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.

It is very easy to earn money here since it is a multi-combat meaning you can get high value drops without getting hit any damage.

They use an accurate melee attack hitting up to 10 rarely. Most players report being hit up to 8 damage, similar to Lesser Demons. They also use a range attack if it is attacked by a long-ranged magic or arrow, however it seems to be very inaccurate, hitting up to 1 only apparently. There appears to be no need to trap them, as it seems they do not attempt to close in and melee when attacked from a distance. Since these monsters have high defence, slash appears less effective vs these monsters; stab and crush seem more effective, crush slightly more so.

Compared to level 82 Lesser Demons, these monsters have higher hitpoints, defence, accuracy and strength. Nonetheless these cockroach soldiers have much better drops for f2p players (Rune med from lesser demons but much better rune items from these cockroach soldiers)

Weapons and Armour

 * Mithril med helm (uncommon)
 * Rune sq shield (rare)
 * Rune Scimitar (semi-rare)
 * Rune chainbody (extremely rare)
 * Shield Left Half (extremely rare)
 * Rune 2h (extremely rare)

Seeds

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

Runes

 * 2-67 Fire runes
 * 2 Cosmic runes (uncommon)
 * 1-30 Law runes (Fairly common)
 * 1-50 Death runes
 * 1-28 Blood runes

Charms

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

Other

 * 5-605 coins
 * Uncut sapphire
 * Uncut emerald
 * Uncut ruby
 * Uncut diamond
 * 3 noted mithril ore (common)
 * 1 noted adamantite ore (common)
 * 1 or 2 Mushroom
 * Half of a key
 * Clue scroll (level 3)
 * red spiders' eggs (common)

Trivia

 * Cockroach soldiers have the highest hitpoints of any free-to-play monster, exceeding that of the level 92 Greater Demons.