Kalphite King

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Kalphite King
Release			14 January 2013 (Update)
Members			Yes
Examine
This mighty kalphite is even more powerful than the queen.
Combat info
Level			LP			XP			XP
2500			260,000			26,462.2			8,732.5
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
1587 / 1058 / 529
Aggressive						Poisonous
Slayer
Level			XP			Category
1			3963			Kalphite
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
2560			0			0			2500
Style						Rate
						6 ticks (3.6s)
Combat levels
90				90				90
Accuracy
2458				2458				2458
Abilities used
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
2178		85
Affinities
60			40			30			50
Immunities
Not immune			Not immune			Not immune			Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID				16697
Links				bestiary • MRND
FAQ • doc

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6 ticks (3.6s)

5 ticks (3.0s)

5 ticks (3.0s)

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The Kalphite King, formerly dubbed the "Toughest Boss in RuneScape history", is a boss monster who can be found in the Exiled Kalphite Hive.

The Kalphite King was first mentioned at RuneFest 2011 in Mod Mark's RuneScape 2012 speech. The Kalphite King is the only monster in the game that can drop the Drygore longsword, mace and rapier, along with their off-hand versions, which are powerful tier 90 melee weapons. It also drops the perfect chitin, which can be combined with an off-hand drygore weapon, off-hand ascension crossbow or seismic singularity to create the tier 90 set of defenders.

On release, the fight with the Kalphite King and his summoned marauders was a challenge that required players to be adept with the action bar system and changes with the introduction of the Evolution of Combat.

The Kalphite King will not allow dwarf multicannons to be set up. Dreadnips and dominion mines can be used, although the latter does not have any effect on him.

Obtaining all unique drops will unlock the [Name] the Kingslayer title.

Getting there

The Exiled Kalphite Hive is located south of the Jaldraocht Pyramid in the Kharidian Desert. The easiest way of getting there is running north from Menaphos or using Portmaster Kags (Jaldraocht option) by Menaphos tablet who will deliver the player via boat directly behind the Jaldraocht Pyramid at the Exiled Kalphite Hive. Players can also use the Desert Bandit Camp lodestone and simply run south from there. A third option is to use a pharaoh's sceptre to teleport to the pyramid and run a short distance south.

The entrance to the Kalphite King's Chamber.

Upon first entering the hive, there will be a blocked tunnel that can be cleared to create a shortcut (requiring level 23 Agility). This tunnel only needs to be cleared once. Click on the entrance near the tunnel, after which you can make or join a player's instance.

After a player enters the lair, the King will spawn and the fight will begin.

A player fighting against the Kalphite King.

Strategies

Main article: Kalphite King/Strategies

Drops

100% drop

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Damaged chitin (m)		1	Always	0	0

Charms

No charm
34–38%	7–9%	4–6%	29–33%	19–22%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 1,536 kills. 20 charms are dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drop

The Kalphite King's drops are fairly unique compared to other monsters - rather than dropping one large amount, it drops smaller quantities which are then multiplied accordingly upon being rolled. In free-for-all groups, the whole drop goes to the player who dealt the most damage. In LootShare and CoinShare, the drops are split accordingly based on LootShare potential. For clarity, the whole drop (multipliers included) are listed on the table below rather than individual groups.

Drop multipliers:

• Sharks - 10 (5 base)
• Super restore - 10 (4 base)
• Earth talisman - 10 (5 base)
• Onyx bolts (e) - 5 (40 base)
• Black dragonhide - 5 (20 base)
• Banite stone spirit - ?
• Herbs - 5 (6 base)
• Tree seeds - 5 (1 palm tree/magic, 2 yew seeds base)
• Herb seeds - 5 (2 seeds base)
• Inert adrenaline crystals - 5 (2 base)
• Coins - 4 (10000-20000 base)

The average value of a drygore weapon is 31,684,462 coins. With the drop rate of drygore weaponry being 1/43, each kill is worth 742,605 coins excluding normal and rare drop table drops.

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Inert adrenaline crystal (m)		10	Uncommon	335,960	24,000
	Grimy torstol (m)		30 (noted)	Uncommon	169,410	0
	Grimy dwarf weed (m)		30 (noted)	Uncommon	235,500	0
	Grimy lantadyme (m)		30 (noted)	Uncommon	224,130	0
	Grimy snapdragon (m)		30 (noted)	Uncommon	52,770	0
	Grimy kwuarm (m)		30 (noted)	Uncommon	329,640	0
	Torstol seed (m)		10	Uncommon	5,560	380
	Lantadyme seed (m)		10	Uncommon	7,560	380
	Dwarf weed seed (m)		10	Uncommon	9,000	380
	Snapdragon seed (m)		10	Uncommon	2,960	380
	Magic seed (m)		5	Uncommon	282,285	1,265
	Palm tree seed (m)		5	Uncommon	199,840	760
	Yew seed (m)		10	Uncommon	152,370	850
	Shark (m)		50	35/128	100,500	9,000
	Banite stone spirit (m)		20	Uncommon	94,980	Not alchemisable
	Onyx bolts (e) (m)		200	Rare	1,533,400	1,800,000
	Black dragonhide		100 (noted)	Uncommon	351,300	4,800
	Super restore (4) (m)		40	Uncommon	107,720	7,200
	Earth talisman		50 (noted)	Uncommon	10,100	100
	Coins		40,000–80,000	Uncommon	40,000-80,000	40,000-80,000
	Drygore rapier (m)		1	1/256	19,650,047	500,000
	Drygore longsword (m)		1	1/256	37,107,527	500,000
	Drygore mace (m)		1	1/256	21,796,293	500,000
	Off-hand drygore longsword (m)		1	1/256	41,324,419	300,000
	Off-hand drygore rapier (m)		1	1/256	35,343,030	300,000
	Off-hand drygore mace (m)		1	1/256	34,885,453	300,000

Tertiary drop

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Sealed clue scroll (elite) (m)		1	10/1280	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Rare drop table		3	1/50	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Perfect chitin (m)		1	1/50	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Starved ancient effigy (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Kalphite claw (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable

Rare drop table drops

This monster has access to the rare drop table.
Luck-enhancing items such as a ring of Wealth or luck of the Dwarves are not required to access the table.

Rare drop table:

Rare drop table Item Quantity Rarity GE price High alch value Coins 250–500 Common 250-500 250-500 Uncut sapphire 1 Common 719 15 Uncut emerald 1 Common 2,585 30 Uncut ruby 1 Common 1,672 60 Uncut diamond 1 Common 4,533 120 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) Rare 203,985-249,315 5,400-6,600 Loop half of a key (m) 1 Common 11,159 0 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 Common 11,520 0 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 Uncommon 12,123 600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) Rare 545,535-666,765 27,000-33,000 Dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 56,881 60,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 Rare 35,958 37,440 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) Rare 541,440-661,760 756,000-924,000 Rune javelin 5 Rare 905 1,870 Huge plated rune salvage 1 Uncommon 38,689 40,000 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) Rare 696,402-851,158 720,000-880,000 Shield left half (m) 1 Rare 64,362 66,000 Dragon helm (m) 1 Uncommon 58,536 60,000 Rune arrowheads 113–137 Common 14,803-17,947 678-822 Onyx bolts (m) 135–165 Very rare 1,004,670-1,227,930 1,104,165-1,349,535 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 176,120-212,380 136-164 Earth talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 13,736-16,564 136-164 Raw lobster 135–165 (noted) Common 46,710-57,090 22,950-28,050 Raw shark (m) 225–275 (noted) Uncommon 299,475-366,025 40,500-49,500 Big bones 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 13,736-16,564 0 Dragon bones 180–220 (noted) Rare 411,480-502,920 0 Drakolith stone spirit (m) 25–35 Uncommon 24,000-33,600 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 11,928 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Uncommon 23,550-28,260 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 1,884 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Rare 149,100-178,920 Not alchemisable Runite stone spirit 3 Common 1,131 Not alchemisable Orichalcite stone spirit (m) 25–35 Rare 15,275-21,385 Not alchemisable Grimy torstol (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 508,230-621,170 0 Grimy snapdragon (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 158,310-193,490 0 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 121,185-148,115 8,100-9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 134,145-163,955 5,130-6,270 Lantadyme seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 10,584-12,096 532-608 Dwarf weed seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 12,600-14,400 532-608 Magic seed (m) 4 Uncommon 225,828 1,012 Palm tree seed (m) 10 Rare 399,680 1,520 Flax 450–550 (noted) Common 45,000-55,000 1,350-1,650 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) Common 22,635-27,665 45-55 Soft clay 450–550 (noted) Uncommon 180,450-220,550 450-550 Yew logs 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 11,288-13,612 6,528-7,872 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) Rare 112,050-136,950 64,800-79,200 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 15,255-18,645 13,500-16,500 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) Rare 314,820-384,780 243,000-297,000 Vecna skull (m) 1 Rare 117,363 6,000 Blurberry Special (m) 1 Very rare 11,631 18 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 Very rare 426 1 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 Very rare 1,432,268,388 300,000 Brawling gloves (Melee) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Magic) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Ranged) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Agility) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Cooking) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (FM) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Fishing) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Hunter) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Mining) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Prayer) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Smithing) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Thieving) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (WC) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Crystal triskelion fragment 1 (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Crystal triskelion fragment 2 (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Crystal triskelion fragment 3 (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable

Universal drops

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster outside of Daemonheim.

These items are dropped alongside main drops.

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Key token		1	Rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Mimic kill token (m)		1	Very rare	5,241	Not alchemisable

Achievements

• Best Offence ( 50) – Defeat the Kalphite King after triggering his Immortality and then defeat him again.
• Never Eat Silk Worms ( 40) – Get charged by the Kalphite King to each side of the arena and then defeat him.
• Exiled ( 0) – Obtained a collection of unique drops from the Kalphite King.
• Bug Zapper:
  • Bug Zapper I ( 5) – Defeat the Kalphite King. (X/5)
  • Bug Zapper II ( 5) – Defeat the Kalphite King. (X/10)
  • Bug Zapper III ( 5) – Defeat the Kalphite King. (X/25)
  • Bug Zapper IV ( 5) – Defeat the Kalphite King. (X/50)
  • Bug Zapper V ( 5) – Defeat the Kalphite King. (X/75)
  • Bug Zapper VI ( 5) – Defeat the Kalphite King. (X/100)

Gallery

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  Concept art of the Kalphite King.

Update history

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• patch 1 June 2020 (Update):
  • The Kalphite King's susceptibility to weapons has been fixed - the magic and ranged forms are now susceptible to the hexhunter bow and terrasaur maul respectively. Prior to this patch, these two forms were susceptible to the inquisitor staff.

• patch 4 May 2020 (Update):
  • Runite stone spirits have been replaced by banite stone spirits.

• patch 28 August 2018 (Update):
  • The loot message for the Onyx Bolts bolts drop from Kalphite king has been adjusted to better represent the amount given.

• patch 4 July 2016 (Update):
  • The Kalphite King's incendiary shot ability will now correctly deal damage to players.

• patch 7 December 2015 (Update):
  • Nex and the Kalphite King now have boss health bars, similar to Yakamaru and Araxxi.

• patch 22 July 2014 (Update):
  • There is now a 30 second delay when trying to re-enter the Kalphite King boss room.

• patch 28 January 2013 (Update):
  • An issue with Kalphite King instancing and group sizes has been fixed.
  • Some changes to the Kalphite Kings behaviour have been made to prevent him being unable to reach a target.
  • Some changes to the Kalphite Kings behaviour have been made to prevent manipulation of his attack cycle in order to avoid more powerful attacks.

Trivia

• The Kalphite King is the first monster to use player abilities against players.
• The Kalphite King was heavily patched with the patch notes of 19 June 2013. The accuracy of drygore weaponry was lowered as they hit too frequently even when using the wrong combat style against him. To compensate, his defences were lowered, but he and his minions had increased damage output.
• For a short time after the Kalphite King was released, using binds and stuns constantly prevented the King from changing combat styles, attacking, and summoning marauders. This was quickly fixed in a hidden update.
• With the release of Legacy Mode, the Kalphite King will spawn in any combat style. Prior to this, it always spawned in melee form. The same update also reduced the slayer experience given upon death from 15,853 experience to 3,963.
• The Kalphite King was the first boss to make use of a boss instance system in which the boss would continually spawn until all players left the instance, regardless of how long the instance lasted. It was later changed into the current boss instance system sometime later.
• On 7 December 2015, Kalphite King received a health bar update which now display his current health on the top of the screen similar to the Raids bosses and Araxxor.
• On 12 September 2016 Kalphite King's Stomp attack was changed into regular attacks against players who stand under him. Before this, the Kalphite King would attack players who stood under him for more than 5 seconds with rapid hits of approximately 1,500 damage until they moved out from under him.
• As of 1 February 2018, the highest kill count for this boss was 45,715 kills.
  • This had increased to 54,651 by 13 December 2018.
• Prior to an update on August 20 2018, players had to wait a certain period of time before rejoining an instance they had left. This is no longer the case.