Grifolapine

Grifolapine

Release date	28 November 2011 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	200
Life points	2000
Experience for killing	800 (267 Constitution experience)
Slayer level	Level 88
Slayer XP	205
Assigned by	Chaeldar, Duradel or Lapalok, Kuradal
Aggressive?	No
Poisonous?	No
Immune to poison?	Yes
Attack style	Magic, Ranged
Attack speed	Unknown edit
Max hit	234
Weakness	[[]]magicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagicmagicMagic
Always drops	Bones
Examine text	A prickly creature covered in grifolic fungus. / This grifolapine has been weakened slightly. (When affected by neem oil)

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A Grifolapine is a monster found in the Polypore Dungeon on the third level. It requires a Slayer level of 88 to kill, and 60 Magic for the player to receive as a Slayer assignment. They are located in the third level of Polypore Dungeon.

Grifolapines have similar drops to grifolaroos but have much better drop rates for grifolic flakes, the sought after item to create the grifolic set.

Strategy

“	Grifolapines 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, and dodge when they charge at you. The fungus helps them repair physical damage, so you might prefer using magical attacks.	”
	— Kuradal

The mushrooms on the platform can be used to hide behind to prevent toxic fungus damage. This monster attacks with Magic most of the time, so Protect from Magic/Deflect Magic will prevent most damage dealt. When using neem oil it will not attack with Magic anymore, but it will use its Ranged attack, hence using Protect from Missiles/Deflect Missiles can be used. It is resistant to Ranged and melee damage, so Magic would be the ideal method of attacking these creatures, as with other monsters.

Unusually enough, these monsters never move when idle. They will only move when they say "Raargh!", which makes them move twice as fast as a player when running. Unless you have very keen senses and use Neem oil instantly, you will take fungal damage. Their fungal damage does low damage (14-22) very fast. This is why you should safespot them, so they won't be able to do that. If they are blocked, they will say *Sigh*, and resume attacking you. Upon saying "Raargh!" and ending with *Sigh*, it skips 1 or 2 of it's battle turns. Their relatively low damage also makes it useful to cast Soul Split on them, as you will hit high enough on them where they do relatively poor damage on the player.

Grifolapines shouldn't be far from their home platforms, unless someone has chased them by attacking them. Four grifolapines can be found in one of their grifolic-infested platforms. It should be easy to trap them, but this is usually not recommended unless you are AFKing. It may be hard to notice their Magic attack, as it may be hard to see it, because it looks as if a Grifolapine does not do anything when it does. Their Magic attack hits harder and quite often, so it is best to constantly use Neem oil on them to prevent this.

Despite having a higher combat level and Slayer level requirement, grifolapines are generally easier to kill than grifolaroos. Because they do not move when idle or jump immediately when you attack them, it is easier to safespot them. In addition, they use their Ranged attack much less frequently than their Magic attack, so if you are praying against Magic while safespotting them, you will take very little damage.

A grifolapine affected by neem oil.

Recommended Equipment

• Helm: Full Slayer helm/Hexcrest > Virtus mask > Healer hat > Ahrim's hood > Akrisae's hood > Farseer helm > Helm of neitiznot
• Cape: Completionist cape > Max cape > God cape > Fire cape > Soul wars cape > Ardougne cloak
• Necklace: Arcane stream necklace > Amulet of fury > Demon horn necklace > Amulet of glory
• Top: Virtus robe top > Garb of subjugation > Ganodermic poncho > Ahrim's robe top > Akrisae's robe top
• Bottom: Virtus robe legs > Gown of subjugation > Ganodermic leggings > Ahrim's robe skirt > Akrisae's robe skirt
• Weapon: Armadyl battlestaff > Polypore staff > Chaotic staff > Staff of light
• Shield: Arcane spirit shield > Ward of subjugation > Farseer kiteshield > Celestial surgebox > Mage's book > Tome of frost >Illuminated unholy book > Unholy book > Illuminated ancient book
• Boots: Ragefire boots > Infinity boots > Mystic boots
• Gloves: Spellcaster gloves > Barrows gloves > Infinity gloves > Mystic gloves
• Ring: Seers ring (i) > Onyx ring (i) > Dragonstone ring (i) > lunar ring(i) > Tokkul-Zo > Seers' ring >Lunar ring> Explorer ring > Beacon ring

Inventory

• Bonecrusher
• Herbicide
• 12-18 high level food
• 5 Prayer potions

Note: The full slayer helm and the hexcrest should only be used if on a slayer assignment.

Drops

100% drop

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

Runes

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Death rune	9–13	3 Uncommon	1,665–2,405
	Chaos rune	56–80, 100	3 Uncommon	4,816–8,600

Seeds

A total of three seeds will be dropped, one or more of the seeds may be the same.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Avantoe seed	1	3 Uncommon	1,306
	Dwarf weed seed	1	3 Uncommon	43,732
	Limpwurt seed	1–2	3 Uncommon	147–294
	Wildblood seed	1	3 Uncommon	2
	Belladonna seed	1	3 Uncommon	29
	Jangerberry seed	1	3 Uncommon	2
	Strawberry seed	1–2	3 Uncommon	92–184
	Tarromin seed	1	3 Uncommon	7
	Harralander seed	1	3 Uncommon	4
	Cadantine seed	1	3 Uncommon	997
	Spirit weed seed	1	3 Uncommon	3,869
	Marrentill seed	1	3 Uncommon	3
	Irit seed	1	3 Uncommon	100
	Watermelon seed	1	3 Uncommon	1,861
	Kwuarm seed	1	3 Uncommon	1,042
	Snapdragon seed	1	3 Uncommon	26,078
	Toadflax seed	1	3 Uncommon	989
	Ranarr seed	1	3 Uncommon	2,935
	Torstol seed	1	3 Uncommon	274,040
	Whiteberry seed	1	3 Uncommon	24
	Bittercap mushroom spore	1	3 Uncommon	7

Other drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
Polypore spore	Polypore spore	1–300	2 Common	19–5,700
Grifolic flake	Grifolic flake	1–100	2 Common	379–37,900
	Gorajian mushroom	5 (noted)	2 Common	305
	Anagogic ort	20	2 Common	Not sold
	Eye of newt	1	3 Uncommon	9
	Snape grass	15–24 (noted)	3 Uncommon	4,050–6,480
	Spin ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	5 Very rare	Not sold

Trivia

• A grifolapine is shown in the RuneScape Cinematic Trailer. It doesn't do anything but stare at Ozan, though.
• Grifolapines are one of the few monsters in RuneScape that will never move from their spawn point, the others being the Spiritual mages (Bandos), and Ancient mages.