Random events spawn beside you while skilling, on a timer of roughly 6 to 45 minutes of activity. The Rock Golem spawns from the rock you are mining and can drop a rune pickaxe at 1/513; the Tree Spirit spawns from your tree and drops a rune axe or a dragon spear.
While you are skilling, a random event turns up roughly every 12 to 35 minutes. Only one can be active at a time, and an event you ignore leaves after 3 minutes.
They never happen in the Wilderness, the Fight Caves or the tutorial, while you are busy in a bank, shop or trade, or while you are wearing a ninja monkey greegree. In a bank area you only get the non-combat ones.
| Event | What happens | Reward |
|---|---|---|
| Sandwich Lady | Asks you to pick a named food | That food. A wrong pick teleports you away |
| Genie | Gives you a lamp | XP worth 10 x your level in the skill you choose |
| Freaky Forester | Takes you to his clearing for a task | The Lederhosen hat, top and shorts. Once you own the outfit he stops coming |
| Evil Chicken | Attacks; scales with your combat level | Feathers and coins. The top tier can drop an uncut dragonstone, dragon battleaxe (1/200) or dragon med helm (1/256) |
| Swarm | Insects attack you | |
| Shade | Attacks you | Shade robe top and bottom, 1/32 each |
| Zombie | Attacks you | Bones, coins, runes, ores, half a meat pie |
| Event | Skill | Reward |
|---|---|---|
| Rock Golem | Mining | Bones, coins, an easy clue scroll 1/512. No rune pickaxe |
| Tree Spirit | Woodcutting | Axes; rune spear 1/256, rune axe 1/300, dragon spear 1/512, shield left half 1/512 |
| River Troll | Fishing | Raw fish; each half of the crystal key 1/249 |