Steel dragon

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Steel dragon

Release date	17 January 2005 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	246
Life points	2100
Experience for killing	840 (280 Constitution experience)
Slayer level	Level 1
Slayer XP	220.4
Assigned by	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 - 225 Dragonfire - 490
Weakness	fire spells, stab, crush[[fires]], stab, crushfire spells, stab, crushfire spells, stab, crushfire spells, stab, crush[[ spells]], stab, crushfire spells, stab, crushfire spells, stab, crushfire spells, stab, crushfire spells, [[]], crushfire spells, stab, [[]]fire spells, stab, crushFire spells, Stab, Crush
Always drops	Dragon bones and 5 Steel bars
Examine text	Its scales seem to be made of steel.

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Steel dragons are powerful dragons made out of metal found in Brimhaven Dungeon, Kuradal's Dungeon and Fortress of Ghorrock. They can also be bought as a guard for player-owned dungeons (only for the treasure room) for 10 million coins if the player's Construction level is 95 (see Steel dragon (POH)).

Please note that with all player-owned dungeon monsters; that monsters in the dungeon will not drop any items and will not give any experience in combat.

Steel dragons have a chance to drop the famous draconic visage, but as a very rare drop. They can drop rune items, and have an increased chance of dropping dragon platelegs/skirt over its counterparts, the iron and Bronze dragon. However the rune hatchets, maces, and limbs can make quite a nice profit from high alchs, ranging from 8k to 9.6k in total.

Weakness

A Steel Dragon in a treasure room.

Like most metal dragons, Steel Dragons have extremely high defence. Since they are made out of metal, they are fairly weak to magic attacks, so spells like fire surge or magic dart are useful against them. The spell of a Polypore staff is also very effective when used in conjunction with Mystic Might (or if possible Augury) and/or a Magic Potion; if taking none of these then a high magic level is suggested 85+. An anti-dragon shield or dragonfire shield will reduce most damage from dragonfire, an antifire potion or antifire mix reduces some dragonfire damage, and an appropriate shield and potion/mix used together negate all damage from dragonfire. With no protection, dragonfire has a maximum hit of 490. With just a shield, it has a max hit of 50. With just a potion/mix, the max hit is reduced a bit to 250 but is still quite high, making it difficult to slay even one steel dragon without taking extensive damage.

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The recommended setup if using Magic to fight steel dragons

Melee tactics

As with all other dragons, steel dragons are weak to stab attacks, although they have a secondary weakness to crush as well. Arguably the best weapons to use are the Chaotic longsword and the Chaotic rapier because of their high stab accuracy and strength bonuses. One might also use the Brackish blade, as it is the most accurate one-handed non-degrading stab weapon, tied with the Leaf-bladed sword, but has a much higher strength bonus than the leaf-bladed sword and does not require a specific Slayer level. For those who have completed The Void Stares Back, another alternative is Korasi's Sword, which has the third best stab bonus for non-degrading one handed-weapon, behind the Leaf-bladed sword and the Brackish blade, but a higher strength bonus as well as a very useful special attack that can hit very high.

Alternatively, if crush attacks are preferred, weapons such as the dragon battleaxe, dragon mace, goliath gloves whilst unarmed and Tzhaar-ket-em can be a good choice for meleeing because of their ability to be wielded with a shield, high crush attack bonus, and high strength bonus.

An Abyssal whip, despite having no stab or crush bonuses whatsoever, is another choice, since the fast attack speed and high strength bonus can sometimes be considered more effective than slow crush weapons like a Dragon mace or weak stab weapons such as the leaf-bladed sword. Even with boosts, however, the accuracy of the whip against the dragon's very high slash defence will often be a problem, particularly if the player's attack level is below 90.

Alternatively, a player who can make Super antifire potions can use Verac the Defiled's set. This option has a very high crush and prayer bonuses and a chance to hit through armour, so it provides a very effective and fast alternative to kill these dragons. Another option is Dharok the Wretched's set which also provides fast kills on Crush setting although care should be taken.

Cautions

Steel dragons also have the ability to use their fire breath from a distance, an ability shared with the other metal dragons, Elvarg during the Dragon Slayer quest, Brutal green dragons, the King Black Dragon, and frost dragons, so using a safe spot will not help against these beasts. Steel dragons can hit up to 229 with melee, and even harder with their breath if the player is not wearing an anti-dragon shield. However, some people bring runes to mage steel dragons while not getting hit at all by standing at least one space away from the dragon's head (Being on low detail helps, as you can see the floor grid), wearing an anti-dragon shield and drinking antifire potions. It is also advisable to range these dragons, as rangers can kill 50 or more dragons in one trip. Players planning to range them should bring several ranging potions and anti-fire potions (usually around five ranging potions and 9 anti-fire potions). Rangers should also bring blessed dragonhide armour or black dragonhide armour with several emerald bolts (e). Players seeking to melee steel dragons will need to use prayer potions to kill them effectively (typically about 10-15 per inventory). It is, however, not recommended that players kill these dragons with melee unless all their melee stats are at least level 85. Meleers should use the Protect from Melee prayer; even players with level 99 Defence will otherwise take heavy melee damage. Even with prayer, players should bring two to three pieces of high-level food just to be safe.

It is recommended to put the game setting (under the chat box) on "filter." Otherwise, the message stating that the player's dragonfire resistance is running out may get lost.

Locations

Kuradal's Dungeon

One of the best locations to kill steel dragons (if assigned by Kuradal) is Kuradal's Dungeon, due to its close proximity to a fairy ring and the ferocious ring's bonus in the dungeon. However, cannons cannot be used in Kuradal's Dungeon. Players with at least level 86 and 90 Agility will find shortcuts in the dungeon, reducing the time required to reach the dragons. This location is fairly popular and can become crowded with more slayers than there are spawns.

There are four steel dragons in this location. The dragons are tightly grouped together, and the area in which they are located is rather small, thus increasing the risk of mages and rangers finding themselves inside melee range of an attacking dragon after completing a kill. Unless using the shortcut from the abyssal demon room, players run the risk of being attacked by an iron dragon; this is also a risk if players stray too close to that end of the metal dragon chamber.

Ghorrock

The fortress of Ghorrock, accessible once a certain point has been reached in the Temple at Senntisten quest has been reached, at the far north-west corner of the Wilderness contains several spawns of both iron and steel dragons. Like in Kuradal's Dungeon the two species occupy the same space without mingling, allowing players to kill one type with minimum interference from the other. Steel dragons occupy the north and west sides of the outer courtyard of the fortress. It is within the area where the Stone of Jas' residual effects will boost damage, making it an appealing option. Players using super anti-fire potions are strongly recommended to drink a dose before using any of the entrances.

The fortress can be reached in several ways. The quickest safe way requires completion of Ritual of the Mahjarrat; by using the D-K-Q fairy ring to the Glacor Cave (gaining the damage-boosting effect of the Stone of Jas energy as well), exiting the cave and running directly north over the Ritual Plateau players can enter the fortress among the iron dragons and run west to the steel dragons. A slower safe option is to go to the D-K-S fairy ring, run north to the canoe at the west edge of the snowy hunter area and then run east from the landing point to enter the fortress from the west.

The other ways to access Ghorrock are from the east side, through the Wilderness. Players with 89 Magic can use Ice Plateau Teleport (Lunar Spellbook) or players with 96 Magic can use Ghorrok Teleport (Ancient Spellbook) to teleport slightly south of the entrance. Those without access to these spells can use the Wilderness obelisks to try and reach the level 44 obelisk and run north-west, although this method is subject to random chance. The final method, and most risky, is to use the Ardougne or Edgeville teleport lever to reach the Deserted Keep and run west past the Mage Arena and Wilderness Agility Course.

Brimhaven Dungeon

See Brimhaven Dungeon for how to get there efficiently.

Players who haven't earned Karamja gloves 3 (which do not need to be worn to enter the dungeon) must pay Saniboch 875 coins to enter Brimhaven Dungeon. There are aggressive fire giants, wild dogs, black demons and iron dragons between the entrance and the steel dragon. Players using the pipe shortcut from the red dragons should activate Deflect/Protect from Melee before using the shortcut, due to the risk of being attacked by a black demon immediately upon exit of the pipe.

This location is not recommended for players that have access to any of the other options, due to the low number of steel dragons available and the fact that they are among a larger number of aggressive iron dragons which will make it difficult to target only steel dragons.

Brimhaven Resource Dungeon

Located within Brimhaven Dungeon, this is a much less crowded location available to players with level 80 Dungeoneering . The Brimhaven Dungeon resource dungeon houses about five steel dragons south of the entrance and about seven iron dragons to the northeast. There is a hammer spawn and an anvil present here, which allows players to smith the bars dropped. Players may be interested in smithing high demand low level ranged ammo, such as steel knives from the regular steel bar drops of the dragons. Mages may be interested in smithing steel platebodies to alch for coins if they have the appropriate Smithing level. There are four anvils in the dungeon, and the steel dragons are close to one of them. However, it is better not to pick up the bars they drop until they become nonagressive, as the dragons will interrupt any attempts to smith before that time.

Drops

 

100% drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Dragon bones	1	1 Always	2,104
	Steel bar	5	1 Always	4,410

Weapons

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Rune hatchet	1	3 Uncommon	7,607
	Rune mace	1	3 Uncommon	8,420
	Rune battleaxe	1	4 Rare	24,735
	Rune 2h sword	1	4 Rare	38,245

Armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Adamant kiteshield	1	3 Uncommon	3,103
	Rune full helm	1	3 Uncommon	20,861
	Dragon plateskirt	1	5 Very rare <ref>Estimated at 1/543 using gathered Adventurer's Log data as of 18 September 2012.</ref>	161,707
	Dragon platelegs	1	5 Very rare <ref>Estimated at 1/531 using gathered Adventurer's Log data as of 18 September 2012.</ref>	162,026

Ammo and Runes

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Blood rune	20	2 Common	3,900
	Rune javelin	7	2 Common	1,799
	Soul rune	5	3 Uncommon	1,590
Exchange:Rune dart (p)	Rune dart (p)	9–12	3 Uncommon	–
	Runite bolts	2–14	3 Uncommon	1,358–9,506
	Rune knife	7	3 Uncommon	6,678

Other items

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	320–12,277 (commonly 470 and 650)	2 Common	Not sold
	Steel dragon tail-bone	1	2 Common <ref>Only during the Fur 'n' Seek wish list.</ref>	Not sold
	Runite limbs	1	2 Common	9,427
	Super attack (3)	1	2 Common	563
	Anagogic ort	20, 40	3 Uncommon	Not sold
	Super defence (2)	1	3 Uncommon	51
Super strength (1)	Super strength (1)	1	3 Uncommon	912
	Rune bar	1	3 Uncommon	13,029
	Curry	1–2	3 Uncommon	364–728
	Ferocious ring	1	3 Uncommon <ref>Only in Kuradal's Dungeon</ref>	Not sold
	Court summons	1	3 Uncommon	Not sold
	Spin ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Clue scroll (hard)	1	3 Uncommon	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Draconic visage	1	5 Very rare <ref>Estimated at 1/10,505 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

Trivia

• As with all dungeon monsters, Steel dragons that are purchased and placed in dungeons do not drop items when they die. However, the dragon's dragonfire can still be used to charge the Dragonfire shield, making the dragon a highly desired guardian.
• The steel dragon's max hit with dragonfire against an unprotected player is 490. The dragon seems to hit higher more often when using its dragonfire attack from afar.
• Contrary to popular belief, Steel dragons cannot break a cannon as they are not in a multi-combat area.
• Steel dragons, like all other metallic dragons, received a voice update. Instead of hearing large noise when you hit it, it makes a smaller, softer noise.