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Iron Dragon
Iron dragons are transplants into Daemonheim from other dungeon areas. They are found in the Furnished theme floors much the way green dragons are found in the Abandoned floor dungeons: rarely. They also differ from normal iron dragons in the same ways as the green dragons do: they use a newer graphical model, and appear to have also had magic spells added to their arsenals. They will also melee when players are in melee range.
Like other dragons, these require special handling because of their firebreath attack. While anti-dragon shields do exist in Daemonheim, these cannot be made like most equipment; they must be either picked up off tables in the starting room, or obtained as drops from other monsters. They are rarely used, not just because most players don’t want to carry them around on the off chance of encountering a dragon, but because most players bind and rely upon two-handed weapons such as spears and mauls.
One way to provide protection against dragonbreath while using a two-handed weapon is to make weak, regular or strong cure potions, using aloe, featherfoil or buckthorn respectively, combined with firebreath whiskey. This will grant immunity for 5, 10 or 20 minutes from dragon breath weapons. However, because of the time involved in doing this, and the relative scarcity of dragons in Daemonheim—I’ve only seen three green dragons total as of level 73 in the skill—most players don’t bother.
The usual option of choice is to put on Protection from Magic or Deflect Magic. This reduces the damage from firebreath attacks (in addition to blocking magic attacks), making it quite feasible to just “tank” any damage received. Most players add to this Piety or Turmoil to kill the dragon as quickly as possible.
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I have only encountered these dragons three or four times in many dozens of floors, and usually the more powerful ones are only seen in team environments. I have not had much opportunity yet to scientifically test their defences against specific attack forms. There is reason to believe that they are like iron dragons outside Dungeoneering, which would make them weak to magic and stab attacks, moderately strong against other attack forms. The lower-level versions typically found in solo dungeons are pretty easy to kill quickly, but level 200+ variants can be found on team floors, which have a lot of life points, and end up almost being like “mini-bosses”.
Iron dragons in Daemonheim drop dragon bones, but not iron bars. (In fact, it’s odd that iron dragons are in here at all—shouldn’t they be made of marmaros or something? :) ) The bones can be buried for the standard 72 Prayer XP, but cannot be offered for additional XP on Daemonheim altars.
- Name: Iron dragon.
- Examine Text: “”
- Themes: Furnished.
- Attack Styles: Melee and Magic.
- Special Attacks: Firebreath.
- Special Defences: None.
- Special Immunities: None.
- Slayer Monster: Yes.
- Slayer Level: n/a.
- Weak Against: Melee/Stab, Magic.
- Neutral: Melee/Crush?, Melee/Slash?, Ranged?.
- Strong Against: None.
- Recommended Attack Method: Melee/Stab
using Piety or Turmoil for faster kills.
- Recommended Defence Method: Anti-dragon
shield if using one-handed weapon; otherwise, Protection from Magic
or Deflect Magic should be on at all times.
- 100% Drops: Dragon bones.
- Standard Drops? Yes.
- Special Drops: None.
I only have details on one iron dragon so far; it is shown in Table 88. I’ve also seen ones with combat levels over 200 when in a team, but have not been able to capture their stats yet.
Combat Level |
Life Points |
Maximum Hit (Melee Only) |
89 |
880 |
115 |
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