*NEW AND IMPROVED* Kalphite Queen Safe Spot Flinch Guide

[@vipzip8863]

Right clicking the minimap icon and exporting the markers would help tremendously as we could simply import your markers. Edit: Here are the markers. To import the markers copy the text below and right the minimap iconand click import. Runelite will recognize these as screen markers and copy them from your clipboard :) [{"regionId":13972,"regionX":49,"regionY":23,"z":0,"color":"#FFFFFF00"},{"regionId":13972,"regionX":35,"regionY":19,"z":0,"color":"#FFFFFF00"},{"regionId":13972,"regionX":35,"regionY":23,"z":0,"color":"#FFFFFF00"}]

[@Boucr]

That's sick! I didn't even know that was a thing

[@VanityOSRS]

thank you!

[@MinishMan]

Tyvm! Got the queen trapped first time following your guide with the tile import comment. Only thing I have to add is TAKE THRALLS from Arceuus spellbook. In stage 2 my thrall did 95% of my dps, speeding the kill up IMMENSELY. Because the thrall keeps attacking while you go under the KQ, you can't use KQ hp bar to time your flinching. I found you can attack KQ again as soon as your thrall fires its projectile for the 3rd time. Count your thralls attacks 1, 2, 3 - hit KQ and go back under. Such a cheesy and excellent way to get 1 kill for the hard diary as an iron

[@Sanque420]

Good tip, goes perfect with this method. Thanks

[@mrjefferson931]

Very good tip glad I read comments before going get 3 kills an invo

[@TRGantz]

Good tip. if you're lazy, you can use the kalphite queen health bar to determine if you can attack. no health bar = attack health bar visible = stay under at least in runelite.

[@DragonstoneWolfe]

My guy, this comment saved me from being in the KQ lair for longer than needed. Thanks.

[@Megadeez1]

Would 100% watch a clip of you doing this.

[@gayofreckoning6302]

Small thing - but I don't boss often and I'm just starting to use the tile marker to make bossing work for me. THANK YOU for counting out the tiles and pointing out the positions. You saved me a lot of time worrying if I had the marked tiles correct or not, and not a lot of creators do that.

[@Boucr]

I'm glad it helped :D

[@gazascuba9137]

Seriously thank you, so many "budget gear" guides that involve using a blowpipe and/or jeweled partisan. Really just needed the best way to get a single kill so I don't have to run as far to switch to ancient spell book. Thanks again and great vid!

[@Boucr]

Glad it helped!

[@MatthiasNevans]

You're a legend! Just got my hard desert diary done on the HCIM with this guide. Appreciate you!

[@iHoopdi]

Followed this guide exactly and it worked great. One thing I'd recommend is BRING THRALLS. They probably did 70% of the damage and made the kill a whole lot easier. I'd say its definitely worth waiting until you're finished A Kingdom Divided to do this task. GL everyone!

[@chrisj1119]

Thanks dude! got my first kill today for the diary :) Used thralls like Minishman said and it worked a treat

[@zealdrive]

You are a legend for this. The 2nd phase took like 10 minutes to get through her protection prayer with Keris partisan but we got it eventually. 1 KC for desert hard complete. Stats: 75 atk, 80 str, 75 def, 79 hp. Simply couldn't get a kill normally as an iron with shitty gear.

[@Boucr]

Awesome stuff! Gratz on getting that diary done :D

[@2DollarGargoyle]

Partisan is better than using a stronger 2h weapon? (dharoks axe in my case probably)

[@TheRealCHIMShady]

​@@2DollarGargoyleit has a 1 in 50 chance to do big damage

[@thewolfin]

To anyone wondering why they can't see KQ from the east side of the cave: boucr filmed this on an ironman. Ironmen get their own instances for KQ, and, for some reason, you're able to see mobs from further away when you're in private instances. It's not your GPU drivers, RuneLite version, or GPU plugin settings. Do not adjust the television set. Everything is fine. Don't ask me why, ask Jagex. Source: u/Danthefierce in a thread by u/malfeasance1950 called "NPC Render Distance (Bug? Runelite Setting? Server Load Issue?)" on r/2007scape (posted Jan 1st, 2024)

[@therealchromify]

I've been having the most insane mind boggling luck lately so I thought just for kicks on my GIM to try a Kalphite Queen. 1st KC and I got a Dragon Chainbody. This guide is phenomenal. Subbed and liked.

[@Boucr]

That's incredible! GZ :D

[@creamofyeet2932]

"1st KC and I got a Dragon Chainbody" this surley doesnt have anything to do with my opinion on the guide!! :D

[@therealchromify]

@@Boucr Just tried another kill for a slayer task and got another Dragon Chain. 2 KC = 2 DC lets gooo

[@patrickjensen8215]

Cap

[@WiKAi]

Great guide! If you're on task and completed the hard diary for permanent ropes, I would suggest just using the rope instead of killing the workers, in order to save the task for more queen kills. Also bring a DDP++. Helps speed up the 2nd phase. DDS:ing when poison damage falls below 5 (or full energy ofc) seems to be a good balance. Poison is carried over from P1 to P2. Bringing holy symbol + prayer book to cure poison, along with more prayer pots instead of antipoisons, can allow for long stays if lucky with food and prayer pot drops.

[@philbuildsthings6538]

This worked exactly as it was described. I found using a crystal bow helped tag the mobs from a good distance. Managed to get the "Veracs only" achievement pretty easily this way. Hard desert diary finally done!

[@Boucr]

Nice work!

[@bengeschwind2479]

between kills you can just climb up rope and back down it will reset the instance so little guys despawn, helped me out... thanks for the video kick ass method

[@whippycream1]

Thank you so much for this. Finally got my first kill following this method! Was still getting shredded in the second phase with my budget gear, but got the desert hard diary!

[@briantrout7343]

Thank you so much for this amazing guide that still works in October of 2023! After getting a kill, I just leave and come right back to reset the room. To speed up kills I bring thralls & serp helm (make sure you don't wear the serp helm when hitting the guard). 2nd phase I've been getting pretty good damage using Veracs/thralls/poision from serp.

[@akulakulmartine100]

I'm not doing the KQ just yet, but when I do I'm definitely going to use this method. Great content.

[@realreviews9026]

Doing it live right now, just followed along exactly what you did and I'm currently chillin, flinching KQ

[@poro3246]

Thanks for the guide, helped me doing my first KQ ever. To clarify for any beginners out here, the ranged phase cannot be flinched. Instead you should do 1-3 hits with crossbow and stand under it, because its cycle is slightly faster. So pray ranged and eagle eye. I realize it at start, ended up killing it with 24 hp left no food. Got chanced a few hits.

[@packerfan2010]

You can still flinch it with melee the same way as phase 1. It only took me 10 mins on p2 with 78 atk 80 str and dds posioned, keris (no gem) and even a zombie axe for giggles (which actually hit hard on kq). Would have been quicker if I used thralls but I forgot my book fo the dead and didnt want to tele out

[@dm9910]

The ranged phase can be flinched. I just did it for the verac flail CA

[@Tragulon]

Heck ya, thanks for the guide. After a bit of struggling with the set up where I had to leave once and come back, 26 minutes and 59 seconds total time it listed on the next attempt I got my hard diary 1 KC with keris partisan while on a slayer task.

[@TheRealSygy]

This is hands down the best method. so easy if you are just looking for that first kill for diary. even managed to walk out with a Jar of Sand for my first kill lol

[@FireBIaze]

You can hold shift to walk under monsters its the walk here hotkey.

[@Boucr]

I forgot about that, that's a great idea!

[@dominicknatale5866]

Goat 🐐

[@asaltysurprise4107]

Yoooo thx i wanted to know a fix for that

[@memer9498]

Is it a runelite setting or client?

[@Blazin-Major-Haze]

​@@memer9498runelite plugin, menu entry swapper

[@christinacampbell9948]

Thanks so much for this! It was still tough, sometimes the queen attacked me when trying to position the guardians. Wearing full verac's for the whole fight really helped me. Thanks to you, I finished the hard desert diary :)

[@RafaelGonzalez88888]

you are welcome babe

[@wimstrwimstr73]

for every other GIM player, you can easily do this with a team mate. The rope you place will also be seen by your team mate, you will succeed in the task if you do 50%+ damage on just the second phase. First phase you can duo or let your team mate finish off.

[@DannyDDrizzle]

lol I really tried following your example but I ended up dying like 2 times before I even had her set up. I finally got her set up and it wasn't even in either spot you talked about haha, good guide, helped me know I can walk her to a wall

[@goldps]

Followed your guide, died a few times, got the queen in the same spot, hit several tens of zeroes, killed her, got dragon chainbody on first kill, EZ GAME Thank you so much for guide!

[@Boucr]

Hell yeah! Well done :D

[@Sanque420]

The only guide that works for me as KQ does too much damage on me right now. Thank you! (liked the video) (needed this for my hard desert diary)

[@hero__0]

Man this is GREAT! Wish I had seen your vid before making my guide. I just left a pinned comment on my vid with a link to yours so folks can see a superior spot for flinching her 👌

[@joezep]

Good setup. I personally find using shift click to click under to be a bit easier than the right click on, but either way some good tips as I have been doing a bit of KQ on tasks here and there in hopes of the pic. Got a decent method goin from just messin around on my own but this is helpful for a new method. Cheers and have a great rest of your weekend.

[@Boucr]

I forgot about the shift click thing. That'd make it a bit easier for sure!

[@joezep]

@@Boucr Its a great one for standing under any boss and just feels less clunky to me than right clicking. Cheers tho to a great guide

[@APissedPidgey]

Can confirm this method still works like a dream, thanks for the video!

[@theboy5651]

Great guide! I remember this being so much more painful for my first kq. Knocked out the elite combat task first go with this, only had to watch the video once! Thanks man you’re a legend

[@Boucr]

Nice work :)

[@torvich433]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! Got my fist ever KQ kill with this just now! Finally can move on with my ironman diary grind =P You, sir, are a champion!

[@Boucr]

Hell yeah!

[@gamerword2350]

Worked fine for me man, thanks for the guide. I've killed it before but I simply wanted an easier way to kill it lol

[@hoanifuller4139]

Legend for this, D-Mace with Void on my iron worked so good!

[@mariebach9858]

This may be a dumb question, but how are you able to see the kalphite queen from so far away? I'm on runelite and I have my draw distance set to around 50, but it seems like once entities get more than 10 or so squares away they go out of view for me. Every time I get the guardians lined up and run out to aggro the queen, I have no idea where she is and more often than not she's somewhere that I can't lure her to the flinching spot from.

[@Boucr]

I wish I had an answer for you but unfortunately I don't know. I never encountered this issue. I was under the impression you can see the monsters in the whole cave since it's an instanced area. I hope you're able to find a solution.

[@bonzard]

if you tag her you can see where she is at in the void

[@truthhurtz220]

try gpu plugin or 117hd with either plugin should let you see further max ur distance think mines 90 on gpu

[@sambageian]

GPU plug-in > increase render distance to like 90 or some shit

[@thewolfin]

Nvm, figured it out from an r/2007scape reddit thread "NPC Render Distance (Bug? Runelite Setting? Server Load Issue?)" by malfeasance1950 Apparently it's because you're in the _ironman instance_ of KQ. That's why you can see further. Nothing to do with GPU settings. That is incredibly convoluted... I was driving myself batty. Mains are apparently stuck with shorter view distance for KQ, because Irons get their own instances. Thanks Jagex!

[@scubagoblin]

Thanks for the guide man, was able to get the kill for the diary on the iron using garbage gear with terrible stats!

[@ChunkiCinni]

Love it, much easier than walking it down to the bottom corner. Cheers!

[@64Runal]

I added thrall support and easily got the combat achievement for only using verac flail. Thanks!

[@masterbeani]

Big help for the diary on my iron, you're a legend!!

[@TheGamerDiskorama]

1 KC, and Hard Achieve claimed thanks to this guide! Cheer man keep up the great work!

[@ShrimpsOP]

Thanks! Got my hard diary completed because of this guide. :D

[@Kekzmann]

Thanks for the guide. One thing: If you bring thralls you can use them to count between attacks. Every 3 attacks of a Thall is usually safe for you yo attack And man is this thing unfun, both to kill and the drops.

[@mikkel9840]

Great and to-the-point little piece of content. Tried an "honest" kill and failed miserably (made even more of a pain in the ass by me playing a UIM). Having never ever flicked KQ before; the lure worked easily first try, and got the kill for diary with little to no food used. 10 out of 10, big like from me! Keep it up.

[@Boucr]

That's awesome to hear! Appreciate it :D

[@catfactsvids]

If you can remember which plugin do you use to see kq when she is so far away? For me I have to guess where she is stuck at on the middle pillar, but for you she is fully rendered even when you are at the entrance.

[@Boucr]

I believe that's a part of the gpu plugin but I can't 100% remember

[@thewolfin]

Nvm, figured it out from an r/2007scape reddit thread "NPC Render Distance (Bug? Runelite Setting? Server Load Issue?)" by malfeasance1950 Apparently it's because you're in the _ironman instance_ of KQ. That's why you can see further. Nothing to do with GPU settings. That is incredibly convoluted... I was driving myself batty. Mains are apparently stuck with shorter view distance for KQ, because Irons get their own instances. Thanks Jagex!

[@samneal2635]

got my iron diary kill with absolutely scuffed gear thanks to this

[@tjdodson7837]

Method worked great. Explained well, easy to follow

[@RubenTheCartographer]

I'm only 1 minute in, but I love your voice, your clear articulation and tone, will check out more!

[@Boucr]

Appreciate it!

[@berniemacgaming]

Appreciate the guide, helped me finish hard diary!

[@sentko8926]

Just got the KQ task ! You're reading my mind. Love your content ! Been watching your One Chunk Series in the past week thanks to Frosty Bard who shouted you out. Have a great day !

[@Boucr]

Perfect timing! That's awesome to hear, thanks mate :D

[@Lightness39]

You're a beast. Just killed KQ on my iron for hard diary!

[@Fat_Jammo]

Dude, this is amazing. Thank you so much. Lets hope I can get the head soon!

[@Sparrowly1]

Absolutely legendary guide, ty dude. So much easier than the other method

[@Boucr]

Glad it helped!

[@Tacobaked]

great guide! One thing I would have loved to see if you finishing the kill and a how-to on the 2nd phase. Thanks anyways!

[@alexhilden4815]

Got it first time, thanks to this guide. I appreciate it!

[@BurntLegumes]

Spooned the head a while back and been working on the prayer req to grind the dpick out on my UIM with elites, glad to a method that's faster if you dont plan to do the ranged cheese in phase 2 limpwurt does. Cheers big man

[@Koronakesh]

First kill on the first try for the diary - hell yeah man, good guide.

[@Boucr]

Love it!

[@runslinganOG]

Thank you ! Got my hard diary kc :) Now i feel its possible to do it as a slayer task ty mate

[@brandonreese4384]

This was perfectly explained! thank you. got it first try

[@Ubiets]

OMFG thank you for this video, after like 25 VERY near deaths on my HCIM.. I stumbled on your video.. it took me a while with the leaf battle axe but I killed her!

[@Dan-cd1ql]

thank you so much bro, ironman desert hard diary done

[@pancakingon]

You are an absolute legend Thank you so much!

[@YouAreJustaNumba]

Thanks Boucr, you needed this to get the hard diary. took me a few goes to get it right but got it in the end. Hey on my screen i cant see past the nest, is there anything i can do to change my field of view to see the contents of the whole lair? I have a gaming laptop so I assume it shouldn't be the graphics card.

[@Boucr]

Apologies for the late response. With runelite you can use the GPU plugin to increase the draw distance

[@thewolfin]

@@Boucr Yeah I can't get this to work for the life of me. I've tried on Windows and Linux on a 2070 and 3060 respectively, with two different launchers on Linux... the draw distance adjustment does nothing. I've found issues on their github and they just say "you need OpenGL 4.3" and "turn on compute shaders" but all of my testing environments are fully compatible with OpenGL 4.3 and have compute shaders turned on. I've tried toggling it on and off multiple times, restarting the plugin/client each time... nothing. At this point I'm convinced it's a broken feature and they're just trying to divert attention from it. Would love to know if you can recreate your experience when making this video on current RuneLite. If it is only select hardware/software combinations that can do it, that's pretty overpowered in wildy.

[@thewolfin]

Nvm, figured it out from an r/2007scape reddit thread "NPC Render Distance (Bug? Runelite Setting? Server Load Issue?)" by malfeasance1950 Apparently it's because you're in the _ironman instance_ of KQ. That's why you can see further. Nothing to do with GPU settings. That is incredibly convoluted... I was driving myself batty. Mains are apparently stuck with shorter view distance for KQ, because Irons get their own instances. Thanks Jagex!

[@Blood_Splat]

Great guide using this for my hc to get its KQ kill for diary :) Thanks!

[@Boucr]

Nicely done!

[@Docta_Doom]

ur a legend. thx for the guide bro

[@mrjefferson931]

Thanks you sir so many thank yous go to you 😮 like wow absolutely a big brain move man! And the other guy saying use thralls helps alot.

[@dutch1997legend]

This helped me get my hard dairy done, thanks!

[@oSam9er]

How come you skipped over the range phase of the boss? Does the safespot for flinching not work during that phase? I flinched the first phase just fine but the I get every time in the 2nd phase

[@carloswiley1223]

earned a sub from me! got my hard diary done because you!

[@salshouts]

Thank you. I was able to do my hard diary. Cheers

[@Triiivium]

Still works fine. Comments saying otherwise are wrong. Also, I don't think it's mentioned in the video, but you must flinch the second phase with melee. If you use range, you will get hit each time.

[@packerfan2010]

do you think with 78 atk and 80 str i can kill the 2nd phase with posioned wep and thralls in under 20 mins?

[@Triiivium]

@@packerfan2010 Yes.

[@MrYoyoyoh]

Tysm brah got my first kill for diarys on iron

[@sylvadyck550]

thx king, worked like a charm, careful tho, if you take too long to kill it in phase 2 it will revert back to phase 1

[@seanhwang6883]

Thanks for the video, I was able to flinch the first form, but when I tried to flinch the second form with the crystal bow she was able to hit me, do I have to use a different weapon?

[@Boucr]

You'll have to keep flinching with melee in the second form as you can't flinch it with ranged or magic. It'll be slower in the 2nd phase but if you can use poison that'll help.

[@katiekay1839]

Thank you so much! Do you know if you are able to flinch the second form with a rune crossbow? Just got my first kill and the second form took quite a while with the partisan

[@Boucr]

Unfortunately you can only flinch with melee. Ranged and magic are delayed on the hits so the kq always hits you back. It is slower just doing melee but it gets the job done. I'd recommend poisoning the queen in the first phase so that the poison can help take away some damage in the 2nd. It's surprising how much this can help, I reckon it saves a couple minutes compared to a kill without poison. You could also try using something to reduce the kq's defence. I used vulnerability in the 2nd phase (as it's defence to magic is far worse in the 2nd) to take away 10% of the defence. However, I'm sure you could use something better than that. I couldn't because of the nature of my account being area restricted. Hope this helps and good luck to you! 🤞

[@katiekay1839]

@@Boucr Thanks for the answer and additional tips! didn't think you could poison her.

[@baixinho_fv]

@@Boucr you can always flinch with verac's. i tryed with your guide and take me like 10 minutes both forms. first form in bandos + keris and swamp to verac for second form. take a litle longer but works fine. im only 83 deff/att/str with supers and no pray

[@baixinho_fv]

@@katiekay1839 use veracs to flinch second fase ; )

[@katiekay1839]

@@baixinho_fv I'm on a group iron, and currently have 1 piece of veracs, so ill try that if I can complete it :D

[@Akordeon93]

Fantastic guide, thanks a bunch

[@Fernandoorellana2]

On the second part of the kill, when you gotta hit with range KQ is able to hit me even when I'm doing the flinching. Am I using the wrong weapon? I used an RBC and tried a MSBi

[@Boucr]

You can only use melee for flinching. With magic or ranged you will always get hit back from the kq. In the 2nd phase you can keep on flinching with melee, it'll just be slower. The overhead prayers that the kq shows are deceptive because she isn't actually immune to the damage, she's just got a lot more defence against it.

[@ivantrevisanwippel8008]

perfect guide, ty so much king

[@Swunt]

got me my diary kill. (took 15 minutes, but still thanks man

[@pawnpure123]

just got a task of 197 Kalphite, will have to try this method out!

[@Boucr]

GL GL!

[@JM-mg4el]

it took me a few attempts to get everything right but it worked in the end. scuffed but hard diary done

[@elwoz101]

Hello, can you please export your tile markers and share them in the description?

[@Boucr]

I pinned a comment with the markers :)

[@StefanLundqvist-h2k]

Imma try this tomorrow if work imma sub great guide

[@drexistence6544]

on the second phase it keeps hitting met when i come out under him ? is this normal ?

[@marcosmoura911]

How is your game rendering the npc so far away I cant see her that far

[@LostRams]

ty for method! Did for diary on my ironman and got dragon chainbody first drop lol, could have been kq head!

[@Boucr]

Damn nice!

[@jamboree5735]

You should really discuss the second phase here. That is the only actual challenging part of the fight and it is going to revert back to phase one if you take too long trying to flinch with melee. On top of that range you cannot flinch with range or magic here.

[@Boucr]

Perhaps i should make an updated guide 🤔

[@Bush-Shark]

Got my first kc with this guide

[@Pheubel]

i tried doing this, but my runelite wouldn't render in the KQ, even though it was as close as behind the two guardians, let aone the end of the room. is there a setting or plugin that i am missing?

[@thewolfin]

Yeah I can't get this to work for the life of me. I've tried on Windows and Linux on a 2070 and 3060 respectively, with two different launchers on Linux... the draw distance adjustment does nothing. I've found issues on their github and they just say "you need OpenGL 4.3" and "turn on compute shaders" but all of my testing environments are fully compatible with OpenGL 4.3 and have compute shaders turned on. I've tried toggling it on and off multiple times, restarting the plugin/client each time... nothing. At this point I'm convinced it's a broken feature and they're just trying to divert attention from it. Would love to know if you can recreate your experience when making this video on current RuneLite. If it is only select hardware/software combinations that can do it, that's pretty overpowered in wildy.

[@tristantownsend2580]

Not sure if its a runelite thing or a osrs thing, shift clicking a tile youll run there and not attack the npc standing on it

[@tyjet66]

This method works perfectly for mobile. Only change I'd make is to melee flinch both phases for much longer trips. Thank you for helping me get my elite diary done!

[@Self-replicating_whatnot]

In my experience there's no point killing little worker sh*ts, you can trap kq in the middle of 'em for the kills 2 and onwards if you are doing multiple per trip.

[@ShacolateClown]

somehow first time trying this i got it right away. went out and get the desert hard for the ropes. yet after that it took me 12 tries to get it work ;_; xD coming back to this helpfull video because i keep forgetting how to set up the guardians lmao. thanks :D edit what the plugin for the squares around them? i tried tagging them but they get a blue outline on their body. edit 2. after 4 kills i found out she can also stack damage. suddenly i was at 17 hp getting hit twice xD damn that spooked me a little i had protect melee on i thought guardians also do 20+ damage but their max is 12. my biggest hit is 117 so far on the walking form. damn so nice to see :D

[@Boucr]

You've got the right plugin to show the squares around them (NPC indicators), it's just a setting in there you'll need to change :)

[@ShacolateClown]

@@Boucr ah thanks :D

[@6ison]

Worked like a charm ty ty

[@MohammadChughtaiH]

What do you do in the range phase?

[@nanosum1]

Awesome video!!!

[@OnlyFlanders8065]

do you just poison the second phase or?

[@BradleyEisnor]

is there anything stopping you from ranging her when she is behind the guardians wasnt sure if long range bowfa can reach

[@Boucr]

It's just not close enough to shoot her. 1 step forward and she'll attack

[@imagicy0u]

Really should highlight the importance of the starting location of the queen this guide was frustating to use with her needing to be a practically perfect spot to even begin.

[@KeepEV0LVING]

My question is how do you even render that far in the room. im maxed on draw distance and I can't see the queen anywhere until I run into the room

[@Boucr]

iirc it's something to do with the GPU plugin on runelite but I'm not 100% certain

[@b0rnhyper6]

Did it with keris (p) on iron with 70 att, 81 str, 70 def. Thank you :)

[@Boucr]

Nice :D

[@Gagan_S]

youre a legend mate