Changes: Ice giant

Ice giant
Release	6 April 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Examine
	He's got icicles in his beard.
Combat info
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
	8 / 5 / 2
Slayer
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
	5 ticks (3.0s)
Combat levels
Accuracy
Defensive
Affinities
Immunities

Revision as of 10:55, 27 December 2015

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For the variant encountered in Daemonheim, see Ice giant (Dungeoneering).

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Ice giants are a type of giant often found in icy areas. They have a relatively high Constitution level and hit a maximum of 185 life points. They are the highest level giants in free to play. Ice giants always drop big bones and tend to be weak against fire spells (magic) and crush attacks. Ice giants are not aggressive to players of combat level 103 and higher. Many players seek these monsters for experience and charms. Ice giants were the third monster to ever hold the title of Strongest Monster in RuneScape.

Training

Ice giants may be trained on in the Asgarnian Ice Dungeon very well, not terribly far from the bank, but there are only 3 of them that spawn there. Also, there are aggressive Ice warriors which may interfere. (Ice warriors are aggressive to players until one reaches a combat level of 109; if you have trouble with the ice warriors pestering you, try running all the way to the south of the cavern, where there's an entrance to another cavern. DO NOT go in, but stand just at that entrance (going in will result in entering if you are in a members server, otherwise you will receive a message that says you cannot enter: "You need to be on a members server to use this cave"). Usually, the ice warriors won't follow you that far; they'll stop about 2 squares away, then wander off.) The Asgarnian Ice Dungeon is the more preferable place to train combat on Ice Giants for free-to-play players (the other place for F2P to train combat on Ice Giants being in the deep Wilderness).

A good place is also present in White Wolf Mountain, containing 4 ice giants, and a large amount of safe spots, made of 2 dead trees and 3 ladders. The nearest bank is accessed by Gnome glider on top of this mountain, or in Catherby. To get to the location, you need to mine the rock slide to the north of the glider (requires level 50 Mining), take the southern ladder in place with ice warriors, travel through the tunnel to the south and climb up the ladder. The eastern half of the area is a very good area for training. This spot is also an excellent P2P Ranged training spot for higher levelled rangers, as there are numerous safe spots to range ice giants. Melee with rune armour is also suggested as they are strong and have a lower chance of hitting against the high defence bonuses that the armour provides.

Location

Asgarnian Ice Dungeon (South of Port Sarim)
Chaos Tunnels _(m)
Frozen Waste Plateau in level 47-48 Wilderness
White Wolf Mountain between Taverley and Catherby _(m) (You need 50 mining to access this area)

Safespot

File:IceGiantSafe.png

The safespot

There is a safe spot to range or magically attack ice giants in the Asgarnian Ice Caves. Another safe spot is in front of the cave that leads to some Skeletal Wyverns. Ice warriors however, can enter and can interrupt players when they are attacking the giants. Because ice giants are large monsters, they can also be corner safe-spotted at any stalagmite, but this only works when the nearby ice warriors have become tolerant.

Fortunately, the Ice Warriors and Ice Giants will stop attacking once the player have killed them a number of times (estimate is around killing 12 Ice warriors and 5 Ice giants). Players may use this advantage and start attacking the Ice Giants at the safespot. Players can only kill the Ice giant(s) in the safe spot area with range or magic attacks. Note: the ice giants and the ice warriors will be aggressive once the player has left the dungeon. (This does not apply if the player has switched worlds, or has logged off).

White Wolf Mountain

The ice giants at White Wolf Mountain are on an icy ridge on the north-west side of the mountain. However, the ridge is not accessible from the exterior of White Wolf Mountain. Instead, players must traverse part of the underground Ice Queen's lair to get onto the ridge. The ridge does provide some safespots for rangers and mages.

Rangers and mages can also attack the giants from the bottom of the ridge, without having to pass through the Ice Queen's lair. Only giants who come near the edge of the ridge can be attacked, but they do this often. Drops will not be collectable unless the player uses Telekinetic Grab on them.

Drops

100% drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Big bones	1	Always	203

Charms _(m)

No charm
45–46%	44–46%	4%	4–5%	0.6–0.8%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 17,826 kills. 1 charm is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Weapons and armour

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
Iron battleaxe	1	Common	2,545
Iron platelegs	1	Common	1,848
Iron 2h sword	1	Common	4,100
Steel hatchet	1	Common	3,019
Steel sword	1	Common	1,025
Black kiteshield	1	Common	5,227
Adamant arrow	5	Uncommon	255
Mithril sq shield	1	Uncommon	2,669
Mithril mace	1	Rare	1,504

Runes

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
Water rune	12	Common	300
Mind rune	24	Common	456
Body rune	37	Common	1,776
Cosmic rune	2–4	Common	824–1,648
Law rune	3	Uncommon	1,710
Nature rune	6	Uncommon	2,430
Death rune	2–4	Rare	464–928
Blood rune_(m)	2–4	Rare	1,356–2,712

Seeds _(m)

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
Marrentill seed	1	Common	179
Tarromin seed	1	Common	137
Strawberry seed	1	Uncommon	1,075
Harralander seed	1	Uncommon	196
Limpwurt seed	1	Uncommon	5,207
Ranarr seed	1	Uncommon	976
Watermelon seed	1	Uncommon	3,590
Jangerberry seed	1	Uncommon	79
Whiteberry seed	1	Rare	136
Toadflax seed	1	Rare	9,872
Irit seed	1	Rare	1,018
Avantoe seed	1	Rare	375
Cadantine seed	1	Rare	1,438
Lantadyme seed	1	Rare	726
Dwarf weed seed	1	Rare	822
Wildblood seed	1	Rare	189
Bittercap mushroom spore	1	Rare	1,768
Cactus seed	1	Rare	1,016
Belladonna seed	1	Rare	1,007
Spirit weed seed	1	Very rare	78,260
Kwuarm seed	1	Very rare	12,857
Poison ivy seed	1	Very rare	302

Other

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
Coins	8–450	Common	8–450
Shoulder bone_(m)	1	Common^[1]	Not sold
Ice giant ribs_(m)	1	Common^[2]	Not sold
Banana	1	Uncommon	292
Jug of wine	1	Uncommon	37
Mithril ore	1	Uncommon	197
Long bone_(m)	1	Rare	Not sold
Curved bone_(m)	1	Rare	Not sold
Clue scroll (medium)_(m)	1	Rare	Not sold
Spirit sapphire_(m)	1	Rare	Not sold
Spirit emerald_(m)	1	Rare	Not sold
Spirit ruby_(m)	1	Rare	Not sold
Starved ancient effigy_(m)	1	Very rare	Not sold

^ Only received during Rag and Bone Man.
^ Only received during Rag and Bone Man.

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.


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

Although ice giants do not have any visible bones, they still drop big bones; this dates all the way back from RuneScape Classic, when the ice giants looked like large people with blue beards.
Before the graphical update, ice giants used to wield Mithril 2h swords. In RuneScape Classic, they wielded wooden staves. They now appear to wield a scimitar made of ice.
Although they wield scimitars, their attack speed is 5, the equivalent of a longsword.
When the ice giants walk, icicles appear on the ground around their feet. Icicles will also appear in the same manner before each attack, whether the attack is a player's or theirs.
Ice giants seem to "tap" one of their feet when standing still.
When an ice giant is killed, it melts down and the icicles disappear. This is similar to the death animation of the moss giant.
In the wilderness, the ice giants will lure players out of a safespot so that it can attack players if they do not retreat quickly enough.
Ice Giants appear to have a beating heart, this is unique among all giants.

Preceded by	Title	Succeeded by
Moss giant	Strongest monster in RuneScape	Lesser demon

[1] Only received during Rag and Bone Man.

[2] Only received during Rag and Bone Man.

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+{{Infobox Monster new
 |name = Ice giant
 |image = [[File:Ice giant.png|100px]]
-|update = Massive update!
 |release = [[6 April]] [[2001]]
+|update = Massive update!
 |level = 51
-|LP = 3700
+|experience = 136.3
+|lifepoints = 3700
 |slaylvl = 1
 |slayxp = 47
+|slayercat = Ice giants
-|Vannaka = Yes
+|assigned_by = Vannaka
 |members = No
 |aggressive = Yes
 |poisonous = No
-|immune to stun = No
+|immune_to_poison = No
-|immune to poison = No
+|immune_to_stun = No
+|immune_to_deflect = No
-|attack = 37
+|immune_to_drain = No
-|defence = 37
-|magic = 1
+|style = melee
-|ranged = 1
+|speed = 5
+|max_melee = 185
-|attack style = Melee
-|attack speed = 5
+|max_ranged = 0
-|max hit = 185
+|max_magic = 0
+|max_spec = 0
 |weakness = Fire
-|always drops = [[Big bones]]
 |examine = He's got icicles in his beard.
-|experience = 190
+|armour = 571
+|acc_melee = 571
+|acc_ranged = 0
+|acc_magic = 0
+|aff_weakness = 90
+|aff_melee = 55
+|aff_ranged = 45
+|aff_magic = 65
+|id = 111
 }}
 '''Ice giants''' are a type of giant often found in icy areas. They have a relatively high [[Constitution]] level and hit a maximum of 185 life points. They are the highest level giants in free to play. Ice giants always drop [[big bones]] and tend to be weak against fire spells ([[magic]]) and crush attacks. Ice giants are not aggressive to players of combat level 103 and higher. Many players seek these monsters for [[experience]] and [[charm]]s. Ice giants were the third monster to ever hold the title of [[Strongest monster|Strongest Monster in RuneScape]].