Dragon spear
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| Dragon spear | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Released | 29 March 2004 (Update) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Members | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Quest item | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| League region |  General✓ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Properties | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tradeable | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Equipable | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stackable | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Noteable | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Options | Wield, Drop | ||||||||||||||||||
| Examine | A dragon tipped spear. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Values | |||||||||||||||||||
| Value | 62,400 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| High alch | 37,440 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Low alch | 24,960 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 2.267 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Exchange | |||||||||||||||||||
| Exchange | 38,438 coins (info) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Buy limit | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Daily volume | 2,016 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Advanced data | |||||||||||||||||||
| Item ID | 1249 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Link | MOID | ||||||||||||||||||
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The dragon spear is a two-handed melee weapon that requires level 60 Attack to wield. It does not require the completion of a quest to equip. Like most spears, it can be poisoned.
The spear is a rare drop from both the rare and gem drop tables. On the gem drop table, the spear will only drop if the Legends' Quest has been completed, otherwise a talisman will be dropped in its place. However, the rare drop table does not require the quest's completion in order to be able to receive it as a drop. Wearing a ring of wealth will increase the chances of receiving one from both tables.
Goraks fought in the Gorak Plane while wearing a ring of wealth are more likely to drop the dragon spear than any other monster, with a drop rate of 1 in 325. Brutal black dragons are also frequent droppers of dragon spears, dropping it directly with a drop rate of 1 in 512 (while also having access to the rare drop table so they drop it slightly more common than this overall).
The spear is primarily used for player killing scenarios; outside of this, it is sought after by ironmen, as two elite clue steps require it.
As with most dragon equipment, the dragon spear cannot be made from raw materials using the Smithing skill.
Combat stats
 Attack bonuses | ||||||
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| +55 | +55 | +55 | +0 | +0 | ||
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| +5 | +5 | +5 | +5 | +5 | ||
 Other bonuses | Slot | |||||
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| +60 | +0 | +0% | +0 | List | ||
| Combat style | Attack type | Weapon style | Attack speed | Range | Experience | Level boost | |
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 | Lunge | Stab | Controlled | 4 ticks (2.4s) | 1 tile |  | +1 Attack, Strength, Defence |
 | Swipe | Slash | Controlled | | +1 Attack, Strength, Defence | ||
 | Pound | Crush | Controlled | | +1 Attack, Strength, Defence | ||
 | Block | Stab | Defensive | | +3 Defence | ||
Special attack
The dragon spear has a special attack, Shove, which it shares with the Zamorakian spear and hasta. It pushes the target back and stuns them for 5 ticks (3.0 seconds), consuming 25% of the player's special attack energy. Shove has an attack speed of 5 ticks compared to the spear's normal attack speed of 4 ticks (2.4 seconds).
The effects of Shove do not stack, meaning that players cannot use it on a target who is already stunned. Stunned players are also given a one tick (0.6 seconds) period of immunity after a stun wears off during which they cannot be stunned again. This effectively means that Shove cannot be used on the same player more than once every 6 ticks. In addition to this, as soon as the stun wears off, the stunned player is granted a 5 tick (3.0 seconds) period of immunity against being bound by binding spells like Entangle or Ice Barrage. Despite this, Shove is popular in player killing scenarios as the brief stun causes all incoming damage to be stalled until it expires, after which all damage taken is applied at once.
Under certain conditions, Shove can push the target diagonally past obstacles. This only occurs when pushing a target east or west, and if there is a free tile directly north or south of the obstacle — e.g. 1x1 obstacles, the corner of larger ones, or diagonal walls. Targets will not be pushed past obstacles when pushing to the north or south. Shove displays a preference for certain tiles; when pushing a target east or west past a 1x1 obstacle, the north or south free tile will always be chosen, respectively.
On non-Castle Wars worlds, players within Castle Wars are able to shove targets back-to-back using this special attack.[1]
Shove cannot be used against large monsters, such as giants, because they are too big to push back. If a player tries this, the special attack does not occur and no special attack energy is consumed. A message appears in the chat box, reading, "That creature is too large to knock back!" A general way to tell if the spear can use the "Shove" special attack is to determine how much space the target monster takes up. If it takes up more than one game tile, it cannot be shoved. For example, a player can shove an ice warrior, which takes up one game tile, but not an ice giant, which takes up four.
Creation
| Members |  | Ticks | 0 (0s) |
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| Item | Quantity | Cost | |
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 | Dragon spear | 1 | 38,438 |
 | Weapon poison | 1 | 232 |
| Total cost | 38,670 | ||
 | Dragon spear(p) | 1 | 43,782 |
| Profit | 5,112 | ||
| Profit after GE Tax | 4,237 | ||
| Members | | Ticks | 0 (0s) |
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| Item | Quantity | Cost | |
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| Dragon spear | 1 | 38,438 |
 | Weapon poison(+) | 1 | 861 |
| Total cost | 39,299 | ||
 | Dragon spear(p+) | 1 | 46,220 |
| Profit | 6,921 | ||
| Profit after GE Tax | 5,997 | ||
| Members | | Ticks | 0 (0s) |
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| Item | Quantity | Cost | |
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| Dragon spear | 1 | 38,438 |
 | Weapon poison(++) | 1 | 2,279 |
| Total cost | 40,717 | ||
 | Dragon spear(p++) | 1 | 39,373 |
| Profit | −1,344 | ||
| Profit after GE Tax | −2,131 | ||
| Members | | Ticks | 0 (0s) |
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| Item | Quantity | Cost | |
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| Dragon spear | 1 | 38,438 |
 | Karambwan paste | 1 | N/A |
| Total cost | 38,438 | ||
 | Dragon spear(kp) | 1 | N/A |
Item sources
| Source | Level | Quantity | Rarity | League region |
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| Brutal black dragon | 318  | 1 | 1/512 |  |
| Intricate pouch | N/A | 1 | 1/45 |  |
In addition to the sources in the above table, a Dragon spear can be obtained as a drop from the Rare drop table, accessible by most Slayer monsters. Goraks also drop Dragon spears at a rate of 1/325 with a ring of wealth equipped.
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Treasure Trails
| Tier | Emotes | STASH location | Items | Cost |
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| Elite | Panic | Trollweiss flowers after sledding down Trollweiss Mountain |  
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77,836 |
| Elite | Spin | Inside West Ardougne's church | 
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40,931 |
A poisoned dragon spear of any tier will NOT work for these steps.
Used in recommended equipment
| Rank | Method |
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| 4 | Corporeal Beast/Strategies (Team melee) |
| 4 | Corporeal Beast/Strategies (Melee masses) |
Changes
| Date | Changes |
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| 21 April 2021 (Update) |
The spear's attack speed has been increased from 5 (every 3.0 seconds) to 4 (every 2.4 seconds). |
| 28 July 2016 (Update) |
You can no longer use the Dragon spear, Zamorakian spear or Zamorakian hasta special attack on a target who is already stunned. In addition to this, players are given a 1 tick period of immunity after a stun wears off in which they cannot be stunned again. |
| 22 August 2006 (Update) |
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| 9 May 2005 (Update) |
The spear's attack speed was increased to 5 ticks (3.0 seconds). |
| 14 June 2004 (Update) |
The item was given a special attack, Shove. |
| 20 July – 7 September 2004 |
The poisoned version's examine was changed from "A dragon tipped spear." to "A poisoned dragon tipped spear." |
| 29 March 2004 (Update) |
The item became permanently available with the launch of RuneScape 2. |
| Date unknown |
The item was added to the RuneScape 2 Beta. |
Trivia
- The dragon spear's special attack was changed on 28 July 2016, due to many player complaints on how it was considered overpowered. Prior to the fix, large Wilderness clans could use the spear's special to "stunlock" the victim. The victim would be attacked by a group of players using Smite, while another group would continually spam the special attack on the victim. The victim would be unable to perform any action, since they were being stunned and the game did not register the damage. Once the stuns stopped, the player would take all the damage they received while being stunned in one game tick, which would also drain them of all of their prayer. The only way for players to escape this was by x-logging, as the game would take them out of the server after a minute passed.
- Tim's spear is strikingly similar to a dragon spear.
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