ASHMARCH

Kalphite Queen

Two forms, two attack styles, and one area attack per form that decides where a team stands.

The Kalphite Queen is combat level 333 with 267 hitpoints, and she is really two fights stacked on top of each other. Killing her first form does not end the kill — she changes form and changes attack style with it, so a setup that carried the first half can fall apart in the second.

The two forms

StatValue
Combat level333
Hitpoints267
FormsTwo — the second spawns on the first's death
First formIts magic attack hits everyone nearby
Second formIts ranged attack hits everyone nearby
LocationKalphite Lair, near the Shantay Pass

Each form has one attack that hits every player in the lair rather than just its target: magic on the first form, ranged on the second. In a team that is the attack that decides where everyone stands, and it is the reason the prayer you want changes the moment she transforms.

Plan for both halves before you go in. The usual mistake is bringing gear and prayer for the form you expect to see first and having nothing left for the one that replaces it — she is a gear-switch fight more than a damage fight.

The Kalphite Lair is not in the Wilderness, so a failed trip costs you supplies rather than your inventory. It is a good boss to learn switching on for exactly that reason.

Drop table

Taken straight from Ashmarch's own drop data. Rates are per kill on Regular mode with no drop-rate bonus.

ItemQuantityRarityTier
Rune spear21/33Common
Rune axe11/33Common
Rune chainbody1–31/33Common
Mithril arrow5001/33Common
Nature rune200–2501/33Common
Fire rune6001/33Common
Wine of zamorak20–401/33Common
Amulet of power11/33Common
Steel bolts15–701/33Common
Mithril bolts15–701/33Common
Rune battleaxe11/65Uncommon
Rune 2h sword11/65Uncommon
Rune warhammer1–21/65Uncommon
Adamant longsword11/65Uncommon
Lava battlestaff21/65Uncommon
Iron arrow1–3551/65Uncommon
Steel arrow1–1501/65Uncommon
Rune arrow1001/65Uncommon
Blood rune250–3001/65Uncommon
Law rune20–2501/65Uncommon
Death rune200–3001/65Uncommon
Cosmic rune200–3001/65Uncommon
Sapphire11/65Uncommon
Emerald11/65Uncommon
Ruby11/65Uncommon
Oyster pearls401/65Uncommon
Coins3,000–75,0001/65Uncommon
Lobster71/65Uncommon
Shark71/65Uncommon
Adamant bolts15–701/65Uncommon
Rune c'bow11/128Rare
Runite bolts15–701/128Rare
Dragon 2h sword11/518Very rare
Dragon chainbody11/8149Very rare