Cave worms

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Cave worms



Released							5 January 2017 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No

Properties

Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							No
Stackable							Yes
Noteable							No
Options							Drop
Examine							For use with a fishing rod.

Values

Value							1 coin
High alch							0 coins
Low alch							0 coins
Weight							0 kg

Advanced data

Item ID							20853
Link							MOID

Cave worms are obtained from killing scavengers found within the Chambers of Xeric. They are used as bait for fishing within resource rooms.

Item sources

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity	League region
Scavenger beast		30–50	2 × 2/18

Changes

Date	Changes
15 August 2019 (Update)	The item's value was decreased from 1 to 0.

Chambers of Xeric

Mount Quidamortem

NPCs (inside)

Regular	Cave snake Creature keeper Corrupted scavenger Scavenger runt ^(removed) Scavenger beast Guardian Jewelled Crab Ice demon Lizardman shaman Skeletal Mystic Deathly ranger Deathly mage
Bosses	Vasa Nistirio ^{(Glowing crystal)} Tekton Vespula ^{(Lux grub) (Vespine soldier) (Abyssal portal)} Vanguard Muttadile ^{(Meat tree)} Great Olm

Scenery

General scenery	Ancient chest Bank chest Chest Score board Bubbles Ice storm Energy well Boulder Rotten sapling Rocks Magical fire Fire Giant Anvil Trough Brazier Shimmering barrier Tightrope Sapling Magical fire Herb patch Noxious tendrils Septic tendrils Spirit tendrils Old tools Gourd tree Weeds Mystical barrier
Storage units	Tiny Small Medium Large Massive

Items

Pysk ^(raw)
Suphi ^(raw)
Leckish ^(raw)
Brawk ^(raw)
Mycil ^(raw)
Roqed ^(raw)
Kyren ^(raw)
Burnt

Seeds	Golpar Buchu Noxifer
Herbs	Golpar ^(grimy) Buchu ^(grimy) Noxifer ^(grimy)
Ingredients	Endarkened juice Stinkhorn mushroom Cicely

Weak	Elder (-) Twisted (-) Kodai (-) Antipoison (-) Revitalisation (-) Prayer enhance (-) Xeric's aid (-) Overload (-)
Standard	Elder Twisted Kodai Antipoison Revitalisation Prayer enhance Xeric's aid Overload
Strong	Elder (+) Twisted (+) Kodai (+) Antipoison (+) Revitalisation (+) Prayer enhance (+) Xeric's aid (+) Overload (+)

Texts

Miscellaneous

Rewards

Equipment

	Dragon claws Elder maul Dragon hunter crossbow Twisted bow Twisted buckler Kodai wand ^(insignia) Dinh's bulwark
Ancestral robes	Hat Robe top Robe bottom

Other

Twisted ancestral kit	Colour kit Hat Robe top Robe bottom
Pet transmogs	Metamorphic dust Puppadile Tektiny Enraged Tektiny Vanguard Vasa Minirio Vespina Flying Vespina
Capes	Xeric's guard Xeric's warrior Xeric's sentinel Xeric's general Xeric's champion

Source

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Source site	Old School RuneScape Wiki
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Content license	CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
License status	declared
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