Giant Mole

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Giant Mole
Released						7 March 2006 (Update)
Members						Yes
Combat level						230
Examine						Holy Mole-y!
Combat info
Hitpoints						200
Max hit						21
Aggressive						No
Poison						No
Weakness						Stab and ranged
Attack style						Melee (crush)
Attack speed
Slayer info
Slayer level						1
Slayer XP						215
Category						Boss
Assigned by
Combat stats
200				200				200				200				1
Aggressive stats
+0				+0				+0				+0				+0
Defensive stats
+60				+80				+100				+80				+60
Other bonuses												Immunities
+0			+0			+0			+0%			Not immune				Poison

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NPC ID: 5779NPC ID: 6499Combat level: 230

The Giant Mole (Talpidae wysonian) is a boss found in the Falador Mole Lair, just under Falador Park. The Giant Mole's origin and creation are described as "a slight accident involving a bottle of Malignius-Mortifer's-Super-Ultra-Flora-Growth-Potion".

The Giant Mole is located in the tunnels beneath Falador Park. A spade is required to enter its lair. A light source is also needed to be able to see in the dark tunnels. A bullseye lantern is highly recommended, as any light source that is not protected will extinguish, and the candle lantern will rarely break, with the candle disappearing, if he retreats within melee range. If you are using an unprotected light source such as a candle, you will need a tinderbox to reignite it. If you have achieved 99 Firemaking, you can also bring the Firemaking Skillcape either equipped or in your inventory, as it will act as a lightsource that cannot extinguish. Alternatively, if a player has completed the quest Making Friends With My Arm and has lit the Fire pit within the lair, they will no longer need to carry a light source in their inventory.

When using the Serpentine helm or other venomous weapons, the mole will have a chance to be inflicted with regular poison. The Giant Mole cannot be inflicted with venom.

A player fights the Giant Mole, the result of an accident involving Wyson and an ultra-growth potion.

The most common method of killing the Giant Mole is with Dharok the Wretched's equipment and 1 health (often achieved by guzzling a Dwarven rock cake), as well as having the Protect from Melee prayer active to avoid taking any damage. This results in higher hits that decrease the time it takes to kill it significantly.

The alternative to this low health method, for those uncomfortable with combat at low health (e.g. Hardcore Ironman), is using your best Strength bonus melee gear, or best-in-slot ranged gear with a Twisted bow, the latter of which is the fastest method of killing it.

Having the Falador Hard Diary completed is recommended, as it will provide you with the Falador shield 3. This shield will also work as a locator to the mole's whereabouts by a flashing red arrow on the minimap as long it is alive. The Falador Hard Diary reward will also make the mole claws and mole skins to be dropped in noted form.

When the mole's health is between 5-50%, there is a 25% chance for any incoming attack to cause it to burrow away into another location. There is also a chance that the dirt she digs while burrowing to escape can extinguish the player's light source (shown with dirt splatters on the player's screen), though covered light sources will be unaffected by this. Since you will be running a lot, it is recommended to bring a fair amount of Stamina or energy potions.

Its respawn time is 10 seconds.

Drops

Drop rates estimated based on 26,773 kills from the Old School RuneScape Wiki drop log project, unless otherwise cited.

An average Giant mole kill is worth 20,473.

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Big bones	1	Always	210	0
	Mole claw	1	Always	6,006	360
	Mole skin	1–3	Always	5,168-15,504	240-720

Weapons and Armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Adamant longsword	1	10/128	1,661	1,920
	Mithril platebody	1	9/128	2,772	3,120
	Amulet of strength	1	7/128	1,266	1,215
	Mithril axe	1	2/128	136	312
	Mithril battleaxe	1	1/128	729	1,014
	Rune med helm	1	1/128	11,099	11,520

Runes and Ammunition

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Air rune	105	20/128	525	210
	Blood rune	15	19/128	5,025	3,600
	Fire rune	105	11/128	420	210
	Iron arrow	690	10/128	3,450	690
	Law rune	15	5/128	2,850	2,160
	Death rune	7	3/128	1,456	756

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Yew logs	100 (noted)	10/128	19,700	9,600
	Shark	4	4/128	2,964	408
	Mithril bar	1	3/128	667	180
	Iron ore	100 (noted)	2/128	7,100	1,000
	Oyster pearls	1	1/128	637	840

Rare and Gem drop table

There is a 4/128 chance of rolling the rare drop table. There is also a 5/128 chance of directly rolling the gem drop table.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Coins	3,000	1/195.05	3,000	3,000
	Loop half of key	1	1/191.35; 1/179.89	10,342	60
	Tooth half of key	1	1/191.35; 1/179.89	10,206	60
	Uncut sapphire	1	1/91.02; 1/46.22	532	15
	Runite bar	1	1/819.2	12,452	3,000
	Nature rune	67	1/1,365.33	14,606	7,236
	Rune 2h sword	1	1/1,365.33	37,933	38,400
	Rune battleaxe	1	1/1,365.33	24,546	24,960
	Uncut emerald	1	1/182.04; 1/92.44	708	30
	Law rune	45	1/2,048	8,550	6,480
	Death rune	45	1/2,048	9,360	4,860
	Steel arrow	150	1/2,048	4,800	1,050
	Rune arrow	42	1/2,048	3,528	10,080
	Adamant javelin	20	1/2,048	1,300	1,920
	Rune sq shield	1	1/2,048	22,597	23,040
	Dragonstone	1	1/2,048	11,888	6,000
	Silver ore	100 (noted)	1/2,048	6,300	4,500
	Uncut ruby	1	1/364.09; 1/184.89	1,406	60
	Rune kiteshield	1	1/4,096	32,140	32,640
	Dragon med helm	1	1/4,096	59,252	60,000
	Rune spear	1	1/3,994.58; 1/432.21	12,016	12,480
	Shield left half	1	1/7,989.15; 1/864.42	65,793	66,000
	Nature talisman	1	1/970.9; 1/493.04	707	2
	Dragon spear	1	1/10,652.2; 1/1,152.55	38,093	37,440
	Uncut diamond	1	1/1,456.36; 1/739.56	3,002	120
	Rune javelin	5	1/2,912.71; 1/1,479.11	855	1,200

Tertiary

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Brimstone key	1	1/74	Not sold	N/A
	Long bone	1	1/400	Not sold	3
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	1/500	Not sold	12
	Baby mole	1	1/3,000	Not sold	N/A
	Curved bone	1	1/5,000	Not sold	4

Changes

Date	Changes
17 July 2014 (update | poll)	Players can now receive a pet version of this boss after defeating it.

References

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