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
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 1,000 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 2,358.77 coins.

100% drop

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Bones		1	Always	409	0

Charms

Nothing	1	1	1	1
89–90%	2%	7%	1%	0.3–0.4%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 22,918 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	112	65
	Tiny spiky steel salvage		1	1/128	150	240
	Small bladed steel salvage		1	1/256	2,352	480
	Iron javelin		5	1/128	100	20
	Tiny plated iron salvage		1	1/128	207	65
	Light mystic boots		1	1/512	73,144	3,000
	Water rune		1–2	3/128	18-36	3-6
	Fire rune		7	2/128	980	21
	Nature rune		2; 4; 6	10/128	618-1,854	148-444
	Law rune		2; 3	2/128	810-1,215	150-225
	Grimy guam		1	2/128	453	18
	Grimy marrentill (m)		1	2/128	8,250	0
	Grimy tarromin		1	1/128	120	0
	Grimy harralander (m)		1	1/128	868	0
	Grimy irit (m)		1	1/256	3,561	0
	Grimy avantoe (m)		1	1/256	1,035	0
	Grimy ranarr (m)		1	1/128	2,888	0
	Grimy kwuarm (m)		1	1/256	9,647	0
	Grimy cadantine (m)		1	1/256	4,704	0
	Grimy lantadyme (m)		1	1/512	7,032	0
	Grimy dwarf weed (m)		1	1/512	10,066	0
	Potato seed		4	7/128	964	16
	Onion seed		4	5/128	1,360	24
	Cabbage seed (m)		4	3/128	936	60
	Tomato seed (m)		3	2/128	711	6
	Sweetcorn seed (m)		3	1/128	840	12
	Strawberry seed (m)		2; 4	1/512	1,008-2,016	20-40
	Watermelon seed (m)		2	1/512	5,006	66
	Coins		1; 5; 15; 28; 42; 62; 274; 309; 427	10/128	1-427	1-427
	Limpwurt root		1	7/128	4,065	4
	Rare drop table		1	Rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Uncut sapphire		1	1/256	773	15

Tertiary drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Cockatrice egg (m)		1	13/128	9,758	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 such as a ring of Wealth or luck of the Dwarves are not required to access the table.

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 773 15 Uncut emerald 1 Common 2,119 30 Uncut ruby 1 Common 2,131 60 Uncut diamond 1 Common 5,923 120 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) Rare 266,535-325,765 5,400-6,600 Loop half of a key (m) 1 Common 13,790 0 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 Common 13,692 0 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 Uncommon 10,831 600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) Rare 487,395-595,705 27,000-33,000 Dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,103 60,000 Off-hand dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 55,896 60,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 Rare 35,942 37,440 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) Rare 524,160-640,640 756,000-924,000 Rune javelin 5 Rare 785 1,870 Huge plated rune salvage 1 Uncommon 38,731 40,000 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) Rare 697,158-852,082 720,000-880,000 Shield left half (m) 1 Rare 67,300 66,000 Dragon helm (m) 1 Uncommon 58,608 60,000 Rune arrowheads 113–137 Common 15,029-18,221 678-822 Onyx bolts (m) 135–165 Very rare 1,020,060-1,246,740 1,104,165-1,349,535 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 260,780-314,470 136-164 Earth talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 8,908-10,742 136-164 Raw lobster 135–165 (noted) Common 44,685-54,615 22,950-28,050 Raw shark (m) 225–275 (noted) Uncommon 488,700-597,300 40,500-49,500 Big bones 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 23,256-28,044 0 Dragon bones 180–220 (noted) Rare 307,980-376,420 0 Drakolith stone spirit (m) 25–35 Uncommon 7,300-10,220 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 4,218 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Uncommon 15,350-18,420 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 1,228 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Rare 52,725-63,270 Not alchemisable Runite stone spirit 3 Common 4,386 Not alchemisable Orichalcite stone spirit (m) 25–35 Rare 6,400-8,960 Not alchemisable Grimy torstol (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 433,440-529,760 0 Grimy snapdragon (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 137,160-167,640 0 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 165,600-202,400 8,100-9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 293,850-359,150 5,130-6,270 Lantadyme seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 4,130-4,720 532-608 Dwarf weed seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 26,726-30,544 532-608 Magic seed (m) 4 Uncommon 101,116 1,012 Palm tree seed (m) 10 Rare 208,320 1,520 Flax 450–550 (noted) Common 66,600-81,400 1,350-1,650 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) Common 28,980-35,420 45-55 Soft clay 450–550 (noted) Uncommon 320,850-392,150 450-550 Yew logs 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 14,960-18,040 6,528-7,872 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) Rare 148,500-181,500 64,800-79,200 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 27,270-33,330 13,500-16,500 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) Rare 568,890-695,310 243,000-297,000 Vecna skull (m) 1 Rare 199,798 6,000 Blurberry Special (m) 1 Very rare 15,984 18 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 Very rare 451 1 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 Very rare 1,902,431,688 300,000 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	13,504	Not alchemisable

Achievement

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

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 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.