Cave crawler

Cave crawlers are Slayer monsters that require level 10 slayer to kill. They drop a variety of Herblore related items and a few seeds. They are, however, poisonous, and have an extremely fast healing rate (approximately 10 life points per second) making them somewhat more dangerous than their combat level suggests. Level 23 cave crawlers are in fact not aggressive unlike their level 138 version.

When fighting the level 23 crawlers, a player shouldn't need much food; about 4-6 cakes (480 health-720 health healed) should do for a player with a decent defence level if an antipoison is consumed immediately upon being poisoned. The level 138 crawlers are a tougher challenge and require good healing abilities.

Cave crawlers are a great way to train herblore, dropping various herbs, vials of water, and some secondary herblore ingredients. Cave crawlers drop all the ingredients needed to make antipoison and Super antipoison potions (Unicorn horn dust, Grimy marrentill/Grimy irit which must be cleaned, and a vial of water) in case you didn't bring any. The unicorn horn dust, however, is not a common drop.

Cave crawlers are a popular delicacy amongst the Dorgeshuun cave goblins, who cut them into fillets and serve them on a large platter. The poisonous parts of them are presumably removed. Consequently, they are weak to all bone weapons, including Zanik's crossbow, which makes short work of most assignments.

In the quest Fur 'n' Seek, a cave crawler hide must be collected and cleaned for the Odd Old Man.

Locations

 * Fremennik Slayer Dungeon (level 23) - Recommended for slayer tasks and slaying in general. Many in one open space. (Fairy ring A-J-R)
 * Lumbridge Swamp Caves (level 23) - Recommended for slayer tasks for the nearness of a bank and for the fact that they drop White berries and rare herbs quite frequently. You need a light source, and a tinderbox and spiny helmet (or slayer helmet) are recommended. There are four cave crawlers at this location, also they respawn very quickly. Note: A rope is required for first-time entry, unless you've started The Lost Tribe quest, in which case these caves can be accessed from the Lumbridge cellar. (The entry must be opened with a pickaxe the first time, but is just to the south after you enter the cave goblin tunnels.)
 * Dorgesh-Kaan South Dungeon (level 23)
 * Pollnivneach Slayer Dungeon (level 138), after fighting the Monstrous cave crawler

Strengths and weaknesses
Cave crawlers poison fairly often so it is advised to use anti-poison potion when fighting them. Their poison is fairly powerful and will initially cause 80 damage. Drinking a super antipoison prior to engaging in combat with them will prevent being poisoned for a good amount of time. Even high level players are suggested to bring at least one antipoison, as the poison can kill you if you're not careful.

Note: If fighting cave crawlers in the Fremennik Slayer Dungeon, you can easily make antipoisons by obtaining the marrentill and vials of water as drops and killing a unicorn located near the entrance and using a pestle and mortar to grind the horn into unicorn dust.

The level 138 cave crawlers are in a multi-combat zone, and it is recommended that you use a dwarf multicannon and protect from melee to slay. However, a slayer task may use up to around 1500 cannonballs to complete using this method, and the prayer will not prevent poisoning. Level 138 Cave Crawlers are also considered large creatures so the Dragon halberd special will hit them twice making fighting them with melee in the Desert Slayer Dungeon easier with rocks to stand behind after they become tolerant.

Level 23 and 138 cave crawlers drop all of the required components for many potions such as Prayer potion (Vial of water, ranarr and snape grass) at a fairly regular rate, allowing players to stay in the area for longer. They also drop all the ingredients for both antipoison and super antipoison which is very handy considering the accuracy of their attacks, and therefore the frequency at which they cause poison. Some other useful potions made from their drops are Restore potion, Strength potion, Super strength potion, Super attack potion, Prayer potion and Super defence potion.

The level 138 cave crawlers have a special attack that negates any poison immunity the player may have acquired from potions or the spas at Oo'glog. This attack is similar to that of the Monstrous cave crawler in that it severely reduces the duration of any antipoison effect. Even with super antipoison, every second or third hit poisons the player. This special attack was recently added to the level 138 crawlers and makes it difficult for players to reduce their health to near 0, pray Protect from Melee, and use Dharok's set to get constant near-double damage. Many player believe this special attack was added to stop people easily obtaining ancient effigies from the level 138 cave crawlers. However, equipping an Anti-poison totem prevents the level 138 crawlers from using this attack, although the totem cannot be used in tandem with Dharok's set.

These are several safe spots. Simply hiding behind any rock works.Here is a very good safe spot, but is best used when they are tolerant, because they occasionally wander in through the gap at the top:



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Charms
Remember, this charm log is for the  level 23  Cave crawlers.

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Remember, this Charm log is for the  level 138 Cave crawlers.

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Rare drop table drops
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