Pet

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, Babi, and Dogs); 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 71 available pets in Old School RuneScape.

Pets may be stored in the bank or inventory and will follow the player when dropped. Players can store up to 71 pets in the menagerie of a player-owned house (with the highest-level pet house). Restrictions on bringing pets into minigames and boss encounters vary by activity; for example, pets are prohibited in Temple Trekking but are allowed in Guardians of the Rift.

Unlike other pets, cats and dogs 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.

Puppies will need to be fed every 20 minutes for 3 hours (while following you) to grow into the adult stage. Unlike kittens, a puppy will not run away if not fed and will remain in this stage.

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

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.

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. 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... 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.

Getting and having a pet follow the player requires membership. 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.

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	Abyssal Sire[a]	1/2,560[b]	1 October 2015
	Aggy	Mad Angel	1/2,000	29 July 2026
	Baby Mole	Giant Mole	1/3,000	17 July 2014
	Baron	Duke Sucellus	1/2,500	26 July 2023
	Bran	Royal Titans	1/3,000 (Loot) 1/1,500 (Sacrifice)[c]	5 February 2025
	Beef	Brutus	1/1,000	25 February 2026
	Butch	Vardorvis	1/3,000	26 July 2023
	Callisto cub	Callisto and Artio	1/1,500 (Callisto) 1/2,800 (Artio)	19 March 2015
	Dom	Doom of Mokhaiotl	1/250-1/1000[d]	23 July 2025
	Gull	Shellbane Gryphon	1/3,000	19 November 2025
	Hellpuppy	Cerberus	1/3,000	27 August 2015
	Huberte	The Hueycoatl	1/400	25 September 2024
	Ikkle Hydra	Alchemical Hydra	1/3,000	10 January 2019
	Jal-Nib-Rek	Inferno	1/100 (per kill or gamble) 1/75 (per kill on Slayer task)	1 June 2017
	Kalphite Princess	Kalphite Queen	1/3,000	17 July 2014
	Lil' Zik	Theatre of Blood	1/650 (Normal mode) 1/500 (Hard mode)[e]	7 June 2018
	Lil'viathan	The Leviathan	1/2,500	26 July 2023
	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
	Maggot marquess	Maggot King	1/3,500 ~1/1,502.4 (Take-eggs)[f]	30 June 2026
	Moxi	Amoxliatl	1/3,000	25 September 2024
	Muphin	Phantom Muspah	1/2,500	11 January 2023
	Nexling	Nex	1/500	5 January 2022
	Nid	Araxxor	1/3,000 (Harvest) 1/1,500 (Destroy)[g]	28 August 2024
	Noon	Grotesque Guardians	1/3,000	26 October 2017
	Olmlet	Chambers of Xeric	1/53[h]	5 January 2017
	Pet chaos elemental	Chaos Elemental and Chaos Fanatic	1/300 (Elemental) 1/1,000 (Fanatic)	3 April 2014
	Pet Dagannoth Prime	Dagannoth Prime	1/5,000	17 July 2014
	Pet Dagannoth Rex	Dagannoth Rex	1/5,000	17 July 2014
	Pet Dagannoth Supreme	Dagannoth Supreme	1/5,000	17 July 2014
	Pet dark core	Corporeal Beast	1/5,000	16 October 2014
	Pet General Graardor	General Graardor	1/5,000	17 July 2014
	Pet K'ril Tsutsaroth	K'ril Tsutsaroth	1/5,000	17 July 2014
	Pet Kraken	Kraken	1/3,000	17 July 2014
	Pet Kree'arra	Kree'arra	1/5,000	17 July 2014
	Pet Smoke Devil	Thermonuclear smoke devil	1/3,000	17 July 2014
	Pet Snakeling	Zulrah	1/4,000	8 January 2015
	Pet Zilyana	Commander Zilyana	1/5,000	17 July 2014
	Phoenix	Wintertodt[i]	1/5,000[j]	8 September 2016
	Prince Black Dragon	King Black Dragon	1/3,000	17 July 2014
	Scorpia's offspring	Scorpia	1/2,015.75	19 March 2015
	Scurry	Scurrius	1/3,000[k]	24 January 2024
	Skotos	Skotizo	1/65	4 May 2017
	Smolcano	Zalcano	1/2,250	25 July 2019
	Smol Heredit	Sol Heredit	1/200 (per kill or gamble)	20 March 2024
	Sraracha	Sarachnis	1/3,000	4 July 2019
	Tiny tempor	Tempoross[l]	1/8,000	24 March 2021
	Tumeken's guardian	Tombs of Amascut	Varies[m]	24 August 2022
	TzRek-Jad	TzHaar Fight Cave	1/200 (per kill or gamble) 1/100 (per kill on Slayer task)	6 August 2015
	Venenatis spiderling	Venenatis and Spindel	1/1,500 (Venenatis) 1/2,800 (Spindel)	19 March 2015
	Vet'ion Jr.	Vet'ion and Calvar'ion	1/1,500 (Vet'ion) 1/2,800 (Calvar'ion)	19 March 2015
	Vorki	Vorkath	1/3,000	4 January 2018
	Wisp	The Whisperer	1/2,000	26 July 2023
	Yami	Yama	1/2,500 1/100 (Contract of Familiar Acquisition)	15 May 2025
	Youngllef	The Gauntlet	1/2,000 (normal Gauntlet) 1/800 (Corrupted Gauntlet)	25 July 2019

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: DropRate=1BaseChance−(SkillLevel*25). 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Pet		Skill	Drop rate	Release date
	Baby chinchompa	Hunter (chinchompas only)	See here	5 November 2015
	Beaver	Woodcutting	See here	5 November 2015
	Giant Squirrel	Agility	See here	1 September 2016
	Heron	Fishing	See here	5 November 2015
	Rift guardian	Runecraft	See here	1 September 2016
	Rock golem	Mining	See here	5 November 2015
	Rocky	Thieving	See here	1 September 2016
	Soup	Sailing	See here	19 November 2025
	Tangleroot	Farming	See here	1 September 2016

There various more collectible pets in that aren't considered boss pets or skilling pets.

Pet		Source	Drop rate	Release date
	Abyssal protector	Guardians of the Rift	1/4,000	23 March 2022
	Bloodhound	Master clue scrolls	1/1,000	6 July 2016
	Chompy chick	Hunting chompy birds (after completing the related ) Elite Western Provinces Diary	1/500	5 March 2015
	Herbi	Hunting herbiboars	1/6,500	7 September 2017
	Lil' Creator	Soul Wars	1/400	6 January 2021
	Pet Penance Queen	Barbarian Assault	1/1,000	14 August 2014
	Quetzin	Hunter's guild rumours (expert and master only)	1/1,000[a]	20 March 2024
	Mr McGroot	Hunting Wyrmscraig Goats	See here[a]	29 July 2026

These pets do not appear in the collection log. They are mostly obtainable as part of quests and therefore do not have a drop rate. Unlike the many pets listed above, generic pets are lost on death and cannot be recovered by Probita.

Pet		Source	Release date
	Broav	Hunting Expert during While Guthix Sleeps	10 July 2024
	Cats	Gertrude, after completing Gertrude's Cat	28 July 2003
	Pet fish	Caught in Harry's Fishing Shop	24 October 2005
	Hellcat	Catching Hell-Rats with a cat	15 March 2006
	Pet rock	Askeladden, after The Fremennik Trials	3 March 2016
	Toy cat	Clockwork and a regular plank used at a crafting table 4 with 85 Crafting	31 May 2006
	Humphrey Dumphrey	Completing Scrambled!	23 July 2025
	Spooky chair	Completing the 2025 Halloween event or any Halloween event after this	15 October 2025
	Mayor of Catherby	Completing Current Affairs	19 November 2025
	Archibald	Completing the 2026 Easter event or any Easter event after this	25 March 2026
	Dogs	Chase, after completing A Ruff Situation	9 September 2026

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Various locations cannot be entered if you have a pet following you, and some not even with a pet in your inventory. You'll receive a chat message or be forced into a conversation when you try to do so, or when you attempt to drop the pet from your inventory once inside.

At certain points during various quests, you are prevented from having a pet following you or even from carrying one in your inventory.

Quest	Inventory	Message
Monkey Madness II (Recruiting Nieve)	Allowed	Nieve: You should pick up your pet first. It would only get in the way.
Death to the Dorgeshuun (Giving Zanik her disguise)	Allowed	Zanik: You should pick up your pet thingy. It would only get in the way.
Land of the Goblins (Guiding Grubfoot)	Allowed	Player: Follow me. Grubfoot: I follow you, but you should pick up pet thingy first.
Land of the Goblins (Entering the Goblin Temple)	No	Goblin guard (2): You not come into temple with that thing. Player: What thing? Follower in inventory - Goblin guard (2): That thing you carrying! It look alive! Active follower - Goblin guard (2): That thing! That thing that following you! Player: My follower? Goblin guard (1): Me not like it. Goblin guard (2): You go take it somewhere else before you go in.
The Heart of Darkness (Entering the Tower of Ascension)	Allowed	Prince Itzla Arkan: [...] Pick up your follower and then let us head inside and see what tests await us.
A Ruff Situation (Searching the puppies with the stray dog)	Allowed	The stray dog can't follow you at the moment.
Twilight's Promise (Guiding a hungover knight)	Allowed	Knight of Varlamore: Should you not pick up your follower first?
Death on the Isle (Entering the villa)	Allowed	Head Butler: Right, I think that covers everything. Are you ready to enter? Player: I am. Head Butler: Then you should put your follower away.
In Aid of the Myreque (Temple Trekking part)	Allowed	Ivan Storm: Hmmm, it seems that you have a follower. I think it may get lost on this journey if it's left to wander on its own. Let's leave when your follower is safe.
The Red Reef (Diving section)	Allowed	Your pet has no interest in diving.
		You can't have that follower here.
The Great Brain Robbery (Going underwater)	No	You cannot go diving with that follower.
		You cannot go diving with that follower in your bag.

Several locations can be entered with an active follower, but will temporarily "store" your follower elsewhere. This is stated in chat with the message Your pet has been hidden as you enter this area. As such, you cannot see or call your follower in these areas and are prevented from picking them up until you leave the area again. Furthermore, you cannot drop a pet from your inventory in these areas, and some of these locations prevent you from having one in your inventory at all - you'll see the below messages if you attempt to drop a pet or enter with one in your inventory.

These events are no longer accessible. They could not be completed with an active follower.

This table features the total number of unique players that own each pet, sorted by date. On the linked posts by Jagex Moderators, they are also shown divided into columns based on Ironman status. The first pets were added in 2014.

These numbers may no longer be representative, as various pets and methods to acquire them have been added since the latest post.

Pet owners by date

Pet 8 Oct 2015[5] 14 Mar 2016[6] 7 Nov 2016[7] 16 May 2017[8] 16 Nov 2017[9] 24 May 2018[10] 22 Feb 2019[11] 21 Feb 2020[12] 24 Dec 2021[13] 13 Dec 2023[14] Chaos Elemental 2,413 3,393 5,718 7,251 9,306 12,312 16,677 25,615 40,388 78,223 Dagannoth Supreme 623 972 1,951 2,948 4,017 5,086 6,818 9,380 12,224 19,126 Dagannoth Prime 613 976 1,844 2,738 3,745 4,778 6,419 8,928 11,694 18,759 Dagannoth Rex 1,031 1,471 2,565 3,789 5,111 6,589 8,985 12,436 16,222 26,540 Baby Mole 521 782 1,610 2,766 4,668 6,562 8,334 11,818 21,171 43,910 Kalphite Princess 307 504 1,282 1,841 2,626 3,515 4,570 5,986 9,040 16,260 Smoke devil 1,487 2,072 4,032 5,534 7,413 9,851 13,668 19,479 30,568 55,124 Kree'arra 376 523 841 1,000 1,287 1,738 2,360 3,510 5,036 10,351 General Graardor 918 1,393 2,600 3,394 4,178 5,225 6,724 9,675 12,359 27,027 Zilyana 505 799 1,397 1,829 2,256 2,783 3,383 4,331 6,250 11,571 K'ril Tsutsaroth 310 492 1,041 1,310 1,549 1,811 2,192 2,981 4,606 8,821 Prince Black Dragon 1,950 3,050 5,614 7,530 9,830 12,406 15,750 20,965 27,795 48,232 Kraken 4,051 6,006 11,750 17,050 23,070 31,906 45,655 66,139 97,357 168,482 Penance Queen 81 136 294 410 542 670 826 1,129 1,625 2,624 Dark core 263 487 971 1,230 1,436 1,762 2,078 2,701 4,087 8,611 Snakeling 3,577 5,340 9,870 14,345 17,126 21,242 29,144 42,072 41,273 96,199 Chompy chick 476 858 2,209 3,451 5,573 8,520 12,066 17,779 31,686 59,487 Venenatis spiderling 590 996 1,896 2,396 3,011 3,574 4,832 7,268 8,874 26,001 Callisto cub 244 419 969 1,390 1,998 2,641 3,546 4,999 6,483 22,290 Vet'ion Jr. 134 203 468 617 785 992 1,393 2,157 3,111 17,618 Scorpia's offspring 351 572 997 1,501 2,006 2,481 3,168 4,265 5,986 12,113 TzRek-Jad 648 1,443 3,290 4,822 6,629 8,679 12,047 16,352 24,278 42,860 Hellpuppy 414 1,165 3,060 4,826 6,829 9,090 12,568 18,021 28,847 51,162 Abyssal orphan 76 444 1,572 2,579 3,953 5,135 6,635 9,215 16,461 28,372 Heron N/A 2,608 13,062 20,883 28,447 36,147 50,906 72,510 92,657 182,997 Rock golem N/A 1,559 6,335 11,217 17,222 25,653 40,455 62,910 80,460 197,251 Beaver N/A 2,458 10,804 17,838 25,219 33,305 47,237 68,482 94,686 174,924 Baby chinchompa N/A 1,345 5,119 8,098 11,022 14,122 19,397 26,957 22,326 60,351 Bloodhound N/A N/A 137 305 492 739 1,171 2,071 3,912 7,982 Giant Squirrel N/A N/A 1,418 7,576 12,890 19,353 31,723 51,136 66,921 153,649 Tangleroot N/A N/A 591 2,678 4,813 7,547 15,154 31,184 56,385 109,676 Rocky N/A N/A 1,332 6,629 13,295 24,478 38,796 63,326 85,625 211,565 Rift guardian N/A N/A 763 3,521 6,499 10,109 15,995 26,804 43,618 91,433 Phoenix N/A N/A 3,436 8,393 13,105 18,244 29,905 46,083 78,242 143,749 Olmlet N/A N/A N/A 547 1,414 2,730 4,697 8,786 15,475 29,195 Skotos N/A N/A N/A 2,580 11,826 20,225 33,765 55,634 86,434 152,314 Jal-Nib-Rek N/A N/A N/A N/A 24 86 194 508 1,531 2,963 Herbi N/A N/A N/A N/A 548 1,374 2,877 5,672 12,970 29,969 Noon N/A N/A N/A N/A 339 1,199 2,560 4,467 9,420 18,819 Vorki N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 3,956 11,074 22,953 37,508 94,869 Lil' Zik N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1,783 4,644 10,805 21,174 Ikkle Hydra N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2,483 10,589 23,413 45,797 Sraracha N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1,027 5,635 14,229 Smolcano N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 7,123 28,952 Youngllef N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 614 9,946 54,987 Little Nightmare N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 4,076 4,028 10,472 Lil' Creator N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 7,675 21,629 Tiny tempor N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 9,825 31,719 Abyssal protector N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 48,191 Tumeken's guardian N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 24,459 Nexling N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 10,357 Muphin N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 8,099 Baron N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 7,778 Butch N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 7,703 Wisp N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 3,838 Lil'viathan N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 3,745

• Players cannot go underwater if they have a pet following them or in their inventory, with the exception of the Pet Kraken, Pet chaos elemental, Soup, Tiny Tempor, and Lil'viathan. Furthermore, while many pets can be obtained underwater, Tangleroot, Quetzin, Lil' Creator and Bloodhound can be more easily obtained there, but they cannot be taken back once the player leaves.
  • The Phoenix was another pet that could be be more easily obtained underwater. However, an update changed the Wintertodt's reward system from Supply crates to the Reward Cart, meaning that only players that kept supply crates before the update have a chance of obtaining this pet underwater.