Bird's nest

Release date	6 June 2005 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Quest item?	No
Tradeable?	No
Equipable?	No
Stackable?	No
High Alch	1 coin
Low Alch	0 coins
Value	1 coin
Destroy	Drop
Store price	Not sold
Examine	It has something inside. It's a bird's nest with some seeds in it. It's a bird's nest with a ring in it. It's a bird's nest with an egg in it. It's an empty bird's nest.
Weight	0 kg

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A bird's nest can be found when cutting trees, collected from the Managing Miscellania minigame, as a reward from an Evil Tree and sometimes as a reward in the Gnome Restaurant minigame. If a player is cutting a tree and sees it on the ground, they are advised to pick it up as it will soon disappear within 30 seconds.

The nests may contain tree or fruit tree seeds (which are used for Farming), gold rings, raven eggs, or bird's eggs.

They can also be crushed with a pestle and mortar, resulting in a Crushed nest and awarding the player with 1 Herblore experience, which can be used to make a Saradomin brew with the Herblore skill. Although a bird's nest cannot be traded, a crushed nest is tradeable. Once crushed with a Pestle and Mortar, a Bird's nest becomes worth 1,371 coins.

With the release of the Summoning skill by Jagex in January 2008, many players started desperately hunting for bird's nests, with the hope of getting a bird's egg which can be hatched if a player has the appropriate Summoning level.

On 3 March 2009, after numerous complaints by players not hearing whenever the nests dropped to the ground, Jagex decided to upgrade the sound effect of a bird's nest, which is now a bird chirping. This is the same sound a Magpie makes.

On 4 April 2011, upon the release of Livid Farm, it was stated that the enhanced graphical trees around the clan camp would be 10% more likely to drop a bird's nest. This bonus does stack with a strung rabbit foot.

Obtaining nests Edit

The most widely known method of obtaining a bird's nest is through the Woodcutting skill. When cutting trees or ivy, a bird's nest may randomly fall out of the tree or ivy next to the player. When this happens, a red message appears in the chatbox saying "A bird's nest falls out of the tree", and the sound of a bird chirping can be heard. If the player does not pick up the nest within 30 seconds, it will disappear.

Equipment can be worn to increase the chances of finding a bird's nest while woodcutting. A Strung rabbit foot will increase the chances by an unknown amount, and requires a Hunter level of at least 24. A Tree-shaking scrimshaw will increase the chances by 300%, and requires level 80 woodcutting. A Superior Tree-shaking Scrimshaw will increase the chances by 400%.

Bird's nests can also be obtained from Wyson the gardener, who is found in Falador Park. Wyson will give players nests in exchange for mole claws and mole skins, which are dropped by Giant moles and Molanisks. He would also exchange mole noses, received as a drop from the Giant mole provided that the player has completed the Elite Falador Tasks, for nests containing better items.

One other route to obtaining bird nests is using the Miscellania and Etceteria kingdom to work on cutting maple trees - up to eight nests a day can be obtained via this method. Note that players are likely to receive more nests when there is more money in the kingdom coffers. 999 nests can be obtained after 112 days of 100% approval rating have passed in the kingdom. After that, no more nests can be obtained until players collect their rewards.

Bird's nests can also be received as a reward from Evil trees or as a reward in the Gnome Restaurant minigame.

Possible loot Edit

NOTE: There are two different kind of nests with seeds which have separate piles in a player's bank. Nests obtained from Woodcutting and the Managing Miscellania activity nests provide only rings, eggs, and tree seeds listed below.

It is very rare, but it is possible to receive nothing from a nest.

Rewards from Woodcutting and Managing MiscellaniaEdit

Tree seedsEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Acorn	1	2 Common	64
	Apple tree seed	1	2 Common	14
	Banana tree seed	1	2 Common	14
	Willow seed	1	2 Common	587
	Orange tree seed	1	3 Uncommon	15
	Curry tree seed	1	2 Common	83
	Maple seed	1	3 Uncommon	29,682
	Papaya tree seed	1	3 Uncommon	30,096
	Pineapple seed	1	3 Uncommon	6,384
	Yew seed	1	3 Uncommon	70,853
	Palm tree seed	1	3 Uncommon	106,580
	Magic seed	1	4 Rare	161,054
	Calquat tree seed	1	4 Rare	25,184
	Spirit seed	1	5 Very rare	Not sold

RingsEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Gold ring	1	2 Common	158
	Sapphire ring	1	2 Common	469
	Emerald ring	1	3 Uncommon	955
	Ruby ring	1	4 Rare	1,111
	Diamond ring	1	5 Very rare	2,037

EggsEdit

	Name	Quantity	Rarity	Notes
	Bird's egg (Red)	1	4 Rare	Can become a Zamorak hawk or a Zamatrice egg [1]
	Bird's egg (Green)	1	4 Rare	Can become a Guthix raptor or a Guthatrice egg [1]
	Bird's egg (Blue)	1	4 Rare	Can become a Saradomin owl or a Saratrice egg [1]
	Raven egg	1	5 Very rare	Can become a Raven or a Coraxatrice egg [1]

1. ^ ^{a b c d} This item has a distinct value, even if it cannot be traded over the Grand Exchange.

Rewards from Giant MoleEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Cabbage seed	9	2 Common	27
	Sweetcorn seed	3	2 Common	3
	Tomato seed	6	2 Common	6
	Onion seed	12	2 Common	12
	Potato seed	14	2 Common	28
	Evil turnip seed	2	3 Uncommon	282
	Limpwurt seed	2	3 Uncommon	2,028
	Strawberry seed	3	3 Uncommon	1,107
	Toadflax seed	1	8 Unknown	691
	Watermelon seed	2	3 Uncommon	4,074
	Ranarr seed	1	4 Rare	1,021
	Maple seed	1	4 Rare	29,682
	Morchella mushroom spore	2	8 Unknown	588
	Yew seed	1	5 Very rare	70,853
	Magic seed	1	5 Very rare	161,054
	Spirit seed	1	5 Very rare	Not sold

Images Edit

Detailed Bird's nest with seeds.

Detailed Bird's nest with a Ring.

Detailed Bird's nest with a Red egg.

Detailed Bird's nest with a Green egg.

Detailed Bird's nest with a Blue egg.

Detailed Bird's nest with a Raven egg.

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