Kalphite Queen

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Kalphite Queen
Released						7 September 2004 (Update)
AKA						KQ
Members						Yes
Combat level						333
Always drops						None
Examine
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Combat info
Hitpoints						255
Max hit						31
Aggressive						Yes
Poison						No
Weakness						Crush attacks (1st form), Magic (2nd form), Keris
Attack style						Melee (stab), Ranged, Magic
Slayer info
Slayer level						1
Slayer XP						535.5
Category						Kalphite, Boss
Assigned by
Combat stats
300				300				300				150				1
Aggressive stats
+0				+0				+0				+0				+0
Defensive stats
+50				+50				+10				+100				+100
Other bonuses												Immunities
+0			+0			+0			+0%			Not immune				Poison
Attack speed

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SMW Subobject for AirborneNPC ID: 965, 4304, 6501Is variant of: Kalphite Queen

SMW Subobject for CrawlingNPC ID: 963, 4303, 6500Is variant of: Kalphite Queen

The Kalphite Queen (Kalphiscarabeinae pasha), also called the KQ, is the strongest of the Kalphites. The Kalphite Queen, along with dust devils and smoke devils, is notable for dropping the Dragon chainbody armour.

The Kalphite Queen is one of the toughest monsters in RuneScape. She can inflict large amounts of damage with her Ranged and Magic attacks as they always result in a successful hit. It is recommended for players to bring an emergency teleport such as an Ectophial or teleport tablet, or only bring items into the lair they are willing to lose.

Location

The Kalphite Queen resides in her lair south-west of the Shantay Pass. If you are lucky and fast, you can run from the Shantay Pass to the Kalphite Lair fast enough so that the desert heat does not affect you. Alternatively, the fairy ring BIQ can take you to right outside the Lair entrance. You will require a rope to enter the dungeon, which will be used in the process. A second rope is required to reach the lower level where Kalphite Queen resides. Completion of Desert Diary removes the need to bring ropes each time.

In addition, those with access to Dorgesh-Kaan can find a tunnel in the Dorgesh-Kaan South Dungeon that leads through to the Kalphite Lair, emerging near the Kalphite Soldiers.

Fight overview

A player fights the airborne form of the Kalphite Queen.

The Kalphite Queen has a combat level of 333. Each form has 255 Hitpoints, and her Ranged and Magic attacks have 100% accuracy. She may also use a decently accurate melee attack. The Queen has two forms: in the first, she is an immense scarab beetle, and in her second, a giant wasp. She switches forms only after the first has been fully defeated.

As a beetle, she is extremely resistant to Magic and Ranged attacks, as indicated by her overhead prayers. As a wasp, she is resistant to Melee attacks. Therefore, players should be prepared to use both Melee and Ranged or Magic.

Each of her attacks have a max hit of 31. Her Ranged attacks consists of her shooting barbed spines from her abdomen. If there are players close to the person being targeted with this attack they will also be hit, to avoid this players can stand on opposite sides of the Kalphite Queen. Her Magic attack bounces from player to player. Her Melee attack can also hit high, but is much less accurate than the Magic and Ranged attacks.

Drops

The player will always receive two items from the Kalphite Queen's drop table: One from the regular drop table, and one from the Consumables table.

Consumables

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Monkfish	3	Common	1,155
	Shark	2	Common	1,478
	Super combat potion(2)	1	Common	4,703
	Ranging potion(3)	1	Common	1,016
	Superantipoison(2)	1	Common	276
	Dark crab	2	Uncommon	2,568
	Saradomin brew(4)	1	Uncommon	2,802
	Super restore(4)	1	Uncommon	9,677
	Prayer potion(4)	2	Uncommon	17,634

Equipment

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Rune chainbody	1	Uncommon	29,636
	Lava battlestaff	1	Uncommon	9,715
	Red d'hide body	1	Uncommon	6,323
	Rune knife(p++)	25	Uncommon	15,900
	Battlestaff	10 (noted)	Rare	83,390
	Dragon chainbody	1	Rare (1/128)	907,212
	Dragon 2h sword	1	Rare (1/256)	132,853

Herbs

There is a 1 in 16 chance of rolling the herb table.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Grimy toadflax	25 (noted)	Uncommon	31,750
	Grimy ranarr weed	25 (noted)	Uncommon	170,900
	Grimy snapdragon	25 (noted)	Rare	203,775
	Grimy torstol	25 (noted)	Rare	179,175

Seeds

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Watermelon seed	25	Uncommon	2,900
	Torstol seed	2	Uncommon	101,034
	Magic seed	2	Uncommon (3/128)	279,968
	Papaya tree seed	2	Rare	8,114
	Palm tree seed	2	Rare	75,442

Runes/Ammunition

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Blood rune	100	Common	28,800
	Mithril arrow	500	Common	16,000
	Rune arrow	250	Uncommon	22,750
	Death rune	150	Uncommon	33,300

Gems

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Uncut ruby	25 (noted)	Uncommon	34,900
	Uncut emerald	25 (noted)	Uncommon	19,975
	Uncut diamond	25 (noted)	Uncommon	73,200

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Potato cactus	100 (noted)	Common	98,200
	Wine of zamorak	60 (noted)	Common (10/128)	122,760
	Ensouled kalphite head	1	Common (1/20)	2,541
	Coins	15,000–20,000	Uncommon	Not sold
	Runite bar	3 (noted)	Uncommon	37,365
	Magic logs	60 (noted)	Uncommon	68,760
	Grapes	100 (noted)	Uncommon	12,600
	Bucket of sand	100 (noted)	Uncommon	5,800
	Cactus spine	10 (noted)	Uncommon	10,120
	Gold ore	250 (noted)	Uncommon	88,750
	Weapon poison(++)	5 (noted)	Uncommon	36,475
	Brimstone key	1	Uncommon (1/53.4)	Not sold
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	Rare (1/100)	Not sold
	Kq head	1	Rare (1/128)	Not sold
	Jar of sand	1	Very rare (1/2,000)	865,698
	Kalphite princess	1	Very rare (1/3,000)	Not sold
	Kq head (tattered)	1	Always	Not sold

Rare drop table

In addition to the drops above, this monster has access to the standard rare drop table.

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	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Coins	3,000	Rare	Not sold
	Loop half of key	1	Rare	12,123
	Tooth half of key	1	Rare	9,506
	Uncut sapphire	1	Rare	634
	Runite bar	1	Rare	12,455
	Nature rune	67	Very rare	13,936
	Rune 2h sword	1	Very rare	37,976
	Rune battleaxe	1	Very rare	24,579
	Uncut emerald	1	Very rare	799
	Law rune	45	Very rare	9,090
	Death rune	45	Very rare	9,990
	Steel arrow	150	Very rare	4,650
	Rune arrow	42	Very rare	3,822
	Adamant javelin	20	Very rare	1,180
	Rune sq shield	1	Very rare	22,671
	Dragonstone	1	Very rare	12,153
	Silver ore	100 (noted)	Very rare	7,500
	Uncut ruby	1	Very rare	1,396
	Rune kiteshield	1	Very rare	32,227
	Dragon med helm	1	Very rare	59,255
	Rune spear	1	Very rare	12,050
	Shield left half	1	Very rare	65,700
	Unknown talisman (please specify)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Dragon spear	1	Very rare	37,128
	Uncut diamond	1	Very rare	2,928
	Rune javelin	5	Very rare	810

Trivia

• The Kalphite Queen was previously the only known entity able to use simultaneous overhead protection prayers.
• The Kalphite Queen's original drops were much worse, similar to the King Black Dragon's before their drop tables were updated due to player feedback.
• Prior to a poll, only the second form counted towards the damage needed to obtain drops after her death. This upset players as crashers would come when a player was on the second form, taking the drop from them with minimal effort. This has since been changed, and now players who did the most damage to both forms will obtain the drop.
• If the second form stays alive for a long period of time, it will revert back to the first form and retain the second form's remaining Hitpoints. When the first form is killed again, a second form with full health will emerge, akin to Vet'ion.
• If stat-draining special attacks are used on her first form, the stat reductions will carry over to the second form.

References

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

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