Tar Monster

Tar Bubbles
Released	7 September 2017 (Update)
Members	Yes
Location	Tar Swamp
League region	Misthalin✓
Examine	Bubbly.
Map
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Advanced data
NPC ID	7801

Passive Tar Monster
Released	7 September 2017 (Update)
Members	Yes
Location	Tar Swamp
League region	Misthalin✓
Examine	Icky sticky flicky stunned.
Map
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Advanced data
NPC ID	7805

Tar Monster
Released	7 September 2017 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	132
Size	2x2
Examine	Icky sticky flicky.
League region	Misthalin✓
Combat info
XP bonus	+0%
Max hit	7
Aggressive	Yes
Poisonous	No
Attack style	Typeless Ranged
Attack speed	4 ticks (2.4 seconds)
Combat stats
Aggressive stats
Melee defence
Magic defence
+0	No elemental weakness
Ranged defence
Immunities
Poison	Not immune
Venom	Not immune
Cannons	Immune
Thralls	Not immune
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Advanced data
Monster ID	7804

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AggressivePassiveBubbles

Tar monsters reside in the Tar Swamp area of Fossil Island. They hide underneath the tar and only appear as tar bubbles. Once a player steps near, they will emerge and attack using a typeless Ranged attack style. Protect from Missiles will nevertheless slightly reduce the maximum damage of a tar monster's attack, while higher Ranged defensive bonuses make it less likely for those attacks to hit for the maximum amount.^[1]

When attacking with a projectile, tar monsters carry out a Ranged-accuracy-vs-Ranged-defence roll against their primary target, while other players standing on the same tile skip the accuracy roll and receive a guaranteed hit.^[2] Likewise, the primary target can benefit from the damage-reducing effects of items like the Dinh's bulwark and elysian spirit shield, but their passive effects do not function when employed by secondary targets.^[3]

Using a hoop snake on them will temporarily stun them, turning them into a passive tar monster, which makes them unaggressive to all players. This can be done both when they appear as Tar Bubbles and also when they have emerged from the tar.

As Tar Monsters cannot move when they are aggressive, you are able to stand underneath a Tar Monster so that it cannot damage you.

Drops

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Bones	1	Always	113	0
	Swamp tar	10	1/3	30	0

Fossils

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Numulite.png: Tar Monster drops Numulite with rarity 45/175 in quantity 5-14	Numulite	5–14	45/175	200–560	150–420
	Unidentified small fossil	1	5/350	Not sold	60
	Unidentified medium fossil	1	5/700	Not sold	120
	Unidentified large fossil	1	5/875	Not sold	180
	Unidentified rare fossil	1	5/3,500	Not sold	750

References

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 4 April 2021. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Mod Ash: "Their ranged damage is reduced slightly by the Protect from Missiles prayer. And ranged defence makes them slightly less likely to hit the full possible amount."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 8 June 2019. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Mod Ash: "They roll against your ranged defence for their main projectile, then hit everyone else on the tile without any defence roll."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 30 October 2018. Archived from the original on 13 May 2023. Mod Ash: "The Fossil Island ones? Their primary target does respect that sort of thing, but their splash damage to nearby players does not, as far as I can tell from the code."

[1] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 4 April 2021. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Mod Ash: "Their ranged damage is reduced slightly by the Protect from Missiles prayer. And ranged defence makes them slightly less likely to hit the full possible amount."

[2] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 8 June 2019. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Mod Ash: "They roll against your ranged defence for their main projectile, then hit everyone else on the tile without any defence roll."

[3] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 30 October 2018. Archived from the original on 13 May 2023. Mod Ash: "The Fossil Island ones? Their primary target does respect that sort of thing, but their splash damage to nearby players does not, as far as I can tell from the code."

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