Jadinkos

For the pet, see Jadinko (pet).

For the player-owned farm animal, see Jadinko (player-owned farm).

Jadinkos are reptile-like plant creatures native to Karamja. Papa Mambo came up with the name "jadinko." They are studied by the druids Astlayrix and Dotmatrix, among others. They live under the Herblore Habitat in their caves, which are magically enhanced by the roots of the Jade Vine. The jadinkos are ruled by a stationary queen, whose job is to lay new eggs, which hatch jadinko babies. These baby jadinkos grow either into jadinko males, whose duty is to please the queen, jadinko guards, who cannot fulfil their job as males and thus are placed on guard to protect the queen, babies, or any of the normal jadinkos, which collect fruit and food above the ground and can be caught in the Herblore Habitat. The Queen also lays corrupted eggs, which result in mutated babies. These can be killed by those with a high Slayer level and are capable of not only beating their opponents in melee combat but can also use the magic of the vines to snare the opponent and deal some magical damage.

Herblore Habitat

Main article: Herblore Habitat § Jadinkos

Jadinko	Type	level	Juju hunter potion		Feature	Tree	Bush	Vine		Main Drop	Use
Common	Trap	70			N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		Withered vine	Jadinko bait
Igneous	Trap	74			Vent	Orange	Lergberry	Blue		Marble vine	Juju farming potion
Cannibal	Trap	75			Grass	N/A	Kalferberry	Green		Plant teeth	Juju cooking potion
Aquatic	Trap	76			Pond	Apple	Kalferberry	Red		Aquatic vine	Juju fishing potion
Amphibous	Trap	77			Pond	N/A	Lergberry	Blue		Oily vine	Juju woodcutting potion
Carrion	Trap	78			Bone	N/A	Kalferberry	Green		Pungent vine	Supercompost
Draconic	Trap	80			Pit	N/A	Lergberry	Red		Draconic vine	Juju mining potion
Saradomin	God	81			Random	Random	Random	Random		Saradomin vine	Saradomin's blessing
Guthix	God	81								Guthix vine	Guthix's gift
Zamorak	God	81								Zamorak vine	Zamorak's favour
Shadow	Track	71			House	N/A	N/A	Red		Shadow vine	Scentless potion
Diseased	Track	78			Bone	Banana	N/A	N/A		Corrupt vine	Juju hunter potion
Camouflaged	Track	79			Stone	N/A	Lergberry	Any		Striped vine	Warding payment to Papa Mambo

Trapping

To trap jadinkos, players need a Marasamaw plant as well as the habitat requirement (environmental feature, fruit tree, bush, and blossom). A withered vine can be placed in the marasamaw trap as bait.

Jadinko	Picture	Hunter level	Exp	Primary drop	Vine Usage	Possible 2nd drop
Common		70	200	Withered vine	Trap bait	Any type of seed
Igneous		74	500	Marble vine	Juju farming potion	Vine bush seeds
Cannibal		75	510	Plant teeth	Juju cooking potion	Vine bush seeds
Aquatic		76	570	Aquatic vine	Juju fishing potion	Vine blossom seeds
Amphibious		77	450	Oily vine	Juju woodcutting potion	Fruit tree seeds
Carrion		78	635	Pungent vine	Supercompost	Vine herb seeds
Draconic		80	554	Draconic vine	Juju mining potion	Vine herb seeds
Saradomin		81	453	Saradomin vine	Saradomin's blessing	Any type of seed
Guthix		81	453	Guthix vine	Guthix's gift	Any type of seed
Zamorak		81	453	Zamorak vine	Zamorak's favour	Any type of seed

The preferences of the god jadinkos change every week and are different for each player. Some god jadinkos also may prefer one of the patches to be completely empty.

God jadinkos may not always be set to the same coloured vines; the colour needed per god jadinko may vary from week to week; the Guthix jadinko may require a red vine growing. Bear this in mind when attempting to achieve the necessary assortment.

If a player catches every non-godly jadinko they can collect an experience reward from Papa Mambo.

Catching jadinkos on Anachronia counts towards the total jadinkos caught.

Tracking

To track jadinkos, players need a noose wand.

Jadinko	Image	level	experience	Primary drop	Possible 2nd drop
Shadow		71	600	Shadow vine	Any type of seed
Diseased		78	950	Corrupt vine	Any type of seed
Camouflaged		79	975	Striped vine	Any type of seed

Anachronia

Unlike in the Herblore Habitat, on Anachronia, all jadinkos are caught using Marasamaw plants. They require a Hunter level 10 higher than their Herblore Habitat variants but do not require the player to build their habitat, other than the need to use juju hunter potions for Cannibal, Aquatic, Camouflaged, or Draconic jadinkos. Note that juju hunter potions used on Anachronia are not location specific. For example, a potion can be used on the red vine blossom near the Bagrada rex, and Aquatic jadinkos can be caught at the beach.

All ten types of jadinkos will count for the Jadinko hunting weekly Distraction and Diversion when caught on Anachronia, even when caught using protean traps.

Jadinko	Image	level	experience	Juju hunter potion	Primary drop	Possible 2nd drop
Common		80	200		Withered vine	Any type of seed
Shadow		81	473		Shadow vine	Any type of seed
Igneous		84	500		Marble vine	Vine bush seeds
Cannibal		85	510		Plant teeth	Vine bush seeds
Aquatic		86	570		Aquatic vine	Vine flower seeds
Amphibious		87	450		Oily vine	Fruit tree seeds
Carrion		88	635		Pungent vine	Vine herb seeds
Diseased		88	500		Corrupt vine	Any type of seed
Camouflaged		89	515		Striped vine	Any type of seed
Draconic		90	554		Draconic vine	Vine herb seeds

Locations

For the locations and routes to each jadinko on Anachronia, see Jadinko hunting.

Jadinko Lair

Main article: Jadinko Lair § Mutated jadinkos

Mutated jadinkos can be slain and are assigned by Sumona, Duradel/Lapalok, Kuradal, and Morvran. The adult ones frequently drop noted herbs and their special drop is the Whip vine, which can be added to an abyssal whip to increase its bonuses (also giving it a new special attack).

Name	Image	Location in Lair	level	Combat level	Max. hit
Mutated jadinko baby		North-west	80	93	170
Mutated jadinko guard		North-north-east	86	96	279
Mutated jadinko male		East	91	100	385

2015 Easter event

Several types of Jadinko could be found in the Easter Bunny's burrow during the 2015 Easter event.

Name	Image	Combat level
Timid jadinko		14
Tenacious jadinko		42
Stalwart jadinko		70
Brutish jadinko		91
Ferocious jadinko		112

Achievement

• Jadinko Bingo ( 30) – Catch each of the listed Jadinkos.

Update history

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• patch 9 December 2019 (Update):
  • Corrected the naming of the diseased Jadinko when it appears inside a Ranch out of Time pen.

• patch 21 October 2019 (Update):
  • Hunting God Jadinkos will no longer disconnect players upon checking a trap.

• ninja 22 July 2019 (Update):
  • Added Jadinko hunting to the D&D tracker.

• patch 15 July 2019 (Update):
  • Jadinkos can now spawn in single Big Game Hunter instances.

• patch 8 July 2019 (Update):
  • Jadinkos can now pass through players.
  • The southern region of herblore habitat has had some foliage removed, and Jadinko spawns moved, to make hunter there rival the northern section.
  • Ineligible Jadinkos are removed from the area quicker after changing your habitat configuration.

• patch 12 September 2016 (Update):
  • Skilling pets can now be obtained via Jadinko tracking and trapping, superheating, and fletching ascension bolts.

• ninja 22 July 2014 (Update):
  • Seedicide will now convert seeds dropped from killing Jadinkos in the Herblore Habitat area.

• patch 22 July 2013 (Update):
  • Jadinkos no longer spawn on water.

• patch 14 January 2013 (Update):
  • Mutated jadinkos are no longer aggressive.

• patch 14 December 2010 (Update):
  • There will now be a more descriptive message when receiving seeds from jadinkos.