Bryophyta

This fight takes place in an instanced area. On death, all unprotected items will be moved to a grave outside the instance. Any items left on the ground will be lost.

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Bryophyta
Released										3 May 2018 (Update)
Members										No
Combat level										128
Size										3x3
Examine										This is what organic growth looks like!
Combat info
XP bonus										+2.5%
Max hit										16
Aggressive										Yes
Poison										Yes (8)
Attack style										Crush, Magic
Attack speed
Slayer info
Slayer level										None
Slayer XP										115 xp
Category										Moss Giants
Assigned by
Combat stats
115					130					100					100					90					1
Aggressive stats
+33					+31					+0					+0					+0					+0
Defensive stats
+0						+0						+0						+0						+0
Immunities
Poison										Not immune
Venom										Not immune
Advanced data
Monster ID												8195

Bryophyta, the Moss Giantess, is an ancient and mystical moss giant boss who can be found in her lair in the Varrock Sewers. Bryophyta's lair is located just north of where the moss giants reside in the sewers, accessible either through the Varrock Sewers itself or by the agility shortcut from the Edgeville Dungeon. (51 Agility required)

In order to access Bryophyta's lair, the player must obtain a mossy key from a moss giant. Each mossy key permits for only one attempt, similar to accessing Obor's lair with a giant key.

Bryophyta drops Bryophyta's essence, which is used to make Bryophyta's staff. This item can store nature runes, and has a chance to not consume them when casting a spell that uses them. It cannot be obtained in any other way besides trading with players.

Location

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
Bryophyta's Lair (Varrock Sewers)	128		1	Maplink

Strategy

In order to reach Bryophyta, players will need a knife or slash weapon to slash the web to get to the lair if they are reaching her via the Varrock Sewers. Members with level 51 Agility do not need this as they can access an agility shortcut by Vannaka in the Edgeville Dungeon.

Unlike Obor's chambers (where he is confined in a small pit), players are immediately taken to Bryophyta's chambers, where she will attack them on sight - prior to entering the room, or immediately after entering, activate Protect from Magic.

A player fighting Bryophyta.

On members worlds, she is also capable of poisoning players, starting at 8 damage, so it is recommended to bring some form of poison protection to cure her poison. Unlike Obor, she does not take protection prayers into account.

During the fight, she may summon three growthlings - they are fairly weak, but they must be killed, as Bryophyta is immune to all damage (except poison and venom) while they are alive. In order to finish them, an axe (blessed axe does not work) or secateurs must be used (not wielded) on them once they have been reduced to 1 hitpoint through standard combat. Players can grab a bronze axe from the pile of logs if they didn't bring one. She can only have one batch of growthlings in the chambers at a time, but can summon more if the previous batch were killed off.

F2P players are recommended to bring green d'hide armour for the increased magic defence, as well as a rune kiteshield and rune full helm for the most optimal setup against her attacks. Regarding offence the player is best off with a rune scimitar. The recommended stats for fighting Bryophyta is a minimum of 50 in strength, attack and defence. Ranging Bryophyta is the most optimal for mid level F2P players with at least 60 ranged, 40 defence and 37 prayer. Players should wear green d'hide armour, a coif, an amulet of power, and a maple shortbow with some adamant arrows. While ranging Bryophyta, ensuring a safe distance is optimal, which is easy as she will not move towards you. She will not use her melee attacks if a player is out of her reach and she will do little damage if protect from magic is being used. Magic is only viable for members, since they can wear void knight or elite void knight equipment with the void mage helm.

Drops

Drop rates estimated based on 63,616 kills from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

The average Bryophyta kill is worth 68,306.23.

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Big bones	1	Always	101	0
	Clue scroll (beginner)	1	Always	Not sold	12

Weapons and armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Rune longsword	1	6/118	18,598	19,200
	Rune sword	2	5/118	23,764	24,960
	Rune med helm	2	6/118	22,292	23,040
	Rune med helm(f)	1	~3/118	11,146	11,520
	Rune chainbody	1	6/118	29,539	30,000
	Rune plateskirt	1	6/118	37,863	38,400
	Rune platelegs	1	6/118	37,836	38,400
	Rune sq shield	1	6/118	22,559	23,040
	Adamant kiteshield	3	1/118	8,661	9,792
	Adamant platebody	5 (noted)	3/118	47,290	49,920
	Battlestaff(m)	3	3/118	24,228	12,600
	Rune full helm(f)	1	~2/118	20,643	21,120

Runes and ammunition

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Cosmic rune	100	6/118	15,900	3,000
	Law rune	100	6/118	13,500	14,400
	Nature rune	100	8/118	19,100	10,800
	Death rune	100	5/118	19,500	10,800
	Chaos rune	100; 200	6/118	4,700–9,400	5,400–10,800
	Blood rune(m)	100	1/118	36,100	24,000
	Adamant arrow	100	1/118	1,600	4,800

Herbs

There is a 5/118 chance of rolling the herb drop table.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Grimy guam leaf(m)	1	1/94.4	18	7
	Grimy marrentill(m)	1	1/125.9	20	8
	Grimy tarromin(m)	1	1/167.8	135	9
	Grimy harralander(m)	1	1/215.8	684	9
	Grimy ranarr weed(m)	1	1/274.6	6,967	18
	Grimy irit leaf(m)	1	1/377.6	683	10
	Grimy avantoe(m)	1	1/503.5	1,673	10
	Grimy kwuarm(m)	1	1/604.2	1,432	12
	Grimy cadantine(m)	1	1/755.2	1,747	13
	Grimy lantadyme(m)	1	1/1,006.9	1,380	13
	Grimy dwarf weed(m)	1	1/1,006.9	783	14

Seeds

There is a 6/118 chance of rolling the uncommon seed drop table.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Limpwurt seed(m)	1	1/150.4	16	7
	Strawberry seed(m)	1	1/157.3	3	10
	Marrentill seed(m)	1	1/164.9	4	1
	Jangerberry seed(m)	1	1/224	2	36
	Tarromin seed(m)	1	1/242.5	11	1
	Wildblood seed(m)	1	1/248.3	74	8
	Watermelon seed(m)	1	1/327.2	14	33
	Harralander seed(m)	1	1/368	22	2
	Snape grass seed(m)	1	1/515.3	2,242	56
	Ranarr seed(m)	1	1/528.5	37,566	30
	Whiteberry seed(m)	1	1/606.2	4	79
	Mushroom spore(m)	1	1/710.7	80	51
	Toadflax seed(m)	1	1/763.4	1,517	6
	Belladonna seed(m)	1	1/1,145	54	106
	Irit seed(m)	1	1/1,145	36	3
	Poison ivy seed(m)	1	1/1,585.4	11	99
	Avantoe seed(m)	1	1/1,717.6	212	4
	Cactus seed(m)	1	1/1,717.6	56	59
	Kwuarm seed(m)	1	1/2,290.1	208	6
	Potato cactus seed(m)	1	1/2,576.3	9	84
	Snapdragon seed(m)	1	1/4,122.1	49,683	36
	Cadantine seed(m)	1	1/5,152.7	628	4
	Lantadyme seed(m)	1	1/6,870.2	534	5
	Dwarf weed seed(m)	1	1/10,305.3	350	3
	Torstol seed(m)	1	1/20,610.7	48,018	42

Materials

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Steel bar	25 (noted)	3/118	9,250	1,500
	Runite bar	2	6/118	24,858	6,000
	Uncut ruby	5 (noted)	4/118	6,150	300
	Uncut diamond	5 (noted)	4/118	13,800	600

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Coins	8,000	2/118	8,000	8,000
	Coins	10,000	5/118	10,000	10,000
	Strength potion(4)(f)	15 (noted)	~5/118	4,635	120
	Bryophyta's essence(m)	1	1/118	5,740,910	4,200

Tertiary

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Mossy key	1	1/16	Not sold	0
	Long bone(m)	1	1/400	Not sold	3
	Giant champion scroll(m)	1	1/5,000	Not sold	0
	Curved bone(m)	1	1/5,012.5	Not sold	4

Combat Achievements

The following Combat Achievement tasks involve Bryophyta.

Name	Description	Difficulty	Category
Bryophyta Novice	Kill Bryophyta once.	Easy	Kill count
Protection from Moss	Kill Bryophyta with the Protect from Magic prayer active.	Easy	Mechanical
Preparation Is Key	Kill Bryophyta without suffering any poison damage.	Easy	Perfection
A Slow Death	Kill Bryophyta with either poison or venom being the final source of damage.	Easy	Restriction
Fighting as Intended II	Kill Bryophyta on a free to play world.	Easy	Restriction
Bryophyta Champion	Kill Bryophyta 5 times.	Medium	Kill count
Quick Cutter	Kill all 3 of Bryophyta's growthlings within 3 seconds of the first one dying.	Medium	Mechanical

Trivia

• Bryophyta is the scientific name for mosses.
• The idea of Bryophyta poisoning in free-to-play was scrapped prior to release; however, Antipoison potions still remain free-to-play.
  • The update which introduced Bryophyta also made Antipoison potions available to free-to-play players and able to be purchased from the Apothecary in Varrock.