Cockroach soldier

Cockroach soldier is the fourth strongest non-revenant, non-quest and non-random event monster in free-to-play, only to be beaten by Greater demons in the Wilderness and Ankous and level 85 Skeletons in the Stronghold of Security, This monster was released by Jagex on March 11, 2008 along with the Stronghold of Player Safety.

They use an somewhat accurate melee attack hitting up to 11. They also use a mage attack if attacked by long-ranged magic or ranged weapons, however it is inaccurate. They will not move towards you if you attack from a distance, similar to metal dragons (and like dragons, they take 4X4 squares of space).

Compared to level 82 Lesser Demons, these monsters have higher hitpoints and defence. Nonetheless these cockroach soldiers have much better drops for f2p players.

Since it is a new monster, the places are often very crowded with high-leveled players so it may be difficult to get a drop. Also players may find it almost impossible to solo-fight unless they are high-level players.

Weapons and Armour

 * Mithril med helm (uncommon)
 * Rune sq shield (rare)
 * Rune Scimitar (semi-rare)
 * Shield Left Half (extremely rare, member's only)
 * Dragon med helm (extremely rare, member's only)
 * Rune Chainbody (extremely rare)
 * [[Rune 2h sword]    (extremely rare)

Seeds (Member's only)

 * Ranarr Seed
 * Wildblood seed
 * Lantadyme Seed
 * Strawberry seed
 * Limpwurt seed
 * Watermelon seed
 * Spirit weed seed
 * Avantoe Seed
 * Snapdragon seed

Runes

 * 2-67 Fire runes
 * 1-26 Law runes (Fairly common)
 * 1-17 Death runes
 * 1-28 Blood rune's (Member's only)
 * 1-32 Nature rune's

Charms (Members only)

 * Gold charm
 * Crimson charm (Common)
 * Green charm
 * Blue Charm

Other

 * 5-345 coins
 * Uncut sapphire
 * Uncut emerald
 * Uncut ruby (semi-rare)
 * Uncut diamond (rare)
 * 2 or 3 noted mithril ore (common)
 * 1 noted adamantite ore (common)
 * 1 or 2 Mushroom (Member's only)
 * Half of a key (common, member's only)
 * Clue scroll (level 3) (Member's only)
 * red spiders' eggs (common, member's only)

Trivia

 * Cockroach soldiers have the highest hitpoints of any free-to-play monster, exceeding that of the level 92 Greater Demons and some Revenants.
 * Cockroach soldiers are the only f2p monsters to attack with 2 types of combat styles (Melee and range) outside the wilderness, other than Elvarg or Melzar the Mad.
 * The Cockroach soldier has been called a "Defence noob" by some players due to it's apparently high defence.
 * Since the first two days of the release, the reward has been greatly reduced on the third day onwards, for example, originally the soldier used to drop 6 mithril ores at one time, this was reduced to 2-3. Law runes used to be dropped at 35, death rune used to be dropped at 26.