Crystal impling

NetBare-handed
Crystal impling
Level required	80
Hunter XP	280 xp
Container	Impling jar
Retaliation	No
Trap	Butterfly net or Magic butterfly net

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Crystal impling
Released	25 July 2019 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	No
Examine	I think I'll call them Johnny.
League region	Tirannwn✓
Combat info
Max hit	N/A
Aggressive	N/A
Poisonous	N/A
Attack style	N/A
Attack speed	Does not attack
Combat stats
Aggressive stats
Melee defence
Magic defence
+50	No elemental weakness
Ranged defence
Immunities
Poison	Immune
Venom	Immune
Advanced data
Monster ID	8741
Link	MOID

The crystal impling is the third highest-level impling that can be caught in Gielinor. Players require at least 80 Hunter (or level 74 with a super hunter potion) to capture this type of impling with a butterfly net, and optionally an impling jar. At level 90 Hunter, crystal implings can be caught barehanded. Capturing a crystal impling grants 280 Hunter experience.

Currently, crystal implings can only be caught from rare spawns within Prifddinas. One may be found at a time on each world, respawning at :00 and :30, and becoming visible 3 minutes afterward.

Hunter info

The chance of successfully catching a crystal impling is between ~45% at level 80 and ~55% at level 99.^[3]

When catching barehanded or with a magic butterfly net, the catch chance is increased by 7.8%.^[4]

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Strategy

There are two main methods in finding crystal implings: looping, and world hopping.

Crystal impling spawns in Prifddinas.

Looping

The player will run in a large circle around Prifddinas. Start by the altar in the Hefin District and run East, turning South at the crystal tree patch, West at the General Store, then North at the Iorwerth Dungeon entrance. Complete the lap at the altar, use Vile Vigour or Stamina potions, and then hop to the next world. If you used Vile Vigour, remember to pray at the altar. If you find a crystal impling before completing the lap, hop immediately to the next world and hop only once you have touched that spot on the next lap.

World Hopping

The player will pick a crystal impling hotspot and repeatedly hop worlds, stopping only to catch any crystal implings on screen. Hotspots include: Prifddinas player-owned house, Prifddinas north bank, and Prifddinas south bank. Because crystal implings only become visible after respawning at :05 and :35, it is best to begin hopping immediately following this time frame.

Loot

At current Grand Exchange prices, opening a crystal impling jar gives 61,920.00 worth of loot on average, not including any received crystal shards. If using all crystal shards to make divine super combat potions, including those from growing crystal acorns into crystal trees with ultracompost, the value becomes 111,473.00.

The following drop rates are provided by Jagex, unless otherwise specified.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Amulet of power	5–7 (noted)	1/18	11,375–15,925	10,575–14,805
Crystal acorn	1	1/18	Not sold	21,000
Crystal shard	30–40	1/18	Not sold	N/A
Dragonstone amulet	1	1/18	11,258	10,575
Dragonstone	2 (noted)	1/18	22,324	12,000
Ruby bolt tips	50–125	1/18	5,500–13,750	2,000–5,000
Onyx bolt tips	6–10	1/18	48,150–80,250	3,600–6,000
Rune arrowtips	150–250	1/18	42,150–70,250	18,000–30,000
Rune arrow	400–750	1/18	29,600–55,500	96,000–180,000
Rune javelin tips	20–60	1/18	9,460–28,380	16,200–48,600
Rune dart tip	25–75	1/18	27,800–83,400	2,625–7,875
Rune dart	50–100	1/18	9,100–18,200	10,500–21,000
Dragon dart tip	10–15	1/18	14,630–21,945	1,500–2,250
Dragon dagger	2 (noted)	1/18	34,468	36,000
Rune scimitar	3–6 (noted)	1/18	44,508–89,016	46,080–92,160
Babydragon bones	75–125 (noted)	1/18	45,075–75,125	0
Ranarr seed	3–8	1/18	77,622–206,992	90–240
Yew seed	1	1/18	22,576	85

Tertiary

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	1/50	Not sold	12
	Elven signet	1	1/128	2,711,891	18,000

Changes

Date	Changes
11 September 2024 (Update)	The amount of crystal shards looted from crystal implings have been increased from 5-10 to 30-40.
26 March 2020 (Update \| poll)	The loot table of crystal implings now includes crystal shards and acorns.
1 August 2019 (Update)	A crystal impling spawn will no longer be unreachable between some trees.

Trivia

The names given in the crystal impling's examine texts refer to the individual names of implings found in Daffyd's house in the Amlodd Clan district of RuneScape 3's Prifddinas after having caught certain types of implings. These are named after the team of Jagex Moderators who developed Prifddinas in RuneScape.

References

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 6 October 2022. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Mod Ash: "[Do implings have combat stats?] Attack, Defence, Strength: 0 Hitpoints: 10 Melee: -10 accuracy, -10 damage Stab/Crush/Slash/Ranged defence: -10 (1/2)"
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 6 October 2022. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Mod Ash: "[Do implings have combat stats?] (2/2) Magic defence: +10 for baby-eclectic +20 for nature +30 for magpie +40 for ninja +50 for dragon & lucky"
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 24 September 2022. Archived from the original on 30 September 2022.
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 8 July 2021. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Mod Ash: "For barehanded or a magic net, add 8 percentage points to the chances - which means you do get a no-fail chance."

[1] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 6 October 2022. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Mod Ash: "[Do implings have combat stats?] Attack, Defence, Strength: 0 Hitpoints: 10 Melee: -10 accuracy, -10 damage Stab/Crush/Slash/Ranged defence: -10 (1/2)"

[2] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 6 October 2022. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Mod Ash: "[Do implings have combat stats?] (2/2) Magic defence: +10 for baby-eclectic +20 for nature +30 for magpie +40 for ninja +50 for dragon & lucky"

[3] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 24 September 2022. Archived from the original on 30 September 2022.

[4] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 8 July 2021. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Mod Ash: "For barehanded or a magic net, add 8 percentage points to the chances - which means you do get a no-fail chance."

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