A Cave horror is a Slayer monster that requires level 58 Slayer, a Witchwood icon, and a light source to successfully hunt and kill. You must also have completed the Cabin Fever quest to have access to Mos Le'Harmless, as cave horrors live in an unlit cave on this island. They also have a weaker relative outside on the island called the jungle horror.

Players can buy a witchwood icon from any Slayer Master and must wear it while fighting cave horrors in close combat. You can damage them without the icon, but the icon protects against the cave horrors' scream. Without the icon, the scream reduces stats and life points, similar to the effect of a banshee when fought without earmuffs or a Dust devil when fought without a Face mask. The Deflect Melee and Protect from Melee prayers will not block this damage. 

The witchwood icon is not necessary when engaging in long range combat from a safe spot, so neck wear with better combat modifiers can be worn instead. It is recommended to carry an icon in inventory when using this tactic, in case close combat occurs by accident.

In contrast to most monsters, the cave horror has an irregular attack speed, which can shift in the middle of a battle. Time between attacks can be either 2.4 seconds or 3.0 seconds. This makes it somewhat difficult to utilise the prayer flashing tactic effectively. However, this is compensated by their comparatively low amount of life points.

Cave horrors are generally known for dropping the Black Mask (10).

Cave horrors are an effective place to train Ranged for players with 85+ Ranged looking for a chance of high profit (from black masks and various seeds) as well as a decent amount of crimson charms.

The good thing about this cave is that there is a staircase in the north-eastern end, on the surface there is Edible seaweed that can heal 200 life points. If utilised correctly, you can stay here for quite a long time, farming clue scrolls (except you can only have one clue scroll at a time) or black masks.

Contents 1 Locations 2 Tactics 2.1 Ring of Wealth 3 Drops 3.1 100% drops 3.2 Weapons and armour 3.3 Charms 3.4 Seeds 3.5 Herbs 3.6 Runes 3.7 Other 3.8 Rare drop table drops 4 Trivia

LocationsEdit

• Mos Le'Harmless Caves - in a cave on the southeast side of the island which can be accessed quickly through the Fairy ring DIP. Players need a light source (such as Seer's headband 4 or a bullseye lantern) to operate in the cave. If a player goes in without a light source, bugs will rapidly bite them hitting 10-100 and can kill the player quickly depending on their number of life points. (Note: If using the fairy ring shortcut, you must first repair the bridges connecting the fairy ring island to the Mos le'Harmless mainland. This will require a total of 8 regular planks and 16 nails of any kind. Each bridge must be repaired from a different side, meaning you must fix it from the Mos le'Harmless side as well as the fairy ring island side if it is your first time using the shortcut).

TacticsEdit

An effective method of killing cave horrors is as follows:

Players using melee should use armour that has a high magical defence bonus (+100) whilst at the same time not giving negative offensive melee bonuses like Karil's top, Karil's skirt, and Royal Dragonhide equipment. There is no danger here if you have a full inventory of monkfish and bank when you run out. Guthan's set can be effective with a magic level of around 70 or higher, as the nearby Albino Bats can be used for healing if health gets too low. Some other Guthan's users may prefer to use prayer, in which case it is advised that they bring prayer potions or super restore potions in order to restore their prayer points. Black dragonhide armour, an abyssal whip, an obsidian shield, and a bunyip familiar will keep you there long enough to fill your inventory, although with around 80 defence and 70 magic, you should take around 8 monkfish, just-in-case.

It is highly recommended to bring along a fire staff or fire runes to alch all armour and weapon drops. You will not need to bring your own nature runes as they are a very common drop.

Familiars such as bunyips or beasts of burden full of extra food are recommended. Food that heals 140 or higher is also highly recommended.

Another effective way is going to the cave horrors with bones to peaches tablets, and pick up the bones and turn them into peaches. It is recommended to save bank trips by only picking up the nature runes, seeds and black masks (noted teak logs may also be picked up) as peaches heal 80 life points and they serve well for camping in the cave.

Rangers should use the safe spot shown below, or one of the very few other safe spots if they wish not to receive damage from the cave horrors. Reasonable ranged attack bonus is recommended, 160+ is preferable. If one wishes to use the method of tanking taking the hits of the cave horrors whilst ranging, it is advised they have high magical defence, such as +100 magical defence bonus with 85 Defence, 75 Magic. Knives, darts and shortbows are very effective against these when a player has high levels in ranged, 80+.

Sacrificing magical defensive armour for equipment like dragon boots and the dragon defender which give significant strength bonuses, and a fast weapon such as an abyssal whip or a Saradomin sword, can be used for quick kills. This is effective because the monsters only have 550 life points, and can be easily taken down by a player with 70+ Strength in 3 to 4 hits.

A halberd may also be used for killing cave horrors in one of the safespot locations.

Warning: If you forget to bring a witchwood icon and fight cave horrors with melee without stopping, you will get hit for 86-87 each time it attacks.

Ring of WealthEdit

The ring of wealth will increase your chances of getting any item from the rare drop table, and will not increase your chances of getting a Black mask (10). See the Ring of Wealth page for a more thorough description of how the ring of wealth works.

The ring of wealth shines after every kill no matter what, as it boosts every drop's quality and the charm quantity/quality rate as well. It is very highly recommended to wear the Ring of wealth.

DropsEdit

100% dropsEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Big bones	1	1 Always	449

Weapons and armourEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Mithril hatchet	1	2 Common	186
	Mithril kiteshield	1	3 Uncommon	1,017
	Rune dagger	1	3 Uncommon	4,357
	Rune spear	1	5 Very rare	12,048
	Adamant full helm	1	3 Uncommon	1,806
	Adamant kiteshield	1	4 Rare	2,818
	Black mask (10)	1	4 Rare [1]	645,110

1. ^ 1/756 (Approx.)

CharmsEdit

Charm drop percentages

No charms
78–79%	5%	2%	14%	0.6–0.7%

Represents 90% confidence range, based on a sample of 35,085 kills.
1 charm is dropped at a time.

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

SeedsEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Belladonna seed	1	2 Common	33
	Cabbage seed	1–3	2 Common	3–9
	Toadflax seed	1	2 Common	702
	Potato seed	1–4	2 Common	2–8
	Irit seed	1	2 Common	74
	Onion seed	1–3	2 Common	2–6
	Kwuarm seed	1	3 Uncommon	363
	Poison ivy seed	1	3 Uncommon	54
	Snapdragon seed	1	3 Uncommon	2,196
	Cactus seed	1	3 Uncommon	26
	Cadantine seed	1	3 Uncommon	2,354
	Evil turnip seed	1–4	3 Uncommon	149–596
	Strawberry seed	1	3 Uncommon	359
	Sweetcorn seed	1–2	3 Uncommon	1–2
	Avantoe seed	1	3 Uncommon	1,890
	Tomato seed	1–2	3 Uncommon	1–2
	Wergali seed	1	3 Uncommon	760
	Fellstalk seed	1	3 Uncommon	466
	Morchella mushroom spore	3	3 Uncommon	882
	Watermelon seed	1	4 Rare	2,010
	Lantadyme seed	1	4 Rare	34,922
	Dwarf weed seed	1	4 Rare	38,269
	Torstol seed	1	5 Very rare	78,509

HerbsEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Grimy tarromin	1	2 Common	249
	Grimy guam	1	2 Common	539
	Grimy marrentill	1	2 Common	44
	Grimy ranarr	1	3 Uncommon	2,160
	Grimy avantoe	1	3 Uncommon	4,171
	Grimy harralander	1	3 Uncommon	652
	Grimy irit	1	3 Uncommon	1,743
	Grimy kwuarm	1	3 Uncommon	2,471
	Grimy cadantine	1	4 Rare	2,507
	Grimy dwarf weed	1	4 Rare	8,019
	Grimy lantadyme	1	4 Rare	7,733

RunesEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Nature rune	3–6	2 Common	333–666
	Fire rune	50	4 Rare	500

OtherEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	44–495	2 Common	Not sold
	Limpwurt root	1	2 Common	1,128
	Teak logs	4 (noted)	2 Common	460
	Mahogany logs	2–4	3 Uncommon	1,130–2,260
	Foot bone	1	3 Uncommon [1]	Not sold
	Clue scroll (hard)	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Long bone	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Spin ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Curved bone	1	5 Very rare	Not sold

1. ^ Only during Fur n' Seek.

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 1,143 Uncut emerald 1 2 Common 1,783 Uncut ruby 1 2 Common 3,576 Loop half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 8,548 Tooth half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 12,668 Uncut diamond 1 3 Uncommon 7,160 Uncut dragonstone 1 4 Rare 14,935 Dragonstone 1 4 Rare 9,966 Dragon dagger 1 3 Uncommon 17,221 Rune battleaxe 1 4 Rare 24,627 Rune javelin 5 4 Rare 1,270 Adamant javelin 20 5 Very rare 920 Rune spear 1 5 Very rare 12,048 Dragon spear 1 5 Very rare 36,856 Dragon dagger 50 (noted) 5 Very rare 861,050 Rune kiteshield 1 5 Very rare 32,145 Shield left half 1 5 Very rare 65,188 Dragon helm 1 5 Very rare 59,636 Adamant bolts 200 3 Uncommon 17,400 Rune arrow 150–200; 500 4 Rare 29,850–199 Onyx bolts 150 4 Rare 1,303,050 Battlestaff 200 (noted) 4 Rare 1,665,400 Air orb 1,000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,418,000 Fire orb 1,000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,612,000 Vecna skull 1 5 Very rare 133,474 Water talisman 1 3 Uncommon 4,721 Earth talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 19,825–27,755 Fire talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 50,450–70,630 Chaos talisman 1 3 Uncommon 227 Nature talisman 1 3 Uncommon 270 Pure essence 500–15,000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 42,500–1,275,000 Nature rune 47–77 4 Rare 5,217–8,547 Soul rune 20 4 Rare 2,420 Death rune 50; 121 4 Rare 93 Blood rune 50 4 Rare 8,150 Raw swordfish 125 – 250; 1,000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 37,250–298 Raw shark 250–500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 246,500–493,000 Big bones 150 – 500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 67,350–224,500 Coal 150–7,500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 41,700–2,085,000 Adamantite ore 150–800 (noted) 3 Uncommon 227,700–1,214,400 Silver ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 10,500 Adamant bar 1,000–7,000 (noted) 4 Rare 3,168,000–22,176,000 Runite ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 1,041,900 Rune bar 1,50,150 (noted) 4 Rare 13,002–1,950,300 Clean ranarr 33 (noted) 3 Uncommon 74,448 Clean toadflax 25–250 (noted) 3 Uncommon 95,050–950,500 Clean snapdragon 30–120 (noted) 3 Uncommon 106,530–426,120 Clean torstol 10–100 (noted) 3 Uncommon 118,420–1,184,200 Saradomin brew (4) 250 (noted) 5 Very rare 172,000 Watermelon seed 3 3 Uncommon 6,030 Yew seed 1–50 4 Rare 71,385–3,569,250 Magic seed 1–6 4 Rare 160,602–963,612 Palm tree seed 10 4 Rare 1,064,590 Snapdragon seed 1 4 Rare 2,196 Torstol seed 1–31 4 Rare 78,509–2,433,779 Fellstalk seed 2 4 Rare 932 Yew logs 100–20,000 (noted) 4 Rare 56,100–11,220,000

TriviaEdit

• A Cave Horror's roar counts as a magical melee attack, and will be blocked by Deflect/Protect from Melee.
• Morchella mushroom spores are always dropped in groups of three, and almost always along with a fellstalk seed.

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