Giant Mole Guide

The Giant Mole is Falador's underground boss - a huge blind burrower that digs away mid-fight and relocates around the lair. The teleport lands at 1764, 5179 right inside the molehill cavern.

It is the gentlest boss on the teleport list: slow hits, no specials, and a fight pattern built around chasing it between dig spots.

The dig-and-chase

The mole fights in melee with big slow hits - protect-from-melee and the damage is trivial. At health thresholds it digs underground and relocates to another corner of the lair, forcing you to follow and re-engage.

The lair is dim - a light source helps tracking it across the room, though the compass keeps you oriented regardless.

Why farm it

The drops are volume: mole skin and mole claws trade to Wyson the gardener for nests - the seed-table bird nests that fletchers and farmers both want. Add the mole slippers and pet baby mole on the rare end and you have a steady, low-risk profit loop.

What to bring

• Melee setup with protect-from-melee - the hits are slow and heavy.
• A light source or good map sense for the digs.
• Spade not needed - this fight does not use the dig mechanic.
• Basic food; it is the starter-friendly boss.

The chase mechanic

When the mole digs, it burrows toward a new corner of the lair and pops up somewhere else. Follow the disturbance on the ground or simply scan the room - the lair is small enough that a dig is never a long search. Re-engage on the new spot and the fight continues where it left off.

The digs do not heal it - the health bar carries over. The fight is a patience test, not a DPS race.

• A weapon with a fast attack speed finishes each phase quicker.
• The mole slippers cosmetic is the lighthearted rare on the table.
• Baby mole pet rolls alongside the standard drops.

Mole skin economics

The skin and claws are the repeatable value: Wyson the gardener in Falador park trades them for bird nests, and the nests hold seeds that farmers and fletchers both want. A mole-skin stack converts to a seed stack, which converts to GE cash through the farming economy.

It is not glamorous, but it is one of the few bosses where the drops are a guaranteed-conversion commodity rather than a rare-roll lottery.

The baby mole

The baby mole pet is the signature rare - a 1/3000-class roll that makes it a long-haul chase. Every kill is also guaranteed value though: the skins and claws convert to nests at a fixed rate, so the mole never feels like a wasted trip.

For a first pet hunt it is a forgiving choice - the fight cannot really kill you, so the only cost is time.

Session summary

The friendliest boss on the list - slow hits, a dig-and-chase gimmick, and guaranteed-value drops through the Wyson nest trade. Perfect first boss for a fresh account.

Notable drops

Tradeable drops link to their live Grand Exchange page.

Item	Quantity	Rarity
Big bones	1	Always
Mole claw	1	Always
Mole skin	1-3	Always
Baby Mole	1	Very rare
Clue scroll (elite)	1	Very rare
Curved bone	1	Very rare
Long bone	1	Very rare
Yew logs	100	Very rare
Death rune	7	Rare
Mithril bar	1	Rare
Oyster pearls	1	Rare
Iron arrow	690	Uncommon
Iron ore	100	Uncommon
Law rune	15	Uncommon
Rune med helm	1	Uncommon
Shark	4	Uncommon
Adamant longsword	1	Common
Air rune	105	Common
Amulet of strength	1	Common
Blood rune	15	Common
Fire rune	105	Common
Mithril axe	1	Common
Mithril battleaxe	1	Common
Mithril platebody	1	Common

Track these items

Mole clawMole skinMoonlight mead(m)

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