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Ganodermic beasts are monsters requiring a Slayer level of 95 to kill. They are found at the bottom of the Polypore Dungeon, or second to bottom floor if the player has 73 Agility. Players cannot receive this as a slayer task if their magic level is below 60.

They are very good droppers of seeds, the only droppers of the Polypore stick, and along with the Ganodermic runts, able to drop Ganodermic flakes.

Contents 1 Strategy 1.1 Recommended Equipment (main chamber) 1.2 Recommended Equipment (multi-combat areas) 2 Drops 2.1 100% drops 2.2 Charms 2.3 Weapons 2.4 Runes 2.5 Armour 2.6 Seeds 2.7 Herbs 2.8 Other 2.9 Rare drop table drops 3 Trivia

Strategy

Due to the fungus that covers it, using Melee or Ranged is very ineffective (except the Dwarf Multicannon).

Ganodermic beasts have a large amount of health for their level. This is countered by the fact that they are very weak to magic (moreso than Mithril dragons). Due to their large size, players will find they are very easy to kill. On each cavern they reside in, players can find numerous obstacles to block the beasts' way, and potentially safespots against them. Can use the beasts to block other beasts, trapping them as conventional safespot, a blockade. *Neem oil can help trapping if theres an opening on one side.*

If they are within melee range of the player, they will use their fungal attack, which hits the highest out of all monsters in Polypore Dungeon (15-28 damage per tick for three attacks).

Many players prefer not to sprinkle Neem oil on them because nothing special will happen. Ganodermic beasts only use magic attacks, unlike the other two slayer monsters before it, the Grifolapine and Grifolaroo that use Ranged attacks along with Magic attacks. This is also similar to Fungal mages. They commonly hit around 51-159, so prayers should always be used.

Many players prefer to use high-levelled spells aganist Ganodermic beasts. The Storm of Armadyl spell can quickly kill them, but is more expensive than using a Polypore staff. A Polypore staff is cost-effective, but it will take longer then most spells to kill. Fire Surge can be another way, but this requires 95+ Magic, is expensive and doesn't deal as much damage per attack compared to a Polypore staff.

They are weak to cannon attacks, making the Dwarf Multicannon a valuable asset in the multi-combat areas.

It is recommended to bring an enhanced excalibur to heal from the occasions on which the lure fails, a jug of neem oil and a pestle and mortar . With a pack yak familiar, several overloads, extreme magic potions, a vecna skull or magic potions and 20 or more prayer potions, it is possible to stay in the dungeon for hours without needing to bank. You will also need runes for whatever spell you are casting, especially Fire or Armadyl runes.

Alternatively if you choose to take Akrisae's full set including the mace, it is possible to heal a net gain of 10% of your Prayer points in one kill, meaning using this method one would only have to leave when the pack is full. Even if you choose not to use the mace to heal Prayer Points, the low Magic defence of these monsters means Akrisae's hits often and its massive Prayer bonus will increase your trip dramatically.

Recommended Equipment (main chamber)

• Helm: Full slayer helmet (if on a Slayer task) > Virtus mask > Healer hat > Ahrim's hood > Akrisae's hood > Farseer helm > Ganodermic Visor
• Cape: Completionist cape > God cape > Ardougne Cloak > Soul Wars Cape
• Necklace: Arcane stream necklace > Amulet of fury > Amulet of glory
• Top: Virtus robe top > Ahrim's robe top > Akrisae's robe top > Ganodermic Poncho
• Bottom: Virtus robe legs > Ahrim's robe skirt > Akrisae's robe skirt > Ganodermic leggings
• Weapon: Armadyl battlestaff > Polypore staff > Chaotic staff > Staff of light
• Shield: Arcane spirit shield > Farseer kiteshield > Mage's book > Celestial surgebox > Illuminated unholy book > Unholy book
• Boots: Ragefire boots > Infinity boots > Wizard boots > Mystic boots
• Gloves: Spellcaster gloves > Culinaromancer's gloves 10 > Infinity gloves > Mystic gloves
• Ring: Seers ring (i) > Onyx ring (i) > Dragonstone ring (i) > Tokkul-Zo > Ring of wealth

Inventory (95+ Slayer)

• 12+ Prayer potions
• Best BoB + scrolls (Pack Yak)
• Overloads/Extreme Magic/Magic potions/flasks

Inventory (90-94 Slayer)

• 6-8 Prayer potions
• 12+ Wild pies
• Best BoB pouch and scrolls (Pack Yak only)
  • BoB should contain at least 20+ Wild pies and 5 Prayer potions (cut size if using lower BoB)

Recommended Equipment (multi-combat areas)

You must have at least 82 Dungeoneering or 73 Agility.

Cannoning the Ganodermic beasts is a fast and efficient way to kill them. Even players with 90 Slayer will find that cannoning improves profits up to 4x more. Players of 90+ Slayer should be careful of the Ganodermic runts though as they can bypass the beasts and cause fungal damage onto you.

When cannoning, you should always go look for a decent spot with only one or two entrances. This prevents an overflow of runts or beasts from infesting heavy damage onto you while you are fighting them. If you pick a good spot but there are too little ganodermic beasts around, go around and attack some, and lure them to your cannon. This is helpful and improves profit.

• Helm: Virtus mask > Akrisae's hood > Ahrim's hood > Ganodermic visor
• Cape: Completionist cape > God cape > Argdoune Cloak > Soul Wars cape > God cloaks
• Necklace: Arcane stream necklace > Arcane blast necklace > Amulet of fury > Amulet of glory
• Top: Virtus robe top > Akriase's robe top/Dagon'hai robe top > Ahrim's robe top > Ganodermic poncho
• Bottom: Virtus robe legs > Akriase's robe skirt/Dagon'hai robe bottom > Ahrim's robe skirt > Ganodermic leggings
• Weapon: Armadyl battlestaff > Polypore staff > Chaotic staff > Staff of light > Any other elemental staff
• Shield: Arcane spirit shield/Sacred clay shield (magic) > Farseer kiteshield > Mage's book > Celestial surgebox > God books
• Boots: Ragefire boots > Infinity boots > Wizard boots > Mystic boots
• Gloves: Spellcaster gloves > Culinaromancer's gloves 10 > Infinity gloves > Mystic gloves
• Ring: Ring of wealth > Ring of life

Inventory (cannon)

• Neem oil
  • Neem drupes
• Emergency teleport
• 10000-25000 Cannonballs
• 15 Prayer potions
• 5 pieces of high level food
• Best BoB familiar avaliable
  • Winter storage scrolls (Pak Yak only)

Inventory (90-94 Slayer)

• Neem oil
• Emergency teleport
• 10000-25000 Cannonballs
• 8 Prayer potions
• 12 Wild pies
• Best BoB familiar avaliable
  • Terrorbird: 12 Wild pies
  • Bull ant: 9 Wild pies
  • War tortoise: 16 Wild pies, 2 Prayer potions
  • Pak Yak: 26 Wild pies, 4 Prayer potions

Drops

100% drops

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Big bones	1	1 Always	449
	Neem drupe	1–4	1 Always	Not sold

Charms

Charm drop percentages

No charms
85–86%	3%	3%	3–4%	5%

Represents 90% confidence range, based on a sample of 10,260 kills.
1 charm is dropped at a time.

Please add to the log (only if 15 or more creatures killed).

Weapons

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Rune 2h sword	1	4 Rare	37,952
	Rune battleaxe	1	4 Rare	24,627

Runes

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Blood rune	8–12	2 Common	1,304–1,956
	Death rune	10–16	2 Common	930–1,488

Armour

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Rune sq shield	1	4 Rare	22,731

Seeds

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Watermelon seed	3	3 Uncommon	6,030
	Fellstalk seed	1	3 Uncommon	466
	Lantadyme seed	1	3 Uncommon	34,922
	Palm tree seed	1	3 Uncommon	106,459
	Papaya tree seed	1	3 Uncommon	30,462
	Yew seed	1	3 Uncommon	71,385
	Magic seed	1	3 Uncommon	160,602
	Snapdragon seed	1	3 Uncommon	2,196
	Torstol seed	1	3 Uncommon	78,509
	Spirit seed	1	3 Uncommon	Not sold

Herbs

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Grimy ranarr	2 (noted)	2 Common	4,320

Other

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Ganodermic flake	1–270	2 Common	286–77,220
	Gorajian mushroom (noted)	12	2 Common	540
	Flax	40 (noted)	2 Common	880
	Shark	1–3	2 Common	849–2,547
	Polypore spore	1–1,252	2 Common	3–3,756
	Rune bar	1	3 Uncommon	13,002
	Long bone	1	3 Uncommon	Not sold
	Curved bone	1	3 Uncommon	Not sold
	Coins	449–12,000	4 Rare	Not sold
	Polypore stick	1	4 Rare	43,575
	Starved ancient effigy	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Court summons	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Spin Ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold

Rare drop table drops

This monster drops items from the rare drop table.
The ring of wealth improves the chances if equipped but is not required to access the table.

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Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price Coins 250; 381; 450; 3,000; 9,000; 12,000 2 Common Not sold Uncut sapphire 1 2 Common 1,143 Uncut emerald 1 2 Common 1,783 Uncut ruby 1 2 Common 3,576 Loop half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 8,548 Tooth half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 12,668 Uncut diamond 1 3 Uncommon 7,160 Uncut dragonstone 1 4 Rare 14,935 Dragonstone 1 4 Rare 9,966 Dragon dagger 1 3 Uncommon 17,221 Rune battleaxe 1 4 Rare 24,627 Rune javelin 5 4 Rare 1,270 Adamant javelin 20 5 Very rare 920 Rune spear 1 5 Very rare 12,048 Dragon spear 1 5 Very rare 36,856 Dragon dagger 50 (noted) 5 Very rare 861,050 Rune kiteshield 1 5 Very rare 32,145 Shield left half 1 5 Very rare 65,188 Dragon helm 1 5 Very rare 59,636 Adamant bolts 200 3 Uncommon 17,400 Rune arrow 150–200; 500 4 Rare 29,850–199 Onyx bolts 150 4 Rare 1,303,050 Battlestaff 200 (noted) 4 Rare 1,665,400 Air orb 1,000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,418,000 Fire orb 1,000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,612,000 Vecna skull 1 5 Very rare 133,474 Water talisman 1 3 Uncommon 4,721 Earth talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 19,825–27,755 Fire talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 50,450–70,630 Chaos talisman 1 3 Uncommon 227 Nature talisman 1 3 Uncommon 270 Pure essence 500–15,000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 42,500–1,275,000 Nature rune 47–77 4 Rare 5,217–8,547 Soul rune 20 4 Rare 2,420 Death rune 50; 121 4 Rare 93 Blood rune 50 4 Rare 8,150 Raw swordfish 125 – 250; 1,000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 37,250–298 Raw shark 250–500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 246,500–493,000 Big bones 150 – 500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 67,350–224,500 Coal 150–7,500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 41,700–2,085,000 Adamantite ore 150–800 (noted) 3 Uncommon 227,700–1,214,400 Silver ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 10,500 Adamant bar 1,000–7,000 (noted) 4 Rare 3,168,000–22,176,000 Runite ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 1,041,900 Rune bar 1,50,150 (noted) 4 Rare 13,002–1,950,300 Clean ranarr 33 (noted) 3 Uncommon 74,448 Clean toadflax 25–250 (noted) 3 Uncommon 95,050–950,500 Clean snapdragon 30–120 (noted) 3 Uncommon 106,530–426,120 Clean torstol 10–100 (noted) 3 Uncommon 118,420–1,184,200 Saradomin brew (4) 250 (noted) 5 Very rare 172,000 Watermelon seed 3 3 Uncommon 6,030 Yew seed 1–50 4 Rare 71,385–3,569,250 Magic seed 1–6 4 Rare 160,602–963,612 Palm tree seed 10 4 Rare 1,064,590 Snapdragon seed 1 4 Rare 2,196 Torstol seed 1–31 4 Rare 78,509–2,433,779 Fellstalk seed 2 4 Rare 932 Yew logs 100–20,000 (noted) 4 Rare 56,100–11,220,000

Trivia

• This monster has the highest Slayer requirement outside of Dungeoneering, breaking the previous record holder, ice strykewyrms.
• When the Ganodermic beasts were released in November 2011, you could easily make over 15 million coins per hour killing them. After some severe price drops you can still make 2-3M per hour.
  • They are still good for money-making due to flake and seed drops.
• When they attack, the largest four orange circles on its back disappear. Their attack also seems to go in an arc, similar to most of the monsters in Polypore Dungeon.
• Sometimes when cannoning Ganodermic beasts, they will attempt to get close to the player. However, there are cases when they may be unable to move from a invisible boundary, despite having a long wander/agression range. This might be a glitch. Happens while in the single area of Ganodermic beasts aswell.
• If a Ganodermic beast is attacked, but the player is not within the minimap range of the beast, they will do nothing, even if they are attacked again. The same also appears to happen with the Ganodermic runts and may be a glitch.

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