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

Contents 1 Strengths and weaknesses 2 Strategies 3 Drops 3.1 Charms 3.2 Armour 3.3 Weapons 3.4 Ammunition 3.5 Herbs 3.6 Other 3.7 Rare drop table drops 4 Trivia

Strengths and weaknessesEdit

Kalphite guardians can be very dangerous for lower levels. They can hit accurately for up to 208 life points in melee, with a chance to poison you if they successfully damage you. The poison does 68 damage per hit. It has been confirmed that using Protect from Melee does not reduce the chance of them inflicting poison against you - it only reduces the damage their attacks deal. Kalphite guardians can be safely ranged or maged from a couple locations (safe spots), however they are fairly strong against ranged attacks. Kalphites are most vulnerable to water spells, making training Magic on them highly effective even at low levels, especially if you take advantage of the safe spots. Despite this, most players still prefer to use melee for training. Keris is also highly effective for training against kalphites along with Guthan's Barrows set.

StrategiesEdit

Whilst not the most effective approach, melee is still a popular means of killing these monsters. A good melee weapon such as a godsword or an abyssal whip is recommended, as well as at least 75 Attack and Strength.

The best way to kill kalphite guardians is to utilise safe spots and fight with magic, preferably water spells (their weakness). By safe-spotting, players can avoid any chance of becoming damaged or poisoned (though they may still become poisoned by a soldier on the way over). A player using their best water spell and a good staff or wand will generally get a much faster kill rate than someone using melee.

Ranged is not recommended, as these monsters have high ranged defence. Nevertheless, if players decide to fight them with ranged, at least 80 Ranged and a strong weapon, such as a crystal bow or black salamander, are musts.

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 by climbing down to the Queen's chamber, where there are two more kalphite guardians. However, using that spot is HIGHLY dangerous as the Queen can occasionally wander on the other side of the room and begin attacking you, which may result in a very 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, in tandem with the spell Ice barrage. 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.

DropsEdit

CharmsEdit

Charm drop percentages

No charms
64–65%	13–14%	6–7%	7%	8–9%

Represents 90% confidence range, based on a sample of 18,812 kills.
1 charm is dropped at a time.

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

ArmourEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Mithril kiteshield	1	3 Uncommon	1,035
	Adamant sq shield	1	3 Uncommon	2,038
	Rune helm	1	3 Uncommon	11,155
	Rune chainbody	1	4 Rare	29,640
	Rune platebody	1	5 Very rare	38,730
	Rune sq shield	1	5 Very rare	22,727

WeaponsEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Steel hatchet	1	2 Common	46
	Steel battleaxe	1	2 Common	247
	Mithril longsword	1	2 Common	554
	Mithril sword	1	2 Common	333
	Adamant dagger	1	3 Uncommon	346
	Rune 2h sword	1	3 Uncommon	37,933
	Rune battleaxe	1	3 Uncommon	24,537
	Rune dagger	1	3 Uncommon	4,595
	Rune sword	1	4 Rare	12,154

AmmunitionEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Air rune	50	3 Uncommon	650
	Blood rune	7,12,13	3 Uncommon	1,946–3,614
	Fire rune	37	3 Uncommon	444
	Law rune	3, 45	3 Uncommon	570–8,550
	Death rune	18, 28, 45	3 Uncommon	3,006–7,515
	Chaos rune	10	3 Uncommon	410
	Adamant javelin	1	3 Uncommon	63
	Cosmic rune	2	3 Uncommon	282
	Rune arrow	42–150	3 Uncommon	8,358–29,850

HerbsEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Grimy guam	1	2 Common	332
	Grimy cadantine	1	2 Common	2,015
	Grimy tarromin	1	2 Common	157
	Grimy marrentill	1	2 Common	56
	Grimy harralander	1	2 Common	463
	Grimy avantoe	1	3 Uncommon	3,940
	Grimy ranarr	1	3 Uncommon	2,187
	Grimy irit	1	3 Uncommon	1,721
	Grimy kwuarm	1	3 Uncommon	2,148
	Grimy lantadyme	1	4 Rare	7,886
	Grimy dwarf weed	1	4 Rare	9,330

OtherEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	28–3,000	2 Common	Not sold
	Lobster	1,2	3 Uncommon	87–174
	Super defence (3)	1	3 Uncommon	113
	Super attack (3)	1	3 Uncommon	431
	Super strength (3)	1	3 Uncommon	969
	Potato cactus	2,4 (noted)	3 Uncommon	1,242–2,484
	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 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	1,082
	Uncut emerald	1	2 Common	1,903
	Uncut ruby	1	2 Common	3,112
	Uncut diamond	1	3 Uncommon	7,034
	Loop half of a key	1	3 Uncommon	11,742
	Tooth half of a key	1	3 Uncommon	19,052
	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	1,215
	Adamant javelin	20	5 Very rare	1,260
	Rune 2h sword	1	5 Very rare	37,933
	Rune spear	1	5 Very rare	11,988
	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	32,404
	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	1,305,000
	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	92,454
	Water talisman	1	3 Uncommon	5,311
	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	193
	Pure essence	500–15,000 (noted)	3 Uncommon	34,000–1,020,000
	Nature rune	47–77	4 Rare	5,452–8,932
	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	36,000–288
	Raw shark	250–500 (noted)	3 Uncommon	257,000–514,000
	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	11,100
	Runite ore	100 (noted)	4 Rare	1,056,000
	Adamant bar	1,000–7,000 (noted)	4 Rare	2,876,000–20,132,000
	Rune bar	1,50,150 (noted)	4 Rare	13,069–1,960,350
	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	164,810–988,860
	Palm tree seed	10	4 Rare	1,058,660
	Snapdragon seed	1	4 Rare	2,127
	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	53,600–10,720,000

TriviaEdit

• 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.

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