Chicken

This article is about the monster commonly found in Gielinor. For other uses, see Chicken (disambiguation).

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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																				19.4
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
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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 birds Slayer assignment, 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.

They occasionally lay eggs on the ground.

Locations

This article or section is incomplete and could do with improvement. Reason: Missing locations in Amberfell, Blooming Burrow, and Marigold Farm. You can discuss this issue on the talk page or edit this page to improve it.

Location	Levels	Members	Access 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

A chicken can also be found in Blooming Burrow.

Drops

The following drop rates are provided by Jagex, unless otherwise specified.

The average Chicken kill is worth 2,560 coins.

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Bones	1	Always	230	1
	Raw chicken	1	Always	2,248	36
	Key (Treasure Trails) (m)	1	Always	Not sold	N/A
	Off-hand rubber chicken (m)	1	Always	1	1

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Feather	5	64/128	65	15
	Feather	15	32/128	195	45
	Nothing	N/A	32/128	N/A	N/A

Tertiary

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Cornucopia	1	1/128	1	1

Money making guide

The following money making guide is available for Chicken:

Method	Hourly profit	Skills	Other requirements
Killing chickens	2,390,445	5  recommended	Bonecrusher recommended

Achievement

• 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

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

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

Works

Transcripts Chicken is the author or co-author of:

• Poultry, Dragons and Zombies

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Update history

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• update 1 June 2026 (Update):
  • Added to Amberfell.

• update 23 March 2026 (Update):
  • Added to Marigold Farm.

• Unknown date:
  • Variant in Blooming Burrow made attackable, making it a monster.
  • Variant in Blooming Burrow made visible on the minimap.

• update 18 March 2024 (Update):
  • Added a variant to Blooming Burrow as a non-attackable non-player character.

• 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

• 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.