Pet rock

Pet rock
Release	2 November 2004 (Update)
Members	Yes
Members	Yes
Quest item	Unknown
Quest item	Unknown
Tradeable	No
Tradeable	No
Equipable	Yes
Equipable	Yes
Stackable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Unknown
Disassembly	Unknown
Value	1 coin
Value	1 coin
High Alchemy	0 coins
High Alchemy	0 coins
Low Alchemy	0 coins
Low Alchemy	0 coins
Destroy	Drop
On death	Unknown
On death	Unknown
On death	Unknown
Exchange	Not sold
Weight	1.36 kg
Examine	The lowest maintenance pet you will ever have.

Pet rocks are pets that can be obtained from Askeladden during and after The Fremennik Trials quest. In the quest, it is used to make Lalli, a troll, give you some golden wool. A pet rock, cabbage, onion, and a potato are the ingredients for making rock soup to please the troll.

Unlike most pets, Pet rocks do not follow the player when dropped, and do not require feeding. However, like Eek the Spider, the rock can be wielded, but it can not be used to fight. Pet rocks do not need to be fed, as they are never hungry, but there is an option to feed it on the "interact" menu nevertheless. Pet rocks can also be talked to, and right clicking and choosing the "interact" option allows you to stroke and perform tricks, such as playing fetch and teaching it the "stay" command.

Like most other pets, pet rocks can be placed in Player-owned house Menageries. When in a menagerie, players can experience several unique "conversations" with their rock. In addition this, if you drop a pet rock anywhere else in the house (or use it on a cat basket), it will persist even when the house is exited, but unlike when placed in the menagerie, it will merely have an option to pick it up, and no options to talk to it.

Dialogue

This article on a pet has an associated dialogue page. Click here for a transcript of possible conversations with this pet.

Recolouring

For 1,000 Loyalty points, players can buy the option to change the colour of their Pet Rock. After it has been bought, the Pet Rock can then be used on Xuan in Burthorpe to change the color. The colours are red, green, blue, and yellow. This cannot be refunded, but once bought, players can change the colours of their rock as many times as they like. When the Members Loyalty Programme was released, the price had been put on sale for 100 Loyalty Points temporarily.

Pet rock (red)

Pet rock (green)

Pet rock (blue)

Pet rock (yellow)

Interacting

A player attempting to play fetch with the pet rock

A player makes the pet rock stay

A player strokes the pet rock

Trivia

• If you have the Pet Rock in your inventory when receiving a Strange rock, a message is displayed showing the rock's excitement at having a companion.
• Pet rocks are based on an actual fad from the 1970s. Gary Dahl, an advertising executive, conceived the idea and through selling and advertising of the pet rock, which usually sold $3.95 USD, became a millionaire.
• When used with a Roll, obtained from the Sandwich lady, the game gives the message "I love rock and roll!" as the player uses the Headbang emote.