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The King Black Dragon is a three-headed dragon located in his lair, deep in the Wilderness. The King Black Dragon has a combat level of 276, which makes it the second strongest dragon in Old School RuneScape. Players should not take this foe lightly, and they should always take an Anti-dragon shield as his dragonfire breath is very deadly without protection. The King Black Dragon can also be killed as a Slayer assignment for Black dragons. Although he will always fight back when attacked, he has gotten bored over the centuries from adventurers attacking him as he revealed to his good friend Bob the Cat. This monster can also poison and reduce the player's stats as well as inflict damage, so antipoison (super antipoison is preferred) and stat-restoring potions are highly recommended. The King Black Dragon has 3 unblockable breath attacks: Poison, Shock, and Freeze. His normal dragonfire has a max hit of 65 with no protection, 15 with Anti-dragon or Dragonfire Shield, and completely blocked with both the shield and Antifire potion. The KBD's dragonfire is significantly stronger then normal dragonfire which has a max hit of 50 if unprotected. His Poison, Shock, and Freeze breaths can be reduced to 10 damage with the Antidragon or Dragonfire Shield. The Antifire potion has NO effect against these 3 unique attacks, only the normal dragonfire. Thus, the player will be fully protected from the KBD's regular dragonfire with the shield and an Antifire, but his special breaths can still deal up to 10 damage. As of 13 March 2014, the King Black Dragon now has a chance of dropping the Dragon pickaxe. Praying magic won't protect against KBD's hits, but it may lower the chances of him freezing you with his ice attack.
Reaching the KBD
- From Edgeville, players can bring an axe to make a Waka canoe, which requires 57 Woodcutting, at the canoe station and take it to the Wilderness. Players must be wary of Player Killers at all times while on route! Once arrived, the player will have to trek westward past some green dragons on the southern end of the Lava Maze before going slightly northwest toward the western part of the Lava Maze where some fenced lesser demons are. Enter their cage, and there is a ladder that will take you down to some aggressive poisonous spiders where a lever is pulled to finally arrive at the KBD's lair.
- Wilderness Obelisks can also be used to get there. Be wary that using them makes the player more susceptible to encountering high-level monsters or PK'ers.
- Northwest of Ardougne Castle, there's a lever that can be pulled that takes the player to Deserted Keep. From there, the player needs to slash some spider webs to get out, and head southward to a long fence and follow it either east or west to an opening. If following it east, then beware of the Chaos Elemental. Once out, trek westward past the northern end of the Lava Maze before going slightly southwest toward the western part of the Lava Maze where some fenced lesser demons are. Enter their cage, and there's a ladder that will take you down to some aggressive poisonous spiders where a lever is pulled to finally arrive at the KBD's lair.
- The Ice Plateau or Ghorrock Teleport is the fastest way to get there. After teleporting, the player should run southwest to the gate opening, and run southeast to some fenced lesser demons on the west side of Lava Maze. Enter the cage, and there's a ladder that takes you down to some aggressive poisonous spiders where a lever is pulled to finally arrive at the KBD's lair.
Drops
100%
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price 
Dragon bones 1 Always 2,713
Black dragonhide 2 Always 5,858
Weapons/Armour
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Rune longsword 1 Common 18,606
Adamant platebody 1 Common 9,407
Adamant kiteshield 1 Common 2,950
Dragon med helm 1 Rare (1/128) 58,488
Dragon pickaxe 1 Very rare (1/1,500) 5,614,513
Runes/Ammunition
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Fire rune 300 Common 1,500
Air rune 300 Common 1,500
Blood rune 30 Common 11,010
Iron arrow 690 Common 3,450
Law rune 30 Uncommon 4,980
Runite bolts 10–25 Uncommon 4,030–10,075
Dragon dart tip 5–14 Uncommon 15,445–43,246
Dragon arrowtips 6–14 Uncommon 3,648–8,512
Other
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Amulet of power 1 Common 2,126
Yew logs 150 (noted) Common 37,350
Shark 4 Uncommon 3,684
Gold ore 100 (noted) Uncommon 20,600
Runite limbs 1 Uncommon 9,428
Adamantite bar 3 Uncommon 5,712
Clue scroll (elite) 1 Rare (1/450) Error File:Kbd head.png Kbd head 1 Rare (1/128) Error
Prince black dragon 1 Very rare (1/3,000) Error
Draconic visage 1 Very rare (1/5,000) 4,940,340
Rare drop table
In addition to the drops above, this monster also has access to the rare drop table.
Show/hide rare drop table Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Coins 3,000 Common Not sold
Loop half of key 1 Common 10,307
Tooth half of key 1 Common 10,840
Chaos talisman 1 Common 505
Uncut sapphire 1 Common 455
Uncut emerald 1 Uncommon 679
Uncut ruby 1 Uncommon 1,249
Nature talisman 1 Uncommon 744
Steel arrow 150 Uncommon 4,800
Rune arrow 42 Uncommon 2,940
Rune javelin 5 Uncommon 875
Adamant javelin 20 Uncommon 1,220
Runite bar 1 Uncommon 12,368
Nature rune 67 Uncommon 14,539
Law rune 45 Uncommon 7,470
Death rune 45 Uncommon 9,135
Rune battleaxe 1 Uncommon 24,487
Rune 2h sword 1 Uncommon 37,758
Rune sq shield 1 Uncommon 22,459
Silver ore 100 (noted) Uncommon 7,000
Dragonstone 1 Uncommon 11,932
Uncut diamond 1 Rare 2,627
Dragon med helm 1 Rare 58,488
Rune kiteshield 1 Rare 32,015
Rune spear 1 Rare 11,933
Shield left half 1 Rare 65,697
Dragon spear 1 Rare 37,226
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Callisto • Chaos Elemental • Chaos Fanatic • Crazy archaeologist • King Black Dragon | ||||||||
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Elder Chaos druid • Ent • Green dragon • Lava dragon • Mammoth • Revenant • Runite Golem | ||||||||
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