Cockroach worker

Cockroach worker

Release date	11 March 2008 (Update)
Members?	No
Combat level	56
Life points	540
Experience for killing	216 (72 Constitution experience)
Slayer level	Not assigned
Aggressive?	No
Poisonous?	No
Immune to poison?	No
Attack style	Melee
Attack speed	AverageInterval: 3.6 seconds
Max hit	60 (approx)
Weakness	slash, crushslash, crushslash, crushslash, crushslash, crushslash, crushslash, crushslash, crush[[]], crushslash, crushslash, [[]]slash, crushSlash, Crush
Always drops	None
Examine text	Eurgh! A big bug.

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Cockroach workers are found in the Stronghold of Player Safety. They are good non-member monsters for mid-levelled players to train on. They also drop Crimson charms quite often, making the Stronghold a popular place to obtain charms for training Summoning.

They can hit 50s and 60s very often if Rune armour or better is not worn. As they occupy 2x2 areas, rangers and mages may fight them in safe spots in Level 1 of the Stronghold. Two cockroach workers have their spawn points enclosed in a small room with an exit only one tile wide so they cannot attack a player fighting them with a Range or Magic attack style from outside of the room. However, workers' defences are rather high, making it harder for low and mid-level players to deal damage to it. For members, a halberd can be used for safe Melee training, as it can attack up to two spaces away from the player, allowing you to strike melee attacks without getting hit.

Many players take free food from the nearby fishing spot when training on cockroaches.

Also the Monastery is nearby for healing or using the altar (level 31 prayer needed).

Medium-levelled players will sometimes kill this monster for their decent stackable drops on free worlds, and for their relatively good crimson charm drop rate for their level. If you have a decent combat level +70s, you can gain up to 40 Crimson charm per hour. +90s would produce roughly 60 charms per hour.

Drops

Weapons and armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Black full helm	1	2 Common	685
	Mithril sq shield	1	3 Uncommon	793
	Battlestaff (m)	1	3 Uncommon	8,061
	Mithril platebody	1	4 Rare	2,978
	Rune scimitar	1	5 Very rare	15,254

Herbs (members only)

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

Gems and ores

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Mithril ore	2–3 (noted)	2 Common	820–1,230
	Coal	1–2 (noted)	3 Uncommon	263–526

Runes

File:Cockroach worker fight.png

A player fighting a cockroach worker.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Cosmic rune	1–2	2 Common	110–220
Template:ExchangeItemNat	Nature rune	1–20	2 Common	–
	Chaos rune	1–18	2 Common	86–1,548
	Earth rune	2–22	2 Common	12–132
	Death rune	1–2	4 Rare	185–370
	Fire rune	1–3	2 Common	14–42
	Law rune	1–4	4 Rare	149–596

Others

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	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.

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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