Rat pole





The Rat pole is an item that members can obtain during the Rat Catchers quest. They can also use it in the Rat Pits mini-game. They can wield the pole as a weapon.

Players can attach up to six dead rats to the pole. To attach a rat, the player must first be wielding the pole, and not just have it in their inventory. The player must use their cat to catch rats.

When the cat catches one, the player has the option to put the rat on the pole or just not do anything. An adult cat is recommended for this, since they have a much better success rate.

The rat pole is part of a medium task in the Varrock Diary, in which players must accumulate the full six rats onto their pole.

Players who lose their rat pole can obtain a new empty one by talking to Phingspet and Grimesquit.

Trivia

 * When a player's cat catch a rat, you can allow it to be added to the pole. However, if the cat caught a Hellrat, it would be added to the pole and but would only show on the pole as a normal rat. This has been fixed, Hellrats are no longer "added" to the pole because "Hellrats are too hot to add to the rat pole".
 * The weilding animation for the pole has not been updated. The player will still stand idly, walk and run as characters did before the huge graphical makeover. Other weapons that cause this effect are the Mud pie, Noose wand, and all Banners.