Changes: Cave crawler

Cave crawler
	Cave crawler
Release date	14 March 2005 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	76 / 106
XP per kill	Unknown edit
Examine text	A spiky crawling critter. (level 23) ; Not very tasty-looking. (level 138)
Slayer info
Slayer level	10
Slayer XP	0.2
Assigned by	Mazchna or Achtryn, Chaeldar, Sumona
Combat info
Unknown	32 / 139 [help]
Attack speed	Undefined
Yes	Yes (80)
Melee	Crush; Slash; Bad argument

Revision as of 18:49, 21 November 2012

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For the creature in Daemonheim, see Cave crawler (Daemonheim).

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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 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.

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 filets 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.

Level 138 Cave crawlers are also a great source of ancient effigies. Ideally the Pollnivneach Slayer Dungeon is the best place to obtain these.

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. Conserve potions by equipping one's best defensive melee gear to minimise the poisonous hits taken. Super defences can also help with this.

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.

File:Cave crawler safespot.png

A safespot in Pollnivneach dungeon.

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, therefore using the Dragon halberd from various safespots between rocks in the Desert Slayer Dungeon is a good trick of killing them, without having to bank often.

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.

There are several safe spots. Simply hiding behind any rock works.

Drops (level 23)

Runes

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Seeds

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
Earth rune	9–10	Common	162–180
Fire rune	12	Common	1,908
Nature rune	3	Common	1,215

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Herbs

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
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

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Herblore ingredients

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
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

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Charms

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

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
Eye of newt	1	Common	10
Limpwurt root	1	Common	5,190
White berries	1	Common	4,019
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

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).

Other

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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.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	3; 8; 11; 29	Common	3–29
	Bronze boots	1	Uncommon	305
File:Weapon poison.png	Weapon poison	1	Uncommon	Error
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Very rare	Not sold


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

Drops (level 138)