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GielinorZanaris
Dairy cow
Released11 July 2005 (Update)
MembersNo
QuestCold War
LocationUsually with cows
OptionsMilk, Steal-cowbell
ExamineFit for milking.
Advanced data
Object ID8689
LinkMOID

A dairy cow is a cow that the player can milk with an empty bucket in their inventory to receive a bucket of milk. For more information, Gillie Groats by the northern Lumbridge cow pen will explain more about milking. Dairy cows were introduced because players could attack and kill a cow whilst another player was milking it, preventing them from receiving milk.

Unlike the other cows, dairy cows cannot be attacked or killed. A dairy cow does "talk" to the player during the quest Cold War. During and after completing Cold War, players can steal cowbells from them.

Success Chance

The chance to steal a pair of cowbells from a dairy cow scales with the player's Thieving level, ranging from around 54% at level 15, up to a maximum of 78% at level 99.[1] 

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Locations

Location Members Spawns Map League region
Lumbridge East farmFree-to-play2Show mapMisthalin Misthalin✓
Lumbridge West farmFree-to-play1Show mapMisthalin Misthalin✓
South Falador FarmFree-to-play1Show mapAsgarnia Asgarnia✓
Crafting GuildFree-to-play2Show mapAsgarnia Asgarnia✓
Sinclair MansionMembers1Show mapKandarin Kandarin✓
Ardougne FarmMembers1Show mapKandarin Kandarin✓
West of Nightmare ZoneMembers1Show mapKandarin Kandarin✓
RellekkaMembers1Show mapFremennik Fremennik✓
GwenithMembers1Show mapTirannwn Tirannwn✓
North of Hosidius Town squareMembers1Show mapKourend Kourend✓
South-east of the Farming GuildMembers1Show mapKourend Kourend✓
Gordon and Mary's farmMembers1Show mapKourend Kourend✓
Zanaris (East of Puro-Puro)Members1Show mapGeneral General✓

Products

ProductMembersFacilitySkillsXPMaterials
1 × Bucket of milk
Free-to-play
  • Dairy cow
  • None
  • None

Dialogue

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Changes

Date Changes
17 June 2026
(Update)

The bottomless milk bucket now works with the Zanaris dairy cow.

20 March 2007
(Update)

The scenery was graphically updated with graphical changes to cows.

29 January 2007
(Update)

The scenery was graphically updated.

29 March 2004 –
29 January 2007 		29 January 2007 –
20 March 2007 		20 March 2007 –
present

Trivia

  • The dairy cow found in Zanaris is noticably darker than those found around Gielinor.

References

  1. ^
South Falador Farm
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