Queen Black Dragon Guide (using minimal gear is included)

Hey guys! Wea1th here with a very very very (very) asked for guide. Hope you guys enjoy it and i really hope it helps you slaughter the beast within the Grotworm Lair.



The Queen Black Dragon is a level 220 solo boss monster and is one of the toughest monsters.

She utilises many attacks and is a very complex boss with consistent attacks and very dangerous KO moves!

The main reason players fight here is for her sought-after loot. Her drops are very valuable as she very commonly drops items such as torstols, rune ores, etc. As well as a pile of dragon bones and royal d'hide every kill. These drops stack up fast and can make very profitable cash very quickly. However, there is a chance that after every kill, you might get what PvM is all about - a rare drop. Luckily, her valuable drops aren't too rare!

Her most valuable drops include:

Royal Crossbow Pieces: (prices are of time i made guide)

• Royal Bolt Stabilizer:  174,952gp (Uncommon drop)
  
• Royal Torsion Spring: 167,217gp (Uncommon drop)
  
• Royal Sight: 163,068gp (Uncommon drop)
  
• Royal Frame: 152,267gp (Uncommon drop)
  

Dragonbone Upgrade Kit: 27,752 (Rare drop) (1 in 104 kills approx.)
Dragon Kiteshield: 372,056gp (Rare drop) (1 in 192 kills approx.)
Draconic Visage: 1,586,895gp (Rare drop) (1 in 96 kills approx.)

Other Drops:

Item                      Quantity              Rarity

Dragon Bones            8                     Always
Royal Dragonhide       5-7                 Always
Royal Bolts               70-100             Always
First Dragonkin Journal     1               Always ¹
Second Dragonkin Journal   1              Common ²
Third Dragonkin Journal      1              Uncommon ³
Fourth Dragonkin Journal     1             Rare ⁴
Death Runes           500                     Common
Blood Runes            500                    Uncommon
Rocktail                   4-10                  Common
Saradomin Brew (2)    4-10               Common
Super Restore (2)        4-10              Common
Runite Ore               30                    Uncommon
Coal                         300       Uncommon(Always dropped with Adamantite ore)
Adamantite ore             50        Uncommon(Always dropped with Coal ore)
Uncut Dragonstone         5               Uncommon
Yew Logs                       300(Noted)      Uncommon
Magic Logs                  120(Noted)         Uncommon
Onyx Bolt Tips             30                     Uncommon
Grimy Lantadyme        50                     Rare
Grimy Torstol               10                    Uncommon
Snapdragon Seed         5                     Common
Torstol Seed                 1                     Rare
Magic Seed                  1                       Rare
Coins              150,000 or 200,000          Uncommon
Starved Ancient Effigy         1                 Very Rare

Charms (3 charms are dropped at a time):
No charms:   59-62% of the time
Gold charms: 10-12% of the time
Green Charms: 5-6% of the time
Crimson Charms: 4-5% of the time
Blue Charms: 17-19% of the time


^1,2,3,4: Journals are received from First-Second-Third-Fourth, every one a little rarer then previous. Can only get each one as a drop once. First journal is a guaranteed drop from first kill.


Information on QBD:

-Located in Grotworm Cave
-Level 220
-CANNOT be killed as a team, you must solo
-4 phases of 36k LP each, giving her a total amount of 144k
-Will result in a very quick death if not adequately prepared
-On average, drops 200k's worth of rewards every kill
-Only way to leave her lair is through teleportation, death, or victory



^Sorry but it isnt showing the right side of the picture hopefully you guys can figure out how to get there from the Port Sarim Lodestone.



-Access to super antifires is recommended
-85+ Magic (you may try other styles, but by past experience, magic works best. Feel free to use the highest leveled combat stat, but I have achieved great success with magic)
-85+ Defence
-67+ Summoning (60 is required to be able to enter the lair, but without high tier gear/levels, a war tortoise is needed to bring more food. You could, however, attempt with a terrorbird, but that would mean less food)
-40+ Prayer

It is a great help to have:

-85+ Attack & Strength (in Magic if your primary attack style is Ranged or Melee, covered later on in the guide)
-70+ Prayer
-50+ Agility, for shortcut to the lair
Some bossing experience
Song from the Depths quest

Killing the QBD is much easier then you think. Even at very low stats. Knowing what you are doing can get you 4-6 minute kills.



Ranged Setup:

Weapon - Chaotic crossbow/ Karil's Pistol Crossbow/ Dragon Crossbow
Shield - Dragonfire Shield (Ranged)/ Anti-dragon Shield
Helmet - Armadyl Helmet/ Morrigan's Coif/ Karil's Coif/ Royal d'hide Coif
Body - Armadyl Chestplate/ Morrigan's Leather Body/ Karil's Body/ Royal d'hide Body
Legs - Armadyl Plateskirt/ Morrigan's Leather chaps/ Karil's Legs/ Royal d'hide chaps
Boots - Armadyl Boots/ Spined Boots/ Ranger Boots/ Snakeskin Boots
Ammunition - Royal Bolts/ Onyx Bolts(e)/ Rune Bolts/ Broad Tipped Bolts
Cape - Ava's Device/ Skill cape/ Soul wars Cape
Gloves - Armadyl Gloves/ Royal d'hide Vambraces/ Barrows Gloves
Ring - Archer's Ring (i)/ Onyx Ring (i)/ Archer's Ring
Aura - Vampyrism/ Penance
Necklace - Saradomin's Murmur/ Amulet of Ranging/ Amulet of Fury/ Amulet of Glory
Pocket - Sign of Life/ Scrimshaw of Ranging/ Scrimshaw of Vampyrism/ Scrimshaw of Cruelty


This is the Recommended Ability Bar for using Ranged. Of course you will most likely not have dreadnips but exchange that ability bar slot for anything that you think you might need.


Melee Setup:

Weapon: Chaotic Rapier/ Chaotic Longsword
Shield: Dragonfire Shield/ Anti-dragon Shield
Helmet - Barrows (Torags/guthans/veracs/Dharoks)/ Bandos Helmet/Helm of Nietznot
Body - Barrows (Torags/guthans/veracs/Dharoks)/ Bandos Chestplate/ Dragon Platebody
Legs - Barrows (Torags/guthans/veracs/Dharoks)/ Bandos Tassets/ Dragon Platelegs
Boots - Ganodermic Boots/ Bandos Boots/ Dragon Boots
Ammunition - N/A
Cape - Tokhaar-Kal (Kiln Cape)/ Fire Cape/ Skill Cape
Gloves - Ganodermic Gloves/ Bandos Gloves/ Barrows Gloves
Ring - Warrior Ring (i)/ Onyx Ring (i)/ Warrior Ring/ Berserker Ring (i)/ Berserker Ring
Aura - Vampyrism/ Penance
Necklace - Saradomin's Whisper/ Amulet of Fury/ Amulet of Glory
Pocket - Sign of Life/ Scrimshaw of melee/ Scrimshaw of Vampyrism/ Scrimshaw of Cruelty


This is the recommended Ability Bar for melee users. Again, you dont need dreadnips on the bar if you dont want. Exchange that for any other ability/ item that you think you would want on your bar.


Magic:

Head - Full Slayer Helm (if on slayer task)/ Ganodermic Visor/ Ahrim's Hood/ Batwing Hood
Body - Ganodermic Poncho/ Ahrim's Robe Top/ Batwing Body
Legs - Ganodermic Leggings/ Ahrim's Robe Skirt/ Batwing Legs
Gloves - Ganodermic Gloves/ Gloves of Subjugation/ Culinaromancer's Gloves 10/ Dragon Gauntlets
Boots - Ganodermic Boots/ Boots of Subjugation
Cape - Skillcape (t)/ Skillcape/ God Cape/ Obsidian Cape
Ring - Seer's Ring (i)/ Onyx ring (i)/ Seer's Ring/ Berserker Ring
Amulet - Arcane Stream/ Saradomin's Hiss/ Amulet of Fury/ Amulet of Glory
Aura -  Vampyrism/ Penance
Pocket - Sign of Life/ Scrimshaw of melee/ Scrimshaw of Vampyrism/ Scrimshaw of Cruelty

Staff (For DPS(damage per second)):
Weapon -  Polypore Staff/ Armadyl Battlestaff/ Staff of Light
Spell - Polypore Strike/ Best Surge Spell/ Blood spells if you want to spend the money

Wand (For safer kills but less DPS):
Weapon -  Wand of Treachery/ Master Wand
Shield - Dragonfire Shield (Magic)/ Anti-dragon Shield
Spell - Best Surge Spell/ Blood spells if you can afford


This is the recommended Ability Bar if you are using magic. And like all others feel free to switch it up a little.



Basic attacks:

---Ranged attack---
She can always attack you with ranged, no matter where you are standing.
It is an accurate - hard hitting straight up nothing special ranged attack.
You will be advised to pray range when using super antifires.

---Melee attack---
Her melee attack is not too accurate but can hit VERY hard (upwards to 2000).

Special Attacks:

---Fire wall---
Every now and then, you will get a message in your chatbox saying The queen black dragon takes a huge breath. This signals she is about to use the fire wall attack. Depending on her phase, she will throw out 1-3 fire walls that come at you with 1 square free of fire, reminiscent of the one used by Char during The Firemaker's Curse quest. It is best to try and avoid these, as they deal rapid damage. There are only 3 spots where the free block can be, so memorize them all. If you cannot make one, it is best to run through it to take minimal damage.


---Dragon Breath---
Simple dragon breath attack. Exposure without dragonfire protection will result in devastating effects. She will use this often and NOTHING can full protect against it. Cannot be avoided.


---Extreme Dragon Breath---
On the 4th and final phase, you will sometimes get the message The Queen Black Dragon gathers her strength to breathe extremely hot flames. When you get this message it is advised to run to the sides ASAP as she will use a very powerful dragonfire attack that lasts for 3 hits. Standing in the middle even with dragonfire protection will result in 3 hits of 1950. This can easily kill a player at high health. Standing at the side will reduce this to 450.


---Tortured Souls---
Perhaps one of her deadliest attacks, depending on what phase you are on, the QBD will often summon 1,2 or 4 tortured souls. The warning for this is purple in your chatbox and says The queen black dragon summons one (Several) of her captive, tortured souls. The tortured souls will appear in different spots depending on what phase the dragon is on, and right when they spawn they will spawn a black cloud with them that will follow the player until it hits something. These cloud do around 1000 damage each and if the soul is not killed quick enough it will continue to summon these clouds. The only way to avoid these clouds are to run it back into the souls. If succesful in doing so, the cloud will damage the soul instead of the player. The souls have about 1750 health each. Here is the spawn system - Phase 1 - The soul will always spawn 1 block west of the player. Phase 2 - 1 soul will spawn 1 block east, the other 1 block west. Phase 4 - The 4 souls will spawn diagonal to you unless you are against a wall, so it is highly advised to stay away from the water and go diagonal when they spawn. My best advice is that you should practice getting ready to run the cloud back into the soul as you see the message, you will get the hang of it!
1-3 phase do this: (click when you see them say something)

4th phase do this:


---Time Stop---
On the last phase, when she spawns tortured souls. One will teleport to the corner if not killed quick enough and start talking. If this soul is not killed within 10 seconds, the player will be completly frozen where they are for 7 seconds, unable to move, eat, teleport, anything. The QBD will remain unfrozen and continue to use her attacks.
The soul will look like this:

This is what it looks like if you get timestopped:


---Heal---
After phase 3, if the souls are not killed quick enough she may start healing from them. The souls will lose 20 health every game tick while the queen gains 40. If there are no souls she cannot heal so it is advised to kill the souls as fast as possible.
This is what it looks like:


---Grot Worms---
After every phase, the queen will spawn giant worms which will attack with magic until the correct artefact is active. She spawns them pretty quick so it is advised to activate the artifact as quickly as possible.
This is her spawning a Grot worm:


---Platform---
You are required to walk over platforms to get to the last 3 artifacts. If you take too long to step off the platforms will get dealt 1500 damage.

---Carapace---
In phases 3 and 4 the Queen Black Dragon might harden her carapace, weakening all melee and ranged damage dealt to her, while increasing all magic damage dealt to her.
This message shows up when this is happening:
The Queen Black Dragon hardens her carapace; she is more resistant to physical damage, but more vulnerable to magic
This is what it looks like when she does this:


---Crystals---
The queen black dragon might focus on the consistensy of her crystals, weakening all mage damage dealt to her, while increasing all ranged and melee damage dealt to her.
This message shows up when this is happening:
The Queen Black Dragon takes on the consistency of crystal; she is more resistant to magic, but weaker to physical damage
This is what she looks like when she does this:


Artifact Order:
Activate the artifacts in this order:

Stand on the west side of the first artifact throughout the kill.

So that’s it for my guide guys, I really hope you enjoyed.. and have a nice day!
Example of loot from QBD:


End kill message: