Cave crawler

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

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Level 76Level 106Level 112

Cave crawler

File:Cave crawler (lvl 138).png
Release date	14 March 2005 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	76
XP per kill	99.3 (and 32.7 experience)
Examine text	A spiky crawling critter.
Slayer info
Slayer level	10
Slayer XP	25.8
Assigned by	Turael or Spria, Mazchna or Achtryn, Chaeldar, Sumona
Combat info LP Max hit 1,900 152 Attack Defence Ranged Magic 1 38 28 1 Immune to Poison Stun Deflect No Unknown No Attack speed Undefined Aggressive Poisonous Yes Yes Attack style Weakness Ranged Slash

[FAQ] • [doc]

Cave crawler

File:Cave crawler (lvl 138).png
Release date	14 March 2005 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	106
XP per kill	201.3 (and 66.4 experience)
Examine text	A spiky crawling critter.
Slayer info
Slayer level	10
Slayer XP	52.2
Assigned by	, Mazchna or Achtryn, Chaeldar, Sumona
Combat info LP Max hit 2,650 212 Attack Defence Ranged Magic Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Immune to Poison Stun Deflect No Unknown No Attack speed Undefined Aggressive Poisonous Yes Yes Attack style Weakness Ranged Slash

[FAQ] • [doc]

Cave crawler

File:Cave crawler (lvl 138).png
Release date	14 March 2005 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	112
XP per kill	233.1 (and 76.9 experience)
Examine text	Not very tasty-looking.
Slayer info
Slayer level	10
Slayer XP	60.6
Assigned by	, Mazchna or Achtryn, Chaeldar, Sumona
Combat info LP Max hit 2,800 224 Attack Defence Ranged Magic Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Immune to Poison Stun Deflect No Unknown No Attack speed Undefined Aggressive Poisonous Yes Yes Attack style Weakness Ranged Slash

[FAQ] • [doc]

Cave crawlers are Slayer monsters that require level 10 Slayer to kill. They drop a variety of Herblore related items and seeds. They are, however, poisonous, and have a fast healing rate (approximately 10 life points per second). Level 112 cave crawlers have a much higher chance of dropping herbs and seeds than the level 76.

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.

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.

Level 112 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 76 & 106) - Recommended for Slayer tasks and slaying in general. Many in one open space. (Fairy ring AJR)
• Lumbridge Swamp Caves (level 76 & 106) - Recommended for Slayer tasks for the close proximity to 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, and 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 76)
• Pollnivneach Slayer Dungeon (level 112), after fighting the monstrous cave crawler

Strengths and weaknesses

When fighting the level 76 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 112 crawlers are a tougher challenge and require good healing abilities. 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 defence potions can also help with this.

Cave crawlers are great temporary training for mid-high level melee players. With heavy armor, a 2h sword and Momentum activated, they are easy kills.

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, 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. (now obsolete)

The level 112 cave crawlers are in a good spot to use a dwarf multicannon, it is recommended to use Protect from Ranged with this strategy because you will be attacked by many of them at once. However, a Slayer task may use up to around 1500 cannonballs to complete using this method, and the prayer will not prevent poisoning.

Level 76 and 112 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.

Drops (level 76)

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 76 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
	Weapon poison (3)	1	Uncommon	10,583
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Very rare	Not sold

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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

Drops (level 112)

Runes

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Seeds

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Earth rune	9	Common	162
	Fire rune	12	Common	1,908
	Nature rune	1; 3	Uncommon	405–1,215

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Herbs

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Potato seed	1–5	Common	244–1,220
	Onion seed	1; 3; 5	Common	242–1,210
	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	1–3	Common	709–2,127
	Grimy marrentill	1–3	Common	2,307–6,921
	Grimy tarromin	1–3	Common	105–315
	Grimy harralander	1–3	Common	741–2,223
	Grimy ranarr	1–3	Uncommon	1,860–5,580
	Grimy irit	1–3	Uncommon	5,008–15,024
	Grimy avantoe	1–3	Uncommon	1,043–3,129
	Grimy kwuarm	1–3	Uncommon	11,782–35,346
	Grimy cadantine	1–3	Rare	4,322–12,966
	Grimy lantadyme	1–3	Rare	7,551–22,653
	Grimy dwarf weed	1–3	Rare	8,476–25,428

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Charms

Remember, this Charm log is for the level 112 cave crawlers. Charm:Cave crawler (138)

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Eye of newt	1	Common	10
	Limpwurt root	1–2	Common	5,190–10,380
	Snape grass	1–2	Common	134–268
	Red spiders' eggs	1–3	Uncommon	1,405–4,215
	Unicorn horn dust	1–3	Common	1,680–5,040
	White berries	1–2	Common	4,019–8,038
	Vial of water	1	Common	96

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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	10–328	Common	10–328
	Bronze boots	1	Uncommon	305
	Adamant spear	1	Rare	12,696
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Rare	Not sold

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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