Nathaninch

Darn, that's one so far. :P

I'm very happy for you, Esper. :D Great work. Wish I'd have been there. A heck of a tale!!

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If you figure it out, please let me know. I havent figured it out...and it's definitely not the direction that she turns when digging.

HP fixed, and a tip added :)

Not meaning to bump, but I definitely thought there were more people interested in moleing 'round here :P

Very nice stan :)

Yeah, protect from melee is pretty important when using dharoks :)

It's in there now, check it out.

Guide originally posted Sat Aug 05, 2006 5:29 pm Original discussion topic (can post replies): http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?t=513838 Master Mole Killing Guide About the Giant Mole The Giant Mole is a mother mole that is indeed a giant. At level 230 with 200 hits, she is certainly a formidable opponent. She is killed primarily for her skins and claws, which can be traded to Wyson the Gardener for nests containing tree, herb and allotment seeds. It has an excellent droplist as well, including the Dragon Medium Helm, half keys/shields, rune items and a secondary droplist that mirrors the KBD's (yew logs, iron arrows, amulets of strength...etc.) Tip.it Giant Mole Bestiary profile As you see, she is located in her lair below the Falador Garden. To enter this lair, dig with a spade on top of one of the many mole hills located in the park. You will drop into her lair, but be warned, adventurers not carrying a source of light will get owned by little bugs. After exchanging about 1200 claws/skins, I have noticed that the nests contain the following seeds: Ranarr Seeds Potato Seeds Onion Seeds Limpwurt Seeds Cabbage Seeds Tomato Seeds Sweetcorn Seeds Strawberry Seeds Watermelon Seeds Acorn Seeds Willow Seeds Maple Seeds Yew Seeds Magic Seeds Spirit Seeds As you see, the spirit seed is in there but so is a lot of junk. Most people kill the mole for a while just to get the spirit seed. It is certainly the best way if you really want one. The nests themselves are useful for sara brews and this is the fastest way to get nests if you want them. Now not only is the mole a BEAST, but she is smart as well. Upon reaching the halfway point of her health, she will dig away to another location. This doesn't happen immediately after reaching half, but at any time after reaching half of her hp she will dig. When she digs seems totally random. The only observation I've noticed is that she digs immediately after an attack, so slower moving weapons with high attack/str have a distinct advantage. With the right tactics however, Giant mole slaying is pretty easy and simple. Although it's simple to kill her, it is quite difficult to get the right routine down to killing her effectively. What to bring Inventory: Spade - To enter the lair Light source - It's dark down there, so you'll need to bring a light source. Or you can be slowly picked apart by bugs. It's up to you. Dragon dagger + Rune defender - To poison. Battles with the mole tend to take a pretty long time. Posion damage adds up significantly. Home/Lumby/Fally Teleports - Bring these to teleport to your house/Lumbridge and recharge your prayer points, then to tele back to Falador to bank and have another go at her. Teleport tablets are recommended as they take up less inventory space. Potions - Super Attack and Strength are a HUGE help. Remember, you need to make each and every hit count or you'll be searching for her most of the time. Prayer potions are a nice safety net to have when using protect from melee, and help to use your Strength and Attack prayers longer. However, use this purely as a safety net and Lumbridge/your House to recharge your prayer. I recommend energy potions if you're new to this. It's aggravating walking around trying to find her, but if you get into a good killing routine you should be at 100% energy for each mole and will find you don't need them at all. Ectophial - Optional if you're a wuss. :P Equipment First off, forget mage and range. Don't even bother with them. With melee, I have come across three different ways to kill the mole effectively. All are based on the idea that you want to hit HIGH and OFTEN, not neccesarily quickly. I will explain strategy's in the next section. I have named them: 1.) Dharok ownage 2.) Hally ownage 3.) Protect + whip quasi ownage Protect + whip quasi ownage Hally Ownage Dharoks Ownage Killing strategy As explained earlier, you want to hit as hard and as often as possible. The mole has a chance of digging with each attack, so you want to make each one count so you don't have to keep chasing her all over the place. The following are the three best ways to own the mole. Protect+Whip Quasi Ownage 1.) Go and set your respawn point to Falador. Although I've never died to her (a miracle as I die ALOT) it's better to be safe than sorry. The mole lair is normally deserted and you have a good chance of getting your stoof back if you get back there quickly. 2.) Attack mole, turn on protect from melee prayer. 3.) Bust out dagger/defender and keep out until she is poisoned. Use special attacks. 4.) When poisoned, switch to whip/defender. 5.) Pot up. You don't want to pot with the dagger as you may hit her too often without poisoning her and she'll dig away without being posioned. VERY FRUSTRATING. 6.) When she digs away, go find her and continue attacking until she is dead. Don't forget to protect from melee! 7.) When she is dead pick up your loot, organise your inventory and head back to the respawn point in the center to get ready for the next mole. 8.) Repeat steps 1-6 until you have run out of prayer/inventory room. If you're good, these should happen at about the same time. I can typically get 4 moles in on one prayer. Teleport to Lumby/House to recharge your prayer. Teleport back to Fally to bank and head off for another mole session. Dharok Ownage 1.) Go and set your respawn point to Falador. Using Dharoks is risky, and although I've never died to her (a miracle as I die ALOT) it's better to be safe than sorry. The mole lair is normally deserted and you have a good chance of getting your stoof back if you get back there quickly. 2.) Bust out dagger/defender and keep out until she is poisoned. Let her attack you until you reach below 23 hits. The highest I have seen her hit on me is a 22, but she might hit higher. Have your 'Protect from melee' prayer ready to be turned on right away. 3.) When poisoned, switch to your great axe right away. 4.) Pot up. You don't want to pot with dagger as you may hit her too often without poisoning her and she'll dig away without being posioned. VERY FRUSTRATING. 5.) If you're lucky, you will kill her without her digging away. More often than not, she will get away from you. Hunt her down and keep attacking her with your 'Protect from melee' prayer on. 6.) When she is dead pick up your loot, organise your inventory and head back to the respawn point to get ready for the next mole. 7.) Repeat steps 1-6 until you have run out of prayer/inventory room. If you're good, these should happen at about the same time. I can typically get 4 moles in on one prayer. Teleport to Lumby/House to recharge your prayer. Teleport back to Fally to bank and head off for another mole session. Halberd Ownage This neat method was brought to my attention by Mikercool. I have changed it in ways that I think make it a little more effective, but this was his idea. 1.) Attack mole with Dragon dagger until poisoned. Protect if neccesary, but at high a high level you can get by without it. Do NOT use special. 2.) Find a safe spot to hally (THEY'RE EVERYWHERE). Pot up, and bring the mole's health to half. Heal if neccesary. 3.) Once mole's health is at half, use Str/Att prayers and unload special. This should deal a good amount of damage and if you're lucky, you will kill her without her digging away. More often than not, she will get away from you. Hunt her down and keep attacking her from a safe spot with your halberd. 4.) When she is dead pick up your loot, organise your inventory and head back to the respawn point to get ready for the next mole. 5.) Repeat steps 1-4 until you have run out of prayer/inventory room. If you're good, you will run out of inventory space long before you run out of prayer. Teleport to Lumby/House to recharge your prayer. Teleport back to Fally to bank and head off for another mole session. Which of the three you want to use isup to you. I reccomend the Hally and Dharoks ownage, as they are much better than the whip. Between those two methods, I think it's a toss up. Go between them to combat boredom. Hunting strategy Finding the mole after she digs away can be very frustrating. Her lair is pretty big. The following should help you: Dig locations: (thanks flippi273 for the map) I'm pretty sure this map is missing a couple of spawns, but nonetheless it is very useful. I start at the bottom and work my way up (I have found she spawns near the bottom a LOT more often), making sure I don't miss any little corners or anything. Only go as far as you have to, using your minimap to see an entire area and if she's not there turning aound quickly and heading in another direction. Try to optimize the amount of NEW area you are seeing at all times. This saves you running energy. The mole can wander quite far from her dig location, so don't be surprised if she ends up in a spot that you already looked in. This is the route I take when searching for the mole. These spots allow you to see as much of NEW map as possible, hitting the most common areas I've found her. The route sweeps from south to north, and if you hit those spots you should see all the nooks and cranny's and not pass her by. Tips - Bring your friends! It's a multi combat zone, and friends make it a lot more fun and quite a bit quicker. Less efficient when sharing, but still effective. Fan out to cover as much area as possible and PM one another when you find the mole. Wait for your partner and attack together and you have a greater chance of killing her before she digs again. - Don't let noobs slow you down. While they're only trying to help, each hit is a chance for her to dig. Their hits are not as productive as yours so they will just increase the chance of her digging without providing much damage. - When recharging your prayer and banking, walk. The mole takes a while to respawn, and you should be using this time to get your energy back. - Save your prayer. It's annoying when you run out of prayer when she is almost dead. - Figure out how much prayer each mole uses up for you. Recharge accordingly. Don't get caught running out of prayer! - If she's being a pain in the rear, take a break. She can really be a pain to kill sometimes. :P - Use as busy of a server as possible for the fast respawn times. Essential for keeping your potted attack and strength as high as possible. -Don't use prayer potions to recharge. Teleing to Lumby/House is much cheaper, although a little slower. You have to bank anyway, so combining the two is great. - - Q/A All questions will be quoted here and answered as often as possible. This guide is to be used only on the Tip.It forums/website. If you have anything to add or change, please provide input. Happy moleing, and good luck with getting that spirit seed or gathering nests! :D Last edited by Nathaninch on Tue Dec 5, 2006 8:07 am; edited 5 times in total

Bank looks fine to me bud. Just do what you enjoy. If that's crafting 35k nats or using up all your cash for monster slaying, so be it.

If by 'original' you mean; 'been done a zillion times'... then yeah. Very original.

The cannon's a great idea. I thought I was done with it after 85 slayer, but alas, 4 less bank spaces! Curses! :P

Tip.It staff note: This guide has been copied to the Archive of Wisdom http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?t=565722 This original topic is for replies to the author and discussion. Master Mole Killing Guide About the Giant Mole The Giant Mole is a mother mole that is indeed a giant. At level 230 with 200 hits, she is certainly a formidable opponent. She is killed primarily for her skins and claws, which can be traded to Wyson the Gardener for nests containing tree, herb and allotment seeds. It has an excellent droplist as well, including the Dragon Medium Helm, half keys/shields, rune items and a secondary droplist that mirrors the KBD's (yew logs, iron arrows, amulets of strength...etc.) Tip.it Giant Mole Bestiary profile As you see, she is located in her lair below the Falador Garden. To enter this lair, dig with a spade on top of one of the many mole hills located in the park. You will drop into her lair, but be warned, adventurers not carrying a source of light will get owned by little bugs. After exchanging about 1200 claws/skins, I have noticed that the nests contain the following seeds: Ranarr Seeds Potato Seeds Onion Seeds Limpwurt Seeds Cabbage Seeds Tomato Seeds Sweetcorn Seeds Strawberry Seeds Watermelon Seeds Acorn Seeds Willow Seeds Maple Seeds Yew Seeds Magic Seeds Spirit Seeds As you see, the spirit seed is in there but so is a lot of junk. Most people kill the mole for a while just to get the spirit seed. It is certainly the best way if you really want one. The nests themselves are useful for sara brews and this is the fastest way to get nests if you want them. Now not only is the mole a BEAST, but she is smart as well. Upon reaching the halfway point of her health, she will dig away to another location. This doesn't happen immediately after reaching half, but at any time after reaching half of her hp she will dig. When she digs seems totally random. The only observation I've noticed is that she digs immediately after an attack, so slower moving weapons with high attack/str have a distinct advantage. With the right tactics however, Giant mole slaying is pretty easy and simple. Although it's simple to kill her, it is quite difficult to get the right routine down to killing her effectively. What to bring Inventory: Spade - To enter the lair Light source - It's dark down there, so you'll need to bring a light source. Or you can be slowly picked apart by bugs. It's up to you. Dragon dagger + Rune defender - To poison. Battles with the mole tend to take a pretty long time. Posion damage adds up significantly. Home/Lumby/Fally Teleports - Bring these to teleport to your house/Lumbridge and recharge your prayer points, then to tele back to Falador to bank and have another go at her. Teleport tablets are recommended as they take up less inventory space. Potions - Super Attack and Strength are a HUGE help. Remember, you need to make each and every hit count or you'll be searching for her most of the time. Prayer potions are a nice safety net to have when using protect from melee, and help to use your Strength and Attack prayers longer. However, use this purely as a safety net and Lumbridge/your House to recharge your prayer. I recommend energy potions if you're new to this. It's aggravating walking around trying to find her, but if you get into a good killing routine you should be at 100% energy for each mole and will find you don't need them at all. Ectophial - Optional if you're a wuss. :P Equipment First off, forget mage and range. Don't even bother with them. With melee, I have come across three different ways to kill the mole effectively. All are based on the idea that you want to hit HIGH and OFTEN, not neccesarily quickly. I will explain strategy's in the next section. I have named them: 1.) Dharok ownage 2.) Hally ownage 3.) Protect + whip quasi ownage Protect + whip quasi ownage Hally Ownage Dharoks Ownage Killing strategy As explained earlier, you want to hit as hard and as often as possible. The mole has a chance of digging with each attack, so you want to make each one count so you don't have to keep chasing her all over the place. The following are the three best ways to own the mole. Protect+Whip Quasi Ownage 1.) Go and set your respawn point to Falador. Although I've never died to her (a miracle as I die ALOT) it's better to be safe than sorry. The mole lair is normally deserted and you have a good chance of getting your stoof back if you get back there quickly. 2.) Attack mole, turn on protect from melee prayer. 3.) Bust out dagger/defender and keep out until she is poisoned. Use special attacks. 4.) When poisoned, switch to whip/defender. 5.) Pot up. You don't want to pot with the dagger as you may hit her too often without poisoning her and she'll dig away without being posioned. VERY FRUSTRATING. 6.) When she digs away, go find her and continue attacking until she is dead. Don't forget to protect from melee! 7.) When she is dead pick up your loot, organise your inventory and head back to the respawn point in the center to get ready for the next mole. 8.) Repeat steps 1-6 until you have run out of prayer/inventory room. If you're good, these should happen at about the same time. I can typically get 4 moles in on one prayer. Teleport to Lumby/House to recharge your prayer. Teleport back to Fally to bank and head off for another mole session. Dharok Ownage 1.) Go and set your respawn point to Falador. Using Dharoks is risky, and although I've never died to her (a miracle as I die ALOT) it's better to be safe than sorry. The mole lair is normally deserted and you have a good chance of getting your stoof back if you get back there quickly. 2.) Bust out dagger/defender and keep out until she is poisoned. Let her attack you until you reach below 23 hits. The highest I have seen her hit on me is a 22, but she might hit higher. Have your 'Protect from melee' prayer ready to be turned on right away. 3.) When poisoned, switch to your great axe right away. 4.) Pot up. You don't want to pot with dagger as you may hit her too often without poisoning her and she'll dig away without being posioned. VERY FRUSTRATING. 5.) If you're lucky, you will kill her without her digging away. More often than not, she will get away from you. Hunt her down and keep attacking her with your 'Protect from melee' prayer on. 6.) When she is dead pick up your loot, organise your inventory and head back to the respawn point to get ready for the next mole. 7.) Repeat steps 1-6 until you have run out of prayer/inventory room. If you're good, these should happen at about the same time. I can typically get 4 moles in on one prayer. Teleport to Lumby/House to recharge your prayer. Teleport back to Fally to bank and head off for another mole session. Halberd Ownage This neat method was brought to my attention by Mikercool. I have changed it in ways that I think make it a little more effective, but this was his idea. 1.) Attack mole with Dragon dagger until poisoned. Protect if neccesary, but at high a high level you can get by without it. Do NOT use special. 2.) Find a safe spot to hally (THEY'RE EVERYWHERE). Pot up, and bring the mole's health to half. Heal if neccesary. 3.) Once mole's health is at half, use Str/Att prayers and unload special. This should deal a good amount of damage and if you're lucky, you will kill her without her digging away. More often than not, she will get away from you. Hunt her down and keep attacking her from a safe spot with your halberd. 4.) When she is dead pick up your loot, organise your inventory and head back to the respawn point to get ready for the next mole. 5.) Repeat steps 1-4 until you have run out of prayer/inventory room. If you're good, you will run out of inventory space long before you run out of prayer. Teleport to Lumby/House to recharge your prayer. Teleport back to Fally to bank and head off for another mole session. Which of the three you want to use isup to you. I reccomend the Hally and Dharoks ownage, as they are much better than the whip. Between those two methods, I think it's a toss up. Go between them to combat boredom. Hunting strategy Finding the mole after she digs away can be very frustrating. Her lair is pretty big. The following should help you: Dig locations: (thanks flippi273 for the map) I'm pretty sure this map is missing a couple of spawns, but nonetheless it is very useful. I start at the bottom and work my way up (I have found she spawns near the bottom a LOT more often), making sure I don't miss any little corners or anything. Only go as far as you have to, using your minimap to see an entire area and if she's not there turning aound quickly and heading in another direction. Try to optimize the amount of NEW area you are seeing at all times. This saves you running energy. The mole can wander quite far from her dig location, so don't be surprised if she ends up in a spot that you already looked in. This is the route I take when searching for the mole. These spots allow you to see as much of NEW map as possible, hitting the most common areas I've found her. The route sweeps from south to north, and if you hit those spots you should see all the nooks and cranny's and not pass her by. Tips - Bring your friends! It's a multi combat zone, and friends make it a lot more fun and quite a bit quicker. Less efficient when sharing, but still effective. Fan out to cover as much area as possible and PM one another when you find the mole. Wait for your partner and attack together and you have a greater chance of killing her before she digs again. - Don't let noobs slow you down. While they're only trying to help, each hit is a chance for her to dig. Their hits are not as productive as yours so they will just increase the chance of her digging without providing much damage. - When recharging your prayer and banking, walk. The mole takes a while to respawn, and you should be using this time to get your energy back. - Save your prayer. It's annoying when you run out of prayer when she is almost dead. - Figure out how much prayer each mole uses up for you. Recharge accordingly. Don't get caught running out of prayer! - If she's being a pain in the rear, take a break. She can really be a pain to kill sometimes. :P - Use as busy of a server as possible for the fast respawn times. Essential for keeping your potted attack and strength as high as possible. -Don't use prayer potions to recharge. Teleing to Lumby/House is much cheaper, although a little slower. You have to bank anyway, so combining the two is great. - - Q/A All questions will be quoted here and answered as often as possible. This guide is to be used only on the Tip.It forums/website. If you have anything to add or change, please provide input. Happy moleing, and good luck with getting that spirit seed or gathering nests! :D

I'll go for the lockpicks. Thanks RAHK.

Lovin this. I've collected all kindsa stuff throughout my time, most I've dropped simply for bank space. ATM I am collecting: Burnt lobs (for oergg): 632 Lockpicks: 116 Shantay Pass: 34 Strange Fruit (who doesnt collect these :P): 112 Chaos tallys: 34 Anti-Dragon shields(from when KBDing was actually fun/useful): 89 Gnome balls: 12 And pretty much any useful item that i would want two of for bank organisation I hoard. Tools, tickets, etc. Just noticed i have 173 chisels. WOOT. If you want to put me on that list put me down for Lockpicks. Or anti-dragon shields...not sure if they are still untradeable. Anyways, awesome thread.

Thanks Mod Bloodveld. Gugge: I love that gem stall. I pass through Ardy alot whilst farming, buying vials, killing ogres, going to karamja/brimhaven and I always grab a gem. They add up in a real hurry.

Okay, this thread is for all you skillers out there. When I play, I don't think about just one skill. Most of the time not even two. I try and raise as many skills at a time as possible. I love the slayer skill for that reason. You raise combat skills plus another little bonus exp on the side. Pest control... love it. Some of them are simple... you mine ore(MINING) which provides resources to smith. Woodcut->Fletch/Construction. I have come up with a few activities that I like to do to raise multiple skills at once. Here's one of em: Occasionally I head to the chaos druid's tower and attack the ogres down there(great combat exp). I save the bones to be ecto'd later(prayer) and then use the chest to tele out and head to the bank(thieving) receiving blood runes(mage). Ogres drop some nice seeds, including ranarr(farming) to be used later. All this takes very little time and energy. So yeah, I'm sure there are tons of possibilities that I haven't thought of. If you have any good ones, share them. I'd like to hear them.

Appears as though they are up and running again.

they weren't bad. I always enjoy watching them. Kinda sad as a hockey fan though. Not a single mention of the NHL.

yeah, most people on the 'net are lefty's for some reason. :o My results: Economic Left/Right: -2.25 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.00

depends on the monster really. There are hundreds of combinations you can use, and they all have their benefits. You just have to match them up with the weaknesses/strengths of the monster you're fighting.

Nice, I thought you could only get one spirit seed too. Crazy about those clues :o

Nice, Kashi. :)

Got any good tips you want to share? Little things that make a big difference. Or feel free to just read the helpful hints. Some of these you may know, some you may not. Hopefully you get a couple good ones out of this thread. It'd be nice if you contributed though. I have a couple: -When training combat, i use the drag axe special with 2 super attacks, rather than an attack and strength pot. It's cheaper. -Get 75 thieving(gem stall) if you find you pass through ardougne (farming, slaying, etc.) alot. It's not that hard, and you can build up a lot of gems if you grab one everytime you go through. -If you are caught stealing from a stall, quickly click the stall again before the guard/knight attacks you, and you will be successful.