Cave horror

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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.

Drops

100% drops

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

Weapons and armour

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

Charms

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Seeds

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

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Herbs

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

Runes

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Template:ExchangeItemNat Nature rune 3–6 2 Common Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".
Fire rune Fire rune 50 4 Rare 700

Other

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Coins 44–495 2 Common Not sold
Limpwurt root Limpwurt root 1 2 Common 844
Teak logs Teak logs 4 (noted) 2 Common 492
Mahogany logs 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.

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.

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