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A pet list, which checks off any one-off pet that a player owns.

Jal-Nib-Rek chathead

A Jal-nib-rek.

A pet is a non-combat NPC loyal to a player that is generally obtained from monster drops and skilling. Available to members only, some pets must be raised to maturity by following the player, such as cats. Pets can also 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 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, 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[]

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.

Listen to audio.
Receiving a pet (link)
The sound which can be heard when players receive a one-off pet.

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. When skilling, the pet is prioritised over the resource gathered; it will be placed in the last inventory slot available, while the resource gathered will be dropped underneath the player if their inventory becomes full.[1]

Players can still roll for pet drops even if they already own it, however it does not affect their main drop, as pet drops are a tertiary. When this happens, players will receive the message You have a funny feeling like you would have been followed... An exception to this is the Abyssal orphan, as it is not tertiary and cannot be rolled if the player already has it.

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 for a reclaim token which costs 1,000,000 coins.

List of pets[]

Boss pets[]

These pets usually resemble the bosses that drop them, or the bosses that they are associated with.

Pet Source Drop rate
Abyssal orphan Abyssal orphan Using an unsired on the Font of Consumption 5/128 (effectively 1/2,560

as unsired is a 1/100 drop)

Baby mole Baby mole Dropped by the Giant Mole 1/3,000
Callisto cub Callisto cub Dropped by Callisto 1/2,000
Hellpuppy Hellpuppy Dropped by Cerberus 1/3,000
Jal-nib-rekTzrek-zuk Jal-nib-rek/Tzrek-zuk Defeating TzKal-Zuk or exchanging an infernal cape to TzHaar-Ket-Keh 1/100

(1/75 if assigned as a slayer task)

Kalphite princess
Kalphite princess (2nd form)
Kalphite princess Dropped by Kalphite Queen 1/3,000
Lil' zik Lil' zik Theatre of Blood reward 1/650 (assuming an optimal performance in the Theatre)
Noon
Midnight
Noon/Midnight Dropped by the Grotesque Guardians 1/3,000
Olmlet Olmlet Great Olm at the end of the Chambers of Xeric 1/65 (Rolled after receiving a
unique drop upon defeating the Great Olm)
Pet chaos elemental Pet chaos elemental Dropped by the Chaos Elemental and Chaos Fanatic 1/300 (Elemental)
1/1,000 (Fanatic)
Pet dagannoth prime Pet dagannoth prime Dropped by Dagannoth Prime 1/5,000
Pet dagannoth rex Pet dagannoth rex Dropped by Dagannoth Rex 1/5,000
Pet dagannoth supreme Pet dagannoth supreme Dropped by Dagannoth Supreme 1/5,000
Pet dark corePet corporeal critter Pet dark core/corporeal critter Dropped by Corporeal Beast 1/5,000
Pet general graardor Pet general graardor Dropped by General Graardor 1/5,000
Pet k'ril tsutsaroth Pet k'ril tsutsaroth Dropped by K'ril Tsutsaroth 1/5,000
Pet kraken Pet kraken Dropped by Kraken 1/3,000
Pet kree'arra Pet kree'arra Dropped by Kree'arra 1/5,000
Pet smoke devil Pet smoke devil Dropped by the Thermonuclear smoke devil 1/3,000
Pet snakeling Pet snakeling Dropped by Zulrah 1/4,000
Pet zilyana Pet zilyana Dropped by Commander Zilyana 1/5,000
Prince black dragon Prince black dragon Dropped by the King Black Dragon 1/3,000
Scorpia's offspring Scorpia's offspring Dropped by Scorpia 1/2,000
Skotos Skotos Dropped by Skotizo 1/65
Tzrek-jad Tzrek-jad Defeating TzTok-Jad or exchanging a fire cape to TzHaar-Mej-Jal 1/200

(1/100 if assigned as a slayer task)

Venenatis spiderling Venenatis spiderling Dropped by Venenatis 1/2,000
Vet'ion jr.
Vet'ion jr. (Reborn)
Vet'ion jr. Dropped by Vet'ion 1/2,000
Vorki Vorki Dropped by Vorkath 1/3,000

Skilling pets[]

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 chance - (level * 25). 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.[2]

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.[3]

Pet Source Drop rate
Baby chinchompa (red)
Baby chinchompa (grey)
Baby chinchompa (black)
Baby chinchompa Obtained while hunting chinchompas See here
Beaver Beaver Obtained while woodcutting See here
Giant squirrel Giant squirrel Obtained while training agility See here
Heron Heron Obtained while fishing See here
Rift guardian (fire) Rift guardian Obtained while runecrafting See here
Rock golem Rock golem Obtained while mining See here
Rocky Rocky Obtained while thieving See here
Tangleroot Tangleroot Obtained while farming See here

Other[]

These pets are obtained either through quests or other means.

Pet Source Drop rate
Bloodhound Bloodhound Received when completing master clue scrolls 1/1,000
Pet cat (black) Cat Gertrude, after completing Gertrude's Cat N/A
Chompy chick Chompy chick Dropped by Chompy birds after completing the elite Western Provinces Diary 1/500
Hell cat Hellcat Catching Hell-Rats with a cat N/A
Herbi Herbi Hunting herbiboars 1/6,500
Fishbowl (blue)
Fishbowl (green)
Fishbowl (orange)
Pet fish Caught in Harry's Fishing Shop using a tiny net, with a fishbowl (containing water and seaweed) in the inventory N/A
Pet penance queen Pet penance queen High-level gambles in Barbarian Assault 1/1,000
Pet rock Pet rock Askeladden after The Fremennik Trials N/A
Phoenix Phoenix Supply crates earned from subduing the Wintertodt (completion of game gives possible chance) 1/5,000
Toy cat Toy cat Clockwork and a regular plank used at a Crafting table 4 with 85 Crafting N/A

One-off pet totals[]

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[4]
14 Mar
2016[5]
7 Nov
2016[6]
16 May
2017[7]
16 Nov
2017[8]
24 May
2018[9]
Pet chaos elemental Chaos Elemental 2,413 3,393 5,718 7,251 9,306 12,312
Pet dagannoth supreme Dagannoth Supreme 623 972 1,951 2,948 4,017 5,086
Pet dagannoth prime Dagannoth Prime 613 976 1,844 2,738 3,745 4,778
Pet dagannoth rex Dagannoth Rex 1,031 1,471 2,565 3,789 5,111 6,589
Baby mole Baby mole 521 782 1,610 2,766 4,668 6,562
Kalphite princess Kalphite princess 307 504 1,282 1,841 2,626 3,515
Pet smoke devil Smoke devil 1,487 2,072 4,032 5,534 7,413 9,851
Pet kree'arra Kree'arra 376 523 841 1,000 1,287 1,738
Pet general graardor General Graardor 918 1,393 2,600 3,394 4,178 5,225
Pet zilyana Zilyana 505 799 1,397 1,829 2,256 2,783
Pet k'ril tsutsaroth K'ril Tsutsaroth 310 492 1,041 1,310 1,549 1,811
Prince black dragon Prince black dragon 1,950 3,050 5,614 7,530 9,830 12,406
Pet kraken Kraken 4,051 6,006 11,750 17,050 23,070 31,906
Pet penance queen Penance Queen 81 136 294 410 542 670
Pet dark core Dark core 263 487 971 1,230 1,436 1,762
Pet snakeling Snakeling 3,577 5,340 9,870 14,345 17,126 21,242
Chompy chick Chompy chick 476 858 2,209 3,451 5,573 8,520
Venenatis spiderling Venenatis spiderling 590 996 1,896 2,396 3,011 3,574
Callisto cub Callisto cub 244 419 969 1,390 1,998 2,641
Vet'ion jr. Vet'ion jr. 134 203 468 617 785 992
Scorpia's offspring Scorpia's offspring 351 572 997 1,501 2,006 2,481
Tzrek-jad Tzrek-jad 648 1,443 3,290 4,822 6,629 8,679
Hellpuppy Hellpuppy 414 1,165 3,060 4,826 6,829 9,090
Abyssal orphan Abyssal orphan 76 444 1,572 2,579 3,953 5,135
Heron Heron N/A 2,608 13,062 20,883 28,447 36,147
Rock golem Rock golem N/A 1,559 6,335 11,217 17,222 25,653
Beaver Beaver N/A 2,458 10,804 17,838 25,219 33,305
Baby chinchompa (red) Baby chinchompa N/A 1,345 5,119 8,098 11,022 14,122
Bloodhound Bloodhound N/A N/A 137 305 492 739
Giant squirrel Giant squirrel N/A N/A 1,418 7,576 12,890 19,353
Tangleroot Tangleroot N/A N/A 591 2,678 4,813 7,547
Rocky Rocky N/A N/A 1,332 6,629 13,295 24,478
Rift guardian (fire) Rift guardian N/A N/A 763 3,521 6,499 10,109
Phoenix Phoenix N/A N/A 3,436 8,393 13,105 18,244
Olmlet Olmlet N/A N/A N/A 547 1,414 2,730
Skotos Skotos N/A N/A N/A 2,580 11,826 20,225
Jal-nib-rek Jal-nib-rek N/A N/A N/A N/A 24 86
Herbi Herbi N/A N/A N/A N/A 548 1,374
Noon Noon/Midnight N/A N/A N/A N/A 339 1,199
Vorki Vorki N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 3,956

Trivia[]

  • When a pet is in the inventory as an item, its name may be incorrectly capitalised; this is because all items in 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.

References[]

  1. Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 26 August 2018. Mod Ash: "Yes, though skilling features will aim to avoid that by putting a new pet in your inventory ahead of whatever skilling resource you were about to be given."
  2. Jagex. Mod Kieren's Twitter account. 8 October 2016. Mod Kieren: "15x more likely."
  3. Jagex. Mod Ed's Twitter account. 22 July 2017. Mod Ed: "It doesn't affect the rate but it will allow you to mine slightly faster than you'd be able to otherwise."
  4. Jagex. Mod John C's Twitter account. 8 October 2015. Mod John C: "OSRS Total Boss Pets owned, not including those stored in menageries! [1]"
  5. Jagex. Mod John C's Twitter account. 14 March 2016. Mod John C: "Here's an updated count of boss and skill pets in the game as of March 14th 2016! [2]"
  6. Jagex. Mod Lottie's Twitter account. 7 November 2016. Mod Lottie: "As promised... Boss Pets, Skill Pets and "Other" Pets in @OldSchoolRS. [3] [4] [5]"
  7. Jagex. Mod Lottie's Twitter account. 16 May 2017. Mod Lottie: "The number of pets in @OldSchoolRS along with an ironman status split. Enjoy! :) [6]"
  8. Jagex. Mod Lottie's Twitter account. 16 November 2017. Mod Lottie: "Here are the latest @OldSchoolRS pet counts! [7]"
  9. Jagex. Mod Lottie's Twitter account. 24 May 2018.
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