Giant Scarab

This fight takes place in an instance. On death, all unprotected items will be moved to a grave outside the instance. Any items left on the ground will be lost.

Giant Scarab
Released								10 January 2007 (Update)
Members								Yes
Combat level								191
Size								3x3
Examine								A huge scarab.
League region								Desert✓
Combat info
Attribute								Kalphite
XP bonus								+5%
Max hit								20
Aggressive								Yes
Poisonous								Yes (9)
Attack style								Stab, Ranged
Attack speed								4 ticks (2.4 seconds)
Slayer info
Slayer level								None
Slayer XP								137 xp
Category								Scabarites
Assigned by
Combat stats
130				169				190				169				1				190
Aggressive stats
+0				+0				+0				+0				+0				+0
Melee defence
+70								+99								+99
Magic defence
+159												50% weakness
Ranged defence
+149								+103								+149
Immunities
Poison								0% resistance
Venom								0% resistance
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Advanced data
Monster ID								797,798
Link								MOID

The Giant Scarab is fought during the final battle of the Contact! quest. It summons level 68 locust riders and scarab mages to aid it in battle, which die upon the scarab's death. Kaleef's keris dagger can be seen sticking out of its back.

It can hit around 20 hitpoints with melee and ranged and is highly poisonous, with the poison damage starting at 9. If the player is out of melee distance from the scarab and has Protect from Missiles active, a message will appear in the player's chatbox "The vast scarab clacks its mandibles and you are mystically poisoned", negating the player's anti-poison timer and inflicting them with poison that hits for 9 hitpoints.

It can be fought in the Nightmare Zone after the quest is complete.

Throughout the fight, the scarab will summon one of three minions to aid it. The minions each have a different attack style, and the scarab will cycle through them in the order magic, then ranged, then melee, before repeating the cycle. The player is likely to be affected by multiple attack styles at once. This may not occur, if you manage to kill the scarab very quickly. Players fighting the scarab up close should activate Protect from Melee, while players attacking from afar should activate Protect from Missiles. The scarab is resistant to melee, although weaker to stab than any other melee style, so a Zamorakian spear is recommended over an abyssal whip.

Using Verac's set and the Spike attack style is also a good idea due to the high melee/Ranged defence bonuses the set provides, and the set effect being able to ignore the scarab's Defence, as well as taking advantage of its stab weakness.

The scarab also has fairly low Magic defence, so a trident of the seas/swamp or Iban's staff is ideal if using Magic, with good Magic armour worn such as mystic robes. Because of its fire weakness, fire spells are an extremely effective option as well. However, players with 60+ Ranged should have no problem killing it in around 2 minutes. Use the best crossbow you can; for players with a lower Ranged level, using ruby bolts (e) is effective - higher levels should consider using the toxic blowpipe.

The scarab can be poisoned, so a dragon dagger(p++) may be used for its powerful special attack and poison.

Players using Ranged or Magic should run to the south-west corner of the room with Protect from Missiles active, mitigating the melee-using locust riders as they will be unable to reach the player and only taking damage from scarab mages. Otherwise do the same at the lake to the north.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Keris	1	Always	Not sold	6,000

• The Ranged attack used to resemble an Earth Blast, but has since been graphically updated to a more unique appearance.