Kalphite Queen

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Kalphite Queen
Released	7 September 2004 (Update)
Also called	KQ
Members	Yes
Combat level	333
Size	5x5
Examine	I don't think insect repellent will work...
Combat info
Attribute	Kalphite
XP bonus	+5%
Max hit	31
Aggressive	Yes
Poisonous	No
Attack style	Stab, Ranged, Magic
Attack speed
Respawn time	50 ticks (30 seconds)
Slayer info
Slayer level	None
Slayer XP	535.5 xp
Category	Kalphite, Bosses
Assigned by
Combat stats
Aggressive stats
Defensive stats
Immunities
Poison	Not immune
Venom	Converts to poison
Cannons	Not immune
Thralls	Not immune
Advanced data
Monster ID	963,4303,6500

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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. The Kalphite Queen 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, royal seed pod or teleport tablet, or only bring items into the lair for which they are willing to pay the gravestone fees.

Killing her is a requirement for the Hard Desert Diary, and talking to her mounted head in your own player-owned house is a requirement for the Elite Desert Diary.

Location[edit | edit source]

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
Kalphite Lair	333		1	Maplink

How to get there[edit | edit source]

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 the hard Desert Diary removes the need to bring ropes each time.

Players who have 66 Agility and have completed the Hard Lumbridge & Draynor Diary can use the stepping stones shortcut in the Lumbridge Swamp to quickly access the lair.

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 workers.

Fight overview[edit | edit source]

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.^[1] 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.

The Kalphite Queen transforming to her second form.

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 as well as Ranged or Magic.

Each of her attacks has a max hit of 31. Her Ranged attacks consists of her shooting barbed spines from her abdomen. Her Ranged attacks will drain 1 prayer point (which may be reduced by spectral spirit shield). 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 unlike the Magic and Ranged attacks, it does not have a 100% accuracy.

If the second form stays alive for a long period of time, it will revert 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.^[2]

Drops[edit | edit source]

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.

Drop rates estimated based on 27,711 kills from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

The average Kalphite Queen kill is worth 45,779.00.

Consumables[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Monkfish	3	1/9	885	414
Shark	2	1/9	1,432	204
Dark crab	2	1/9	2,310	384
Saradomin brew(4)	1	1/9	8,031	120
Prayer potion(4)	2	1/9	18,400	228
Super restore(4)	1	1/9	10,239	180
Super combat potion(2)	1	1/9	5,708	54
Ranging potion(3)	1	1/9	426	172
Superantipoison(2)	1	1/9	142	129

Weapons and armour[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Battlestaff	10 (noted)	5/128	79,040	42,000
Rune chainbody	1	4.5/128	29,429	30,000
Red d'hide body	1	4/128	6,128	6,738
Rune knife(p++)	25	4/128	8,125	2,475
Lava battlestaff	1	2/128	9,342	10,200
Dragon chainbody	1	1/128^[3]	153,050	150,000
Dragon 2h sword	1	1/256^[3]	132,257	132,000

Runes and ammunition[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Death rune	150	6/128	25,500	16,200
Blood rune	100	6/128	21,100	24,000
Mithril arrow	500	5/128	1,500	9,500
Rune arrow	250	3/128	18,000	60,000

Herbs[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Grimy toadflax	25 (noted)	2/128	68,900	275
Grimy ranarr weed	25 (noted)	2/128	167,600	450
Grimy snapdragon	25 (noted)	2/128	203,675	300
Grimy torstol	25 (noted)	2/128	112,950	375

Seeds[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Torstol seed	2	4/128	38,366	84
Watermelon seed	25	3/128	400	825
Papaya tree seed	2	3/128	3,944	138
Palm tree seed	2	3/128	78,804	304
Magic seed	2	3/128	161,300	506

Resources[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Runite bar	3 (noted)	5/128	37,404	9,000
Bucket of sand	100 (noted)	4/128	4,300	100
Gold ore	250 (noted)	4/128	67,500	22,500
Magic logs	60 (noted)	4/128	64,560	11,520
Uncut emerald	25 (noted)	3/128	12,400	750
Uncut ruby	25 (noted)	3/128	28,700	1,500
Uncut diamond	25 (noted)	3/128	75,825	3,000

Other[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Wine of zamorak	60 (noted)	10/128^[4]	58,800	0
Potato cactus	100 (noted)	8/128	11,700	0
Coins	15,000–20,000	5/128	15,000–20,000	15,000–20,000
Grapes	100 (noted)	5/128	2,400	0
Weapon poison(++)	5 (noted)	5/128	19,320	1,295
Cactus spine	10 (noted)	3/128	5,780	0

Rare drop table[edit | edit source]

There is a 1/128 chance of rolling the rare drop table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Nothing	N/A	1/705.48; Never^{[d 1]}	N/A	N/A
Coins	3,000	1/780.19	3,000	3,000
Loop half of key	1	1/812.85; 1/806.79^{[d 2]}	11,481	60
Tooth half of key	1	1/812.85; 1/806.79^{[d 2]}	9,574	60
Uncut sapphire	1	1/3,276.8; 1/1,664^{[d 2]}	265	15
Runite bar	1	1/3,276.8	12,468	3,000
Nature rune	67	1/5,461.33	8,308	7,236
Rune 2h sword	1	1/5,461.33	37,866	38,400
Rune battleaxe	1	1/5,461.33	24,615	24,960
Uncut emerald	1	1/6,553.6; 1/3,328^{[d 2]}	496	30
Law rune	45	1/8,192	5,940	6,480
Death rune	45	1/8,192	7,650	4,860
Steel arrow	150	1/8,192	1,050	1,050
Rune arrow	42	1/8,192	3,024	10,080
Adamant javelin	20	1/8,192	1,260	1,920
Rune sq shield	1	1/8,192	22,596	23,040
Dragonstone	1	1/8,192	11,557	6,000
Silver ore	100 (noted)	1/8,192	6,400	4,500
Uncut ruby	1	1/13,107.2; 1/6,656^{[d 2]}	1,148	60
Rune kiteshield	1	1/16,384	32,103	32,640
Dragon med helm	1	1/16,384	58,647	60,000
Rune spear	1	1/17,296.1; 1/2,006.83^{[d 2]}	11,950	12,480
Shield left half	1	1/34,592.2; 1/4,013.67^{[d 2]}	66,067	66,000
Chaos talisman	1	1/34,952.53; 1/17,749.33^{[d 2]}	211	2
Dragon spear	1	1/46,122.93; 1/5,351.56^{[d 2]}	37,153	37,440
Uncut diamond	1	1/52,428.8; 1/26,624^{[d 2]}	3,033	120
Rune javelin	5	1/104,857.6; 1/53,248^{[d 2]}	790	1,200

^ The "nothing" drop is removed while wearing a ring of wealth.
^ ^2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 The drop rate is increased while wearing a ring of wealth due to the "nothing" drop being removed.

Tertiary[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Kq head (tattered)	1	Always^{[d 1]}	Not sold	30,000
Ensouled kalphite head	1	1/20	1,639	259
Brimstone key	1	1/53^{[d 2]}	Not sold	N/A
Clue scroll (elite)	1	1/100^{[d 3]}	Not sold	12
Kq head	1	1/128^[3]	Not sold	30,000
Jar of sand	1	1/2,000	481,098	0
Kalphite princess	1	1/3,000^[5]	Not sold	N/A

^ Players will always receive a Kq head (tattered) only on their 256th Kalphite Queen kill, or the first kill after its release if their kill count is above 256.
^ Brimstone keys are only dropped if killed on a Slayer task given by Konar quo Maten.
^ The elite clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/95 with the completion of the elite combat achievements.

Combat Achievements[edit | edit source]

Name	Description	Type	Tier
Chitin Penetrator	Kill the Kalphite Queen while her defence was last lowered by you.	Mechanical	Hard
Kalphite Queen Adept	Kill the Kalphite Queen 25 times.	Kill Count	Hard
Kalphite Queen Veteran	Kill the Kalphite Queen 50 times.	Kill Count	Elite
Insect Deflection	Kill the Kalphite Queen by using the Vengeance spell as the finishing blow.	Mechanical	Elite
Prayer Smasher	Kill the Kalphite Queen using only the Verac's Flail as a weapon.	Restriction	Elite

Changes[edit | edit source]

Date	Changes
22 June 2022 (update)	Ironmen fighting the Kalphite Queen will no longer find her lair devoid of Potato Cacti.
9 March 2022 (update)	Ironmen now have their own separate Kalphite Queen instance. Two braziers have been added in the Kalphite Lair. One is located near the shortcut, and the other is at a safe spot away from the high-level Kalphite by the entrance. If they are lit it shows there is someone in the Ironman instance.
2 February 2022 (update)	Implemented more rigorous tracking to detect alternate accounts aiding Iron players by luring the Kalphite Queen. Additionally, if combat against her halts for more than five minutes, she'll reset her health completely so that her next opponent has a fresh boss to fight.
25 November 2020 (update)	Permanent ropes at the entrance to and inside the Kalphite Lair now require the completion of the Desert Hard diary instead of Elite.
27 February 2020 (update)	Players can no longer use mithril seeds in the Kalphite Queen's chamber.
19 November 2015 (update \| poll)	The Kalphite Queen now gives slayer experience reflecting the total hitpoints of both forms, rather than just the second.
16 July 2015 (update)	The peek option now works when a rope is attached to the tunnel entrance.
2 July 2015 (update \| poll)	Slayer XP for killing the boss now is awarded to the player who deals the most damage to both forms. The agility shortcut unlocked as a reward from the Elite Desert achievement diary now takes you from the very start of the Kalphite Lair directly to the entrance of the Kalphite Queen boss room.
25 June 2015 (update \| poll)	Added a 'peek' option to the entrance of this boss, allowing players to see the number of other players currently in the boss room. Drops are now assigned to the player who has done the most damage to both forms, rather than just the second.
18 December 2014 (update \| poll)	The drop table was buffed and reworked: the Kalphite Queen now always has two drops with the first being food or a potion and the second being a standard drop. The average value of each kill was increased to be roughly 50% higher (based on prices at the time of the update). Most of the drops remained unchanged with some of the lower value loots replaced with new, more valuable drops. Elite clue scrolls were made twice as common.
17 July 2014 (update \| poll)	Players can now receive a pet version of this boss after defeating it.
26 June 2014 (update \| poll)	The Kalphite Queen now offers a much more rewarding range of drops.
6 February 2014 (update \| poll)	All nearby players are now notified of the dropped loot.

Gallery (historical)[edit | edit source]

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Trivia[edit | edit source]

The Kalphite Queen was the first monster to use multiple simultaneous overhead protection prayers.

References[edit | edit source]

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 3 June 2015. (Archived from the original on 26 May 2020.)
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 8 May 2017. (Archived from the original on 26 May 2020.) Mod Ash: "Yes [when the defence is lowered on KQ's first form it stays lowered on the second form], same with Vet'ion."
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Envision. "Drop Rates V2." Old School RuneScape Forums.
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 4 March 2016. (Archived from the original on 26 May 2020.) Mod Ash: "10/128 for the wine, 8/128 for a herb."
^ Jagex. Mod JohnC's Twitter account. 8 September 2014. (Archived from the original on 8 September 2014.) Mod JohnC: "Batch 2 of the Boss Pet Drop Rates! How (un)lucky have you been? Kraken, Thermy & Penance queen next week!"

Predecessor	Title	Successor
King Black Dragon	Strongest monster in RuneScape	TzTok-Jad

[5] The "nothing" drop is removed while wearing a ring of wealth.

[row-6] 2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 The drop rate is increased while wearing a ring of wealth due to the "nothing" drop being removed.

[7] Players will always receive a Kq head (tattered) only on their 256th Kalphite Queen kill, or the first kill after its release if their kill count is above 256.

[8] Brimstone keys are only dropped if killed on a Slayer task given by Konar quo Maten.

[9] The elite clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/95 with the completion of the elite combat achievements.

[1] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 3 June 2015. (Archived from the original on 26 May 2020.)

[2] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 8 May 2017. (Archived from the original on 26 May 2020.) Mod Ash: "Yes [when the defence is lowered on KQ's first form it stays lowered on the second form], same with Vet'ion."

[Drop_Rates_V2-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Envision. "Drop Rates V2." Old School RuneScape Forums.

[4] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 4 March 2016. (Archived from the original on 26 May 2020.) Mod Ash: "10/128 for the wine, 8/128 for a herb."

[10] Jagex. Mod JohnC's Twitter account. 8 September 2014. (Archived from the original on 8 September 2014.) Mod JohnC: "Batch 2 of the Boss Pet Drop Rates! How (un)lucky have you been? Kraken, Thermy & Penance queen next week!"

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Kalphite Queen

Contents

Location[edit | edit source]

How to get there[edit | edit source]

Fight overview[edit | edit source]