Ghast

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This article is about the NPC residing in the Mort Myre Swamp. For the familiar, see Ghast (familiar).

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Ghast

Release	13 July 2004 (Update)
Members	Yes
Examine
Arrghhh... A Ghast.
Combat info
Level	LP	XP	XP
35	2,500	81	26.7
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
4 / 3 / 1
Aggressive		Poisonous
Offensive
Max hit
150	0	0	0
Style		Speed
		4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
25 0 0 Accuracy 381 0 0
Defensive
Armour		Weakness
381	25
Affinities
90	55	45	65
Immunities

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4 ticks (2.4s)

8 ticks (4.8s)

8 ticks (4.8s)

8 ticks (4.8s)

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Defined properties:

All Life points: 2,500 Life points1: 2,500 All Life points: 2,000 Life points2: 2,000 All Life points: 2,500 Life points3: 2,500 All Life points: 6,500 Life points4: 6,500 All Combat experience: 0 Combat experience: 0 All Combat experience: 81 Combat experience1: 81 All Combat experience: 66.6 Combat experience2: 66.6 All Combat experience: 132 Combat experience3: 132 All Combat experience: 516.6 Combat experience4: 516.6 All Release date: 13 July 2004 Release date1: 13 July 2004 All Release date: 28 March 2006 Release date2: 28 March 2006 All Release date: 28 March 2006 Release date3: 28 March 2006 All Release date: 28 March 2006 Release date4: 28 March 2006 All Combat level: 35 Combat level1: 35 All Combat level: 28 Combat level2: 28 All Combat level: 63 Combat level3: 63 All Combat level: 91 Combat level4: 91 All Is members only: true Is members only: true All NPC ID: 1053 NPC ID1: 1053 All NPC ID: 14038 NPC ID2: 14038 All NPC ID: 14039 NPC ID3: 14039 All NPC ID: 14040 NPC ID4: 14040

[FAQ] • [doc]

Ghasts are undead souls of people that starved to death in the Mort Myre swamp.

Ghasts are completely transparent and will attempt to attack any player travelling through the swamp. If the player is carrying food of any sort (with the exception of raw food apart from potatoes) and the ghast successfully attacks the player, they will turn it into rotten food. This includes food held in containers, such as baskets or sacks. If the player does not have any food and the ghast successfully attacks the player, they will drain a small amount of their health instead. Their attacks may miss.

Ghasts can only be attacked once they have been invoked through a charged druid pouch or a Ouroboros pouch, the latter having unlimited charges and obtained from the Temple Trekking minigame. Players can invoke the ghast themselves, or let the ghast attack them, as they will be forced to reveal themselves. This does not rot food.

30 Prayer experience is awarded for every ghast killed.

Transformation

Ghasts are in fact humans who have been transformed due to a lack of food, as proven during the Temple Trekking minigame. This explains why ghasts attempt to steal and consume food from players. When one is in the Morytanian environment and does not eat enough, the following will occur:

1. At first the human looks hungry, but normal.
2. The hair colour will begin to fade. The victim's skin will turn to a purple-adjacent colour.
3. The hair will become completely grey and might fall out or grow even more, the cheeks and nose begin to "slump" and the skin turns to a more brown colour. The white of the eye will become slightly yellow.
4. If the person still hasn't eaten, their skin turns blue-grey and completely loses elasticity. The white of the eye is now completely yellow.
5. Finally, the victim turns into a ghast, at which point they can no longer be cured.

A healthy human

Stage 2

Stage 3

Final stage before turning into a ghast

A human turning into a ghast

Drops

Main drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	203–397	Common	203–397
	Morchella mushroom spore	1	Uncommon	132
	Coal	2 (noted)	Uncommon	224
	Grimy guam	1	Uncommon	709
	Grimy marrentill	1	Uncommon	2,307
	Bittercap mushroom spore	3	Uncommon	5,304
	Raw potato	1–3	Uncommon	683–2,049
	Iron ore	1 (noted)	Uncommon	449
	Fat snail	1	Uncommon	4,635
	Lean snail	1	Uncommon	1,132
	Thin snail	1	Uncommon	1,074
	Swamp tar	4	Uncommon	460
	Prayer potion (1)	1	Uncommon	651
	Mort myre fungus	1	Rare	3,433

Tertiary drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Ghostly essence	1	Rare	6,423
	Congealed blood	2–7	Uncommon	138–483
	Ghost hunter goggles	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Ghost hunter body	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Ghost hunter legs	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Ghost hunter backpack	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Ectoplasmator	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Deployable herb burner	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Cremation	1	Very rare	Not sold

Rare drop table drops

This monster has access to the rare drop table.
Luck-enhancing items such as a ring of wealth or luck of the dwarves are not required to access the table.

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	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	250–500	Common	250–500
	Uncut sapphire	1	Common	809
	Uncut emerald	1	Common	2,555
	Uncut ruby	1	Common	1,842
	Uncut diamond	1	Common	4,843
	Uncut diamond	45–55 (noted)	Rare	217,935–266,365
	Loop half of a key	1	Common	11,053
	Tooth half of a key	1	Common	11,538
	Uncut dragonstone	1	Uncommon	12,077
	Uncut dragonstone	45–55 (noted)	Rare	543,465–664,235
	Dragon longsword	1	Common	56,212
	Dragon spear	1	Rare	35,861
	Battlestaff	180–220 (noted)	Rare	542,160–662,640
	Rune javelin	5	Rare	905
	Rune platebody	1	Uncommon	37,480
	Rune platebody	15–25 (noted)	Rare	562,200–937,000
	Shield left half	1	Rare	64,399
	Dragon helm	1	Uncommon	58,601
	Rune arrowheads	113–137	Common	14,916–18,084
	Onyx bolts	135–165	Very rare	1,003,725–1,226,775
	Chaos talisman	1	Rare	1,923
	Nature talisman	1	Rare	1,473
	Water talisman	65–82 (noted)	Rare	164,320–207,296
	Earth talisman	65–82 (noted)	Rare	12,025–15,170
	Fire talisman	25–35 (noted)	Rare	5,225–7,315
	Raw lobster	135–165 (noted)	Common	47,655–58,245
	Raw shark	225–275 (noted)	Uncommon	321,075–392,425
	Big bones	68–82 (noted)	Uncommon	13,804–16,646
	Dragon bones	180–220 (noted)	Rare	384,480–469,920
	Coal	200–1,100 (noted)	Uncommon	22,400–123,200
	Gold ore	90–110 (noted)	Common	52,830–64,570
	Adamantite ore	180–220 (noted)	Uncommon	40,860–49,940
	Adamant bar	14–16 (noted)	Common	24,654–28,176
	Adamant bar	135–165 (noted)	Rare	237,735–290,565
	Runite ore	90–110 (noted)	Rare	127,710–156,090
	Rune bar	3 (noted)	Common	8,955
	Rune bar	45–55 (noted)	Rare	134,325–164,175
	Grimy torstol	90–110 (noted)	Uncommon	485,010–592,790
	Grimy snapdragon	90–110 (noted)	Uncommon	161,010–196,790
	Super restore (4)	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	125,910–153,890
	Prayer potion (4)	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	130,950–160,050
	Lantadyme seed	14–16	Uncommon	10,164–11,616
	Dwarf weed seed	14–16	Uncommon	11,508–13,152
	Magic seed	4	Uncommon	209,856
	Palm tree seed	10	Rare	396,000
	Flax	450–550 (noted)	Common	43,200–52,800
	Molten glass	45–55 (noted)	Common	27,585–33,715
	Soft clay	450–550 (noted)	Uncommon	188,550–230,450
	Yew logs	68–82 (noted)	Uncommon	11,356–13,694
	Yew logs	675–825 (noted)	Rare	112,725–137,775
	Teak plank	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	16,740–20,460
	Mahogany plank	270–330 (noted)	Rare	356,670–435,930
	Blurberry Special	1	Uncommon	12,008
	Vecna skull	1	Very rare*	124,871
	Hazelmere's signet ring	1	Very rare*	1,432,268,388
	Brawling gloves (Melee)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Magic)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Ranged)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Agility)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Cooking)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (FM)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Fishing)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Hunter)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Mining)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Prayer)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Smithing)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Thieving)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (WC)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 1	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 2	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 3	1	Very rare	Not sold

Universal drops

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster outside of Daemonheim.

These drops are dropped alongside main drops.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Key token	1	Rare	Not sold
	Mimic kill token	1	Very rare	5,575

Trivia

• If a ghast dies above water, there will be no drop at all. This also applies to the Vyrewatch in Meiyerditch near the boat.
• If you finished Deadliest Catch you have access to a bank deposit box somewhat north-west from the grotto where you can bank your herbs and other drops.
• Since their graphical update on 17 August 2011 the ghasts now have the same moving, idle, and death animations as the aberrant spectres.
• If attacked by a Ghast while using a Home teleport, the animation will be interrupted, although the teleport will not, even if the Ghast does damage to you, only when it is transparent.
• When a ghast dies, its spirit resembles the way it used to look before their graphical update.
• With the update to Temple Trekking on 17 August 2011, the ghasts in the events no longer gave Prayer experience. This glitch was fixed on 7 February 2012.
• There is currently a glitch where, if you teleport to the Lunar Isle using the lodestone network, are attacked during the animation, arrive on Lunar Isle, log out, and log back in, there will be a ghast. It does not attack you or follow you, and using a druid pouch on it will have no effect; it can only be examined.

Artwork depicting ghasts

Surprise!

A ghast attacking a player