Giant ent

Giant ent

Release	15 January 2008 (Update)
Summoning level	78
Duration (mins)	49
Points cost	8
Race	Ent/Tree
Abilities	Increased yield when harvesting Farming fruit trees, bushes, belladonna and cacti Forager - produces oak logs Nature link - can convert pure essence into nature or earth runes
Special moves	Acorn Missile
Combat level	93
Examine	He ent such a bad guy.
Combat stats Life points Max hit 8800 700 (approx) Attack Defence Ranged Magic 60 60 60 60 Immune to poison Yes Attack style Controlled

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Giant ents are level 78 Summoning familiars. They are foragers that produce oak logs, and have the ability to convert pure essence into either one earth or nature rune. Giant ents are also useful in the Farming skill.

Giant ent pouch

Giant ent pouch

	Shards	Cost/XP	Charm	Tertiary
	124 ( 3,100)	45.1 coins		Willow branch
	Create XP	Use XP	Low alch	Hi alch	GE price
	136.8	1.6	1,409	2,114	2,548 (info)
	GE Database	Cost to make	Bogrog shard return		Shard return level
	Look up price	6,175	87 (2,175)		82
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	I can summon a giant ent familiar with this.

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Giant ent pouch is made by using a Summoning pouch on a Summoning obelisk with 124 spirit shards, a Green charm and a willow branch in the inventory. Making the pouch earns 136.8 experience points. Using the pouch to summon a Giant ent gains 1.6 experience points, and costs 8 Summoning points.

Acorn missile scroll

A player activating the scroll.

Acorn missile scroll

	Create XP	Use XP	Special move points
	1.6	1.6	6
	Low Alch	High Alch	GE Price
	140	211	241 (info)
	GE Database	Bogrog shard return	Shard return level
	Look up price	6 (150)	82
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	A scroll for a giant ent familiar.

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Acorn missile scroll enables the use of the Acorn Missile special move for a Giant ent. Using the pouch on a Summoning obelisk creates 10 scrolls.

Acorn Missile

Acorn Missile is a special move for Giant ents, which may inflict up to 187 life points to 3 opponents, as well as drop acorns.

Currently, it hits an opponent (or anyone around the opponent) twice.

Nature link

If a piece of pure essence is used on the Giant ent it will turn into either an earth rune or a nature rune. However, experience is not gained from doing this. It is also required to use each pure essence individually on the Giant ent which can be a very tedious effort.

A good method is to mine pure essence and give it directly to the ent to convert. This can yield upwards of 400 earth runes and 500 nature runes an hour if the player is proficient at clicking.

Farming

Giant ents have the potential to double yield when harvesting fruit from fruit trees, bushes, cacti, and belladonna. The average bonus is a 50% yield boost. However, the bonus yield will not award experience. For example, on average, a fruit tree will give 9 pieces of fruit instead of 6, however experience will only be awarded for harvesting the 6.

Dialogue

This article on a Summoning familiar has an associated dialogue page. Click here for a transcript of possible conversations with this familiar.

Trivia

• In The Lord of the Rings, an ent named Treebeard says "Don't be hasty." Ents in the Lord of the Rings converse notoriously slowly. The dialogue of the giant ent may be a parody of this.
• Even though the Giant Ent's Tertiary ingredient is Willow Branches, it's special move is Acorn Missile, implying it would be made of Oak.
• As with many other creatures and objects, the giant ent's examine is a pun.
• In the Funorb game Armies of Gielinor, the Titan Ent uses the giant ent's image.
• Currently both the ent's foraging ability and ability to spawn acorns with a scroll are broken.
• If talking to Quercus with the giant ent, extra dialogue can be heard.
  • Oddly enough, this dialogue can be understood without the normal 10 Level Requirement, despite not being able to understand the familiar any other time without it.
  • Unlike when a player speaks to it directly, the giant ent is able to communicate with Quercus in full, normal sentences, rather than slow, one-worded spurts.