Dragon bones

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Dragon bones
Released							23 October 2002 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							No
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Options							Bury
Destroy							Drop
Examine							These would feed a dog for months!
Values
Value							160 coins
High alch							96 coins
Low alch							64 coins
Weight							1.5 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange							1,457 coins (info)
Buy limit							7,500
Daily volume							3,760,108
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Advanced data
Item ID							536
Twisted League							Yes

Dragon bones are bones dropped by most adult dragons, which give 72 Prayer experience when buried. This can be increased by offering the bones in different ways:

• 216 XP when casting Sinister Offering.
• 252 XP when offered at a gilded altar with two burners lit or at the Chaos Temple.
• 288 XP when offered at the Ectofuntus in the form of dragon bonemeal.

The relative ease of collecting dragon bones, combined with the amount of experience earned from them, makes them widely viewed as a fast, cost-effective way to train Prayer.

Prayer info

BuryingGilded/Chaos altar
Sinister Offering

Dragon bones
Level required					1
Prayer XP					72 xp
Bonecrusher (Hard Diary)					36 xp
Facility					N/A
Type					Bones

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SMW Subobject for Gilded/Chaos altarUses facility: Gilded altar, Chaos altar (Wilderness)Name: Dragon bonesPrayer experience: 252Prayer level: 1Uses skill: Prayer, , , , Is variant of: Dragon bones

SMW Subobject for BuryingPrayer level: 1Name: Dragon bonesPrayer experience: 72Uses skill: Prayer, , , , Is variant of: Dragon bones

SMW Subobject for Sinister OfferingUses facility: Sinister OfferingMagic level: 92Name: Dragon bonesPrayer experience: 216Prayer level: 1Magic experience: 180Uses skill: Prayer, Magic, , , Is variant of: Dragon bones

Item sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here (include RDT).

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Adamant dragon	338	1	Always
Alchemical Hydra	426	30 (noted)	2 × 6/101
Barbarian Assault/Rewards High	N/A	50–75	1/32
Black dragon Level 227	227	1	Always
Black dragon Level 247	247	1	Always
Blue dragon	111	1	Always
Bronze dragon	131; 143	1	Always
Brutal black dragon	318	1	Always
Brutal blue dragon	271	1	Always
Brutal green dragon	227	1	Always
Brutal red dragon	289	1	Always
Callisto	470	30 (noted)	3/128
Cerberus	318	20 (noted)	5/128
Chaos Elemental	305	1	1/10
Colossal Hydra	309	3–5 (noted)	3/128
Dark Chest	N/A	10–15 (noted)	Uncommon
Dragon impling jar		50–100 (noted)	1/19
Elvarg	83; 214	1	Always
Green dragon Level 79	79	1	Always
Green dragon Level 88	88	1	Always
Grubby Chest	N/A	10 (noted)	6/100
Hydra	194	3–5 (noted)	3/128
Iron dragon	189; 215	1	Always
King Black Dragon	276	1	Always
Mithril dragon	304	1	Always
Red dragon	152	1	Always
Rune dragon	380	1	Always
Sarachnis	318	10–15 (noted)	5/100
Steel dragon	246; 274	1	Always
Vet'ion	454	100 (noted)	3/128
Vorkath	392; 732	15–20 (noted)	2 × 4/150
Zombie (Sepulchre of Death) (m)	159	1–3	Varies
Zulrah	725	12 (noted)	2 × 8/248

Changes

Date	Changes
20 September 2018 (update)	The value was changed from 110 to 160 so that it would appear above less valuable items when on the ground.
18 January 2018 (update)	The value was changed from 0 to 110 so that it would appear above vials when on the ground.
5 March 2015 (update | poll)	All dragon bone drops in the Wilderness are now noted if you have completed the Wilderness Elite Diary.

Trivia

• In Runescape Classic, Elvarg dropped dragon bones that free-to-play players could Telegrab once they defeated her. These bones were labelled as members object and could not be used unless the player was a member.