Cowbells

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For other uses, see bell.

For the item used during Back to the Freezer, see Cowbells (Back to the Freezer).

Cowbells
Release	29 January 2007 (Update)
Members	Yes
Quest item	Cold War
Properties
Tradeable	No
Equipable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Destroy	You can steal another from a dairy cow.
Values
Value	1 coin
High alch	1 coin
Low alch	1 coin
On death	Always kept outside Wild
Weight	2 kg
Examine
Every song needs a cowbell.
Advanced data
Item ID	10593
Links	MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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Cowbells are available from any Dairy cow, if a player has started the Cold War quest and has 15 Thieving. Stealing a cowbell provides 16 Thieving experience points. In Zanaris, the dairy cow will have a conversation with you about the bell, and will give it to you.

This item is required during the Cold War quest, but additional cowbells may be thieved afterwards. They may be used (played) as long as the player is wearing their Penguin suit.

Play option: You must be wearing the penguin suit to play these.

Trivia

• The examine text is a reference to the Saturday Night Live skit "More Cowbell".
• When you use a cowbell on a dairy cow it says, "The cow doesn't want that."

Disassembly

Disassembly category	Default disassembly items
Disassembly XP	0.1
Item quantity required	1
Material count	1
Base junk chance	?  98.9% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 98.9% 1 34 98.0 2 49 96.0 3 64 94.0 4 69 92.0 5 78 90.0 6 83 87.1 7 91 85.1 8 95 82.1 9 105 79.2
Possible materials
Often
Simple parts	99/100
Rarely
Variable components	1/100

Update history

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• patch 7 October 2009 (Update):
  • Fish hats no longer disappear when playing the cowbells.

• patch 21 July 2009 (Update):
  • Removed the 'Steal cow-bell' option in free-to-play.

• update 29 January 2007 (Update):
  • Added to game.