Grifolaroo

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Grifolaroo
Release date 28 November 2011 (Update)
Members? Yes
Combat level 180
Life points 1800
Experience for killing 720 (240 Constitution experience)
Slayer level Level 82
Slayer XP 184.4
Assigned by Chaeldar, Sumona, Duradel or Lapalok, Kuradal
Aggressive? No
Poisonous? No
Immune
to poison? 		Yes
Attack style Magic, Ranged
Attack speed FastInterval: 3.0 seconds
Max hit 214
Weakness magicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagicMagic
Always drops Bones
Examine text
  • A Bouncy creature covered in grifolic fungus.
  • This grifolaroo has been weakened slightly. (When affected by neem oil)
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Grifolaroos are monsters found in the Polypore Dungeon. They are the third strongest monster there, requiring a Slayer level of 82 to be killed, and 60 Magic to receive as a Slayer task. They are the weakest monster to drop grifolic flakes, which can be made into the grifolic armour set.

Strategy

“ Grifolaroos live in a depths of a cave north-east of the Mage Training Arena. The creatures of that dungeon are coated in toxic fungus, so you should fight them from a distance, although they'll try to hop over obstacles towards you. The fungus helps them repair physical damage, so you might prefer using magical attacks. ”
 
— Kuradal

When grifolaroos say "Hup!", they will make a small jump that moves it 3-4 spaces. The grifolaroo will still be in combat with you, but it will stop attacking for a short while before resuming attacks, so players can eat up or leave if needed. Their range attacks are very weak considering their combat level, and rarely hit over 50. Their magic attacks are much more accurate than their ranged attacks, but still hit low considering the Grifolaroo's combat level (rarely over 100). Protect from Magic prayer is advised, regardess of what type of armor you are wearing, as it will almost always deal more damage than their ranged attack.

Grifolaroos can be commonly found at some places in the first floor to third floors, though the on every third floor there is usually one set of grifolaroos found.

Getting within melee range will cause the grifolaroo to infest you, causing 7-13 damage rapidly, which is not recommended over its being hit by its ranged and magic damage. With good reflexes, there is no need to get within the melee range of a grifolaroo, by luring it behind obstacles and moving when required.

While fighting them, it is worth using neem oil. This causes them to stop attacking for a short period and instantly drop an item. You can also do this outside of combat without causing them to attack you. The fungi on its back changes from yellow to black when affected by the oil. The process can be repeated when it changes back to yellow.

The grifolaroo will, if neem oil is used on it, immediately say "Hup!". Do not use neem oil when its fungus is not restored, or you will accidently spray it onto another nearby grifolaroo. Eat, restore, or run from the grifolaroo as it skips three times. If players do not want to misuse their neem oil by accident, it is highly recommended to as soon as you send a projectile at it, spray it so it will be unable to hop around. When using neem oil on a griforaloo it will be unable to use magic attacks for a short period of time; in addition to this their ranged attacks become much slower while affected.

Cannoning grifolaroos is usually not recommended, as this will potentially cause a loss of profit. Unless the player has a Slayer level of 95, they have the risk to hit grifolapines, ganodermic runts, infested axes and fungal mages, depending on where they set the cannon up.

This also is beneficial because of the griforaloo's mage and range attack. Since many players choose to use magic spells against the griforaloos, they can use the Protect from Missiles/Deflect Missiles prayer and negate all damage from the monster while it is affected by neem oil. Players can also use Soul Split to heal while taking damage from ranged and magic attacks, which do not hit high.

It is recommended to bring an enhanced excalibur to heal from the occasions on which the lure fails. With a pack yak familiar, several overloads, extreme magic potions, 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, unless using a polypore staff.

A Grifolaroo affected by neem oil.

Recommended Setup

Inventory

  • 4-7 Prayer potions (if using Protect from Missiles/no Akrisae)
  • 5-8 pieces of low-medium food (low as in Lobsters) or 12-20 medium levelled food (no soul split)
  • Magic, extreme magic or overload potions
  • Neem oil
  • Runes for Telegrab (optional)
  • Emergency teleport (optional)
  • BoB pouches (optional)

Note: Any form of antipoison will NOT have any effect to resist the effects of the toxic fungus.

Drops

100% drop

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Bones Bones 1 1 Always 105
Neem drupe 1–3 1 Always Not sold

Charms

Template:Charm:Grifolaroo

Runes

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Death rune Death rune 4–10 3 Uncommon 740–1,850
Chaos rune Chaos rune 31–60 3 Uncommon 2,666–5,160

Seeds

Note: Seeds are most commonly dropped two at a time. (E.G. A limpwurt and a white berry seed in a single drop.)

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Avantoe seed Avantoe seed 1 3 Uncommon 1,306
Tarromin seed Tarromin seed 1 3 Uncommon 7
Kwuarm seed Kwuarm seed 1 3 Uncommon 1,042
Marrentill seed Marrentill seed 1 3 Uncommon 3
Bittercap mushroom spore Bittercap mushroom spore 1 3 Uncommon 7
Toadflax seed Toadflax seed 1 3 Uncommon 989
Cadantine seed Cadantine seed 1 3 Uncommon 997
Watermelon seed Watermelon seed 1 3 Uncommon 1,861
Limpwurt seed Limpwurt seed 1 3 Uncommon 147
Whiteberry seed Whiteberry seed 1 3 Uncommon 24
Spirit weed seed Spirit weed seed 1 3 Uncommon 3,869
Belladonna seed Belladonna seed 1 3 Uncommon 29
Strawberry seed Strawberry seed 1 3 Uncommon 92
Jangerberry seed Jangerberry seed 1 3 Uncommon 2
Wildblood seed Wildblood seed 1 3 Uncommon 2
Ranarr seed Ranarr seed 1 3 Uncommon 2,935
Lantadyme seed Lantadyme seed 1 4 Rare 28,328
Torstol seed Torstol seed 1 4 Rare 274,040
Snapdragon seed Snapdragon seed 1 4 Rare 26,078

Other drops

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Polypore spore Polypore spore 1–500 2 Common 19–9,500
Grifolic flake Grifolic flake 1–100 3 Uncommon 379–37,900
Gorajian mushroom Gorajian mushroom 3 (Noted) 3 Uncommon 183
Snape grass Snape grass 10–20 (noted) 3 Uncommon 2,700–5,400
Spin ticket 1 4 Rare Not sold
Starved ancient effigy 1 5 Very rare Not sold

Trivia

  • The skull of the grifolaroo resembles that of the old Slayer icon, which is depicted as an animal skull.
  • The description seems to hint that the name "grifolaroo" is a reference to kangaroos.
  • Occasionaly while fighting the grifolaroo, it will say "Hup!". It is the only monster along with the grifolapine to have a dialogue in Polypore Dungeon rather than the "Ssss!" and "Krrr!".
  • There is a glitch where if the grifolaroo says "Hup!" and soon gets its cover back and you click on your neem oil, you would spray the neem oil on another monster instead rather then the monster you are targeting. This also affects attacking too.
  • The grifolaroo's design may have been inspired from Valve's Left 4 Dead Charger, as they both almost similar physical appearances.
  • If a player manages to deal a killing blow on a grifolaroo when it says "Hup!" the death animation will not be seen. This also is similar to landing a killing blow on an abyssal demon during the teleporation phase.
  • It is possible for a grifolaroo to jump into an unacessable area to players, making it impossible to collect your drops unless players bring runes for Telegrab.
  • The examine text resembles that of a zygomite: "A bouncy fungus" versus "a bouncy creature covered in...fungus".


Monsters

Fungal rodent • Infested axe • Fungal mage • Grifolaroo • Grifolapine • Ganodermic runt • Ganodermic beast

NPCs

Merchant • Ramokee Skinweaver

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