Dagannoth Prime

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Dagannoth Prime
Released	7 November 2005 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	303
Size	3x3
Examine	A legendary dagannoth king, rumoured to fly on the North winds.
Combat info
XP bonus	+30%
Max hit	50
Aggressive	Yes
Poisonous	No
Attack style	Magic
Attack speed
Respawn time	150 ticks (90 seconds)
Slayer info
Slayer level	None
Slayer XP	331.4 xp
Category	Bosses, Dagannoth
Assigned by
Combat stats
Aggressive stats
Defensive stats
Immunities
Poison	Not immune
Venom	Converts to poison
Cannons	Not immune
Thralls	Not immune
Advanced data
Monster ID	2266

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Dagannoth Prime is the Magic-based Dagannoth King found in the depths of the Waterbirth Island Dungeon, along with fellow Dagannoth Kings, Dagannoth Rex and Dagannoth Supreme. Prime is the only monster to drop the Seers ring and Mud battlestaff. His projectile resembles Water Wave. He, along with the other Dagannoth Kings, can also drop the dragon axe.

Location[edit | edit source]

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
Waterbirth Island Dungeon	303		1	Maplink
Waterbirth Island Dungeon	303		1	Maplink

There is a separate cave available for those on a slayer task. Accessed by right clicking the ladder that leads to the Dagannoth Kings.

Strategy[edit | edit source]

Dagannoth Prime, like the combat triangle suggests, is weak to Ranged attacks. The Zaryte, Armadyl, Dragon hunter, dragon and rune crossbows are effective weapons against him. The Toxic blowpipe is also effective, especially on a Slayer task. Wealthier players may opt to use the Bow of faerdhinen or Twisted bow due to their high accuracy and damage, especially the twisted bow with its effectiveness against monsters with a high Magic level. The Crystal bow is also fairly effective.

His attack is very powerful and more potent than the other two kings; it can deal up to 50 damage in one hit, so Protect from Magic prayer is a must whenever Prime is attacking. The attack is also AoE-based; any other players stood in a 3x3 tile radius around the main target will also be hit. Meleers are advised to stay away from Dagannoth Prime at all costs and fend off Dagannoth Supreme meanwhile, as Prime can kill any player not using the Protect from Magic prayer within a couple of attacks and is resistant to non-Ranged attacks.

The most effective way to kill Prime is to stand in the north-east corner of the lair while not being under attack by the other two kings, staying out of their attack radius.

Dangers[edit | edit source]

If players get too close to Dagannoth Rex when they are fighting Dagannoth Prime, they may inadvertently gain Rex's attention, potentially resulting in unnecessary damage. This can be avoided by staying on the western part of the arena, as Rex will rarely (if ever) go there.
Dagannoth Supreme respawns while fighting Prime. This can be avoided by staying in the north-eastern part of the arena by the seaweed. Players will want to use the "Long-Range" style with their Ranged combat unless the player is sure that they will not get the attention of Supreme.
Prime, along with his fellow king Supreme, have a very long-ranged attack, and if both of them focus on one player, the high damage can lead to a quick death. Players should either kill Supreme or leave the area if they find themselves under attack from both Prime and Supreme.

Drops[edit | edit source]

Drop rates estimated based on 63,560 kills from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

The average Dagannoth Prime kill is worth 18,173.15.

The average Dagannoth Prime kill while on a Konar task is worth 19,845.66.

100%[edit | edit source]

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Dagannoth bones	1^{[d 1]}	Always	8,644	90
	Dagannoth hide	1	Always	191	36

^ Dropped in noted form if the player has completed the elite tier of the Fremennik diary

Weapons and armour[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Earth battlestaff	1	10/128	8,987	9,300
Water battlestaff	1	5/128	8,939	9,300
Air battlestaff	1	4/128	8,997	9,300
Battlestaff	1–10 (noted)	1/128	7,930–79,300	4,200–42,000
Fremennik blade	1	1/128	Not sold	3,000
Fremennik shield	1	1/128	Not sold	3,000
Fremennik helm	1	1/128	Not sold	3,000
Mud battlestaff	1	1/128^[1]	24,445	10,200
Dragon axe	1	1/128^[1]^[2]	47,500	33,000
Farseer helm	1	1/128	38,973	36,000
Skeletal top	1	1/128^[3]	26,145	27,000
Skeletal bottoms	1	1/128^[3]	23,414	24,000
Seers ring	1	1/128^[1]^[2]^[3]	393,603	6,000

Runes[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Air rune	100–200	6/128	500–1,000	200–400
Earth rune	50–100	5/128	250–500	100–200
Blood rune	25–75	2/128^[4]	5,300–15,900	6,000–18,000
Law rune	10–75	2/128	1,330–9,975	1,440–10,800
Nature rune	25–75	2/128	3,075–9,225	2,700–8,100
Mud rune	25–75	2/128	2,800–8,400	300–900
Death rune	25–85	2/128	4,275–14,535	2,700–9,180

Seeds[edit | edit source]

There is a 7/128 chance of rolling the rare seed drop table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Toadflax seed	1	1/91.8	1,947	6
Irit seed	1	1/134.9	37	3
Belladonna seed	1	1/139.2	84	106
Poison ivy seed	1	1/196.2	9	99
Avantoe seed	1	1/196.2	259	4
Cactus seed	1	1/205.5	64	59
Potato cactus seed	1	1/287.7	12	84
Kwuarm seed	1	1/287.7	575	6
Snapdragon seed	1	1/431.5	46,396	36
Cadantine seed	1	1/616.5	1,909	4
Lantadyme seed	1	1/863.1	523	5
Snape grass seed	3	1/1,078.9	9,342	168
Dwarf weed seed	1	1/1,438.5	367	3
Torstol seed	1	1/2,157.7	19,308	42

Talismans[edit | edit source]

There is a 1/128 chance of rolling the talisman drop table.^[5]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Air talisman	1	1/896	52	2
Body talisman	1	1/896	1,556	2
Earth talisman	1	1/896	176	2
Fire talisman	1	1/896	2,648	2
Mind talisman	1	1/896	834	2
Water talisman	1	1/896	185	2
Cosmic talisman	1	1/2,240	191	2
Chaos talisman	1	1/2,986.7	209	2
Nature talisman	1	1/2,986.7	208	2

Talismans (noted)[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Earth talisman	25–75 (noted)	10/128	4,400–13,200	50–150
Air talisman	25–75 (noted)	7/128	1,300–3,900	50–150
Water talisman	1–76 (noted)	7/128	185–14,060	2–152

Other[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Shark	5	10/128	3,605	510
Coins	500–1,109	3/128	500–1,109	500–1,109
Oyster pearls	1	5/128	1,048	840
Pure essence	150 (noted)	5/128	300	300
Grimy ranarr weed	1	5/128	6,747	18

Rare and Gem drop table[edit | edit source]

There is a 8/128 chance of rolling the rare drop table. There is also a 10/128 chance of rolling the gem drop table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Nothing	N/A	1/19.87; Never^{[d 1]}	N/A	N/A
Coins	3,000	1/97.52	3,000	3,000
Loop half of key	1	1/95.67; 1/89.95^{[d 2]}	11,345	60
Tooth half of key	1	1/95.67; 1/89.95^{[d 2]}	9,522	60
Uncut sapphire	1	1/45.51; 1/23.11^{[d 2]}	268	15
Runite bar	1	1/409.6	12,468	3,000
Nature rune	67	1/682.67	8,241	7,236
Rune 2h sword	1	1/682.67	37,976	38,400
Rune battleaxe	1	1/682.67	24,609	24,960
Uncut emerald	1	1/91.02; 1/46.22^{[d 2]}	495	30
Law rune	45	1/1,024	5,985	6,480
Death rune	45	1/1,024	7,695	4,860
Steel arrow	150	1/1,024	1,050	1,050
Rune arrow	42	1/1,024	3,024	10,080
Adamant javelin	20	1/1,024	1,220	1,920
Rune sq shield	1	1/1,024	22,580	23,040
Dragonstone	1	1/1,024	11,566	6,000
Silver ore	100 (noted)	1/1,024	6,400	4,500
Uncut ruby	1	1/182.04; 1/92.44^{[d 2]}	1,144	60
Rune kiteshield	1	1/2,048	32,088	32,640
Dragon med helm	1	1/2,048	58,727	60,000
Rune spear	1	1/1,997.29; 1/216.1^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	11,902	12,480
Shield left half	1	1/3,994.58; 1/432.21^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	65,076	66,000
Nature talisman	1	1/485.45; 1/246.52^{[d 2]}	208	2
Dragon spear	1	1/5,326.1; 1/576.28^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	37,147	37,440
Uncut diamond	1	1/728.18; 1/369.78^{[d 2]}	2,989	120
Rune javelin	5	1/1,456.36; 1/739.56^{[d 2]}	785	1,200

^ The "nothing" drop is removed while wearing a ring of wealth.
^ ^2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 The drop rate is increased while wearing a ring of wealth due to the "nothing" drop being removed.
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Slightly reduced chance of dropping if Legends' Quest has not been completed.

Tertiary[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Ensouled dagannoth head	1	1/20	1,935	273
Clue scroll (hard)	1	1/42^{[d 1]}^[2]	Not sold	12
Brimstone key	1	1/59^{[d 2]}	Not sold	N/A
Clue scroll (elite)	1	1/750^{[d 3]}^[1]^[2]	Not sold	12
Pet dagannoth prime	1	1/5,000^[6]	Not sold	N/A

^ The hard clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/39 with the completion of the hard combat achievements.
^ Brimstone keys are only dropped if killed on a Slayer task given by Konar quo Maten.
^ The elite clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/712 with the completion of the elite combat achievements.

Combat Achievements[edit | edit source]

Name	Description	Type	Tier
Dagannoth Prime Champion	Kill Dagannoth Prime 10 times.	Kill Count	Medium
Dagannoth Prime Adept	Kill Dagannoth Prime 25 times.	Kill Count	Hard
Death to the Seer King	Kill Dagannoth Prime whilst under attack by Dagannoth Supreme and Dagannoth Rex.	Mechanical	Elite
From One King to Another	Kill Prime using a Rune Thrownaxe special attack, bounced off Dagannoth Rex.	Mechanical	Elite

Changes[edit | edit source]

Date	Changes
5 March 2015 (update \| poll)	Dagannoth bones are now noted drops if you have completed the Fremennik Elite Diary.
17 July 2014 (update \| poll)	Players can now receive a pet version of this boss after defeating it.

References[edit | edit source]

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Envision. "Drop Rates V2." Old School RuneScape Forums.
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 28 September 2015. (Archived from the original on 15 April 2019.) Mod Ash: "1/42 for a hard clue, 1/750 for elite, 1/128 for a d axe and 1/128 for a ring."
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 10 July 2018. (Archived from the original on 15 April 2019.) Mod Ash: "Each of those items is 1/128."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 2 May 2017. (Archived from the original on 15 April 2019.) Mod Ash: "Prime has a 1/64 chance of blood runes."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 22 June 2016. (Archived from the original on 15 April 2019.) Mod Ash: "He has a 1/128 chance of calling the talisman table; it has a 1/7 chance of giving an air talisman."
^ Jagex. Mod JohnC's Twitter account. 22 September 2014. (Archived from the original on 25 March 2019.) Mod JohnC: "Almost forgot the final week of boss pet drop rates! DKS Pets are all 1 in 5000"

[1] Dropped in noted form if the player has completed the elite tier of the Fremennik diary

[7] The "nothing" drop is removed while wearing a ring of wealth.

[row-8] 2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 The drop rate is increased while wearing a ring of wealth due to the "nothing" drop being removed.

[rowm-9] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Slightly reduced chance of dropping if Legends' Quest has not been completed.

[10] The hard clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/39 with the completion of the hard combat achievements.

[11] Brimstone keys are only dropped if killed on a Slayer task given by Konar quo Maten.

[12] The elite clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/712 with the completion of the elite combat achievements.

[Drop_Rates_V2-2] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Envision. "Drop Rates V2." Old School RuneScape Forums.

[Ash_tweet_unique_rates-3] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 28 September 2015. (Archived from the original on 15 April 2019.) Mod Ash: "1/42 for a hard clue, 1/750 for elite, 1/128 for a d axe and 1/128 for a ring."

[Armour+Rings-4] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 10 July 2018. (Archived from the original on 15 April 2019.) Mod Ash: "Each of those items is 1/128."

[5] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 2 May 2017. (Archived from the original on 15 April 2019.) Mod Ash: "Prime has a 1/64 chance of blood runes."

[6] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 22 June 2016. (Archived from the original on 15 April 2019.) Mod Ash: "He has a 1/128 chance of calling the talisman table; it has a 1/7 chance of giving an air talisman."

[Confirmed_droprates-13] Jagex. Mod JohnC's Twitter account. 22 September 2014. (Archived from the original on 25 March 2019.) Mod JohnC: "Almost forgot the final week of boss pet drop rates! DKS Pets are all 1 in 5000"

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v • d • e Dagannoth
Dagannoth	Dagannoth spawn Dagannoth fledgeling Dagannoth_{(Waterbirth) (POH)}
Bosses	Dagannoth Kings_{(Prime) (Rex) (Supreme)} Dagannoth mother
Pets	Dagannoth Prime Dagannoth Rex Dagannoth Supreme

Dagannoth Prime

Contents

Location[edit | edit source]

Strategy[edit | edit source]

Dangers[edit | edit source]