Cockatrice
Best in slot
The best setup using every item in the game, at 99s with potions and the best prayer.
Ranged
Best here
Toxic blowpipe · Dragon dart
Melee
Soulreaper axe · Holy blessing
Magic
Tumeken's shadow · Holy blessing
Other options by slot
The best ranged pick for each slot and the next best options. Each percentage is the DPS you lose by swapping in just that item against Cockatrice.
Mechanics
It stabs for up to 5.
The danger is its gaze, which drains your combat stats every hit, even from a safespot. A mirror shield or V's shield stops it, and then there's not much to the fight.
From the OSRS Wiki, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.
Inventory
At 3s a kill with the best-in-slot ranged setup, a trip is more than 40 kills. Our suggestion: the OSRS Wiki publishes no inventory for Cockatrice.
Ranging potion(4)
Boosts Ranged by 13
Prayer potion(4)×4
Restores prayer, to keep your protection prayer up
Shark×22
Heals 20
Teleport to house (tablet)
Takes you home when the trip is doneWhat it drops
54 drops, with rates from the OSRS Wiki. Open this boss in the planner for what a kill is worth at today's prices.