Giant mole

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Giant Mole

Release date	7 March 2006 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	230
Life points	2000
Experience for killing	800 (267 Constitution experience)
Slayer level	Not assigned
Aggressive?	No
Poisonous?	No
Immune to poison?	No
Attack style	Melee
Attack speed	AverageInterval: 3.6 seconds
Max hit	226
Weakness	stab and rangedstab and rangedstab and rangedstab and rangedstab and rangedstab and rangedstab and [[]]stab and rangedstab and ranged[[]] and rangedstab and rangedstab and rangedStab and ranged
Always drops	Big bones, Mole claw and Mole skin (1-3)
Examine text	Holy Mole-y!

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The Giant Mole (Talpidae wysonian) is found in the Falador Mole Lair, just under Falador Park. Upon release, on 7 March 2006, "a slight accident involving a bottle of Malignius-Mortifer's-Super-Ultra-Flora-Growth-Potion" is the origin of the creation of the Giant mole.

Players will need both a spade and light source to access the location. Players are advised to be careful while fighting this monster as it may put out your light source. A Seer's Headband or Bullseye Lantern is strongly recommended. However a lantern and a tinderbox can also be used. To get into the lair you have to dig in any one of the 'mole hills' near Sir Tiffy Cashien in the Falador Garden.

Currently, the giant mole is the 9th highest level non-quest monster in Runescape. Players often kill the mole for its Mole claws and Mole skin, each of which Wyson the gardener will exchange for Bird's nests, a valuable item that is often highly in demand by players training Herblore.

One giant mole can be present per world. When killed, it will respawn in about 2 minutes (or 200 Game ticks). Players can use this respawn time to restore food and prayer from the previous fight.

Giant mole strategies

The giant mole is weak against Ranged and Stab attacks and it is also vulnerable to poison. Even though the mole is weak to stab and ranged attacks, most players use an Abyssal Whip or a dragon weapon as these provide sufficient damage. The mole, when poisoned, will surface to die and leave its drops so there is no risk of missing out on a drop. Sometimes when the mole digs it throws up balls of mud. The direction these go has nothing to do with the direction it will appear at when it surfaces.

One interesting thing to note is that despite it's high combat level, the mole is unaggressive, so if you are a lower level and are unsure about fighting it, you can feel free to observe other players fighting it.

Drops

Note that the Giant Mole's drops are fairly similar to that of the King Black Dragon, although it does not drop the draconic visage, dragon bones, or black dragonhide. Also, the King Black Dragon drops 4 charms at a time as opposed to the Giant Mole's 2.

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100% drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Big bones	1	1 Always	351
Mole claw	Mole claw	1	1 Always	5,905
	Mole skin	1–3	1 Always	6,121–18,363

Runes and Ammunition

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Air rune	105	2 Common	840
	Fire rune	105	2 Common	1,470
	Blood rune	15	2 Common	2,925
	Death rune	7	2 Common	1,295
	Law rune	15	3 Uncommon	2,235
	Iron arrow	500, 690	3 Uncommon	5,000–6,900

Weapons

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Adamant longsword	1	2 Common	1,791
	Mithril hatchet	1	2 Common	204
	Mithril battleaxe	1	2 Common	854
	Mithril 2h sword	1	2 Common	1,324
	Rune battleaxe	1	3 Uncommon	24,735
	Rune 2h sword	1	4 Rare	38,245

Armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Mithril platebody	1	2 Common	2,978
	Rune helm	1	2 Common	11,283
	Amulet of strength	1	2 Common	1,348
	Rune sq shield	1	3 Uncommon	22,884

Ores and bars

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Iron ore	100 (noted)	3 Uncommon	21,600
	Mithril bar	1	4 Rare	1,526

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
File:Long, sharp claws.png	Long, sharp claws	1	2 Common <ref>Only during Fur 'n' Seek.</ref>	Not sold
	Coins	360–11,000	3 Uncommon	Not sold
	Shark	1–5	3 Uncommon	525–2,625
	Yew logs	50, 100	3 Uncommon	24,700–49,400
File:Mole nose.png	Mole nose	1	3 Uncommon <ref>Only with Falador shield 4 unlocked (does not have to be equipped).</ref>	Not sold
	Clue scroll (hard)	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Oyster pearls	1	4 Rare	722
	Long bone	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Curved bone	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	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

Mechanics

When the giant mole makes an escape, its animation hides the appearance of the mole until its dig-from-ground animation is played. The mole dust cloud and escape animation are played. Four Game ticks pass then the mole's location changes and plays its dig-from-ground animation.

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