Bird house trapping

A bird house trap that has been set.

Bird house trapping is a Hunter technique that is used to catch birds. With this technique the player sets up bird houses on Fossil Island and fills them with seeds. The player then has to wait around fifty minutes for the bird houses to passively fill with birds.

Bird houses

Bird house traps are made using the Crafting skill requiring logs and a piece of clockwork with a hammer and chisel. They are then placed in designated spots on Fossil Island to catch birds, providing a passive method of training Hunter and gaining resources.

Additionally, Ironmen will need a Construction level of 25 to build a crafting table 2 for assembling clockwork.

Type		Level	XP	Level	XP	# for goal	# of Fossil Island Runs	Cost	XP/hr
	Regular	5	15	5	280	7	2	-3,885	44.8k - 55.233k
	Oak	15	20	14	420	13	3	-7,344	67.2k - 82.85k
	Willow	25	25	24	560	24	6	-14,605	89.6k - 110.47k
	Teak	35	30	34	700	52	13	-43,962	112k - 138.08k
	Maple	45	35	44	820	44	11	-28,160	131.2k - 161.75k
	Mahogany	50	40	49	960	160	40	-200,327	153.6k - 189.37k
	Yew	60	45	59	1,020	832	208	-809,536	163.2k - 201.2k
	Magic	75	50	74	1,140	3288	822	-5,891,798	182.4k - 224.88k
	Redwood	90	55	89	1,200	6828	1707	-3,709,894	192k - 236.71k

Seeds

To arm the trap, players need 10 low level hop seeds or herb seeds (Krandorian/Harralander or lower) or 5 high level seeds (Wildblood/Ranarr or above). All seeds give the exact same rewards, so it is recommended to use the seeds that are cheapest or easiest to obtain.

Seed		Amount	Price per house
	Barley seed	10	-40
	Hammerstone seed	10	-30
	Asgarnian seed	10	-50
	Jute seed	10	-50
	Yanillian seed	10	-70
	Krandorian seed	10	-80
	Wildblood seed	5	-710
	Guam seed	10	-110
	Marrentill seed	10	-110
	Tarromin seed	10	-120
	Harralander seed	10	-590
	Ranarr seed	5	-191,615
	Toadflax seed	5	-12,045
	Irit seed	5	-160
	Avantoe seed	5	-2,680
	Kwuarm seed	5	-840
	Snapdragon seed	5	-312,675
	Cadantine seed	5	-3,135
	Lantadyme seed	5	-2,580
	Dwarf weed seed	5	-765
	Torstol seed	5	-284,700

Catching birds

Once the bird house trap has been set and filled with seeds, it will passively capture birds at random tick intervals (an average of once every 5 minutes), up to a maximum of 10. To claim the Hunter experience and loot, players must return to the bird house trap to empty and dismantle it. The bird house will be lost in the process, but the clockwork will be returned, meaning players only need four clockworks to set all their bird houses indefinitely, after which they will only need to bring hammer, chisel, logs, and seeds. However, it is recommended to take a fifth clockwork to craft birdhouses while moving between sites.

Alternatively, players may purchase pre-made houses from the Grand Exchange. Retrieving these will still return the clockwork, which players can sell afterward.

Inventory

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Loot

The player will roll this table once for every bird caught, up to ten times per bird house. The nests may be regular empty nests, seed nests, ring nests and rarely also Clue nests. Egg nests can't be obtained this way.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Raw bird meat	1	Always	44	10
	Feather	10	Varies	30	10
	Bird nest	1	Varies	4,166	271

The chance of successfully receiving a bird nest is dependent on the tier of bird house and the player's Hunter level. The seeds used do not affect amount of nests received.

Locations

There are four spots on Fossil Island in which players can place bird house traps, indicated by the icon.

• The first and second are found in the Verdant Valley, south of the Museum Camp.
• The third is found west of the ancient shroom in the Mushroom Forest, and directly north of the magic mushtree.
• The fourth is found by the entrance to the Tar Swamp.

All of these spots are easily accessible by using the Digsite pendant teleport to Fossil Island after using the pendant on the strange machine at the House on the Hill, then using the magic mushtree in the House on the Hill.