The Giant Mole is a fairly simple mid-level boss that can be found under Falador. It is killed for its mole claw, mole skin and Baby mole drops.
How to get there
The Giant Mole is located in the Mole Lair under Falador. The entrance point is located at Falador Park, where there are mole holes scattered on the west side. Players must bring a spade to dig underground, and a light source of some type or they will be constantly bitten by bugs.
Attacks and abilities
- Melee attack: The mole swipes a claw at its target, dealing up to 21 damage.
- Burrow: When the mole reaches half health or under, there is a 25% chance for any incoming attack to cause it to burrow away into another location. There is also a chance that the dirt she digs while burrowing to escape can extinguish the player's light source (shown with dirt splatters on the player's screen), though covered light sources will be unaffected by this.
Guide
A map of the Falador Mole Lair, labelling spawn location and burrow locations of the Giant Mole.
Killing the mole is extremely easy, as it doesn't have any unique abilities that can endanger the player.
For low levelled players, they can safespot it with the cavern walls, as it does not move around the safespot to attack players. Ranging is highly recommended when safespotting, as it has low ranged defence. Players meleeing it should activate Protect from Melee and use stabbing weapons, as it has lower stab defence compared to slash and crush.
For high levelled players, the mole can be killed extremely fast with Dharok the Wretched's equipment, as it is easily possible to kill her within 2-3 hits depending on the player's strength boosting equipment. Simply lower your health to 1 with the Locator orb or Dwarven rock cake, activate Protect from Melee and flick Piety.
When the mole reaches half health and lower, there is a chance that it will dig away to another location in the lair. Without the Falador shield 3 or 4, it is an extremely tedious task, as players potentially have to navigate through the whole lair to find the mole. The mole also loses aggression towards the primary target when burrowing away.
While the mole is not immune to poison, it's recommended to avoid poisoning it without the shield, as taking damage from the poison could cause it to burrow again while you're looking for it.
Completion of the hard Falador diaries is highly recommended, as players with the shield can locate the mole whenever it digs away. It also notes the 100% drop of mole skin and claws, prolonging trips.
Suggested skills
Skills:
- 70+
- 70+
- 40+ (70+ Recommended)
- 75+
- 43+ (Protect from Melee, 44+ Eagle Eye, 70+ Piety)
Equipment
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Inventory
- Spade
- A good light source such as a lit bullseye lantern or Firemaking cape
- Special attack weapon (optional)
- 1-2 Super combat potions or Super sets
- 8-10 Prayer potions
- 4-5 Stamina or (Super) energy potions
- Falador shield 3 or 4
- Falador teleports
- An emergency teleport (optional)
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- Spade
- A good light source such as a lit bullseye lantern or Firemaking cape
- Special attack weapon (optional)
- 1-2 Super combat potions or Super sets
- 8-10 Prayer potions
- 4-5 Stamina or (Super) energy potions
- Falador shield 3 or 4
- Falador teleports
- An emergency teleport (optional)
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 Dharok's helm
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 Amulet of torture
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 Amulet of fury
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 Amulet of glory
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 Amulet of power
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 Infernal cape
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 Fire cape
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 Ardougne cloak 4
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 Capes of Accomplishment
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 Mythical cape
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 Dharok's platebody
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 Dharok's platelegs
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 Dharok's greataxe
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 God blessing
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 Barrows gloves
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 Dragon gloves
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 Rune gloves
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 Regen bracelet
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 Primordial boots
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 Dragon boots
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 Bandos boots
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 Granite boots /  Rune boots
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 Berserker ring (i)
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 Warrior ring (i)
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 Ring of suffering (i)
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 Ring of life
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Inventory
- Spade
- A good light source such as a lit bullseye lantern or Firemaking cape
- Special attack weapon (optional)
- 1-2 Super combat potions or Super sets
- 8-10 Prayer potions
- 4-5 Stamina or (Super) energy potions
- Falador shield 3 or 4
- Dwarven rock cake or Locator orb
- Falador teleports
- An emergency teleport (optional)
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Inventory
- Spade
- A good light source such as a lit bullseye lantern or Firemaking cape
- Special attack weapon (optional)
- 1-2 Super combat potions or Super sets
- 2-3 Prayer potions (optional)
- 4-5 Stamina or (Super) energy potions
- 10+ monkfish or better food
- Falador shield 3 or 4
- Falador teleports
- An emergency teleport (optional)
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Inventory
- Spade
- A good light source such as a lit bullseye lantern or Firemaking cape
- 1-2 Ranging potions
- 8-10 Prayer potions (1-2 if safespotting)
- 4-5 Stamina or (Super) energy potions
- Falador shield 3 or 4
- Falador teleports
- An emergency teleport (optional)
