Zygomite - Access and Combat Recommendations

Access Directions

Get to Zanaris easily from any fairy ring, and bank in the northwest corner.

These monsters appear as squat orange mushrooms with dark spots sitting on the ground just northeast of the bank, near the furnace. When you try to "pick" one, it turns out that this mushroom was the top part of the zygomite's body, which will pop out of the ground and attack you.

Equipment

These have a magic-based melee attack so wear high magic defence gear, such as dragonhide armor.

Wear a black mask or Slayer helmet when on Slayer assignments.

Supplies

You need a fungicide spray and fungicide cannisters. Each cannister will kill 10 zygomites; once you finish a cannister, use another one on the spray to refill it. Slayer masters sell these materials (and they sometimes drop more fungicide.)

Be sure to bring extras (especially if doing these for a Slayer assignment) as you will waste one if you use it too early.

As always, use super sets to increase kill count. These are very close to a bank so I just use cheap food like salmon and refill when needed.

Familiar

Use a healing familiar here -- a bunyip is great. (You don't technically need it, but it saves you food and hassle.)

Combat Notes

It is best to use autoretaliate after picking a fungus, since if you try to attack too soon it won't work and just wastes your time.

You can use fungicide on the zygomite when it is nearly red-barred, but you'll waste a dose if you try too soon. You also get a message in your chat box when the monster is nearly dead.

These monsters can hit pretty hard for their level, but since they are so close to a bank there's really no problem killing them. Just remember the fungicide and refill the sprayer when necessary.

Note that if you try to pick a fungus when a zygomite from a different spawn is in the area, that one will attack you instead, even from a distance.

Finally, be prepared for the usual annoyances while in Zanaris, such as being changed into animals and talking frogs. Some of these will even briefly make you unable to continue in combat.

Drop Notes

In addition to being annoying to fight, another reason zygomites are despised is their rather anemic drops. Their drop list was improved somewhat in 2008, and the higher value of items like mort myre fungus these days helps a bit, but overall, they aren't great. If you need strawberry seeds for Farming, though, they are great. :)