Giant snail

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Giant snail



Release				28 March 2006 (Update)
Members				Yes
Options				Attack, Examine
Race				Snail
Examine				Eww.

Combat info

Combat level				84
Life points				3,000
Aggressive
Poisonous

Combat experience

XP				150
XP				49.5
XP				13 (two-handed) 6 (one-handed and armour)

Offensive
Max hit

90		120			0			0		0
Style						Rate
						4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels

22			30			1			1
Accuracy

225			454			0			0
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
454	30
Base hit chance

90			70			60			50
Immunities

Not immune			Not immune			Not immune			Not immune
Advanced data

NPC ID			14029
Links			bestiary • MRND

The giant snail (Achatina Acidia Giganteus) is a large snail that can be encountered during the Temple Trekking minigame. Wearing a snelm will significantly reduce the amount of damage taken, but this does not affect the accuracy of the snail's attack, although this should not be necessary for high level players. Protect from/Deflect Ranged may be preferable to using a snelm if multiple snails are attacking, especially for low level players.

Despite having the highest combat levels at every difficulty and the 280 max hit on hard route as stated by Monster Examine, they don't seem to hit over 100 (although they hit harder on followers) and they are one of the easiest combat events in the minigame.

These monsters will shift their aggression to the player if they are attacked while engaging the player's escort. However, if the escort is fighting a snail and the player stops attacking that snail, it will shift its aggression back towards the escort until the player begins attacking it again.

Giant snails will always drop a snail shell when killed, which can be sold to Barlak in Dorgesh-Kaan for 600 coins. There is also a small chance the perfect shell would be dropped instead; the shell can be sold to Barlak for 1,000 coins and 500 Crafting experience.

Drops

The average Giant snail kill is worth 75 coins.

100%

^ There is a 1/50 chance that the Snail shell is replaced with a perfect snail shell.

Tertiary

Gallery

The display of the Giant snail in the Varrock Museum basement.

Graphical updates

Giant snail after Unknown date (edit)
Giant snail after Unknown date (edit)

Update history

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update 2 March 2026 (Update):
- Default base hit chances increased:
  - Melee ('weak'): 65 → 70
  - Ranged ('same'): 55 → 60
  - Magic ('strong'): 45 → 50

update 28 March 2006 (Update):
- Added to game.

Trivia

Despite visually being a enlarged version of a pointed myre blamish snail, they do not drop blamish myre shells or thin snails.
They used to have a unique model that could still be seen on the snail shell or the Varrock Museum exhibit.
Much like spiders, the snails produce a kind of slime or silk, which can be woven into nets as detailed by Master Peregrim in the Return to Canifis novel.
Before the Temple Trekking update, their examine text was "Euew."
Achatina is a genus of large snails.

References

^ ^a ^b Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 1 August 2017. (Archived from the original on 11 March 2024.)

[2] There is a 1/50 chance that the Snail shell is replaced with a perfect snail shell.

[shell-1] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 1 August 2017. (Archived from the original on 11 March 2024.)

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	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Snail shell	1	49/50^{[d 1]}^[1]	1	1
	Perfect snail shell	1	1/50^[1]	600	600