Cat (race)

The Race of Cats
Cats are a race of animals in Gielinor. However, they are an intelligent race with their own sophisticated languages, which can be interpretated by magic amulets. The sphinx is in charge of all the cats, and the desert pantheon also has a dog-headed friend of cats. There are both good and evil cats, who may possess magical ability. Cats enjoy fish and walking.They are also humans because The Devour's minions turned on her so she made them cats.

About The Cats
Upon completion of Gertrude's Cat you are able to purchase a Kitten from Gertrude for 100 coins. You can raise your kitten into a cat by feeding it raw fish or cooked fish (raw sardines rubbed with doogle leaves cannot be fed to your kitty). Cats may also be turned into Hellcats after killing 7 Hellrats down in Evil Dave's training area.



If you have completed Creature of Fenkenstrain and Garden of Tranquillity, if you wear your Ring of charos and ask Gertrude for a kitten, you have the option of selecting its colour. If you don't have the ring, then you will not be able to choose your cat's colour.

The Training Medal
You will notice that there are tons of little level 1 Rats all over the ground, just right click on the cat and click Chase vermin. The Cat will try for the Rat and hopefully catch it. Instead of a 15% chance of success as a Kitten, there is now a 70% chance that your Cat will succeed. Once you catch 100 Rats, talk to Gertrude to get a Cat training medal. (Note that you might want to get a piece of paper out to write down every Rat your Cat catches.)


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Many players believe that wearing this makes your Cat/Kitten grow faster, but this is not true. To find out when your cat has caught 100 Rats, you need to have a Catspeak amulet and ask how he/she is. If your Cat says that he wants to go adventuring instead of saying that he/she wants to chase Rats, your cat has caught 100 Rats. You also inform the cat how many rats they have gotten when your cat catches 10, 50, and 100 rats. Apparently Wily Cats and Lazy Cats cannot be used to obtain the medal.


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Amulet Of Catspeak
The Amulet of Catspeak is a reward given to you upon completion of Icthlarin's Little Helper which allows you to speak to your cat, other players' cats and Bob the Jagex Cat. The Amulet gets a compass-like upgrade in A Tail of Two Cats which allows you to track Bob the Jagex Cat's whereabouts during the quest.

Overgrown Cats
After time, your cat will grow into a Overgrown cat. These cats no longer need your attention, and will no longer hunt Rats. But when you talk to them using the Catspeak Amulet, they appear to be mad and grouchy. You can get another Kitten from Gertrude while having an Overgrown cat but remember you can only have one out at a time. Cats are stackable if they are the same colour. If you decide to sell it, you can go to West Ardougne at the North West corner and talk to any civilian who will say he needs a cat but can only pay with death runes. If you hand him over your Overgrown cat, he will hand you 100 Death runes, or you can keep it and have the pride of having a fully grown cat.

Things To Remember
Taking care of your cat
 * Your kitten will run away if it reaches 100% hunger.
 * You can determine the growth level and hunger level of your kitten using the Summoned creature interface.  You activate it for your new kitten by picking it up and then dropping it.
 * Each time it grows a percentage point it will "meow". That is a good time to check it's hunger level.
 * While the kitten is in your backpack or the bank it will not grow or get hungry. That is a good way to keep your cat if you have run out of fish for it.
 * You will always lose your cat if you die.
 * You can also lose your kitten if you don't stroke it enough. Just talking with it does not count.  It is sufficient to stroke it each time you feed it.
 * You can always buy another from Gertrude for 100 coins. She doesn't really care what happened to the previous cat.

Traveling with your cat
 * Your cat can climb ladders, go on gnome gliders, and teleport with you.
 * Do not worry if your cat gets caught behind a fence, tree, etc. as you can make it reappear next to you by clicking the whistle in the summoning interface or when it leaves the minimap.
 * Some modes of transportation will require that you not have a summoned creature out. The Flying carpets in particular require that the cat be in your backpack.

What you can do with your cat
 * You can bring an adult cat to West Ardougne and trade it for 100 death runes to any NPC named Civilian.
 * If you bring your Kitten/Cat to Bob, the Jagex cat, while wearing your amulet, they will have a strange conversation.
 * Cats can chase the kalphite larva found in and around the lair.
 * Kittens and cats can drink buckets of milk and play with mouse toys and balls of wool.
 * Players who have completed Rat Catchers can take their cats to the Rat Pits in Ardougne, Varrock, Keldagrim, and Port Sarim, although certain types of cats must be taken to certain pits. Once there, they can bet on their cat as it attempts to catch rats faster than other players' cats.

Minigames That Have Banned Cats

 * Castle Wars
 * Sorceress's Garden
 * Barbarian Assault
 * Pest Control
 * Vinesweeper
 * Clan Wars
 * Bounty Hunter

Notable Cats In RuneScape

 * Bob the Jagex Cat
 * Evil Bob
 * Neite
 * Sphinx

Other Cats In RuneScape

 * Witch's cat
 * Clockwork cat
 * Growler
 * Spirit larupia
 * Larupia
 * Wooden cat

Cats In ScapeRune

 * Evil Bob
 * Balloon animal [[Image:Balloon animal 3.png|30px]]

Quests Involving Cats

 * Gertrude's Cat
 * Icthlarin's Little Helper
 * A Tail of Two Cats
 * Rat Catchers
 * Recipe For Disaster

Trivia

 * "Moggy" is an affectionate British term used to refer to cats.