Freaky Forester

This article is about the random event. For the follower during Temple Trekking, see Forester (Burgh de Rott Ramble).

Freaky Forester was discontinued from RuneScape after an update.

Freaky Forester

File:Freaky Forester.png
Release date	1 August 2005 (Update)
Removal date	24 October 2012 (Update)
Race	Human
Members NPC?	No
Quest NPC?	No
Location	Freaky Forest
Sells items?	No
Gender	Male
Examine	He's at home in the forests.
Notable features	Host of the Freaky Forester random event.

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The Freaky Forester

The Freaky Forester is a random event. Players are whisked away to a small clearing in a remote forest in Gielinor where they are asked to kill a pheasant with a certain number of tail feathers. The player must simply give the raw pheasant to the forester and then they are able to leave the area via a portal. Players are rewarded with a random event gift. However, if the player gives him the wrong pheasant, they will be teleported to a different area and will not receive a reward.

Attacking the pheasants always deals 50 life points, a one-hit kill, and gives no experience. However, when attacking a pheasant barrows armour will still degrade.

Players can choose to get pieces of the Lederhosen set after successfully completing this random event.

Whilst it is true that the event occurs most commonly during Woodcutting, it is in fact completely random, and can happen anywhere, to anyone, training any skill. This may be due to the fact that Woodcutting trains extremely fast and may yield more random events than other skills. It also depends on player behavior; since random events were made to hinder bots, it may be beneficial to act like a bot in order to gain a random event.

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  Minimap area

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  Freaky Forester area

• Prize obtained from Freaky Forester random event

  Prize obtained from Freaky Forester random event

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  Reward from the Freaky Forester

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  Text when a player may leave

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  The deposit box found in the event area.

Trivia

• "Lederhosen" comes from the traditional German wear that is popular in most festivities there.
• There is a glitch where if you try to attack your assigned pheasant with a Korasi's Sword special attack, you will receive the message: "You don't need to attack any more pheasants; you're allowed to leave." although this is before you actually kill the pheasant.
• There is a glitch where you appear on the Falador boundary wall when you are teleported back.
• If you look far enough north, when you have this event, you can see a large pool of lava right next to the edge of the forest, this is the fire runecrafting altar. A cave is visible to the north-east and part of the Fisher Realm could be seen to the south.
• When you kill a pheasant, it is nearly impossible not to pick the raw pheasant up, as the character automatically does that. This interrupts the banking interface, Orb of oculus interface and conversations with the Freaky Forester. You can't even log out before you pick up the raw pheasant from the ground. However, the Customisation interface would immediately destroy the raw pheasant on the ground.
• You cannot kill pheasants after handing in a raw pheasant, no matter if it is the right or wrong type.