Cow

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Cow



Release				4 January 2001 (Update)
Members				No
Options				Attack, Examine
Race				Cow
Examine				Converts grass to beef.

Combat info

Combat level				2
Life points				1,000
Aggressive
Poisonous

Combat experience

XP				50
XP				19.4
XP				16.5
XP				4 (two-handed) 2 (one-handed and armour)

Slayer info

Level				1
Assignment				Cows
Master				Turael: 10–25 Jacquelyn: 15–30

Offensive
Max hit

20		0			0			0		0
Style						Rate
						4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels

2			1			1			1
Accuracy

20			0			0			0
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
110	1
Base hit chance

90			60			50			70
Immunities

Not immune			Not immune			Not immune			Not immune
Advanced data

NPC ID			81, 1767, 12362, 12365, 14997
Links			bestiary • MRND

Cows are a bovine monster that is often killed for their hide, and new players may find useful to train on. They are one of the first monsters new players can encounter around Burthorpe. Along with cows, players can also find cow calves and non-attackable dairy cows.

When a cow dies, it drops raw beef (which gives Cooking experience when cooked), a cowhide (which players can turn into leather items for Crafting experience) and bones (which players can bury for Prayer experience), and rarely anything else. Players can make 1,591 coins per cow, providing that they sell the raw beef, cowhide, and bones from a cow, so they would make 14,319 coins per inventory from all drops.

Zanaris, the moon of Gielinor, is the only place with talking cows. The cows of Zanaris seem to dislike the sheep as well as other players, and are apparently unaware of their ability to talk. There is also a windmill that is powered by a cow in lieu of the wind, which technically makes it a "cowmill". Also, when walking around or being attacked, the cow will often say "Moo" as if it had been typed by a player. A cow is also one of the possible NPCs players can talk to using the NPC Contact spell.

When killing cows, a elite version may spawn (guaranteed while on a Slayer assignment), which can be further increased with the use of fellstalk incense sticks.

Locations

Location	Levels	Access requirements	Spawns	Map
Astram Farm	2	None	7	Show map
Crafting Guild	2	None	3	Show map
Falador farm	2	None	7	Show map
Lumbridge	2	None	15	Show map
Mill Lane Mill	2	None	12	Show map
Sinclair Mansion	2	None	1	Show map
Yanille	2	None	4	Show map
Zanaris	2	None	3	Show map

Drops

100%

^ Only dropped by the cows on Astram Farm during the main Burthorpe path.

Tertiary

Beginner weapons (staff of air and chargebow) are not dropped by cows of Astram Farm in Burthorpe.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Chargebow	1	1/200–Varies^{[d 1]}	2,445	N/A
Staff of air	1	1/200–Varies^{[d 2]}	2,467	900
Spirit sapphire	1	5/2,000	Not sold	N/A
Spirit emerald	1	3/2,000	Not sold	N/A
Spirit ruby	1	2/2,000	Not sold	N/A
Mimic kill token _(m)	1	1/9,998	115,451	N/A

^ 1/200 if a chargebow has previously been dropped from this roll. Otherwise, the base chance is 1/1 (guaranteed) until total level 76; the denominator increases by 1 for every 25 total levels until 1/101 at total levels 2,576–2,600, after which it stops dropping. The drop rate is doubled if a staff of air is owned.
^ 1/200 if a staff of air has previously been dropped from this roll. Otherwise, the base chance is 1/1 (guaranteed) until total level 76; the denominator increases by 1 for every 25 total levels until 1/101 at total levels 2,576–2,600, after which it stops dropping. The drop rate is doubled if a chargebow is owned.

Charms

The quantity of charms dropped can be affected by a number of boosts including Familiarisation triple charm drops, Fang of Mohegan, and seasonal events such as Winter Weekends.

Money making guide

The following money making guide is available for Cow:

Method	Hourly profit	Skills	Other requirements
Killing cows	844,020	10 recommended	None

Gallery

A cow-powered mill at Zanaris.

Dialogue

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Cow speaks in:

Graphical updates

NPCs

Cow variant 1 after 29 March 2004 (update)
Cow variant 1 after 6 December 2004 (update)
Cow variant 1 after 22 February 2005 (update)
Cow variant 1 after 20 March 2007 (update)
Cow variant 1 after Unknown date (edit)
Cow variant 1 after 26 November 2013 (update)
Cow variant 1 after 22 April 2014 (update)
Cow variant 1 after 2 September 2019 (update)

Cow variant 2 after 1-6 April 2004
Cow variant 2 after 6 December 2004 (update)
Cow variant 2 after 22 February 2005 (update)
Cow variant 2 after 20 March 2007 (update)
Cow variant 2 after Unknown date (edit)
Cow variant 2 after 26 November 2013 (update)
Cow variant 2 after 22 April 2014 (update)
Cow variant 2 after 2 September 2019 (update)

Cow variant 3 after 22 February 2005 (update)
Cow variant 3 after 20 March 2007 (update)
Cow variant 3 after Unknown date (edit)
Cow variant 3 after 26 November 2013 (update)
Cow variant 3 after 22 April 2014 (update)
Cow variant 3 after 2 September 2019 (update)

Zanaris cow after 27 February 2006 (update)
Zanaris cow after 20 March 2007 (update)
Zanaris cow after Unknown date (edit)
Zanaris cow after 26 November 2013 (update)
Zanaris cow after 22 April 2014 (update)

Chatheads

Cow's chathead after 27 February 2006 (update)
Cow's chathead after 20 March 2007 (update)
Cow's chathead after Unknown date (edit)
Cow's chathead after 22 April 2014 (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!

update 16 February 2026 (Update):
- Maximum hit reduced to 20 (from 40)

patch 15 December 2025 (Update):
- All 'Talk-to' options across the game have been replaced with 'Talk to'.

patch 12 February 2024 (Update):
- Rebalanced several low level monsters that were harder to kill than intended

update 7 August 2023 (Update):
- Cows have had their combat stats and experience adjusted.

patch 16 September 2019 (Update):
- We've slightly increased the death animation of cows so that they now fade out once dying.

update 2 September 2019 (Update):
- Cows have been graphically updated.

hidden 2 September 2019 (Update):
- Cows in Lumbridge no longer drop chargebows and staves of air.

hidden 2 September 2019 (Update):
- Cows with the examine text of "Beefy." have had it changed to "You're sure you've seen herbivore."

patch 6 May 2014 (Update):
- The cow in the Ashdale cow wheel had a coloured polygon on its rear end fixed.

patch 22 April 2014 (Update):
- The cow models around the game have been updated to be of the same standard as the cows seen in the Ashdale tutorial.

patch 16 April 2013 (Update):
- Cows are no longer a lower level than their calves.

patch 25 May 2011 (Update):
- Cows no longer lean bizarrely when on a slope.

patch 11 January 2010 (Update):
- Cows have been given lessons so they can moo properly.

patch 20 October 2009 (Update):
- Unicorns and cows tilted excessively on slopes.

patch 7 October 2009 (Update):
- Cows and calves have a death animation once more.

patch 10 August 2009 (Update):
- Combat sounds updated for broodoo victims and cows.

update 4 January 2001 (Update):
- Added to game.

Trivia

When the cow says "Moo", the sound of a moo can usually be heard from the speakers.
If you attempt to talk to a cow in Zanaris, it will prompt the message: "Hmm, interesting, there appears to be a human trying to talk to me. Is it aware that cows can't talk I wonder? Maybe if I just ignore it, it might go away."
If you use an item on a cow or calf a message will appear saying "The cow doesn't want that."
There is a signpost outside of the Lumbridge cow pen that says the number of cows killed in the world the player is in.
On 28 August 2018, cows outside of Zanaris were temporarily replaced with strawberry, vanilla and chocolate cows as a teaser for the upcoming Player-owned farm update. The standard cows returned to their spots when the player-owned farm was released on 3 September 2018.
Some cows previously had the examine text of "Beefy."
Since the release of the Master slayer cape, it has been bugged in that you are unable to use this to force a cow slayer task on a member world. Instead, you must go to a F2P world to force pick a cow task.

[1] Only dropped by the cows on Astram Farm during the main Burthorpe path.

[2] 1/200 if a chargebow has previously been dropped from this roll. Otherwise, the base chance is 1/1 (guaranteed) until total level 76; the denominator increases by 1 for every 25 total levels until 1/101 at total levels 2,576–2,600, after which it stops dropping. The drop rate is doubled if a staff of air is owned.

[3] 1/200 if a staff of air has previously been dropped from this roll. Otherwise, the base chance is 1/1 (guaranteed) until total level 76; the denominator increases by 1 for every 25 total levels until 1/101 at total levels 2,576–2,600, after which it stops dropping. The drop rate is doubled if a chargebow is owned.

[d 1]

[d 1]

[d 2]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Bones	1	Always	235	1
Cowhide	1	Always	955	1
Raw beef	1	Always	401	35
Coins	3–15	Always^{[d 1]}	3–15	3–15

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Gold charm _(m)	1	9.95/1,000	1	1
Green charm _(m)	1	39.8/1,000	1	1
Crimson charm _(m)	1	2.49/1,000	1	1
Blue charm _(m)	1	0.498/1,000	2	2

Cow

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