Kalphite Queen

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Kalphite Queen

Also called	KQ
Release date	7 September 2004 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	333
XP per kill	985.7 (and 325.2 experience)
Examine text	I don't think insect repellent will work...
Slayer info
Slayer level	1
Slayer XP	1,347
Assigned by	Mazchna or Achtryn, Chaeldar, Sumona, Duradel or Lapalok, Kuradal
Category	Kalphites
Combat info LP Max hit 40,000 980 (all attack styles) Attack Defence Ranged Magic 70 70 70 70 Immune to Poison Stun Deflect No Yes No Attack speed Undefined Aggressive Poisonous Yes Yes Attack styles Weaknesses Melee Magic Ranged Nothing Keris

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Kalphite Queen

Also called	KQ
Release date	7 September 2004 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	333
XP per kill	Unknown edit
Examine text	I don't think insect repellent will work...
Slayer info
Slayer level	1
Slayer XP	1374 (15,000 if on special slayer task assigned by Sumona)
Assigned by	Mazchna or Achtryn, Chaeldar, Sumona, Duradel or Lapalok, Kuradal
Category	Kalphites
Combat info LP Max hit 40,000 980 (all attack styles) Attack Defence Ranged Magic Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Immune to Poison Stun Deflect No Yes No Attack speed Undefined Aggressive Poisonous Yes Yes Attack styles Weaknesses Melee Magic Ranged Nothing Keris

[FAQ] • [doc]

The Kalphite Queen (Kalphiscarabeinae Pasha) is the strongest monster within the Kalphite Hive. She is famous for dropping the moderately valuable Dragon chainbody armour (having a Grand Exchange price of 156,138 coins), and is the only monster besides the Dust Devil to do so. Many players also hunt for the Kalphite Queen head for their skill hall.

Despite being a lower level than some of the more recent bosses, the Kalphite Queen is still one of the toughest monsters in RuneScape. She can inflict incredible amounts of damage, sometimes constantly. It is recommended for players to only bring items into the hive they are willing to lose.

Currently, a combination of factors (such as the release of God Wars Dungeon bosses and the Corporeal Beast, as well as the devaluation of the Kalphite Queen's drops) have made hunting the Kalphite Queen a less appealing activity. However, it is still hunted by those on Sumona's Slayer challenge or those just wishing for the experience of killing it.

The addition of various options to the Quick Chat menu has allowed players a convenient method of communicating when organising and undertaking a Kalphite Queen attack.

Location

The Kalphite Queen resides within the Kalphite Hive. There are several ways to get there.

Shantay Pass

The queen's lair.

One way involves the player finding their way through the Kharidian Desert. The easiest way to do this is from the Shantay Pass. The Shantay Pass is located south of Al Kharid. To go through the pass, the player will simply need to click on the entrance.

The hive's entrance is due west of the Shantay Pass and is really a short run. Players who are lucky and fast may get to the hive before being affected by the Desert heat. Otherwise bring a waterskin , obtainable from Shantay, which can be dropped once inside the hive.

Dorgesh-Kaan

Another way requires players to have completed the Death to the Dorgeshuun quest, so that they can access Dorgesh-Kaan's southern agility course and thus the Dorgesh-Kaan South Dungeon below the course. In the dungeon a tunnel connects to the upper level of Kalphite Hive, in a cave with many Kalphite workers.

Players should take Light sources for the Dorgesh-Kaan South Dungeon or else they will constantly be attacked by stinging insects in the dark.

Fairy Rings

A third way requires partial completion of the Fairy Tale II - Cure a Queen quest, so that players can use the Fairy ring network. Ring code BIQ is quite close to the hive's entrance and is the fastest way to get there. Typically, players can run from the ring to the entrance without being in the desert long enough to be affected by desert heat. This method will take up an inventory spot to carry a Dramen staff or Lunar staff, unless Fairy Tale III - Orks Rift has been completed.

Do No Evil shortcut

While it is believed that one of the rewards from the Do No Evil quest allowed access to Kalphite Queen through a hidden passage, this is not the case. The shortcut is a one way exit "from" the queen's lair, and no longer an entrance. Players attempting to reach the queen in this fashion will receive the message,"The sides of this hole are too steep to climb up." In addition, the examine text of the passage on the end where Ayuni is fought during the quest states, "A cavernous hole. It looks like the passage within is too steep to climb back up."

Accessing the hive

Players entering the hive from the surface entrance will need two ropes, unless coming from the cave entrance, one to enter the upper level of the hive and another to enter the lower level where the queen is found. Both ropes will be used up in the process. Players entering the hive from the Dorgesh-Kaan South Dungeon only need one rope, to enter the lower level where the Queen resides. Players entering through the secret passage will not need any ropes.

• Ropes are only needed for the first time. Subsequent trips will NOT need more ropes

The Kalphite Queen's abilities

File:Kalphite Queen magic.png

The Queen's magic attack.

The Keris, an effective method for fighting kalphites.

The Kalphite Queen has two forms, each one having a high combat level of 333 and exactly 40,000 life points, so she should be treated as two monsters. Her first form resembles an immense scarab beetle, and her second form resembles a giant wasp. While each form has the same combat level and life points, the second form has proven itself to be much harder to defeat than the first.

The Kalphite Queen transforms into her second form.

In her first form, she uses the Protect from Magic, Ranged and Summoning prayers at once (File:Protect from Magic Ranged Summon.png), meaning that Melee is the only way to damage her. Once the first form is defeated, the second form appears. This form uses only protect from melee, but still uses the same attack styles with the same max hit. In this form she also starts to summon aggressive level 84 Kalphite Workers. Supplies will have been consumed and melee attacks will be useless.

Luckily her attacks are somewhat predictable: whenever she uses a ranged or magic attack she usually continues it for 3-4 hits. This makes a prayer switch partially effective, as there is a good chance she repeats the same attack style after a few hits before switching to another. Note that this is only for her ranged and magic attack.

WARNING: Her magic and ranged attacks have a 100% accuracy, meaning that she will always hit with these styles. Armour does not prevent this but prayers can block most damage. Her melee attacks on the other hand are normal so armour can respond to it.

NOTE:: The Kalphite Queen is fairly dangerous due to her 100% hits that will almost always hit above 500. Overconfident players will find themselves easily killed because of this, and so, she must be dealt with carefully.

Her ranged and magic attacks also have the ability to bounce to other players, meaning that she can damage all players inside the room with one attack. These attacks cannot turn corners however. Her ranged attack also cannot go through herself.

She is immune to leech curses and will destroy dwarf multicannons set up in the room. If you use leech curses, your stats will still be boosted, and you will still get a message telling you that the enemy's stats have been drained.

Strategies

Main article: Kalphite Queen/Strategies

Drops

Charms

No charm
77–81%	2–4%	3–4%	5–7%	7–10%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 1,119 kills. 6 charms are dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Weapons

 

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Armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Rune spear	2	Common	20,370
	Rune hatchet	1	Common	9,120
	Rune battleaxe	1	Uncommon	24,988
	Rune 2h sword	1	Uncommon	36,735
	Rune warhammer	1–2	Uncommon	23,218–46,436
	Lava battlestaff	2	Uncommon	18,124
	Dragon 2h sword	1	Rare	134,445

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Ammunition

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Rune chainbody	1–4	Common	29,002–116,008
	Dragon chainbody	1	Rare	156,138

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Runes

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Rune arrow	100	Uncommon	15,100

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Gems

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Blood rune	100–200	Common	67,800–135,600
	Nature rune	200–300	Common	81,000–121,500
	Law rune	20; 45; 200–500	Common	11,400–285,000
	Death rune	45; 100–300	Common	10,440–69,600
	Cosmic rune	200–300	Common	82,400–123,600

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Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price

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Rare drop table drops

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.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Wine of Zamorak	20–40 (noted)	Common	308,000–616,000
	Coins	75–20,000; 0	Uncommon	0–20,000
	Shark	7; 14	Uncommon	13,531–27,062
	Clue scroll (hard)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Rare	Not sold
File:Kq head.png	Kalphite Queen head	1	Rare	Not sold

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	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

Trivia

The Kalphite Queen, as it appears on an exhibit in the Varrock Museum.

Zenevivia and the Wise Old Man fight the Kalphite Queen.

• When the Kalphite Queen was first released, she only used two attack styles: magic and melee. A ranged attack was since added to prevent players from camping her with little or no risk.
• The Kalphite Queen's drop quantity were improved after the release of the Kalphite King, and charms were added to her drop table.
  • If both charms and the item is dropped, the item(s) are dropped in the middle of where the Queen would be while the charms are placed regularly.
• Both of the Queen's forms are similar to the life cycle of the Cicada. She starts off as a beetle, then transforms into an airborne opponent.
• It was revealed in the April 2011 BTS that the Kalphite Queen and the King Black Dragon were due to be married on 29 April 2011, to coincide with the wedding of Prince William Windsor and Catherine Middleton in the UK.
• RuneScape Top Trumps has featured a graphically updated Kalphite Queen.

Preceded by	Title	Succeeded by
King Black Dragon	Strongest monster in RuneScape	TzTok-Jad