Rat Best in Slot Gear - OSRS Max DPS Setup

Best-in-slot gear

Pick a monster and get the highest-DPS gear for each combat style - computed by searching every item against our exact DPS engine, not a hand-made list. Salve, Slayer helm and Dragon hunter auto-apply from the target. This is max-DPS gear, not fight strategy (no spec cycles or defensive swaps).

Rat(Regular)Combat 1 · 2 hp· rat

Levels

AttStrRngMagHP

Boosts

Potion

Prayer

Buffs

Best style vs this target: ranged (14.495 DPS).

Rune pouch · Greater thrall

10

5

1

DPS14.495incl. thralls +0.625

Max hit50

Accuracy99.79%

Time to kill0.1s

Attack styleSlash · Rapid

Buffs: Divine ranging / bastionRigourThrallsSlayer helm (on task)

Auto-applied: Slayer helm (on task)

Approx. buy cost: 560.77m(+ untradeables)

weapon

Bone shortbow

untradeable

head

Slayer helmet (i)

952.0k

body

Masori body (f)

80.07m

legs

Masori chaps (f)

56.31m

hands

Zaryte vambraces

72.57m

feet

Avernic treads (max)

160.41m

cape

Blessed dizana's quiver

untradeable

neck

Necklace of rupture

145.42m

ring

Venator ring

45.03m

ammo

Seeking dragon arrow

2,329

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Assumptions & limitations

Shows the highest sustained single-target DPS gear from the exact engine, with the buffs above applied. It does not model:

Attack reach / valid styles - some bosses can't be hit by every style (Zulrah & Kree'arra need halberds for melee), so a listed style may not be usable.
Rare bolt/proc reductions - most per-monster caps & reductions ARE modelled (Corp halving, Zulrah's 50 cap, Kraken's 1/7 to non-magic, Ice demon, Duke), but an enchanted-bolt proc against a reducing monster can be slightly overstated. Never the recommended style anyway.
Boss phases - multi-phase bosses (Zulrah, Vorkath, Alchemical Hydra) are scored one form at a time.
Special attacks, prayer-switching, AoE, or survivability - no spec cycles (DWH/BGS), no protection prayers, no multi-target (chins).
Pure DPS, not practicality - reports the literal highest damage-per-second, so a fast-but-impractical weapon (e.g. Karil's crossbow, which degrades to dust) can top the raw numbers.

Salve and Dragon/demon-bane bonuses auto-apply from the target's type; the other buffs are the toggles above.

Every style vs Rat · at 99 stats with the buffs above

Style	DPS	Max hit	Accuracy	Time to kill	Weapon	Buy cost
Rangedbest	14.495	50	99.79%	0.1s	Bone shortbow	560.77m
Melee	14.142	65	99.77%	0.1s	Inquisitor's mace	940.13m
Magic	13.116	75	99.89%	0.2s	Tumeken's shadow	1.24b

Full drop table and combat stats on the Rat bestiary page. Roll its loot in the Rat loot simulator.

Best in slot gear for Rat

The highest-DPS setup against Rat (Regular) in Old School RuneScape is ranged, built around the Bone shortbow, at 14.495 damage per second - about 0 seconds a kill. That beats the best melee setup by 2%. The tradeable pieces come to roughly 560.8m gp, plus untradeables. Every slot is searched against the same combat engine the DPS calculator uses, at 99 stats with the buffs listed below - drop your own levels in to see what actually changes.

Rat gear - frequently asked questions

What is the best gear for Rat in OSRS?

Ranged is the highest-DPS style against Rat, with the Bone shortbow as the weapon. The full loadout is above, slot by slot, with live Grand Exchange prices totalling about 560.8m gp.

What combat style should I use against Rat?

Ranged 14.495 DPS, Melee 14.142 DPS, Magic 13.116 DPS - so ranged wins by 2%. Reach and mechanics still matter: a style listed here may not be usable on every phase.

How long does it take to kill Rat?

About 0 seconds per kill with the best-in-slot loadout at 99 stats, from Rat's 2 hitpoints and the sustained damage of that setup. No spec cycles or prayer switching are modelled.