Kalphite Queen/Strategies

• A Dragon warhammer or Elder maul is important for lowering Kalphite Queen's defence if using melee and ranged, making both forms much faster to kill.

• The Ring of suffering (ri) is useful here due to Kalphite Queen constantly hitting you for high damage, triggering the recoil effect. Alternatively, the Lightbearer can give additional follow up special attacks if you are not resetting every kill. Both are generally better than strength rings, as extra defence reduction and recoiled damage add up over both phases.

• It is still recommended to occasionally flinch the boss when you have to eat or if your supplies are low towards the end of a kill. Step under the boss to limit the amount of times that the Kalphite Queen can hit. This can be further optimised by using a fast weapon, (such as a blowpipe), followed by a slower heavy hitting weapon, (such as a crossbow) each time you step out from underneath KQ before returning underneath. You are effectively doing 7 cycles of damage vs. the Queen's 4, and will significantly reduce the amount of damage you take throughout the fight.

• An Anglerfish can be eaten before banking for the fight to boost hitpoints for a slight advantage.

• Using a Slayer Helm (i) while on task provides a far greater bonus to DPS than any other piece of gear. If you are struggling, do Slayer tasks until you receive a kalphite task. This will massively improve your chances of success.

During both phases, it generally does not matter whether you pray Protect from Magic or Protect from Missiles, but Protect from Magic is still preferred in case another player crashes you as it can bounce between players. Also, Piety (or Mystic Vigour/Augury for magic) is strongly recommended to speed up kills. Immediately run under her again after killing off her first phase, heal up, and prepare for the second phase.

Players should continue to pray Protect from Magic during phase 2. Players should walk under her as soon as this phase begins, otherwise she will get an extra attack on you first. Use a DPS calculator to determine how accurate her melee attacks during this phase will be; stand within melee range if more than 50% of her melee attacks will miss on average.^{[n 1]}

Flinching the Kalphite Queen is a slower method than conventional methods, however it requires much fewer resources per kill, allowing even low level players to do extended trips of 5 or more kills. This method is more easily employed by ironman players, as due to the Kalphite Queen's lair being instanced, they can leave and re-enter the instance to reset all the spawns, making it much quicker to set things up again. Due to the slow nature of flinching, it is highly recommended to have a Kalphite Slayer task, as the Slayer helmet can give very large bonuses. Verac the Defiled's equipment can hit through the Queen's high defences on both phases incredibly well even without a slayer task. Otherwise, the Zombie axe or Keris partisan of breaching have the highest expected hits for both phases.

Make sure you have around 70% run energy before you head into the lair. You'll need to do some running to attract the Kalphite Guardians and the Kalphite Queen, and running out of run energy can force you to tank more hits from the Queen herself. Since you probably don't have the elite Desert Diary done, you'll have to take the long way around - walking this part helps conserve run energy.

It is advisable to watch a video on the below method on setting up the Kalphite Queen, such as this one.

Turn on Protect from Melee as you go into the lair and attract the two Kalphite Guardians near the entrance. Run back to the entrance rope and stand two tiles to the south of it - this should cause the two Guardians to stand one behind the other in a line. With this done, turn on Protect from Missiles and find the Kalphite Queen to attract her attention (do not attack the Kalphite Queen if using a bone dagger as your special weapon), then run back to the entrance and stand two tiles west and one tile north of the entrance rope. If done correctly, the two Kalphite Guardians and the Kalphite Queen will be stood in a line facing you, with the Kalphite Queen out of attack range. If the Kalphite Queen gets stuck on the cocoon in the middle after attracting her attention, walk diagonally south-west 2 tiles and then back to release her.

With the Guardians and the queen in a line, turn on Protect from Missiles then run 3 tiles south of the Kalphite's Queen south-western tile, then immediately run under her. The Guardians should now position themselves to trap the queen against the cocoon in the middle, and she is unable to move to attack to you while stood under her.

With the Kalphite Queen stuck, all you have to do is flinch the Kalphite Queen with your melee weapon until she is dead. It is highly recommended to summon thralls, as they will significantly increase kill speed, as they will be able to do damage while you are waiting for your next attack.

Due to the Kalphite Queen's attack speed, you can attack once every 10 ticks without her retaliating against you.

After the kill, the flinching safespot will need to be set up again.

If playing as an ironman, simply leave the lair and re-enter, as this will reset the instance to a fresh state.

If playing on a standard account, the Kalphite workers which spawned during the fight will need to be defeated before trying to set up the flinching safespot again, or you may choose to hop worlds to look for a fresh lair.

• 2 Superantipoisons
• 2 Prayer potion for maintaining thralls
• 1 Super combat potion (or 1 Super attack and Super strength)
• A bone dagger (p++) or other defence reducing special weapon
• 2 ropes to enter the lair (If the hard Desert Diary has not been completed)
• Book of the dead for summoning thralls
• Rune pouch with runes to summon thralls
• Moderate-healing food like Monkfishs or better to fill the remaining inventory spaces

• Range switch, e.g. Toxic blowpipe, Necklace of anguish, Ava's assembler
• 1-3 Prayer potions or Super restores
• 1 Sanfew serum for the prayer and poison restore
• 1 Divine super combat potion
• 1 Divine ranging potion
• High healing food such as Sharks or Manta rays
• A Dragon warhammer and a defender for specs
• Two Ropes or Huntsman's kit filled with ropes for getting to the lair if the hard Desert Diary is not completed
• A house tab for escaping
• Rune pouch with runes to cast Vengeance

• Ranged switches
• 1-3 super restores or prayer potions if you are not using ornate rejuvenation pool after every kill
• 1 divine super combat potion
• 1 divine bastion or ranging potion
• 1 antidote++
• An Elder maul / dragon warhammer with defender equipped for special attacks
• A house tab for restoring health/specs between kills or escaping
• High-healing food like Anglerfish or sharks to fill the remaining inventory spaces
• 1 Anglerfish to free up an inventory spot for equipping a 2h weapon
• The book of the dead and a divine rune pouch with runes to cast Resurrect Greater Ghost
  • Death charge can be activated on nearby Kalphite workers during phase transitions and in between kills
  • Vengeance may be used if the player does not have access to thralls; both can be used in tandem by casting Spellbook swap

• Saturated heart or imbued heart
• Max cape or house tabs
• A bracelet of slaughter switch (optional, if on a Slayer task)
• 1 prayer potion/super restore
• 1 Sanfew serum (pre-potting 1 Superantipoison is sufficient to save an inventory slot)
• High-healing food like Anglerfish or sharks to fill the remaining inventory spaces
• A special attack weapon such as the Saradomin godsword or the Toxic blowpipe
• The book of the dead and a divine rune pouch with runes to cast Resurrect Greater Ghost
  • Vengeance may be used if the player does not have access to thralls