Giant mole

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The Giant Mole (Talpidae wysonian) is found in the Falador Mole Lair, just under Falador Park. Upon release, on 7 March 2006, "a slight accident involving a bottle of Malignius-Mortifer's-Super-Ultra-Flora-Growth-Potion" is the origin of the creation of the Giant mole.

Players will need both a spade and light source to access the location. Players are advised to be careful while fighting this monster as it may put out your light source. A Seer's Headband or Bullseye Lantern is strongly recommended. However a lantern and a tinderbox can also be used. To get into the lair you have to dig in any one of the 'mole hills' near Sir Tiffy Cashien in the Falador Garden.

Currently, the giant mole is the 9th highest level non-quest monster in Runescape. Players often kill the mole for its Mole claws and Mole skin, each of which Wyson the gardener will exchange for Bird's nests, a valuable item that is often highly in demand by players training Herblore.

One giant mole can be present per world. When killed, it will respawn in about 2 minutes (or 200 Game ticks). Players can use this respawn time to restore food and prayer from the previous fight.

Giant mole strategies

Main article: Giant Mole/Strategies

The giant mole is weak against Ranged and Stab attacks and it is also vulnerable to poison. Even though the mole is weak to stab and ranged attacks, most players use an Abyssal Whip or a dragon weapon as these provide sufficient damage. The mole, when poisoned, will surface to die and leave its drops so there is no risk of missing out on a drop. Sometimes when the mole digs it throws up balls of mud. The direction these go has nothing to do with the direction it will appear at when it surfaces.

One interesting thing to note is that despite it's high combat level, the mole is unaggressive, so if you are a lower level and are unsure about fighting it, you can feel free to observe other players fighting it.

Drops

Note that the Giant Mole's drops are fairly similar to that of the King Black Dragon, although it does not drop the draconic visage, dragon bones, or black dragonhide. Also, the King Black Dragon drops 4 charms at a time as opposed to the Giant Mole's 2.

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100% drops

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Big bones Big bones 1 1 Always 351
Mole claw Mole claw 1 1 Always 5,905
Mole skin Mole skin 1–3 1 Always 6,121–18,363

Charms

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Runes and Ammunition

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Air rune Air rune 105 2 Common 840
Fire rune Fire rune 105 2 Common 1,470
Blood rune Blood rune 15 2 Common 2,925
Death rune Death rune 7 2 Common 1,295
Law rune Law rune 15 3 Uncommon 2,235
Iron arrow Iron arrow 500, 690 3 Uncommon 5,000–6,900


Weapons

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Adamant longsword Adamant longsword 1 2 Common 1,791
Mithril hatchet Mithril hatchet 1 2 Common 204
Mithril battleaxe Mithril battleaxe 1 2 Common 854
Mithril 2h sword Mithril 2h sword 1 2 Common 1,324
Rune battleaxe Rune battleaxe 1 3 Uncommon 24,735
Rune 2h sword Rune 2h sword 1 4 Rare 38,245

Armour

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Mithril platebody Mithril platebody 1 2 Common 2,978
Rune helm Rune helm 1 2 Common 11,283
Amulet of strength Amulet of strength 1 2 Common 1,348
Rune sq shield Rune sq shield 1 3 Uncommon 22,884

Ores and bars

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Iron ore Iron ore 100 (noted) 3 Uncommon 21,600
Mithril bar Mithril bar 1 4 Rare 1,526

Other

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
File:Long, sharp claws.png Long, sharp claws 1 2 Common <ref>Only during Fur 'n' Seek.</ref> Not sold
Coins 360–11,000 3 Uncommon Not sold
Shark Shark 1–5 3 Uncommon 525–2,625
Yew logs Yew logs 50, 100 3 Uncommon 24,700–49,400
File:Mole nose.png Mole nose 1 3 Uncommon <ref>Only with Falador shield 4 unlocked (does not have to be equipped).</ref> Not sold
Clue scroll (hard) 1 4 Rare Not sold
Clue scroll (elite) 1 4 Rare Not sold
Oyster pearls Oyster pearls 1 4 Rare 722
Long bone 1 4 Rare Not sold
Curved bone 1 4 Rare Not sold
Starved ancient effigy 1 4 Rare Not sold
Spin ticket 1 4 Rare Not sold

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Rare drop table drops

This monster drops items from the rare drop table.
The ring of wealth improves the chances if equipped but is not required to access the table.

Mechanics

When the giant mole makes an escape, its animation hides the appearance of the mole until its dig-from-ground animation is played. The mole dust cloud and escape animation are played. Four Game ticks pass then the mole's location changes and plays its dig-from-ground animation.


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