Ganodermic armour

Ganodermic armour is a set of Magic armour that was released on 28 November 2011, along with the Polypore Dungeon. It requires 85 Defence and 85 Magic to wear, and consists of three pieces:
 * Ganodermic visor
 * Ganodermic poncho
 * Ganodermic leggings

Ganodermic armour is created by adding ganodermic flakes, obtained as drops from ganodermic runts and ganodermic beasts within the dungeon, to the corresponding pieces of mycelium web armour. The full set will take 7,000 flakes to make: visor; 500, poncho; 5,000, leggings; 1,500. Different Crafting levels are required to create each piece; the highest requirement is 98 Crafting for the ganodermic poncho. The poncho and leggings each give 1,000 Crafting experience when created, while the visor gives 100 experience. The Assist System can be used to create the armour.

After 10 hours of combat, ganodermic armour will degrade back into mycelium web armour. It can be repaired by adding more ganodermic flakes, in the same manner in which it is originally created. The Assist System may also be used to repair it. Players can check the number of charges remaining in each piece at any time with the right-click Check option.

Ganodermic armour, particularly the poncho, is noteworthy as being among the most powerful Magic armour in the game. Its magic attack bonuses are surpassed only by Zuriel's Equipment and virtus armour, both of which are far more expensive. Although its Stab defence is extremely poor, the ganodermic poncho has the highest Slash and Crush defence bonuses in the game, aside from some Dungeoneering-only equipment. Its Magic defence bonus is also exceptionally high, the highest in the entire game. Furthermore, the ganodermic armour set gives a total of +53% to Magic damage soaking, the highest possible bonus in the game.

Two popular uses for ganodermic armour are fighting the Corporeal Beast and fighting Magic-using players in PvP situations. Additionally, the armour is exceptionally good against Nomad, as the high Magic defence bonus helps to withstand his normal attacks, and the high Magic damage soaking bonus significantly reduces the damage dealt by his Disintegrate and Soul Blast attacks.

Ganodermic armour will begin to degrade upon the first hit received during combat. Not by equipping it.


 * Visor||0||0||0||+7||-3||+5||+35||+25||+14||+5||+10||0||0||0||0%||+4%||+7%||0%
 * Poncho||0||0||0||+32||-11||+18||+150||+130||+120||+5||+80||0||0||0||0%||+15%||+34%||0%
 * Leggings||0||0||0||+21||-8||+6||+60||+40||+42||+5||+30||0||0||0||0%||+5%||+12%||0%
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Trivia

 * Ganodermic armour, along with its lesser versions Grifolic armour and Fungal armour, are the only armour in RuneScape that gives higher soak percentage in their own style than the style they are supposed to be strong against, according to the combat triangle.
 * Despite being very high level equipment, the stab defence of Ganodermic armour is very low, only better than full bronze armour by +2.