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 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 can quickly lead to a 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	1,032
	Adamant sq shield	1	3 Uncommon	1,793
	Rune helm	1	3 Uncommon	10,978
	Rune chainbody	1	4 Rare	29,395
	Rune platebody	1	5 Very rare	38,800
	Rune sq shield	1	5 Very rare	22,687

WeaponsEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Steel hatchet	1	2 Common	34
	Steel battleaxe	1	2 Common	266
	Mithril longsword	1	2 Common	578
	Mithril sword	1	2 Common	327
	Adamant dagger	1	3 Uncommon	345
	Rune 2h sword	1	3 Uncommon	38,005
	Rune battleaxe	1	3 Uncommon	24,560
	Rune dagger	1	3 Uncommon	4,405
	Rune sword	1	4 Rare	12,249

AmmunitionEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Air rune	50	3 Uncommon	700
	Blood rune	7	3 Uncommon	1,141
	Fire rune	37	3 Uncommon	370
	Law rune	3, 45	3 Uncommon	528–7,920
	Death rune	45	3 Uncommon	4,185
	Chaos rune	10	3 Uncommon	410
	Adamant javelin	1	3 Uncommon	46
	Cosmic rune	2	3 Uncommon	298
	Rune arrow	42–150	3 Uncommon	8,358–29,850

HerbsEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Grimy guam	1	2 Common	555
	Grimy cadantine	1	2 Common	2,516
	Grimy tarromin	1	2 Common	253
	Grimy marrentill	1	2 Common	44
	Grimy harralander	1	2 Common	675
	Grimy avantoe	1	3 Uncommon	4,054
	Grimy ranarr	1	3 Uncommon	2,248
	Grimy irit	1	3 Uncommon	1,730
	Grimy kwuarm	1	3 Uncommon	2,507
	Grimy lantadyme	1	4 Rare	8,156
	Grimy dwarf weed	1	4 Rare	8,089

OtherEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	28–3,000	2 Common	Not sold
	Lobster	1,2	3 Uncommon	90–180
	Super defence (3)	1	3 Uncommon	105
	Super attack (3)	1	3 Uncommon	350
	Super strength (3)	1	3 Uncommon	1,051
	Potato cactus	2,4	3 Uncommon	1,330–2,660
	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 1,110 Uncut emerald 1 2 Common 1,757 Uncut ruby 1 2 Common 3,492 Loop half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 8,474 Tooth half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 12,351 Uncut diamond 1 3 Uncommon 7,092 Uncut dragonstone 1 4 Rare 15,141 Dragonstone 1 4 Rare 9,995 Dragon dagger 1 3 Uncommon 17,124 Rune battleaxe 1 4 Rare 24,560 Rune javelin 5 4 Rare 1,255 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 856,200 Rune kiteshield 1 5 Very rare 32,544 Shield left half 1 5 Very rare 65,188 Dragon helm 1 5 Very rare 59,386 Adamant bolts 200 3 Uncommon 18,200 Rune arrow 150–200; 500 4 Rare 29,850–199 Onyx bolts 150 4 Rare 1,306,950 Battlestaff 200 (noted) 4 Rare 1,671,400 Air orb 1,000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,459,000 Fire orb 1,000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,612,000 Vecna skull 1 5 Very rare 138,745 Water talisman 1 3 Uncommon 4,695 Earth talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 20,475–28,665 Fire talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 49,775–69,685 Chaos talisman 1 3 Uncommon 227 Nature talisman 1 3 Uncommon 270 Pure essence 500–15,000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 43,500–1,305,000 Nature rune 47–77 4 Rare 5,170–8,470 Soul rune 20 4 Rare 2,440 Death rune 50; 121 4 Rare 93 Blood rune 50 4 Rare 8,150 Raw swordfish 125 – 250; 1,000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 38,125–305 Raw shark 250–500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 242,250–484,500 Big bones 150 – 500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 66,450–221,500 Coal 150–7,500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 41,850–2,092,500 Adamantite ore 150–800 (noted) 3 Uncommon 229,950–1,226,400 Silver ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 10,700 Adamant bar 1,000–7,000 (noted) 4 Rare 3,178,000–22,246,000 Runite ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 1,041,800 Rune bar 1,50,150 (noted) 4 Rare 13,029–1,954,350 Clean ranarr 33 (noted) 3 Uncommon 77,022 Clean toadflax 25–250 (noted) 3 Uncommon 93,800–938,000 Clean snapdragon 30–120 (noted) 3 Uncommon 103,290–413,160 Clean torstol 10–100 (noted) 3 Uncommon 119,870–1,198,700 Saradomin brew (4) 250 (noted) 5 Very rare 174,000 Watermelon seed 3 3 Uncommon 6,111 Yew seed 1–50 4 Rare 70,853–3,542,650 Magic seed 1–6 4 Rare 161,054–966,324 Palm tree seed 10 4 Rare 1,065,800 Snapdragon seed 1 4 Rare 2,144 Torstol seed 1–31 4 Rare 79,997–2,479,907 Fellstalk seed 2 4 Rare 896 Yew logs 100–20,000 (noted) 4 Rare 57,300–11,460,000

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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Kalphites Dung • Larva • Worker • Soldier (POH) • Guardian • Queen • Spirit kalphite(familiar)
Exiled Kalphites Exiled worker • Exiled soldier • Paragon • Exiled guardian • Marauder • Exiled Queen • King