Chompy bird/Strategies

Hunting Chompy birds is an activity unlocked after completing the Big Chompy Bird Hunting quest. Players can hunt these for Raw chompy meat or just to get their Chompy bird kill count up. Chompy bird kill count unlocks various Chompy bird hats.

Hunting grounds
You may hunt for Chompy birds in the area south of Castle Wars and in the Feldip Hills, there is a small area near Rantz's cave where you cannot hunt.

To verify you are in an area which is suited for hunting Chompy birds, you can try dropping a Bloated toad. If the area is not suitable you will receive a message: You won't attract a Chompy bird this far away from the ogre area.

Players should hunt close to the water pools with Swamp bubbles to effectively be able to create new Bloated toads. When using sign of porters or not banking the meat, banking time will be minimal and thus the distance to a bank will not make a real time impact. If banking the meat by hand it's recommended that the player either uses a ring of duelling to bank and hunt the Chompy birds southwest of Castle wars, as an alternative a player might bank using a TokKul-Zo and use the fairy ring to return to the hunting grounds.

Just west of this spot, just south of a Spirit Tree which is unlocked during the Path Of Glouphrie quest, is another spot which has a fair amount of swamp toads.

Strategy
After finding their preferred hunting spot, players should inflate their bellows and then inflate three toads. Dropping the toads will set them as bait. While waiting for the Chompy birds to come gather new toads and place them as bait. Inflate your bellows when needed. By placing more than one toad you increase your chances on attracting Chompy birds. When a Chompy bird shows up it does not have to be attacked straight away, as they will actually stay for quite a while. After killing a Chompy bird it will leave behind a body, which can then be plucked to receive bones, feathers and raw Chompy.

Gathering meat
If a player is after the raw Chompy, it should be noted that Raw chompies weight 10 kg each. By collecting multiple of them your running ability goes down, because of this it is recommended to wear as little weight as possible. If gathering raw Chompy to make Wild pies, it's possible to bring Unfinished wild pies and add the raw chompy to them, this saves a lot of weight.

Maximising speed
When a Chompy bird attempts to eat a bloated toad, it will undergo an animation, during which time it will not be attackable. To maximise kill efficiency it is therefore recommended to focus on the Chompy birds who are the closest to the bloated toads and killing them before they undergo the animation.