Kalphite Queen

rsw: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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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	1,419
	Shark	2	Common	1,712
	Super combat potion(2)	1	Common	6,242
	Ranging potion(3)	1	Common	1,373
	Superantipoison(2)	1	Common	352
	Dark crab	2	Uncommon	3,046
	Saradomin brew(4)	1	Uncommon	2,662
	Super restore(4)	1	Uncommon	10,351
	Prayer potion(4)	2	Uncommon	20,966

Equipment

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Rune chainbody	1	Uncommon	29,612
	Lava battlestaff	1	Uncommon	9,699
	Red d'hide body	1	Uncommon	6,299
	Rune knife(p++)	25	Uncommon	14,625
	Battlestaff	10 (noted)	Rare	81,420
	Dragon chainbody	1	Rare (1/128)	1,054,345
	Dragon 2h sword	1	Rare (1/256)	133,644

Herbs

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

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Grimy toadflax	25 (noted)	Uncommon	41,175
	Grimy ranarr weed	25 (noted)	Uncommon	196,350
	Grimy snapdragon	25 (noted)	Rare	207,500
	Grimy torstol	25 (noted)	Rare	229,250

Seeds

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Watermelon seed	25	Uncommon	6,700
	Torstol seed	2	Uncommon	146,758
	Magic seed	2	Uncommon (3/128)	372,738
	Papaya tree seed	2	Rare	19,318
	Palm tree seed	2	Rare	102,398

Runes/Ammunition

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Blood rune	100	Common	28,100
	Mithril arrow	500	Common	18,500
	Rune arrow	250	Uncommon	15,750
	Death rune	150	Uncommon	37,800

Gems

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Uncut ruby	25 (noted)	Uncommon	37,375
	Uncut emerald	25 (noted)	Uncommon	22,700
	Uncut diamond	25 (noted)	Uncommon	74,425

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Potato cactus	100 (noted)	Common	58,400
	Wine of zamorak	60 (noted)	Common (10/128)	114,360
	Ensouled kalphite head	1	Common (1/20)	2,402
	Coins	15,000–20,000	Uncommon	Not sold
	Runite bar	3 (noted)	Uncommon	37,308
	Magic logs	60 (noted)	Uncommon	66,000
	Grapes	100 (noted)	Uncommon	17,100
	Bucket of sand	100 (noted)	Uncommon	8,100
	Cactus spine	10 (noted)	Uncommon	18,340
	Gold ore	250 (noted)	Uncommon	86,750
	Weapon poison(++)	5 (noted)	Uncommon	42,485
	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)	853,284
	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.

Show/hide rare drop table
	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Coins	3,000	Rare	Not sold
	Loop half of key	1	Rare	8,589
	Tooth half of key	1	Rare	13,381
	Uncut sapphire	1	Rare	858
	Runite bar	1	Rare	12,436
	Unknown talisman (please specify)	1	Very rare	Error
	Nature rune	67	Very rare	16,951
	Rune 2h sword	1	Very rare	37,961
	Rune battleaxe	1	Very rare	24,574
	Uncut emerald	1	Very rare	908
	Law rune	45	Very rare	12,690
	Death rune	45	Very rare	11,340
	Steel arrow	150	Very rare	4,950
	Rune arrow	42	Very rare	2,646
	Adamant javelin	20	Very rare	820
	Rune sq shield	1	Very rare	22,662
	Dragonstone	1	Very rare	12,072
	Silver ore	100 (noted)	Very rare	7,900
	Uncut ruby	1	Very rare	1,495
	Rune kiteshield	1	Very rare	32,206
	Dragon med helm	1	Very rare	59,119
	Rune spear	1	Very rare	12,094
	Shield left half	1	Very rare	65,497
	Dragon spear	1	Very rare	37,409
	Uncut diamond	1	Very rare	2,977
	Rune javelin	5	Very rare	755

Konar's drop table

If killed on a Slayer assignment by Konar quo Maten, this monster has a 1 in 53.4 chance to access an extra loot table. This averages to an additional 1,701.82 worth of items per kill while on task.

Show/hide Konar's drop table
	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Uncut diamond	25–35 (noted)	Rare (1/662)	74,425–104,195
	Uncut ruby	25–35 (noted)	Rare (1/662)	37,375–52,325
	Coal	300–500 (noted)	Rare (1/662)	68,700–114,500
	Coins	50,000–150,000	Rare (1/662)	Not sold
	Gold ore	100–200 (noted)	Rare (1/828)	34,700–69,400
	Adamant bolts(unf)	200–300	Rare (1/828)	39,800–59,700
	Runite bolts (unf)	200–300	Rare (1/828)	58,200–87,300
	Dragon arrowtips	50–200	Rare (1/828)	69,400–277,600
	Iron ore	350–500 (noted)	Very rare (1/1,104)	51,450–73,500
	Rune full helm	1–2 (noted)	Very rare (1/1,104)	20,719–41,438
	Rune platelegs	1–2 (noted)	Very rare (1/1,104)	37,929–75,858
	Rune platebody	1–2 (noted)	Very rare (1/1,104)	38,590–77,180
	Fish (scales to level)	Varies	Very rare (1/1,104)	Not sold
	Runite ore	10–15 (noted)	Very rare (1/1,655)	110,360–165,540
	Palm tree seed	1–4	Very rare (1/3,311)	51,199–204,796
	Magic seed	1–4	Very rare (1/3,311)	186,369–745,476
	Celastrus seed	1–4	Very rare (1/3,311)	57,017–228,068
	Dragonfruit tree seed	1–4	Very rare (1/3,311)	73,305–293,220
	Redwood tree seed	1	Very rare (1/3,311)	81,449
	Torstol seed	1–4	Very rare (1/3,311)	73,379–293,516
	Snapdragon seed	1–4	Very rare (1/3,311)	59,078–236,312
	Ranarr seed	1–4	Very rare (1/3,311)	52,031–208,124
	Pure essence	3,000–5,000 (noted)	Very rare (1/3,311)	12,000–20,000
	Broken dragon hasta	1	Very rare (1/10,680)	180,123
	Mystic robe top (dusk)	1	Very rare (1/53,400)	141,260
	Mystic robe bottom (dusk)	1	Very rare (1/53,400)	77,522
	Mystic gloves (dusk)	1	Very rare (1/53,400)	16,473
	Mystic boots (dusk)	1	Very rare (1/53,400)	17,118
	Mystic hat (dusk)	1	Very rare (1/53,400)	28,130

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