Metal Dragons

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Useful Items and unlocks

Items

⬥ Kethsi Ring     • Provides a 4% damage boost towards metal dragons, making it the BIS ring to use if owned.

Passives / Unlocks

⬥ Dragon slayer (perk)     • Increases damage and KPH. ⬥ Dragon slayer (sigil)     • Increases damage and KPH if slaying actively. ⬥ Death Note (relic)     • Useful for AFK looting valuable metal dragon bone.

Desirable Drops

⬥ Dragon Full Helm

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Mithril dragons - 1/8,192 (includes Chewed Bones chance)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Adamant dragons - 1/16,384

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⬥ Forcae's Journal pages

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Adamant and Rune dragons - 1/20

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ 20 are required for MQC

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⬥ Kethsi Ring

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Rune dragons - 1/1024 or 1/512 from elites

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⬥ Kethsi outfit scroll

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Rune dragons - 1/200 from elites only or guaranteed from 'Barry the Destroyer'

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Only 1 is required for the Slayer log

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⬥ Boot upgrades for Steadfast, Glaiven and Ragefire Boots

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Rune dragons - 1/768 on-task only

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Can also be found in Elite Dungeons with Lucky Charms

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Mithril Dragons

Mithril Dragons are often killed for their drops of Ancient Pages and Chewed bones/Dragon Full helm. You can obtain both all of these items in your PSD, making it a desirable AFK method and location for players hunting the Dragon Full Helm or the Barbarian Scavenger achievement.

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Stats

⬥ level: 1

⬥ XP per kill: 564.4

⬥ Optimal kills per hour: ~700-730

⬥ Optimal XP per hour: ~412k

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Location and Where to Stand

Due to bad respawn timers in habitat locations, it is highly recommended to kill Mithril Dragons in a large room in your PSD.

There is no precise positioning required as you may need to move for chewed bones to be in area loot range. Due to this, setting up an alt1 loot beam notifier is recommended if hunting for the Dragon Full Helm.

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Method - AFK Necromancy

⬥ Pray and /

⬥ Sustain with and

⬥ Ensure and are active

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Presets and Relics

⬥ AFK Necromancy

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Ability Bar

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Video Example

⬥ Necro AFK

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Adamant Dragons

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Stats

⬥ level: 1

⬥ XP per kill: 655.6

⬥ Optimal kills per hour: ~420

⬥ Optimal XP per hour: ~275k

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Location and Where to Stand

Place the on the yellow tile and stand under it as in the below image. If you're taking too much damage using , you can use an instead on the purple tile marked on the same map for a slower but safer experience.

0,6 teleport or metal dragon trinkets are a fast way to get to the location.

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Method - AFK Magic

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⚠️ Disclaimer

This method may not work after the combat changes made in Q1 of 2026

Know of a newer method/rotation? Got a video? Share it in Suggestions (external Discord)!

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⬥ Pray and /

⬥ Ensure and are active, with being on autocast

⬥ Sustain with

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Alternatively you can use and but this will reduce profits

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Presets and Relics

⬥ AFK Magic

Action Bar (Outdated)

Video Example

⬥ Magic AFK

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Rune Dragon

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Stats

⬥ level: 76

⬥ XP per kill: 2051

⬥ Optimal kills per hour: ~270

⬥ Optimal XP per hour: ~550k

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Location and Where to Stand

⬥ Travel to Kethsi via the World Gate

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Teleport to the Eagle's Peak Lodestone and run south, or

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Teleport directly to the World Gate with the

⬥ Place your on the yellow tile and stand on the red tile marked in the below image.

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Method: Ranged (AFK)

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You should kill all rune dragons around the statues when you initially arrive the spot to reset their spawn points. For the most part, 2-3 dragons should be the be targeting you at any time.

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⬥ Pray and /

⬥ Sustain with

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Can alternatively use + to use instead if sustain is a concern

⬥ The pillar often blocks area loot, so you may wish to use to loot without moving

⬥ Can replace with a Legendary Pet to pick up some drops

⬥ Set an Alt1 alert for Elite spawns if fully AFK as Elites often require manual intervention to prevent KO

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Presets and Relics

⬥ AFK Ranged

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Action Bar

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Video Examples

⬥ Legendary Pet

⬥ Ripper Demon

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