Cave horror

Cave horror

Release date	4 July 2006 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	80
Life points	550
Experience for killing	220 (73 Constitution experience)
Slayer level	Level 58
Slayer XP	55
Assigned by	Chaeldar, Sumona
Aggressive?	Yes
Poisonous?	No
Immune to poison?	No
Attack style	Melee, Magical melee
Attack speed
Max hit	94
Weakness	ranged, stabranged, stabranged, stabranged, stabranged, stabranged, stab[[]], stabranged, stabranged, stabranged, [[]]ranged, stabranged, stabRanged, stab
Always drops	Big bones
Examine text	A horrible, emaciated ape like creature with beady red eyes.

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A Cave horror is a Slayer monster that requires level 58 Slayer, a witchwood icon, and a light source to successfully hunt and kill. You must also have completed the Cabin Fever quest to have access to Mos Le'Harmless, as cave horrors live in an unlit cave on this island. They also have a weaker relative outside on the island called the jungle horror.

Players can buy a witchwood icon from any Slayer Master and must wear it while fighting cave horrors in close combat. You can damage them without the icon, but the icon protects against the cave horrors' scream. Without the icon, the scream reduces stats and life points, similar to the effect of a banshee when fought without earmuffs or a dust devil when fought without a face mask. The Deflect Melee and Protect from Melee prayers also block this damage.

The witchwood icon is not necessary when engaging in long range combat from a safe spot, so neck wear with better combat modifiers can be worn instead. It is recommended to carry an icon in inventory when using this tactic, in case close combat occurs by accident.

In contrast to most monsters, the cave horror has an irregular attack speed, which can shift in the middle of a battle. Time between attacks can be either 2.4 seconds or 3.0 seconds. This makes it somewhat difficult to utilise the prayer flashing tactic effectively. However, this is compensated by their comparatively low amount of life points.

Cave horrors are generally known for dropping black masks.

Cave horrors are an effective place to train Ranged for players with 85+ Ranged looking for a chance of high profit (from black masks and various seeds) as well as a decent amount of crimson charms.

The good thing about this cave is that there is a staircase in the north-eastern end, on the surface there is Edible seaweed that can heal 40 lifepoints. If utilised correctly, you can stay here for quite a long time, farming clue scrolls (except you can only have one clue scroll at a time) or black masks.

Locations

• Mos Le'Harmless Caves - in a cave on the southeast side of the island which can be accessed quickly through the Fairy ring DIP. Players need a light source (such as Seer's headband 4 or a bullseye lantern) to operate in the cave. If a player goes in without a light source, bugs will rapidly bite them hitting 10-100 and can kill the player quickly depending on their number of life points. (Note: If using the fairy ring shortcut, you must first repair the bridges connecting the fairy ring island to the Mos le'Harmless mainland. This will require a total of 8 planks and 16 nails of any kind. Each bridge must be repaired from a different side, meaning you must fix it from the Mos le'Harmless side as well as the fairy ring island side if it is your first time using the shortcut).

Tactics

An effective method of killing cave horrors is as follows:

Players using melee should use armour that has a high magical defence bonus (+100) whilst at the same time not giving negative offensive melee bonuses like Karil's top, Karil's skirt, and Royal Dragonhide equipment. There is no danger here if you have a full inventory of monkfish and bank when you run out. Guthan's set can be effective with a magic level of around 70 or higher, as the nearby Albino Bats can be used for healing if health gets too low. Some other Guthan's users may prefer to use prayer, in which case it is advised that they bring prayer potions or super restore potions in order to restore their prayer points. Black dragonhide armour, an abyssal whip, an obsidian shield, and a bunyip familiar will keep you there long enough to fill your inventory, although with around 80 defence and 70 magic, you should take around 8 monkfish, just-in-case.

It is highly recommended to bring along a fire staff or fire runes to alch all armour and weapon drops. You will not need to bring your own nature runes as they are a very common drop.

Familiars such as bunyips or beasts of burden full of extra food are recommended. Food that heals 140 or higher is also highly recommended.

Another effective way is going to the cave horrors with bones to peaches tablets, and pick up the bones and turn them into peaches. It is recommended to save bank trips by only picking up the nature runes, seeds and black masks (noted teak logs may also be picked up) as peaches heal 80 life points and they serve well for camping in the cave.

Rangers should use the safe spot shown below, or one of the very few other safe spots if they wish not to receive damage from the cave horrors. Reasonable ranged attack bonus is recommended, 160+ is preferable. If one wishes to use the method of tanking taking the hits of the cave horrors whilst ranging, it is advised they have high magical defence, such as +100 magical defence bonus with 85 Defence, 75 Magic. Knives, darts and shortbows are very effective against these when a player has high levels in ranged, 80+.

Sacrificing magical defensive armour for equipment like dragon boots and the dragon defender which give significant strength bonuses, and a fast weapon such as an abyssal whip or a Saradomin sword, can be used for quick kills. This is effective because the monsters only have 550 life points, and can be easily taken down by a player with 70+ Strength in 3 to 4 hits.

A halberd may also be used for killing cave horrors in one of the safespot locations.

Warning: If you forget to bring a witchwood icon and fight cave horrors with melee without stopping, you will get hit for 86-87 each time it attacks.

Ring of Wealth

The ring of wealth will increase your chances of getting any item from the rare drop table, and will slightly increase your chances of getting a black mask. See the ring of wealth page for a more thorough description of how the ring of wealth works.

The ring of wealth shines after every kill no matter what, as it boosts every drop's quality and the charm quantity/quality rate as well. It is very highly recommended to wear the Ring of wealth.

Safespots

There are many safe spots, but these seem to be the most efficient.

• A minimap image of the safespot area

  A minimap image of the safespot area

• The eastern safe spot

  The eastern safe spot

• The western safe spot

  The western safe spot

• The north-western safe spot

  The north-western safe spot

• South-eastern Safe Spot

  South-eastern Safe Spot

Drops

100% drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Big bones	1	1 Always	351

Weapons and armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Mithril hatchet	1	2 Common	204
	Mithril kiteshield	1	3 Uncommon	1,086
	Rune dagger	1	3 Uncommon	4,562
	Adamant full helm	1	3 Uncommon	1,884
	Adamant kiteshield	1	4 Rare	3,103
	Black mask (10)	1	4 Rare	650,425

Seeds

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Belladonna seed	1	2 Common	29
Cabbage seed	Cabbage seed	1–3	2 Common	3–9
	Toadflax seed	1	2 Common	989
Potato seed	Potato seed	1–4	2 Common	1–4
	Irit seed	1	2 Common	100
Onion seed	Onion seed	1–3	2 Common	1–3
	Kwuarm seed	1	3 Uncommon	1,042
	Poison ivy seed	1	3 Uncommon	31
	Snapdragon seed	1	3 Uncommon	26,078
	Cactus seed	1	3 Uncommon	20
	Cadantine seed	1	3 Uncommon	997
	Evil turnip seed	1–4	3 Uncommon	52–208
	Strawberry seed	1	3 Uncommon	92
Sweetcorn seed	Sweetcorn seed	1–2	3 Uncommon	3–6
	Avantoe seed	1	3 Uncommon	1,306
Tomato seed	Tomato seed	1–2	3 Uncommon	1–2
	Wergali seed	1	3 Uncommon	389
	Fellstalk seed	1	3 Uncommon <ref>With Morchella mushroom spore.</ref>	1,026
	Morchella mushroom spore	3	3 Uncommon <ref>With Fellstalk seed.</ref>	1,488
	Watermelon seed	1	4 Rare	1,861
	Lantadyme seed	1	4 Rare	28,328
	Dwarf weed seed	1	4 Rare	43,732

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Herbs

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Grimy tarromin	1	2 Common	56
	Grimy guam	1	2 Common	521
	Grimy marrentill	1	2 Common	41
	Grimy ranarr	1	3 Uncommon	3,508
	Grimy avantoe	1	3 Uncommon	2,877
	Grimy harralander	1	3 Uncommon	385
	Grimy irit	1	3 Uncommon	1,496
	Grimy kwuarm	1	3 Uncommon	2,902
	Grimy cadantine	1	4 Rare	1,336
	Grimy dwarf weed	1	4 Rare	7,525
	Grimy lantadyme	1	4 Rare	6,002

Runes

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
Template:ExchangeItemNat	Nature rune	3–6	2 Common	–
	Fire rune	50	4 Rare	700

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	44–495	2 Common	Not sold
	Limpwurt root	1	2 Common	844
	Teak logs	4 (noted)	2 Common	492
	Mahogany logs	2–4	3 Uncommon	1,054–2,108
	Foot bone	1	3 Uncommon <ref>Only during Fur n' Seek.</ref>	Not sold
	Clue scroll (hard)	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Long bone	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Spin ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Curved bone	1	5 Very rare	Not sold

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Rare drop table drops

This monster drops items from the rare drop table.
The ring of wealth improves the chances if equipped but is not required to access the table.

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Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price Coins 250; 381; 450; 3,000; 9,000; 12,000 2 Common Not sold Uncut sapphire 1 2 Common 810 Uncut emerald 1 2 Common 1,295 Uncut ruby 1 2 Common 2,613 Loop half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 9,402 Tooth half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 12,758 Uncut diamond 1 3 Uncommon 9,520 Uncut dragonstone 1 4 Rare 13,572 Dragonstone 1 4 Rare 10,393 Dragon dagger 1 2 Common 17,356 Rune javelin 5 4 Rare 1,285 Adamant javelin 20 5 Very rare 800 Rune spear 1 5 Very rare 12,130 Dragon spear 1 5 Very rare 40,021 Dragon dagger 50 (noted) 5 Very rare 867,800 Rune kiteshield 1 5 Very rare 34,977 Shield left half 1 5 Very rare 65,553 Dragon helm 1 5 Very rare 60,107 Adamant bolts 200 3 Uncommon 31,600 Rune arrow 150–200, 500 4 Rare 28,500–95,000 Onyx bolts 150 4 Rare 1,315,350 Battlestaff 200 (noted) 4 Rare 1,612,200 Air orb 1000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,216,000 Fire orb 1000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,406,000 Vecna skull 1 5 Very rare 457,724 Water talisman 1 3 Uncommon 4,485 Earth talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 20,650–28,910 Fire talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 48,450–67,830 Chaos talisman 1 3 Uncommon 137 Nature talisman 1 3 Uncommon 165 Pure essence 500–15000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 53,500–1,605,000 Template:ExchangeItemNat Nature rune 47–77 4 Rare – Soul rune 20 4 Rare 6,360 Death rune 50, 121 4 Rare 9,250–22,385 Blood rune 50 4 Rare 9,750 Raw swordfish 125 – 250, 1000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 37,875–303,000 Raw shark 250–500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 129,750–259,500 Big bones 150 – 500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 52,650–175,500 Coal 150–7500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 39,450–1,972,500 Adamantite ore 150–800 (noted) 3 Uncommon 248,250–1,324,000 Silver ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 9,200 Adamant bar 1000–7000 (noted) 4 Rare 2,175,000–15,225,000 Runite ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 1,067,100 Rune bar 1,50,150 (noted) 4 Rare 13,029–1,954,350 Clean ranarr 33 (noted) 3 Uncommon 115,665 Clean toadflax 25–250 (noted) 3 Uncommon 69,100–691,000 Clean snapdragon 30–120 (noted) 3 Uncommon 168,210–672,840 Clean torstol 10–100 (noted) 3 Uncommon 277,960–2,779,600 Saradomin brew (4) 250 (noted) 5 Very rare 854,750 Watermelon seed 3 3 Uncommon 5,583 Yew seed 1–50 4 Rare 84,903–4,245,150 Magic seed 1–6 4 Rare 294,483–1,766,898 Palm tree seed 10 4 Rare 1,219,220 Snapdragon seed 1 4 Rare 26,078 Torstol seed 1–31 4 Rare 274,040–8,495,240 Fellstalk seed 2 4 Rare 2,052 Yew logs 100–20000 (noted) 4 Rare 49,400–9,880,000

Trivia

• A Cave Horror's roar counts as a magical melee attack, and will be blocked by Deflect/Protect from Melee.
• When fighting Cave Horrors and wearing a Ring of Wealth, the Ring will 'shine more brightly' with each kill even when no rare drop table item is dropped. The reason for this is because, like most slayer monsters, Cave Horrors have their own unique drop Black mask (10) and every kill has a slightly boosted chance to drop it.
• Morchella mushroom spores are always dropped in groups of three, and almost always along with a fellstalk seed.