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Ice giant

Release date	6 April 2001 (Update)
Members?	No
Combat level	53
XP per kill	Unknown edit
Slayer level	1
Slayer XP	70
Assigned by	Vannaka
Always drops	Big bones
Examine text	He's got icicles in his beard.
Combat stats LP Max hit 700 77 Attack Defence Ranged Magic Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Other Immune to Poison? Immune to Stun? No Unknown edit Attack Speed Speed 5 (Interval: 3.0 seconds) Aggressive? Poisonous? Yes No Attack style Weaknesses 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. They are the highest level giants in free to play. Ice giants always drop big bones and tend to be weak against fire spells (magic) and crush attacks. Ice giants are not aggressive to players of combat level 107 and higher. 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 Asgarnian Ice Dungeon 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. (Ice warriors are aggressive to players until one reaches a combat level of 115; if you have trouble with the ice warriors pestering you, try running all the way to the south of the cavern, where there's an entrance to another cavern. DO NOT go in, but stand just at that entrance. Usually, the ice warriors won't follow you that far; they'll stop about 2 squares away, then wander off.) The Asgarnian Ice Dungeon is the more preferable place to train combat on Ice Giants for free-to-play players (the other place for F2P to train combat on Ice Giants being in the deep Wilderness).

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 Dungeon (South of Port Sarim)
• Chaos Tunnels (Members Only)
• Frozen Waste Plateau in level 47-48 Wilderness
• White Wolf Mountain between Taverley and Catherby (Members Only) (You need 50 mining to access this area)

Safespot

There is a safe spot to range or magically attack ice giants in the Asgarnian Ice Caves. Another safe spot is in front of the cave that leads to some Skeletal Wyverns. 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, but this only works when the nearby ice warriors have become tolerant.

White Wolf Mountain

The ice giants at White Wolf Mountain are on an icy ridge on the north-west side of the mountain. However, the ridge is not accessible from the exterior of White Wolf Mountain. Instead, players must traverse part of the underground Ice Queen's lair to get onto the ridge. The ridge does provide some safespots for rangers and mages.

Rangers and mages can also attack the giants from the bottom of the ridge, without having to pass through the Ice Queen's lair. Only giants who come near the edge of the ridge can be attacked, but they do this often. Drops will not be collectable unless the player uses Telekinetic Grab on them.

Drops

100% drops

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Big bones	1	1 Always	449

Charms (members Only)

Charm drop percentages

No charms
44–45%	44–46%	4–5%	5%	0.7–0.9%

Represents 90% confidence range, based on a sample of 15,304 kills.
1 charm is dropped at a time.

Please add to the log (only if 50 or more creatures killed).

Weapons and armour

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Iron battleaxe	1	2 Common	39
	Iron platelegs	1	2 Common	60
	Iron 2h sword	1	2 Common	56
	Steel hatchet	1	2 Common	35
	Steel sword	1	2 Common	89
	Black kiteshield	1	2 Common	1,286
	Adamant arrow	5	3 Uncommon	255
	Mithril sq shield	1	4 Rare	707
	Mithril mace	1	4 Rare	203

Runes

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Water rune	12	2 Common	156
	Mind rune	24	2 Common	96
	Body rune	37	2 Common	148
	Cosmic rune	2–4	2 Common	302–604
	Law rune	3	3 Uncommon	540
	Nature rune	6	3 Uncommon	666
	Death rune	2–4	4 Rare	186–372
	Blood rune (m)	2–4	4 Rare	326–652

Seeds (members only)

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Marrentill seed	1	2 Common	12
	Tarromin seed	1	2 Common	4
	Strawberry seed	1	3 Uncommon	359
	Harralander seed	1	3 Uncommon	9
	Limpwurt seed	1	3 Uncommon	971
	Ranarr seed	1	3 Uncommon	1,019
	Watermelon seed	1	3 Uncommon	2,010
	Jangerberry seed	1	3 Uncommon	3
	Whiteberry seed	1	4 Rare	28
	Toadflax seed	1	4 Rare	702
	Irit seed	1	4 Rare	74
	Avantoe seed	1	4 Rare	1,890
	Cadantine seed	1	4 Rare	2,354
	Lantadyme seed	1	4 Rare	34,922
	Dwarf weed seed	1	4 Rare	38,269
	Wildblood seed	1	4 Rare	36
	Bittercap mushroom spore	1	4 Rare	10
	Cactus seed	1	4 Rare	26
	Belladonna seed	1	4 Rare	33
	Spirit weed seed	1	5 Very rare	359
	Kwuarm seed	1	5 Very rare	363
	Poison ivy seed	1	5 Very rare	54

Other

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	8–450	2 Common	Not sold
	Shoulder bone (m)	1	2 Common [1]	Not sold
	Ice giant ribs (m)	1	2 Common [2]	Not sold
	Banana	1	3 Uncommon	144
	Jug of wine	1	3 Uncommon	73
	Mithril ore	1	3 Uncommon	321
	Cosmic talisman (m)	1	4 Rare	210
	Long bone (m)	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Curved bone (m)	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Clue scroll (medium) (m)	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Spin Ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Starved Ancient Effigy (m)	1	5 Very rare	Not sold

1. ^ Only received during Rag and Bone Man.
2. ^ Only received during Rag and Bone Man.

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.

Trivia

• It is interesting to note that although ice giants do not have any visible bones, they still drop big bones; this dates all the way back from RuneScape Classic, when the ice giants looked like large people with blue beards.
• Before the graphical update, ice giants used to wield Mithril 2h swords. In RuneScape Classic, they wielded wooden staves. They now appear to wield a scimitar made of ice.
• Although they wield scimitars, their attack speed is 5, the equivalent of a longsword.
• When the ice giants walk, icicles appear on the ground around their feet. Icicles will also appear in the same manner before each attack, whether the attack is a player's or theirs.
• Ice giants seem to "tap" one of their feet when standing still.
• 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 the wilderness, the ice giants will lure players out of a safespot so that it can attack players if they do not retreat quickly enough.
• Ice Giants appear to have a beating heart, this is unique among all giants.

See also

• Hill giant
• Moss giant
• Fire giant