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Intermediate
Ranged
Melee

King Black Dragon

The classic first dragon

A low-requirement three-headed dragon in a shallow Wilderness lair. A forgiving introduction to antifire management and dragon bossing.

Profit

700k/hr

~20k / kill

Kills / hr

35

Experienced

Combat lvl

80+

Recommended

Hitpoints

240

Max hit

25

Unprotected

Should you fight this?

What you get out of King Black Dragon, so you can decide if it fits your goals right now.

  • One of the easiest bosses to learn dragonfire management.
  • Draconic visage is a rare, high-value chase drop.
  • Common Slayer task for black dragon assignments.
  • Cheap trips with a shot at the Prince Black Dragon pet.

Gear setups

Pick the setup that matches your bank. Every upgrade here links back to the Gear hub.

Ranged
Keep antifire up and range from a safe tile.
Weapon
Rune crossbow / blowpipe
Ammo
Diamond bolts (e)
Head
Ava's assembler
Body
Black d'hide body
Legs
Black d'hide chaps
Ring
Archers ring

Strategy

  1. 1

    Antifire first

    Drink an antifire (or use an antifire shield + potion) before engaging — KBD's dragonfire can hit 65 unprotected.

  2. 2

    Ignore the heads

    KBD attacks with all three styles plus dragonfire, but hits low once antifire is active; just out-DPS it.

  3. 3

    Wilderness care

    The lair sits in low-level Wilderness — bring only what you'll risk and keep a teleport ready for PKers.

Notable drops

ItemRarityValue
Draconic visage
Unique
1/50001.5m
Dragon pickaxe
Unique
1/1500900k
Dragon med helm1/12860k
KBD heads1/1286k
CoinsCommon10k
Prince black dragon pet1/3000

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