Golden chinchompa (Squeal of Fortune)



This is a members only item.

A Golden chinchompa can be won on the Squeal of Fortune from 6 to 16 September 2013. It gives the player a number of coins for raising. They may be converted to 500 coins if won. After the 16th of September, the chinchompa will disappear. However, Jagex stated that it will be possible to obtain (in some way) a Golden Chinchompa Pet in the future.

A new in-game message appears upon login: ''1) Visit the Squeal of Fortune. 2) Win a golden chinchompa. 3) Lovingly raise it. 4) ???? 5) Profit.''

There are three kinds of chinchompa food. Each individual chinchompa has a favourite type out of the following three:
 * [[File:Dried chillies.png]] Dried chillies
 * [[File:Curried lard nuggets.png]] Curried lard nuggets
 * [[File:Pure caffeine.png]] Pure caffeine

Food can be won on the Squeal of Fortune in a Food bag or obtained while skilling. Food can be traded for other food types only. You'll have to wait until the chinchompa has reached a hunger percentage of 100% before you are able to feed the creature. A text message will tell: A thaumic chronometer will make a golden chinchompa instantly hungry, and it will remain that way until fed 10 times. To check your chinchompa's hunger percentage or size percentage right click on the summoning icon on your action bar, and then select the "Follower Details" option, the hunger percentage and size percentages should be displayed below the icon and name of your chinchompa. The hunger percentages grows 6.66% every 2 minutes and takes 30 minutes to reach 100%.

Baby chinchompas eat five of a single food type at a time, young chinchompas eat ten of a single food at once, and adult chinchompas consume 25 of one food each time.

As you feed your baby chinchompa the type of food it likes the most, a text message will appear saying: Your chinchompa guzzles down 5 [type of food] happily - It must really like them! Directly followed by a message saying: [number of coins] coins have been added to your money pouch.

While you can reduce the Chinchompa's hunger by feeding it with your POH pet feeder, it will not grow if you choose to do so.

There are three stages of a Golden Chinchompa's life:
 * Baby Golden Chinchompa
 * Young Golden Chinchompa
 * Golden Chinchompa

After the Golden Chinchompa finally explodes, you will get a few random rewards, some coins, and a Chinchompa gravestone that can be placed in the garden of your player owned house or in the grass outside.

The chinchompa can be named one of the following:

Trivia

 * The login message is a reference to the South Park derived meme widely used to satirise the business plans of the dot.com bubble companies which had no discernible monetisation phase.
 * Golden chinchompas may not be fed to a Baby Troll. Attempting to do so will prompt the dialogue: Golden chinchompas are far too rare to feed to a troll.
 * When the Baby reaches a hunger percentage of 80, the name you've picked no longer displays to public when mouse over. One easy fix is to pick it up and place it down again.
 * The selectable name "Flopsy" may be a reference to Avatar: The Last Airbender. King Bumi's pet goat gorilla was named Flopsy; however, it was first mistaken as a small rabbit. Flopsy was also the name of one of Peter Rabbit's sisters.
 * The selectable name "Peter" may be a reference to the classic children's fairy tale character, Peter Rabbit.
 * The name "Widget" is likely a reference to the movie Gremlins. In the movie, there are several small furry creatures called Mogwai, the main one being named "Gizmo."