Evil Chicken

The Evil chicken is a random event which can occur at any time, during any action, even while standing around or in combat. It is one of only 2 hostile random events that are not skill related, the other one being the Swarm.

It attacks with magic, and so cannot be hidden from, and may inflict a hit or two as the player runs away. Its level is varies depending on the players level, and maxes at 159. Many lower levels still can kill it. Examining it gives the text "A fowl beast".

The Evil Chicken hits a maximum of 5 damage, at any level. Despite its max hit being low (compared to other random events), it is dangerously accurate and will hit very often. The Evil Chicken cannot move. If you try to step on it, it will say "Bwaark! Get off of me!" and your character will take damage and automatically step one square away from the chicken. Using the Protect from Magic prayer nullifies the chicken's attack, and it can be safely dealt with.



The Wise Old Man of Draynor Village has a book on the origin of the evil chicken, titled simply "Book on chickens".

The Evil Chicken says things like: When a player runs far enough, a message will appear in the chatbox reading "The Evil Chicken realises you're out of range and vanishes." If a player is not out of range but nonetheless cannot be attacked by the chicken, after approximately a minute a message will appear reading "The Evil Chicken gets bored and vanishes." Through a glitch, it is possible to move up or down levels in a building, then return to the level the evil chicken is on without being attacked. The Evil Chicken is part of the Recipe for Disaster: Sir Amik Varze subquest during which you must kill it. It is always slightly stronger than it usually is during a random event fight to add to the challenge, so if it would normally be level 79 for your level group, you would get attacked by a level 81 Evil Chicken. The highest level it can reach is 159 (if you would normally get a level 159) and a whopping 170 during Recipe for disaster. A player will have access to the Evil Chicken's Lair for Black dragons and mining ores after they defeat the Evil Chicken, but the bird itself will not appear.
 * "Bwuk bwuk bwuk".
 * "Flee from me, (player's name)!"
 * "Begone, (player's name)!"
 * "MUAHAHAHAHAAA!"

Drops
Pile containing:
 * Raw chicken
 * Feathers (more than a normal chicken from 50 to 750 feathers)
 * Bones
 * Evil chicken's egg (quest only)

The Evil Chicken used to drop an egg upon killing it. However it was probably removed to avoid confusion with the Evil Chicken's egg in the Recipe for Disaster quest.

Trivia

 * The Evil Chicken has the lowest wander range of any NPC, only 1 square.
 * Sometimes the Evil Chicken will glitch and stay in one place, not attacking anything.