Chicken

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Chicken



Release				4 January 2001 (Update)
Members				No
Options				Attack, Examine
Race				Bird
Examine				Yep. Definitely a chicken.

Combat info

Combat level				1
Life points				250
Aggressive
Poisonous

Combat experience

XP				12.5
XP				6.4
XP				4.1
XP				1 (two-handed) 0 (one-handed and armour)

Slayer info

Level				1
Assignment				Birds
Master				Turael: 10–20 Jacquelyn: 15–30

Offensive
Max hit

15		0			0			0		0
Style						Rate
						3 ticks (1.8s)
Combat levels

1			1			1			1
Accuracy

10			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			41, 1017, 1401, 1402, 2313, 2314, 2315, 15051, 15052, 15053, 15054, 20966
Links			bestiary • MRND

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3 ticks (1.8s)

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SMW Subobject for BrownExamine: Yep. Definitely a chicken.Monster JSON: {"ranged":"1","release_date":"4 January 2001","max_necromancy":"0","poisonous":false,"magic":"1","max_spec":"0","weakness":"[[File:Fire weakness icon.png¦25px¦link=Fire spells]]","necromancy":"1","members":"No","max_magic":"0","lifepoints":250,"experience":12.5,"aff_weakness":90,"release_update_post":"Runescape beta is now online!","slayer":"1","aggressive":false,"slayer_category":"Birds","aff_magic":"70","attack":1,"aff_melee":"60","max_ranged":"0","acc_necromancy":"0","slayer_experience":"6.4","acc_ranged":"0","armour":"110","assigned_by":"[[Turael]]: 10–20 [[Jacquelyn]]: 15–30","id":"41, 1017, 1401, 1402, 2313, 2314, 2315, 15051, 15052, 15053, 15054, 20966","acc_magic":"0","acc_melee":"10","max_melee":"15","aff_ranged":"50","examine":"Yep. Definitely a chicken.","defence":"1","version":"Brown","level":"1","name":"Chicken","style":"[[File:Attack-icon.png¦25px¦link=Melee]]"}NPC ranged max hit: 0NPC melee affinity: 60NPC primary attack style: meleeCombat experience: 12.5NPC magic accuracy: 0NPC ranged affinity: 50NPC magic max hit: 0Weakness text: fireSusceptible to: inquisitorRelease date: 4 January 2001Version anchor: BrownMonster name: ChickenNPC susceptible to poison: trueNPC magic affinity: 70NPC susceptible to deflect: trueIs NPC poisonous: falseNPC susceptible to drain: trueCombat level: 1NPC ID: 41, 1017, 1401, 1402, 2313, 2314, 2315, 15051, 15052, 15053, 15054, 20966NPC weakness affinity: 90Is variant of: ChickenLocation restriction: surfaceNPC attack rate: 3NPC Ranged level: 1NPC ranged accuracy: 0Slayer experience: 6.4NPC attack style text: meleeIs NPC aggressive: falseSlayer category: birdsNPC Attack level: 1NPC melee accuracy: 10Options: Attack, ExamineNPC life points: 250NPC Defence level: 1Assigned by: Turael, JacquelynIs members only: falseNPC special max hit: 0NPC armour: 110NPC susceptible to stun: trueNPC Magic level: 1Weakness: File:Fire weakness icon.pngNPC melee max hit: 15Weakness by class: magicSlayer level: 1NPC attack style: File:Attack-icon.png

SMW Subobject for WhiteExamine: Yep. Definitely a chicken.Monster JSON: {"ranged":"1","release_date":"4 January 2001","max_necromancy":"0","poisonous":false,"magic":"1","max_spec":"0","weakness":"[[File:Fire weakness icon.png¦25px¦link=Fire spells]]","necromancy":"1","members":"No","max_magic":"0","lifepoints":250,"experience":12.5,"aff_weakness":90,"release_update_post":"Runescape beta is now online!","slayer":"1","aggressive":false,"slayer_category":"Birds","aff_magic":"70","attack":1,"aff_melee":"60","max_ranged":"0","acc_necromancy":"0","slayer_experience":"6.4","acc_ranged":"0","armour":"110","assigned_by":"[[Turael]]: 10–20 [[Jacquelyn]]: 15–30","id":"41, 1017, 1401, 1402, 2313, 2314, 2315, 15051, 15052, 15053, 15054, 20966","acc_magic":"0","acc_melee":"10","max_melee":"15","aff_ranged":"50","examine":"Yep. Definitely a chicken.","defence":"1","version":"White","level":"1","name":"Chicken","style":"[[File:Attack-icon.png¦25px¦link=Melee]]"}NPC ranged max hit: 0NPC melee affinity: 60NPC primary attack style: meleeCombat experience: 12.5NPC magic accuracy: 0NPC ranged affinity: 50NPC magic max hit: 0Weakness text: fireSusceptible to: inquisitorRelease date: 4 January 2001Version anchor: WhiteMonster name: ChickenNPC susceptible to poison: trueNPC magic affinity: 70NPC susceptible to deflect: trueIs NPC poisonous: falseNPC susceptible to drain: trueCombat level: 1NPC ID: 41, 1017, 1401, 1402, 2313, 2314, 2315, 15051, 15052, 15053, 15054, 20966NPC weakness affinity: 90Is variant of: ChickenLocation restriction: surfaceNPC attack rate: 3NPC Ranged level: 1NPC ranged accuracy: 0Slayer experience: 6.4NPC attack style text: meleeIs NPC aggressive: falseSlayer category: birdsNPC Attack level: 1NPC melee accuracy: 10Options: Attack, ExamineNPC life points: 250NPC Defence level: 1Assigned by: Turael, JacquelynIs members only: falseNPC special max hit: 0NPC armour: 110NPC susceptible to stun: trueNPC Magic level: 1Weakness: File:Fire weakness icon.pngNPC melee max hit: 15Weakness by class: magicSlayer level: 1NPC attack style: File:Attack-icon.png

Chickens are a type of bird kept as livestock by farmers and are often found inside pens in the farms of Gielinor. Chickens are one of the weakest enemies in RuneScape, but are very beneficial for low-level players to kill as they have very low Defence and deal hardly any damage. Any damage taken whilst killing them could be easily mitigated by cooking the raw chicken they are guaranteed to drop on kill. Chickens, like most birds, count for bird Slayer assignments, which are given by the slayer masters Turael and Spria.

Chickens are the primary source of several useful items, such as eggs for Cooking and Summoning, bones for Prayer, feathers for Fishing or Fletching. Because of this, killing chickens can be very profitable for low-level players.

Rarely, a chicken will respawn by falling from the sky and saying, "I have returned". This variant drops the off-hand rubber chicken, which is needed to complete the Slayer collection log.

Locations[edit | edit source]

Location	Levels	Requirements	Spawns	Map
Barbarian Outpost	1	None	3	Show map
Champions' Guild	1	None	5	Show map
Death Plateau	1	None	4	Show map
Entrana	1	None	6	Show map
Around castle on Etceteria	1	None	4	Show map
Outside bank on Etceteria	1	None	3	Show map
Falador farm	1	None	9	Show map
Farm east of the River Lum in Lumbridge	1	None	9	Show map
Fred's farm in Lumbridge	1	None	8	Show map
Hemenster	1	None	4	Show map
Miscellania Castle	2	None	4	Show map
Northern Miscellania	1	None	4	Show map
Peninsula between Witchaven and East Ardougne	1	None	4	Show map
Rellekka	1	None	4	Show map
Road between Lumbridge and Varrock	1	None	1	Show map
Sinclair Mansion	1	None	3	Show map
Tai Bwo Wannai	1	None	4	Show map
Taverley	1	None	6	Show map
Tutorial Island	1	None	4	Show map
Sunken Tutorial Island	1	None	5	Show map
Tyras Camp	1	None	3	Show map
White Knights Castle	1	None	1	Show map
Zanaris	1	None	2	Show map

Drops[edit | edit source]

100% drops[edit | edit source]

^ Only with the relevant clue in the inventory.

Main drop[edit | edit source]

Tertiary drops[edit | edit source]

^ Always drops (on members worlds) from chickens that respawn by dropping from the sky, saying "I have returned!" This is a very rare occurrence.

Universal drops[edit | edit source]

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster and skilling action outside of Daemonheim.

These items are dropped alongside main drops.

Money making guide[edit | edit source]

The following money making guide is available for Chicken:

Method	Hourly profit	Skills	Other requirements
Killing chickens	2,175,011	5 recommended	Bonecrusher recommended

Achievement[edit | edit source]

Guardian of the Realm ( 0) – Obtained a collection of unique drops from Slayer monsters located within Asgarnia & Misthalin.
- Cornucopia and off-hand rubber chicken drops

Graphical updates[edit | edit source]

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Brown chickenWhite chicken

Chicken after 29 March 2004 (update)
Brown chicken after 20 March 2007 (update)
Brown chicken after 12 March 2013 (update)
Brown chicken after 4 August 2014 (update)
Brown chicken after 3 September 2018 (update)

Chicken after 29 March 2004 (update)
White chicken after 20 March 2007 (update)
White chicken after 12 March 2013 (update)
White chicken after 4 August 2014 (update)
White chicken after 3 September 2018 (update)

Works[edit | edit source]

Transcripts Chicken is the author or co-author of:

Poultry, Dragons and Zombies

Update history[edit | edit source]

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!

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

patch 23 September 2019 (Update):
- Chickens at the Falador farm, Miscellania and Etceteria have been graphically updated.

ninja 5 January 2015 (Update):
- Chickens' walk animations are now more fluid.

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

Trivia[edit | edit source]

At RuneFest 2011, chickens were spawned at the Grand Exchange by a Jagex moderator demonstrating how the rotten potato works.
A chicken could be found in the basement of the Wizards' Tower before the area received a graphical update on 28 November 2012.
If you poison a chicken, and let it continue attacking you without it dying, eventually it lays an egg.

[1] Only with the relevant clue in the inventory.

[2] Always drops (on members worlds) from chickens that respawn by dropping from the sky, saying "I have returned!" This is a very rare occurrence.

[d 1]

[d 1]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Bones	1	Always	217	1
Raw chicken	1	Always	2,096	36
Key (Treasure Trails)	1	Always^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Feather	5	64/128	160	15
	Feather	15	32/128	480	45

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Cornucopia	1	Very rare	1	1
	Off-hand rubber chicken	1	Very rare^{[d 1]}	1	1

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Key token	1	Rare	Not sold	N/A
	Mimic kill token _(m)	1	1/10,000	66,419	N/A

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