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==Obtaining a pet==
==Obtaining a pet==
When a player receives a one-off pet (i.e. a [[boss]] or [[Skills|skilling]] pet), it will automatically try to appear as their follower. At the same time, a message in the [[Chat Interface|chatbox]] will state {{mes|You have a funny feeling like you're being followed.|color=red}} Upon receiving a pet, a small sound will be heard.
When a player receives a one-off pet (i.e. a [[boss]] or [[Skills|skilling]] pet), it will automatically try to appear as their follower. At the same time, a message in the [[Chat Interface|chatbox]] will state {{mes|You have a funny feeling like you're being followed.|color=red}} Upon receiving a pet, a small sound will be heard.
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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, {{mes|You feel something weird sneaking into your backpack.|color=red}} If a player's 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{{CiteTwitter|author=Mod Ash|url=https://twitter.com/JagexAsh/status/1033777201815191558|date=26 August 2018|archiveurl=https://archive.is/jS1An|archivedate=30 May 2020|quote=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.}}, 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.{{CiteTwitter|author=Mod Ash|url=https://twitter.com/JagexAsh/status/1162879828384722946|date=17 August 2019|archiveurl=https://archive.vn/feExs|archivedate=14 January 2021|quote=The herb would get the slot and the pet roll would not give you the pet. The devs who plugged in skill pets were able to prioritise the pets for Mining, Hunter, Fishing and Woodcutting, but the Farming code seems to have been nastier to handle that way.}}
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, {{mes|You feel something weird sneaking into your backpack.|color=red}} If a player's 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{{CiteTwitter|author=Mod Ash|url=https://twitter.com/JagexAsh/status/1033777201815191558|date=26 August 2018|archiveurl=https://archive.is/jS1An|archivedate=30 May 2020|quote=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.}}, 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.{{CiteTwitter|author=Mod Ash|url=https://twitter.com/JagexAsh/status/1162879828384722946|date=17 August 2019|archiveurl=https://archive.vn/feExs|archivedate=14 January 2021|quote=The herb would get the slot and the pet roll would not give you the pet. The devs who plugged in skill pets were able to prioritise the pets for Mining, Hunter, Fishing and Woodcutting, but the Farming code seems to have been nastier to handle that way.}}



Revision as of 15:41, 22 August 2025

A menagerie housing many pets.

A pet is a non-combat NPC loyal to a player that is generally obtained from monster drops and skilling. Most pets are very rare drops from certain bosses or skilling activities and do not serve a purpose other than aesthetics. The player is able to interact with most pets, but they may only have one pet following them at a time. Pets are limited to a walking pace (except for Nexling and Babi); if they become stuck and/or too far away from the player they follow, they will 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. There are currently 66 available pets in Old School RuneScape, of which 63 fill a collection log slot.

Pets may be stored in the bank or inventory and will follow the player when dropped. Players can store up to 61 pets in the menagerie of a player-owned house (with the highest-level pet house).

Unlike other pets, cats are the only ones 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 the adult stage, they no longer need to be fed.

As of December 2023, Rocky is the most commonly owned pet by players, and the Penance Queen is the least common.

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.

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 player's 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]

As pets are awarded as tertiary drops, players can "obtain" more even if they own the pet in their bank, inventory, menagerie or is following them; when this happens, players will receive the message You have a funny feeling like you would have been followed... In addition, players will be given a pet reclaim token, accompanied by the message You have been given one free pet reclaim with Probita. The only exceptions are pets that are awarded as main drops, such as the abyssal orphan and smol heredit.

A few pets can be obtained by gambling rather than being a drop, those being the Pet penance queen, Tzrek-Jad, Jal-nib-rek and Smol heredit. The latter three require sacrificing their respective item (fire cape, infernal cape and dizana's quiver) and makes the same drop rate roll as getting it normally. If the player already owns the pet in their bank, inventory, menagerie or is following them, the pet cannot be gambled for again until lost.

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 players must either redeem a reclaim token with Probita or get the pet again from its eligible sources.

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

Boss pets

Each pet is a potential reward for defeating a certain boss monster or completing a raid, including skilling bosses and minigame bosses. Additionally, with the exception of the Phoenix (rewarded for subduing Wintertodt), these pets resemble or are capable of resembling the bosses they are associated with.

Pet Source Drop rate Release date
Abyssal orphan inventory image Abyssal orphan Abyssal Sire[lower-alpha 1] 1/2,560[lower-alpha 2] 1 October 2015
Baby mole inventory image Baby mole Giant Mole 1/3,000 17 July 2014
File:Baron.png Baron Duke Sucellus 1/2,500 26 July 2023
File:Bran.png Bran Royal Titans 1/3,000 (Loot)

1/1,500 (Sacrifice)[lower-alpha 3]

5 February 2025
File:Butch.png Butch Vardorvis 1/3,000 26 July 2023
Callisto cub inventory image Callisto cub Callisto and Artio 1/1,500 (Callisto)
1/2,800 (Artio)
19 March 2015
File:Dom.png Dom Doom of Mokhaiotl Varies[lower-alpha 4] 23 July 2025
Hellpuppy inventory image Hellpuppy Cerberus 1/3,000 27 August 2015
File:Huberte.png Huberte The Hueycoatl 1/400 25 September 2024
File:Ikkle hydra (serpentine).png Ikkle hydra Alchemical Hydra 1/3,000 10 January 2019
Jal-nib-rek inventory image Jal-nib-rek File:Minigame icon.png Inferno 1/100 (per kill or gamble)
1/75 (per kill on Slayer task)
1 June 2017
Kalphite princess inventory image Kalphite princess Kalphite Queen 1/3,000 17 July 2014
Lil' zik inventory image Lil' zik File:Stats icon.png Theatre of Blood 1/650 (Normal mode)
1/500 (Hard mode)[lower-alpha 5]
7 June 2018
File:Lil'viathan.png Lil'viathan The Leviathan 1/2,500 26 July 2023
Little nightmare inventory image Little nightmare The Nightmare and Phosani's Nightmare 1/800 to 1/4,000 (From 1 to 5+ team size)

1/1,400 (Phosani's Nightmare)

6 February 2020
File:Moxi.png Moxi Amoxliatl 1/3,000 25 September 2024
File:Muphin (ranged).png Muphin Phantom Muspah 1/2,500 11 January 2023
Nexling inventory image Nexling Nex 1/500 5 January 2022
File:Nid.png Nid Araxxor 1/3,000 (Harvest)

1/1,500 (Destroy)[lower-alpha 6]

28 August 2024
Noon inventory image Noon Grotesque Guardians 1/3,000 26 October 2017
Olmlet inventory image Olmlet File:Stats icon.png Chambers of Xeric 1/53[lower-alpha 7] 5 January 2017
Pet chaos elemental inventory image Pet chaos elemental Chaos Elemental and Chaos Fanatic 1/300 (Elemental)
1/1,000 (Fanatic)
3 April 2014
Pet dagannoth prime inventory image Pet dagannoth prime Dagannoth Prime 1/5,000 17 July 2014
Pet dagannoth rex inventory image Pet dagannoth rex Dagannoth Rex 1/5,000 17 July 2014
Pet dagannoth supreme inventory image Pet dagannoth supreme Dagannoth Supreme 1/5,000 17 July 2014
Pet dark core inventory image Pet dark core Corporeal Beast 1/5,000 16 October 2014
Pet general graardor inventory image Pet general graardor General Graardor 1/5,000 17 July 2014
Pet k'ril tsutsaroth inventory image Pet k'ril tsutsaroth K'ril Tsutsaroth 1/5,000 17 July 2014
Pet kraken inventory image Pet kraken Kraken 1/3,000 17 July 2014
Pet kree'arra inventory image Pet kree'arra Kree'arra 1/5,000 17 July 2014
Pet smoke devil inventory image Pet smoke devil Thermonuclear smoke devil 1/3,000 17 July 2014
Pet snakeling inventory image Pet snakeling Zulrah 1/4,000 8 January 2015
Pet zilyana inventory image Pet zilyana Commander Zilyana 1/5,000 17 July 2014
Phoenix inventory image Phoenix Wintertodt[lower-alpha 8] 1/5,000[lower-alpha 9] 8 September 2016
Prince black dragon inventory image Prince black dragon King Black Dragon 1/3,000 17 July 2014
Scorpia's offspring inventory image Scorpia's offspring Scorpia 1/2,015.75 19 March 2015
File:Scurry.png Scurry Scurrius 1/3,000[lower-alpha 10] 24 January 2024
Skotos inventory image Skotos Skotizo 1/65 4 May 2017
Smolcano inventory image Smolcano Zalcano 1/2,250 25 July 2019
File:Smol heredit.png Smol heredit Sol Heredit 1/200 (per kill or gamble) 20 March 2024
Sraracha inventory image Sraracha Sarachnis 1/3,000 4 July 2019
Tiny tempor inventory image Tiny tempor Tempoross[lower-alpha 11] 1/8,000 24 March 2021
Tumeken's guardian inventory image Tumeken's guardian File:Stats icon.png Tombs of Amascut Varies[lower-alpha 12] 24 August 2022
Tzrek-jad inventory image Tzrek-jad File:Minigame icon.png TzHaar Fight Cave 1/200 (per kill or gamble)
1/100 (per kill on Slayer task)
6 August 2015
Venenatis spiderling inventory image Venenatis spiderling Venenatis and Spindel 1/1,500 (Venenatis)
1/2,800 (Spindel)
19 March 2015
Vet'ion jr. inventory image Vet'ion jr. Vet'ion and Calvar'ion 1/1,500 (Vet'ion)
1/2,800 (Calvar'ion)
19 March 2015
Vorki inventory image Vorki Vorkath 1/3,000 4 January 2018
File:Wisp.png Wisp The Whisperer 1/2,000 26 July 2023
File:Yami.png Yami Yama 1/2,500
1/100 (Contract of familiar acquisition)
15 May 2025
Youngllef inventory image Youngllef File:Minigame icon.png The Gauntlet 1/2,000 (normal Gauntlet)
1/800 (Corrupted Gauntlet)
25 July 2019
  1. Using an unsired on the Font of Consumption.
  2. 1/2,560 per Abyssal Sire kill; 5/128 per unsired.
  3. Removes loot rolls for doubled pet chance.
  4. 1/1,000 at delve level 6, 1/750 at delve level 7, 1/500 at delve level 8, and 1/250 at delve level 9 and beyond.
  5. The drop rate varies based on the player's individual performance in the raid, ranging from 1/650 (the base rate) to 1/6,500 in Normal Mode. For Hard Mode, the base rate is 1/500.
  6. Removes loot rolls for doubled pet chance.
  7. Only for the player that rolls unique loot.
  8. Received when collecting from the reward cart after subduing the Wintertodt.
  9. While it is not officially recognised as a skilling pet, the 15x drop rate increase at 200 million experience in Firemaking does apply to the Phoenix.
  10. Only rolls for the MVP.
  11. Received when collecting from the reward pool after subduing Tempoross.
  12. The drop rate varies depending on total reward points and raid level. See this page for more details.

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 chances are found on the individual page for each pet. A player's chance of receiving a skilling pet does not increase past level 99, with only one exception: players with 200 million experience in the corresponding skill will be fifteen times more likely to receive 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 Release date
Baby chinchompa inventory image Baby chinchompa Obtained while Hunting chinchompas See here 5 November 2015
Beaver inventory image Beaver Obtained while Woodcutting See here 5 November 2015
Giant squirrel inventory image Giant squirrel Obtained while training Agility See here 1 September 2016
Heron inventory image Heron Obtained while Fishing See here 5 November 2015
Rift guardian inventory image Rift guardian Obtained while training Runecraft See here 1 September 2016
Rock golem inventory image Rock golem Obtained while Mining See here 5 November 2015
Rocky inventory image Rocky Obtained while Thieving See here 1 September 2016
Tangleroot inventory image Tangleroot Obtained while Farming See here 1 September 2016

Other

These pets are obtained either through quests or other means.

Pet Source Drop rate Release date
Abyssal protector inventory image Abyssal protector File:Minigame icon.png Guardians of the Rift 1/4,000 23 March 2022
Bloodhound inventory image Bloodhound File:Stats icon.png Master clue scrolls 1/1,000 6 July 2016
File:Broav.png Broav Hunting Expert during File:Quest point icon.png While Guthix Sleeps N/A 10 July 2024
File:Pet cat (black).png Cat Gertrude, after completing File:Quest point icon.png Gertrude's Cat N/A 28 July 2003
Chompy chick inventory image Chompy chick Dropped by chompy birds after completing the File:Achievement Diaries icon.png Elite Western Provinces Diary 1/500 5 March 2015
File:Fishbowl (blue).png Pet fish Caught in Harry's Fishing Shop N/A 24 October 2005
File:Hell cat.png Hellcat Catching Hell-Rats with a cat N/A 15 March 2006
Herbi inventory image Herbi Hunting herbiboars 1/6,500 7 September 2017
Lil' creator inventory image Lil' creator File:Minigame icon.png Soul Wars 1/400 6 January 2021
Pet penance queen inventory image Pet penance queen File:Minigame icon.png Barbarian Assault 1/1,000 14 August 2014
File:Pet rock.png Pet rock Askeladden, after File:Quest point icon.png The Fremennik Trials N/A 3 March 2016
File:Quetzin.png Quetzin Expert and Master Hunter's guild rumours 1/1,000[lower-alpha 1] 20 March 2024
File:Toy cat.png Toy cat Clockwork and a regular plank used at a crafting table 4 with Crafting 85 Crafting N/A 31 May 2006
File:Egg (Humphrey Dumphrey).png Humphrey Dumphrey Completing the Scrambled! quest N/A 23 July 2025
  1. While it is not officially recognised as a skilling pet, the 15x drop rate increase at 200 million experience in Hunter does apply to the Quetzin.

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.

References

  1. Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 26 August 2018. (Archived from the original on 30 May 2020.) 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 Ash's Twitter account. 17 August 2019. (Archived from the original on 14 January 2021.) Mod Ash: "The herb would get the slot and the pet roll would not give you the pet. The devs who plugged in skill pets were able to prioritise the pets for Mining, Hunter, Fishing and Woodcutting, but the Farming code seems to have been nastier to handle that way."
  3. Jagex. Mod Havik's Twitter account. 27 June 2022. (Archived from the original on 29 June 2022.)
  4. Jagex. Mod Kieren's Twitter account. 8 October 2016. (Archived from the original on 25 May 2020.) Mod Kieren: "15x more likely."
  5. Jagex. Mod Ed's Twitter account. 22 July 2017. (Archived from the original on 30 May 2020.) Mod Ed: "It doesn't affect the rate but it will allow you to mine slightly faster than you'd be able to otherwise."
  6. Jagex. Mod John C's Twitter account. 8 October 2015. (Archived from the original on 30 May 2020.) Mod John C: "OSRS Total Boss Pets owned, not including those stored in menageries! [1]"
  7. Jagex. Mod John C's Twitter account. 14 March 2016. (Archived from the original on 30 May 2020.) Mod John C: "Here's an updated count of boss and skill pets in the game as of March 14th 2016! [2]"
  8. Jagex. Mod Lottie's Twitter account. 7 November 2016. (Archived from the original on 30 May 2020.) Mod Lottie: "As promised... Boss Pets, Skill Pets and "Other" Pets in @OldSchoolRS. [3] [4] [5]"
  9. Jagex. Mod Lottie's Twitter account. 16 May 2017. (Archived from the original on 30 May 2020.) Mod Lottie: "The number of pets in @OldSchoolRS along with an ironman status split. Enjoy! :) [6]"
  10. Jagex. Mod Lottie's Twitter account. 16 November 2017. (Archived from the original on 30 May 2020.) Mod Lottie: "Here are the latest @OldSchoolRS pet counts! [7]"
  11. Jagex. Mod Lottie's Twitter account. 24 May 2018. (Archived from the original on 30 May 2020.) Mod Lottie: "It's about time for some new pet counts [8]"
  12. Jagex. Old School RuneScape's Twitter account. 25 February 2019. (Archived from the original on 30 May 2020.) Old School RuneScape: "On Friday 22nd February we celebrated our 6th Birthday, and to celebrate it we hosted a special livestream (which you can find on our YouTube channel). It included a data segment from @JagexMatk and @JagexNasty! For your convenience, within this chain are the slides! [9]"
  13. Old School RuneScape. "OSRS Data Stream 2020 - Old School RuneScape's 7th Birthday!." (18:37), Youtube video. Feb 26, 2020.
  14. Jagex. Mod Lottie's Twitter account. 24 Dec 2021. (Archived from the original on 24 Dec 2021.) Mod Lottie: "Ho-ho-holy moly that's a lot of pets!! Here's an updated boss pet count for @OldSchoolRS!! #RuneStats #GuessWhosBack #HappyHolidays [10] [11] [12]"
  15. Jagex. Mod Enigma's Twitter account. 20 December 2023. (Archived from the original on 20 December 2023.) Mod Enigma: "After a long wait, here are the updated Pet Stats for @OldSchoolRS as of 13th Dec 2023. #OSRSPets"