Cave crawler

Level 24Level 59
Cave crawler



Release				26 January 2005 (Update)
Members				Yes
Options				Attack, Examine
Race				Cave crawler
Examine				A spiky crawling critter.

Combat info

Combat level				24
Life points				2,650
Aggressive
Poisonous				300

Combat experience

XP				132.5
XP				24.5
XP				43.7
XP				11 (two-handed) 5 (one-handed and armour)

Slayer info

Level				10
Assignment				Cave crawlers
Master				Mazchna: 50–90 Chaeldar: 110–170 Sumona: 120–185

Offensive
Max hit

0		400			0			0		0
Style						Rate
						4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels

1			20			1			1
Accuracy

0			216			0			0
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
257	15
Base hit chance

90			65			55			45
Immunities

Not immune			Not immune			Not immune			Not immune
Advanced data

NPC ID			1600, 1601, 1602, 1603
Links			bestiary • MRND

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 59 cave crawlers have a much higher chance of dropping herbs and seeds than the level 24.

Cave crawlers are a popular delicacy amongst the Dorgeshuun cave goblins, who cut them into fillets and serve them on a large platter.

In the quest Fur 'n Seek, a cave crawler skin must be collected and cleaned for the Odd Old Man.

Locations[edit | edit source]

Location	Levels	Requirements	Spawns	Map
Dorgesh-Kaan South Dungeon	24	None	5	Show map
Fremennik Slayer Dungeon	24	None	8	Show map
Lumbridge Swamp Caves	24	None	3	Show map
Pollnivneach Slayer Dungeon	59	Smoking Kills	31	Show map

Strengths and weaknesses[edit | edit source]

The level 24 crawlers, compared to other similarly-levelled monsters, are relatively weak and should only require a few mid-level food such as swordfish or beltfish with a high enough Defence level and if an antipoison is consumed immediately upon being poisoned. The level 59 crawlers are a tougher challenge and will likely require additional food or healing methods. Cave crawlers are great temporary training for mid-to high-level melee players. Due to their fairly low defence, tier 50 gear and level 60 combat stats will suffice for Slayer tasks or training.

Cave crawlers poison fairly often with their ranged attacks so it is advised to bring 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. The poison purge aura also works. 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 method of poison mitigation, as it can be deadly if not paid attention to. Due to their high accuracy, complete mitigation of damage at lower levels is unlikely.

Level 59 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 potions, strength potion, super strength potion, super attack potion, prayer potion and super defence potion.

Drops (level 24)[edit | edit source]

Drop rates estimated based on 6,610 samples from the Drop Log Project, unless otherwise cited.

The average level 24 cave crawler kill is worth 912 coins.

Charms[edit | edit source]

Nothing	1	1	1	1
87–88%	9%	2%	0.9–1%	0.4–0.5%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 43,779 kills. 1 item is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Runes[edit | edit source]

Seeds[edit | edit source]

There is a 15/128 chance of rolling the allotment seed drop table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Potato seed	1–4	1/16.4	396–1,584	4–16
Onion seed	1–3	1/35.6	394–1,182	6–18
Cabbage seed	1–3	1/71.1	460–1,380	15–45
Tomato seed	1–2	1/142.2	313–626	2–4
Sweetcorn seed	1–2	1/284.4	307–614	4–8
Evil turnip seed	1–4	1/568.9	168–672	12–48
Strawberry seed	1	1/853.3	439	10
Watermelon seed	1	1/1,706.7	398	33

Herbs[edit | edit source]

There is a 43/128 chance of rolling the herb drop table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Grimy guam	1	1/11.9	263	18
Grimy marrentill	1	1/15.9	4,704	1
Grimy tarromin	1	1/21.2	206	1
Grimy harralander	1	1/27.2	1,379	1
Grimy ranarr	1	1/34.6	1,890	1
Grimy irit	1	1/47.6	683	1
Grimy avantoe	1	1/63.5	521	1
Grimy kwuarm	1	1/76.2	4,275	1
Grimy cadantine	1	1/95.3	899	1
Grimy lantadyme	1	1/127	5,260	1
Grimy dwarf weed	1	1/127	4,638	1

Materials[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Vial of water	1	13/128	64	6
White berries	1	5/128	1,856	6
Unicorn horn dust	1	2/128	473	12
Eye of newt	1	1/128	22	1
Red spiders' eggs	1	1/128	116	4
Limpwurt root	1	1/128	495	4
Snape grass	1	1/128	411	6

Coins[edit | edit source]

Other[edit | edit source]

Gem drop table[edit | edit source]

There is a 1/128 chance of rolling the gem drop table.

Gem and rare drop table

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Coins _(m)	250–500	1/260.06	250–500	250–500
Coins^{[d 1]}	50	1/230.76	50	50
Uncut sapphire	1	1/528.52	573	15
Uncut emerald	1	1/1,024	659	30
Uncut ruby	1	1/2,048	399	60
Uncut diamond	1	1/8,192	876	120
Rune javelin _(m)	5	1/4,096	915	1,870
Uncut dragonstone _(m)	1	1/14,563.56–1/14,199.47	5,317	600
Tooth half of a key _(m)	1	1/14,979.66–1/14,689.1	8,575	1
Loop half of a key _(m)	1	1/14,979.66–1/14,689.1	8,610	1
Huge plated rune salvage	1 (noted)	1/209,715.2–1/170,393.6	38,249	40,000
Magic logs _(m)	65–85 (noted)	1/262,144–1/212,992	52,390–68,510	12,480–16,320
Rune arrowheads	110–140	1/262,144–1/212,992	18,150–23,100	660–840
Soft clay _(m)	35–45 (noted)	1/262,144–1/212,992	85,925–110,475	35–45
Small bladed orikalkum salvage _(m)	1 (noted)	1/524,288–1/425,984	47,439	50,000
Catalytic anima stone _(m)	35–45	1/524,288–1/425,984	48,790–62,730	6,300–8,100
Teak plank _(m)	45–55 (noted)	1/524,288–1/425,984	7,695–9,405	13,500–16,500
Dragon bones _(m)	35–45 (noted)	1/524,288–1/425,984	69,265–89,055	35–45
Dragon helm _(m)	1	1/467,331.92–1/379,707.19	57,627	60,000
Dragon longsword _(m)	1	1/1,686,152.36–1/1,369,998.79	57,681	60,000
Off-hand dragon longsword _(m)	1	1/1,686,152.36–1/1,369,998.79	57,433	60,000
Molten glass _(m)	45–55 (noted)	1/262,144; 0^{[d 2]}	16,065–19,635	45–55
Runite stone spirit _(m)	27–33	1/262,144; 1/245,760; 0^{[d 3]}	46,386–56,694	N/A
Raw lobster _(m)	135–165 (noted)	1/262,144–1/229,376; 0^{[d 4]}	32,670–39,930	22,950–28,050
Shield left half _(m)	1	1/8,388,608–1/6,815,744	70,282	66,000
Dragon spear _(m)	1	1/4,793,490.29–1/3,894,710.86	34,498	37,440
Huge plated rune salvage	18–22 (noted)	1/11,184,810.67–1/9,087,658.67	688,482–841,478	720,000–880,000
Yew logs	675–825 (noted)	1/8,388,608–1/6,815,744	430,650–526,350	64,800–79,200
Super restore (4) _(m)	45–55 (noted)	1/5,592,405.33–1/4,543,829.33	125,325–153,175	8,100–9,900
Prayer potion (4)	45–55 (noted)	1/5,592,405.33–1/4,543,829.33	313,290–382,910	5,130–6,270
Raw rocktail _(m)	180–220 (noted)	1/6,710,886.4–1/5,452,595.2	166,320–203,280	64,800–79,200
Mahogany plank _(m)	270–330 (noted)	1/11,184,810.67–1/9,087,658.67	249,750–305,250	243,000–297,000
Magic seed _(m)	3–5	1/16,777,216–1/13,631,488	77,853–129,755	759–1,265
Water talisman	68–82 (noted)	1/20,971,520–1/17,039,360	48,552–58,548	136–164
Battlestaff _(m)	180–220 (noted)	1/20,971,520–1/17,039,360	723,240–883,960	756,000–924,000
Hardened dragon bones _(m)	45–55 (noted)	1/16,777,216–1/13,631,488	571,770–698,830	45–55
Onyx bolt tips _(m)	135–165	1/20,971,520–1/17,039,360	843,750–1,031,250	729,000–891,000
Ciku seed _(m)	1	1/20,971,520–1/17,039,360	38,387	300
Golden dragonfruit seed _(m)	13–17	1/11,184,810.67–1/9,087,658.67	26,910–35,190	3,900–5,100
Uncut diamond	45–55 (noted)	1/6,710,886.4–1/5,452,595.2	39,420–48,180	5,400–6,600
Uncut dragonstone _(m)	45–55 (noted)	1/16,777,216–1/13,631,488	239,265–292,435	27,000–33,000
Soul rune _(m)	450–550	1/20,971,520–1/17,039,360	280,800–343,200	36,900–45,100
Light animica stone spirit _(m)	270–330	1/8,388,608–1/6,815,744	144,990–177,210	N/A
Dark animica stone spirit _(m)	270–330	1/8,388,608–1/6,815,744	142,560–174,240	N/A
Primal stone spirit _(m)	90–150	1/7,989,150.48–1/6,491,184.76	1,735,290–2,892,150	N/A
Crystal key _(m)	9–11 (noted)	1/2,796,202.67–1/2,271,914.67	147,465–180,235	9–11
White berries _(m)	67–85 (noted)	1/11,184,810.67–1/9,087,658.67	124,352–157,760	402–510
Ectoplasm _(m)	270–330	1/8,388,608–1/6,815,744	461,700–564,300	1,620–1,980
Medium spiky orikalkum salvage _(m)	3–5 (noted)	1/8,388,608–1/6,815,744	216,834–361,390	225,000–375,000
Large blunt necronium salvage _(m)	2 (noted)	1/11,184,810.67–1/9,087,658.67	644,414	650,000
Wine of Saradomin _(m)	13–17 (noted)	1/20,971,520–1/17,039,360	521,768–682,312	13–17
Aura refresh _(m)	1	1/6,710,886.4–1/5,452,595.2	Not sold	N/A
Distraction & Diversion reset token (daily) _(m)	1	1/16,777,216–1/13,631,488	Not sold	N/A
Distraction & Diversion reset token (weekly) _(m)	1	1/16,777,216–1/13,631,488	Not sold	N/A
Distraction & Diversion reset token (monthly) _(m)	1	1/16,777,216–1/13,631,488	Not sold	N/A
Vecna skull _(m)	1	1/17,039,360; 0^{[d 5]}	467,938	6,000
Cheese+tom batta _(m)	1	~1/167,772,160–1/146,800,640; 0^{[d 6]}	728	1
Blurberry Special _(m)	1	~1/151,460,977.78; 0^{[d 7]}	45,087	18
Hazelmere's signet ring _(m)	1	~1/1,363,148,800; 0^{[d 8]}	6,344,705,771	300,000

^ 50 coins replaces members-only drops in free-to-play.
^ Molten glass removed from the drop table with tier 2 luck.
^ Runite stone spirit removed from the drop table with tier 3 luck.
^ Raw lobster removed from the drop table with tier 4 luck.
^ Vecna skull requires tier 4 luck. Without it, coins are dropped instead.
^ Cheese+tom batta dropped only without tier 4 luck. Indicates a roll for Hazelmere's signet ring and Blurberry Special.
^ Blurberry Special requires tier 4 luck. Indicates a failed 1/10 roll for Hazelmere's signet ring.
^ Hazelmere's signet ring requires tier 4 luck.

Tertiary drops[edit | edit source]

^ Only during the Fur 'n' Seek wish list.