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Gelatinnoth Mother

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Gelatinnoth Mother
Released15 March 2006 (Update)
MembersYes
Combat level130
Size3x3
ExamineDeadly AND fruity!
Combat info
XP bonus+7.5%
Max hit9 (melee)
20x2 (ranged/magic)
AggressiveYes
PoisonousNo
Attack styleRanged, Magic, Stab
Attack speed4 ticks (2.4 seconds)
Combat stats
240787881150
Aggressive stats
Monster attack bonusMonster strength bonusMonster magic strength bonusMonster ranged strength bonus
+0+0+0+0+0+0
Melee defence
+150+150+150
Magic defence
No elemental weakness
+50No elemental weakness
Ranged defence
LightStandardHeavy
+50+50+50
Immunities
Poison0% resistance
Venom100% resistance
Open in DPS calculator
Advanced data
Monster ID4884,4885,4886,4887,4888,4889
LinkMOID

The Gelatinnoth Mother is a monster encountered during the final battles in the Recipe for Disaster quest. She is the equivalent to the Dagannoth mother from the Horror from the Deep quest, although Gelatinnoth Mother will switch colours after a certain amount of damage/hits is dealt. She will turn different colours every 15 to 20 seconds, not counting damage/hits dealt in the current colour, and her colour shows her weakness to a certain type of magic spell or attack.

The Gelatinnoth Mother can be fought as a boss monster in the Nightmare Zone minigame if the player has completed Recipe for Disaster.

The following table shows her colours in the order she cycles through them in the Defeating the Culinaromancer subquest and lists which attacks she is weak against in each state.

She does not drop anything when killed, unlike the other bosses fought during the quest.

Weakness by colour

Image Colour Weakness Attack Using
White Air spells Wind Strike, Bolt, Blast, Wave, or Surge.
Blue Water spells Water Strike, Bolt, Blast, Wave, or Surge.
Orange Melee Melee attacks.
Brown Earth spells Earth Strike, Bolt, Blast, Wave, or Surge.
Red Fire spells Fire Strike, Bolt, Blast, Wave, or Surge.
Green Ranged Ranged attacks.

Strategy

Since the Gelatinnoth Mother attacks with Ranged and Magic simultaneously, the armour to wear is the best dragonhide armour (body and chaps) the player can wear, or Karil's, alongside the best melee helmet they can wear (Barrows/serpentine helm, dragon med helm), while wearing a dragonfire shield, granite shield or toktz-ket-xil. This would give the player a well-balanced compromise in regards to Ranged and Magic defence, while not sacrificing too much Magic attack bonus.

Note: The player cannot use Prayer in this boss fight or any other Recipe for Disaster boss fight.

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