Crawling hand

This article is about the slayer monster. For other uses, see Crawling hand (disambiguation).

Crawling Hand

Release date	26 January, 2005 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	7, 8, 11, 12
Life points	150, 160, 180, 190
Experience for killing	64, 96 21, 25 constitution
Slayer level	Level 5
Slayer XP	15, 16, 18, 19
Assigned by	Turael or Spria, Mazchna or Achtryn, Chaeldar
Aggressive?	No
Poisonous?	No
Immune to poison?	No
Attack style	Melee (Crush)
Attack speed	AverageInterval: 3.6 seconds
Max hit	Level 7: 17, Level 8: 18, Level 11: 20, Level 12: 21
Weakness	crumble undead and salve amuletcrumble undead and salve amuletcrumble undead and salve amuletcrumble undead and salve amuletcrumble undead and salve amuletcrumble undead and salve amuletcrumble undead and salve amuletcrumble undead and salve amuletcrumble undead and salve amuletcrumble undead and salve amuletcrumble undead and salve amuletcrumble undead and salve amuletCrumble Undead and Salve amulet
Always drops	Bones
Examine text	Gimme five. Actually, don't. Now THAT'S handy. I'm glad it's just the hand I can see... A big severed hand. Give the guy a big hand.....

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Crawling hands are Slayer monsters that require level 5 Slayer to kill, and are the first Slayer monsters that beginning Slayers can kill. (Below level 5 Slayer, players are assigned other monsters.) They frequently drop gloves and rings, since they are reanimated severed hands. They are also one of the creatures that will sometimes "die" in a perfect form allowing you to get it stuffed by a Taxidermist and mounted in your Player-owned house. The stuffed hand along with 5 Zeal points can also be exchanged for a Creeping hand Summoning pet at Soul Wars.

Players can also kill Skeletal hands and Zombie hands as part of a Crawling hand Slayer task. These monsters yield more slayer and combat experience than crawling hands and have better drops. Skeletal and zombie hands are found in the Meiyerditch Dungeon, which can only be accessed during and after the Legacy of Seergaze quest.

Despite common perception, Crawling hands are living, so Crumble Undead and Salve amulets are not very effective. However, they can be easily killed without the spell or amulet since they have a low combat level.

The larger crawling hands (level 11 and 12) will be hit twice with the dragon halberd's special attack, but this usually has little additional effect as the dragon halberd is often capable of killing these hands in one hit without the use of the special attack.

Locations

• Morytania Slayer Tower ground floor

Crawling hands also appear within Daemonheim. For more information see Crawling hand (Daemonheim).

A crawling hand.

Drops

100% drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Bones	1	1 Always	105

Weapons and armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Leather gloves	1	2 Common	44
	Gloves (yellow)	1	2 Common	1,493
	Gloves (grey)	1	3 Uncommon	977
	Gloves (red)	1	3 Uncommon	1,121
	Gloves (teal)	1	3 Uncommon	1,124
	Gloves (purple)	1	3 Uncommon	830
Exchange:Mystic gloves (light)	Mystic gloves (light)	1	5 Very rare

Jewellery

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Gold ring	1	3 Uncommon	186
	Sapphire ring	1	3 Uncommon	544
	Emerald ring	1	3 Uncommon	856
	Ruby ring	1	3 Uncommon	1,115

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	5,8,312,442	2 Common	Not sold
	Ashes	1	3 Uncommon	276
	Hand bone	1	3 Uncommon <ref>Only during Fur 'n' Seek.</ref>	Not sold
File:Crawling hand corpse.png	Crawling hand corpse	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	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

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Trivia

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  Crawling hands mysteriously spawning at the grand exchange.

  The concept probably originated from the story, "La Main Gauche" from French author Guy de Maupassant. This theory is backed up by the ability to display the hand in one's home, as in the story. Another possible origin of the Crawling Hand might also be a reference to the Wallmasters/Floormasters from the Legend of Zelda series or Thing from The Addams Family. Another possible inspiration was from the B-movie "The Crawling Hand", in which an astronaut burns up and crash lands with his hand being the only surviving part, which becomes animated via radiation.
• One could surmise the idea of these crawling hands coming from Dr. Terror's House of Horrors, in which Christopher Lee's character (Marsh) is haunted by the severed, crawling hand of his enemy that committed suicide.
• The recent slayer update apparently added level 7 and 11 Crawling Hands near the entrance to the Slayer Tower.
• With the release of Smoking Kills on 5 June 2008, their appearance was changed.
• The black markings seen on some of the crawling hands is very similar to the appearance of Ash's possessed hand from Evil Dead 2, which he severs with a chainsaw, after which crawls about on its own
• All crawling hands seem to be right-handed
• There are no monsters in Runescape large enough that the crawling hands could have been 'severed' from to be the actual size that they are. It's possible that they are human hands which have been zombified and then enlarged. (unless you count Glod from the 'grim tales' quest)
• Crawling hands are the lowest level monster that drop the Vecna skull.