Gleason's Gielinor Guide

This fight takes place in an instance with a deathbank.

On death, you can pay Torfinn

100,000 to retrieve lost items.
Any unsafe death will delete all items left inside the deathbank. Any items left on the ground will be lost.

This article has a strategy guide.

All information on mechanics and strategy will be on this page.

Post-questDragon Slayer II
Vorkath

Released		4 January 2018 (Update)
Members		Yes
Combat level		732
Size		7x7
Examine		This won't be fun.
Combat info
Attribute		Draconic, Undead, Fiery
XP bonus		+0%
Max hit		30 (Magic) 32 (Ranged) 32 (Melee) 80 (Dragonfire) 121 (Dragonfire Bomb/Special) 41 (Rapid Fire/Special)
Aggressive		No
Poisonous		Yes (venom)
Attack style		Slash, Magic, Ranged, Dragonfire
Attack speed		5 ticks (3.0 seconds)
Slayer info
Slayer level		None
Slayer XP		750 xp
Category		Blue Dragons, Zombies, Bosses
Assigned by
Combat stats

750	560	308	214	150	308
Aggressive stats

+16	+0	+150	+56	+78	+0
Melee defence

+26		+108		+108
Magic defence

+240			40% weakness
Ranged defence

+26		+26		+26
Immunities
Poison		100% resistance
Venom		100% resistance
Cannons		Immune
Thralls		Immune
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Advanced data
Monster ID		8059,8061
Link		MOID

Vorkath

Released								4 January 2018 (Update)
Members								Yes
Race								Blue dragon
Quest								Dragon Slayer II
Location								Ungael
Options								Poke
Examine								Let sleeping dragons lie.
Advanced data
NPC ID								8059
Link								MOID

Vorkath (roughly translated as pathetic failure/weakling/runt in the dragonkin's language) is a draconic boss-monster first encountered during the Dragon Slayer II quest as the penultimate boss. Created by Zorgoth during the Fourth Age's Dragonkin Conflicts, the blue dragon is one of his subjects that has survived his experiments in the laboratory beneath the dragonkin fortress on Ungael. Despite its phenomenal strength, Zorgoth abandoned Vorkath due to its lack of aggression, leaving it as a 'distraction' for any humans that would stumble onto the island.

Vorkath is considered a blue dragon and zombie for the purpose of a Slayer task. As Vorkath is also undead, the Salve amulet and its variants will work on him. However, it does not stack with the Slayer helmet. Vorkath is also immune to recoil damage.

After completing Dragon Slayer II, players may fight Vorkath again, with increased stats and rewards.

Location

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
Ungael	392, 732		1	Show map

Vorkath can be found on the island of Ungael, in the centre of its crater. The island is accessible by talking to Torfinn the sailor on the third dock from west in Rellekka. It can also be accessed via the "Ungael" option on Torfinn or the "Travel" option on his Fremennik boat after travelling to Ungael for the first time.

Players can enter or exit the crater by climbing over ice chunks blocking the way.

Fight overview

Vorkath is able to use all three combat styles, though it can't use melee unless the player is standing next to it, including diagonally across. Similarly to the King Black Dragon, it makes use of three dragonfire types; a standard dragonfire, a venomous dragonfire, and a prayer-disabling dragonfire, which is a higher tier of dragonfire and thus requires better protection to maximize damage mitigation. The final common attack is a fireball it launches high in the air that must be dodged; it will instantly kill regardless of the player's dragonfire protection if directly struck, or deal an immense amount of damage if next to it, which is similarly unaffected by dragonfire protection.

After six normal/dragonfire attacks, it will use one of two special attacks and alternate between them (i.e., it will use one after 6 regular attacks, then the other after 6 more, and so on):

Freezing the player in place and summoning a Zombified Spawn that will approach the player and explode violently if not killed, dealing damage scaled to its health; at full health, it will deal 60 damage. Until the spawn is killed/explodes, Vorkath is immune to damage.
Launching acid pools around the area and rapidly spitting fireballs at the player that must be dodged or they will deal high damage. During this time, Vorkath has a flat 50% damage reduction.

Once Vorkath's health is depleted, it will return to its original unaggressive stance. It can immediately be reawoken for another battle.

Money making

The following money making guides are available for Vorkath:

Method	Hourly profit	Skills
Killing Vorkath (Toxic blowpipe)	2,451,646	90+ , recommended 80+ , , recommended 74+ for Piety and Rigour recommended Various others required for quests
Killing Vorkath (Dragon hunter crossbow)	3,612,471	90+ , recommended 80+ recommended 74+ for Rigour recommended Various others required for quests
Killing Vorkath (Dragon hunter lance)	4,018,645	90+ , , recommended 85+ recommended 70+ for Piety recommended Various others required for quests

Drops

The eight potential tiles for loot to be dropped in. The direction is facing north.

Drop rates are estimated based on 15,512,839 samples from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

Upon subduing Vorkath, the drops will be placed in one of eight different tiles surrounding Vorkath. The spot in which they are dropped are dependent on the player's position after the death animation finishes. For example, standing directly south of the boss (as indicated by the blue marker by Vorkath's head) will result in the loot being dropped on the blue tile marker. If the player was standing left from that marker, they would appear on the south-west corner tile instead, as indicated by the red marker.

In addition to the 100% drops, the player will also have two rolls on Vorkath's drop table, excluding tertiary items, which have only one roll. The displayed drop chances represent a single roll. Drops will remain on the ground for 3 hours or until the player leaves the instanced area.^[1]

The average Vorkath kill is worth 152,592.61. The average Vorkath kill while on a Konar task is worth 154,375.34. The average high alch value of a Vorkath kill is 39,177.91.

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Superior dragon bones	2	Always	39,108	192
	Blue dragonhide	2	Always	3,492	168

Weapons and armour

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Rune longsword	2–3	2 × 5/150	37,466–56,199	38,400–57,600
Rune kiteshield	2–3	2 × 5/150	63,994–95,991	65,280–97,920
Battlestaff	5–15 (noted)	2 × 4/150	39,790–119,370	21,000–63,000
Dragon battleaxe	1	2 × 2/150	119,538	120,000
Dragon longsword	1	2 × 2/150	59,187	60,000
Dragon platelegs	1	2 × 2/150	161,180	162,000
Dragon plateskirt	1	2 × 2/150	161,268	162,000

Runes

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Chaos rune	250–350	2 × 6/150	26,250–36,750	13,500–18,900
Death rune	200–300	2 × 6/150	37,600–56,400	21,600–32,400
Wrath rune	30–60	2 × 3/150	10,110–20,220	9,000–18,000

Dragonhide

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Blue dragonhide	25–30 (noted)	2 × 8/150	43,650–52,380	2,100–2,520
Green dragonhide	25–30 (noted)	2 × 7/150	38,250–45,900	2,025–2,430
Red dragonhide	20–25 (noted)	2 × 7/150	43,740–54,675	1,740–2,175
Black dragonhide	15–25 (noted)	2 × 7/150	53,985–89,975	1,350–2,250

Fletching materials

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Dragon bolts (unf)	50–100	2 × 8/150	127,550–255,100	4,200–8,400
Dragonstone bolt tips	11–25	2 × 5/150	4,268–9,700	4,400–10,000
Onyx bolt tips	5–10	2 × 4/150	40,615–81,230	3,000–6,000
Rune dart tip	75–100	2 × 3/150	82,200–109,600	7,875–10,500
Dragon dart tip	10–50	2 × 6/150	12,370–61,850	1,500–7,500
Dragon arrowtips	25–50	2 × 3/150	49,350–98,700	7,500–15,000
Diamond bolt tips	25–30	2 × 25/2,730	4,125–4,950	1,975–2,370
Emerald bolt tips	25–30	2 × 20/2,730	1,050–1,260	475–570
Ruby bolt tips	25–30	2 × 20/2,730	2,250–2,700	1,000–1,200
Dragonstone bolt tips	25–30	2 × 14/2,730	9,700–11,640	10,000–12,000
Onyx bolt tips	25–30	2 × 7/2,730	203,075–243,690	15,000–18,000
Sapphire bolt tips	25–30	2 × 5/2,730	225–270	250–300

Seeds

There is a 3/150 chance of rolling the tree-herb seed drop table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Ranarr seed	1	2 × 1/416.7	32,494	30
Snapdragon seed	1	2 × 1/112.3^{[d 1]}	46,297	36
Torstol seed	1	2 × 1/118.7^{[d 1]}	14,154	42
Watermelon seed	15	2 × 1/595.2	1,380	495
Willow seed	1	2 × 1/625	60	9
Mahogany seed	1	2 × 1/694.4	187	28
Maple seed	1	2 × 1/694.4	3,291	28
Teak seed	1	2 × 1/694.4	80	28
Yew seed	1	2 × 1/694.4	21,647	85
Papaya tree seed	1	2 × 1/892.9	1,217	69
Magic seed	1	2 × 1/1,136.4	75,638	253
Palm tree seed	1	2 × 1/1,250	17,085	152
Spirit seed	1	2 × 1/1,562.5	Not sold	0
Dragonfruit tree seed	1	2 × 1/2,083.3	150,370	258
Celastrus seed	1	2 × 1/3,125	17,077	324
Redwood tree seed	1	2 × 1/3,125	15,478	390

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 This item is rolled on both the main loot table as well as the tree-herb seed drop table. The effective chance is written here.

Shark drop table

There is a 4/150 (2.7%) chance of rolling the shark drop table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Raw shark	35–55 (noted)	2 × 3/300	24,220–38,060	3,570–5,610
Shark lure	70–110^{[d 1]}	2 × 3/300	16,030–25,190	420–660
Manta ray	35–55 (noted)	2 × 2/300	47,915–75,295	4,200–6,600

^ Only even-numbered quantities are dropped.

Other

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Adamantite ore	10–30 (noted)	2 × 7/150	5,610–16,830	2,400–7,200
Coins	20,000–80,000	2 × 5/150	20,000–80,000	20,000–80,000
Grapes	250–300 (noted)	2 × 5/150	20,000–24,000	0
Magic logs	50 (noted)	2 × 5/150	36,600	9,600
Dragon bones	15–20 (noted)	2 × 4/150	56,010–74,680	1,440–1,920
Diamond	10–20 (noted)	2 × 4/150	15,800–31,600	12,000–24,000
Dragonstone	2–3 (noted)	2 × 3/150	21,978–32,967	12,000–18,000
Wrath talisman	1	2 × 3/150	293	2

Rare drop table

There is a 5/150 chance of rolling the rare drop table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Nothing	N/A	2 × 1/165.35; Never^{[d 1]}	N/A	N/A
Coins	3,000	2 × 1/182.86	3,000	3,000
Uncut sapphire	1	2 × 1/768; 1/390^{[d 2]}	206	15
Loop half of key	1	2 × 1/190.51; 1/189.09^{[d 2]}	9,737	60
Tooth half of key	1	2 × 1/190.51; 1/189.09^{[d 2]}	9,917	60
Uncut emerald	1	2 × 1/1,536; 1/780^{[d 2]}	416	30
Uncut ruby	1	2 × 1/3,072; 1/1,560^{[d 2]}	1,011	60
Runite bar	1	2 × 1/768	12,185	3,000
Nature rune	67	2 × 1/1,280	9,112	7,236
Rune 2h sword	1	2 × 1/1,280	37,862	38,400
Rune battleaxe	1	2 × 1/1,280	24,603	24,960
Law rune	45	2 × 1/1,920	5,490	6,480
Death rune	45	2 × 1/1,920	8,460	4,860
Steel arrow	150	2 × 1/1,920	1,350	1,050
Rune arrow	42	2 × 1/1,920	1,848	10,080
Adamant javelin	20	2 × 1/1,920	1,060	1,920
Rune sq shield	1	2 × 1/1,920	22,613	23,040
Dragonstone	1	2 × 1/1,920	10,989	6,000
Silver ore	100 (noted)	2 × 1/1,920	6,700	4,500
Nature talisman	1	2 × 1/8,192; 1/4,160^{[d 2]}	159	2
Uncut diamond	1	2 × 1/12,288; 1/6,240^{[d 2]}	2,455	120
Rune kiteshield	1	2 × 1/3,840	31,997	32,640
Dragon med helm	1	2 × 1/3,840	56,692	60,000
Rune spear	1	2 × 1/4,053.77; 1/470.35^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	11,769	12,480
Rune javelin	5	2 × 1/24,576; 1/12,480^{[d 2]}	650	1,200
Shield left half	1	2 × 1/8,107.55; 1/940.7^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	65,429	66,000
Dragon spear	1	2 × 1/10,810.06; 1/1,254.27^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	37,749	37,440

^ The "nothing" drop is removed while wearing a ring of wealth.
^ ^2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 The drop rate is increased while wearing a ring of wealth due to the "nothing" drop being removed.
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Reduced chance of dropping if Legends' Quest has not been completed: reduced by 1% with and by 2% without wearing a ring of wealth.

Tertiary

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Scaly blue dragonhide	1	1/10	424	60
Vorkath's head	1	1/50^{[d 1]}^[3]	Not sold	N/A
Brimstone key	1	1/50^{[d 2]}	Not sold	N/A
Clue scroll (elite)	1	1/65^{[d 3]}^{[d 4]}^[3]	Not sold	12
Dragonbone necklace	1	1/1,000^[3]	124,594	48,000
Jar of Decay	1	1/3,000^[3]	60,377	0
Vorki	1	1/3,000^[3]	Not sold	N/A
Draconic visage	1	1/5,000^[3]	3,258,862	450,000
Skeletal visage	1	1/5,000^[3]	12,068,875	900,000

^ In addition to having a 1/50 chance to drop, players will always receive Vorkath's head on their 50th Vorkath kill.^[a]
^ Brimstone keys are only dropped while on a Slayer task given by Konar quo Maten.
^ The elite clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/61 after unlocking the elite Combat Achievements rewards tier.
^ Clue scrolls will drop as scroll boxes after the completion of X Marks the Spot.

Collection log

Vorkath has 6 collection log items. Vorkath's head is guaranteed to drop on the 50th kill.

Item	Collections	Comp%
Draconic visage	King Black Dragon, Vorkath, Slayer	7.6%
Vorkath's head	Vorkath	47.4%
Vorki	Vorkath, All Pets	4%
Skeletal visage	Vorkath	2.3%
Jar of Decay	Vorkath	3.5%
Dragonbone necklace	Vorkath	8.4%

Combat Achievements

There are 11 Combat Achievement tasks (totalling 55 points) available for Vorkath.

Name	Description	Type	Tier	Comp%
Stick 'em With the Pointy End	Kill Vorkath using melee weapons only.	Restriction	Elite (4 pts)	25.6%
Vorkath Veteran	Kill Vorkath 50 times.	Kill Count	Elite (4 pts)	45.2%
Zombie Destroyer	Kill Vorkath's zombified spawn without using crumble undead.	Restriction	Elite (4 pts)	21.9%
Dodging the Dragon	Kill Vorkath 5 times without taking any damage from his special attacks and without leaving his area.	Perfection	Master (5 pts)	10.5%
The Walk	Hit Vorkath 12 times during the acid special without getting hit by his rapid fire or the acid pools.	Mechanical	Master (5 pts)	12.4%
Vorkath Speed-Chaser	Kill Vorkath in less than 1 minute and 15 seconds.	Speed	Master (5 pts)	20.6%
Vorkath Master	Kill Vorkath 100 times.	Kill Count	Master (5 pts)	33.5%
Extended Encounter	Kill Vorkath 10 times without leaving his area.	Stamina	Master (5 pts)	8%
Vorkath Speed-Runner	Kill Vorkath in less than 54 seconds.	Speed	Grandmaster (6 pts)	5.9%
Faithless Encounter	Kill Vorkath without losing any prayer points.	Restriction	Grandmaster (6 pts)	14.5%
The Fremennik Way	Kill Vorkath with only your fists.	Restriction	Grandmaster (6 pts)	9.5%

Changes

Date	Changes
30 June 2026 (Update)	Transformation rings can no longer be used to avoid Vorkath's freeze attack.
25 June 2025 (Update)	Vorkath now has a 40% elemental weakness to fire spells. Vorkath's manta ray drop rate was lowered, with the removed drop rate being replaced by raw sharks and shark lures. The amount of chaos runes Vorkath drops was lowered from 650-1000 to 250-350. The amount of death runes Vorkath drops was lowered from 300-500 to 200-300.
17 May 2023 (Update \| poll)	Scaly blue dragonhide was added as a tertiary drop to the drop table with a rate of 1/10.
22 November 2018 (Update)	Vorkath's 10-30 noted crushed nests drop was removed from its drop table.
8 January 2018 (Update)	Maximum damage dealt to Vorkath during acid attack phase is now reduced by 50% instead of 75%. Vorkath's base Defence was reduced to discourage leaving when Defence draining special attacks fail. Standard drops were improved and players now roll the standard loot twice Lowered the quantity of certain items dropped in one roll and increased the drop weighting of certain items. Vorkath's initial special attack will now be randomly selected between the poison-pool and freeze attack. Antifire and Extended antifire potions have had their effectiveness reduced against Vorkath. In-game loot broadcasts have now been added to Vorkath's drops.
5 January 2018 (Update)	Damage to Vorkath during acid attack phase was reduced by 75%. Salve amulet now works on Vorkath. Post-quest form's Hitpoints reduced to 750 and quest form's Hitpoints increased to 460.
4 January 2018	Hotfix Shortly after release, the post-quest form's Hitpoints were increased from 640 to 1,000.

Gallery

Artwork of Vorkath.
Pre-release model of Vorkath.
Pre-release model of Vorkath.
Pre-release walking animation of Vorkath.
Pre-release animation of Vorkath coming back to life.
The Vorkath Steam Trading Card.

Trivia

Vorkath's sleeping examine is a reference to the phrase "let sleeping dogs lie", which means to avoid interfering with situations where nothing is currently wrong.
Vorkath had a festive override wearing a Santa hat during the 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 Christmas events.
Vorkath is the second piece of content conceived in Old School RuneScape that went on to be used in RuneScape 3. Like in Old School RuneScape, Vorkath is an undead dragon created by Zorgoth on Ungael, but was disposed of due to lack of aggression. It was later raised from the dead by Zemouregal to be used as a weapon to attack Fort Forinthry in the Battle of Forinthry. Unlike in Old School RuneScape, Vorkath has all four of its legs intact, due to the technical limitations of rigging a fluid 3-legged dragon.
- RuneScape 3's Vorkath, in normal mode, has 750,000 lifepoints, equal to 7,500 hitpoints in Old School RuneScape, meaning the Old School RuneScape version of Vorkath has 10 times less health than its RuneScape 3 counterpart.

Notes

^ It is not possible to receive two heads on the 50th Vorkath kill, that is to say to receive Vorkath's head as a random loot drop in addition to the guaranteed one.^[2]

References

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 7 August 2023. Archived from the original on 10 August 2023. Mod Ash: "I believe those are 180 mins. This is not universal across all instances, but it's been enabled for quite a few repeatable boss rooms."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 17 July 2023. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Mod Ash: "[Is it possible to receive two Vorkath heads on the 50th kill (one head from the guaranteed drop, the other head from a hitting the 1/50 roll)?] No, there's only a single roll, with its RNG skipped for the 50th kill."
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 Old School RuneScape. "Vorki/Rune/Addy Dragon Drop Rates Revealed! - OSRS Q&A" (in 57:42). YouTube video. 10 January 2018.