Ratcatchers quick guide

This is the quick guide for Ratcatchers. For a more in-depth version, click here.

Walkthrough

Start point	Talk to Gertrude west of Varrock.
Member requirement	Members only
Official difficulty	Intermediate
Official length	Long
Requirements	Skill requirements are not boostable unless marked with a [B] for boostable. Quests: Ratcatchers Icthlarin's Little Helper Diamond in the Rough Stolen Hearts Gertrude's Cat The Restless Ghost 54 Herblore (if you want to make your own rat poison)
Items required	Items from the tool belt are not listed unless they do not work or are not automatically added. Cat or hellcat (A kitten technically works, but it catches rats very slowly and needs to be fed; an Overgrown cat does not work at all) 1 Rat poison (can be found in the Clock Tower Basement) Alternatively the ingredients to make it during the quest are: 1 Vial (must be empty) 1 Clean kwuarm (if needed, Zahur in Nardah cleans grimy herbs for 200 coins) 1 Red spiders' eggs 4 Cheese 1 Unicorn horn dust 1 Clean marrentill (if needed, Zahur in Nardah cleans grimy herbs for 200 coins) 1 Bucket of milk 1 Catspeak amulet (a Cramulet does not work) 1 Pot of weeds (use an Empty pot with Weeds) About 600 Coins (about 300 with Ring of Charos (a)) About 10 Raw fish (so to avoid accidentally eating cooked ones) or Buckets of milk for your cat or kitten during the fight. It doesn't matter which kind of fish you bring since all of them will completely heal your cat or kitten. Snake charm (Can be obtained during quest) When talking to the NPCs, you may want to wear your catspeak amulet and have your cat out, as this results in more interesting conversations.
Enemies to defeat	None

Starting out

• Talk to Gertrude. ( ✓)…

  ✓	[Accept Quest]

• Take out your cat or kitten.
• Talk to Phingspet and Grimesquit in the Varrock Sewers.
• Catch 8 rats with your cat/kitten.
  • The "Hide familiar options" setting must be off in Gameplay settings
• Talk to them again.

Just the Ticket

• Talk to Jimmy Dazzler in a house north of the doors connecting west and east Ardougne.
• Read the directions scroll he gives you. ( 1)…

  1	Follow the directions to the house.

Breaking In

• Avoid guards whilst traversing throughout.
• Hide at the hedges directly west of the mansion when the southwest guard walks toward the bridge.
• Run to the north-west corner when the guard is behind the hedges.
• Run to the hedges directly north of the mansion.
• Climb up the nearby trellis.
• Once inside continue to avoid guards.
• Wield your rat pole.
• Catch 1 rat in the north-west room.
• Catch 2 rats in the south-east room.
• Go down the ladder in this room.
• Catch 2 rats in this room, then 1 in the room to the north.
• Return to Jimmy Dazzler.

Hooknosed Jack

The locations of the Rat Holes

• Talk to Hooknosed Jack in south-east Varrock.
• Enter the south-west house and climb the ladder.
• Use rat poison on all 4 pieces of cheese.
• Use poisoned cheese on all of the rat holes.
• Return to Jack. ( 2)…

  2	Can I help?

• Talk to the Apothecary in western Varrock for cat antipoison. ( 5)…

  5	I need to talk to you about cats.

• Return to Jack.
• Go back to the warehouse and up the ladder.
• Pick up your cat and use it on the hole in wall.
• Use a fish on the hole in wall to restore its health.
  • You lose your cat if it dies here.
  • If you lose your cat by going down the ladder, you can call your follower.
• Retrieve your cat by calling your follower.
• Return to Jack to tell him the king rat is dead.

Smokin' Joe

• Talk to Smokin' Joe in east Keldagrim, just east of the pickaxe shop. ( 1)…

  1	I could help you.

• Use some weeds on an empty pot and light it.
• Use the smoldering pot on the rat hole near the crates.
• Try again with your cat out and your catspeak amulet on, your cat will offer to help.
• Talk to Joe again.

The Face and the Felkrash

Music scroll notes to play

• Talk to a woman named The Face, north of Port Sarim lodestone.
• Talk to Felkrash, who is nearby.
• Talk to The Face again.
• Head south of the bar in Pollnivneach.
• Use a coin with Ali the Snake Charmer's Money Pot. ( 2•3•2)…

  2	I want to talk to you about animal charming.
  3	What if I offered you some money?
  2	Forget about it. I don't care.

  , walk away slowly ( 2)…

  2	Walk away slowly

  , followed by Stop ( 1)…

  1

  Stop

  (unless wearing ring of charos).
• Go back to Port Sarim to where Felkrash is standing.
• Play the snake charm:
  • Only 1 note can be set per page.
  • Go through the pages and click the correct notes.
  • Don't forget to click the icon in the top left on page 5.
  • Click PLAY once all 8 pages are set.
  • There will be short cutscene upon completing correctly.
• Talk to Felkrash.
• Quest complete!

Rewards

• 2 quest points
• 4,500 experience
• Rat pole
• Able to train Overgrown Cats into Wily and Lazy cats
• The ability to name a lazy or wily cat (up to 6 letters long)
• 2 Treasure Hunter keys and 2 Hearts of Ice
  

Music unlocked

• The Noble Rodent (While fighting the King Rat)
• Rat Hunt (Inside of the mansion)
• Bubble and Squeak (When speaking to Felkrash at quest's end)
• Sarim's Vermin (When speaking to Felkrash at quest's end)
• Rat a Tat Tat (When speaking to Felkrash at quest's end)
• Catch Me If You Can (When speaking to Felkrash at quest's end)