Kalphite Guardian

Kalphite Guardian

Release date	7 September 2004 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	141
Life points	1,700
Experience for killing	680 (227 Constitution experience)
Slayer level	Level 1
Slayer XP	170
Assigned by	Mazchna or Achtryn, Chaeldar, Sumona, Duradel or Lapalok, Kuradal
Aggressive?	Yes
Poisonous?	Yes (68)
Immune to poison?	No
Attack style	Melee
Attack speed	AverageInterval: 3.6 seconds
Max hit	124
Weakness	keris, crush, [[]]keris, crush, magickeris, crush, magickeris, crush, magickeris, crush, magickeris, crush, magickeris, crush, magickeris, crush, magickeris, crush, magickeris, crush, magickeris, [[]], magickeris, crush, magicKeris, Crush, Magic
Always drops	Nothing
Examine text	I don't think insect repellent will work...

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Kalphite guardians are found in the Kalphite Hive south-west of Shantay Pass, near the entrance to and inside the Kalphite Queen's room.

Strengths and weaknesses

Kalphite guardians can be very dangerous for lower levels. They can hit for up to 124 life points in melee, and often. Furthermore, any attack that successfully inflicts damage will poison you, starting at 68 life points. Using Protect from Melee to absorb the damage does not prevent them from inflicting poison against you. Kalphite guardians can be safely ranged from a couple locations (safe spots), however they are fairly strong against ranged attacks. A somewhat common tactic is to poison them with a dragon dagger (p++) then back up and range. Kalphites are most vulnerable to crush attacks and range, however most players still prefer to use abyssal whip or dragon scimitar for training. Keris is also highly effective for training against kalphites along with Guthan's Barrows set and Korasi's Sword, which is a highly effective way to kill all kinds of kalphites. Kalphites have a low magic resistance, making training Magic on them highly effective even at low levels, especially if you take advantage of the safe spots.

One of the 3 safe spots at the guardians

Strategies

Players who do not wish to fight kalphite guardians head-on can safespot them with Ranged or with any halberd (preferably dragon). Players can stand behind the square of stalagmites in the south-west corner of the room with the tunnel leading down to the Kalphite Queen. This room contains has two kalphite guardians and is the only room with safespots. Using Ranged or a halberd may be time-consuming though, so strength potions and attack potions are useful to make the killing process faster; a Dragon halberd is very much recommended for this. It is also useful for players to take a shield and weapon, such as the keris, and attack the guardians head-on every now and then.This allows players to kill them even more quickly while having the option to continue halberding them while waiting for lifepoints to replenish. The problem with the keris lies in its relatively low stats compared to other weapons, and the chances of triple damage occurring is quite low; the triple damage may not be so effective due to the low bonuses. If players plan on ranging kalphite guardians, a 60+ Range level is recommended as well as a rune crossbow with mithril bolts or better.

One of the most effective ways of killing them is to simply melee them with an anti-poison totem. Without the totem, melee is still simple by bringing several super antipoisons, players can cure themselves of poison and be granted temporary immunity from poison. Players may also bring a prayer book obtained from The Great Brain Robbery quest along with a holy symbol to expend prayer points to cure poison. In addition, players can wield the anti-poison totem obtained from Dungeoneering. Good armour, food, and a Summoning familiar that can heal are useful. Since the area is multicombat, players can also use a combat familiar.

As with all poisonous creatures, kalphite guardians can poison through prayer, so players should keep that in mind.

Kalphite guardians have a very slow respawn rate and players should decide if they should kill some more. The only way to solve this is by waiting for them to respawn, which takes a minute or so, or climb down to the Queen's chamber, where there are two more kalphite guardians. However, using that spot is HIGHLY dangerous as the Queen can occasionaly wander on the other side of the room and begin attacking you, which can quickly lead to a quick death unless players are busy killing her.

The fastest but most expensive way to kill kalphite guardians is use a dwarf multicannon against them. The area unlocked after the Do No Evil quest is good for this. It is a small, open cavern that houses two kalphite guardians and several kalphite soldiers. It is also multicombat, permitting the use of combat familiars.

Drops

Charms

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Armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Mithril kiteshield	1	3 Uncommon	1,086
	Rune helm	1	3 Uncommon	11,283
	Rune chainbody	1	4 Rare	29,853
	Rune platebody	1	5 Very rare	38,859
	Rune sq shield	1	5 Very rare	22,884

Weapons

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Steel hatchet	1	2 Common	49
	Steel battleaxe	1	2 Common	282
	Mithril hatchet	1	2 Common	204
	Mithril longsword	1	2 Common	647
	Mithril sword	1	2 Common	387
	Adamant dagger	1	3 Uncommon	386
	Rune 2h sword	1	3 Uncommon	38,245
	Rune battleaxe	1	3 Uncommon	24,735

Ammunition

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Air rune	50	3 Uncommon	400
	Blood rune	7	3 Uncommon	1,365
	Fire rune	37	3 Uncommon	518
	Law rune	3, 45	3 Uncommon	447–6,705
	Death rune	45	3 Uncommon	8,325
	Chaos rune	10	3 Uncommon	860
	Adamant javelin	1	3 Uncommon	40
	Cosmic rune	2	3 Uncommon	220
	Rune arrow	42–150	3 Uncommon	7,980–28,500

Herbs

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

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	28–3,000	2 Common	Not sold
	Lobster	1	3 Uncommon	223
	Defence potion (3)	1	3 Uncommon	414
	Starved ancient effigy	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Spin ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Court summons	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

Trivia

• When the anti-poison totem was first released, there was a glitch where the kalphite guardians were still able to poison you. This has since been fixed.