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
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							2,245 coins (info)
Buy limit							7,500
Daily volume							5,827,349
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High Alchemy value: 96Weight: 1.5Value: 160Is members only: trueItem ID: 536

Dragon bones are associated with the Prayer skill, and are dropped by all adult dragons.

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.

Dragon bones give 72 Prayer experience when buried, 252 Prayer experience when offered at a gilded altar with 2 burners lit, or 288 Prayer experience when offered at the Ectofuntus.

Tips

• Almost all dragons, with the exception of baby dragons, lava dragons and Elvarg, drop dragon bones. Most dragons are strong opponents. However, green and blue are the weakest types of dragons, and dragon bones are mostly accumulated by killing them.
• Green dragons are the lowest level dragons in the game. They can be mainly found in various places in the Wilderness, where players may be attacked by player killers while fighting them to collect their bones.
• The high value of dragons' drops (bones plus hides every kill for chromatic dragons) makes dragon-hunting a highly profitable combat activity. Players can make 150K to over 450K coins per hour fighting green dragons, depending on how fast they can kill the dragons and bank the loot. About 75 to 100K can be made per run on dragons (depending on inventory space), and more if more valuable items are brought back as well.
• Baby dragons do not drop dragon bones. Instead, they drop babydragon bones.
• Burying dragon bones is not recommended; usually they are best used on a gilded altar.
• Dagannoth bones and ourg bones are faster ways to train Prayer than Dragon bones, but cost much more per Prayer experience point.
• While gilded altars give the fastest experience, some prefer to use the Ectofuntus due to the fact that gilded altars give 36 less experience per bone. Although it's slower, the Ectofuntus gives more experience per bone, decreasing costs, and eliminates the need to obtain marrentill and/or find a house party offering an altar.
• It is recommended to use an anti-dragon shield when fighting any dragon, as their fire breath attack can hit very high otherwise.

Drop sources

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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)	6/101
Barbarian Assault/Rewards	N/A	50–75	1/32
Black dragon	227; 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)	Uncommon
Cerberus	318	20 (noted)	5/128
Chaos Elemental	305	1	Uncommon
Dragon impling	83	50–100 (noted)	1/19
Dragon impling jar	N/A	50–100 (noted)	1/19
Elvarg	83; 214	1	Always
Green dragon	79; 88	1	Always
Grubby Chest	N/A	10 (noted)	Unknown
Hydra	194	3–5 (noted)	Uncommon
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)	Common
Steel dragon	246; 274	1	Always
Vet'ion	454	100 (noted)	Uncommon
Vorkath	392; 732	15–20 (noted)	4/150
Zombie (Sepulcher of Death)	159	1–3	Varies
Zulrah	725	12 (noted)	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.

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.

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