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Catablepon

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Catablepon are monsters that look like green bulls and are found on the third level of the Stronghold of Security. They are aggressive to all players, regardless of combat level. They use the magic spell, Weaken (which looks like a spraying white sparkle), to drain strength by up to 15% of their opponent's maximum level, so it would be advisable to bring a Dragon battleaxe to boost up your strength whenever the Catablepon uses this spell on you; training on these is not advised, as Weaken can be quite significant, unless you have a strength potion or a Dragon battleaxe. It should be noted that they can melee-attack and cast Weaken at the same time and that they can only cast it when next to you. It is also possible that they can damage and miss with Weaken , or miss while the spell works.

They also seem to have an unusually high drop rate for clue scrolls. In the north-western most room of the third level, there is an excellent safe spot for using Magic, Ranged, or using a halberd on catablepon, to the immediate west of the square patch of tendrils by the skeletons, in the centre east room there is also a safe spot. Catablepons are unique among F2P monsters in that it has a 2-space melee attack, but only hits diagonally.


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[edit] Drops

100% drop: Bones

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[edit] Seeds (Members only)

[edit] Herbs (Members only)

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[edit] Trivia

  • Players who tried to say "catablepon" in-game once found that the last three letters were blocked by the chat filter; this was later fixed.
  • This monster was one of several to be created in-game after having been suggested by a player in the Suggest-A-Monster sticky in the Suggestions section of the RuneScape Forums.
  • Catablepon are based on a mythical Ethiopian creature called a Catoblepas.
  • The Catablepon currently has no melee attack animation.
  • The weaken spell that they cast seems to only reduce a maxiumum 9 in the strength stat.