Changes: Ice giant

Ice Giant
	Ice giant
Release date	6 April 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Combat level	53
XP per kill	Unknown edit
Examine text	He's got icicles in his beard.
Slayer info
Slayer level	1
Slayer XP	70
Assigned by	Unknown edit
Combat info
700 [help]	77 [help]
Attack speed	Unknown edit
Yes	No
Melee	Crush; Ranged; Fire spells

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This article is about Ice giants found in various location across Gielinor. For the giants found under Daemonheim, see Ice giant (Daemonheim).

Ice giants are a type of giant often found in icy areas. They have a relatively high Constitution level and hit a maximum of 77 life points. Ice giants always drop big bones and tend to be weak against fire spells (magic). 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 dungeon south of Port Sarim 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.

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 multi-combat. This place is very good 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 Caves (along with ice warriors)
Chaos Tunnels (members only)
Frozen Waste Plateau in level 47-48 Wilderness
White Wolf Mountain between Taverley and Catherby (members only)

Safespot

File:IceGiantSafe.png

The safespot

There is a safe spot to range attack Ice giants in the Asgarnian Ice Caves. Another safe spot is in front of the cave that leads to some Skeletal Wyvern. 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.

Drops

100% drops

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Charms (members Only)

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Big bones	1	Always	203

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

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Runes

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	Uncommon	5,227
Mithril sq shield	1	Rare	2,669
Mithril mace	1	Rare	1,504
Adamant arrow	2–5	Uncommon	102–255
Rune javelin	5	Rare(members only)	905
Dragon spear	1	Very rare(members only)	35,861
Shield left half	1	Very rare(members only)	64,399

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Gems

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	2–4	Rare(members only)	1,356–2,712

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Seeds (members only)

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
Uncut sapphire	1	Uncommon	809
Uncut emerald	1	Uncommon	2,555
Uncut ruby	1	Rare	1,842
Uncut diamond	1	Very rare	4,843

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Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Strawberry seed	1	Unknown	1,075
	Whiteberry seed	1	Unknown	136
	Limpwurt seed	1	Unknown	5,207
	Toadflax seed	1	Unknown	9,872
	Irit seed	1	Unknown	1,018
	Dwarf weed seed	1	Rare	822
	Ranarr seed	1	Rare	976
	Kwuarm seed	1	Unknown	12,857
	Watermelon seed	1	Unknown	3,590
	Harralander seed	1	Unknown	196
	Jangerberry seed	1	Unknown	79
	Wildblood seed	1	Unknown	189
File:Mushroom spore.png	Mushroom spore	1	Unknown	Error
	Marrentill seed	1	Unknown	179
	Cactus seed	1	Unknown	1,016
	Tarromin seed	1	Unknown	137
	Snapdragon seed	1	Very rare	293
	Lantadyme seed	1	Unknown	726
	Belladonna seed	1	Rare	1,007
	Avantoe seed	1	Unknown	375
	Poison ivy seed	1	Unknown	302
	Torstol seed	1	Very rare	540
	Spirit weed seed	1	Very rare	78,260
	Cadantine seed	1	Unknown	1,438

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Note that you may only receive the ice giant ribs during Rag and Bone Man.

Trivia

It is interesting to note that although ice giants do not have any visible bones, they still drop big bones. This comes all the way back from RuneScape Classic when the ice giants looked like large people with blue beards.
When the ice giants walk, icicles appear on the ground.
They have 2 beating organs inside of them that seem to beat faster when the ice giants are hit, but slow down after.
Ice giants seem to "tap" one of their feet when standing still.
Before each attack (yours or its own) the icicles around its feet rise up.
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 Norse Mythology, Odin slew an ice giant, and formed it into Earth.
Before the graphical update, ice giants used to wield a mithril 2h sword. In Runescape Classic they wield a staff.

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 :''This article is about Ice giants found in various location across [[Gielinor]]. For the giants found under [[Daemonheim]], see [[Ice giant (Daemonheim)]].''
-'''Ice giants''' are a type of giant often found in icy areas. They have a relatively high [[Constitution]] level and hit a maximum of 77 life points. Ice giants always drop [[big bones]] and tend to be weak against fire spells ([[magic]]). 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]].
+'''Ice giants''' are a type of giant often found in icy areas. They have a relatively high [[Constitution]] level and hit a maximum of 77 life points. Ice giants always drop [[big bones]] and tend to be weak against fire spells ([[magic]]). 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]].
 ==Training==

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	117	Common	117
	Banana	1	Common	292
	Jug of wine	1	Uncommon	37
	Mithril ore	1	Rare	197
	Cosmic talisman	1	Rare(members only)	1,030
	Nature talisman	1	Rare(members only)	1,473
File:IceGiantRibs.png	Ice giant ribs	1	Common(members only)	Not sold
	Long bone	1	Rare(members only)	Not sold
	Curved bone	1	Rare(members only)	Not sold
	Loop half of a key	1	Rare(members only)	11,053
	Tooth half of a key	1	Rare(members only)	11,538
	Clue scroll	1	Very rare(members only)	Not sold
	Starved Ancient Effigy	1	Rare(members only)	Not sold

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