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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. | ||
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.}} | ||