King Black Dragon
| Source-reviewed implementation; deployment unverified | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| NPC type | Boss |
| Location | King Black Dragon lair |
| Combat | |
| Hitpoints | 240 |
| Attack | 240 |
| Strength | 240 |
| Defence | 240 |
| Magic | 240 |
| Ranged | 1 |
| Attack styles | Melee and dragonfire |
| Maximum hit | Melee: 25; unprotected dragonfire: base up to 65 |
| Attack interval (ticks) | 7 |
| Access and rewards | |
| Loot | Dragon pickaxe; draconic visage; Big wing; KBD heads |
| Pet | Prince black dragon |
| Base stats and damage rolls; player effects and special modes can differ. | |
King Black Dragon is the ordinary three-headed dragon boss reached through the Sarim Hub's King black dragon destination. The teleport lands in the entrance room; the lever is the final step into the public lair. This page covers the ordinary dragon, with base 240 Hitpoints, separate from Echo King Black Dragon.
Getting there
Choose King black dragon in the teleport Hub, then pull the entrance-room lever to enter the public lair. The lair's return lever takes you back to the entrance room.
The entrance lever also offers commune for a private encounter. Confirm the instance creation dialogue; this specific route skips the instance-token charge. It checks teleblock and the instance system's teleport restrictions.
Hub travel uses the usual teleport checks, including locked states, teleblock and the level-20 Wilderness departure limit. The public lever uses its own travel sequence without that Wilderness-level cap, while still respecting the other shared checks.
Fighting the dragon
The dragon can select a melee attack when you are within one tile. Its configured melee maximum is 25, while its breath attacks can operate within eight tiles. The base attack interval is seven ticks.
Bring dragonfire protection. Breath damage depends on your dragonfire resistance: the unprotected base limit is 65, while resistance reduces the calculation. Antifire potions and the supported anti-dragon or dragonfire shields each contribute resistance, as does Protect from Magic; super antifire supplies a full resistance contribution. Applicable perks and relics can also change resistance.
Without equipment overrides, special breaths retain minimum base limits even with strong resistance: freezing and poison breaths have a floor of 10, while the shock breath has a floor of 12. The freezing effect can immobilise you for three seconds. Shock can drain Attack, Strength, Defence, Ranged and Magic by two levels, and poison breath can apply poison starting at eight damage. Protection against raw dragonfire damage should therefore not be mistaken for protection from every additional effect.
Distance prevents the close-range melee selection, but breaths still reach within eight tiles. Damage figures describe base rolls before target modifiers.
Rewards
The main loot path guarantees one dragon bone and two black dragonhides before relevant reward-routing effects. Notable possible rewards include a dragon pickaxe, draconic visage, Big wing and KBD heads. Prince black dragon is associated with a separate pet-unlock roll. This table excludes Echo King Black Dragon rewards.
Main drop table
The table lists the ordinary boss's configured main loot and quantity per awarded outcome, before player effects. Guaranteed entries are separate from optional rewards. It excludes shared bonus cash, clue, rare-table and event rewards. Rates are omitted because candidate selection, priority and player modifiers affect the final chance.
| Item | Quantity | Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| Dragon bones | 1 | Guaranteed |
| Black dragonhide | 2 | Guaranteed |
| Rune longsword | 1 | Possible |
| Adamant platebody | 1 | Possible |
| Adamant kiteshield | 1 | Possible |
| Dragon med helm | 1 | Possible |
| Big wing | 1 | Possible |
| Dragon pickaxe | 1 | Possible |
| Fire rune | 300 | Possible |
| Air rune | 300 | Possible |
| Blood rune | 30 | Possible |
| Iron arrow | 690 | Possible |
| Law rune | 30 | Possible |
| Runite bolts | 10–25 | Possible |
| Dragon dart tip | 5–14 | Possible |
| Dragon arrowtips | 5–14 | Possible |
| Dragon javelin heads | 15 | Possible |
| Amulet of power | 1 | Possible |
| Crystal key | 1–2 | Possible |
| Yew logs | 150 | Possible |
| Shark | 4 | Possible |
| Gold ore | 100 | Possible |
| Runite limbs | 1 | Possible |
| Runite bar | 1 | Possible |
| Adamantite bar | 3 | Possible |
| Kbd heads | 1 | Possible |
| Clue scroll elite | 1 | Possible |
| Draconic visage | 1 | Possible |
Verification scope
Source-reviewed on 1 October 2026; deployment remains unverified. Cache-derived combat level, footprint and examine text are unspecified.
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