Fungal Mage Slayer Task

[hitman76]

I started up membership again and decided to do some slayer training, and for my 100th task (had like 95 done before i quit :P) i received Fungal Mage task (115 of them).

 

My Stats:

 

Mage-80 Range-84 Attack-85 Strength-84 Defence-85 Prayer-65 Summoning-74 Constitution-88 Slayer-77

 

couple questions (i did look them up on the bestiary):

 

1. what are they LOL?

2. do i need to do a quest to access them?

3. are they worth doing as a slayer task?

4. do they have decent, consistent drops?

 

if 3 and 4 were answered yes, then:

 

5. what would be a good set up to kill them with?

6. any other recommendations?

 

lol sorry for the very obnoxious rapid fire questions, but ism still trying to familiarize myself with the game again :oops:

 

thanking you all in advance,

[Squakus]

1) Fungal Mages are a monster in the Polypore Dungeon, an area released not too long ago where all the creatures are weak to magic and have high resistance to range/melee.

 

2) No quest is needed to access them, you can run from the duel arena, though if you have unlocked fairy rings then code B-I-P will put you at the entrance.

 

3+4) I don't know about the slayer xp, but they drop noted herblore secondaries pretty often. If you sprinkle neem oil on them their attack speed and damage is reduced making them easier to kill without too much food.

 

5)A good setup is to use ahrims and a polypore staff, a very good weapon with its own spell that doesn't need runes to cast.

 

6)A cannon doesn't have reduced damage like other ranged weapons, but if you use one you will be attacked by non-sprinkled monsters, and they will do a lot of damage. Your choice whether to use one or not.

 

The fungal mages drop accursed ashes when they die, so one infernal urn should be able to last you the whole task.

 

Hope this helps!

[The_Fray]

Skip, its a horrible task.

[hitman76]

lol after doing some reading up on these uglies i think i'm just going to skip them :mrgreen:

 

thank you very much for the responses though, appreciated