Kalphite King

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Kalphite King

Also called	KK
Release date	14 January 2013 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	2500
XP per kill	26,462.2 (and 8,732.5 experience)
Examine text	This mighty kalphite is even more powerful than the queen.
Slayer info
Slayer level	1
Slayer XP	3,963 (counts for 2 kalphites)
Assigned by	Mazchna or Achtryn, Chaeldar, Sumona, Duradel or Lapalok, Kuradal
Combat info LP Max hit 260,000 26,271 Attack Defence Ranged Magic 90 85 90 90 Immune to Poison Stun Deflect No No No Attack speed Undefined Aggressive Poisonous Yes No Attack style Weakness Melee Fire spells Abilities used

[FAQ] • [doc]

Kalphite King

Also called	KK
Release date	14 January 2013 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	2500
XP per kill	26,462.2 (and 8,732.5 experience)
Examine text	This mighty kalphite is even more powerful than the queen.
Slayer info
Slayer level	1
Slayer XP	3,963 (counts for 2 kalphites)
Assigned by	Mazchna or Achtryn, Chaeldar, Sumona, Duradel or Lapalok, Kuradal
Combat info LP Max hit 260,000 5,100 Attack Defence Ranged Magic 85 85 85 85 Immune to Poison Stun Deflect No No No Attack speed Undefined Aggressive Poisonous Yes No Attack style Weakness Magic Arrows Abilities used

[FAQ] • [doc]

Kalphite King

Also called	KK
Release date	14 January 2013 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	2500
XP per kill	26,462.2 (and 8,732.5 experience)
Examine text	This mighty kalphite is even more powerful than the queen.
Slayer info
Slayer level	1
Slayer XP	3,963 (counts for 2 kalphites)
Assigned by	Mazchna or Achtryn, Chaeldar, Sumona, Duradel or Lapalok, Kuradal
Combat info LP Max hit 260,000 24,060 Attack Defence Ranged Magic 85 85 85 85 Immune to Poison Stun Deflect No No No Attack speed Undefined Aggressive Poisonous Yes No Attack style Weakness Ranged Stab Abilities used

[FAQ] • [doc]

The Kalphite King, formerly dubbed the "Toughest Boss in RuneScape history", is a boss monster who can be found in the Exiled Kalphite Hive. At a combat level of 2500, it is currently the third strongest monster outside Dungeoneering, after Vorago, Araxxi, and is tied with Araxxor.

The Kalphite King was first mentioned at RuneFest 2011 in Mod Mark's RuneScape 2012 speech. The Kalphite King is the only monster in the game that can drop the Drygore longsword, mace and rapier, along with their offhand versions, powerful melee weapons that require 90 attack in order to wield.

The fight with the Kalphite King is a challenge that requires players to be adept with the action bar system and changes with the introduction of the Evolution of Combat. The King is also able to summon marauders to his aid.

The Kalphite King will not allow dwarf multicannons to be set up. Dreadnips and dominion mines can be used, however the latter will not do any damage. Players may leave any time they wish, by teleporting, dying or leaving by the slope they used to enter the lair.

Getting there

The Exiled Kalphite Hive is located south of the Jaldraocht Pyramid in the Kharidian Desert. The easiest way of getting there is via the Bandit Camp lodestone and run south. Alternatively, players can use the magic carpet to travel to Bedabin Camp, and simply run south from there. A third option is to use a pharaoh's sceptre to teleport to the pyramid and run a short distance south.

The entrance to the Kalphite King's Chamber.

Upon first entering the hive, there will be a blocked tunnel that can be cleared to create a shortcut (that required level 23 Agility to use). This tunnel only needs to be cleared once. Click on the entrance near the tunnel, after which you can make or join a player's instance.

After a player enters the lair, the King will spawn and the fight will begin.

A group of players against the Kalphite King and his marauders

Strategies

Main article: Kalphite King/Strategies

Drops

100% drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Damaged chitin	1	Always	Not sold

Charms

No charm
34–38%	7–9%	4–6%	29–33%	19–22%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 1,536 kills. 20 charms are dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Armour and weapons

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Drygore rapier	1	Rare	18,513,904
	Drygore longsword	1	Rare	35,884,274
	Drygore mace	1	Rare	22,193,582
	Off-hand drygore longsword	1	Rare	42,116,327
	Off-hand drygore rapier	1	Rare	35,841,340
	Off-hand drygore mace	1	Rare	36,894,083

Herbs and seeds

Note: All drops are split amongst a selection of players when using CoinShare/LootShare. Grimy herbs in groups of 6. Tree seeds are split into groups of 1 or 2.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Grimy torstol	30 (noted)	Uncommon	161,670
	Grimy dwarf weed	30 (noted)	Uncommon	254,280
	Grimy lantadyme	30 (noted)	Uncommon	226,530
	Grimy snapdragon	30 (noted)	Uncommon	53,670
	Grimy kwuarm	30 (noted)	Uncommon	353,460
	Torstol seed	10	Uncommon	5,400
	Lantadyme seed	10	Uncommon	7,260
	Dwarf weed seed	10	Uncommon	8,220
	Snapdragon seed	10	Uncommon	2,930
	Magic seed	5	Uncommon	262,320
	Palm tree seed	5	Uncommon	198,000
	Yew seed	10	Uncommon	153,020

Other

Note: All drops are split amongst a selection of players when using CoinShare/LootShare. Sharks are split into groups of 5, rune bars split into groups of 8, onyx bolts split into groups of 40, black dragonhide split into groups of 20, super restores being split into groups of 4, and earth talismans split into groups of 10.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Shark	50	Common	96,650
	Rune bar	40 (noted)	Uncommon	119,400
	Onyx bolts (e)	200	Uncommon	1,544,600
	Black dragonhide	100 (noted)	Uncommon	348,200
	Super restore (4)	40	Uncommon	111,920
	Earth talisman	50 (noted)	Uncommon	9,250
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Kalphite claw	1	Very rare	Not sold

Rare drop table drops

Items are taken from the rare drop table in sets of 3. Getting a drop from the rare drop table is Uncommon.

This monster has access to the rare drop table.
Luck-enhancing items such as a ring of wealth or luck of the dwarves are not required to access the table.

Show/hide rare drop table
	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	250–500	Common	250–500
	Uncut sapphire	1	Common	809
	Uncut emerald	1	Common	2,555
	Uncut ruby	1	Common	1,842
	Uncut diamond	1	Common	4,843
	Uncut diamond	45–55 (noted)	Rare	217,935–266,365
	Loop half of a key	1	Common	11,053
	Tooth half of a key	1	Common	11,538
	Uncut dragonstone	1	Uncommon	12,077
	Uncut dragonstone	45–55 (noted)	Rare	543,465–664,235
	Dragon longsword	1	Common	56,212
	Dragon spear	1	Rare	35,861
	Battlestaff	180–220 (noted)	Rare	542,160–662,640
	Rune javelin	5	Rare	905
	Rune platebody	1	Uncommon	37,480
	Rune platebody	15–25 (noted)	Rare	562,200–937,000
	Shield left half	1	Rare	64,399
	Dragon helm	1	Uncommon	58,601
	Rune arrowheads	113–137	Common	14,916–18,084
	Onyx bolts	135–165	Very rare	1,003,725–1,226,775
	Chaos talisman	1	Rare	1,923
	Nature talisman	1	Rare	1,473
	Water talisman	65–82 (noted)	Rare	164,320–207,296
	Earth talisman	65–82 (noted)	Rare	12,025–15,170
	Fire talisman	25–35 (noted)	Rare	5,225–7,315
	Raw lobster	135–165 (noted)	Common	47,655–58,245
	Raw shark	225–275 (noted)	Uncommon	321,075–392,425
	Big bones	68–82 (noted)	Uncommon	13,804–16,646
	Dragon bones	180–220 (noted)	Rare	384,480–469,920
	Coal	200–1,100 (noted)	Uncommon	22,400–123,200
	Gold ore	90–110 (noted)	Common	52,830–64,570
	Adamantite ore	180–220 (noted)	Uncommon	40,860–49,940
	Adamant bar	14–16 (noted)	Common	24,654–28,176
	Adamant bar	135–165 (noted)	Rare	237,735–290,565
	Runite ore	90–110 (noted)	Rare	127,710–156,090
	Rune bar	3 (noted)	Common	8,955
	Rune bar	45–55 (noted)	Rare	134,325–164,175
	Grimy torstol	90–110 (noted)	Uncommon	485,010–592,790
	Grimy snapdragon	90–110 (noted)	Uncommon	161,010–196,790
	Super restore (4)	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	125,910–153,890
	Prayer potion (4)	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	130,950–160,050
	Lantadyme seed	14–16	Uncommon	10,164–11,616
	Dwarf weed seed	14–16	Uncommon	11,508–13,152
	Magic seed	4	Uncommon	209,856
	Palm tree seed	10	Rare	396,000
	Flax	450–550 (noted)	Common	43,200–52,800
	Molten glass	45–55 (noted)	Common	27,585–33,715
	Soft clay	450–550 (noted)	Uncommon	188,550–230,450
	Yew logs	68–82 (noted)	Uncommon	11,356–13,694
	Yew logs	675–825 (noted)	Rare	112,725–137,775
	Teak plank	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	16,740–20,460
	Mahogany plank	270–330 (noted)	Rare	356,670–435,930
	Blurberry Special	1	Uncommon	12,008
	Vecna skull	1	Very rare*	124,871
	Hazelmere's signet ring	1	Very rare*	1,432,268,388
	Brawling gloves (Melee)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Magic)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Ranged)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Agility)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Cooking)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (FM)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Fishing)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Hunter)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Mining)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Prayer)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Smithing)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Thieving)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (WC)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 1	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 2	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 3	1	Very rare	Not sold

Universal drops

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster outside of Daemonheim.

These drops are dropped alongside main drops.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Key token	1	Rare	Not sold
	Mimic kill token	1	Very rare	5,575

Gallery

Concept art of the Kalphite King.

Kalphite King.jpg

First announcement of the Kalphite King from RuneFest

Trivia

• The Kalphite King is the first boss to use player abilities against players, especially damage-over-time abilities such as Slaughter, Fragmentation Shot, Combust, Incendiary Shot and Quake, along with various stuns.
• The Kalphite King is the first boss to be able to land critical hits on players, although the chances of this are very low.
• The Kalphite King was heavily patched with the patch notes of 19 June 2013. The King, after the patch notes which affected weapon accuracy, has had his Defence lowered drastically so players could hit him more. However, the King is also able to hit much harder than before on players, and his minions that spawn are stronger and more accurate than before.
  • There is currently a glitch where the spawning minions deal damage prior to the update on 19 June 2013.
• Although the Kalphite King uses its instant-kill attack within melee range, if the King's attention is shifted from the provoker to another player, it is possible for the King to use the attack from a distance without even moving at all. It is unknown if this is intended or not.
• When the Kalphite King uses its instant-kill attack, if Anticipate is used before this attack it will not be removed, although players will still be stunned. This does not work with other abilities as they are removed by the attack.
• For a short time after the Kalphite King was released, using binds and stuns constantly prevented the King from changing combat styles, attacking, and summoning marauders. This was quickly fixed in a hidden update.
• With the release of Legacy Mode, the Kalphite King will spawn in any combat style. Prior to this, it always spawned in melee form. The same update also reduced the slayer experience given upon death; prior to Legacy Mode the King gave 15,853 slayer experience rather than 3,963 slayer experience.
• A hidden update to the King turned the instance to last for 60 minutes, after which no more Kalphite Kings will spawn. Players who leave the King's lair (manually leaving via slope), will also have to wait a few seconds before they can make or enter another instance.
• Even though the abilities Destroy and Asphyxiate no longer stun and instead bind the target, the King will still classify them as a stun attack, causing it to skip attacks. This is a glitch that has yet to be fixed.
• The Kalphite King is one of the few bosses in RuneScape that aren't stun-immune.

Preceded by	Title	Succeeded by
Nex	Strongest attackable monster outside Daemonheim	Vorago