Gear Up

King Black Dragon Gear Setup

The gear that gives you the most damage for your GP at King Black Dragon, for your levels.

    An example for 70s in combat. Enter your name for your own levels.

    Good

    Rune crossbow with Diamond bolts (e)

    To buy
    61K GP
    Kill time
    1m 42s
    Damage taken
    0 HP
    if you pray right

    2.35 damage a second

    What more GP buys

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    Rapid with Eagle Eye and a ranging potion. Pray Protect from Melee.

    • WeaponRune crossbow9K GP
    • AmmoDiamond bolts (e)107 GP each
    • HeadGuthix coif28K GP
    • BodyBlack d'hide body7K GP
    • LegsBlack d'hide chaps3K GP
    • HandsBlack d'hide vambraces2K GP
    • FeetSnakeskin boots331 GP
    • NeckAmulet of glory11K GP

    Before you go

    What to bring for one kill with this setup.

    • 12 sharksor 239 HP of food
    • No prayer dosesUses about 68 prayer points. You have 70.
    • AntipoisonIt can poison you
    • Extended super antifireStops its dragonfire breath

    Prayer does most of the work. With no prayer, its normal hits would take about 370 HP a kill, and each one you miss can hit up to 25. Food covers the hits we count, missing 1 prayer in 5 and each attack below landing once. Gear with a prayer bonus makes prayer last longer.

    What prayer won’t stop

    • Fiery breathUp to 65Strong fire breath that hurts badly without fire protection.Use an anti-dragon shield and an antifire potion.
    • Toxic breathUp to 50Green fire breath that can poison you.Use fire protection and bring antipoison.
    • Shocking breathUp to 50Blue fire breath that lowers all your stats by 2.Use fire protection; restore stats if needed.

    From its OSRS Wiki page.

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    • PrayerDeadeye+3% damage
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    • QuestHorror from the Deep+1% damage
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    How Gear Up works
    • Damage uses the same formulas as the OSRS Wiki’s DPS calculator, with the best prayer you have and a potion boost.
    • We start from the cheapest weapon you can use. Then we keep adding the one buy that adds the most damage for its price.
    • Best value is where the curve bends: past it, each extra million buys much less damage. We find the bend with the Kneedle method on a log scale of GP.
    • Good is the best-value setup. Better is the strongest setup for up to 5 times its price (or 10M), and Best for up to 50 times (or 100M). We only show a tier when it kills at least a tenth faster than the one below it.
    • Slots left empty get a cheap piece for defence, marked “for defence”. It never lowers your damage, and its price is in the total.
    • Damage taken is the HP the monster’s normal attacks take off you each kill. We use the Wiki calculator’s formulas and assume you pray against the attack that hurts most.
    • When another setup loses at least a fifth less HP a kill (and 40 HP or more), we offer it as a safer setup. It stops at the last buy that saves at least a shark (20 HP) a kill. Ruby bolts are left out, since each one takes some of your own HP.
    • Kill counts on the hiscores tell us some things: a Jad kill means a fire cape, and a Vorkath kill means Dragon Slayer II. Quests aren’t on the hiscores, so tell us the ones that matter.
    • Before you go adds food for missing 1 prayer in 5, and for each attack prayer won’t stop landing once. We list those attacks from the Wiki for the hardest fights; for others, check the fight’s Wiki page. Prayer points assume no prayer bonus.
    • Not counted yet: thralls, blowpipe scales, prayer flicking and the cost of ammo and runes.

    Item and monster stats come from the OSRS Wiki DPS calculator, GE prices from the OSRS Wiki and levels from Wise Old Man.