Green dragons

Kill green dragons in the Wilderness for dragon bones and green dragonhide. A long-standing route for mid-level accounts.

MembersBeginnerHigh riskModerate attention

Green dragons are the classic Wilderness money maker, and the reason people still do them is that the requirements are almost nothing. An anti-dragon shield, a weapon you can already use and food is the whole setup.

The income is bones and hides — both stackable in a looting bag, both always in demand, neither dependent on a rare drop. That makes the rate predictable in a way most low-level combat is not.

The risk is entirely other players. The dragons themselves are slow and easy once you are protected from their breath; player killers are what end trips. Bring nothing you would mind losing and treat every trip as expendable.

There are safer alternatives in the members game, but nothing free-to-play pays comparably at this combat level. If you accept the losses as a cost of doing business rather than a disaster, the average across many trips is still good.

What you actually do

1Bank an antifire shield, food and a way out, then travel into the Wilderness dragon area.
2Kill dragons, picking up bones and hides — the hides are most of the value.
3Watch for other players constantly. This is Wilderness content and the risk is other people, not the dragons.
4Bank or teleport out before your inventory is full enough to be worth killing you for.

Getting the most from it

Take nothing you would mind losing. That is the whole risk management strategy here.
Bones and hides both sell. Dropping the bones to carry more hides is usually wrong at low levels.
The Wilderness lever and the teleport-out are your safety. Know where both are before you start.
Green dragons in members-only non-Wilderness areas exist and pay less but risk nothing — worth considering if you dislike PvP.