
They also use melee if the player is standing next to them. Thus, an anti-dragon shield, a Dragonfire shield, an antifire, or Super antifire potion, or the Protect from Magic prayer are essential when fighting them, as they can hit well over 1000 with their breath otherwise ( Resonance does work against their breath). They primarily attack with magic, by shooting a Fire Bolt spell at the player, as well as both close-range and long-distance dragonbreath. Prior to the 16 June 2016 update, ancient shards were lost upon death.Blue dragons are the second weakest of the chromatic dragons, but are still fairly powerful magic-class monsters.The exact formula is 1 2 3 ∗ ( 500 − h i t p o i n t s ), with the cap on hitpoints to treat anything with more than 400 hitpoints as if it had 400.Ĥ Rare (1/256.66) (1/253.33) (1/246.66) The drop rate of ancient shards (excluding Skotizo) is determined by the amount of hitpoints the monster has. Three shards provide 1,000 charges up to a maximum of 10,000. Three can be used with a darklight to create an arclight, a degradeable variant of the darklight that provides stats superior to the abyssal tentacle when used against demons. The Shallows - southeast corner with the King Sand Crabs.Reeking Cove - southern area with the deviant spectres.Dragon's Den - northwest corner with the brutal black dragons.Demon's Run - northeast corner with the lesser & black demons.They are used on the altar in the centre of the catacombs for quick transportation to several areas (and are consumed on use): Ancient shards are obtained from monsters found within the Catacombs of Kourend (excluding ghosts).
