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The fungal mage is a monster found in the Polypore Dungeon. If players come within one square away from it, it will infect them, dealing fast hits of 15-17 life points. However, this can be prevented by using neem oil on it. It should be noted that fungal magi are incredibly strong against melee and ranged, as with all other creatures found in the Polypore dungeon.

Players with fair magical defence can tank their attacks with ease. Players with a low Magic level and poor magic defensive bonuses should not go near the fungal mage and allow it to infest them; it would be difficult to break even while using Protect from Magic/Deflect Magic, and the damage from infestation is much less than the attacks from the magic attacks themselves.

It seems that even with good defence its normal magical attacks still cause more damage, but as the damage is small either way it is partially up to personal preference. If the player wishes to go for the infection method, they must stay in melee range and not use neem oil (players should note that when neem oil is used on a fungal mage it stops attacking for a few seconds).

Melee and range attacks will be capped to no more than 50 damage per hit. Note that a Dwarf Multicannon will no longer work in this area.

Players can kill these without 50 Magic, but they will not get them as a Slayer task until they have the level. It should be noted that they are weak for their level, with a moderately low max hit and accuracy. A good way of training on these if lacking coins is to use a Staff of air or equivalent, as it allows unlimited casts of Air spells, which are their primary weakness.

Killing fungal magi can be quite profitable, due to their valuable drops such as potato cactus and seeds.

Drops[]

100% drop[]

Item Quantity Rarity GE price
Accursed ashesAccursed ashes1Always750
Neem drupeNeem drupe1–3AlwaysNot sold

Charms[]

No charmGold charmGreen charmCrimson charmBlue charm
79–80%5%12%2%1%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 35,920 kills.
1 charm is dropped at a time.
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Main drops[]

Item Quantity Rarity GE price
Grimy guamGrimy guam1Common709
Grimy marrentillGrimy marrentill1Common2,307
Grimy harralanderGrimy harralander1Uncommon741
Grimy tarrominGrimy tarromin1Common105
Grimy ranarrGrimy ranarr1Uncommon1,860
Grimy iritGrimy irit1Uncommon5,008
Grimy avantoeGrimy avantoe1Uncommon1,043
Grimy kwuarmGrimy kwuarm1Uncommon11,782
Grimy cadantineGrimy cadantine1Uncommon4,322
Grimy lantadymeGrimy lantadyme1Uncommon7,551
Grimy dwarf weedGrimy dwarf weed1Uncommon8,476
Marrentill seedMarrentill seed1Uncommon179
Tarromin seedTarromin seed1Uncommon137
Harralander seedHarralander seed1Uncommon196
Ranarr seedRanarr seed1Uncommon976
Wildblood seedWildblood seed1Uncommon189
Poison ivy seedPoison ivy seed1Uncommon302
Spirit weed seedSpirit weed seed1Uncommon78,260
Limpwurt seedLimpwurt seed1Uncommon5,207
Cactus seedCactus seed1Uncommon1,016
Whiteberry seedWhiteberry seed1Uncommon136
Strawberry seedStrawberry seed1Uncommon1,075
Jangerberry seedJangerberry seed1Uncommon79
Bittercap mushroom sporeBittercap mushroom spore1Uncommon1,768
Belladonna seedBelladonna seed1Uncommon1,007
Irit seedIrit seed1Uncommon1,018
Kwuarm seedKwuarm seed1Uncommon12,857
Toadflax seedToadflax seed1Rare9,872
Avantoe seedAvantoe seed1Rare375
Snapdragon seedSnapdragon seed1Rare293
Cadantine seedCadantine seed1Rare1,438
Lantadyme seedLantadyme seed1Rare726
Dwarf weed seedDwarf weed seed1Rare822
Watermelon seedWatermelon seed1Rare3,590
Torstol seedTorstol seed1Rare540
Polypore sporePolypore spore1–100Common4–400
Fungal flakeFungal flake1–90Common7–630
Snape grassSnape grass(noted)Common536
Limpwurt rootLimpwurt root(noted)Common5,190
Gorajian mushroomGorajian mushroom1Common4,118
Pure essencePure essence15–25 (noted)Common450–750
Potato cactusPotato cactus(noted)Common41,992

Tertiary drops[]

Item Quantity Rarity GE price
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[]

  • When the fungal mage is assigned as a Slayer task, when you block it you can also choose the option to block all monsters in the Polypore dungeon.
  • 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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