187 Constitution experience)
Slayer level	Level 1
Slayer XP	142.5
Assigned by	Sumona
Aggressive?	Yes
Poisonous?	No
Immune to poison?	No
Attack style	Melee, dragonfire
Attack speed	AverageInterval: 3.6 seconds
Max hit	Melee - 158 Dragonfire - 500+
Weakness	stab, rangedstab, rangedstab, rangedstab, rangedstab, rangedstab, rangedstab, [[]]stab, rangedstab, ranged[[]], rangedstab, rangedstab, rangedStab, Ranged
Always drops	Dragon bones and red dragonhide
Examine text	A big powerful dragon.

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Red dragon face detailed

Red dragons are powerful monsters that can breathe dragonfire. As with all adult dragons, an anti-dragon shield or antifire potion is essential when fighting them as they can reduce the maximum hit of the dragonfire to under 100, although they rarely hit above 400, but they hit this with around 95% accuracy so food is also essential with a melee setup. It is an underrated monster as the red dragonhides and dragon bones are worth large amounts of money, and they can be safely maged or ranged from a safespot. Money can be made by selling their drops. Collecting the hides and bones makes each kill worth approximately coins.

If assigned red dragons as a slayer task, baby red dragons may be killed as an alternative.

Locations

• Red Dragon Isle in level 37 to 42 Wilderness (4 spawns)
• Brimhaven Dungeon (6 spawns)
• Daemonheim - Occult floors.

Strengths and weaknesses

A simulated Red dragon, found at an exhibit in the Varrock Museum.

Like all dragons, Red dragons have high defence, though they are more susceptible to stab and ranged attacks. Nevertheless, players with under 60 Ranged should not attempt to kill red dragons, as it is difficult to kill one with less than that. As with all dragons, an anti-dragon shield with possibly an anti-fire potion, a Super antifire, or a Dragonfire shield is essential when fighting them.

The Red Dragon Isle is recommended for players willing to risk death, because it provides a relatively unused area but unfortunately is extremely dangerous as players in that area can be a target for player killers.

The Brimhaven Dungeon location is a safer place to combat Red Dragons. If you are fighting them here, remember to bring 875 coins (or Karamja gloves 3 for free entry and possibly a teleport) for the entrance fee and a hatchet. There are a few safe spots in the South West corner and north of the Red Dragon area of the dungeon. The biggest issue for players less than level 127 combat is the interruptions from Wild dogs. It can be useful to bring Bones to Peaches tablets to turn bones from a few dogs into food. After some time monsters stop being aggressive, so longer sessions at the dragons have fewer such interruptions and make it a lot safer to collect the drops as long as a player stays within a fairly limited area. If you are ranging, bring some food for the initial aggressive period and an Emergency teleport. There is a safe spot within the pile of the rocks in the north western part of the area. Red dragons could block baby dragons and wild dogs so you can safely range/mage the adults.

You can also melee them. It is recommended that you have a high combat level if you plan on doing so. And when fighting, always bring anti-dragon shield and/or antifire or super antifire potions since they can deal a lot of damage with their fire breath; don't forget to bring food as well. Even though their weaknesses is stab, slash weapons like dragon battleaxe work fine too.

These dragons do not drop the draconic visage. Also, these dragons are generally left alone unless the player is on a Slayer task, as they are too far from a bank and too hard to kill to be efficient for money.

Drops

100% drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Dragon bones	1	1 Always	2,104
	Red dragonhide	1	1 Always	2,580

Armour/Weapons

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Mithril 2h sword	1	2 Common	1,324
	Mithril javelin	20	2 Common	780
	Mithril hatchet	1	2 Common	204
	Mithril kiteshield	1	3 Uncommon	1,086
	Adamant platebody	1	3 Uncommon	9,727
	Mithril battleaxe	1	3 Uncommon	854
	Rune arrow	4	3 Uncommon	760
	Rune dart	8	3 Uncommon	824
Rune longsword	Rune longsword	1	3 Uncommon	18,916

Runes/Talismans

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Law rune	4	3 Uncommon	596
	Death rune	5	3 Uncommon	925
	Blood rune	2	3 Uncommon	390

Herbs

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Grimy guam	1	2 Common	521
	Grimy marrentill	1	2 Common	41
	Grimy tarromin	1	2 Common	56
	Grimy harralander	1	2 Common	385
	Grimy ranarr	1	3 Uncommon	3,508
	Grimy irit	1	3 Uncommon	1,496
	Grimy avantoe	1	3 Uncommon	2,877
	Grimy kwuarm	1	3 Uncommon	2,902
	Grimy cadantine	1	3 Uncommon	1,336
	Grimy lantadyme	1	3 Uncommon	6,002
	Grimy dwarf weed	1	3 Uncommon	7,525

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	30–690	2 Common	Not sold
File:Perfect red dragon scale.png	Perfect red dragon scale	1	2 Common <ref>Only while on a Slayer challenge from Vannaka.</ref>	Not sold
	Chocolate cake	3	3 Uncommon	897
	Adamant bar	1	3 Uncommon	2,175
	Red dragon tail-bone	1	3 Uncommon <ref>Only during the Fur 'n' Seek wish list.</ref>	Not sold
	Clue scroll (hard)	1	3 Uncommon	Not sold
	Spin Ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold
File:Red dragon egg.png	Dragon egg	1	4 Rare <ref>Must be 99 Summoning.</ref>	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	5 Very rare	Not sold

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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

• Artwork depicting a Red Dragon

  Artwork depicting a Red Dragon