Giant snail

Giant snail

Release date	28 March 2006 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	80, 114, 146
Life points	1320, 1580, 1590
Experience for killing	Unknown edit
Slayer level	Not assigned
Aggressive?	Yes
Poisonous?	No
Immune to poison?	No
Attack style	Magical ranged
Attack speed	Unknown edit
Max hit	90, 130, 200+
Weakness	crushcrushcrushcrushcrushcrushcrushcrushcrushcrushcrushCrush
Always drops	Snail shell
Examine text	Eww. Before the Temple trekking update: Euew.

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The Giant snail (Achatina Acidia Giganteus) is a large snail that can be encountered during the Temple Trekking activity. It uses an incredibly accurate and hard-hitting magical ranged attack, which almost never misses, even against ranged armour. It is not uncommon for a level 146 snail to hit near or over 200. Wearing a Snelm will sharply reduce the amount of damage taken, but this does not affect the accuracy of the snail's attack. Protect from/Deflect Missiles will block the attack completely, and is preferable to using a snelm if multiple snails are attacking (as is often the case). Giant snails have fairly high Constitution and Defence, so boosts are advised when fighting. When under attack, they will spend most of the fight trying to retreat, until they are backed up against something. These monsters will shift their aggression to the player if they are attacked while engaging the player's escort. However, if the escort is fighting a snail and the player stops attacking that snail, it will shift its aggression back towards the escort until the player begins attacking it again.

Giant snails will always drop a snail shell when killed, which can be sold to Barlak in Dorgesh-Kaan for 600 coins. Occasionally, they may instead drop a perfect snail shell; this can be sold to Barlak for 1,000 coins and 500 Crafting experience points.

The display of the Giant snail in the Varrock Museum basement.

Drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
File:Snail shell.png	Snail shell	1	2 Common	Not sold
File:Perfect snail shell.png	Perfect snail shell	1	3 Uncommon	Not sold
	Spin ticket	1	5 Very rare	Not sold

Trivia

• Much like spiders, the snails produce a kind of slime or silk, which can be woven into nets as detailed by Master Peregrim in the Return to Canifis novel.