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Catablepon



Released		4 July 2006 (Update)
Members		No
Combat level		49
Size		2x2
Examine		Big... Cow-like... But cows don't have serpent tails!

Combat info

XP bonus		+0%
Max hit		6
Aggressive		Yes
Poisonous		No
Attack style		Stab, Magic
Attack speed		4 ticks (2.4 seconds)
Respawn time		20 ticks (12 seconds)

Slayer info

Slayer level		None
Slayer XP		40 xp
Category		Catablepon
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Combat stats


40	45	40	40	60	1

Aggressive stats


+0	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0

Melee defence


+40		+30		+20

Magic defence


+20			No elemental weakness

Ranged defence


+40		+40		+40

Immunities

Poison		0% resistance
Venom		0% resistance
Cannons		Not immune
Thralls		Not immune

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Advanced data

Monster ID		2474
Link		MOID

Catablepon are magical creatures that appear to be green bulls with reptilian tails. They are found on the third level of the Stronghold of Security. They drop the top of sceptre, one of four parts of the Skull sceptre.

They have a weakening glare^[1] which drains your Strength, but will stop casting once 8% + 3 of your total strength level has been drained.

Strategy

Players are not advised to train on these with Melee, as Weaken can drain Strength quite significantly, which will affect the player's experience rates in turn, unless Strength potions or Restore potions are used (you can also use the Protect from Magic prayer). They can use melee and magic attacks often and cast Weaken at the same time. After the spell has decreased 8% +3 of your Strength levels, catablepon will stop casting Weaken, but casts before this threshold can still bring you lower than the threshold. Ranged or Magic attacks are recommended instead of melee.

On the west side of north-western room, there is a ranged and mage safespot behind the "Stinking/Dripping tendrils" available. Walk into the western door and the westernmost tile behind the tendrils. Another safespot is in the same room. Enter from the western door and stand against the wall beside the door. Finally, another safespot is available in the room right before the central room. Standing in the north-westernmost corner of the room, it is possible to attack the catablepon from a distance. Level 64 catablepon give 70 Slayer experience per kill, while levels 68 and 49 give only 50 and 40 respectively, so to maximize for Slayer experience, only kill level 64 catablepon on task.

Safespot at the tendrils in the north-western room
Safespot at a door in the same room
Safespot at a door in the penultimate room

Location

Location	Levels	Spawns	Map	League region
Stronghold of Security: Pit of Pestilence	49	8	Show map	Misthalin✓
Stronghold of Security: Pit of Pestilence	64	4	Show map	Misthalin✓
Stronghold of Security: Pit of Pestilence	68	14	Show map	Misthalin✓

Drops

Drop rates are estimated based on 224,252 samples from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Bones	1	Always	30	0

Armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Adamant med helm_(m)	1	1/101^[2]	867	1,152

Runes and ammunition

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Fire rune	15	7/101	75	30
Water rune	7	6/101	35	14
Chaos rune_(m)	7	1/101	742	378
Law rune	2	4/101	246	288
Cosmic rune_(m)	2	3/101	248	60
Mithril arrow	5–14	4/101	30–84	95–266

Herbs

There is a 3/101 chance of rolling the herb drop table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Grimy guam leaf_(m)	1	1/134.7	189	7
Grimy marrentill_(m)	1	1/179.6	185	8
Grimy tarromin_(m)	1	1/239.4	120	9
Grimy harralander_(m)	1	1/307.8	284	9
Grimy ranarr weed_(m)	1	1/391.8	5,262	18
Grimy irit leaf_(m)	1	1/538.7	1,258	10
Grimy avantoe_(m)	1	1/718.2	1,341	10
Grimy kwuarm_(m)	1	1/861.9	1,814	12
Grimy cadantine_(m)	1	1/1,077.3	2,076	13
Grimy lantadyme_(m)	1	1/1,436.4	1,232	13
Grimy dwarf weed_(m)	1	1/1,436.4	1,343	14

Seeds

There is a 1/101 chance of rolling the allotment seed drop table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Potato seed	1–4	1/202	4–16	1–4
Onion seed	1–3	1/404	3–9	1–3
Cabbage seed	1–3	1/808	6–18	1–3
Tomato seed	1–2	1/1,616	3–6	2–4
Sweetcorn seed	1–2	1/3,232	5–10	4–8
Strawberry seed	1	1/6,464	7	10
Watermelon seed	1	1/12,928	234	33
Snape grass seed	1	1/12,928	15,101	56

Materials

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Rune essence_(f)	15 (noted)	5/101	165	30
Pure essence_(m)	15 (noted)	5/101	30	30
Eye of newt	1	7/101	4	1
Coal	3–7 (noted)	2/101	438–1,022	81–189

Coins

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Coins_(f)	10	4/101^{[d 1]}	10	10
Coins_(m)	15	6/101	15	15
Coins_(m)	44	12/101	44	44
Coins	5–104	10/101	5–104	5–104

^ Only dropped in free-to-play

Other

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Trout	1	2/101	16	6
Unlit torch_(m)	1	9/101	31	2
Top of sceptre	1	3/101^[3]	Not sold	N/A

Rare drop table

There is a 2/101 chance of rolling the gem drop table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Nothing	N/A	1/101.19; Never^{[d 1]}	N/A	N/A
Uncut sapphire	1	1/202; 1/102.58^{[d 2]}	228	15
Uncut emerald	1	1/404; 1/205.16^{[d 2]}	473	30
Uncut ruby	1	1/808; 1/410.31^{[d 2]}	1,087	60
Nature talisman_(m)	1	1/2,154.67; 1/1,094.17^{[d 2]}	268	2
Uncut diamond	1	1/3,232; 1/1,641.25^{[d 2]}	2,439	120
Rune javelin_(m)	5	1/6,464; 1/3,282.5^{[d 2]}	675	1,200
Loop half of key_(m)	1	1/6,464; 1/3,282.5^{[d 2]}	9,756	60
Tooth half of key_(m)	1	1/6,464; 1/3,282.5^{[d 2]}	9,887	60
Rune spear_(m)	1	1/103,424; 1/6,154.69^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	11,599	12,480
Shield left half_(m)	1	1/206,848; 1/12,309.37^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	65,355	66,000
Dragon spear_(m)	1	1/275,797.33; 1/16,412.5^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	38,438	37,440

^ 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.
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Only dropped if Legends' Quest has been finished; if not, a talisman is dropped instead.

Tertiary

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Clue scroll (medium)_(m)	1	1/101^{[d 1]}^{[d 2]}^[4]	Not sold	12

^ The medium clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/95 after unlocking the medium Combat Achievements rewards tier.
^ Clue scrolls will drop as scroll boxes after the completion of X Marks the Spot.

Trivia

The creature appears to be both based on and named after 'Catoblepas' (from the Greek καταβλέπω, (katablépō) "to look downwards," due to their head shape.) It is a mythical cow-like creature from real-world ancient Nubia, thought to have originated from encounters with wildebeest.

References

^ Slayer Master. Old School RuneScape. "Catablepon are mythical, cow like, magical creatures. Beware their weakening glare."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 27 November 2019. Archived from the original on 25 May 2020. Mod Ash: "No, for some reason the dev has locked that roll so that only members can get it. The code doesn't indicate why, and the dev has since left the studio."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 21 August 2019. Archived from the original on 9 September 2019. Mod Ash: "3% from ankou, 3% from fleshcrawlers 3/101 for catablepon, 3/101 for minotaurs."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 14 November 2015. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Mod Ash: "There's a 1/101 chance from catablepon."

Stronghold of Security

NPCs

Monsters

Vault of War	Goblin Minotaur Rat Wolf
Catacomb of Famine	Flesh Crawler Giant rat Zombie
Pit of Pestilence	Catablepon Giant spider Scorpion Spider
Sepulchre of Death	Ankou Ghost Shade Skeleton Zombie

Items

	Stronghold notes Fancy boots Fighting boots Fancier boots
Skull sceptre	Bone fragments Right skull half Bottom of sceptre Top of sceptre Left skull half Strange skull Runed sceptre Skull sceptre ^(imbued)

Scenery

Source site	Old School RuneScape Wiki
Canonical source	Catablepon
Content license	CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
License status	declared
Picture	Catablepon · file details