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Rock lobsters are found in the Waterbirth Island Dungeon's fifth sub-level, in room 16. They are similar to Giant Rock Crabs in the fact that they are initially disguised as large rocks, but they will attack the player as they approach. They have very high defence (though they are weak to magic attacks) and can hit up to 150 life points, but rarely hit over 110 life points. Their attack speed is twice as fast as any "Fastest" speed weapon (equivalent to dual-wielding such weapons), making them incredibly dangerous. Rock lobsters are commonly killed by wealthy players because of their common crimson charm drops. However with the use of charged battle robes, a reward from the Fist of Guthix minigame, the price is significantly decreased. Using the right technique, such as ice bursting or ice barraging, killing rock lobsters is one of (if not) the fastest way(s) to obtain charms in RuneScape.

Contents 1 Strategy 2 Drops 2.1 Runes 2.2 Talismans 2.3 Charms 2.4 Herbs 2.5 Equipment 2.6 Seeds 2.7 Other 2.8 Rare drop table drops 3 Trivia 4 References

StrategyEdit

Main article: Rock lobster/Strategies

DropsEdit

RunesEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Earth rune	5	2 Common	40
	Water rune	9	2 Common	117
	Pure essence	4–8	2 Common	344–688

TalismansEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Fire talisman	1	3 Uncommon	1,899
	Air talisman	1	3 Uncommon	141
	Cosmic talisman	1	3 Uncommon	210
	Body talisman	1	3 Uncommon	179
	Water talisman	1	3 Uncommon	4,796

CharmsEdit

Charm drop percentages

No charms
46–49%	16–18%	8–10%	23–25%	3–4%

Represents 90% confidence range, based on a sample of 3,760 kills.
2 charms are dropped at a time.

Please add to the log (only if 15 or more creatures killed).

HerbsEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Grimy guam	1	3 Uncommon	516
	Grimy marrentill	1	3 Uncommon	43
	Grimy tarromin	1	3 Uncommon	225
	Grimy harralander	1	3 Uncommon	612
	Grimy ranarr	1	3 Uncommon	2,169
	Grimy irit	1	3 Uncommon	1,772
	Grimy avantoe	1	3 Uncommon	4,171
	Grimy kwuarm	1	3 Uncommon	2,557
	Grimy cadantine	1	3 Uncommon	2,538
	Grimy lantadyme	1	3 Uncommon	7,733
	Grimy dwarf weed	1	3 Uncommon	8,069

EquipmentEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Steel arrow	4–7	2 Common	48–84
	Iron arrow	2–17	2 Common	16–136
	Fremennik shirt (brown)	1	4 Rare	131
	Fremennik blade	1	4 Rare	Not sold

SeedsEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Onion seed	1	3 Uncommon	2
	Potato seed	1	3 Uncommon	2
	Cabbage seed	1	3 Uncommon	3
	Tomato seed	1	3 Uncommon	1
	Watermelon seed	1–3	5 Very rare	1,963–5,889
	Evil turnip seed	1–3	5 Very rare	149–447

OtherEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Seaweed	4	2 Common	1,748
	Edible seaweed	4	2 Common	392
	Raw lobster	1	2 Common	134
	Lobster pot	1	2 Common	51
	Tinderbox	1	2 Common	113
	Anagogic ort	20	2 Common	Not sold
	Soda ash	1	3 Uncommon	485
	Coins	355	3 Uncommon	Not sold
	Snape grass	1	3 Uncommon	288
	Clue scroll (medium)	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Spin ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Court summons	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	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.

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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 1,121 Uncut emerald 1 2 Common 1,741 Uncut ruby 1 2 Common 3,649 Loop half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 7,954 Tooth half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 12,275 Uncut diamond 1 3 Uncommon 7,396 Uncut dragonstone 1 4 Rare 14,574 Dragonstone 1 4 Rare 9,556 Dragon dagger 1 3 Uncommon 17,219 Rune battleaxe 1 4 Rare 24,667 Rune javelin 5 4 Rare 1,275 Adamant javelin 20 5 Very rare 980 Rune spear 1 5 Very rare 11,844 Dragon spear 1 5 Very rare 37,094 Dragon dagger 50 (noted) 5 Very rare 860,950 Rune kiteshield 1 5 Very rare 32,349 Shield left half 1 5 Very rare 65,262 Dragon helm 1 5 Very rare 59,709 Adamant bolts 200 3 Uncommon 17,200 Rune arrow 150–200; 500 4 Rare 29,250–195 Onyx bolts 150 4 Rare 1,296,300 Battlestaff 200 (noted) 4 Rare 1,666,200 Air orb 1,000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,340,000 Fire orb 1,000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,424,000 Vecna skull 1 5 Very rare 133,474 Water talisman 1 3 Uncommon 4,796 Earth talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 19,625–27,475 Fire talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 47,475–66,465 Chaos talisman 1 3 Uncommon 251 Nature talisman 1 3 Uncommon 255 Pure essence 500–15,000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 43,000–1,290,000 Nature rune 47–77 4 Rare 5,264–8,624 Soul rune 20 4 Rare 2,460 Death rune 50; 121 4 Rare 93 Blood rune 50 4 Rare 8,300 Raw swordfish 125 – 250; 1,000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 36,375–291 Raw shark 250–500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 245,500–491,000 Big bones 150 – 500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 66,150–220,500 Coal 150–7,500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 40,800–2,040,000 Adamantite ore 150–800 (noted) 3 Uncommon 218,850–1,167,200 Silver ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 11,000 Adamant bar 1,000–7,000 (noted) 4 Rare 3,242,000–22,694,000 Runite ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 1,046,100 Rune bar 1,50,150 (noted) 4 Rare 13,006–1,950,900 Clean ranarr 33 (noted) 3 Uncommon 73,359 Clean toadflax 25–250 (noted) 3 Uncommon 95,225–952,250 Clean snapdragon 30–120 (noted) 3 Uncommon 110,070–440,280 Clean torstol 10–100 (noted) 3 Uncommon 108,710–1,087,100 Saradomin brew (4) 250 (noted) 5 Very rare 156,000 Watermelon seed 3 3 Uncommon 5,889 Yew seed 1–50 4 Rare 67,826–3,391,300 Magic seed 1–6 4 Rare 164,198–985,188 Palm tree seed 10 4 Rare 1,156,740 Snapdragon seed 1 4 Rare 2,360 Torstol seed 1–31 4 Rare 70,221–2,176,851 Fellstalk seed 2 4 Rare 1,018 Yew logs 100–20,000 (noted) 4 Rare 54,500–10,900,000

TriviaEdit

• The examine is likely a reference to the B-52's song "Rock Lobster".
• After the ring of wealth update, the charm drop rates of hellhounds and rock lobsters had "gone walkabouts"^[1]. This has now been fixed.
• The rock lobster's combat level was 127 upon being introduced into RuneScape 2. It was later changed to 156 in a hidden update. Their combat levels changed again to 142 upon the release of the Evolution of Combat on November 20 2012.
• If you manage to get the Rock Lobster within a distance while you're running to another place, sometimes, the intact version (the disguised as a rock) will be seen moving.

ReferencesEdit

1. ^ Mod Sneakman. "answer to". 16 March 2011. Hellhounds Nerf? Forums. *