Ghast

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This article is about the NPC residing in the Mort Myre Swamp. For the familiar, see Ghast (familiar).

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Ghast
Release			13 July 2004 (Update)
Members			Yes
Examine
Arrghhh... A Ghast.
Combat info
Level			LP			XP			XP
35			2,500			81			26.7
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
4 / 3 / 1
Aggressive						Poisonous
Offensive
Max hit
150			0			0			0
Style						Rate
						4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
25				0				0
Accuracy
381				0				0
Abilities used
None
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
381		25
Affinities
90			55			45			65
Immunities
Not immune			Not immune			Not immune			Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID				1053
Links				bestiary • MRND
FAQ • doc

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4 ticks (2.4s)

8 ticks (4.8s)

8 ticks (4.8s)

8 ticks (4.8s)

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Ghasts are undead souls of people that starved to death in the Mort Myre swamp.

Ghasts are completely transparent and will attempt to attack any player travelling through the swamp. If the player is carrying food of any sort (with the exception of raw food apart from potatoes) and the ghast successfully attacks the player, they will turn it into rotten food. This includes food held in containers, such as baskets or sacks. If the player does not have any food and the ghast successfully attacks the player, they will drain a small amount of their health instead. Their attacks may miss. With completion of the Easy Morytania achievements, ghasts will only attack 50% of the time.

Ghasts can only be attacked once they have been invoked through a charged druid pouch or a Ouroboros pouch, the latter having unlimited charges and obtained from the Temple Trekking minigame. Players can invoke the ghast themselves, or let the ghast attack them, as they will be forced to reveal themselves. This does not rot food.

30 Prayer experience is awarded for every ghast killed.

Transformation

Ghasts are in fact humans who have been transformed due to a lack of food, as proven during the Temple Trekking minigame. This explains why ghasts attempt to steal and consume food from players. When one is in the Morytanian environment and does not eat enough, the following will occur:

1. At first the human looks hungry, but normal.
2. The hair colour will begin to fade. The victim's skin will turn to a purple-adjacent colour.
3. The hair will become completely grey and might fall out or grow even more, the cheeks and nose begin to "slump" and the skin turns to a more brown colour. The white of the eye will become slightly yellow.
4. If the person still hasn't eaten, their skin turns blue-grey and completely loses elasticity. The white of the eye is now completely yellow.
5. Finally, the victim turns into a ghast, at which point they can no longer be cured.

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  A healthy human

• 

  Stage 2

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  Stage 3

• 

  Final stage before turning into a ghast

• 

  A human turning into a ghast

Drops

Main drop

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Coins		203–397	Common	203-397	203-397
	Morchella mushroom spore (m)		1	Uncommon	150	51
	Coal stone spirit		2	Uncommon	40	Not alchemisable
	Grimy guam		1	Uncommon	760	18
	Grimy marrentill (m)		1	Uncommon	2,345	0
	Bittercap mushroom spore (m)		3	Uncommon	5,145	153
	Raw potato		1–3	Uncommon	795-2,385	9-27
	Iron stone spirit		1	Uncommon	27	Not alchemisable
	Fat snail (m)		1	Uncommon	4,624	9
	Lean snail (m)		1	Uncommon	1,169	6
	Thin snail (m)		1	Uncommon	1,289	36
	Swamp tar (m)		4	Uncommon	476	0
	Prayer potion (1)		1	Uncommon	713	45
	Mort myre fungus (m)		1	Rare	3,369	0

Tertiary drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Ghost hunter goggles		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Ghost hunter body		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Ghost hunter legs		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Ghost hunter backpack		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Ectoplasmator (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Ghostly essence (m)		1–2	Very rare	6,129-12,258	60-120
	Deployable herb burner (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Cremation		1	1/1000	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Ghostly essence (m)		1	Rare	6,129	60
	Congealed blood (m)		2–7	Uncommon	154-539	Not alchemisable
	Rare drop table		1	Rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable

Rare drop table

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.

Rare drop table:

Rare drop table Item Quantity Rarity GE price High alch value Coins 250–500 Common 250-500 250-500 Uncut sapphire 1 Common 816 15 Uncut emerald 1 Common 2,732 30 Uncut ruby 1 Common 2,501 60 Uncut diamond 1 Common 6,072 120 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) Rare 273,240-333,960 5,400-6,600 Loop half of a key (m) 1 Common 11,098 0 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 Common 10,772 0 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 Uncommon 12,077 600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) Rare 543,465-664,235 27,000-33,000 Dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,258 60,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 Rare 35,836 37,440 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) Rare 535,860-654,940 756,000-924,000 Rune javelin 5 Rare 890 1,870 Huge plated rune salvage 1 Uncommon 38,884 40,000 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) Rare 699,912-855,448 720,000-880,000 Shield left half (m) 1 Rare 63,301 66,000 Dragon helm (m) 1 Uncommon 58,706 60,000 Rune arrowheads 113–137 Common 15,594-18,906 678-822 Onyx bolts (m) 135–165 Very rare 1,009,935-1,234,365 1,104,165-1,349,535 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 182,784-220,416 136-164 Earth talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 13,736-16,564 136-164 Raw lobster 135–165 (noted) Common 50,490-61,710 22,950-28,050 Raw shark (m) 225–275 (noted) Uncommon 391,050-477,950 40,500-49,500 Big bones 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 13,940-16,810 0 Dragon bones 180–220 (noted) Rare 379,980-464,420 0 Drakolith stone spirit (m) 25–35 Uncommon 8,525-11,935 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 10,708 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Uncommon 18,725-22,470 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 1,498 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Rare 133,850-160,620 Not alchemisable Runite stone spirit 3 Common 1,551 Not alchemisable Orichalcite stone spirit (m) 25–35 Rare 7,675-10,745 Not alchemisable Grimy torstol (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 517,680-632,720 0 Grimy snapdragon (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 184,500-225,500 0 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 110,295-134,805 8,100-9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 151,335-184,965 5,130-6,270 Lantadyme seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 9,968-11,392 532-608 Dwarf weed seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 14,784-16,896 532-608 Magic seed (m) 4 Uncommon 156,568 1,012 Palm tree seed (m) 10 Rare 286,030 1,520 Flax 450–550 (noted) Common 54,000-66,000 1,350-1,650 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) Common 31,005-37,895 45-55 Soft clay 450–550 (noted) Uncommon 230,400-281,600 450-550 Yew logs 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 12,104-14,596 6,528-7,872 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) Rare 120,150-146,850 64,800-79,200 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 18,045-22,055 13,500-16,500 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) Rare 387,450-473,550 243,000-297,000 Vecna skull (m) 1 Rare 154,994 6,000 Blurberry Special (m) 1 Very rare 11,097 18 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 Very rare 426 1 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 Very rare 1,296,566,486 300,000 Brawling gloves (Melee) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Magic) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Ranged) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Agility) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Cooking) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (FM) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Fishing) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Hunter) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Mining) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Prayer) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Smithing) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Thieving) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (WC) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Crystal triskelion fragment 1 (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Crystal triskelion fragment 2 (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Crystal triskelion fragment 3 (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable

Universal drops

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster outside of Daemonheim.

These items are dropped alongside main drops.

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Key token		1	Rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Mimic kill token (m)		1	Very rare	9,013	Not alchemisable

Gallery

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  Artwork depicting ghasts

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  Surprise!

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  A ghast attacking a player

Update history

The update history project is a work-in-progress – not all updates to this topic may be covered below. See here for how to help out!

• patch 21 April 2009 (Update):
  • You will now lose the correct number of druid pouches when attacked by ghasts in the Temple Trekking and Burgh de Rott Ramble minigames.

Trivia

• If a ghast dies above water, there will be no drop at all. This also applies to the Vyrewatch in Meiyerditch near the boat.
• If you finished Deadliest Catch you have access to a bank deposit box somewhat north-west from the grotto where you can bank your herbs and other drops.
• Since their graphical update on 17 August 2011 the ghasts now have the same moving, idle, and death animations as the aberrant spectres.
• If attacked by a Ghast while using a Home teleport, the animation will be interrupted, although the teleport will not, even if the Ghast does damage to you, only when it is transparent.
• When a ghast dies, its spirit resembles the way it used to look before their graphical update.
• With the update to Temple Trekking on 17 August 2011, the ghasts in the events no longer gave Prayer experience. This glitch was fixed on 7 February 2012.
• There is currently a glitch where, if you teleport to the Lunar Isle using the lodestone network, are attacked during the animation, arrive on Lunar Isle, log out, and log back in, there will be a ghast. It does not attack you or follow you, and using a druid pouch on it will have no effect; it can only be examined.