Mutated jadinko guard
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| Release date | 12 July 2011 (Update) |
|---|---|
| Members? | Yes |
| Combat level | 145 |
| Life points | 2030 |
| Experience for killing | 812 (271 Constitution experience) |
| Slayer level | Level 86 |
| Slayer XP | 213 |
| Assigned by | Sumona, Duradel or Lapalok, Kuradal |
| Aggressive? | No |
| Poisonous? | No |
| Immune to poison? |
No |
| Attack style | Magic, melee |
| Attack speed | FastestInterval: 2.4 seconds |
| Max hit | 279 |
| Weakness | Sagaies, Bolas, Ranged, Stab, Slash |
| Always drops | Excrescence, Mutated vine |
| Examine text | They're supposed to protect the Queen, but this one has mutated. |

Mutated jadinko guards appear in the Jadinko Lair east of Shilo Village, on Karamja, and require a Slayer level of 86 to kill. They are popular for the whip vine drop, as they are the only monsters besides mutated jadinko males to drop it. Using bolas on it will cause it to attack you with the nearest jade roots. Mutated jadinko guards are considerably more dangerous than their combat level suggests; having a max hit of 279, and 2030 hitpoints, a string of lucky hits can quickly kill a player. In addition, they will switch attack styles based on your protection prayers and are difficult to safespot, so it is nearly impossible to negate all damage. While their strength and health may be very high, they have somewhat low accuracy and defence, however.
Each one killed will yield 7 favour points with the jadinkos.
Attacks
Mutated jadinko guards, along with males and babies, share a similar melee and magic attack. However a guard's melee attack is strong and occasionally hits above 200. Their magic attack is also high-hitting, but it doesn't hit often with even 95 magic defence bonuses. Using protection/deflection prayers will cause them to use the other attack they have to thwart prayer flashing on them. If players use Deflect/Protect from magic and they are unable to attack you, they will attempt a whip attack with nearby vines. but the vines hit extremely low, from 1-17. This attack is also triggered when a player targets a dreadnip to attack a mutated jadinko guard. They can bid multiple vines, along with males to attack you. So if a player were to stand near middle and there were 5 vines around him and the guard/male could not reach them, it will bid all five of them to attack the player at once, which is more dangerous than the standard attacks.
Strategy
Drops
100% drops
Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Excrescence 2–5 Always Not sold Mutated vine Mutated vine 2–6 Always 48–144
Charms
Template:Charm:Mutated jadinko guard
Herbs
Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Grimy ranarr 1 (noted) Common 3,508
Grimy toadflax 1 (noted) Common 2,724
Grimy spirit weed 1 (noted) Common 3,999
Grimy irit 1 (noted) Common 1,496
Grimy wergali 1 (noted) Common 2,082
Grimy avantoe 1 (noted) Common 2,877
Grimy cadantine 1 (noted) Common 1,336
Grimy kwuarm 1 (noted) Common 2,902
Grimy snapdragon 1 (noted) Rare 5,660
Grimy lantadyme 1 (noted) Rare 6,002
Grimy dwarf weed 1 (noted) Rare 7,525
Grimy torstol 1 (noted) Rare 27,934
Jadinko fruit
Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Common fruit 1 Common Not sold
Amphibious fruit 1 Uncommon Not sold
Aquatic fruit 1 Uncommon Not sold
Camouflaged fruit 1 Uncommon Not sold
Carrion fruit 1 Uncommon Not sold
Diseased fruit 1 Uncommon Not sold
Draconic fruit 1 Uncommon Not sold
Guthix fruit 1 Uncommon Not sold
Saradomin fruit 1 Uncommon Not sold
Shadow fruit 1 Uncommon Not sold
Zamorak fruit 1 Uncommon Not sold
Cannibal fruit 1 Uncommon Not sold
Igneous fruit 1 Uncommon Not sold
Seeds
Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Red blossom seed 1 Common 16
Green blossom seed 1 Common 6
Blue blossom seed 1 Common 18
Strawberry seed 1 Common 92
Watermelon seed 1 Common 1,861
Marrentill seed 1 Common 3
Tarromin seed 1 Common 7
Harralander seed 1 Common 4
Ranarr seed 1 Common 2,935
Toadflax seed 1 Common 989
Irit seed 1 Common 100
Fellstalk seed 2 Common 2,052
Limpwurt seed 1 Uncommon 147
Poison ivy seed 1 Uncommon 31
Bittercap mushroom spore 1 Uncommon 7
Wildblood seed 1 Uncommon 2
Spirit weed seed 1 Uncommon 3,869
Whiteberry seed 1 Uncommon 24
Jangerberry seed 1 Uncommon 2
Avantoe seed 1 Uncommon 1,306
Snapdragon seed 1 Rare 26,078
Lantadyme seed 1 Rare 28,328
Dwarf weed seed 1 Rare 43,732
Torstol seed 1 Rare 274,040
Cactus seed 1 Very rare 20
Others
Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Juju teleport spiritbag 1 Common 2,159
Magic logs 2–10 (noted) Common 2,806–14,030
Mahogany logs 13–17 (noted) Common 6,851–8,959
Yew logs 13–17 (noted) Common 6,422–8,398
Anagogic ort 20 Uncommon <ref>Only with another drop.</ref> Not sold
Clue scroll (hard) 1 Rare Not sold
Starved ancient effigy 1 Rare Not sold
Curved bone 1 Rare Not sold
Long bone 1 Rare Not sold
Whip vine 1 Very rare <ref>Estimated at 1/1,949 using gathered Adventurer's Log data as of 18 September 2012.</ref> 3,165,947
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Trivia
- It is strange how they can drop Long bones and Curved bones since as Sentient plants they do not possess a skeleton and therefore have no bones to drop. They do not drop big bones as a 100% drop either but it's the case for all other creatures that drop Long bones and Curved bones.
- Their magic attacks, along with other mutated jadinkos, seem to be the equlivant of a Fire blast spell.
- If they manage to hit you with their magic attack, after the projectile reaches you, there's a one second delay before the damage shows up. It is unknown if it affects the babies or males, and might be an oversight from Jagex.