Beaver

The beaver is a members-only skilling pet that can be obtained while training Woodcutting. A strange sound is heard when you obtain the beaver while Woodcutting. The chances of getting it are dependent on the player's Woodcutting level, the base drop chance for a given tree, and the rate of successfully chopping logs.

When a player receives the pet, it will automatically try to appear as their follower. At the same time, a message in the chatbox will state You have a funny feeling like you're being followed. However, if a player receives a pet while having a follower out (for example, a cat), it will be placed into their inventory. When this occurs, the message in the chatbox will instead state You feel something weird sneaking into your backpack. This message also occurs if there is one last inventory space while the player already has a pet following them, in which case the pet will appear in the inventory instead and the resource dropped to the ground.^[1]

On death, if a player loses their pet (as a follower or in your inventory) it will wander around for 30 seconds before disappearing completely. It can then be reclaimed from Probita in East Ardougne for no cost.

Players can permanently unlock the ability to change the beaver's colour by using the funky shaped log on it, which is purchasable from the Forestry Shop. The funky shaped log will be consumed. Once the funky shaped log is used on a beaver, the player may change the colour freely at any time by using the corresponding log on it. The log will be consumed.

Players can also permanently unlock the ability to transform the beaver into a pheasant by using a golden pheasant egg on it, and into a fox by using a fox whistle on it. These items are rare drops from their respective Forestry events. They can also be purchased from the Forestry Shop. The item will be consumed. These transformations do not require the funky shaped log. Once unlocked, the beaver can be freely transformed between variants.

Shown below are the base chances of receiving a beaver.^[2]

A player's actual chances of receiving it is , where B is the base chance and Level is the player's Woodcutting level. This determines the likelihood of receiving the pet when successfully chopping a tree and receiving a log.

The fastest method, on average, to receive the beaver is by cutting teak trees using tick manipulation. For regular chopping without manipulation, ironwood trees give the best rate.

To find the pet chance for a method at a given level, refer to the skill pet chance calculator.

The following trees do provide a chance to receive a beaver pet:

• Chopping down any tree grown on a tree patch by way of the Farming skill.^[7]
• Chopping down one of the trees in Mort'ton during the shades event of Temple Trekking.^[8]

It is not possible to obtain a beaver pet from the following sources:

• Chopping the trunk of a dead ent.^[9]
• Chopping bruma roots while containing the Wintertodt.^[10]
• Cutting down a scrapey tree during Trouble Brewing.^[11]
• Chopping down trees found on Tutorial Island.^[12]
• Chopping down jungle trees and bushes blocking the way into the Kharazi Jungle.^[13]
• Chopping down trees within the island kingdoms of Miscellania and Etceteria.^[14]
• Chopping down a tree encountered in the Pest Control arena.^[15]
• Cutting a Kharidian cactus.^[16]
• Chopping down tree roots during the Rising Roots Forestry event.^[17]
• Chopping down undead trees found at Draynor Manor.^[18]
• Chopping infected roots.^[19]

• An additional set of logs received through the activation of nature offerings does not trigger an additional roll for the beaver pet.^[20]
• Logs incinerated through the activation of an infernal axe still trigger a roll for the beaver pet.^[21]
• When missing out on receiving a set of logs through the activation of a felling axe, a roll for the beaver pet will still be made.^[22]

• Beavers in real life are known to cut down trees to build dams and lodges, hence their association with Woodcutting.
• The beaver pet is a slightly modified version of the beaver summoning familiar from RuneScape, with the yellow spots removed.
• The normal beaver's dialogue is a reference to the largest number that can be stored in a signed 16-bit integer, 32,768.
• The willow beaver's dialogue is a reference to the song "I Will Always Love You".
• The fox's dialogue makes references to the 2009 American film Fantastic Mr. Fox as well as the viral 2013 song "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)".
• The pet fox can be fed a raw chicken, to which it will say, "*chomps* Delicious!"

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