Cave crawler

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For the creature in Daemonheim, see Cave crawler (Daemonheim).
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Cave crawlers are Slayer monsters that require level 10 slayer to kill. They drop a variety of Herblore related items and a few seeds. They are, however, poisonous, and have an extremely fast healing rate (approximately 10 life points per second) making them somewhat more dangerous than their combat level suggests.

When fighting the level 23 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 138 crawlers are a tougher challenge and require good healing abilities.

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 which must be cleaned, and a vial of water) in case you didn't bring any. The unicorn horn dust, however, is not a common drop.

Cave crawlers are a popular delicacy amongst the Dorgeshuun cave goblins, who cut them into filets and serve them on a large platter. The poisonous parts of them are presumably removed. 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.

Level 138 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 23) - Recommended for slayer tasks and slaying in general. Many in one open space. (Fairy ring A-J-R)
  • Lumbridge Swamp Caves (level 23) - Recommended for slayer tasks for the nearness of 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, also 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 23)
  • Pollnivneach Slayer Dungeon (level 138), after fighting the Monstrous cave crawler

Strengths and weaknesses

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 defences can also help with this.

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 and 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.

The level 138 cave crawlers are in a multi-combat zone, and it is recommended that you use a dwarf multicannon and protect from melee to slay. However, a slayer task may use up to around 1500 cannonballs to complete using this method, and the prayer will not prevent poisoning. Level 138 Cave Crawlers are also considered large creatures, therefore using the Dragon halberd from various safespots between rocks in the Desert Slayer Dungeon is a good trick of killing them, without having to bank often.

Level 23 and 138 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.

There are several safe spots. Simply hiding behind any rock works.

Drops (level 23)

Runes

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Earth rune Earth rune 9–10 2 Common 54–60
Fire rune Fire rune 12 2 Common 168
Template:ExchangeItemNat Nature rune 3 2 Common Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".

Seeds

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Potato seed Potato seed 1–4 2 Common 1–4
Onion seed Onion seed 1–3 2 Common 1–3
Cabbage seed Cabbage seed 1–3 2 Common 3–9
Tomato seed Tomato seed 1–3 2 Common 1–3
Sweetcorn seed Sweetcorn seed 1–2 2 Common 3–6
Strawberry seed Strawberry seed 1 2 Common 92
Watermelon seed Watermelon seed 1 3 Uncommon 1,861
Evil turnip seed Evil turnip seed 1–4 3 Uncommon 52–208

Herbs

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Grimy guam Grimy guam 1–2 2 Common 521–1,042
Grimy marrentill Grimy marrentill 1–2 2 Common 41–82
Grimy tarromin Grimy tarromin 1–2 2 Common 56–112
Grimy harralander Grimy harralander 1–2 2 Common 385–770
Grimy ranarr Grimy ranarr 1–2 3 Uncommon 3,508–7,016
Grimy irit Grimy irit 1–2 3 Uncommon 1,496–2,992
Grimy avantoe Grimy avantoe 1–2 3 Uncommon 2,877–5,754
Grimy kwuarm Grimy kwuarm 1–2 3 Uncommon 2,902–5,804
Grimy cadantine Grimy cadantine 1–2 4 Rare 1,336–2,672
Grimy lantadyme Grimy lantadyme 1–2 4 Rare 6,002–12,004
Grimy dwarf weed Grimy dwarf weed 1–2 4 Rare 7,525–15,050

Herblore ingredients

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Eye of newt Eye of newt 1 2 Common 9
Limpwurt root Limpwurt root 1 2 Common 844
White berries White berries 1 2 Common 752
Vial of water Vial of water 1 2 Common 17
Red spiders' eggs Red spiders' eggs 1 3 Uncommon 384
Unicorn horn dust Unicorn horn dust 1 3 Uncommon 1,333
Snape grass Snape grass 1 4 Rare 270

Charms

Remember, this charm log is for the level 23 Cave crawlers. Template:Charm:Cave crawler (23)

Other

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Coins 3, 8, 11, 29 2 Common Not sold
Bronze boots Bronze boots 1 3 Uncommon 985
Exchange:Weapon poison Weapon poison 1 3 Uncommon Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".
Starved ancient effigy 1 5 Very rare Not sold

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.

Drops (level 138)

Runes

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Earth rune Earth rune 9 2 Common 54
Fire rune Fire rune 12 2 Common 168
Template:ExchangeItemNat Nature rune 1, 3 3 Uncommon Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".

Seeds

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Potato seed Potato seed 1–5 2 Common 1–5
Onion seed Onion seed 1, 3 , 5 2 Common 1–5
Cabbage seed Cabbage seed 1–3 2 Common 3–9
Tomato seed Tomato seed 1–3 2 Common 1–3
Sweetcorn seed Sweetcorn seed 1–2 2 Common 3–6
Strawberry seed Strawberry seed 1 2 Common 92
Watermelon seed Watermelon seed 1 3 Uncommon 1,861
Evil turnip seed Evil turnip seed 1–4 3 Uncommon 52–208

Herbs

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Grimy guam Grimy guam 1–3 2 Common 521–1,563
Grimy marrentill Grimy marrentill 1–3 2 Common 41–123
Grimy tarromin Grimy tarromin 1–3 2 Common 56–168
Grimy harralander Grimy harralander 1–3 2 Common 385–1,155
Grimy ranarr Grimy ranarr 1–3 3 Uncommon 3,508–10,524
Grimy irit Grimy irit 1–3 3 Uncommon 1,496–4,488
Grimy avantoe Grimy avantoe 1–3 3 Uncommon 2,877–8,631
Grimy kwuarm Grimy kwuarm 1–3 3 Uncommon 2,902–8,706
Grimy cadantine Grimy cadantine 1–3 4 Rare 1,336–4,008
Grimy lantadyme Grimy lantadyme 1–3 4 Rare 6,002–18,006
Grimy dwarf weed Grimy dwarf weed 1–3 4 Rare 7,525–22,575

Herblore ingredients

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Eye of newt Eye of newt 1 2 Common 9
Limpwurt root Limpwurt root 1–2 2 Common 844–1,688
Snape grass Snape grass 1–2 2 Common 270–540
Red spiders' eggs Red spiders' eggs 1–3 2 Common 384–1,152
Unicorn horn dust Unicorn horn dust 1–3 2 Common 1,333–3,999
White berries White berries 1–2 2 Common 752–1,504
Vial of water Vial of water 1 2 Common 17

Charms

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

Other

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Coins 10–89 2 Common Not sold
Bronze boots Bronze boots 1 3 Uncommon 985
Adamant spear Adamant spear 1 4 Rare 1,096
Starved ancient effigy 1 4 Rare Not sold

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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