Cockroach worker

Release date	11 March 2008 (Update)
Members?	No
Combat level	44
XP per kill	51 (and 16.8 experience)
Always drops	None
Examine text	Eurgh! A big bug.
Combat stats LP Max hit 1100 (up from 540) Unknown Attack Defence Ranged Magic Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Other Immune to Poison? Immune to Stun? No No Attack Speed Speed 6 (Interval: 2.4 seconds) Aggressive? Poisonous? No No Attack style Weakness Melee Earth spells

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Cockroach workers are found in the Stronghold of Player Safety. They are good non-member monsters for mid-levelled players to train on. They also drop Crimson charms quite often, making the Stronghold a popular place to obtain charms for training Summoning.

They can hit 50s and 60s very often if Rune armour or better is not worn. As they occupy 2x2 areas, rangers and mages may fight them in safe spots in Level 1 of the Stronghold. Two cockroach workers have their spawn points enclosed in a small room with an exit only one tile wide so they cannot attack a player fighting them with a Range or Magic attack style from outside of the room. However, workers' defences are rather high, making it harder for low and mid-level players to deal damage to it. For members, a halberd can be used for safe Melee training, as it can attack up to two spaces away from the player, allowing you to strike melee attacks without getting hit.

Many players take free food from the nearby fishing spot when training on cockroaches.

Also the Monastery is nearby for healing or using the altar (level 31 prayer needed).

Medium-levelled players will sometimes kill this monster for their decent stackable drops on free worlds, and for their relatively good crimson charm drop rate for their level. If you have a decent combat level +70s, you can gain up to 40 Crimson charm per hour. +90s would produce roughly 60 charms per hour.

DropsEdit

Charms (members only)Edit

Charm drop percentages

No charms
71–73%	6–7%	3–4%	16–18%	0.9–1.3%

Represents 90% confidence range, based on a sample of 6,588 kills.
1 charm is dropped at a time.

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

Weapons and armourEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Black full helm	1	2 Common	407
	Mithril sq shield	1	3 Uncommon	707
	Battlestaff (m)	1	3 Uncommon	8,327
	Mithril platebody	1	4 Rare	2,843
	Rune scimitar	1	5 Very rare	15,170

Herbs (members only)Edit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Grimy irit	1	2 Common	1,743
	Grimy guam	1	2 Common	539
	Grimy marrentill	1	2 Common	44
	Grimy tarromin	1	2 Common	249
	Grimy harralander	1	2 Common	652
	Grimy ranarr	1	4 Rare	2,160
	Grimy cadantine	1	4 Rare	2,507
	Grimy avantoe	1	4 Rare	4,128
	Grimy kwuarm	1	4 Rare	2,471
	Grimy lantadyme	1	4 Rare	7,850
	Grimy dwarf weed	1	4 Rare	8,195

Gems and oresEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Mithril ore	2–3 (noted)	2 Common	642–963
	Coal	1–2 (noted)	3 Uncommon	278–556

RunesEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Cosmic rune	1–2	2 Common	151–302
	Nature rune	1–20	2 Common	111–2,220
	Chaos rune	1–18	2 Common	41–738
	Earth rune	2–22	2 Common	18–198
	Death rune	1–2	4 Rare	93–186
	Fire rune	1–3	2 Common	10–30
	Law rune	1–4	4 Rare	180–720

OthersEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Carapace	1	2 Common	696
	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.