Ratcatchers

Where to start

• Talk to Gertrude west of Varrock.

Requirements

• • Icthlarin's Little Helper
• • Gertrude's Cat

• Access to Keldagrim

• The Giant Dwarf startedPartial completion

  • The Giant Dwarf

Encounters

• None, but your cat will have to fight the King rat

  • King rat

Items to bring

• Any type of cat or hellcat (a cat with a high successful rat catch rate is recommended. Overgrown cats are unable to catch rats and cannot be used during the first two sections of the quest, though they may be used during the King rat fight. Any cat with strong combat stats is recommended)

  • Hellcat
  • King rat

• 4 cheese (or 4 Poisoned cheese)

  • Cheese
  • Poisoned cheese

• Rat poison (if cheese is not already poisoned; can be found in the Clock Tower Basement), or made during the quest with the following items:

  • Rat poison

• Empty vial

  • Vial

• Cleaned kwuarm (grimy will not work; Zahur in Nardah cleans grimy herbs for 200 coins)

  • Kwuarm
  • Zahur
• • Red spiders' eggs

• Cleaned marrentill (grimy will not work)

  • Marrentill
• • Unicorn horn dust

• Bucket of milk or Bottomless milk bucket

  • Bucket of milk
  • Bottomless milk bucket

• Catspeak amulet, even if Dragon Slayer II is completed

  • Catspeak amulet
  • Dragon Slayer II

• Pot of weeds (use an empty pot with weeds)

  • Pot of weeds
  • Weeds
• • Tinderbox

• 101 coins (or 51 coins with a Ring of Charos(a))

  • Ring of Charos(a)

• Snake charm (obtained from The Feud or during the quest)

  • Snake charm
  • The Feud

• 1 free inventory space

Quest rewards

2 quest points

• 4,500 Thieving experience

  • Thieving

• A rat pole

• The ability to train overgrown cats into wily and lazy cats.

• The ability to name your wily or lazy cat (up to six letters long).

• Access to the Rat Pits.

• The ability to use the Minigame Teleport to the rat pits in Port Sarim, Ardougne, Varrock, and Keldagrim.

  • Minigame Teleport