Onyx dragon

For the Dragonkin Laboratory monster, see Onyx dragon (Dragonkin Laboratory).

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Onyx dragon
Release																				3 April 2017 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Options																				Attack, Examine
Race																				Dragon
Examine																				A dragon decorated in onyx gems.
Combat info
Combat level																				126
Life points																				50,000
Aggressive
Poisonous
Combat experience
XP																				2,500
XP																				1,858.8
XP																				825
XP																				225 (two-handed) 112 (one-handed and armour)
Slayer info
Level																				98
Assignment																				Dragons, gemstone dragons, onyx dragons
Master																				The Raptor: 60–90 Kuradal: 60–100 Morvran: 80–130 Laniakea: 101–150; 80–130 Mandrith: 100–150
Offensive
Max hit
1,653												0												1,653												0												1,653.8
Style																														Rate
																														5 ticks (3.0s)
Combat levels
90															90															90															1
Accuracy
2,458															0															2,458															0
Defensive
Armour																				Weakness															Susceptible
2,458										90
Base hit chance
90															25															65															55
Immunities
Not immune															Not immune															Not immune															Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID															24171, 29347
Links															bestiary • MRND

Onyx dragons are high-level Slayer monsters requiring level 98 Slayer to kill. They are part of the gemstone dragon group, and are the second strongest dragon of this type.

A total of six onyx dragons are located in the gemstone cavern under the Shilo Village mine. They require the completion of the hard Karamja achievements in order to access them in the gem rock cavern underneath. In order to pass the barrier to confront them, players are also required to sacrifice a number of uncut dragonstone, uncut onyx, or uncut hydrix gems - with each gem type allowing the player to kill a certain number of dragons within their respective chamber; up to a limit of storing 60,000 kills at a time.

If the player is on a Slayer task for gemstone dragons, however, they may enter the gemstone cavern without the need for charges, and, if the player has already donated gems for charges, the charges will not be consumed while on-task. No fees are required to kill the onyx dragons in the Wilderness.

Entrance fee to killing onyx dragons

Uncut gem	Kills per gem	Cost per kill
Uncut dragonstone	2	2,788
Uncut onyx	400	2,660
Incomplete hydrix	4000	13,846

Killing onyx dragons at either location in the Wilderness does not require any kind of fee whatsoever.

Locations

Location	Levels	Members	Requirements	Spawns	Map
Gemstone cavern	126		None	6	Show map
Wilderness	126		None	8	Show map
Deep Wilderness Dungeon	126		None	2	Show map

Strategies

Onyx dragons attack primarily with magic, although they will use both magic and melee if within melee range in addition to the regular dragonfire attack.

Onyx dragons periodically use a special attack which steals some of the player's life points and heals the dragon for 5,000 life points. The attack is signified by black spikes moving towards the player's location. When the spikes reach their destination, they erupt in a 3 by 3 area of effect (AoE). Moving out of this area before the spikes erupt negates the effect of this attack. They will only use this special attack against targets outside of their melee range.

Resonance may be used to heal from their special attack, but the attack will still heal the dragon. Of all the gemstone dragons' special attacks, this attack's effect is the least punishing, so it may be safer to do so with these dragons. Beware that overuse of Resonance to block the special attack over the course of the task results in having to deal a lot more damage to complete it. Similarly, Devotion may be used with Protect / Deflect Magic to block the attack's damage, but this does not prevent the attack from healing the dragon.

If the dragon dies before the special attack hits, the attack deals no damage.

It is possible to kill onyx dragons with an aggression potion active and while not paying attention to the possible special attacks rather safely by placing an onyx dragon soul in their own Slayer dungeon and standing on top of the dragon's spawn point. This makes it likely that the dragon targets the player before it gets out of melee distance, and thus prevents it from using its special attacks.

Drops

Drop rates estimated based on 23,964 samples from the Drop Log Project, unless otherwise cited.

The average Onyx dragon kill is worth 27,129 coins.

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Hardened dragon bones	1	Always	14,114	1

Charms

Nothing	3	3	3	3
62–67%	6–9%	19–23%	5–8%	0.7–1.9%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 917 kills. 3 items are dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drops

Players will receive two drops from the main drop table each kill.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Ring of life	1	2 × 22/256	3,119	2,115
	Ruby	2 (noted)	2 × 17/256	816	1,200
	Gold stone spirit	15–30	2 × 28/256	11,205–22,410	N/A
	Onyx	1	2 × ~1/9,585	1,058,748	180,000
	Diamond	1 (noted)	2 × 23/256	603	1,200
	Sapphire	5–7 (noted)	2 × 27/256	2,345–3,283	750–1,050
	Onyx bolt tips	1	2 × 12/256	6,618	5,400
	Rune bolts	4–6	2 × 17/256	940–1,410	720–1,080
	Ring of duelling (8)	2	2 × 24/256	13,430	1,530
	Coins	1,000; 1,500; 2,000; 3,000; 9,000	2 × 67/256	1,000–9,000	1,000–9,000
	Ruby bolt tips	35–60	2 × 17/256	1,120–1,920	1,400–2,400
	Dragonstone ring	1	2 × 2/256	8,317	10,575
	Gemstone helm	1	1 × 1/5,000; 1/2,000	1,336,490	30,000
	Gemstone greaves	1	1 × 1/5,000; 1/2,000	5,680,494	51,000

Tertiary drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Bone fragments	1	Unknown	Not sold	N/A
	Sealed clue scroll (hard)	1	1/128	Not sold	N/A
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Very rare	Not sold	N/A
	Draconic visage	1	1/10,000	1,178,162	450,000
	Rare drop table	1	Rare	Not sold	N/A
	Wilderness shared loot table	1	Rare	Not sold	N/A

Rare drop table

This entity rolls the rare drop table.
Luck-enhancing items are not required to access the table, but they will increase the chance of accessing the rare drop table and may also improve the loot received from it.

Rare drop table

Item Quantity Rarity GE price High Alch Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 Very rare 5,575 600 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 Very rare 9,039 1 Loop half of a key (m) 1 Very rare 9,077 1 Huge plated rune salvage 1 (noted) Very rare 37,613 40,000 Magic logs (m) 65–85 (noted) Very rare 52,390–68,510 12,480–16,320 Rune arrowheads 110–140 Very rare 16,940–21,560 660–840 Soft clay (m) 35–45 (noted) Very rare 70,700–90,900 35–45 Small bladed orikalkum salvage (m) 1 (noted) Very rare 49,602 50,000 Catalytic anima stone (m) 35–45 Very rare 35,210–45,270 6,300–8,100 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) Very rare 10,530–12,870 13,500–16,500 Dragon bones (m) 35–45 (noted) Very rare 64,855–83,385 35–45 Dragon helm (m) 1 Very rare 57,783 60,000 Dragon longsword (m) 1 Very rare 57,193 60,000 Off-hand dragon longsword (m) 1 Very rare 56,846 60,000 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) Very rare 16,470–20,130 45–55 Runite stone spirit (m) 27–33 Very rare 54,540–66,660 N/A Raw lobster (m) 135–165 (noted) Very rare 32,265–39,435 22,950–28,050 Shield left half (m) 1 Very rare 70,067 66,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 Very rare 34,411 37,440 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) Very rare 677,034–827,486 720,000–880,000 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) Very rare 521,100–636,900 64,800–79,200 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) Very rare 120,825–147,675 8,100–9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) Very rare 302,265–369,435 5,130–6,270 Raw rocktail (m) 180–220 (noted) Very rare 166,860–203,940 64,800–79,200 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) Very rare 241,380–295,020 243,000–297,000 Magic seed (m) 3–5 Very rare 67,896–113,160 759–1,265 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) Very rare 48,552–58,548 136–164 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) Very rare 752,400–919,600 756,000–924,000 Hardened dragon bones (m) 45–55 (noted) Very rare 635,130–776,270 45–55 Onyx bolt tips (m) 135–165 Very rare 893,430–1,091,970 729,000–891,000 Ciku seed (m) 1 Very rare 30,918 300 Golden dragonfruit seed (m) 13–17 Very rare 20,527–26,843 3,900–5,100 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) Very rare 40,185–49,115 5,400–6,600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) Very rare 250,875–306,625 27,000–33,000 Soul rune (m) 450–550 Very rare 307,800–376,200 36,900–45,100 Light animica stone spirit (m) 270–330 Very rare 142,560–174,240 N/A Dark animica stone spirit (m) 270–330 Very rare 142,830–174,570 N/A Primal stone spirit (m) 90–150 Very rare 1,612,800–2,688,000 N/A Crystal key (m) 9–11 (noted) Very rare 152,847–186,813 9–11 White berries (m) 67–85 (noted) Very rare 146,194–185,470 402–510 Ectoplasm (m) 270–330 Very rare 506,520–619,080 1,620–1,980 Medium spiky orikalkum salvage (m) 3–5 (noted) Very rare 216,606–361,010 225,000–375,000 Large blunt necronium salvage (m) 2 (noted) Very rare 645,230 650,000 Wine of Saradomin (m) 13–17 (noted) Very rare 670,111–876,299 13–17 Aura refresh (m) 1 Very rare Not sold N/A Distraction & Diversion reset token (daily) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold N/A Distraction & Diversion reset token (weekly) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold N/A Distraction & Diversion reset token (monthly) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold N/A Vecna skull (m) 1 Very rare 482,990 6,000 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 Very rare 728 1 Blurberry Special (m) 1 Very rare 45,306 18 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 Very rare 6,344,705,771 300,000

Wilderness drop table

This monster has access to the Wilderness shared loot table, which is a tertiary drop. To access the table, it has to be killed inside the Wilderness.
Luck-enhancing items are not required to access the table, but do increase the chance of doing so, as does doing higher-level content.

Wilderness shared loot table:

Item Quantity Rarity GE price High Alch Wilderness hilt 1 Rare 44,121 48,000 Adrenaline crystal 5–15 (noted) Uncommon 53,645–160,935 12,000–36,000 Preserved meat 1 Common Not sold N/A Fremennik equipment patch 1 Uncommon 2,061 N/A Ancient warriors' equipment patch 1 Very rare 39,592 N/A Revenant drop enhancer 1 Rare Not sold N/A Bloodweed seed 1–3 Uncommon 25,174–75,522 38–114 Brawling gloves (Agility) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Cooking) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Fishing) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (FM) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Hunter) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Magic) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Melee) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Mining) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Prayer) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Ranged) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Smithing) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Thieving) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (WC) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000

Universal drops

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster and skilling action outside of Daemonheim.

These items are dropped alongside main drops.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Key token	1	Rare	Not sold	N/A
	Mimic kill token (m)	1	1/10,000	59,435	N/A

Achievement

• Jungle Predator ( 0) – Obtained a collection of unique drops from Slayer monsters located within Karamja.
  • Gemstone helm and greaves drops

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included – see here for how to help out!

• patch 8 August 2022 (Update):
  • Replaced two of the onyx dragons in the Deep Wilderness Dungeon with dragonstone dragons.

• update 3 April 2017 (Update):
  • Added to game.