Gleason's Gielinor Guide

Moss Guardian

Released		7 February 2005 (Update)
Members		Yes
Combat level		84
Size		2x2
Examine		Bigger than your average moss giant.
Combat info
XP bonus		-97.5%
Max hit		14
Aggressive		Yes
Poisonous		No
Attack style		Crush, Magical melee
Attack speed		6 ticks (3.6 seconds)
Respawn time		10 ticks (6 seconds)
Combat stats

120	60	60	60	1	1
Aggressive stats

+66	+62	+0	+0	+0	+0
Melee defence

+0		+0		+0
Magic defence

+0			No elemental weakness
Ranged defence

+0		+0		+0
Immunities
Poison		0% resistance
Venom		0% resistance
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Advanced data
Monster ID		891
Link		MOID

Moss Guardians are the guardian spirits of Glarial's Tomb, and are significantly larger and stronger than ordinary moss giants. They are encountered during the Waterfall Quest when the player enters the tomb to obtain Glarial's amulet, and must later be killed during the Roving Elves quest to obtain the consecration seed. They can only be fought unarmed, as it is impossible to take weapons, armour, ammunition or runes into the tomb.

They cause a magical splashing effect when they attack. Their attacks first roll against the player's Melee defence to do melee damage. If that accuracy roll fails, it rolls against the player's Magic defence to do magical damage.^[1] Players can use Protect from Melee to avoid damage from their successful melee attacks, but damage from their magic attacks will still bypass Protect from Magic.

After completion of the Roving Elves quest, a variant of Moss Guardians can be fought in the Nightmare Zone. Players do not need to be unarmed to attack it there.

Locations

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
Glarial's Tomb	84		3	Show map

Drops

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Big bones	1	Always	311	0
	Consecration seed	1	Always^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A

^ Only during Roving Elves

Tertiary

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Long bone	1	1/400	Not sold	3
	Curved bone	1	1/5,012.5	Not sold	4

Changes

Date	Changes
1 August 2019 (Update)	The Moss Guardian was made aggressive again.
25 July 2019 (Update)	The NPC was renamed from "Moss giant" to "Moss Guardian". The Moss Guardian was made unaggressive.
29 August 2006 (Update)	The NPC was graphically updated.

Gallery (historical)


7 February 2005 – 29 August 2006	29 August 2006 – present

References

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 3 October 2022. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Mod Ash: "First it tries standard melee. If that accuracy roll fails, it rolls its melee accuracy against your magical defence to do magical damage."