Moss giant

Moss giant
Release date	5 February 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Combat level	42, 48, 84
XP per kill	240, 340, 480 xp (and 80, 113, 260 Constitution xp)
Examine text	Level 42 & 48: His beard seems to have a life of its own.; Level 84: Bigger than your average moss giant.
Slayer info
Slayer level	1
Slayer XP	60, 85, 120
Assigned by	Vannaka
Combat info
600, 850, 1,200 [help]	60(approx) (level 42 and 48), 140 (level 84) [help]
Attack speed	Undefined
Yes	No
Bad argument	Fire spells; Stab

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Moss giants are fairly large creatures that live in Gielinor. They are weak to Fire spells. Moss giants are popular for training, especially on Free-to-play worlds. This is because they are one of the best training monsters and one of the few creatures that drop Big bones. They also have a fairly high amount of lifepoints (providing 240 experience for an attack style that focuses on one skill and 79 Constitution experience for the level 42 Moss Giants).

The Moss giant also once held the position of Strongest monster in RuneScape, but this was in RuneScape Classic, when they had a combat level of 62. They are sometimes given out by Vannaka as Slayer assignments. Food is highly recommended for lower levelled players.

Locations

Level 42 Moss giants may be found in the following locations:

Brimhaven Dungeon (Members only) (Requires a hatchet and either 875 coins or Karamja gloves 3). Players should be careful for Wild dogs that may interrupt fighting.
Chaos Tunnels (Members only). This area is incredibly dangerous for low levels if traveling to their area.
Crandor Isle (3 moss giants)
West of Fishing Guild (4 moss giants)(Members only)
Moss Giant Island, west of Brimhaven, 10 Agility required (Safe spots to Range/Mage/Melee(Halberd) all five.) (Members only) (This is an ideal location for Slayer tasks, as it's usually desolate and allows the player to easily rack up the kills. There are five moss giants here also there are two respawns of Slice of Cake.)
The Wilderness, north of the pond above the Wilderness Volcano, in the green area. The easiest way to get here is to use the Canoe System which takes you directly to the pond. A few skeletons are wandering around and you can get killed by PKers at any time, so this area is not recommended.
Varrock Sewers (4 moss giants) In free worlds, the two spots (two giants each) can be crowded. There is a good safe spot behind the cauldron for magic or ranged users.
Varrock Sewers resource dungeon, 65 Dungeoneering required (8 moss giants) (Members only) Also contains 6 Magic trees. This is an ideal spot to fight moss giants, although it can be very time-consuming to reach 65 Dungeoneering.

Level 48 Moss giants may be found in the following locations:

Pirates' Cove (Members only)
Chaos Tunnels (Members only)

Level 84 Moss giants may be found in the following location:

Glarial's Tomb and may only be fought unarmed. Prayer is also forbidden in the tomb. They play a role in the Waterfall and Roving Elves quests. (Members only)

Drops

100% drop

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Charms (members only)

Level 42

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Big bones	1	Always	203

No charm
61–62%	32–33%	3%	2–3%	0.4–0.7%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 11,245 kills. 1 charm is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Level 48

No charm
58–60%	34–36%	2–3%	2–3%	0.4–0.7%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 4,069 kills. 1 charm is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Level 84

No charm
72–74%	14–16%	6–7%	3–4%	2–3%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 4,414 kills. 1 charm is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Weapons

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Armour

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
Magic staff	1	Common	1,320
Mithril spear	1	Common	9,149
Mithril sword	1	Common	1,534
Steel arrow	30	Common	510
Iron arrow	15	Common	210
Adamant sword	1	Rare	2,808

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Runes

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
Black full helm	1	Common	2,994
Black sq shield	1	Common	2,886
Steel helm	1	Common	1,002
Steel kiteshield	1	Uncommon	1,834

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Ores

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
Air rune	18	Common	1,620
Cosmic rune	3	Common	1,236
Earth rune	27	Common	486
Nature rune	6	Common	2,430
Law rune	3–6	Uncommon	1,710–3,420
Blood rune	1	Uncommon^(m)	678
Chaos rune	7	Uncommon	1,064
Death rune	1; 3	Rare	232–696

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Seeds (members only)

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coal	1	Uncommon	112

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^ Only during the Roving Elves Quest
^ Only dropped by level 84 moss giants

Herbs (members only)

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
Strawberry seed	1	Common	1,075
Wildblood seed	1	Common	189
Tarromin seed	1	Common	137
Harralander seed	1	Common	196
Jangerberry seed	1	Common	79
Marrentill seed	1	Common	179
Belladonna seed	1	Uncommon	1,007
Spirit weed seed	1	Uncommon	78,260
Limpwurt seed	1	Uncommon	5,207
Toadflax seed	1	Uncommon	9,872
Whiteberry seed	1	Uncommon	136
Bittercap mushroom spore	1	Uncommon	1,768
Consecration seed	1	Uncommon^[1]^[2]	Not sold
Avantoe seed	1	Rare	375
Cactus seed	1	Rare	1,016
Irit seed	1	Rare	1,018
Kwuarm seed	1	Rare	12,857
Poison ivy seed	1	Rare	302
Ranarr seed	1	Rare	976
Cadantine seed	1	Rare	1,438
Lantadyme seed	1	Rare	726
Watermelon seed	1	Rare	3,590
Dwarf weed seed	1	Very rare	822

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Special Bones (members only)

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
Grimy harralander	1	Common	741
Grimy marrentill	1	Common	2,307
Grimy tarromin	1	Common	105
Grimy guam	1	Common	709
Grimy avantoe	1	Rare	1,043
Grimy cadantine	1	Rare	4,322
Grimy dwarf weed	1	Rare	8,476
Grimy irit	1	Rare	5,008
Grimy kwuarm	1	Rare	11,782
Grimy lantadyme	1	Rare	7,551
Grimy ranarr	1	Rare	1,860

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Other drops

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
Moss giant bone	1	Common^[1]	Not sold
Shoulder bone	1	Common^[2]	Not sold
Curved Bone	1	Rare	Not sold

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^ Only for Rag and Bone Man wish list
^ Only for Rag and Bone Man wish list
^ Larger amounts of coins are more rare

Rare drop table drops (members only)

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	2; 5; 7; 10; 37; 108; 119; 269; 300; 358; 361; 419; 494	Common^[3]	2–494
Steel bar	1	Common	959
Spinach roll	1	Uncommon	Not sold
Fire talisman	1	Rare	209
Spin Ticket	1	Rare	Not sold
Starved ancient effigy	1	Very rare^(m)	Not sold
Court summons	1	Very rare^(m)	Not sold


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

Trivia

There is currently a glitch where in Glarial's Tomb the level 84 moss giant's attack symbol next to their hit is magic not melee. This has yet to be fixed. This is no longer viable as these moss giants use magic also.
The examination, "Bigger than your average moss giant." might be a play on words to Yogi Bear's saying, "Smarter than your average bear."
A Moss giant bone, which differs from the usual big bones dropped by Moss giants, is a common drop after completion of the first part of the Rag and Bone Man quest. It is one of the items in the wish list for the second part of the quest. This bone cannot be buried.
There are 2 Slice of cake spawns on the moss giant island near Brimhaven, and on uncrowded worlds, this can often make extra food unnecessary.
There is a pipe that players can access at level 51 Agility right next to Vannaka for easy access to moss giants if they are given as a Slayer assignment. Though they give only 60 experience in this area, it is still a popular place for players to train the Slayer skill.
Moss Giants are good for training especially for F2P players, due to their low combat level and high life points, making 240 experience for each Moss Giant.
When they're killed, they "melt" to the ground, similar to the Ice giant.
Even though they drop more items they are less popular than Hill giants. This may be because Moss giants are out of the way and Hill giants are beside Varrock.
If you look closely, the examination of the Moss Giant, "His beard seems to have a life of it's own" , is true - you can see the beard twitching and curling even when the Moss Giant itself isn't moving.
As referred to Armies of Gielinor, Moss Giants are followers of Guthix.
A Moss Giant has to be fought unarmed in the Roving Elves quest. However, this one is level 84 and uses magic too.
There is a safe spot to attack Moss giants in Varrock Sewers.
Moss Giants are not aggressive to players with higher combat levels.
File:Safe spot to attack Moss giants.jpg

A safe spot to attack Moss giants in Varrock Sewers.

Preceded by	Title	Succeeded by
Black Knight	Strongest monster in RuneScape	Ice Giant