Mutated zygomite

Mutated zygomite

Release date	7 March 2006 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	74/86
Life points	650/750
Experience for killing	260, 86
Slayer level	Level 57
Slayer XP	65/75
Assigned by	Chaeldar
Aggressive?	No
Poisonous?	No
Immune to poison?	No
Attack style	Magical melee, Magical ranged
Attack speed	Unknown edit
Max hit	88 (Melee), 140 (Ranged)
Weakness	slashslashslashslashslashslashslashslashslashslashslashSlash
Always drops	Ashes
Examine text	A fun guy. No wait, that's awful. Plus it doesn't even make sense. (As Fungi) A bouncy fungus. (Level 74) A fun guy. No wait, that's awful.. (Level 86)

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Mutated zygomites are monsters that appear as Fungi until provoked (Pick Fungi) that require level 57 Slayer to kill. They resemble giant mushrooms, and are only found in Zanaris, near the Cosmic altar (level 86), or near the furnace (level 74). To kill one a player needs to reduce it to below 20 life points then players use fungicide spray on it to kill it, which is available from any slayer master. The fungicide spray must be reloaded every ten kills, and the reloads can be bought from the slayer master at the same time. Fungicide canisters fully reload the fungicide spray. Players cannot sell the spray or reloads back to the slayer master afterward, so only buy what is needed. Zygomites are usually only killed as slayer assignments, but some players may kill them for their fairly common drops of Strawberry seeds.

Zygomites can be occasionally assigned as an optional Slayer Challenge by Chaeldar. If you accept the challenge, she will tell you to use an experimental spray on them for tests, and you must bring back the results to her when you're finished. She will reward you with 10,000 Slayer experience and 25 Slayer Points.

Strengths and weaknesses

A Fungi

Zygomites mostly use magical melee attacks which consist of a headbutt that does up to 88 life points, but they occasionally use more powerful magical ranged attacks by shooting spores, with a max hit of around 140. Dragonhide armour is strongly recommended while fighting them, as the high Magic defence will reduce the chance of them hitting you. If praying against their attacks, Protect from Missiles or Deflect Missiles is recommended, as their ranged attacks are stronger and more accurate than their melee attacks.

When its remaining life points are around 10 to 20, use the fungicide spray on it in order to destroy it. If life points are not low enough and a player uses the fungicide spray, the zygomite will not be killed but one use of the fungicide spray will be expended.

Slayer Challenge

A zygomite that has become enraged

A zygomite that has healed

An enraged zygomite in its fungi form

After a player has performed several slayer tasks for Chaeldar, she will occasionally offer a special task in place of a regular slayer task. The player can decline to take the special task without penalty. If the player accepts the special task, completing the task:

• Earns 10,000 extra slayer experience.
• Earns 25 Slayer reward points, if the player has completed the Smoking Kills quest.
• Counts as a task for the player's consecutive task count, which is used for slayer reward points.

Chaeldar's special task is for the player to test an experimental fungicide spray against ten Mutated zygomites and survive to return to her and tell her the results of the test. The player uses the spray in place of the normal Fungicide spray, when the zygomite the player is attacking has been reduced to 20 life points or less. When applied, the experimental spray will have one of the following effects, chosen randomly:

• "The experimental spray has sent the zygomite into a furious rage!" The zygomite temporarily turns red, heals a bit, and attacks faster. It can be killed by reducing its life points to 0, without needing another application of the spray.
• "The experimental spray has healed the zygomite!" The zygomite temporarily turns green and its hitpoints are restored to maximum. It can be killed by reducing its life points to 0, without needing another application of the spray.
• "The experimental spray has killed the zygomite!" The zygomite is killed.

Note that the challenge is only complete when the player returns to Chaeldar and speaks to her; simply killing 10 zygomites with the experimental spray does not finish the task. The spray cannot be used to kill more than the required 10 zygomites.

Drops

100% drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Ashes	1	1 Always	276

Runes

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	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
Template:ExchangeItemNat	Nature rune	2	3 Uncommon
	Law rune	10–50	3 Uncommon	1,490–7,450
	Earth rune	15	3 Uncommon	90

Seeds

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Strawberry seed	1–6	2 Common	92–552
	Barley seed	1	3 Uncommon	1
	Asgarnian seed	3	3 Uncommon	6
Potato seed	Potato seed	4	3 Uncommon	4
	Wildblood seed	1	3 Uncommon	2
	Bittercap mushroom spore	1	3 Uncommon	7
	Limpwurt seed	1	3 Uncommon	147
	Whiteberry seed	1	3 Uncommon	24
	Jangerberry seed	1	3 Uncommon	2
	Poison ivy seed	1	3 Uncommon	31
	Toadflax seed	1	3 Uncommon	989
	Kwuarm seed	1	3 Uncommon	1,042
	Hammerstone seed	3	3 Uncommon	6
	Morchella mushroom spore	1–3	3 Uncommon	496–1,488
Onion seed	Onion seed	4	3 Uncommon	4
	Spirit weed seed	1	4 Rare	3,869
	Yanillian seed	1	4 Rare	29
	Jute seed	1	4 Rare	3
	Ranarr seed	1	4 Rare	2,935
	Watermelon seed	1–3	4 Rare	1,861–5,583
Marigold seed	Marigold seed	1	8	9
	Woad seed	1	8	1
Tomato seed	Tomato seed	3	8	3

Herbs

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Grimy guam	1	3 Uncommon	521
	Grimy avantoe	1	3 Uncommon	2,877
	Grimy marrentill	1	3 Uncommon	41
	Grimy tarromin	1	3 Uncommon	56
	Grimy irit	1	3 Uncommon	1,496
	Grimy ranarr	1	3 Uncommon	3,508
	Grimy dwarf weed	1	3 Uncommon	7,525
	Grimy lantadyme	1	3 Uncommon	6,002
	Grimy kwuarm	1	3 Uncommon	2,902
	Grimy cadantine	1	3 Uncommon	1,336

Weapons and armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Steel hatchet	1	3 Uncommon	49
	Steel 2h sword	1	3 Uncommon	476
	Mithril full helm	1	4 Rare	753
	Rune full helm	1	4 Rare	20,861

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Fungicide	1	2 Common	Not sold
	Anagogic ort	20	2 Common <ref>Only with RDT drops.</ref>	Not sold
	Coins	44, 64, 102, 220, 302, 343, 400	3 Uncommon	Not sold
	Supercompost	1–3 (noted)	3 Uncommon	779–2,337
	Mort myre fungus	1–3	3 Uncommon	404–1,212
	Clay	1	3 Uncommon	136
	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.

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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

• The name Zygomite is probably based on the class of fungus Zygomycota, though these fungi do not produce mushrooms.
• If players try and attack something else while you are still in combat, instead of the usual "I'm already under attack" message, the message box will display "There's a rather large mushroom monster trying to attack you at the moment. Maybe you should deal with it first."
• If a frog or other Zanaris event happens during battle, the Zygomite will keep attacking you with a "thump" sound (melee attack) without any hitsplats, but will still be doing damage while you can't attack it until the event leaves. This may be a glitch.
• Once a Zygomite's life points reach zero (before fungicide is used to kill it), its ranged attack will continue to inflict damage, but its melee attack will no longer inflict damage. This may be a glitch.
• With the release of Fairy Tale III - Battle at Orks Rift a glitch occurred where the health bar and hit splats for a Zygomite appeared much higher in the air than they should, and a player couldn't see how much damage they dealt or how much health a Zygomite had left unless they changed to a high view. This glitch has been fixed.
• If another player picks one of the fungi and runs away and another player is still there, the Zygomite will eventually turn around and start attacking the other player, shouting "I'm coming for you!"
• Zygomites were originally called Mutated Zygomites before the Zanaris update. This was changed back on 21 February 2011.
• If you're fighting a Zygomite and you run away while there are no other players around it, it will return to its original fungus form but will still move around so it looks like a little moving mushroom. This is a glitch, and has not been fixed yet.