Pet

A pet is a non-combat NPC loyal to a player that is generally obtained from monster drops and skilling. Most pets can be interacted with. Most pets do not serve a purpose other than aesthetics, as most pets are very rare drops from certain bosses or skilling activities, and thus are often considered prestigious. A player may only have one pet following them at one time. Pets only move at a walking pace (except for Nexling), if they become stuck and/or too far away from the player they follow, they'll teleport close to the player and continue. They can also be called to the player's side using the Call follower button under the Worn Equipment tab.
Pets may be stored in the bank or inventory, and will follow the player when dropped. Players can store up to 52 pets in the Menagerie of a player-owned house (with the highest-level pet houses).
Unlike other pets, cats are the only kind of pets that must be raised to maturity by following the player. Kittens must be stroked and fed regularly or they will run away. Once they reach adult stage, they no longer need to be fed.
Obtaining a pet[edit | edit source]
When a player receives a one-off pet (i.e. a boss or skilling pet), it will automatically try to appear as their follower. At the same time, a message in the chatbox will state You have a funny feeling like you're being followed. Upon receiving a pet, a small sound will be heard.
Receiving a pet
The sound which can be heard when players receive a one-off pet.
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However, if a player receives a pet while having a follower out (for example, a cat), it will be placed into their inventory. When this occurs, the message in the chatbox will instead state You feel something weird sneaking into your backpack. If a players inventory is full and they have a follower already, they will not receive the pet; it must instead be claimed from Probita in East Ardougne for a reclaim token, which costs 1,000,000 coins. When skilling, the pet is prioritised over the resource gathered; it will be placed in the last inventory slot available,[1] while the resource gathered will be dropped underneath the player if their inventory becomes full. However, this does not apply to Farming due to the complexity of the skill's code.[2]
Players can still roll for pet drops even if they already own it; when this happens, players will receive the message You have a funny feeling like you would have been followed... The only exception to this is the abyssal orphan due to being obtained differently compared to other pets. In addition, players will be given a pet reclaim token, accompanied with the message You have been given one free pet reclaim with Probita.
If a player dies with a one-off pet following them (or if it is in their inventory and it is not one of the items protected on death) in a dangerous situation, the pet will be dropped and wander around the area for 30 seconds before despawning. Even if the player returns in time, the pet cannot be picked up, and can be reclaimed from Probita in East Ardougne for a reclaim token.
If a player runs out of membership with a pet still following them, the pet is placed in their inventory. They will receive the message Your pet is scared into your backpack. If the player does not have space in their inventory, the pet is placed in their bank. If the player's bank is full or exceeds the allowable free-to-play bank space limit, their pet is sent to Probita in East Ardougne, where they will have a free reclaim token usable to reclaim their pet.[3]
List of pets[edit | edit source]
Boss pets[edit | edit source]
These pets usually resemble the bosses that drop them, or the bosses that they are associated with.
Pet | Source | Drop rate | |
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Abyssal orphan | Using an unsired on the Font of Consumption | 1/2,560 (per Abyssal Sire kill) 5/128 (per unsired) |
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Baby mole/mole-rat[b 1] | Dropped by the Giant Mole | 1/3,000 |
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Callisto cub | Dropped by Callisto | 1/2,000 |
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Hellpuppy | Dropped by Cerberus | 1/3,000 |
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Ikkle hydra | Dropped by Alchemical Hydra | 1/3,000 |
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Jal-nib-rek/Tzrek-zuk | Defeating TzKal-Zuk or exchanging an infernal cape to TzHaar-Ket-Keh | 1/100 (per kill or gamble) 1/75 (per kill on Slayer task) |
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Kalphite princess | Dropped by Kalphite Queen | 1/3,000 |
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Lil' zik/maiden/bloat/nylo/sot/xarp[b 2] | Theatre of Blood reward | 1/650 (per completion, with optimal performance) |
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Little nightmare/parasite[b 3] | Dropped by The Nightmare | 1/800 to 1/4000 (From 1 to 5+ team size) |
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Nexling | Dropped by Nex | 1/500 |
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Noon/Midnight | Dropped by the Grotesque Guardians | 1/3,000 |
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Olmlet/Puppadile/Tektiny/Vanguard/Vasa Minirio/Vespina[b 4] | Great Olm at the end of the Chambers of Xeric | 1/53 (per broadcasted unique item) |
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Pet chaos elemental | Dropped by the Chaos Elemental and Chaos Fanatic | 1/300 (Elemental) 1/1,000 (Fanatic) |
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Pet dagannoth prime | Dropped by Dagannoth Prime | 1/5,000 |
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Pet dagannoth rex | Dropped by Dagannoth Rex | 1/5,000 |
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Pet dagannoth supreme | Dropped by Dagannoth Supreme | 1/5,000 |
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Pet dark core | Dropped by Corporeal Beast | 1/5,000 |
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Pet general graardor | Dropped by General Graardor | 1/5,000 |
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Pet k'ril tsutsaroth | Dropped by K'ril Tsutsaroth | 1/5,000 |
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Pet kraken | Dropped by Kraken | 1/3,000 |
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Pet kree'arra | Dropped by Kree'arra | 1/5,000 |
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Pet smoke devil | Dropped by the Thermonuclear smoke devil | 1/3,000 |
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Pet snakeling | Dropped by Zulrah | 1/4,000 |
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Pet zilyana | Dropped by Commander Zilyana | 1/5,000 |
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Prince black dragon | Dropped by the King Black Dragon | 1/3,000 |
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Scorpia's offspring | Dropped by Scorpia | 1/2,015.75 |
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Skotos | Dropped by Skotizo | 1/65 |
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Sraracha[b 5] | Dropped by Sarachnis | 1/3,000 |
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Tzrek-jad/Jalrek-jad[b 6] | Defeating TzTok-Jad or exchanging a fire cape to TzHaar-Mej-Jal | 1/200 (per kill or gamble) 1/100 (per kill on Slayer task) |
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Venenatis spiderling | Dropped by Venenatis | 1/2,000 |
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Vet'ion jr. | Dropped by Vet'ion | 1/2,000 |
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Vorki | Dropped by Vorkath | 1/3,000 |
Skilling pets[edit | edit source]
These pets are obtained by training a specific skill, with the chance of obtaining one being based on the player's level in the corresponding skill and the base chance of the activity being performed.
For all drop rates, use the formula: . Base chances are found in the individual page of each pet. Players with 200 million experience in the corresponding skill will be fifteen times more likely in receiving the skilling pet.[4]
As the rates use the player's base level, temporary skill boosts such as the dragon pickaxe's special attack or invisible boosts in areas such as the Woodcutting Guild do not affect the rate at which players can obtain these pets.[5]
Pet | Source | Drop rate | |
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Baby chinchompa | Obtained while hunting chinchompas | See here |
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Beaver | Obtained while woodcutting | See here |
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Giant squirrel | Obtained while training agility | See here |
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Heron | Obtained while fishing | See here |
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Rift guardian | Obtained through runecraft | See here |
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Rock golem | Obtained while mining | See here |
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Rocky | Obtained while thieving | See here |
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Tangleroot | Obtained while farming | See here |
Other[edit | edit source]
These pets are obtained either through quests or other means.
Pet | Source | Drop rate | |
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Eek | Received during the 2018 Halloween event. The only F2P pet in the game. | N/A |
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Bloodhound | Received when completing master clue scrolls | 1/1,000 |
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Cat | Gertrude, after completing Gertrude's Cat | N/A |
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Chompy chick | Dropped by Chompy birds after completing the elite Western Provinces Diary | 1/500 |
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Hellcat | Catching Hell-Rats with a cat | N/A |
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Herbi | Hunting herbiboars | 1/6,500 |
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Lil' creator/ Lil' destructor |
Dropped by Spoils of war | 1/400 |
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Pet fish | Caught in Harry's Fishing Shop using a tiny net, with a fishbowl (containing water and seaweed) in the inventory | N/A |
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Pet penance queen | High-level gambles in Barbarian Assault | 1/1,000 |
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Pet rock | Askeladden after The Fremennik Trials | N/A |
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Phoenix | Supply crates earned from subduing the Wintertodt (completion of game gives possible chance) | 1/5,000 |
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Tiny tempor | Received from Reward pool when collecting rewards for Tempoross | 1/8,000 |
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Toy cat | Clockwork and a regular plank used at a Crafting table 4 with 85 Crafting | N/A |
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Youngllef | Reward from The Gauntlet | 1/2,000 (normal Gauntlet) 1/800 (Corrupted Gauntlet) |
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Smolcano | Dropped by Zalcano | 1/2,250 |
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Abyssal protector | Reward from the Guardians of the Rift minigame | 1/4,000 |
One-off pet totals[edit | edit source]
This is how many times each pet has been obtained by players, sorted by date. On the linked tweets by Jagex Moderators, they are also divided into columns based on ironman status.
Pet | 8 Oct 2015[6] |
14 Mar 2016[7] |
7 Nov 2016[8] |
16 May 2017[9] |
16 Nov 2017[10] |
24 May 2018[11] |
22 Feb 2019[12] |
21 Feb 2020[13] |
24 Dec 2021[14] | |
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Chaos Elemental | 2,413 | 3,393 | 5,718 | 7,251 | 9,306 | 12,312 | 16,677 | 25,615 | 40,388 |
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Dagannoth Supreme | 623 | 972 | 1,951 | 2,948 | 4,017 | 5,086 | 6,818 | 9,380 | 12,224 |
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Dagannoth Prime | 613 | 976 | 1,844 | 2,738 | 3,745 | 4,778 | 6,419 | 8,928 | 11,694 |
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Dagannoth Rex | 1,031 | 1,471 | 2,565 | 3,789 | 5,111 | 6,589 | 8,985 | 12,436 | 16,222 |
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Baby mole | 521 | 782 | 1,610 | 2,766 | 4,668 | 6,562 | 8,334 | 11,818 | 21,171 |
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Kalphite princess | 307 | 504 | 1,282 | 1,841 | 2,626 | 3,515 | 4,570 | 5,986 | 9,040 |
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Smoke devil | 1,487 | 2,072 | 4,032 | 5,534 | 7,413 | 9,851 | 13,668 | 19,479 | 30,568 |
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Kree'arra | 376 | 523 | 841 | 1,000 | 1,287 | 1,738 | 2,360 | 3,510 | 5,036 |
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General Graardor | 918 | 1,393 | 2,600 | 3,394 | 4,178 | 5,225 | 6,724 | 9,675 | 12,359 |
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Zilyana | 505 | 799 | 1,397 | 1,829 | 2,256 | 2,783 | 3,383 | 4,331 | 6,250 |
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K'ril Tsutsaroth | 310 | 492 | 1,041 | 1,310 | 1,549 | 1,811 | 2,192 | 2,981 | 4,606 |
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Prince black dragon | 1,950 | 3,050 | 5,614 | 7,530 | 9,830 | 12,406 | 15,750 | 20,965 | 27,795 |
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Kraken | 4,051 | 6,006 | 11,750 | 17,050 | 23,070 | 31,906 | 45,655 | 66,139 | 97,357 |
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Penance Queen | 81 | 136 | 294 | 410 | 542 | 670 | 826 | 1,129 | 1,625 |
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Dark core | 263 | 487 | 971 | 1,230 | 1,436 | 1,762 | 2,078 | 2,701 | 4,087 |
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Snakeling | 3,577 | 5,340 | 9,870 | 14,345 | 17,126 | 21,242 | 29,144 | 42,072 | 41,273 |
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Chompy chick | 476 | 858 | 2,209 | 3,451 | 5,573 | 8,520 | 12,066 | 17,779 | 31,686 |
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Venenatis spiderling | 590 | 996 | 1,896 | 2,396 | 3,011 | 3,574 | 4,832 | 7,268 | 8,874 |
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Callisto cub | 244 | 419 | 969 | 1,390 | 1,998 | 2,641 | 3,546 | 4,999 | 6,483 |
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Vet'ion jr. | 134 | 203 | 468 | 617 | 785 | 992 | 1,393 | 2,157 | 3,111 |
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Scorpia's offspring | 351 | 572 | 997 | 1,501 | 2,006 | 2,481 | 3,168 | 4,265 | 5,986 |
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Tzrek-jad | 648 | 1,443 | 3,290 | 4,822 | 6,629 | 8,679 | 12,047 | 16,352 | 24,278 |
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Hellpuppy | 414 | 1,165 | 3,060 | 4,826 | 6,829 | 9,090 | 12,568 | 18,021 | 28,847 |
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Abyssal orphan | 76 | 444 | 1,572 | 2,579 | 3,953 | 5,135 | 6,635 | 9,215 | 16,461 |
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Heron | N/A | 2,608 | 13,062 | 20,883 | 28,447 | 36,147 | 50,906 | 72,510 | 92,657 |
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Rock golem | N/A | 1,559 | 6,335 | 11,217 | 17,222 | 25,653 | 40,455 | 62,910 | 80,460 |
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Beaver | N/A | 2,458 | 10,804 | 17,838 | 25,219 | 33,305 | 47,237 | 68,482 | 94,686 |
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Baby chinchompa | N/A | 1,345 | 5,119 | 8,098 | 11,022 | 14,122 | 19,397 | 26,957 | 22,326 |
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Bloodhound | N/A | N/A | 137 | 305 | 492 | 739 | 1,171 | 2,071 | 3,912 |
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Giant squirrel | N/A | N/A | 1,418 | 7,576 | 12,890 | 19,353 | 31,723 | 51,136 | 66,921 |
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Tangleroot | N/A | N/A | 591 | 2,678 | 4,813 | 7,547 | 15,154 | 31,184 | 56,385 |
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Rocky | N/A | N/A | 1,332 | 6,629 | 13,295 | 24,478 | 38,796 | 63,326 | 85,625 |
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Rift guardian | N/A | N/A | 763 | 3,521 | 6,499 | 10,109 | 15,995 | 26,804 | 43,618 |
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Phoenix | N/A | N/A | 3,436 | 8,393 | 13,105 | 18,244 | 29,905 | 46,083 | 78,242 |
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Olmlet | N/A | N/A | N/A | 547 | 1,414 | 2,730 | 4,697 | 8,786 | 15,475 |
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Skotos | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2,580 | 11,826 | 20,225 | 33,765 | 55,634 | 86,434 |
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Jal-nib-rek | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 24 | 86 | 194 | 508 | 1,531 |
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Herbi | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 548 | 1,374 | 2,877 | 5,672 | 12,970 |
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Noon/Midnight | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 339 | 1,199 | 2,560 | 4,467 | 9,420 |
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Vorki | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3,956 | 11,074 | 22,953 | 37,508 |
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Lil' zik | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1,783 | 4,644 | 10,805 |
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Ikkle hydra | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2,483 | 10,589 | 23,413 |
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Sraracha | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1,027 | 5,635 |
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Smolcano | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 7,123 |
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Youngllef | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 614 | 9,946 |
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Little nightmare | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4,076 | 4,028 |
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Lil' creator/Lil' destructor | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 7,675 |
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Tiny tempor | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 9,825 |
Changes[edit | edit source]
Date | Changes |
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22 June 2022 (update | poll) |
One-off pets are now automatically insured by Probita upon receiving one. Players who've paid the insurance fee of 500,000 coins prior to this update will have the fees paid added to Probita's reclaim fee coffer, which can then be used as a discount towards any further reclaims. For example, if players insured two pets for 500,000 coins each, they will be given one free reclaim token, and if five were insured, they will be given two free reclaim tokens and a 500,000 coins discount towards the next reclaim token purchase. |
6 October 2016 (update) |
Talking to various NPCs in Tale of Two Cats/Icthlarin’s Little Helper quests while other pets are visible displays the correct dialogue. |
28 April 2016 (update | poll) |
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30 April 2015 (update) |
Pets now follow you up and down the Motherlode Mine's ladder. |
9 April 2015 (update | poll) |
The 'talk to' option is now the left-click option for boss pets rather than 'pick up'. Dialogue added for the chaos elemental pet, dark core pet and chompy bird pet. |
21 August 2014 (update | poll) |
Pet insurance is added to the game. |
15 May 2014 (update) |
The options on other players' pets are no longer visible. |
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- When a pet is in the inventory as an item, its name may be incorrectly capitalised; this is because all items in Old School RuneScape use ucfirst capitalisation, wherein the first letter of a string is capitalised, but the rest is not. For example, as an inventory item, TzTok-Jad's pet is called Tzrek-jad, but as a follower it's called TzRek-Jad.
- Players cannot go underwater if they have a pet following them or in their inventory, with the exception of pet kraken and pet chaos elemental. Furthermore, Tangleroot and Phoenix can be obtained underwater, but they cannot be taken back once the player leaves.
References[edit | edit source]
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