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Ratcatchers

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OSRS TCG Ratcatchers — Old School RuneScape quest card mapping

Start: talk to Gertrude.

Gertrude knows of some ratcatchers in Varrock, pay her a visit and she may tell you of their whereabouts. Perhaps they could show you and your cat a few pointers about rat catching. Enter the subterranean world of the rat catchers and discover more of your cat's true potential.

Ratcatchers is a members Old School RuneScape quest rated Intermediate. The OSRS TCG Ratcatchers card list covers 9 of the items and monsters involved, including Kwuarm, Cheese and Vial. This page pairs the quest with those cards and with the open player trades for them; the OSRS Wiki remains the authority on requirements and the walkthrough itself.

Full quest guide on the OSRS Wiki →

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Required items & monsters

Items you need to bring and the monsters you'll fight, paired with their OSRS TCG cards. See the wiki for the full requirement list.

Cheese

Cheese

Resource • Consumable

It's got holes in it.

4 gpCommon

Vial

Vial

Resource

An empty glass vial.

2 gpCommon

Kwuarm

Kwuarm

Resource

A powerful herb.

54 gpUncommon

Red spiders' eggs

Red spiders' eggs

Resource

Ewww!

7 gpCommon

Marrentill

Marrentill

Resource

A herb used in poison cures.

5 gpCommon

Unicorn horn dust

Unicorn horn dust

Resource

Finely ground horn of Unicorn.

20 gpCommon

Weeds

Weeds

Resource

A handful of weeds.

1 gpCommon

Tinderbox

Tinderbox

Resource

Useful for lighting a fire.

1 gpCommon

Coins

Coins

Resource • Clue • Barrows

Lovely money!

1 gpCommon
  • Cat or hellcatany one

    Any cat with a good rat-catch rate works; overgrown cats cannot be used.

    Used: Used to chase and catch rats throughout the quest.

  • Bucket of milkany one

    A bottomless milk bucket also works.

    Used: Given to the Apothecary in the Hooknosed Jack section.

Also required (not collectible cards): Rat poison, Pot of weeds, Catspeak amulet, Snake charm.

Walkthrough overview

A brief summary of the quest, noting where each card is used. The OSRS Wiki has the full, authoritative walkthrough.

  1. 1

    Talk to Gertrude in Varrock, then to the Sisters Grime in the Varrock Sewers, and have your cat catch eight rats to begin.

    • Cat or hellcat
  2. 2

    Visit Jimmy Dazzler in East Ardougne and sneak your cat through the guarded house to clear it of rats unnoticed.

    • Cat or hellcat
  3. 3

    See Hooknosed Jack in south-east Varrock; make rat poison (from a vial, cleaned kwuarm and red spiders' eggs if needed), poison four cheeses, and use them on the warehouse rat holes.

    • Cheese
    • Vial
    • Kwuarm
    • Red spiders' eggs
  4. 4

    Give the Apothecary a marrentill, unicorn horn dust and a bucket of milk to cure Jack's cat.

    • Marrentill
    • Unicorn horn dust
    • Bucket of milk
  5. 5

    Help Smokin' Joe in Keldagrim: light a pot of weeds with a tinderbox, use it on the rat hole, and catch the rats with your cat while wearing a catspeak amulet.

    • Weeds
    • Tinderbox
    • Cat or hellcat
  6. 6

    Speak to The Face in Port Sarim and Felkrash in the rat pits, then pay the snake charmer in Pollnivneach with coins to obtain a snake charm and finish the quest.

    • Coins

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OSRS TCG Ratcatchers — frequently asked

Which OSRS TCG cards are linked to Ratcatchers?
9 catalogue cards map to Ratcatchers: Cheese, Vial, Kwuarm, Red spiders' eggs, Marrentill, Unicorn horn dust, Weeds, Tinderbox and Coins. They are the quest's items and the monsters you fight that exist as cards in the Old School RuneScape TCG. The mapping is maintained by OSRS Card Exchange; whether something is a card, and its rarity, come from the OSRS TCG catalogue.
Is Ratcatchers members only?
Yes, Ratcatchers is a members quest. It is rated Intermediate.
What is the rarest card from Ratcatchers?
Kwuarm at Uncommon, which packs land on about 32% of the time. Rarity comes from the card's OSRS TCG score, not from the quest.
How do I get the OSRS TCG Ratcatchers cards?
Pull them from packs in the OSRS TCG RuneLite plugin, or trade for them. Open exchanges for this quest's cards are listed further down this page, and the trade itself happens in the plugin's own Trade window in game.
Does this page tell me how to complete Ratcatchers?
It gives a brief walkthrough overview and maps the quest to its OSRS TCG cards — the items and monsters involved, and who is trading them. For the complete requirements, detailed steps and rewards, the OSRS Wiki link on this page is the authority.

Related cards

Cards that come up around Ratcatchers but that you don't actually need for it — NPCs mentioned in passing, scenery, or items suggested only for convenience.