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Dragon warhammer



Released							21 January 2016 (Update)
Also called							Dwh
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
League region							Kourend✓

Properties

Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							Yes
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Options							Wield, Drop
Examine							Spikey, close combat weapon.

Values

Value							120,000 coins
High alch							72,000 coins
Low alch							48,000 coins
Weight							2 kg

Grand Exchange

Exchange							15,063,074 coins (info)
Buy limit							8
Daily volume							1,122

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Advanced data

Item ID							13576
Link							MOID

The dragon warhammer is a warhammer that requires 60 Strength to wield and is currently one of the strongest warhammers available (second only to the Statius Warhammer) in Old School RuneScape. It is obtained as an extremely rare drop from Lizardman shamans.

The dragon warhammer can be used as a substitute for a regular hammer when banging the big door at the entrance of Bandos' Stronghold in the God Wars Dungeon, as well as in the Chambers of Xeric to stun Jewelled Crabs and build any storage chest (with the required mallignum root planks and Construction level). It can also be used in the Tombs of Amascut to repair the pillars in the monkey puzzle of the Path of Apmeken.

The dragon warhammer is popular for its special attack, as it can drastically reduce the opponent's defence and make them an easier target. Additionally, it is a popular weapon among strength pures due to the lack of an Attack requirement and considerable damage output.

As with most dragon equipment, the dragon warhammer cannot be made from raw materials using the Smithing skill.

Combat stats


Attack bonuses

-4	-4	+95	-4	+0

Defence bonuses


+0	+0	+0	+0	+0

Other bonuses				Slot


+85	+0	+0%	+0	List

	Attack type	Weapon style	Attack speed	Range	Level boost
Pound	Crush	Accurate	6 ticks (3.6s)	1 tile	+3 Attack
Pummel	Crush	Aggressive			+3 Strength
Block	Crush	Defensive			+3 Defence

Special attack

A player performing the dragon warhammer's special attack.

The dragon warhammer has a special attack, Smash, which deals 50% more damage, while lowering the target's current Defence level by 30% on successful hit (i.e. the hit has to deal damage).^[1] This attack consumes 50% of the player's special attack energy.

Defence level reductions will stack over multiple successful hits; each reduction is calculated from the current temporary level (so follow-up drains reduce fewer levels). The Defence level of the target after each respective hit, with no rounding, would be 70%, 49%, 34.3%, 24%, 16.8% then 11.8% of the original. However, fractional defence levels reduced by the special attack will be rounded down.

For example, on a monster with 75 Defence, the first special attack will reduce 22 levels (rounded down from 22.5), leaving the enemy at 53 Defence. The next special attack will then reduce 15 levels (rounded down from 15.6), leaving the enemy at 38 Defence.

When used against Tekton, the first special attack from a dragon warhammer is guaranteed to hit,^[2] however, if subsequent attacks fail to hit, it will instead reduce 5% of his Defence level.

The dragon warhammer special attack specialises in reducing high amounts of defence based on a percentage on any successful attack. Unlike other weapons such as the Bandos godsword, bone dagger or barrelchest anchor, the dragon warhammer only needs to roll a successful hit to reduce 30% of the monster's defence level. If a monster has level 300 defence, the dragon warhammer will always reduce its defence by 90 levels, always reducing more defence than the Bandos godsword. Following this, it will reduce defence by 63 levels. The lower the defence level of a monster, the less impactful a dragon warhammer will be, and more impactful the Bandos godsword will be. If fighting bosses with other players, using a mixture of both special weapons can drastically reduce defence levels as far down as 0.

Item sources

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity	League region
Lizardman shaman	150	1	1/3,000

Products

Item		Members	Skills	XP	Materials
	Dragon warhammer (cr)		None	None	1 × Dragon warhammer 1 × Bounty hunter ornament kit

Sound effects

Name	Description	ID
`equip_blunt`	Wielding	2233
`tzhaar_ket_om_crush`	Special attack	2520
`warhammer_crush`	Attacking	2567

Used in recommended equipment

Rank	Method
5	Down Do Specs (Melee)

Special attack

Rank	Method
2	Kalphite Queen/Strategies (High level melee)
4	General Graardor/Strategies (Melee (Solo))
3	General Graardor/Strategies (Advanced Tank)
3	General Graardor/Strategies (Melee Attacker)
1	General Graardor/Strategies (Ranged Attacker)
2	Corporeal Beast/Strategies (Quick pool)
2	Corporeal Beast/Strategies (Dolo)
2	Venenatis/Strategies (Melee)
5	Cerberus/Strategies (Melee)
2	Abyssal Sire/Strategies (Phase 2 Other Melee Weapons)
1	Chambers of Xeric/Strategies (Melee)
2	One-defence pure (Melee)
3	Vorkath/Strategies (Ranged (crossbow))
4	Vorkath/Strategies (Melee)
2	Theatre of Blood/Strategies (Learner)
2	Theatre of Blood/Strategies (Melee)
2	Theatre of Blood/Strategies (Magic)
2	Theatre of Blood/Strategies (Range)
4	Skotizo/Strategies (Melee)
4	Skotizo/Strategies (Ranged)
4	Alchemical Hydra/Strategies (Ranged)
2	Alchemical Hydra/Strategies (Melee)
2	Ultimate Ironman Guide/Equipment
2	The Nightmare/Strategies (Melee)
2	Chambers of Xeric/Challenge Mode/Strategies (Melee)
2	Chambers of Xeric/Challenge Mode/Strategies (Guardians)
2	Theatre of Blood/Hard Mode (Melee)
2	Theatre of Blood/Hard Mode (Magic)
2	Theatre of Blood/Hard Mode (Range)
2	TzHaar-Ket-Rak's Speed-Trialist (Melee)
2	Tombs of Amascut/Strategies (Melee switch)
2	Chompington (Melee)
2	Phantom Muspah/Strategies (Ranged)
2	Phantom Muspah/Strategies (Melee)
3	Spindel/Strategies (Melee)
2	Fortis Colosseum/Strategies (Ranged)
2	Fortis Colosseum/Strategies (Mage)
2	Fortis Colosseum/Strategies (Budget)
2	Fortis Colosseum/Strategies (Melee)
1	Fortis Colosseum/Strategies (GM time)
1	Fortis Colosseum/Strategies (High efficiency)
2	Araxxor/Strategies (Melee)
2	Araxxor/Strategies (Ranged)
1	Yama/Strategies (Melee)
2	Duel of Mokhaiotl (Melee)
3	Maggot King/Strategies (Melee)
3	Mad Angel/Strategies (Melee)
1	Mad Angel/Strategies (Melee (Low level))
2	Mad Angel/Strategies (Melee (1 Defence Pure))

Changes

Date	Changes
29 May 2024 (Update)	The Dragon Warhammer now drops at a rate of 1/3,000, up from 1/5,000
21 April 2021 (Update)	Dragon warhammers now require level 60 Strength to wield instead of level 60 Attack.
7 April 2017 (Update)	When using the special attack against Tekton, it will now reduce the Defence stat by 5% even if you fail to deal damage.
24 March 2016 (Update)	The Dragon Warhammer can now open the Big Door to the Bandos Encampment.

Trivia

The inaccessible stone chest containing two dragon warhammers, between the second and third shaman chambers.

The dragon warhammer's special attack animation and effect are similar to that of Statius's warhammer.
There are two dragon warhammers inside an inaccessible chest in the Lizardman Temple.

References

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 29 May 2017. Archived from the original on 28 May 2020. Mod Ash: "While special attacks usually do trigger on a successful roll even if the damage comes out as 0, the DWH blog said this one wouldn't."
^ "Chambers of Xeric Changes". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 29 November 2023. Archived from the original.

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Ranged weapons/ammo

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Materials	Arrowtips Javelin tips Dart tips Unfinished bolts

Armour

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Sailing

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Materials	Nails Metal sheet Keel parts Large keel parts

Other

Source site	Old School RuneScape Wiki
Canonical source	Dragon warhammer
Content license	CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
License status	declared
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