Old School RuneScape: All pets and how to get them in OSRS
JagexIn Old School RuneScape pets are a big part of the game, but getting specific creatures can take a lot of time and effort. So, here’s everything you need to know about how to get all the pets in OSRS.
Pets in Old School RuneScape are great companions to have by your side as you travel across the land, despite the fact they can’t assist you in combat situations. Before you can start bonding with your new furry friend, however, you need to obtain and insure a pet first.
A lot of pets are dropped by bosses in the game so having a certain creature by your side is an indication that you’ve overcome some of the toughest battles in Old School RuneScape. If you want to show off your most recent achievements in the game, setting a pet as your follower is a great way to do so.
So, here’s a full list of all the pets in OSRS and how you can get them.
Contents
- How to get pets in OSRS
- All Pets in OSRS
- How to insure your pet’s life in OSRS
- What is the role of pets in OSRS
How to get pets in OSRS
There are three possible methods of getting pets in the game. However, each specific method has the chance of rewarding you with a different pet.
Therefore, it is very important for you to know which pets can be obtained by which method. The three methods available for getting pets in OSRS are:
- Defeating specific bosses.
- Upgrading your skills or unlocking specific achievements.
- Monster drops and pet drops.
Having said that, let’s check out all the pets in OSRS as well as how you can get each of them.
All pets in OSRS
Boss pets
These pets can be unlocked by defeating specific bosses in the game. Here’s a table listing all of them along with the bosses who drop them:
Pet | Dropped by |
Abyssal Orphan | Use an unsired on the Font of Consumption |
Baby Mole | Giant Mole |
Callisto Cub | Callisto |
Hellpuppy | Cerberus |
Ikkle hydra | Alchemical Hydra |
Jai-nib-rek | TzKal-Zuk |
Kalphite Princess | Kalphite Queen |
Lil’zik | Theatre of Blood |
Little Nightmare | The Nightmare |
Nexling | Nex |
Noon | Grotesque Guardians |
Olmlet | Great Olm |
Pet Chaos Elemental | Chaos Elemental and Chaos Fanatic |
Pet Dagannoth Prime | Dagannoth Prime |
Pet Dagannoth Rex | Dagannoth Rex |
Pet Dagannoth Supreme | Dagannoth Supreme |
Pet Dark Core | Corporeal Beast |
Pet General Graardor | General Graardor |
Pet K’ril Tsutsaroth | K’ril Tsutsaroth |
Pet Kraken | Kraken |
Pet Kree’arra | Kree’arra |
Pet Smoke Devil | Thermonuclear Smoke Devil |
Pet Snakeling | Zulrah |
Pet Zilyana | Commander Zilyana |
Prince Black Dragon | King Black Dragon |
Scorpia’s Offspring | Scorpia |
Skotos | Skotizo |
Sraracha | Sarachnis |
Tzrek-jad | Tztok-Jad |
Venenatis Spiderling | Venenatis |
Vet’ion Jr. | Vet’ion |
Vorki | Vorkath |
Skilling Pets
These pets can be claimed by performing specific tasks that upgrade your in-game character’s skills. The list of pets along with the skills you need to upgrade for them are:
Pet | The activity required to unlock |
Baby Chinchompa | Hunting Chinchompas |
Beaver | Woodcutting |
Giant Squirrel | Agility training |
Heron | Fishing |
Rift Guardian | Runecraft |
Rock Golem | Mining |
Rocky | Thieving |
Tangleroot | Farming |
Other Pets
The pets listed below can only be obtained by either completing specific quests or by specific other means.
Pet | How to unlock |
Eek | 2018 Halloween event |
Bloodhound | Master Clue Scrolls quest |
Cat | Gertrude’s Cat quest |
Chompy Chick | Elite Western Provinces Diary quest |
Hellcat | Catch Hell-Rats with a normal cat |
Herbi | Hunt herbiboars |
Lil’creator | Spoils of War |
Pet Fish | Catch in Harry’s Fishing Shop |
Pet Penance Queen | High-tier gambles in Barbarian Assault |
Pet rock | The Fremennik Trials quest |
Phoenix | Supply Crates from the Wintertodt quest |
Tiny Tempor | Tempoross quest |
Toy Cat | Crafted on a crafting table level 4 with clockwork and regular plank |
Younglief | The Gauntlet |
Smolcano | Zalcano |
How to insure your pet’s life in OSRS
It is very important for you to insure your pet’s life. This is because, unless your pet is insured, you will lose any active followers or pets that are in your inventory whenever you die in OSRS. However, if your pet is insured or protected on death, you will be able to reclaim your lost pet for a sum of 1,000,000 coins from Probita.
Nevertheless, you can only reclaim a lost pet if they were insured before. In order to insure your pet’s survival, head over to Probita and pay her a sum of 500,000 coins to ensure that you can reclaim your pet even if you die in the field of battle.
What is the role of pets in OSRS?
Most pets that are featured in OSRS are purely for the sake of visual pleasure. Although most pets are designed with the same mechanic, some of them do feature unique traits that can inherently serve as perks in various scenarios. For example, the Nexling has a much faster walking pace in comparison to other pets in the game.
So, there you have it. That’s everything you need to know about pets in Old School RuneScape.In the meantime, don’t forget to check out our other guides:
Old School RuneScape Blast Furnace guide: Requirements & how to use it in OSRS | What is the max level in Runescape? | Old School RuneScape Wintertodt guide | What is the max level in Runescape? | What is the best non-degradable armor in Runescape? | How to increase your combat level in Runescape