Bryophyta

Bryophyta
Released						3 May 2018 (Update)
Members						No
Combat level						128
Always drops						Big bones
Examine
This is what organic growth looks like!
Combat info
Hitpoints						115
Max hit						16
Aggressive						Yes
Poison						Yes (8)
Weakness						Magic
Attack style						Melee (crush), Magic
Slayer info
Slayer level						1
Slayer XP						115
Category						Moss giant
Assigned by
Combat stats
130				100				100				90				1
Aggressive stats
+0				+0				+0				+0				+0
Defensive stats
+0				+0				+0				+0				+0
Other bonuses												Immunities
+33			+31			+0			+0%			Not immune				Not immune
Attack speed

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 by the agility shortcut from the Edgeville Dungeon (51 Agility required) or through the Varrock Sewers.

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.

Warning: If you die within the lair, there is absolutely no way for you to retrieve items lost on death!

Strategy

In order to reach Bryophyta, players will need a knife or blade (to slash the web to get to the lair) if they are reaching her via the Varrock Sewers. Members with level 51 Agility 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, activate Protect from Magic.

A player fighting Bryophyta.

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 while they are alive. In order to finish them, an axe or secateurs must be used (not wielded) on them. If a player has forgotten either one of these items, they can grab a bronze axe from a pile of logs near her. She can only have one batch of growthlings in the chambers throughout the whole fight, 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, aswell 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, a power amulet, and a maple shortbow with some adamant arrows. While ranging Bryophyta, ensuring a safe distance is optimal. 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.

Drops

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Big bones	1	Always	232

Weapons/Armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Rune med helm	1–2	Common	11,171–22,342
	Rune full helm	1	Common	20,719
	Rune longsword	1	Common	18,780
	Rune sword	2	Common	24,414
	Rune chainbody	1	Common	29,612
	Rune plateskirt	1	Common	37,975
	Rune platelegs	1	Common	37,929
	Adamant kiteshield	3	Common	8,769
	Adamant platebody	5 (noted)	Common	48,020
	Rune sq shield	1	Common	22,662
	Battlestaff(m)	3	Uncommon	24,426

Runes/Ammunition

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Cosmic rune	100	Common	15,300
	Law rune	100	Common	28,200
	Nature rune	100	Common	25,300
	Death rune	100	Common	25,200
	Chaos rune	100; 200	Common	10,100–20,200
	Blood rune(m)	100	Common	28,100
	Adamant arrow	100	Uncommon	5,800

Herbs

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Grimy guam leaf(m)	1	Uncommon	19
	Grimy marrentill(m)	1	Uncommon	12
	Grimy ranarr weed(m)	1	Rare	7,854
	Grimy cadantine(m)	1	Rare	1,420

Seeds

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Tarromin seed(m)	1	Rare	10
	Belladonna seed(m)	1	Rare	30
	Limpwurt seed(m)	1	Rare	118
	Cadantine seed(m)	1	Rare	1,428
	Jangerberry seed(m)	1	Uncommon	5

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Coins	8,000–10,000	Common	Not sold
	Steel bar	25	Uncommon	12,825
	Runite bar	2	Uncommon	24,872
	Uncut ruby	5 (noted)	Uncommon	7,475
	Uncut diamond	5 (noted)	Uncommon	14,885
	Mossy key	1	Uncommon (1/16)	Not sold
	Strength potion(4)	15	Uncommon	3,945
	Bryophyta's essence(m)	1	Rare (1/118)	104,158
	Long bone(m)	1	Rare (1/400)	Not sold
	Curved bone(m)	1	Very rare (1/5,000)	Not sold
	Giant champion scroll(m)	1	Very rare (1/5,000)	Not sold

Trivia

• Bryophyta is the scientific name for moss.
• Bryophyta is the first free-to-play monster capable of poisoning.
  • 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.
• There is a bug where Bryophyta does not poison in free-to-play.