Giant Sea Snake

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Giant Sea Snake
Release			22 May 2006 (Update)
Members			Yes
Examine
A big snake that lives in the sea. How did it get in here?
Combat info
Level			LP			XP			XP
63			13,500			462			152.4
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
27 / 18 / 9
Aggressive						Poisonous
						???
Offensive
Max hit
506			675			0			0
Style						Rate
						5 ticks (3.0s)
Combat levels
33				45				0
Accuracy
337				732				0
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
732		45
Affinities
90			65			55			45
Immunities
Immune			? (edit)			? (edit)			? (edit)
Advanced data
NPC ID				3943
Links				bestiary • MRND
FAQ • doc

The Giant Sea Snake is encountered at the end of the Royal Trouble quest. It is not as strong as its combat level suggests, but an antipoison potion, preferably super, is vital, as the snake is poisonous with damage starting in the nineties. It fights with melee up close and ranged from a distance, but it cannot detect the use of prayers. Like its offspring, it is vulnerable to slashing weapons.

The best way to defeat the snake is to attack it up close with melee, using a slashing weapon such as a Scimitar or an Abyssal whip to exploit its weakness. This way, it will not use its ranged attack, so players can freely use Protect from Melee to reduce the majority of the damage. Other factors such as what food to bring and what armour and weapon to use are left to the player's decision. It is recommended to bring at least lobsters or swordfish.

Drops

100% drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Big bones		1	Always	342	0

Main drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Watermelon seed (m)		1	Unknown	2,503	33
	Poison ivy seed (m)		1	Unknown	347	99
	Guam seed (m)		1	Unknown	368	2
	Marrentill seed (m)		1	Unknown	503	3
	Tarromin seed (m)		1	Unknown	270	4
	Harralander seed (m)		1	Unknown	303	7
	Toadflax seed (m)		1	Unknown	2,270	20
	Ranarr seed (m)		1	Unknown	1,240	11
	Irit seed (m)		1	Unknown	960	38
	Avantoe seed (m)		1	Unknown	565	38
	Kwuarm seed (m)		1	Unknown	5,862	38
	Snapdragon seed (m)		1	Unknown	414	38
	Cadantine seed (m)		1	Unknown	1,350	38
	Lantadyme seed (m)		1	Unknown	295	38
	Dwarf weed seed (m)		1	Unknown	1,909	38
	Torstol seed (m)		1	Very rare	474	38
	Adamant dart tip		2	Unknown	464	12
	Pearl bolt tips		3	Unknown	144	21
	Broad arrow (m)		4	Unknown	216	216
	Water orb (m)		1	Unknown	5,517	180
	Water rune		15	Unknown	270	45
	Mist rune (m)		1	Unknown	1,085	4
	Fishing bait		50	Unknown	250	50
	Raw bass (m)		2	Unknown	3,416	336
	Raw lobster		1	Rare	331	170
	Casket (m)		1	Unknown	1,055	30
	Heavy box (m)		1	Always	6	6
	Coins		23; 32; 44	Unknown	23-44	23-44

Tertiary drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Sealed clue scroll (medium) (m)		1	1/128	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Long bone (m)		1	1/400	3	3
	Curved bone (m)		1	1/5000	4	4
	Giant snake spine (m)		1	Common	0	0

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	13,504	Not alchemisable

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 9 July 2013 (Update):
  • Players now correctly auto-retaliate when attacked by giant snakes.

• update 22 May 2006 (Update):
  • Added to game.