Rat Catchers Requirements & Quick Guide
Everything you need before starting Rat Catchers in RuneScape 3: skill levels, the full chain of quests to finish first, and what completing it opens up. Check your own stats against it below.
Requirements from the RuneScape Wiki (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), snapshot 2026-09-28.
Skill requirements
Rat Catchers itself
No skill requirements for Rat Catchers itself.
Quest requirements
1 direct prerequisite, 4 quests in the full chain. The tree shows each quest's own requirements beneath it.
Quick guide: order to unlock Rat Catchers
One valid order: every quest comes after its own prerequisites. Skip any you have already done.
XP rewards
Skills Rat Catchers gives guaranteed XP in (fixed XP or a skill-locked lamp; choice lamps not listed). See the wiki for exact amounts.
Thieving
Quests that need Rat Catchers
No other quest lists Rat Catchers as a direct requirement.
Full walkthrough, items needed and exact rewards: Rat Catchers on the RuneScape Wiki . Requirement data is adapted from the wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.
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