Giant rat

Giant rats are low level vermin. These are often fought by low level players because of their low combat level, accessibility, and the fact that they drop bones and raw rat meat, which can be cooked over a fire and consumed to restore life points. The level 6 rats may be aggressive to level 12 or lower levelled players, with the exception of the level 6 giant rats in level 1-5 Wilderness which are aggressive to ALL players, regardless of level.

Previous to sometime around the Living rock Caverns update, there were no level 2 giant rats. Currently there are now several level two giant rats in the Varrock sewers. Level 2 giant rats also can be found under Daemonheim while Dungeoneering.

Locations

 * Melzar's Maze, in the Dragon Slayer quest
 * Tutorial Island's 'dungeon'
 * Stronghold of Security
 * Varrock sewers
 * South-west of Port Sarim
 * Grand tree mine
 * Behind Lumbridge Castle
 * Lumbridge Swamp
 * On the path to the East Varrock Mine
 * Wilderness Levels 1-5 north of Varrock castle - 6 rats
 * In the pen south of Varrock
 * Edgevile dungeon
 * Daemonheim (Dungeoneering only)

Drops

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Notes:
 * Raw rat meat is not dropped on tutorial island, Daemonheim, or Melzar's Maze. Also, level 6 giant rats in Lumbridge Swamp as well as the one on the path leading to East Varrock Mine only drop raw rat meat occasionally.
 * Giant rats in the stronghold of security do not always drop raw rat meat
 * Giant rat bone can only be obtained after starting Rag and Bone Man quest.
 * Giant rats do drop Rat's tails.

Trivia

 * Giant rats are one of the few RuneScape monsters that blink.

Glitches
If you kill a Giant Rat next to a "Rat-Hole" near Port Sarim, there is a chance of the dropped items appearing e.

If you let a rat out of the cage south of Varrock then close the gate there is a chance it will get trapped. Giant rat