Kalphite Worker
monsterKalphite Worker
Kalphite workers are the lowest caste of kalphite, tasked with gathering food, harvesting materials, and constructing and expanding the hive for the queen. While each kalphite possesses its own complex nervous system, but also shares in a broader hive intelligence built from scent signals and sound. Workers are weaker than soldiers, but will still defend their hive fiercely if threatened, even at the cost of their own lives.
Locations
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Some kalphite workers only spawn at night.
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The following drop rates are provided by Jagex, unless otherwise specified.
 Stunted Kalphite Wing | 1 | Always |
 Kalphite Shell Fragments | 1–2 | Always |
Other
The following drop rates are provided by Jagex, unless otherwise specified.
Journal
The following text is transcribed from the Journal.
You could easily mistake the kalphite worker for a dumb bug, and for the most part you’d be right. But, that’s only because you are thinking with a human mind, one comprised of neurons and hard-wired for self-preservation. The kalphite mind is a different beast entirely. Whilst they are individual entities, with their own complex set of neurons, axons and other complicated sciency sounding words, their consciousness is also a collection of pheromone trails, high-frequency chittering, and the strange sort of nonsense only insects understand. The result is an individual that is connected to a great whole. Like an arm that can think by itself… which is a horrible thought - let’s not dwell on it. The worker is the lowest caste of the kalphites, though it’s not really a status thing. Their entire existence is to gather food, harvest materials, and construct bigger and better hives for the queen’s delectation. Unfortunately, that does not mean they won’t attack you if you threaten their hive. They will with as much vigour as they can manage. They care little for themselves: only the hive matters, and they will defend it with their lives.
References
- ↑ Journal entry of Kalphite Worker, RuneScape: Dragonwilds. "Whilst they are individual entities, with their own complex set of neurons, axons and other complicated sciency sounding words, their consciousness is also a collection of pheromone trails, high-frequency chittering, and the strange sort of nonsense only insects understand."