Pets

A collection of many pets.

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.

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.

	Receiving a pet
The sound which can be heard when players receive a one-off pet.
File:Getting pet.ogg

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 at the Home Area 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, 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.

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.

List of pets

Boss pets

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

	Source	Drop rate
Abyssal orphan	Using an unsired on the Font of Consumption	1/2,560 (per Abyssal Sire kill) 5/128 (per unsired)
Baby mole/mole-rat^{[b 1]}	Dropped by the Giant Mole	1/3,000
Callisto cub	Dropped by Callisto	1/2,000
Hellpuppy	Dropped by Cerberus	1/3,000
Ikkle hydra	Dropped by Alchemical Hydra	1/3,000
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)
Kalphite princess	Dropped by Kalphite Queen	1/3,000
Lil' zik/maiden/bloat/nylo/sot/xarp^{[b 2]}	Theatre of Blood reward	1/650 (per completion, with optimal performance)
Little nightmare/parasite^{[b 3]}	Dropped by The Nightmare	1/800 to 1/4000 (From 1 to 5+ team size)
Nexling	Dropped by Nex	1/500
Noon/Midnight	Dropped by the Grotesque Guardians	1/3,000
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)
Pet chaos elemental	Dropped by the Chaos Elemental and Chaos Fanatic	1/300 (Elemental) 1/1,000 (Fanatic)
Pet dagannoth prime	Dropped by Dagannoth Prime	1/5,000
Pet dagannoth rex	Dropped by Dagannoth Rex	1/5,000
Pet dagannoth supreme	Dropped by Dagannoth Supreme	1/5,000
Pet dark core	Dropped by Corporeal Beast	1/5,000
Pet general graardor	Dropped by General Graardor	1/5,000
Pet k'ril tsutsaroth	Dropped by K'ril Tsutsaroth	1/5,000
Pet kraken	Dropped by Kraken	1/3,000
Pet kree'arra	Dropped by Kree'arra	1/5,000
Pet smoke devil	Dropped by the Thermonuclear smoke devil	1/3,000
Pet snakeling	Dropped by Zulrah	1/4,000
Pet zilyana	Dropped by Commander Zilyana	1/5,000
Prince black dragon	Dropped by the King Black Dragon	1/3,000
Scorpia's offspring	Dropped by Scorpia	1/2,015.75
Skotos	Dropped by Skotizo	1/65
Sraracha^{[b 5]}	Dropped by Sarachnis	1/3,000
Tumeken's guardian/Tumeken's damaged guardian/Elidinis' guardian/Elidinis' damaged guardian/Akkhito/Babi/Kephriti/Zebo^{[b 6]}	Tombs of Amascut reward	???
Tzrek-jad/Jalrek-jad^{[b 7]}	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)
Venenatis spiderling	Dropped by Venenatis	1/2,000
Vet'ion jr.	Dropped by Vet'ion	1/2,000
Vorki	Dropped by Vorkath	1/3,000

↑ To change into a baby mole-rat, a mole claw must be used on the baby mole.
↑ Sanguine dust is required to metamorphose into all five variants.
↑ To change into Little Parasite, a parasitic egg must be used on Little Nightmare.
↑ Metamorphic dust is required to metamorphose into all seven variants.
↑ An orange or blue egg sac is required to metamorphose into its respective variant.
↑ A variety of items are required to metamorphose into all six variants.
↑ To change into JalRek-Jad, all six of TzHaar-Ket-Rak's Challenges must be completed.

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: ${\text{DropRate}}={\frac {1}{{\text{BaseChance}}-({\text{SkillLevel}}*25)}}$ . 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

	Source	Drop rate
Baby chinchompa	Obtained while hunting chinchompas	See here
Beaver	Obtained while woodcutting	See here
Giant squirrel	Obtained while training agility	See here
Heron	Obtained while fishing	See here
Rift guardian	Obtained through runecraft	See here
Rock golem	Obtained while mining	See here
Rocky	Obtained while thieving	See here
Tangleroot	Obtained while farming	See here

Other

These pets are obtained either through quests or other means.

Pet		Source	Drop rate
	Bloodhound	Received when completing master clue scrolls	1/1,000
File:Pet cat (black).png	Cat	Gertrude, after completing Gertrude's Cat	N/A
	Chompy chick	Dropped by Chompy birds after completing the elite Western Provinces Diary	1/500
File:Hell cat.png	Hellcat	Catching Hell-Rats with a cat	N/A
	Herbi	Hunting herbiboars	1/6,500
	Lil' creator/ Lil' destructor	Dropped by Spoils of war	1/400
File:Fishbowl (blue).png File:Fishbowl (green).png File:Fishbowl (orange).png	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	High-level gambles in Barbarian Assault	1/1,000
File:Pet rock.png	Pet rock	Askeladden after The Fremennik Trials	N/A
	Phoenix	Supply crates earned from subduing the Wintertodt (completion of game gives possible chance)	1/5,000
	Tiny tempor	Received from Reward pool when collecting rewards for Tempoross	1/8,000
File:Toy cat.png	Toy cat	Clockwork and a regular plank used at a Crafting table 4 with 85 Crafting	N/A
	Youngllef	Reward from The Gauntlet	1/2,000 (normal Gauntlet) 1/800 (Corrupted Gauntlet)
	Smolcano	Dropped by Zalcano	1/2,250
	Abyssal protector	Reward from the Guardians of the Rift minigame	1/4,000

Changes

Date

Changes

7 November 2022
(update)

Plethora of Boss Pets Drop Rates have been reduced by 40% and more.

↑ Jagex. Mod Kieren's Twitter account. 8 October 2016. (Archived from the original on 25 May 2020.) Mod Kieren: "15x more likely."
↑ 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."

[1] To change into a baby mole-rat, a mole claw must be used on the baby mole.

[2] Sanguine dust is required to metamorphose into all five variants.

[3] To change into Little Parasite, a parasitic egg must be used on Little Nightmare.

[4] Metamorphic dust is required to metamorphose into all seven variants.

[5] An orange or blue egg sac is required to metamorphose into its respective variant.

[6] A variety of items are required to metamorphose into all six variants.

[7] To change into JalRek-Jad, all six of TzHaar-Ket-Rak's Challenges must be completed.

[8] Jagex. Mod Kieren's Twitter account. 8 October 2016. (Archived from the original on 25 May 2020.) Mod Kieren: "15x more likely."

[9] 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."

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Obtaining a pet