Rat



Rats are small animals which can be found almost anywhere. They are best found outside of and on the first floor of the Lumbridge Castle. Their tails are most commonly used for the completion of the Witch's Potion quest. They are one of the weakest creatures in RuneScape.

Cats
Players who have a cat or a kitten can tell it to chase vermin, in which case it will try to attack any rat in range. Also, if you have a Rat pole, a rat will be added to it each time a rat is caught by your cat.

100% drops

 * Bones (only the Stronghold of Security)

Other drops
''A player has to be doing the quest to even get these drops and a player can only have one of each at a time. (Except for the tail)''
 * Rat's tail (used in the Witch's Potion quest)
 * Rat bone (m) (used in the Rag and Bone Man quest)

Trivia

 * The examine text is based on the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett, who goes into detail describing the ways dwarves eat rats.
 * A Rat bone, which differs from the usual bones dropped by rats, are rare drops used in the Rag and Bone Man quest. This bone cannot be buried.
 * There is a rat in Surprise Exam!, however it is the "class pet" and you cannot attack it.
 * Rats do not appear on the minimap. This is because of the rats' abundance in the area, which if shown would make the minimap covered with yellow dots.
 * Rats are perhaps one of the weakest monsters in RuneScape, along with the level 1 Spider.
 * The rats in the Stronghold of Security are one of the weakest monsters to drop bones. Strangely enough, rats in other places do not drop bones, and the bones are larger than the rat itself.
 * At one time, the rat could only hit 0s. But since the constitution update, it is now able to hit higher.