Kalphite Guardian

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For the monster that lives in the Exiled Kalphite Hive, see Exiled kalphite guardian.

Kalphite Guardian

Release	7 September 2004 (Update)
Members	Yes
Examine
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Combat info
Level	LP	XP	XP
72	5,200	274.5	90.5
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
16 / 10 / 5
Aggressive		Poisonous
		???
Slayer
Level	XP	Category
1	95	Kalphite
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
208	0	0	0
Style		Speed
		4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
52 1 1 Accuracy 901 0 0
Defensive
Armour		Weakness
901	52
Affinities
90	55	45	65
Immunities

Defined properties:

All Life points: 5,200 Life points: 5,200 All Slayer experience: 95 Slayer experience: 95 All Combat experience: 274.5 Combat experience: 274.5 All Release date: 7 September 2004 Release date: 7 September 2004 All Combat level: 72 Combat level: 72 All Is members only: true Is members only: true All NPC ID: 1155 NPC ID: 1155

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Kalphite guardians are found in the Kalphite Hive south-west of Shantay Pass, near the entrance to and inside the Kalphite Queen's room.

Strengths and weaknesses

Kalphite guardians can be very dangerous for lower levels. They can hit accurately for up to 208 life points in melee, with a chance to poison you if they successfully damage you. The poison does 68 damage per hit. It has been confirmed that using Protect from Melee does not reduce the chance of them inflicting poison against you - it only reduces the damage their attacks deal. Kalphite guardians can be safely ranged or maged from a couple locations (safe spots), however they are fairly strong against ranged attacks. Kalphites are most vulnerable to water spells, making training Magic on them highly effective even at low levels, especially if you take advantage of the safe spots. Despite this, most players still prefer to use melee for training. Keris is also highly effective for training against kalphites along with Guthan's set.

One of the 3 safe spots at the guardians

Strategies

Whilst not the most effective approach, melee is still a popular means of killing these monsters. A good melee weapon such as a godsword or an abyssal whip is recommended, as well as a strength level and attack level of at least 50.

The best way to kill kalphite guardians is to utilise safe spots and fight with magic, preferably water spells (their weakness). By safe-spotting, players can avoid any chance of becoming damaged or poisoned (though they may still become poisoned by a soldier on the way over). A player using their best water spell and a good staff or wand will generally get a much faster kill rate than someone using melee.

Ranged is not recommended, as these monsters have high ranged defence. Nevertheless, if players decide to fight them with ranged, at least 80 Ranged and a strong weapon, such as a crystal bow or black salamander, are musts.

Kalphite guardians have a very fast respawn rate and players should decide if they should kill some more. The only way to solve this is by waiting for them to respawn, which takes a minute or so, or by climbing down to the Queen's chamber, where there are two more kalphite guardians. However, using that spot is HIGHLY dangerous as the Queen can occasionally wander on the other side of the room and begin attacking you, which may result in a very quick death unless players are busy killing her.

The fastest but most expensive way to kill kalphite guardians is use a dwarf multicannon against them, in tandem with the spell Ice barrage. The area unlocked after the Do No Evil quest is good for this. It is a small, open cavern that houses two kalphite guardians and several kalphite soldiers.

Drops

Charms

No charm
64–65%	13–14%	6–7%	7%	8–9%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 21,002 kills. 1 charm is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Mithril kiteshield	1	Uncommon	3,726
	Adamant sq shield	1	Uncommon	5,225
	Rune helm	1	Uncommon	10,533
	Rune chainbody	1	Uncommon	29,002
	Rune platebody	1	Very rare	37,480
	Rune sq shield	1	Very rare	22,047
	Steel hatchet	1	Common	3,019
	Steel battleaxe	1	Common	1,929
	Mithril longsword	1	Common	2,508
	Mithril sword	1	Common	1,534
	Adamant dagger	1	Uncommon	2,686
	Adamant scimitar	1	Uncommon	4,997
	Rune 2h sword	1	Very rare	36,735
	Dragon longsword	1	Very rare	56,212
	Rune battleaxe	1	Uncommon	24,988
	Rune dagger	1	Uncommon	4,141
	Rune sword	1	Rare	11,135
	Air rune	50	Uncommon	4,500
	Blood rune	7; 12; 13; 19	Uncommon	4,746–12,882
	Fire rune	37	Uncommon	5,883
	Law rune	3; 16; 45	Uncommon	1,710–25,650
	Death rune	18; 28; 45	Uncommon	4,176–10,440
	Chaos rune	10	Uncommon	1,520
	Adamant javelin	1	Uncommon	65
	Cosmic rune	2	Uncommon	824
	Rune arrow	42–150	Uncommon	6,342–22,650
	Grimy guam	1	Common	709
	Grimy cadantine	1	Common	4,322
	Grimy tarromin	1	Common	105
	Grimy marrentill	1	Common	2,307
	Grimy harralander	1	Common	741
	Grimy avantoe	1	Uncommon	1,043
	Grimy ranarr	1	Uncommon	1,860
	Grimy irit	1	Uncommon	5,008
	Grimy kwuarm	2	Uncommon	23,564
	Grimy lantadyme	1	Uncommon	7,551
	Grimy dwarf weed	1	Rare	8,476
	Coins	28	Common	28
	Lobster	1; 2	Uncommon	141–282
	Super defence (3)	1	Uncommon	7,826
	Super attack (3)	1	Uncommon	5,392
	Super strength (3)	1	Uncommon	15,217
	Potato cactus	2; 4 (noted)	Uncommon	10,498–20,996

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	Rare	Not sold
	Court summons	1	Very rare	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

• When the anti-poison totem was first released, there was a glitch where the kalphite guardians were still able to poison you. This has since been fixed.