| Dragon halberd | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Released | 20 September 2004 (Update) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Members | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Properties | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tradeable | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Equipable | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stackable | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Noteable | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Options | Wield, Drop | ||||||||||||||||||
| Examine | A dragon halberd. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Values | |||||||||||||||||||
| Value | 250,000 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| High alch | 150,000 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Low alch | 100,000 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 3.175 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Exchange | |||||||||||||||||||
| Exchange | 149,237 coins (info) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Buy limit | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Daily volume | 2,185 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Advanced data | |||||||||||||||||||
| Item ID | 3204 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Link | MOID | ||||||||||||||||||
The dragon halberd is a two-handed polearm and the third strongest halberd in Old School RuneScape, and can only be equipped with 60 Attack, 30 Strength, and completion of the Regicide quest. Like all halberds, the dragon halberd can attack at a range of 2 tiles, making it useful as a melee weapon type that can be used to safespot monsters.
Like most halberds, it has similar damage-per-second to its two-handed sword counterpart, due to bearing the same attack speed and similar combat stats. Specifically, compared to the dragon 2h sword, the dragon halberd trades 4 strength bonus in exchange for 3 additional slash attack bonus and some defensive bonuses, alongside the unique range bonus. Furthermore, its special attack, Sweep, also bears resemblance to the dragon 2h sword's special, Powerstab, because it hits multiple targets at once.
It can be purchased at Tyras Camp after completion of Regicide for 325,000 coins, looted from The Gauntlet, received as a drop from Zulrah, or obtained as an uncommon reward from Master Treasure Trails caskets.
As with most dragon equipment and all halberds, the dragon halberd cannot be made from raw materials using the Smithing skill.
Combat stats
 Attack bonuses |  |  | ||||
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| +70 | +95 | +0 | -4 | +0 | ||
 Defence bonuses | ||||||
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| -1 | +4 | +5 | +0 | +0 | ||
 Other bonuses | Slot | |||||
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| +89 | +0 | +0% | +0 | List | ||
| Combat style | Attack type | Weapon style | Attack speed | Range | Experience | Level boost | |
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 | Jab | Stab | Controlled | 7 ticks (4.2s) | 2 tiles |  | +1 Attack, Strength, Defence |
 | Swipe | Slash | Aggressive | | +3 Strength | ||
 | Fend | Stab | Defensive | | +3 Defence | ||
Special attack
The dragon halberd has a special attack called Sweep, consuming 30% of the player's special attack energy. In addition to a 10% damage boost, if used against "large" monsters (anything that is larger than 1x1, such as most Boss monsters), the special attack will deal an additional second hit onto them, although with 25% reduced accuracy. It can also hit 10 NPCs in a multi-combat area in a 3x1 area centred on the main target (unless it is used on an NPC larger than 1x1, in which case it will hit the target twice and ignore the rest of the NPCs). In PvP, it can only hit three players. This can deal very high damage in multi-combat situations where there are many enemies in close vicinity.
Sweep's accuracy rolls against the opponent's slash defence roll.
Item sources
| Source | Level | Quantity | Rarity |
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| Zulrah | 725  | 1 | 2 × 2/249 |
| Reward casket (master) | N/A  | 1 | 1/30.3 |
| Reward Chest (The Gauntlet) Regular | N/A | 1 (noted) | 2 × 1/24 |
| Reward Chest (The Gauntlet) Corrupted | N/A | 1–2 (noted) | 3 × 0.5/24 |
| Tarnished halberd | 64  | 1 | 1/10 |
Shop locations
| Seller | Location | Number in stock | Restock time | Price sold at | Price bought at | Change Per | Members |
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| Quartermaster's Stores | Tyras Camp | 5 | 5m |  325,000 | 100,000 | 3.0% |  |
| Iorwerth's Arms | Prifddinas | 5 | 5m | 375,000 | 62,500 | 1.0% | |
Products
| Item | Members | Skills | XP | Materials | |
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Used in recommended equipment
Special attack
| Rank | Method |
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| 2 | Zulrah/Strategies (Melee) |
| 2 | Maniacal monkey/Strategies (Melee with Hallowfell) |
| 3 | Slayer task/Nechryael (Magic) |
| 2 | Slayer task/Custodian stalker (Ranged) |
| 2 | Slayer task/Custodian stalker (Magic) |
| 4 | Gemstone Crab/Strategies (Melee (Obsidian)) |
| 4 | Gemstone Crab/Strategies (Melee (Blood Moon)) |
| 4 | Gemstone Crab/Strategies (Melee (Dharok's)) |
Changes
| Date | Changes |
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| 26 April 2019 |
Hotfix
The dragon halberd special attack was limited to three targets in PvP, to prevent unintentionally high experience rates.[1] |
| 7 June 2018 (Update) |
The dragon halberd's special attack used to only hit the main target on the central tile, but hit an unlimited amount of monsters on the two adjacent tiles. Now, it caps the maximum number of monsters to 10, but allows monsters standing on the same tile as the primary target to also be affected by the attack. |
| 26 – 31 January 2005 |
The item's inventory sprite was adjusted. |
Gallery (historical)
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| 20 September 2004 – 26-31 January 2005 |
26-31 January 2005 – present |
Trivia
- When equipped, the small dragon head on the backside of the halberd blade is the same colour as the handle, but within the inventory and when dropped, it is red like the blade.
References
- ^ Jagex. Old School RuneScape's Twitter account. 26 April 2019. Archived from the original on 28 May 2020. Old School RuneScape: "A hotfix has been deployed to cap the Crystal halberd, Crystal halberd (i), Dragon halberd, and Dragon two handed sword special attacks to hit a maximum of 3 players in PvP. This is to prevent players achieving unintentionally high xp rates while a long term fix is discussed."