Ganodermic beast/Strategies

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Ganodermic beasts have a fairly large amount of health. To harm them, you must have 95 Slayer, which takes an extremely long time to get. This is countered by the fact that they are very weak to magic (moreso than mithril dragons). Due to their large size, players will find they are very easy to kill. On each cavern they reside in, players can find numerous obstacles to block the beasts' way, and potentially safespots against them. The beasts can be used to block other beasts, trapping them like a conventional safespot. Neem oil can help with trapping if there's an opening on one side.

It is recommended to bring an enhanced excalibur to heal from the occasions on which the lure fails, and a jug of neem oil. With a pack yak familiar, several overloads, extreme magic potions, a vecna skull or magic potions and 20 or more prayer potions, it is possible to stay in the dungeon for hours without needing to bank. You will also need runes for whatever spell you are casting, especially fire or Armadyl runes.

Alternatively if you choose to take Akrisae's full set including the mace, it is possible to heal a net gain of 10% of your Prayer points in one kill, meaning using this method one would only have to leave when the pack is full. Even if you choose not to use the mace to heal Prayer Points, the low Magic defence of these monsters means Akrisae's hits often and its massive Prayer bonus will increase your trip dramatically.

Recommended Equipment (main chamber)

Inventory (95+ Slayer)

  • 12+ Prayer potions
  • Best BoB + scrolls (Pack Yak)
  • Overloads/Extreme Magic/Magic potions/flasks

Inventory (90-94 Slayer)

  • 6-8 Prayer potions
  • 12+ Wild pies
  • Best BoB pouch and scrolls (Pack Yak only)
    • BoB should contain at least 20+ Wild pies and 5 Prayer potions (cut size if using lower BoB and Slayer level)

Recommended Equipment (multi-combat areas)

You must have at least 82 Dungeoneering or 73 Agility.

Cannoning the Ganodermic beasts is a fast and efficient way to kill them. Even players with 90 Slayer will find that cannoning improves profits up to 4x more. Players of 90+ Slayer should be careful of the Ganodermic runts though as they can bypass the beasts and cause fungal damage onto you.

  • Helm: Virtus mask > Akrisae's hood > Ahrim's hood > Ganodermic visor
  • Cape: Completionist cape > God cape > Argdoune Cloak > Soul Wars cape > God cloaks
  • Necklace: Arcane stream necklace > Saradomin's Hiss > Amulet of fury > Amulet of glory
  • Top: Virtus robe top > Akriase's robe top/Dagon'hai robe top > Ahrim's robe top > Ganodermic poncho
  • Bottom: Virtus robe legs > Akriase's robe skirt/Dagon'hai robe bottom > Ahrim's robe skirt > Ganodermic leggings
  • Weapon: Armadyl battlestaff > Polypore staff > Chaotic staff > Staff of light > Any other elemental staff
  • Shield: Arcane spirit shield/Sacred clay shield (magic) > Farseer kiteshield > Mage's book > Celestial surgebox > God books
  • Boots: Ragefire boots > Infinity boots > Wizard boots > Mystic boots
  • Gloves: Spellcaster gloves > Culinaromancer's gloves 10 > Infinity gloves > Mystic gloves
  • Ring: Ring of wealth > Ring of life

Inventory (cannon)

  • Neem oil
    • Neem drupes
  • Emergency teleport
  • 10000-25000 Cannonballs
  • 15 Prayer potions
  • 5 pieces of high level food
  • Best BoB familiar avaliable
    • Winter storage scrolls (Pack Yak only)

Inventory (90-94 Slayer)

  • Neem oil
  • Emergency teleport
  • 10000-25000 Cannonballs
  • 8 Prayer potions
  • 12 Wild pies
  • Best BoB familiar avaliable
    • Terrorbird: 12 Wild pies
    • Bull ant: 9 Wild pies
    • War tortoise: 16 Wild pies, 2 Prayer potions (decrease Wild pies by 2 and increase prayer potions by 2 for every Slayer level)
    • Pak Yak: 26 Wild pies, 4 Prayer potions (decrease Wild pies by 4 and increase prayer potions by 3 for every Slayer level)

Tips

  • Avoid getting the attention of the runts. Runts take the space of a player, and they can infest you quickly, and will be dangerous if you do not kill them quickly. If you attract any runts due to the cannon, target them first, then the beasts.
  • Players should avoid picking up as many drops as they can, espically when using a cannon. Avoid picking up Neem drupes unless you have recently used it to stop runts from infesting you. Pick up useful drops. Such drops are:
    • Ganodermic flakes
    • Polypore spores (optional)
    • Blue charms
    • Effigies
    • Polypore sticks
    • Seeds
    • RDT drops (they are fairly often)
  • When cannoning, lure as many beasts as you can to your cannon. This makes more profit due to that there are more beasts that will be hit by the cannon. However, unlike most monsters, you must keep them within your compass range. If you move too fast and they are out of the compass range, they will not move but will still by focused on you.
  • Always use Protect/Deflect Mage. Ganodermic beasts hit quite often and hard on you.
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