For the creature in Daemonheim, see Cave crawler (Daemonheim).

Cave crawlers are Slayer monsters that require level 10 Slayer to kill. They drop a variety of Herblore related items and seeds. They are, however, poisonous, and have a fast healing rate (approximately 10 life points per second). Level 112 cave crawlers have a much higher chance of dropping herbs and seeds than the level 76.

Cave crawlers are a popular delicacy amongst the Dorgeshuun cave goblins, who cut them into fillets and serve them on a large platter. 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.

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.

Level 112 Cave crawlers are also a great source of ancient effigies. Ideally the Pollnivneach Slayer Dungeon is the best place to obtain these.

Contents 1 Locations 2 Strengths and weaknesses 3 Drops (level 76) 3.1 Runes 3.2 Seeds 3.3 Herbs 3.4 Herblore ingredients 3.5 Charms 3.6 Other 3.7 Rare drop table drops 4 Drops (level 112) 4.1 Runes 4.2 Seeds 4.3 Herbs 4.4 Herblore ingredients 4.5 Charms 4.6 Other 4.7 Rare drop table drops

LocationsEdit

• Fremennik Slayer Dungeon (level 76 & 106) - Recommended for Slayer tasks and slaying in general. Many in one open space. (Fairy ring AJR)
• Lumbridge Swamp Caves (level 76 & 106) - Recommended for Slayer tasks for the close proximity to 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, and 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 76)
• Pollnivneach Slayer Dungeon (level 112), after fighting the monstrous cave crawler

Strengths and weaknessesEdit

When fighting the level 76 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 112 crawlers are a tougher challenge and require good healing abilities. 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 defence potions can also help with this.

Cave crawlers are great temporary training for mid-high level melee players. With heavy armor, a 2h sword and Momentum activated, they are easy kills.

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, killing a unicorn located near the entrance, and using a pestle and mortar to grind the horn into unicorn dust.

The level 112 cave crawlers are in a good spot to use a dwarf multicannon, it is recommended to use Protect from Ranged with this strategy because you will be attacked by many of them at once. However, a Slayer task may use up to around 1500 cannonballs to complete using this method, and the prayer will not prevent poisoning.

Level 76 and 112 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.

Drops (level 76)Edit

RunesEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Earth rune	9–10	2 Common	99–110
	Fire rune	12	2 Common	144
	Nature rune	3	2 Common	345

SeedsEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Potato seed	1–4	2 Common	2–8
	Onion seed	1–3	2 Common	3–9
	Cabbage seed	1–3	2 Common	4–12
	Tomato seed	1–3	2 Common	2–6
	Sweetcorn seed	1–2	2 Common	4–8
	Strawberry seed	1	2 Common	434
	Watermelon seed	1	3 Uncommon	1,953
	Evil turnip seed	1–4	3 Uncommon	191–764

HerbsEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Grimy guam	1–2	2 Common	332–664
	Grimy marrentill	1–2	2 Common	56–112
	Grimy tarromin	1–2	2 Common	157–314
	Grimy harralander	1–2	2 Common	463–926
	Grimy ranarr	1–2	3 Uncommon	2,187–4,374
	Grimy irit	1–2	3 Uncommon	1,721–3,442
	Grimy avantoe	1–2	3 Uncommon	3,940–7,880
	Grimy kwuarm	1–2	3 Uncommon	2,183–4,366
	Grimy cadantine	1–2	4 Rare	2,015–4,030
	Grimy lantadyme	1–2	4 Rare	7,886–15,772
	Grimy dwarf weed	1–2	4 Rare	9,330–18,660

Herblore ingredientsEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Eye of newt	1	2 Common	7
	Limpwurt root	1	2 Common	1,027
	White berries	1	2 Common	987
	Vial of water	1	2 Common	16
	Red spiders' eggs	1	3 Uncommon	735
	Unicorn horn dust	1	3 Uncommon	1,836
	Snape grass	1	4 Rare	298

CharmsEdit

Remember, this charm log is for the level 76 Cave crawlers.

Charm drop percentages

No charms
87%	9%	2–3%	0.9–1%	0.4–0.5%

Represents 90% confidence range, based on a sample of 38,321 kills.
1 charm is dropped at a time.

Please add to the log (only if 50 or more creatures killed).

OtherEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	3, 8, 11, 29	2 Common	Not sold
	Bronze boots	1	3 Uncommon	1,651
	Weapon poison (3)	1	3 Uncommon	104
	Starved ancient effigy	1	5 Very rare	Not sold

Rare drop table dropsEdit

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	1,107
	Uncut emerald	1	2 Common	1,903
	Uncut ruby	1	2 Common	3,112
	Uncut diamond	1	3 Uncommon	7,110
	Loop half of a key	1	3 Uncommon	10,649
	Tooth half of a key	1	3 Uncommon	17,280
	Uncut dragonstone	1	4 Rare	12,885
	Dragonstone	1	4 Rare	10,585
	Dragon dagger	1	3 Uncommon	16,976
	Rune javelin	5	4 Rare	1,240
	Adamant javelin	20	5 Very rare	1,320
	Rune 2h sword	1	5 Very rare	37,963
	Rune spear	1	5 Very rare	12,049
	Dragon spear	1	5 Very rare	36,917
	Dragon dagger	50 (noted)	5 Very rare	848,800
	Rune sq shield	1	5 Very rare	22,727
	Rune kiteshield	1	5 Very rare	32,283
	Shield left half	1	5 Very rare	65,284
	Dragon helm	1	5 Very rare	59,501
	Adamant bolts	200	3 Uncommon	19,800
	Onyx bolts	150	4 Rare	1,297,050
	Rune arrow	150–200; 500	4 Rare	29,850–199
	Battlestaff	200 (noted)	4 Rare	1,680,000
	Air orb	1,000 (noted)	4 Rare	1,587,000
	Fire orb	1,000 (noted)	4 Rare	1,723,000
	Vecna skull	1	5 Very rare	91,765
	Water talisman	1	3 Uncommon	5,606
	Earth talisman	25–35 (noted)	3 Uncommon	19,025–26,635
	Fire talisman	25–35 (noted)	3 Uncommon	47,950–67,130
	Chaos talisman	1	3 Uncommon	177
	Nature talisman	1	3 Uncommon	195
	Pure essence	500–15,000 (noted)	3 Uncommon	34,000–1,020,000
	Nature rune	47–77	4 Rare	5,405–8,855
	Soul rune	20	4 Rare	2,480
	Law rune	45	4 Rare	8,550
	Death rune	50; 121	4 Rare	167
	Blood rune	50	4 Rare	13,900
	Raw swordfish	125 – 250; 1,000 (noted)	3 Uncommon	36,250–290
	Raw shark	250–500 (noted)	3 Uncommon	256,500–513,000
	Big bones	150 – 500 (noted)	3 Uncommon	67,350–224,500
	Coal	150–7,500 (noted)	3 Uncommon	38,250–1,912,500
	Adamantite ore	150–800 (noted)	3 Uncommon	214,650–1,144,800
	Silver ore	100 (noted)	4 Rare	11,200
	Runite ore	100 (noted)	4 Rare	1,056,600
	Adamant bar	1,000–7,000 (noted)	4 Rare	2,824,000–19,768,000
	Rune bar	1,50,150 (noted)	4 Rare	13,017–1,952,550
	Clean ranarr	33 (noted)	3 Uncommon	75,900
	Clean toadflax	25–250 (noted)	3 Uncommon	88,175–881,750
	Clean snapdragon	30–120 (noted)	3 Uncommon	106,230–424,920
	Clean torstol	10–100 (noted)	3 Uncommon	94,140–941,400
	Saradomin brew (4)	250 (noted)	5 Very rare	64,750
	Watermelon seed	3	3 Uncommon	5,859
	Yew seed	1–50	4 Rare	60,155–3,007,750
	Magic seed	1–6	4 Rare	163,646–981,876
	Palm tree seed	10	4 Rare	1,043,290
	Snapdragon seed	1	4 Rare	2,087
	Torstol seed	1–31	4 Rare	50,268–1,558,308
	Fellstalk seed	2	4 Rare	1,000
	Yew logs	100–20,000 (noted)	4 Rare	52,500–10,500,000

Drops (level 112)Edit

RunesEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Earth rune	9	2 Common	99
	Fire rune	12	2 Common	144
	Nature rune	1, 3	3 Uncommon	115–345

SeedsEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Potato seed	1–5	2 Common	2–10
	Onion seed	1, 3 , 5	2 Common	3–15
	Cabbage seed	1–3	2 Common	4–12
	Tomato seed	1–3	2 Common	2–6
	Sweetcorn seed	1–2	2 Common	4–8
	Strawberry seed	1	2 Common	434
	Watermelon seed	1	3 Uncommon	1,953
	Evil turnip seed	1–4	3 Uncommon	191–764

HerbsEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Grimy guam	1–3	2 Common	332–996
	Grimy marrentill	1–3	2 Common	56–168
	Grimy tarromin	1–3	2 Common	157–471
	Grimy harralander	1–3	2 Common	463–1,389
	Grimy ranarr	1–3	3 Uncommon	2,187–6,561
	Grimy irit	1–3	3 Uncommon	1,721–5,163
	Grimy avantoe	1–3	3 Uncommon	3,940–11,820
	Grimy kwuarm	1–3	3 Uncommon	2,183–6,549
	Grimy cadantine	1–3	4 Rare	2,015–6,045
	Grimy lantadyme	1–3	4 Rare	7,886–23,658
	Grimy dwarf weed	1–3	4 Rare	9,330–27,990

Herblore ingredientsEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Eye of newt	1	2 Common	7
	Limpwurt root	1–2	2 Common	1,027–2,054
	Snape grass	1–2	2 Common	298–596
	Red spiders' eggs	1–3	3 Uncommon	735–2,205
	Unicorn horn dust	1–3	2 Common	1,836–5,508
	White berries	1–2	2 Common	987–1,974
	Vial of water	1	2 Common	16

CharmsEdit

Remember, this Charm log is for the level 112 cave crawlers.

Charm drop percentages

No charms
79–80%	4–5%	11–12%	4%	0.6–0.9%

Represents 90% confidence range, based on a sample of 10,509 kills.
1 charm is dropped at a time.

Please add to the log (only if 50 or more creatures killed).

OtherEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	10–328	2 Common	Not sold
	Bronze boots	1	3 Uncommon	1,651
	Adamant spear	1	4 Rare	850
	Starved ancient effigy	1	4 Rare	Not sold

Rare drop table dropsEdit

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	1,107
	Uncut emerald	1	2 Common	1,903
	Uncut ruby	1	2 Common	3,112
	Uncut diamond	1	3 Uncommon	7,110
	Loop half of a key	1	3 Uncommon	10,649
	Tooth half of a key	1	3 Uncommon	17,280
	Uncut dragonstone	1	4 Rare	12,885
	Dragonstone	1	4 Rare	10,585
	Dragon dagger	1	3 Uncommon	16,976
	Rune javelin	5	4 Rare	1,240
	Adamant javelin	20	5 Very rare	1,320
	Rune 2h sword	1	5 Very rare	37,963
	Rune spear	1	5 Very rare	12,049
	Dragon spear	1	5 Very rare	36,917
	Dragon dagger	50 (noted)	5 Very rare	848,800
	Rune sq shield	1	5 Very rare	22,727
	Rune kiteshield	1	5 Very rare	32,283
	Shield left half	1	5 Very rare	65,284
	Dragon helm	1	5 Very rare	59,501
	Adamant bolts	200	3 Uncommon	19,800
	Onyx bolts	150	4 Rare	1,297,050
	Rune arrow	150–200; 500	4 Rare	29,850–199
	Battlestaff	200 (noted)	4 Rare	1,680,000
	Air orb	1,000 (noted)	4 Rare	1,587,000
	Fire orb	1,000 (noted)	4 Rare	1,723,000
	Vecna skull	1	5 Very rare	91,765
	Water talisman	1	3 Uncommon	5,606
	Earth talisman	25–35 (noted)	3 Uncommon	19,025–26,635
	Fire talisman	25–35 (noted)	3 Uncommon	47,950–67,130
	Chaos talisman	1	3 Uncommon	177
	Nature talisman	1	3 Uncommon	195
	Pure essence	500–15,000 (noted)	3 Uncommon	34,000–1,020,000
	Nature rune	47–77	4 Rare	5,405–8,855
	Soul rune	20	4 Rare	2,480
	Law rune	45	4 Rare	8,550
	Death rune	50; 121	4 Rare	167
	Blood rune	50	4 Rare	13,900
	Raw swordfish	125 – 250; 1,000 (noted)	3 Uncommon	36,250–290
	Raw shark	250–500 (noted)	3 Uncommon	256,500–513,000
	Big bones	150 – 500 (noted)	3 Uncommon	67,350–224,500
	Coal	150–7,500 (noted)	3 Uncommon	38,250–1,912,500
	Adamantite ore	150–800 (noted)	3 Uncommon	214,650–1,144,800
	Silver ore	100 (noted)	4 Rare	11,200
	Runite ore	100 (noted)	4 Rare	1,056,600
	Adamant bar	1,000–7,000 (noted)	4 Rare	2,824,000–19,768,000
	Rune bar	1,50,150 (noted)	4 Rare	13,017–1,952,550
	Clean ranarr	33 (noted)	3 Uncommon	75,900
	Clean toadflax	25–250 (noted)	3 Uncommon	88,175–881,750
	Clean snapdragon	30–120 (noted)	3 Uncommon	106,230–424,920
	Clean torstol	10–100 (noted)	3 Uncommon	94,140–941,400
	Saradomin brew (4)	250 (noted)	5 Very rare	64,750
	Watermelon seed	3	3 Uncommon	5,859
	Yew seed	1–50	4 Rare	60,155–3,007,750
	Magic seed	1–6	4 Rare	163,646–981,876
	Palm tree seed	10	4 Rare	1,043,290
	Snapdragon seed	1	4 Rare	2,087
	Torstol seed	1–31	4 Rare	50,268–1,558,308
	Fellstalk seed	2	4 Rare	1,000
	Yew logs	100–20,000 (noted)	4 Rare	52,500–10,500,000

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