On a whim, I Googled for a guide to Soloing the King Black Dragon. Found several. Decided to try him. Put on all my prayer gear... Proselyte armor, the cape from Nomad's Requiem, etc. Grabbed a whip, a Dragonfire Shield, and a Fury. Stocked up my inventory. Summoned a Steel Titan.
Once I was as prepared as I could be, took a Games Necklace to the Wilderness Volcano, zipped across to the Lava Maze, and climbed down the ladder. Then, with great trepidation, I tiptoed into the King's lair, prepared to do an emergency evacuation if he turned out too dangerous.
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| Not so tough any more, are you? |
Ummm... okay, you're probably laughing at me right now. Yeah, he turned out to be no big deal. I used protect from Melee (actually, the Ancient Curses version). Boosted my stats with Turmoil, and killed him somewhere between 8 and 10 times before having to head back to the bank.
So, the King Black Dragon turned out okay. Couldn't ignore him while I read the forums... he could be fatal if you're not paying attention... but not too bad. I wound up enjoying fighting him. And he gave me some decent drops. I got 200 Yew logs, which is handy since I'm trying to raise my firemaking. Picked up a fair number of Fire and Air Runes. Odds and ends. Nothing great, but not a waste of time, either.
All in all, I should have tried him a lot sooner. Now maybe I can get a mounted King Black Dragon head for my Player Owned Home!
Update: The above blog was written after my first trip to the King. Before I even posted it, I went back and fought the King again. Mainly to get a picture or two for this blog. Much to my surprise, he dropped the KBD head! According to the Wiki page, the King Black Dragon heads are supposed to be extremely rare. I know about rare... it's taken weeks sometimes to get a whip drop sometimes. And I spent more than 2 months doing nothing but dragons to get a Draconic Visage. So, expected to be doing the King Black Dragon for a long time before getting the head... or heads? Anyway, got the heads. Fast.
Went to Canifis, got it stuffed.
Had to remove the Abyssal Demon Head first. I kind of hated to, but the KBD head is much cooler.
Once the Abyssal Head was gone, up went the King's heads. They look really awesome, and can talk to you. The whole conversation is kind of long, and very funny.
While I was snapping shots of the wall mount, one of my baby black dragons wandered into the shot. So you'll see him below as well:
I don't know if it's usually that easy to get the heads or not, having never heard any numbers, but for me? It took a grand total of 3 trips, slightly less than 30 kills. I'm pretty tickled!
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