Cockatrice

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This article is about the Slayer monster. For other uses, see Trices.

Cockatrice
Release			26 January 2005 (Update)
Members			Yes
Actions			Attack, Examine
Race			Trice
Examine
The winged reptile.
Combat info
Level			LP			XP			XP
44			2,000			72.6			23.9
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
4 / 2 / 1
Aggressive						Poisonous
Slayer
Level			XP			Category
25			23.4			Cockatrice
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
128			128			0			0
Style						Rate
						4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
32				32				1
Accuracy
0				486				0
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
486		32
Affinities
90			65			55			45
Immunities
Not immune			Not immune			Not immune			Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID				1620
Links				bestiary • MRND
FAQ • doc

Cockatrice are Slayer monsters that require level 25 Slayer to kill. They frequently drop limpwurt roots, which are their main food source and used in the Herblore skill, and rarely drop the Cockatrice head, which can be brought to the Taxidermist in Canifis and stuffed for 2,000 gp. Wearing the Mask of Stone doubles the drop rate.

In the quest Fur 'n Seek, cockatrice skin must be collected and cleaned for the Odd Old Man.

Locations

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
Fremennik Slayer Dungeon	44		7	Maplink

Protective equipment

Equipment is necessary to avoid the stat-draining attack of the cockatrice. Any of the following can be used:

• Mirror shield
• Mask of Stone / Helm of Petrification
• Mask of Reflection / Helm of Little Kings
• Sunglasses

The Slayer helmet does not defend against this attack.

Players without level 20 Defence will not be assigned these to kill as a slayer task.

Once a day you can force a Cockatrice slayer assignment by talking to Mazchna or Vannaka whilst wearing the Mask of Stone or Helm of Petrification.

Strengths and weaknesses

Cockatrices in the Fremennik Slayer Dungeon.

Cockatrice have a special stat-draining attack, which they use if the player is not wearing protective equipment. It will shoot out beams from its eyes, quickly reducing combat stats (including agility) to dangerously low levels (1/4 of the player's original levels, e.g. 15/60) and causes rapid damage for up to 110 life points per hit (it does more damage with higher levels). These beams always hit a fixed amount. This is why a mirror shield is necessary. Use a restore or super restore potion to recover from these effects.

If the player is protected, however, they fight using standard melee and ranged attacks. They have few life points and do not hit substantially. Their attack speed is the same as a scimitar or mace. They are weak against crush attacks, although any melee weapon will suffice.

Drops

The average Cockatrice kill is worth 1,253.39 coins.

100% drop

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Bones		1	Always	289	0

Charms

Nothing	1	1	1	1
89%	2%	7–8%	1%	0.2–0.3%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 61,854 kills. 1 item is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drop

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Tiny spiky iron salvage		1	1/128	180	65
	Tiny spiky steel salvage		1	1/128	425	240
	Small bladed steel salvage		1	1/256	1,642	480
	Iron javelin		5	1/128	125	20
	Tiny plated iron salvage		1	1/128	339	65
	Light mystic boots		1	1/512	141,859	3,000
	Water rune		1–2	3/128	139-278	3-6
	Fire rune		7	2/128	847	21
	Nature rune		2; 4; 6	10/128	726-2,178	148-444
	Law rune		2; 3	2/128	532-798	150-225
	Grimy guam		1	2/128	509	18
	Grimy marrentill (m)		1	2/128	7,594	0
	Grimy tarromin		1	1/128	182	0
	Grimy harralander (m)		1	1/128	983	0
	Grimy irit (m)		1	1/256	906	0
	Grimy avantoe (m)		1	1/256	1,203	0
	Grimy ranarr (m)		1	1/128	4,271	0
	Grimy kwuarm (m)		1	1/256	1,772	0
	Grimy cadantine (m)		1	1/256	2,214	0
	Grimy lantadyme (m)		1	1/512	9,503	0
	Grimy dwarf weed (m)		1	1/512	11,838	0
	Potato seed		4	7/128	1,456	16
	Onion seed		4	5/128	1,528	24
	Cabbage seed (m)		4	3/128	1,416	60
	Tomato seed (m)		3	2/128	987	6
	Sweetcorn seed (m)		3	1/128	915	12
	Strawberry seed (m)		2; 4	1/512	996-1,992	20-40
	Watermelon seed (m)		2	1/512	2,346	66
	Coins		1; 5; 15; 28; 42; 62; 274; 309; 427	10/128	1-427	1-427
	Limpwurt root		1	7/128	626	4
	Rare drop table		1	Rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Uncut sapphire		1	1/256	615	15

Tertiary drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Cockatrice egg (m)		1	13/128	395	60
	Cockatrice skin (m)		1	Uncommon	1	1
	Sealed clue scroll (medium) (m)		1	1/128	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Spirit sapphire (m)		1	5/2000	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Spirit emerald (m)		1	3/2000	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Spirit ruby (m)		1	2/2000	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Cockatrice head (m)		1	1/1000	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Starved ancient effigy (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable

Rare drop table

This monster has access to the rare drop table.
Luck-enhancing items are not required to access the table, but they will increase the chance of accessing the rare drop table and may also improve the loot received from it.

Rare drop table:

Rare drop table Item Quantity Rarity GE price High alch value Coins 250–500 Common 250-500 250-500 Uncut sapphire 1 Common 615 15 Uncut emerald 1 Common 489 30 Uncut ruby 1 Common 547 60 Uncut diamond 1 Common 982 120 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) Rare 44,190-54,010 5,400-6,600 Loop half of a key (m) 1 Common 10,147 0 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 Common 10,281 0 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 Uncommon 5,585 600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) Rare 251,325-307,175 27,000-33,000 Dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,746 60,000 Off-hand dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,495 60,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 Rare 34,819 37,440 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) Rare 716,580-875,820 756,000-924,000 Rune javelin 5 Rare 915 1,870 Huge plated rune salvage 1 Uncommon 38,609 40,000 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) Rare 694,962-849,398 720,000-880,000 Shield left half (m) 1 Rare 64,927 66,000 Dragon helm (m) 1 Uncommon 58,145 60,000 Rune arrowheads 113–137 Common 16,837-20,413 678-822 Onyx bolts (m) 135–165 Very rare 984,555-1,203,345 1,104,165-1,349,535 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 34,952-42,148 136-164 Earth talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 14,416-17,384 136-164 Raw lobster 135–165 (noted) Common 57,240-69,960 22,950-28,050 Raw shark (m) 225–275 (noted) Uncommon 374,625-457,875 40,500-49,500 Big bones 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 17,204-20,746 0 Dragon bones 180–220 (noted) Rare 260,640-318,560 0 Drakolith stone spirit (m) 25–35 Uncommon 3,950-5,530 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 662 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Uncommon 6,450-7,740 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 516 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Rare 8,275-9,930 Not alchemisable Runite stone spirit 3 Common 2,763 Not alchemisable Orichalcite stone spirit (m) 25–35 Rare 3,975-5,565 Not alchemisable Grimy torstol (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 650,340-794,860 0 Grimy snapdragon (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 148,320-181,280 0 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 180,405-220,495 8,100-9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 386,460-472,340 5,130-6,270 Lantadyme seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 4,844-5,536 532-608 Dwarf weed seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 58,282-66,608 532-608 Magic seed (m) 4 Uncommon 174,792 1,012 Palm tree seed (m) 10 Rare 44,370 1,520 Flax 450–550 (noted) Common 60,300-73,700 1,350-1,650 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) Common 23,175-28,325 45-55 Soft clay 450–550 (noted) Uncommon 355,950-435,050 450-550 Yew logs 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 22,304-26,896 6,528-7,872 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) Rare 221,400-270,600 64,800-79,200 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 21,195-25,905 13,500-16,500 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) Rare 396,630-484,770 243,000-297,000 Vecna skull (m) 1 Rare 632,817 6,000 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 Very rare 503 1 Blurberry Special (m) 1 Very rare 13,165 18 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 Very rare 2,147,446,846 300,000 Brawling gloves (Melee) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Magic) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Ranged) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Agility) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Cooking) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (FM) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Fishing) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Hunter) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Mining) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Prayer) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Smithing) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Thieving) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (WC) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Crystal triskelion fragment 1 (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Crystal triskelion fragment 2 (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Crystal triskelion fragment 3 (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable

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	14,743	Not alchemisable

Achievement

• The Start of Something New ( 0) – Obtained a collection of unique drops from Slayer monsters located within the Fremennik Province.
  • Light mystic boots and cockatrice head drops

Graphical updates

• 

  Initial in game appearance of Cockatrice from 26 January 2005 (update)

• 

  Appearance of Cockatrice after 5 June 2008 (update)

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included - see here for how to help out!

patch 21 January 2019 (Update):

• • Aggression potions now correctly affect cockatrices.

• patch 3 July 2017 (Update):
  • Cockatrices now attack correctly.

• patch 23 November 2015 (Update):
  • Corrected the melee attack accuracy for the following NPCs: Dagannoth Mother, Dominion Tower Dagannoth Mother, Temple at Senntisten quest fiends and Cockatrices.

• patch 1 November 2014 (Update):
  • Cockatrices once again deal the correct amount of damage.

• patch 9 July 2013 (Update):
  • The cockatrice drain special attack is now more responsive, allowing a player to use the special as soon as the player enters combat with a target.

• patch 13 March 2012 (Update):
  • Cockatrices and basilisks are no longer given as Slayer assignments to players with less than 20 Defence.

• patch 6 October 2010 (Update):
  • Corrected a message to work with all types of cockatrice.

• patch 10 February 2009 (Update):
  • The cockatrice's chathead has been resized to properly fit the chat window.

• update 26 January 2005 (Update):
  • Added to game.