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A Grifolapine is a monster found in the Polypore Dungeon (fairy ring code BIP) on the third level. It requires a Slayer level of 88 to kill, and 60 Magic for the player to receive as a Slayer assignment.

Grifolapines have similar drops to Grifolaroos but have much better drop rates for grifolic flakes, the sought-after item to create the grifolic armour set. In addition, they are the only monster that drops the grifolic wand and grifolic shield.

Strategy[]

Grifolapines live in the depths of a cave north-east of the Mage Training Arena. The creatures of that dungeon are coated in toxic fungus, so you should fight them from a distance, and dodge when they charge at you. The fungus helps them repair physical damage, so you might prefer using magical attacks.
 
— Kuradal

The mushrooms on the platform can be used to hide behind to prevent toxic fungus damage. This monster attacks with Magic most of the time, so Protect from Magic/Deflect Magic will prevent most damage dealt. When the player is using neem oil, it will not attack with Magic anymore, but will instead use its Ranged attack. In this case, Protect from Missiles/Deflect Missiles can be used to significantly reduce damage dealt. Grifolapines are resistant to Ranged and melee damage, so Magic is the ideal method of attacking these creatures.

These monsters never move when idle. They will only move when they say "Raargh!", moving twice as fast as a player when running. Unless you are quick and use Neem oil instantly, you will take fungal damage. Their fungal damage does low to medium damage (50-150) rapidly. However, safespotting prevents this. If they are blocked, they will say *Sigh*, and resume attacking. Upon ending with *Sigh*, it skips 1 or 2 of its battle turns. Their relatively low damage also makes it useful to cast Soul Split on them, as the player hits higher than they do.

Grifolapines shouldn't be far from their home platforms, unless someone has attacked them. Four grifolapines can be found in one of their grifolic-infested platforms. It may be hard to notice their Magic attack, because it looks as if a Grifolapine is idle. Their Magic attack hits harder and quite often, so it is best to constantly use Neem oil on them to prevent this.

Grifolapines are fairly easy to kill if you safe spot them, although it is advisable to take some food just in case you need to heal. An experienced and high-level player can easily finish a task in under 20 minutes; however, low level players will have more of a challenge, so extra food is advised.

Drops[]

100% drop[]

Item Quantity Rarity GE price
BonesBones1Always266
Neem drupeNeem drupe1–3AlwaysNot sold

Charms[]

No charmGold charmGreen charmCrimson charmBlue charm
80–82%4%2–3%11–12%0.8–1.2%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 6,118 kills.
1 charm is dropped at a time.
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Weapons and Armour[]

Item Quantity Rarity GE price
Grifolic shieldGrifolic shield1Uncommon43,159
Grifolic wandGrifolic wand1Uncommon39,884

Runes[]

Item Quantity Rarity GE price
Death runeDeath rune8–13Uncommon1,856–3,016
Chaos runeChaos rune50–80; 100Uncommon7,600–15,200

 

Herbs[]

Item Quantity Rarity GE price
Grimy guamGrimy guam1Uncommon709
Grimy marrentillGrimy marrentill1Uncommon2,307
Grimy tarrominGrimy tarromin1Uncommon105
Grimy harralanderGrimy harralander1Uncommon741
Grimy ranarrGrimy ranarr1Uncommon1,860
Grimy iritGrimy irit1Uncommon5,008
Grimy avantoeGrimy avantoe1Uncommon1,043
Grimy kwuarmGrimy kwuarm1Rare11,782
Grimy cadantineGrimy cadantine1Rare4,322
Grimy lantadymeGrimy lantadyme1Rare7,551
Grimy dwarf weedGrimy dwarf weed1Rare8,476

Seeds[]

A total of three seeds will be dropped, one or more of the seeds may be the same.

Item Quantity Rarity GE price
Avantoe seedAvantoe seed1Uncommon375
Dwarf weed seedDwarf weed seed1Uncommon822
Limpwurt seedLimpwurt seed1–2Uncommon5,207–10,414
Wildblood seedWildblood seed1Uncommon189
Belladonna seedBelladonna seed1Uncommon1,007
Jangerberry seedJangerberry seed1–2Uncommon79–158
Strawberry seedStrawberry seed1–2Uncommon1,075–2,150
Tarromin seedTarromin seed1Uncommon137
Harralander seedHarralander seed1Uncommon196
Cadantine seedCadantine seed1Uncommon1,438
Spirit weed seedSpirit weed seed1Uncommon78,260
Marrentill seedMarrentill seed1Uncommon179
Irit seedIrit seed1Uncommon1,018
Watermelon seedWatermelon seed1Uncommon3,590
Kwuarm seedKwuarm seed1Uncommon12,857
Snapdragon seedSnapdragon seed1Uncommon293
Toadflax seedToadflax seed1Uncommon9,872
Ranarr seedRanarr seed1Uncommon976
Torstol seedTorstol seed1Uncommon540
Whiteberry seedWhiteberry seed1Uncommon136
Bittercap mushroom sporeBittercap mushroom spore1Uncommon1,768
Lantadyme seedLantadyme seed1Uncommon726

Other drops[]

Item Quantity Rarity GE price
Polypore sporePolypore spore1–300Common4–1,200
Grifolic flakeGrifolic flake1–100Common423–42,300
Gorajian mushroomGorajian mushroom(noted)Common20,590
Vial of waterVial of water1Uncommon96
Swamp tarSwamp tar3Uncommon345
Eye of newtEye of newt1Uncommon10
Snape grassSnape grass15–24 (noted)Uncommon2,010–3,216
Spirit sapphireSpirit sapphire1RareNot sold
Spirit emeraldSpirit emerald1RareNot sold
Spirit rubySpirit ruby1RareNot sold
Starved ancient effigyStarved ancient effigy1Very rareNot 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 tokenKey token1RareNot sold
Mimic kill tokenMimic kill token1Very rare5,575

Trivia[]

  • A grifolapine is shown in the RuneScape Cinematic Trailer. It doesn't do anything except stare at Ozan.
  • Grifolapines are one of the few monsters in RuneScape that will never move from their spawn point, the others being the Spiritual mages (Bandos), and Ancient mages.
  • Their name and examine text could be a reference to porcupines. 
  • As of 1 February 2018, the highest kill count for these monsters was 259,437 kills[1], shared with all polypore creatures.
    • This had increased to 351,360 by 6 May 2018.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Mod Shauny. Top 10 killers per Boss. 2 Feb 2018. "Here are the top 10 kills for each Slayer creature in RuneScape, be aware that we've not listed display names for privacy purposes however if you wish to brag about one number being yours then we won't stop you!"*
  2. ^ Mod Shauny. Top Slayer Killers - 6th May 2018. 6 May 2018. "Here are the top 10 kills for each Slayer creature in RuneScape, be aware that we've not listed display names for privacy purposes however if you wish to brag about one number being yours then we won't stop you!"*
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