Elite rune dragons appear occasionally while the player is killing regular rune dragons. When one appears, a flashing arrow will indicate where it is, and will fight the player only, unless three minutes have passed without the player attacking it, or if they teleport out of the area. When either of the conditions are met, any player can attack the elite rune dragon. The Kethsi ring and Kethsi outfit scroll is only dropped by Elite rune dragons. Slayer tasks have no effect on Elite rune dragons thus it is possible to obtain the boot upgrades or Kethsi drops whilst off task.