Lumbridge Swamp Caves



The Lumbridge Swamp Caves is a member-only, dangerous cave system located beneath the Lumbridge Swamp. It is home to a variety of slayer monsters and is also known as the "slayer cave", although there are also some friendly faces within.

Players can net fish for frog spawn in these caves. This requires level 33 Fishing. Players may also fish for slimy eels and cave eels. Players will need 28 Fishing to catch slimy eels and 38 to catch cave eels.

To enter, players should bring a light source (preferably not an 'open' light source like a candle), rope, a spiny helmet (purchased from slayer masters), antipoisons or super antipoisons, and a tinderbox. If players enter the caves without a light source bugs will rapidly bite them hitting 10-100 and can kill the player quickly depending on their life points.

Entrances
The main entrance to the caves is south of Lumbridge, between the water altar and the mining site. This is the most commonly used entrance. You will need a rope to enter. The minimap highlights the location of this entrance with an icon:. A spiny helmet is absolutely necessary when using this entrance, as there is a wall beast in between the entrance and the rest of the caves.

The basement of Lumbridge Castle houses another entrance to the caves, though players must have started The Lost Tribe quest to use this route. First break through the loose wall in the north-west corner of the cellar, then go south and mine through the wall there. Players need not wear a spiny helmet if they simply wish to visit the Tears of Guthix activity, as there are no wall beasts on the path there. You may want to be a level of at least 97 (beast levels are up to 119 so you may want to bring food).

Swamp gas
The caves contain swamp gas, which is highly flammable. In some areas, this will cause an open light source (such as a lit candle) to explode around ten seconds after being in the caves. This does 100 to 200 life points to the player's Life Points, depending on the Constitution level. It also extinguishes the candle, so players need to light it again using a tinderbox. For this reason, it is strongly recommended that players have a lantern.

In order to detect these areas, players can look on the walls between rooms. If a symbol is there, that means an open light source will explode. Players who still have the Goblin symbol book from The Lost Tribe may notice that the symbol represents one of the Goblin Tribes. The name of that tribe translates to "the flatulent".

Monsters
The following monsters are found in Lumbridge Swamp Caves:
 * Big Frog - level 24, a smaller and weaker version of a giant frog.
 * Cave Bug - level 7 Slayer required.
 * Cave Crawler - Level 10 Slayer required. These can poison players, so antipoisons or super antipoisons are recommended.
 * Cave Goblin - These are goblins which live underground.
 * Cave Slime - Level 17 Slayer required. These are poisonous walking blobs of slime, which are Slayer assignments. They also drop level 1 clue scrolls.
 * Giant Frog - Level 99. The toughest monster in these caves, although they are not aggressive.
 * Rockslug - Level 20 Slayer required, bags of salt needed to kill.
 * Wall Beast - Level 35 Slayer required, spiny helm needed for protection from attacks (there are holes in the wall where the beasts can attack you).
 * Insects, attacks if a player does not have a light source, after some seconds. They will reduce hitpoints really fast, 1-10x3 hitpoints in one second.

Personalities
The following non-player characters are found in Lumbridge Swamp Caves:
 * Juna - the guardian to the Tears of Guthix cave

Quests
The following quests involve Lumbridge Swamp Caves:
 * The Tears of Guthix quest and Distraction & Diversion take place entirely in the Lumbridge Swamp Caves.
 * The Lost Tribe quest is involved (as if players fail the maze, they will fall into the caves).
 * During the Death to the Dorgeshuun quest players must visit Juna.
 * Players visit these caves during Another Slice of H.A.M..
 * The Chosen Commander quest partly takes place in these caves.
 * Players might need to enter the caves to go further during the Wanted! quest (frog legs).
 * For the quest Rag and Bone Man players go down here to fight the level 24 frog, to get a leg bone.
 * During While Guthix Sleeps, players have to enter the caves to search for an Ancient Guthix Temple.

Trivia

 * If you try to locate a rune altar talisman in the caves, you'll receive a message in your chatbox: "The talisman doesn't seem to work here..."
 * If you speak to a cave goblin and you don't have any light source, if you have a cat he will give you a lit torch.
 * There was a bug where, if flying on the blue floaters, when teleporting while walking it looks like you are in need of a wheel chair.

Music
The following music tracks are unlocked or used in Lumbridge Swamp Caves:
 * The Lost Tribe
 * The Power of the Tears
 * Tears of Guthix
 * Cave of the Goblins