Green dragon/Strategies
- This page lists several strategies for fighting green dragons. For the monster, see Green dragon.
Due to the return of the PvP Wilderness, it is far more profitable for players wishing to make money to kill blue dragons rather than green dragons, as if you choose to kill Green dragons, you will very frequently be killed by waiting PKers, who nearly always have teleblocks and ice barrages in their arsenal, preventing escape. It is important to know that Clan Wars have been relocated, because the games necklace will no longer work here.
Melee
Most people fight the dragons with melee. Some players in RuneScape, most notably those under level 70, have been using a new way of fighting the dragons by using a poisoned dragon dagger along with a super defence potion and super anti-fire potion to slowly whittle down the dragon's health. Using monkfish (or other types of food) as sustainable resources due to its relatively cheap cost and its high healing rate, players can survive longer and kill more dragons. This method may prove to be effective, but is quite expensive (10,000 coins or more) per trip.
A hit and run tactic can be used if you have a low defence level. You can do this simply by clicking attack on the dragon and running away out of the dragon's reach so that it cannot attack you.
| Skill | Recommended | Minimum |
|---|---|---|
| Strength | 65+ | 50+ |
| Attack | 65+ | 40 (Rune weapons) |
| Defence | 65+ | 40 (Rune armour) |
Equipment
You should only take three expensive items at most because the others will be lost on death.
- Helm: (Full) Slayer helmet (if on slayer task) > Torva Full helm > Helm of neitiznot > Berserker helm > Torag's helm > Dragon helm > Rune full helm
- Body: Torva Platebody > Bandos chestplate > Fighter Torso > Torag's platebody > Dragon chainbody > Rune platebody > Rune chainbody
- Legs: Torva Platelegs > Bandos tassets > Torag's platelegs > Dragon platelegs > Rune platelegs
- Weapon: Chaotic Rapier > Chaotic Longsword > Abyssal whip > Brackish Blade > Dragon longsword > Dragon scimitar > Dragon dagger (p++)
- Shield: Dragonfire shield > Anti-dragon shield
- Amulet: Saradomin's Whisper > Amulet of Fury > Amulet of glory > Amulet of strength > Amulet of power
- Ring: Ring of wealth > Ring of life > Explorer's Ring (3/4)
- Footwear: Steadfast Boots > Dragon Boots > Rune Boots > Rock climbing boots
- Gloves: Torva Gloves > Goliath Gloves > Culinaromancer's gloves 10 > Regen bracelet > Combat bracelet > Dragon gauntlets
- Cape: Completionist Cape > Tokhaar-Kal > Fire cape > Ardougne Cloak (3 or 4 recommended) > Cape of Accomplishment > Obsidian Cape > Cape of Legends > Team cape
Inventory
- 5+ Monkfish or other high-healing single bite food (This depends on your level, an average lvl 75 can expect to use around 8-12 pieces of Monkfish.
- 3+ antifire potions or 1+ super antifire potion.
- A 85+ can bring about 20 trout. As they are only 32gp each, dropping them won't get you any big loss. Higher levels should just bring less trout.
- Emergency one-click teleport (optional). Note that many dragons are over the level 20 Wilderness, so the emergency teleports may not work. If you have taken an amulet of glory or a ring of wealth, you could teleport with those up to level 30 wilderness.
- Make sure you have plenty of empty inventory slots for drops.
Notes
- The amount of food you use depends almost entirely on your combat level, the amount the dragons damage you, and luck. Play around with the amount of food you bring until you have a good balance; enough to get a full inventory of green dragonhide and/or bones without risking your life or wasting too much money on food. But remember, better safe than sorry. An Enhanced excalibur's special will reduce the amount of food that needs to be eaten.
Ranged
Pures and tanks alike are now commonly found using ranged to fight dragons because of the low necessity for food when using safe-spots, light weight enabling them to run across longer distances. A popular and effective strategy is to use dragonhide of any kind (the higher the better) or a full set of Void Knight equipment with the Ranger Helm, a rune crossbow (or the best crossbow you can equip), Mithril bolts or better (Broad-tipped bolts are recommended due to the affordable pricing), and Ava's accumulator. This method is relatively risk-free in terms of value, since if you die (which is probably unlikely due to your increased Magic defence), you won't lose much anyway, as your crossbow and Ava's device should both be protected, losing only drops and ammunition.
It is recommended that players do not use two-handed weapons such as shortbows or longbows when fighting green dragons since an anti-dragon shield is highly recommended. If using a two handed weapon, players must use an antifire potion or protect from magic.
| Skill | Recommended |
|---|---|
| Ranged | 60+ |
| Slayer | 55 (For Broad-tipped bolts) |
Equipment
- Helm: Armadyl helmet > Robin Hood hat > Archer helm > Coif
- Body: Armadyl chestplate > Royal d'hide body > Black d'hide body > Red d'hide body
- Legs: Armadyl chainskirt > Royal d'hide chaps > Black d'hide chaps > Red d'hide chaps
- Weapon: Chaotic crossbow > Armadyl crossbow > Rune crossbow > Hunters' crossbow
- Shield: Dragonfire shield > Anti-dragonshield
- Ammunition: Broad-tipped bolts > Adamant bolts > Mithril bolts > Bone bolts (only for hunters' crossbow)
- Amulet: Saradomin's murmur > Amulet of ranging > Amulet of fury > Amulet of glory > Amulet of power
- Ring: Ring of wealth > Ring of life > Explorer's Ring (3/4)
- Boots: Ranger boots > Snakeskin boots
- Gloves: Barrows gloves > Royal d'hide vambraces > Black d'hide vambraces > Red d'hide vambraces
- Cape: Ava's accumulator/attractor
Inventory
- 1 Antifire potion (Preferred)
- 0-7 Monkfish, shark or Lobster (depends on level)
Notes
- The player using ranged might not use food at all because they can range the dragon from behind a skeleton or corpse found there, but bringing food is highly recommended as PKers may attack and dragons may accidentally hit the player.
- Void knight equipment could be used instead of the helm, body, legs, and gloves. You may wish to keep protect item active at all times to prevent losing the gloves on death.
- Using a bow is very dangerous as dragons may use the fire-breath attack which hit can up to 500 without an anti-dragon shield, drinking a super antifire potion, or using protect from magic.
Competition
- When faced with competition from other players in non-multicombat area, it is vital for the player to know/learn the respawn points of each dragon, in order to guarantee the kill.
- It has been observed that players are found frequently using Throwing knives of any kind, just to "steal" the monster due to the throwing knives' animation having less of an imposed delay, allowing opponents to select the dragon quicker.
- Lower-levelled players that cannot single-click to attack the dragons, may cast Air Strike and then switch back to their weapon. This saves time by not having to right-click to attack the dragon and therefore gives you a split second advantage getting a kill.
Magic
Magic is rarely used as a method of killing Green Dragons due to the high cost and the dragons' high magic defence, but can still be done with a profit. 80+ Magic is recommended but optional. A Polypore staff, which requires 80 magic to use (80 farming to charge, but this is optional) would be a good choice if you have to use magic against them, as the staff's built-in spell hits quite hard, you don't lose runes if you die, and the charges for the staff is relatively cheap.
Equipment
- Helm: Ahrim's hood > Mystic hat > Ghostly hood
- Body: Ahrim's robe top > Mystic robe top > Ghostly robe top
- Legs: Ahrim's robe bottom > Mystic robe bottom > Ghostly robe bottom
- Cape: God cape
- Amulet: Amulet of glory > Amulet of magic > Amulet of power
- Ring: Ring of wealth > Ring of life > Explorer's Ring (3/4)
- Weapon: Polypore staff
- Boots: Mystic boots
Profit
A good method for quickly banking drops from the eastern green dragons involves the use of the Ring of kinship at level 20 wilderness or below. Teleport to Daemonheim, bank with the Fremennik banker, then run southwest and north to return to the dragons. Using an amulet of glory or the Edgeville lodestone teleport is a fast method for banking from the western green dragons. The wilderness obelisks can be used for the northern dragons.
People seeking a profit by killing these creatures can make approximately 
53,858 per inventory of bones and hides. To make greater profit, however, the only other items recommended worth taking are:
- Rune daggers (uncommon)
- Ranarrs, lantadymes, and dwarf weeds (all somewhat rare)
- Rubies, diamonds, and dragonstones (rare)
- Key halves (somewhat rare)
- Hard clue scrolls (rare)
- Bass for food (uncommon)
- Nature runes because they are stackable (uncommon)
- Most other Random drop table drops
Miscellaneous Tips
- Using the highest Beast of Burden familiar possible increases money-making.
- Players with 60 Dungeoneering and a high combat level may find it more time-efficient to kill the blue dragons in the Taverley resource dungeon. Since relatively few players can access this dungeon, there is almost always free space. In addition, there are no pkers and few bots to worry about. The only downside is the dungeon's long distance from a bank.