Money making guide/Killing rune dragons
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| Requirements | |
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| Skills | |
 90+ ,  ,  ,  recommended 75+ ,  recommended | |
| Items | |
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| Quest | |
| Dragon Slayer II | |
| Other | |
| None | |
| Results | |
| Profit | Experience gained |
| 1,524,931, after tax |  72,600 24,200  18,150 |
| Inputs (229,665) | Outputs (1,754,596, after tax) |
15 ×  Prayer potion(4) (137,475)2.5 ×  Divine super combat potion(4) (45,825)1.25 ×  Extended antifire(4) (365)100 ×  Cooked karambwan (41,100)1 ×  Digsite pendant (1,500)5 ×  Teleport to house (tablet) (3,400) | 50 ×  Runite bar (601,000)50 ×  Dragon bones (162,900)0.0063 ×  Draconic visage (22,941)0.01 ×  Dragon metal lump (1,267)0.063 ×  Dragon limbs (39,909)3.54 ×  Rune platebody (133,856)3.15 ×  Rune longsword (58,094)2.76 ×  Rune mace (22,422)2.76 ×  Rune scimitar (40,633)2.76 ×  Rune warhammer (66,246)2.36 ×  Rune platelegs (87,444)0.39 ×  Dragon platelegs (62,128)0.39 ×  Dragon plateskirt (62,040)0.39 ×  Dragon med helm (22,413)126 ×  Wrath rune (41,575)310 ×  Chaos rune (32,244)207 ×  Death rune (37,618)108 ×  Runite bolts (unf) (12,018)98.43 ×  Rune javelin tips (36,220)110 ×  Rune arrow (5,181)68.9 ×  Dragon javelin tips (48,022) Only after completion of Monkey Madness II11.81 ×  Dragon bolts (unf) (30,732)0.98 ×  Grimy avantoe (1,294)0.79 ×  Grimy ranarr weed (4,061)0.79 ×  Grimy snapdragon (5,570)0.59 ×  Grimy torstol (1,710)2.76 ×  Dragonstone (28,995)8.27 ×  Runite ore (82,851)0.39 ×  Wrath talisman (111)0.39 ×  Rare drop table (3,100) |
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The average rune dragon kill, including its unique drops, is worth 35,796.05. Without the unique drops, the average kill is worth 34,487.00.
This guide assumes 10 kills per trip and 5 trips per hour, for around 50 kills per hour. Your profit per hour may vary. At lower levels and equipment, you may get ~40 kills/hr, while at maximum efficiency, it is possible to obtain ~70 kills/hr. The most common strategy is to pay little to moderate attention using melee, 90+ combat stats, praying piety + protect from magic, wearing justiciar, dragonfire shield and dragon hunter lance/osmumten's fang for an average of 50 kills/hr.
To get back to the laboratory underneath Lithkren, players can travel using the rowboat from the quest; on the west side of the island or, after completion, taking a digsite pendant and using it on the strange machine north of the rune dragon room, adding a teleport straight to Lithkren on it. Additionally player can use the digsite pendant to create a mounted digsite pendant in the nexus room of their POH. Using the (mounted) digsite pendant makes getting back to the laboratory underneath Lithkren so fast that min-maxing to stay as long as possible is not worth it. Instead players should pick up all loot (including dragon bones) then bank and return.
Rune dragons have multiple attacks, similarly to mithril and adamant dragons. Along with standard dragonfire attacks, they have a standard melee, ranged and magic attack (which resembles water wave), as well as two special attacks.
- The first special attack is two small electric bolts, which are launched around the player's position and homes in on them. This deals 4-7 damage per tick for a few seconds. If a player is wearing insulated boots this damage is reduced to 1-2 per tick.
- The second special attack is a ranged attack that hits through protect from missiles, and uses the Life Leech effect from enchanted onyx bolts, where the dragon will heal itself for 100% of the damage dealt to the player.
- Even the standard attacks are dangerous, consistently hitting in the 20s and 30s. This makes dying a very real possibility if not paying enough attention.
Ultimately when killing rune dragons using protect from magic, wearing insulated boots and wearing/consuming supplies that protect from dragonfire are essential to killing rune dragons effectively.
Using defenders increases gp/hr even with the cost of extended super antifires but most use dragonfire shield + extended antifires because of the higher defensive bonuses (increased block chance). Using armour with offensive bonuses is also higher gp/hr but most players prefer to use justiciar armour because of its set effect and higher defensive bonuses. Dragon hunter lance is only slightly better than osmumten's fang with max offensive equipment otherwise they have a similar damage per second.
Using anglerfish as food is an uncommon strategy. Anglerfish allow the player to heal above their max HP, allowing a player to look away from their screen for longer periods without worrying about dying. Anglerfish require less attention but are more expensive while karambwan are cheaper but need to be eaten more often. Over time using anglerfish can cost millions more than using karambwan.
Kills per hour estimates and methodology
- 40+ kills/hr (1,431,841 gp) with 90+
- 50+ kills/hr (1,789,802 gp) with max
- 60+ kills/hr (2,147,762 gp) with max
- 65+ kills/hr (2,326,743 gp) with max
- Add ~5 kills/hr if on slayer task.
Some tips for lower investments
- Pray preserve and use super combat potion(2)/super strength(2) + super attack(2)/Super potion set instead of divine super combat potion(2)
- If you have a rune pouch you can put law runes + dust runes in it and use it to cast Teleport to House instead of using a house tab
- Use a dragonbone necklace/bonecrusher necklace, ring of the gods(i) and/or holy wrench to decrease prayer potion usage
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