Cave crawler

For the variant encountered in Daemonheim, see Cave crawler (Dungeoneering).

OS

Level 53Level 74Level 78

Cave crawler

Release	26 January 2005 (Update)
Members	Yes
Examine
A spiky crawling critter.
Combat info
Level	LP	XP	XP
53	1,900	95.4	31.4
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
5 / 3 / 1
Aggressive		Poisonous
		???
Slayer
Level	XP	Category
10	24.5	Cave crawlers
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
0	152	0	0
Style		Speed
		4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
1 38 1 Accuracy 0 590 0
Defensive
Armour		Weakness
590	38
Affinities
90	65	55	45
Immunities

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Defined properties:

All Life points: 1,900 Life points1: 1,900 All Life points: 2,650 Life points2: 2,650 All Life points: 2,800 Life points3: 2,800 All Slayer experience: 24.5 Slayer experience1: 24.5 All Slayer experience: 49.5 Slayer experience2: 49.5 All Slayer experience: 57.6 Slayer experience3: 57.6 All Combat experience: 0 Combat experience: 0 All Combat experience: 95.4 Combat experience1: 95.4 All Combat experience: 192 Combat experience2: 192 All Combat experience: 221.7 Combat experience3: 221.7 All Release date: 26 January 2005 Release date1: 26 January 2005 All Release date: 26 January 2005 Release date2: 26 January 2005 All Release date: 5 June 2008 Release date3: 5 June 2008 All Combat level: 53 Combat level1: 53 All Combat level: 74 Combat level2: 74 All Combat level: 78 Combat level3: 78 All Is members only: true Is members only: true All NPC ID: 16001601 NPC ID1: 16001601 All NPC ID: 16021603 NPC ID2: 16021603 All NPC ID: 7787 NPC ID3: 7787

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Cave crawlers are Slayer monsters that require level 10 Slayer to kill. They drop a variety of Herblore related items and seeds. They are poisonous and have a fast healing rate (approximately 10 life points per second). Level 78 cave crawlers have a much higher chance of dropping herbs and seeds than the level 53 and 74.

Cave crawlers are a popular delicacy amongst the Dorgeshuun cave goblins, who cut them into fillets and serve them on a large platter. 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 53 & 74) -Fairy ring AJR
• Lumbridge Swamp Caves (level 53 & 74) - You need a light source, and a tinderbox and spiny helmet (or slayer helmet) are recommended. A rope is required for first-time entry, unless you've started The Lost Tribe.
• Pollnivneach Slayer Dungeon (level 78), after fighting the monstrous cave crawler

Strengths and weaknesses

When fighting the level 53 crawlers, compared to other similar-leveled monsters, players shouldn't need as much food; about 4-6 cakes (798 health healed each) should do for a player with a fairly high Defence level if an antipoison is consumed immediately upon being poisoned. The level 74 and 78 crawlers are a tougher challenge and require good healing abilities. Cave crawlers are great temporary training for mid-high level melee players. With heavy armour, a 2h sword or halberd, and revolution activated with a good two-handed melee setup, they are easy kills.

Cave crawlers poison fairly often with their ranged attacks so it is advised to use antipoison when fighting them, or prevent being poisoned (for some time) using a super antipoison or using the Oo'glog thermal bath prior to engaging in combat. Their poison is not much of a threat at higher levels, and can be offset with good food or healing abilities. However, lower level players are suggested to bring at least one antipoison, as the poison can be deadly if not paid attention to. Equipping one's best defensive melee gear and using Super defence potions can minimise the chance to take a hit and be poisoned, which can reduce antipoison usage.

Level 74 and 78 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 and wear away anti-poison timers. 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.

Drops (level 53 & 74)

Charms

No charm
87–88%	9%	2%	0.9–1%	0.4–0.5%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 43,056 kills. 1 charm is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Nothing	0	Common	Not sold
	Fire rune	12	Common	1,908
	Nature rune	3	Common	1,215
	Potato seed	1–4	Common	244–976
	Onion seed	1–3	Common	242–726
	Cabbage seed	1–3	Common	207–621
	Tomato seed	1–3	Common	204–612
	Sweetcorn seed	1–2	Common	298–596
	Strawberry seed	1	Common	1,075
	Watermelon seed	1	Uncommon	3,590
	Evil turnip seed	1–4	Uncommon	121–484
	Grimy guam	1–2	Common	709–1,418
	Grimy marrentill	1–2	Common	2,307–4,614
	Grimy tarromin	1–2	Common	105–210
	Grimy harralander	1–2	Common	741–1,482
	Grimy ranarr	1–2	Uncommon	1,860–3,720
	Grimy irit	1–2	Uncommon	5,008–10,016
	Grimy avantoe	1–2	Uncommon	1,043–2,086
	Grimy kwuarm	1–2	Uncommon	11,782–23,564
	Grimy cadantine	1–2	Rare	4,322–8,644
	Grimy lantadyme	1–2	Rare	7,551–15,102
	Grimy dwarf weed	1–2	Rare	8,476–16,952
	Eye of newt	1	Uncommon	10
	Limpwurt root	1–3	Common	5,190–15,570
	White berries	1–2	Common	4,019–8,038
	Vial of water	1	Common	96
	Red spiders' eggs	1	Uncommon	1,405
	Unicorn horn dust	1	Uncommon	1,680
	Snape grass	1	Rare	134
	Coins	3; 8; 11; 29	Common	3–29
	Bronze boots	1	Rare	305
	Weapon poison (3)	1	Uncommon	10,583
	Rare drop table	1	Rare	Not sold

Tertiary drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Cave crawler skin	1	Uncommon	Not sold

Drops (level 78)

Charms

No charm
68–71%	12–15%	12–15%	3–4%	0.6–1.2%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 2,288 kills. 1 charm is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Fire rune	12	Common	1,908
	Nature rune	3	Uncommon	1,215
	Earth rune	9	Uncommon	162
	Potato seed	1–4	Common	244–976
	Onion seed	1–3	Common	242–726
	Cabbage seed	1–3	Uncommon	207–621
	Tomato seed	1–2	Uncommon	204–408
	Sweetcorn seed	1–2	Rare	298–596
	Strawberry seed	1	Rare	1,075
	Watermelon seed	1	Very rare	3,590
	Evil turnip seed	1	Very rare	121
	Grimy guam	1	Common	709
	Grimy marrentill	1	Common	2,307
	Grimy tarromin	1	Common	105
	Grimy harralander	1	Common	741
	Grimy ranarr	1	Common	1,860
	Grimy irit	1	Common	5,008
	Grimy avantoe	1	Uncommon	1,043
	Grimy kwuarm	1	Uncommon	11,782
	Grimy cadantine	1	Uncommon	4,322
	Grimy lantadyme	1	Rare	7,551
	Grimy dwarf weed	1	Rare	8,476
	Vial of water	1	Common	96
	White berries	1–2	Common	4,019–8,038
	Eye of newt	1	Rare	10
	Unicorn horn dust	1–3	Rare	1,680–5,040
	Limpwurt root	1–3	Rare	5,190–15,570
	Snape grass	1–3	Rare	134–402
	Red spiders' eggs	1–2	Rare	1,405–2,810
	Coins	20–89	Common	20–89
	Bronze boots	1	Common	305
	Rare drop table	1	Rare	Not sold

Tertiary drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Spirit sapphire	1	Rare	Not sold
	Spirit emerald	1	Rare	Not sold
	Spirit ruby	1	Rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Cave crawler skin	1	Uncommon	Not sold

Rare drop table drops

This monster has access to the rare drop table.
Luck-enhancing items such as a ring of wealth or luck of the dwarves are not required to access the table.

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	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	250–500	Common	250–500
	Uncut sapphire	1	Common	809
	Uncut emerald	1	Common	2,555
	Uncut ruby	1	Common	1,842
	Uncut diamond	1	Common	4,843
	Uncut diamond	45–55 (noted)	Rare	217,935–266,365
	Loop half of a key	1	Common	11,053
	Tooth half of a key	1	Common	11,538
	Uncut dragonstone	1	Uncommon	12,077
	Uncut dragonstone	45–55 (noted)	Rare	543,465–664,235
	Dragon longsword	1	Common	56,212
	Dragon spear	1	Rare	35,861
	Battlestaff	180–220 (noted)	Rare	542,160–662,640
	Rune javelin	5	Rare	905
	Rune platebody	1	Uncommon	37,480
	Rune platebody	15–25 (noted)	Rare	562,200–937,000
	Shield left half	1	Rare	64,399
	Dragon helm	1	Uncommon	58,601
	Rune arrowheads	113–137	Common	14,916–18,084
	Onyx bolts	135–165	Very rare	1,003,725–1,226,775
	Chaos talisman	1	Rare	1,923
	Nature talisman	1	Rare	1,473
	Water talisman	65–82 (noted)	Rare	164,320–207,296
	Earth talisman	65–82 (noted)	Rare	12,025–15,170
	Fire talisman	25–35 (noted)	Rare	5,225–7,315
	Raw lobster	135–165 (noted)	Common	47,655–58,245
	Raw shark	225–275 (noted)	Uncommon	321,075–392,425
	Big bones	68–82 (noted)	Uncommon	13,804–16,646
	Dragon bones	180–220 (noted)	Rare	384,480–469,920
	Coal	200–1,100 (noted)	Uncommon	22,400–123,200
	Gold ore	90–110 (noted)	Common	52,830–64,570
	Adamantite ore	180–220 (noted)	Uncommon	40,860–49,940
	Adamant bar	14–16 (noted)	Common	24,654–28,176
	Adamant bar	135–165 (noted)	Rare	237,735–290,565
	Runite ore	90–110 (noted)	Rare	127,710–156,090
	Rune bar	3 (noted)	Common	8,955
	Rune bar	45–55 (noted)	Rare	134,325–164,175
	Grimy torstol	90–110 (noted)	Uncommon	485,010–592,790
	Grimy snapdragon	90–110 (noted)	Uncommon	161,010–196,790
	Super restore (4)	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	125,910–153,890
	Prayer potion (4)	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	130,950–160,050
	Lantadyme seed	14–16	Uncommon	10,164–11,616
	Dwarf weed seed	14–16	Uncommon	11,508–13,152
	Magic seed	4	Uncommon	209,856
	Palm tree seed	10	Rare	396,000
	Flax	450–550 (noted)	Common	43,200–52,800
	Molten glass	45–55 (noted)	Common	27,585–33,715
	Soft clay	450–550 (noted)	Uncommon	188,550–230,450
	Yew logs	68–82 (noted)	Uncommon	11,356–13,694
	Yew logs	675–825 (noted)	Rare	112,725–137,775
	Teak plank	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	16,740–20,460
	Mahogany plank	270–330 (noted)	Rare	356,670–435,930
	Blurberry Special	1	Uncommon	12,008
	Vecna skull	1	Very rare*	124,871
	Hazelmere's signet ring	1	Very rare*	1,432,268,388
	Brawling gloves (Melee)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Magic)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Ranged)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Agility)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Cooking)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (FM)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Fishing)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Hunter)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Mining)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Prayer)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Smithing)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Thieving)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (WC)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 1	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 2	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 3	1	Very rare	Not sold

Universal drops

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster outside of Daemonheim.

These drops are dropped alongside main drops.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Key token	1	Rare	Not sold
	Mimic kill token	1	Very rare	5,575

Trivia

The Blind Creature concept art.

• Concept art was shown for them in the "Tears of Guthix: Go with the Flow" BTS video, but referred to as blind creature.