Will the High Dragon ever respawn?

[Ryum]

I am fairly new to the game. Most of my characters are 9 to 11 I just finished off Kolgrim, and did some fights against the dragon. I think I could beat it, but I then I thought about it, and didn't want to kill this dragon this early on and get the dragon scale gear for a lvl 11 tank. Does the dragon ever come back so you can slay it again, or is it just a one time deal. If it is a one time deal, when is the best time to kill it?

[Stormwind32]

Once you kill the dragon, it never respawns. The level or quality of the unique items it drops are unaffected by level because they are unique. The rest of the items are more or less generic, and would be affected. You could wait, but the dragon armor made from the scale is pretty good and you will have to do without it until you kill it. I usually keep the three items I mentioned and just sell off the rest. But no matter what level you are, the unique items will be made of the same material and have the same stats.

 

Oh I just remembered some of the generic items like the Grandmaster Flame rune it drops is the same regardless of level. You turn in the dragon scale at wade's and he gives you a choice to make medium armor, heavy armor or massive armor. The best thing about wade's dragon armor is the stamina and fatigue bonuses (plus the fire resistance). Really good for 2-handed warriors. Overall, its good enough to last you until the end of the game. Do some research on which armor type you want before you hand it in. If you hand in 3 drake scales first and give him 10 sovereigns, then when he makes the dragon armor (for free) you get superior dragon armor. At least that is how it works for me.

 

 

TL;DR If you plan to use every single item drop for yourself, wait until level 16. You can still complete the quest and come back for the dragon later in the game. Just be sure to hold on to Kolgrim's Horn. The neat stuff that drops will always drop regardless of level.

[Ryum]

Yeah I have turned in the drake scales in twice already. I figured the best thing to do when I do get the dragon scale is to get the massive armor. My tank would take a while to be able to wear it (once I get enough points to put into STR) but after that he'd be set for his tank gear from then on out.

I did turn in the 10 sovereigns and have a regular drake scale armor set and a superior drake scale armor set. Having the tank and my melee dpser in fire resist gear is why I think I'll be able to drop that dragon.

 

My main character is a mage so it doesn't seem there is much in it for that character. One reason I'd just like to get it out of the way. Do you know anywhere someone as posted that dragon's loot table?

If there is something good for a caster on his loot table I'd like to make sure I get that from him, and if not I can just load in from before the fight and try again.

[Stormwind32]

I killed it again like 30 minutes ago...too bad I didn't screen shot the loot. I did not notice anything for spell casters in the dragon loot. In the entire quest 2 items stand out as mage-items:

 

Lifedrinker - For blood mages, its +4 spell power - its in an egg in the one of the Drake rooms (I believe the one that is near the Arcane Warrior enemy)

 

Belt of the Magister Lords - +3 spell power - Its in the charred corpse in the room sacred ashes room.

 

The loot that the dragon itself drops will be, with some minor variation:

 

The Longsight - leather helment with some sort of fatigue or stamina bonus

Generic Heavy Plate set - includes helment, gloves, chest piece, boots. Material will be based on level when you kill it. At level 15 it was red steel

Generic Metal Kite Shield

Metashear War Axe - Nice 2H axe, but has -1 dex penalty

Pure female dog Braid - This is the best collar for the Dog in game. In case the board censored it, its the term for female dogs that rhymes with 'witch'

Grandmastar flame rune

Deadhead Charge? Cant remember the name exactly but thats whats in my head. I cant remember exactly what it does but it comes with a -10% nature penalty

Grandmaster Flame Rune

Dragon Scale

Antivan Longbow - this is just generic. Mage's Eye which is in a locked chest in the haven village shop is better

 

Thats all about I can recall from memory. I know of no unique items that are random drops on the dragon (unlike Gaxkang/Sophia, whom you have to reload several times to get the good stuff).

 

I just remembered - the Dragon does drop Storm Talons, they are mage-only gloves that add 20% electrical damage

[Ryum]

Okay, so the high dragon has a static loot table?

 

I am about to try and take it on so will see if I can down it or not.

[Stormwind32]

Yes, from the dozens of times I have killed it, I can tell it is static. The only difference is in the quality of the generic items. So the plate armor might be 'red steel' or a different material based upon your level.