Chicken

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This article is about the animal found all over Gielinor. For other uses, see Chicken (disambiguation).

level: 1 (Taverley)level: 1 level 2 (Miscellania)level: 111
Chicken
Release			4 January 2001 (Update)
Members			No
Examine
Yep. Definitely a chicken.
Combat info
Level			LP			XP			XP
1			50			24.5			8
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
1 / 0 / 0
Aggressive						Poisonous
Slayer
Level			XP			Category
1			6.4			Birds
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
4			0			0			0
Style						Rate
						4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
1				1				1
Accuracy
110				110				110
Abilities used
None
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
110		1
Affinities
90			55			45			65
Immunities
Not immune			Not immune			Not immune			Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID				41
Links				bestiary • MRND
FAQ • doc

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4 ticks (2.4s)

4 ticks (2.4s)

4 ticks (2.4s)

2 ticks (1.2s)

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Chickens are a type of bird kept as livestock by farmers and are often found inside pens in the farms of Gielinor. Chickens are one of the weakest enemies in RuneScape, with some chickens having the same amount of life points as a mere rat. They are often killed by low-level players training their combat skills, as they have very low Defence and deal hardly any damage. These players can also cook their raw chicken drops, which provide 200 life points each, allowing them to prolong their stay. Chickens, like most birds, count for bird Slayer assignments, which are given by the slayer masters Turael and Spria.

Chickens are the primary source of several useful items, as they drop raw chickens and lay eggs for Cooking and Summoning, bones for Prayer, and 5 to 15 feathers for Fishing or Fletching. Because of this, killing chickens can be very profitable for low-level players.

Rarely, a chicken will respawn by falling from the sky and saying, "I have returned". This variant drops the off-hand rubber chicken, which is needed to complete the Slayer collection log.

Locations

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
Farm east of river Lum in Lumbridge	1		9	Maplink
Fred's farm in Lumbridge	1		8	Maplink
Cabbage farm between Falador and Port Sarim	1		9	Maplink
Entrana	1		6	Maplink
Champion's Guild	1		5	Maplink
Rellekka	1		4	Maplink
Tai Bwo Wannai	1		4	Maplink
White Knights Castle in Falador	1		1	Maplink
Road between Lumbridge and Varrock	1		1	Maplink
Peninsula between Witchaven and East Ardougne	1		4	Maplink
Hemenster	1		4	Maplink
Sinclair Mansion	1		3	Maplink
Barbarian Outpost	1		3	Maplink
Miscellania Castle	1		4	Maplink
Northern Miscellania	1		4	Maplink
Around castle on Etceteria	1		4	Maplink
Outside bank on Etceteria	1		3	Maplink
Taverley	1		6	Maplink
Burthorpe	1		4	Maplink
Tyras Camp	1		3	Maplink
Zanaris	1		2	Maplink
Draynor Manor	1		1	Maplink
Daemonheim	1		3	Maplink
Tutorial Island	1		4	Maplink
Sunken Tutorial Island	1		5	Maplink

Drops

100% drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Bones		1	Always	416	0
	Raw chicken		1	Always	802	36
	Key (Treasure Trails) (m)		1	Always	Not sold	Not alchemisable

Main drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Feather		5; 10; 15	Common	60-180	15-45
	Cornucopia		1	Very rare	0	0
	Off-hand rubber chicken		1	Very rare	0	0

Universal drops

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster outside of Daemonheim.

These items are dropped alongside main drops.

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Key token		1	Rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Mimic kill token (m)		1	Very rare	8,239	Not alchemisable

Update history

The update history project is a work-in-progress – not all updates to this topic may be covered below. See here for how to help out!

• patch 23 September 2019 (Update):
  • Chickens at the Falador farm, Miscellania and Etceteria have been graphically updated.

• ninja 5 January 2015 (Update):
  • Chickens' walk animations are now more fluid.

Trivia

• At RuneFest 2011, chickens were spawned at the Grand Exchange by a Jagex moderator demonstrating how the rotten potato works.
• A chicken could be found in the basement of the Wizards' Tower before the area received a graphical update on 28 November 2012.