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Lava dragon
Weak to water +50%
Best in slot
The best setup using every item in the game, at 99s with potions and the best prayer.
Magic
Best here
Accursed sceptre · Holy blessing
Melee
Ursine chainmace · Holy blessing
Ranged
Webweaver bow · Holy blessing
Other options by slot
The best magic pick for each slot and the next best options. Each percentage is the DPS you lose by swapping in just that item against Lava dragon.
Mechanics
They melee for up to 23 and breathe fire for up to 50 every 4 ticks.
They live on Lava Dragon Isle in level 36-42 Wilderness, where player killers are common, so bank every 10-20 minutes. 74 Agility lets you use the stepping stones to escape.
Which style: Magic, off their low Magic level. Water spells work well.
From the OSRS Wiki, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.
Inventory
At 18s a kill with the best-in-slot magic setup, a trip is more than 40 kills. Our suggestion: the OSRS Wiki's setups for Lava dragon list gear but no inventory. It is fought above level 30 Wilderness, where no teleport works, so the bag has no way home: get back to level 30 before you teleport.
Saturated heart
Boosts Magic by 13 for five minutes
Extended super antifire(4)
Stops its dragonfire completely
Stamina potion(4)
Run energy, for getting away from other players
Prayer potion(4)×4
Restores prayer, to keep your protection prayer up
Shark×21
Heals 20The wiki's own setups
Equipment and inventory as the OSRS Wiki's strategy page lists them, slot for slot. These are what people actually take; the solved kits above are what the maths prefers.
Magic
Ranged
Melee
What it drops
73 drops, with rates from the OSRS Wiki. Open this boss in the planner for what a kill is worth at today's prices.