King Black Dragon

Combat 276 in a deep Wilderness lair, and an attack pattern that is dragonfire four times out of five.

The King Black Dragon is the 2006 endgame boss, and on Ashmarch it is still the first serious solo kill most accounts manage. It sits at combat level 276 with 240 hitpoints, in its lair beneath the deep Wilderness — which means the walk in is as dangerous as the dragon, because anything you bring can be taken from you by another player on the way.

How it attacks

The KBD picks its attack at random from five options: four coloured dragonfire breaths — red, green, white and blue — and one melee swing. So roughly four attacks in five are dragonfire and only one in five is melee, which is why a melee-focused defensive setup does much less for you here than the fight looks like it should reward.

The trip out

The lair is in the Wilderness, so you can be attacked going in and coming out. Take what you are willing to lose, keep a teleport that works above level 20 Wilderness in mind, and remember that the KBD's own drops are worth nothing to you if a PKer takes them off your corpse at the ditch.

Drop table

Taken straight from Ashmarch's own drop data. Rates are per kill on Regular mode with no drop-rate bonus.