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{{Infobox NPC
|name = Hell-Rat Behemoth
|image = [[File:Hell-Rat Behemoth.png|250px]]
|release = [[7 April]] [[2016]]
|update = Hell-Rats, Fairy Rings & Perks
|members = Yes
|race = [[Demon]]
|location = [[Basement of Doom]]
|options = None
|examine = Fat vermin from the underworld.
|map = {{Map|3078,9901|3069,9895|3070,9881|3081,9875|plane=0|mapID=-1|mtype=pin|group=group1}}
|id = 6793
|leagueRegion = Misthalin
}}
'''Hell-Rat Behemoths''' are found in [[Evil Dave]]'s basement in [[Edgeville]] and can only be accessed after completing the [[Recipe for Disaster#Freeing Evil Dave|Evil Dave subquest]] in [[Recipe for Disaster]]. They guard a 4 dose coloured spice ([[Red spice|red]], [[Yellow spice|yellow]], [[Orange spice|orange]], or [[Brown spice|brown]]) and must be killed in order to obtain it. They are a larger version of the [[Hell-Rat|Hell-Rat.]]
{{Map:Spicy stew spices}}

Hell-Rat Behemoths are caught by having a cat enter the curtains and fight them, just like the [[King rat]] during the [[Ratcatchers]] quest. The player will then enter an instanced area where their cat and the rat will face off. Should the fight prove to be too difficult, players can walk away to exit the instance with their cat unharmed. Hell-Rat Behemoths have the following combat stats:{{CiteTwitter|author=Mod Ash|url=https://twitter.com/JagexAsh/status/1221715341220483077|date=27 January 2020|archiveurl=https://archive.is/ExSsJ|archivedate=28 May 2020|quote=[what are the stats of the behemoths?] Attack = 9, Strength & Defence = 1, Hitpoints = 15.}}
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!{{SCP|Hitpoints}} [[Hitpoints]]
!{{SCP|Attack}} [[Attack]]
!{{SCP|Strength}} [[Strength]]
!{{SCP|Defence}} [[Defence]]
|-
|15
|9
|1
|1
|}
[[File:Fighting Hell-Rat Behemoth.png|thumb|250px|A hell cat and a Hell-Rat Behemoth face off.]]
The player can give their cat [[fish]] or [[Bucket of milk|milk]] to heal them by using them on the curtain '''NOT ON YOUR CAT'''. Since all food given to your cat heal for the same amount, [[raw karambwanji]] is the best type of food, allowing to obtain multiple spices without having to bank. It is highly recommended that players use [[wily cat]]s to kill Hell-Rat Behemoths as they can kill them quickly and efficiently. If the cat dies during the fight, it is permanently lost and players will have to obtain another kitten from [[Gertrude]]. It should be noted players can also use overgrown cats to fight in the instance.

When successfully defeated, the player will exit the instance and will automatically be given the four-dosed spice that the Behemoth was guarding. If the player's inventory is full, it will be dropped on the floor right under the player.

If a player is assigned to kill rats as a Slayer task, defeating a Hell-rat Behemoth will count as a kill towards the task and award 15 Slayer experience.

==Drops==

===100%===
{{DropsTableHead|leagueRegion=Misthalin}}
{{DropsLine|name=Brown spice (4)|quantity=1|rarity=Always|raritynotes={{Refn|Only dropped by the southern Hell-Rat Behemoth.|group=d}}|version=southern}}
{{DropsLine|name=Red spice (4)|quantity=1|rarity=Always|raritynotes={{Refn|Only dropped by the northern Hell-Rat Behemoth.|group=d}}|version=northern}}
{{DropsLine|name=Orange spice (4)|quantity=1|rarity=Always|raritynotes={{Refn|Only dropped by the north-western Hell-Rat Behemoth.|group=d}}|version=north west}}
{{DropsLine|name=Yellow spice (4)|quantity=1|rarity=Always|raritynotes={{Refn|Only dropped by the south-western Hell-Rat Behemoth.|group=d}}|version=south west}}
{{DropsTableBottom}}

==Trivia==
*Attempting to fight the Hell-Rat Behemoth with any pet other than a cat will prompt the message ''"Regrettably, that pet isn't sufficiently interested in killing rats."''
*Unlike the lesser Hell-Rat, the ashes dropped by the Hell-Rat Behemoth do not leave the instance and are not obtainable by the player. 

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Demons}}
{{Non-interactive NPCs}}