Giant rat

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For other uses, see Giant rat (disambiguation).

Level 7Level 3Level 9Level 14
Giant rat
Release			4 January 2001 (Update)
Members			No
Examine
Overgrown vermin.
Combat info
Level			LP			XP			XP
7			250			26.7			8.8
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
1 / 1 / 0
Aggressive						Poisonous
Offensive
Max hit
20			0			0			? (edit)
Style						Rate
						4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
5				1				1
Accuracy
150				0				0
Abilities used
None
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
150		5
Affinities
90			55			45			65
Immunities
Not immune			Not immune			Not immune			Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID				86
Links				bestiary • MRND
FAQ • doc

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4 ticks (2.4s)

4 ticks (2.4s)

4 ticks (2.4s)

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Giant rats are low level vermin. These are often fought by low level players because of their low combat level, accessibility, and their drops of bones and raw rat meat, which can be cooked over a fire and consumed to restore life points.

Locations

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
Stronghold of Security	13, 14		10	Maplink
Grand tree mine	10, 14		9	Maplink
Tree Gnome Maze	10, 14		2	Maplink
Shadow Dungeon	10, 14		2	Maplink
South-west of Port Sarim	10		2	Maplink
Bandit Camp (level 17 - 24 Wilderness)	14		2	Maplink
Edgeville dungeon	10, 14		6	Maplink
Lumbridge Swamp	7, 9		10	Maplink
North of Varrock (level 1 - 5 Wilderness)	9		7	Maplink
Varrock sewers	10, 14		6	Maplink
South of Varrock	10, 14		15	Maplink
Meiyerditch Laboratories	7		7	Maplink
Tutorial Island underground	3		12	Maplink
Ardougne Sewers	7		8	Maplink

Drops

100% drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Bones		1	Always	779	0
	Raw rat meat		1	Always	1,677	23

Tertiary drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Giant rat bone (m)		1	Common	0	0
	Rat's tail		1	Common	1	1

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	9,687	Not alchemisable

A pen full of giant rats, found south of varrock.

• Raw rat meat is not dropped inside of Daemonheim. Also, some giant rats in Lumbridge Swamp as well as the one on the path leading to East Varrock Mine only drop raw rat meat occasionally.
• Giant rats in the stronghold of security do not always drop raw rat meat.
• Giant rats behind Lumbridge Castle do not drop raw rat meat or bones.

Trivia

• Giant rats are one of the few RuneScape monsters that blink.
• Giant rats were graphically updated in 2006, 2011, and 2014
• On Tutorial Island, a player would have to kill a giant rat.
• Usually the low level giant rats have light fur while the higher levels have dark fur.
• Partly decomposed corpses of giant rats can be seen in some of the puddles in Lumbridge Swamp.