Growthling

Growthling
Released	3 May 2018 (Update)
Members	No
Combat level	37
Size	1x1
Examine	Off-shoots of evil.
Combat info
XP bonus	+0%
Max hit	5
Aggressive	Yes
Poisonous	No
Attack style	Slash
Attack speed	4 ticks (2.4 seconds)
Combat stats
Aggressive stats
Melee defence
Magic defence
+0	No elemental weakness
Ranged defence
Immunities
Poison	Immune
Venom	Immune
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Advanced data
Monster ID	8194
Link	MOID

Growthlings are monsters that appear during the fight with Bryophyta. She will occasionally summon growthlings to attack the player. Even though Bryophyta can continue summoning them throughout the fight, there can only be three growthlings present in her lair at any given time.

There is a 1/5 chance that Bryophyta will spawn growthlings each time she attacks, which she does at an interval of 6 ticks (3.6 seconds).^[1] Furthermore, there is a cooldown that restricts the spawn of growthlings for a period of 20 ticks,^{[clarification needed]} although the circumstances that trigger this cooldown period are not fully understood.^[2] She will only spawn growthlings if the player is attacking her.

Growthlings can be instantly killed by equipping an axe or magic secateurs and left-clicking on them. It is also possible to use an axe or secateurs on the growthlings to kill them. Should players forget to bring one, they can take a bronze axe from the logs on the eastern side of Bryophyta's lair.

Changes

Date	Changes
2 July 2025 (Update)	The cooldown that restricts the spawn of growthlings should now be more consistent. You can now one-shot growthlings if you have an axe or magic secateurs equipped.
25 June 2025 (Update)	Growthlings can now be finished off with one-click when equipping an axe, instead of needing to use the axe on it to do so. The cooldown that restricts the spawn of growthlings has been tweaked.

Trivia

They share the same appearance with the baby tanglefoot.

References

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 18 May 2023. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Mod Ash: "It's got a 1/5 chance of considering spawning one. (...) Yeah, it performs the roll when it's attacking, so that'd be 6 ticks. (...)"
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 19 May 2023. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Mod Ash: "(...) After the last one dies, it looks like it wants a delay of 20 before this can proceed. (...) I think the 20 tick lock-out might apply only if its counter of growthlings reaches zero, though it appears to be counting them twice in different ways, and the code doesn't offer explanatory comments :("

[1] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 18 May 2023. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Mod Ash: "It's got a 1/5 chance of considering spawning one. (...) Yeah, it performs the roll when it's attacking, so that'd be 6 ticks. (...)"

[2] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 19 May 2023. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Mod Ash: "(...) After the last one dies, it looks like it wants a delay of 20 before this can proceed. (...) I think the 20 tick lock-out might apply only if its counter of growthlings reaches zero, though it appears to be counting them twice in different ways, and the code doesn't offer explanatory comments :("

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