Ice giant

Ice giant

Release date	6 April 2001 (Update)
Members?	No
Combat level	53
Life points	700
Experience for killing	280 (93 Constitution experience)
Slayer level	Level 1
Slayer XP	70
Assigned by	Vannaka
Aggressive?	Yes
Poisonous?	No
Immune to poison?	No
Attack style	Melee
Attack speed	FastInterval: 3.0 seconds
Max hit	77
Weakness	crush, ranged, fire spellscrush, ranged, [[fire]]scrush, ranged, fire spellscrush, ranged, fire spellscrush, ranged, fire spellscrush, ranged, [[ spell]]scrush, [[]], fire spellscrush, ranged, fire spellscrush, ranged, fire spellscrush, ranged, fire spells[[]], ranged, fire spellscrush, ranged, fire spellsCrush, Ranged, Fire spells
Always drops	Big bones
Examine text	He's got icicles in his beard.

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This article is about Ice giants found in various location across Gielinor. For the giants found under Daemonheim, see Ice giant (Daemonheim).

Ice giants are a type of giant often found in icy areas. They have a relatively high Constitution level and hit a maximum of 77 life points. They are the highest level giants in free to play. Ice giants always drop big bones and tend to be weak against fire spells (magic) and crush attacks. Ice giants are not aggressive to players of combat level 107 and higher. Many players seek these monsters for experience and charms. Ice giants were the third monster to ever hold the title of Strongest Monster in RuneScape.

Training

Ice giants may be trained on in the Asgarnian Ice Dungeon very well, not terribly far from the bank, but there are only 3 of them that spawn there. Also, there are aggressive Ice warriors which may interfere. (Ice warriors are aggressive to players until one reaches a combat level of 115; if you have trouble with the ice warriors pestering you, try running all the way to the south of the cavern, where there's an entrance to another cavern. DO NOT go in, but stand just at that entrance (going in will result in entering if you are in a members server, otherwise you will receive a message that says you cannot enter: "You need to be on a members server to use this cave"). Usually, the ice warriors won't follow you that far; they'll stop about 2 squares away, then wander off.) The Asgarnian Ice Dungeon is the more preferable place to train combat on Ice Giants for free-to-play players (the other place for F2P to train combat on Ice Giants being in the deep Wilderness).

A good place is also present in White Wolf Mountain, containing 4 ice giants, and a large amount of safe spots, made of 2 dead trees and 3 ladders. The nearest bank is accessed by Gnome glider on top of this mountain, or in Catherby. To get to the location, you need to mine the rock slide to the north of the glider (requires level 50 Mining), take the southern ladder in place with ice warriors, travel through the tunnel to the south and climb up the ladder. The eastern half of the area is multi-combat. This place is very good for training. This spot is also an excellent P2P Ranged training spot for higher levelled rangers, as there are numerous safe spots to range ice giants. Melee with rune armour is also suggested as they are strong and have a lower chance of hitting against the high defence bonuses that the armour provides.

Classic Ice Giants (Wilderness Plateau)

Location

• Asgarnian Ice Dungeon (South of Port Sarim)
• Chaos Tunnels (Members Only)
• Frozen Waste Plateau in level 47-48 Wilderness
• White Wolf Mountain between Taverley and Catherby (Members Only) (You need 50 mining to access this area)

Safespot

File:IceGiantSafe.png

The safespot

There is a safe spot to range or magically attack ice giants in the Asgarnian Ice Caves. Another safe spot is in front of the cave that leads to some Skeletal Wyverns. Ice warriors however, can enter and can interrupt players when they are attacking the giants. Because ice giants are large monsters, they can also be corner safe-spotted at any stalagmite, but this only works when the nearby ice warriors have become tolerant.

White Wolf Mountain

The ice giants at White Wolf Mountain are on an icy ridge on the north-west side of the mountain. However, the ridge is not accessible from the exterior of White Wolf Mountain. Instead, players must traverse part of the underground Ice Queen's lair to get onto the ridge. The ridge does provide some safespots for rangers and mages.

Rangers and mages can also attack the giants from the bottom of the ridge, without having to pass through the Ice Queen's lair. Only giants who come near the edge of the ridge can be attacked, but they do this often. Drops will not be collectable unless the player uses Telekinetic Grab on them.

Drops

100% drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Big bones	1	1 Always	351

Weapons and armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Iron battleaxe	1	2 Common	46
	Iron platelegs	1	2 Common	83
	Iron 2h sword	1	2 Common	73
	Steel hatchet	1	2 Common	49
	Steel sword	1	2 Common	103
	Black kiteshield	1	2 Common	2,759
	Adamant arrow	5	3 Uncommon	480
	Mithril sq shield	1	4 Rare	793
	Mithril mace	1	4 Rare	242

Runes

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Water rune	12	2 Common	84
	Mind rune	24	2 Common	96
	Body rune	37	2 Common	185
	Cosmic rune	2–4	2 Common	220–440
	Law rune	3	3 Uncommon	447
Template:ExchangeItemNat	Nature rune	6	3 Uncommon
	Death rune	2–4	4 Rare	370–740
	Blood rune (m)	2–4	4 Rare	390–780

Seeds (members only)

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Marrentill seed	1	2 Common	3
	Tarromin seed	1	2 Common	7
	Strawberry seed	1	3 Uncommon	92
	Harralander seed	1	3 Uncommon	4
	Limpwurt seed	1	3 Uncommon	147
	Ranarr seed	1	3 Uncommon	2,935
	Watermelon seed	1	3 Uncommon	1,861
	Jangerberry seed	1	3 Uncommon	2
	Whiteberry seed	1	4 Rare	24
	Toadflax seed	1	4 Rare	989
	Irit seed	1	4 Rare	100
	Avantoe seed	1	4 Rare	1,306
	Cadantine seed	1	4 Rare	997
	Lantadyme seed	1	4 Rare	28,328
	Dwarf weed seed	1	4 Rare	43,732
	Wildblood seed	1	4 Rare	2
	Bittercap mushroom spore	1	4 Rare	7
	Cactus seed	1	4 Rare	20
	Belladonna seed	1	4 Rare	29
	Spirit weed seed	1	5 Very rare	3,869
	Kwuarm seed	1	5 Very rare	1,042
	Poison ivy seed	1	5 Very rare	31

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	8–450	2 Common	Not sold
	Shoulder bone (m)	1	2 Common <ref>Only received during Rag and Bone Man.</ref>	Not sold
	Ice giant ribs (m)	1	2 Common <ref>Only received during Rag and Bone Man.</ref>	Not sold
	Banana	1	3 Uncommon	76
	Jug of wine	1	3 Uncommon	80
	Mithril ore	1	3 Uncommon	410
	Cosmic talisman (m)	1	4 Rare	160
	Long bone (m)	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Curved bone (m)	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Clue scroll (medium) (m)	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Spin Ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Starved Ancient Effigy (m)	1	5 Very 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.

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Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price Coins 250; 381; 450; 3,000; 9,000; 12,000 2 Common Not sold Uncut sapphire 1 2 Common 810 Uncut emerald 1 2 Common 1,295 Uncut ruby 1 2 Common 2,613 Loop half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 9,402 Tooth half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 12,758 Uncut diamond 1 3 Uncommon 9,520 Uncut dragonstone 1 4 Rare 13,572 Dragonstone 1 4 Rare 10,393 Dragon dagger 1 2 Common 17,356 Rune javelin 5 4 Rare 1,285 Adamant javelin 20 5 Very rare 800 Rune spear 1 5 Very rare 12,130 Dragon spear 1 5 Very rare 40,021 Dragon dagger 50 (noted) 5 Very rare 867,800 Rune kiteshield 1 5 Very rare 34,977 Shield left half 1 5 Very rare 65,553 Dragon helm 1 5 Very rare 60,107 Adamant bolts 200 3 Uncommon 31,600 Rune arrow 150–200, 500 4 Rare 28,500–95,000 Onyx bolts 150 4 Rare 1,315,350 Battlestaff 200 (noted) 4 Rare 1,612,200 Air orb 1000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,216,000 Fire orb 1000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,406,000 Vecna skull 1 5 Very rare 457,724 Water talisman 1 3 Uncommon 4,485 Earth talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 20,650–28,910 Fire talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 48,450–67,830 Chaos talisman 1 3 Uncommon 137 Nature talisman 1 3 Uncommon 165 Pure essence 500–15000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 53,500–1,605,000 Template:ExchangeItemNat Nature rune 47–77 4 Rare – Soul rune 20 4 Rare 6,360 Death rune 50, 121 4 Rare 9,250–22,385 Blood rune 50 4 Rare 9,750 Raw swordfish 125 – 250, 1000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 37,875–303,000 Raw shark 250–500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 129,750–259,500 Big bones 150 – 500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 52,650–175,500 Coal 150–7500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 39,450–1,972,500 Adamantite ore 150–800 (noted) 3 Uncommon 248,250–1,324,000 Silver ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 9,200 Adamant bar 1000–7000 (noted) 4 Rare 2,175,000–15,225,000 Runite ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 1,067,100 Rune bar 1,50,150 (noted) 4 Rare 13,029–1,954,350 Clean ranarr 33 (noted) 3 Uncommon 115,665 Clean toadflax 25–250 (noted) 3 Uncommon 69,100–691,000 Clean snapdragon 30–120 (noted) 3 Uncommon 168,210–672,840 Clean torstol 10–100 (noted) 3 Uncommon 277,960–2,779,600 Saradomin brew (4) 250 (noted) 5 Very rare 854,750 Watermelon seed 3 3 Uncommon 5,583 Yew seed 1–50 4 Rare 84,903–4,245,150 Magic seed 1–6 4 Rare 294,483–1,766,898 Palm tree seed 10 4 Rare 1,219,220 Snapdragon seed 1 4 Rare 26,078 Torstol seed 1–31 4 Rare 274,040–8,495,240 Fellstalk seed 2 4 Rare 2,052 Yew logs 100–20000 (noted) 4 Rare 49,400–9,880,000

Trivia

• It is interesting to note that although ice giants do not have any visible bones, they still drop big bones; this dates all the way back from RuneScape Classic, when the ice giants looked like large people with blue beards.
• Before the graphical update, ice giants used to wield Mithril 2h swords. In RuneScape Classic, they wielded wooden staves. They now appear to wield a scimitar made of ice.
• Although they wield scimitars, their attack speed is 5, the equivalent of a longsword.
• When the ice giants walk, icicles appear on the ground around their feet. Icicles will also appear in the same manner before each attack, whether the attack is a player's or theirs.
• Ice giants seem to "tap" one of their feet when standing still.
• When an ice giant is killed, it melts down and the icicles disappear. This is similar to the death animation of the moss giant.
• In the wilderness, the ice giants will lure players out of a safespot so that it can attack players if they do not retreat quickly enough.
• Ice Giants appear to have a beating heart, this is unique among all giants.

See also

• Hill giant
• Moss giant
• Fire giant

Preceded by	Title	Succeeded by
Moss giant	Strongest monster in RuneScape	Lesser demon