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{{Multi Infobox
|text1 = Follower
|item1 =
{{Infobox NPC
|version1 = Regular
|version2 = Blue
|version3 = Green
|version4 = Purple
|version5 = White
|name = Phoenix
|image1 = [[File:Phoenix (follower).png|250px]]
|image2 = [[File:Phoenix (follower, blue).png|250px]]
|image3 = [[File:Phoenix (follower, green).png|250px]]
|image4 = [[File:Phoenix (follower, purple).png|250px]]
|image5 = [[File:Phoenix (follower, white).png|250px]]
|release1 = [[8 September]] [[2016]]
|release = [[29 January]] [[2020]]
|update1 = The Wintertodt
|update = Poll 69, BH Rewards, and Welcome Screen
|members = Yes
|race = Phoenix
|location = [[Reward Cart]]
|options = Talk-to, Metamorphosis, Pick-up
|examine = The essence of fire.
|map = No
|id1 = 7368,7370
|id2 = 3078,3082
|id3 = 3077,3081
|id4 = 3080,3084
|id5 = 3079,3083
|leagueRegion = Kourend
}}
|text2 = Item
|item2 =
{{Infobox Item
|version1 = Regular
|version2 = Blue
|version3 = Green
|version4 = Purple
|version5 = White
|name = Phoenix
|image1 = [[File:Phoenix.png]]
|image2 = [[File:Phoenix (blue).png]]
|image3 = [[File:Phoenix (green).png]]
|image4 = [[File:Phoenix (purple).png]]
|image5 = [[File:Phoenix (white).png]]
|release1 = [[8 September]] [[2016]]
|release2 = [[29 January]] [[2020]]
|release3 = [[29 January]] [[2020]]
|release4 = [[29 January]] [[2020]]
|release5 = [[29 January]] [[2020]]
|update1 = The Wintertodt
|update2 = Poll 69, BH Rewards, and Welcome Screen
|update3 = Poll 69, BH Rewards, and Welcome Screen
|update4 = Poll 69, BH Rewards, and Welcome Screen
|update5 = Poll 69, BH Rewards, and Welcome Screen
|members = Yes
|quest = No
|tradeable = No
|placeholder = 
|equipable = No
|stackable = No
|noteable = 
|options = Drop
|examine = The essence of fire.
|value = 1
|alchable = No
|weight = 0.015
|id1 = 20693
|id2 = 24484
|id3 = 24483
|id4 = 24486
|id5 = 24485
}}
}}
{{Synced switch
|version1 = [[File:Phoenix chathead.png|left]]
|version2 = [[File:Phoenix (blue) chathead.png|left]]
|version3 = [[File:Phoenix (green) chathead.png|left]]
|version4 = [[File:Phoenix (purple) chathead.png|left]]
|version5 = [[File:Phoenix (white) chathead.png|left]]
|version6 = [[File:Phoenix detail.png|left|150px]]
|version7 = [[File:Phoenix (blue) detail.png|left|150px]]
|version8 = [[File:Phoenix (green) detail.png|left|150px]]
|version9 = [[File:Phoenix (purple) detail.png|left|150px]]
|version10 = [[File:Phoenix (white) detail.png|left|150px]]
}}
The '''Phoenix''' is a [[pet]] that can be received from looting the [[Reward Cart]], from which rewards are obtained by subduing the [[Wintertodt]] with at least 500 points.

When a player receives the pet, it will automatically try to appear as their follower. At the same time, a message in the [[Chat Interface|chatbox]] will state {{mes|You have a funny feeling like you're being followed.|color=red}} However, if a player receives a pet while having a follower out (for example, a [[cat]]), it will be placed into their [[inventory]]. When this occurs, the message in the chatbox will instead state {{mes|You feel something weird sneaking into your backpack.|color=red}}

On [[death]], if a player loses their pet (as a follower or in your inventory) it will wander around the area for 30 seconds before despawning. Even if the player returns in time, the pet cannot be picked up, and can be reclaimed from [[Probita]] for a reclaim token.

Though the Wintertodt is classified as a boss rather than a skilling activity, the phoenix is fifteen times more common at [[200 million experience|200 million]] [[Firemaking]] experience.

==Colours==
Players can change the phoenix's colour by using 250 of the desired [[gnomish firelighters]] while it is following the player. Since 23 October 2024 [[red firelighter]]s are no longer required to unlock the revert back to the default red Phoenix. 

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Colour
!Cost
!Image
!Chat head
|-
|{{NA}}
|{{NA}}
|[[File:Phoenix (follower).png|160px]]
|[[File:Phoenix chathead.png]]
|-
|{{plink|Blue firelighter|txt=Blue}}
|{{Coins|{{GEP|Blue firelighter|250}}}}
|[[File:Phoenix (follower, blue).png|160px]]
|[[File:Phoenix (blue) chathead.png]]
|-
|{{plink|Green firelighter|txt=Green}}
|{{Coins|{{GEP|Green firelighter|250}}}}
|[[File:Phoenix (follower, green).png|160px]]
|[[File:Phoenix (green) chathead.png]]
|-
|{{plink|Purple firelighter|txt=Purple}}
|{{Coins|{{GEP|Purple firelighter|250}}}}
|[[File:Phoenix (follower, purple).png|160px]]
|[[File:Phoenix (purple) chathead.png]]
|-
|{{plink|White firelighter|txt=White}}
|{{Coins|{{GEP|White firelighter|250}}}}
|[[File:Phoenix (follower, white).png|160px]]
|[[File:Phoenix (white) chathead.png]]
|}

==Dialogue==
{{Hastranscript|Phoenix}}

==Item sources==
{{Drop sources|Phoenix}}

==Changes==
{{Subject changes header}}
{{Subject changes
|date = 23 October 2024
|update = Halloween Fixes & Miscellaneous Changes
|change = Recolouring phoenices now permanently unlocks that colour under the newly added "Metamorphosis" option.
}}
{{Subject changes
|date = 21 June 2023
|update = More Poll 79 Changes
|poll = Old School Content Poll 79: Quality of Life
|change = The drop rate of phoenices has been increased by fifteen times if players have [[200 million experience]] in [[Firemaking]].
}}
{{Subject changes
|date = 29 January 2020
|update = Poll 69, BH Rewards, and Welcome Screen
|poll = Old School Content Poll 69: Game Improvements
|change = The phoenix was given the ability to change its appearance via the use of [[gnomish firelighter]]s.
}}
{{Subject changes
|date = 15 September 2016
|update = Superior Slayer Encounters
|change = *The NPC no longer appears on the minimap.
*The Menagerie version was renamed from "Phoenix Pet" to "Phoenix".
*The Menagerie version was given "Talk-to" and "Pick-up" options.
}}
{{Subject changes footer}}

==Trivia==
*Prior to the removal of [[supply crate]]s, it was possible to obtain a phoenix pet while in underwater areas such as the [[Mogre Camp]] and [[Fossil Island]]'s [[underwater]] area.
*Using a [[bucket of water]] on the Phoenix will result in the chatbox stating ''The phoenix dodges the water''. Doing so consumes the bucket of water entirely, including the bucket itself.
* The Phoenix's in-game model is a miniaturization of the [[Desert Phoenix|Desert Phoenix's]] model.
*The Phoenix's standard dialogue makes several references to pop culture:
**The first and second dialogues are references to Solaire of Astora of ''{{WP|Dark Souls}}''.
**The "long night" mentioned in the first dialogue may be a reference to ''{{WP|A Song of Ice and Fire}}''.
**The Sacred Ash mentioned in the fourth dialogue could be a reference to ''{{WP|Pokémon}}'', where Sacred Ash is an item associated with the Legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh, who is based off of a phoenix. It is more likely that it just shares a common characteristic of mythical phoenixes of dying and being reborn from ash.
**Also in the fourth dialogue, the player's confusion about the sky is a reference to RuneScape not having a skybox.
*Despite physically glowing on higher graphics settings, the Phoenix does not count as a [[Light sources|light source]] in caves that require one.

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