Ghast

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Ghast



Release				13 July 2004 (Update)
Members				Yes
Options				Attack, Examine
Race				? (edit)
Examine				Arrghhh... A Ghast.

Combat info

Combat level				35
Life points				2,500
Aggressive
Poisonous

Combat experience

XP				125
XP				28
XP				41.2
XP				11 (two-handed) 5 (one-handed and armour)

Slayer info

Level				1
Assignment				Ghosts, Undead
Master				Jacquelyn: 15–25 The Raptor: 130–170; 160–180 Vannaka: 40–70 Laniakea: 120–160

Offensive
Max hit

150		0			0			0		? (edit)
Style						Rate
						4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels

25			0			0			1
Accuracy

381			0			0			0
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
381	25
Base hit chance

90			60			50			70
Immunities

Not immune			Not immune			Not immune			Not immune
Advanced data

NPC ID			1053
Links			bestiary • MRND

RegularTemple Trekking
Ghast



Release								13 July 2004 (Update)
Members								Yes
Race								Ghost
Quest								No
Location								Mort Myre Swamp
Gender								Not specified
Options								Invoke, Examine
Examine								Arrghhh... A Ghast.

Advanced data

NPC ID								1052
Links								MRND1052

Ghasts are undead souls of people that starved to death in the Mort Myre swamp.

Ghasts are nearly transparent and will attempt to attack any player travelling through the swamp. If the player is carrying food and the ghast successfully attacks the player, they will turn one piece into rotten food. If the player does not have any food and the ghast successfully attacks the player, they will drain a small amount of their health instead. Their attacks may miss. With completion of the easy Morytania achievements, ghasts will only attack 50% of the time.

Ghasts can only be attacked once they have been invoked through a charged druid pouch (requires partial completion of Nature Spirit) or a Ouroboros pouch (requires In Aid of the Myreque quest and Jayene Kliyn at level 99 in Temple Trekking), the latter having unlimited charges. Players can invoke the ghast themselves, or let the ghast attack them, as they will be forced to reveal themselves. This does not rot food. When a ghast is killed, its death animation shows a translucent white soul escaping their outer ghast form.

30 Prayer experience is awarded for every ghast killed.

Locations

Rotting food

Ghasts are notorious for their ability to rot food in the player's backpack. This includes food held in containers, such as baskets or sacks, turning the whole container into one rotten food. It even converts stacks of Magnetic minnow or holy biscuits into a singular rotten food. They can also rot certain items that cannot be directly eaten, like pineapples and coconuts (cooking apples cannot be rotten, but apples in a basket can).

Ghasts are always "aggressive" in using their rotting ability to attack players; however, once they are made attackable, they may become tolerant with their regular attacks according to the player's combat level.

Ghasts cannot rot:

Most alcoholic drinks, including jug of wine, bottle of wine, moonlight mead, beer, poison chalice, or gnome cocktails like Premade Blurberry Special
Cheese wheels, including ones that are partially sliced, but they can rot regular cheese
Raw food that cannot be directly eaten (but they can rot raw potatoes, including in sacks)
Healing potions, like Saradomin brews, Guthix rests, or barbarian mixes

Transformation

Ghasts are in fact humans who have been transformed due to a lack of food, as proven during the Temple Trekking minigame. This explains why ghasts attempt to steal and consume food from players. When one is in the Morytanian environment and does not eat enough, the following will occur:

At first the human looks hungry, but normal.
The hair colour will begin to fade. The victim's skin will turn to a purple-adjacent colour.
The hair will become completely grey and might fall out or grow even more, the cheeks and nose begin to "slump" and the skin turns to a more brown colour. The white of the eye will become slightly yellow.
If the person still hasn't eaten, their skin turns blue-grey and completely loses elasticity. The white of the eye is now completely yellow.
Finally, the person's soul leaves the body in ghast form, at which point the person can no longer be cured.

A healthy human
Stage 2
Stage 3
Final stage before turning into a ghast
A human turning into a ghast

Drops

The average Ghast kill is worth 2,126 coins.

Stone spirits

Herbs

Seeds

Other

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Coins	200–399	24/128	200–399	200–399
Raw potato	1–3	10/128	1,181–3,543	9–27
Swamp tar	4	8/128	1,720	4
Mort myre fungus	1	6/128	2,033	1
Lean snail	1	6/128	7,430	6
Thin snail	1	6/128	5,695	36
Fat snail	1	6/128	10,472	9
Prayer potion (1)	1	6/128	1,115	45

Gem drop table

There is a 2/128 chance of rolling the gem drop table.

Gem and rare drop table

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Coins _(m)	250–500	1/130.03	250–500	250–500
Coins^{[d 1]}	50	1/115.38	50	50
Uncut sapphire	1	1/264.26	223	15
Uncut emerald	1	1/512	313	30
Uncut ruby	1	1/1,024	318	60
Uncut diamond	1	1/4,096	780	120
Rune javelin _(m)	5	1/2,048	945	1,870
Uncut dragonstone _(m)	1	1/7,281.78–1/7,099.73	5,591	600
Tooth half of a key _(m)	1	1/7,489.83–1/7,344.55	7,662	1
Loop half of a key _(m)	1	1/7,489.83–1/7,344.55	7,559	1
Huge plated rune salvage	1 (noted)	1/104,857.6–1/85,196.8	38,690	40,000
Magic logs _(m)	65–85 (noted)	1/131,072–1/106,496	67,925–88,825	12,480–16,320
Rune arrowheads	110–140	1/131,072–1/106,496	14,080–17,920	660–840
Soft clay _(m)	35–45 (noted)	1/131,072–1/106,496	49,350–63,450	35–45
Small bladed orikalkum salvage _(m)	1 (noted)	1/262,144–1/212,992	48,244	50,000
Catalytic anima stone _(m)	35–45	1/262,144–1/212,992	26,670–34,290	6,300–8,100
Teak plank _(m)	45–55 (noted)	1/262,144–1/212,992	16,020–19,580	13,500–16,500
Dragon bones _(m)	35–45 (noted)	1/262,144–1/212,992	36,050–46,350	35–45
Dragon helm _(m)	1	1/233,665.96–1/189,853.59	58,322	60,000
Dragon longsword _(m)	1	1/843,076.18–1/684,999.4	56,226	60,000
Off-hand dragon longsword _(m)	1	1/843,076.18–1/684,999.4	57,762	60,000
Molten glass _(m)	45–55 (noted)	1/131,072; 0^{[d 2]}	19,710–24,090	45–55
Runite stone spirit _(m)	25–35	1/131,072; 1/122,880; 0^{[d 3]}	44,850–62,790	N/A
Raw lobster _(m)	135–165 (noted)	1/131,072–1/114,688; 0^{[d 4]}	38,475–47,025	22,950–28,050
Shield left half _(m)	1	1/4,194,304–1/3,407,872	73,146	66,000
Dragon spear _(m)	1	1/2,396,745.14–1/1,947,355.43	34,856	37,440
Huge plated rune salvage	18–22 (noted)	1/5,592,405.33–1/4,543,829.33	696,420–851,180	720,000–880,000
Yew logs	675–825 (noted)	1/4,194,304–1/3,407,872	625,725–764,775	64,800–79,200
Super restore (4) _(m)	45–55 (noted)	1/2,796,202.67–1/2,271,914.67	97,650–119,350	8,100–9,900
Prayer potion (4)	45–55 (noted)	1/2,796,202.67–1/2,271,914.67	183,015–223,685	5,130–6,270
Raw rocktail _(m)	180–220 (noted)	1/3,355,443.2–1/2,726,297.6	168,120–205,480	64,800–79,200
Mahogany plank _(m)	270–330 (noted)	1/5,592,405.33–1/4,543,829.33	485,460–593,340	243,000–297,000
Magic seed _(m)	3–5	1/8,388,608–1/6,815,744	99,594–165,990	759–1,265
Water talisman	68–82 (noted)	1/10,485,760–1/8,519,680	39,304–47,396	136–164
Battlestaff _(m)	180–220 (noted)	1/10,485,760–1/8,519,680	806,220–985,380	756,000–924,000
Hardened dragon bones _(m)	45–55 (noted)	1/8,388,608–1/6,815,744	466,695–570,405	45–55
Onyx bolt tips _(m)	135–165	1/10,485,760–1/8,519,680	1,083,375–1,324,125	729,000–891,000
Ciku seed _(m)	1	1/10,485,760–1/8,519,680	17,799	300
Golden dragonfruit seed _(m)	13–17	1/5,592,405.33–1/4,543,829.33	26,156–34,204	3,900–5,100
Uncut diamond	45–55 (noted)	1/3,355,443.2–1/2,726,297.6	35,100–42,900	5,400–6,600
Uncut dragonstone _(m)	45–55 (noted)	1/8,388,608–1/6,815,744	251,595–307,505	27,000–33,000
Soul rune _(m)	450–550	1/10,485,760–1/8,519,680	470,250–574,750	36,900–45,100
Light animica stone spirit _(m)	270–330	1/4,194,304–1/3,407,872	148,770–181,830	N/A
Dark animica stone spirit _(m)	270–330	1/4,194,304–1/3,407,872	141,480–172,920	N/A
Primal stone spirit _(m)	90–150	1/3,994,575.24–1/3,245,592.38	1,487,430–2,479,050	N/A
Crystal key _(m)	9–11 (noted)	1/1,398,101.33–1/1,135,957.33	121,689–148,731	9–11
White berries _(m)	67–85 (noted)	1/5,592,405.33–1/4,543,829.33	122,074–154,870	402–510
Ectoplasm _(m)	270–330	1/4,194,304–1/3,407,872	300,510–367,290	1,620–1,980
Medium spiky orikalkum salvage _(m)	3–5 (noted)	1/4,194,304–1/3,407,872	219,249–365,415	225,000–375,000
Large blunt necronium salvage _(m)	2 (noted)	1/5,592,405.33–1/4,543,829.33	646,350	650,000
Wine of Saradomin _(m)	13–17 (noted)	1/10,485,760–1/8,519,680	435,435–569,415	13–17
Starbloom flower seed _(m)	5–8	1/3,355,443.2–1/2,726,297.6	450–720	450–720
Distraction & Diversion reset token (daily) _(m)	1	1/8,388,608–1/6,815,744	Not sold	N/A
Distraction & Diversion reset token (weekly) _(m)	1	1/8,388,608–1/6,815,744	Not sold	N/A
Distraction & Diversion reset token (monthly) _(m)	1	1/8,388,608–1/6,815,744	Not sold	N/A
Vecna skull _(m)	1	1/8,519,680; 0^{[d 5]}	326,458	6,000
Cheese+tom batta _(m)	1	~1/83,886,080–1/73,400,320; 0^{[d 6]}	795	1
Blurberry Special _(m)	1	~1/75,730,488.89; 0^{[d 7]}	50,487	18
Hazelmere's signet ring _(m)	1	~1/681,574,400; 0^{[d 8]}	5,126,921,959	300,000

^ 50 coins replaces members-only drops in free-to-play.
^ Molten glass removed from the drop table with tier 2 luck.
^ Runite stone spirit removed from the drop table with tier 3 luck.
^ Raw lobster removed from the drop table with tier 4 luck.
^ Vecna skull requires tier 4 luck. Without it, coins are dropped instead.
^ Cheese+tom batta dropped only without tier 4 luck. Indicates a roll for Hazelmere's signet ring and Blurberry Special.
^ Blurberry Special requires tier 4 luck. Indicates a failed 1/10 roll for Hazelmere's signet ring.
^ Hazelmere's signet ring requires tier 4 luck.

Tertiary

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Congealed blood	2–7	1/10^{[d 1]}	410–1,435	N/A
Congealed blood	2–7	1/20^{[d 2]}	410–1,435	N/A
Ghostly essence	2–3	1/256^{[d 3]}	9,036–13,554	120–180
Ghost hunter goggles	1	1/1,750^{[d 4]}	Not sold	N/A
Ghost hunter body	1	1/1,750^{[d 4]}	Not sold	N/A
Ghost hunter legs	1	1/1,750^{[d 4]}	Not sold	N/A
Ghost hunter backpack	1	1/1,750^{[d 4]}	Not sold	N/A
Ectoplasmator	1	1/750^{[d 5]}	Not sold	N/A
Deployable herb burner	1	1/1,024^{[d 6]}	Not sold	N/A
Cremation	1	1/1,000^{[d 7]}^[1]	Not sold	N/A

^ Only dropped by version "Temple Trekking".
^ Only dropped by version "Normal".
^ If the rooster perk from the player-owned farm is active, there is a 10% chance of increasing the drop rate of ghostly essence by 7% at tier 1 and by 10% at tier 2 for the next 10 to 30 kills.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d During October, the chance is 1/1375. Only dropped if not already owned.
^ During October, the chance is 1/375. Only dropped if not already owned.
^ During October, the chance is 1/512. Only dropped if not already owned.
^ During October, the chance is 1/500. Only dropped if not already owned.

Dialogue

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Gallery

Artwork depicting ghasts
A ghast attacking a player
Surprise!

Graphical updates

Ghast (Mort Myre)

Ghast after 13 July 2004 (update)
Ghast after 17 August 2011 (update)

Ghast (Temple Trekking)

Ghast after 28 March 2006 (update)
Ghast after 17 August 2011 (update)

Transformation

Human transforming into a ghast after 13 March 2007 (update)
Human transforming into a ghast after 17 August 2011 (update)

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included – see here for how to help out!

update 2 March 2026 (Update):
- Default base hit chances increased:
  - Magic ('weak'): 65 → 70
  - Melee ('same'): 55 → 60
  - Ranged ('strong'): 45 → 50

patch 11 April 2023 (Update):
- Can be killed as part of the new undead slayer task.

patch 22 January 2018 (Update):
- The opportunity to gain 30 Prayer XP from killing ghasts is now locked behind completion of Nature Spirit.

update 17 August 2011 (Update):
- Graphically updated.

patch 21 April 2009 (Update):
- You will now lose the correct number of druid pouches when attacked by ghasts in the Temple Trekking and Burgh de Rott Ramble minigames.

update 13 July 2004 (Update):
- Added to game.

Trivia

If a ghast dies above water, there will be no drop at all. This also applies to the Vyrewatch in Meiyerditch near the boat.
If you finished Deadliest Catch you have access to a bank deposit box somewhat north-west from the grotto where you can bank your herbs and other drops.
Since their graphical update on 17 August 2011 the ghasts now have the same moving, idle, and death animations as the aberrant spectres.
If attacked by a Ghast while using a Home teleport, the animation will be interrupted, although the teleport will not, even if the Ghast does damage to you, only when it is transparent.
When a ghast dies, its spirit resembles the way it used to look before their graphical update.
With the update to Temple Trekking on 17 August 2011, the ghasts in the events no longer gave Prayer experience. This glitch was fixed on 7 February 2012.
There is currently a glitch where, if you teleport to the Lunar Isle using the lodestone network, are attacked during the animation, arrive on Lunar Isle, log out, and log back in, there will be a ghast. It does not attack you or follow you, and using a druid pouch on it will have no effect; it can only be examined.
The animation when a druid pouch makes a ghast visible is the old animation for Earth Blast.

References

^ Jagex. Mod Stu's Twitter account. 17 November 2017. (Archived from the original on 22 January 2019.) Mod Stu: "Had a look at the code: * It only drops on member worlds * Looks like a 1/1,000 drop chance, no modifiers * It just flags a variable and messages "You have unlocked the ability to burn bones on bonfires!", so it's easy to miss you've unlocked it"

[1] 50 coins replaces members-only drops in free-to-play.

[removedt2-2] Molten glass removed from the drop table with tier 2 luck.

[removedt3-3] Runite stone spirit removed from the drop table with tier 3 luck.

[removedt4-4] Raw lobster removed from the drop table with tier 4 luck.

[5] Vecna skull requires tier 4 luck. Without it, coins are dropped instead.

[6] Cheese+tom batta dropped only without tier 4 luck. Indicates a roll for Hazelmere's signet ring and Blurberry Special.

[7] Blurberry Special requires tier 4 luck. Indicates a failed 1/10 roll for Hazelmere's signet ring.

[8] Hazelmere's signet ring requires tier 4 luck.

[autod-temple-trekking-9] Only dropped by version "Temple Trekking".

[autod-normal-10] Only dropped by version "Normal".

[11] If the rooster perk from the player-owned farm is active, there is a 10% chance of increasing the drop rate of ghostly essence by 7% at tier 1 and by 10% at tier 2 for the next 10 to 30 kills.

[ghosts-october-12] During October, the chance is 1/1375. Only dropped if not already owned.

[13] During October, the chance is 1/375. Only dropped if not already owned.

[14] During October, the chance is 1/512. Only dropped if not already owned.

[16] During October, the chance is 1/500. Only dropped if not already owned.

[cremation-drop-rate-15] Jagex. Mod Stu's Twitter account. 17 November 2017. (Archived from the original on 22 January 2019.) Mod Stu: "Had a look at the code: * It only drops on member worlds * Looks like a 1/1,000 drop chance, no modifiers * It just flags a variable and messages "You have unlocked the ability to burn bones on bonfires!", so it's easy to miss you've unlocked it"

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v • d • e RS3 Nature Spirit
	Part 2 of the Myreque quest series
Characters	Drezel Filliman Tarlock
Enemies	Ghast
Items	Washing bowl Mirror Journal Druidic spell A used spell Sickle mould Silver sickle Blessed silver sickle Druid pouch Mort myre fungus Mort myre stem Mort myre pear
Scenery	A small bush Rotting log Rotting branch
Rewards	Constitution XP lamp Crafting XP lamp Defence XP lamp
Locations	Mort Myre Swamp Nature Grotto
Music	Dead Quiet Natural Stagnant Grotto
Miscellaneous	Bloom Ashustru, blessidum, adverturasi, fidum Achievement Quick guide Transcript Quest journal

Ghast

Contents

Locations

Rotting food

Transformation

Drops

Stone spirits

Herbs

Seeds

Other

Gem drop table

Tertiary

Dialogue

Gallery

Graphical updates

Ghast (Mort Myre)

Ghast (Temple Trekking)

Transformation

Update history

Trivia

References

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