Dragon halberd

**Dragon halberd**
Release date	20 September 2004 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Quest item?	No
Tradeable?	Yes
Lendable?	Yes
Equipable?	Yes
Stacks?	No
High Alch	195,000 coins
Low Alch	130,000 coins
Destroy	Drop
Store price	325,000 coins;
Examine	A dragon halberd.
Weight	3.1 kg

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The dragon halberd is the strongest halberd available, as well as the most accurate dragon weapon in the game. It requires completion of Regicide to wield, as well as 60 Attack and 30 Strength. Like all halberds, the dragon halberd has the ability to attack from two squares away, and thus the only dragon melee weapon usable for safespotting. It can be purchased from the Quartermaster at Tyras Camp for 325,000 coins, but can be bought from the Grand Exchange or another player for a substantially lower price.

Sweep, the dragon halberd's special attack, deals extra damage and it will hit twice against large monsters (those that take up more than one square of space). In a multicombat zone, Sweep can hit up to three normal-sized targets at once if they are properly lined up next to each other. Each use drains 30% of the special attack bar. Note that it is possible to hit 700-700, if all of the following conditions are met: The player is on a slayer assignment to kill Ice strykewyrms, while also wearing a Tokhaar-Kal, a full slayer helmet (or Black mask), while also having 99 Strength, and using Turmoil, an extreme strength (or Overload), and having a +139 strength bonus.

The weapon's extra square of reach, high offensive bonuses, and powerful special attack make it useful for fighting certain large monsters from safe spots, this makes Dragon Halberd the best weapon to replace dragon dagger when fighting larger monsters. The downsides include the quest requirement to wield it, the fact that it is a two-handed weapon (and thus cannot be wielded with a shield or Defender) and its slow attack speed.

Due to the weapon's unique nature, it is best used in situations where there are safespots, and against big monsters. A popular place to bring the dragon halberd is the Fight Caves, where you will fight huge monsters that can be safespotted. 80+ attack and strength level is recommended if you use this tactic. Players can often be seen using the dragon halberd in Pest Control, as its special attack can inflict large amounts of damage against the portals.

Bonuses
Attack bonus
Hover over image for type					A player wielding the dragon halberd. A player wielding the dragon halberd.	A player using the Sweep special attack.

+70	+95	0	-4	0
Defence bonus

-1	+4	+5	0	0
Other bonuses				Slot

+89	0	0%	0

Combat styles

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Large monsters

Note: A monster is considered "large" if it takes up more than one square of space. It is also considered "large" if it is tall enough.

Aberrant spectres
Aquanites
Avatar of Creation and Avatar of Destruction
Banshees and mighty banshees
Bears
Bloodveld
Brawlers
Catablepon
Cave crawler (level 138)
Cave horrors
Chaos Dwogres
Cockroaches:
- Cockroach soldiers
- Cockroach workers
Cows
Cyclops (Cyclossus cannot be fought without a rune or dragon defender equipped)
Demons:
- Lesser demons
- Greater demons
- Tormented Demons
- Black demons
All varieties of dragons, including baby dragons
Giants:
- Hill giants
- Moss giants
- Ice giants
- Fire giants
Giant bats
Giant Rock Crabs
Hellhounds
Kalphites
Monkey Guards
Mounted terrorbird gnomes
Ogres
Ourg statues
Portals in Pest Control
Scorpions
All types of Strykewyrms
Suqah
Tortoises
Trolls
- Mountain troll
Turkeys from the 2009 and 2010 Thanksgiving events
Unicorns
Warped tortoises
Wolves and dire wolves
Yaks
Most of the TzHaar Fight Cave monsters
Various boss monsters: Nomad, Bork, the Chaos Elemental, the Kalphite Queen, the Giant Mole, the King Black Dragon, God Wars Dungeon generals (except for General Kree'arra, who cannot be attacked by melee despite the extra reach of the dragon halberd), Dagannoth Kings and the Corporeal Beast

Trivia

File:Dhallyperfect.png

Proof that the Sweep special attack could hit a small target twice.

It was possible for Sweep to strike a small target twice in a multicombat zone; this requires the setup shown to the right. This bug has been fixed.
Of dragon weapons, only the dragon two-handed sword has a higher strength bonus than the dragon halberd, at +93. However, the dragon halberd is the most accurate dragon weapon, both in terms of stab and slash (though a dragon longsword combined with a dragon defender gives a greater stab bonus than the halberd alone). Whether it delivers the greatest amount of damage per second compared to other dragon weapons is an open question and is best left to individual players to determine for themselves.
There is currently a glitch that causes the "red arc" effect of the special attack to appear after the halberd has finished its sweeping motion.
If a player is further than 2 squares away from a monster and the player has run on the player may run within melee distance (directly adjacent to the monster). Turning run off before attacking should to fix this.