KGP Field Guide

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Penguin Hunting

Update 1.0.2 let the Killer Gentoo Penguins (the KGP) loose across Ashenfall, disguised as everyday objects. Spot one, interact with it, and it flees and leaves you a Penguin Coin. Spend your coins on penguin armour, trinkets and decorations at Façade's Front.

208places a penguin can hide
18out at once: 3 in each of 6 regions
7in-game days until they move
359coins to buy everything in the shop
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1. Start the hunt at Façade's Front

Head to the Adventurer's Guild ruins in Bramblemead Valley, east of Bramblemead Village. Walk past Wormelbow's goblin cage at the entrance and the hidden reliquary, and talk to the door on the far side: that's Fishy Façade, a KGP informant pretending to be a door.

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Fishy Façade: Password?
You pick one: "The Pidgeon Flies Left in Winter?", "Err... Lemon?" or "Password1234?"
Fishy Façade: What? Huh? That's not a thing. Who recruited you? Terry? I bet it was Terry...

Any answer works. The door briefs you on the penguin menace anyway and the Penguin Hunting quest starts. It never ends ("It shall never be over"), so you can keep hunting. After the first talk, choose "Just open the shop." to go straight to the shop.

2. Find the penguins

  1. Three penguins per region are out at a time, in Brynmoor, Ghornfell, Fellhollow, Scorned Wilderness, Dowdun Reach and Umbral Sands.
  2. They hide as a box, pot, barrel or sack. In Umbral Sands they're desert pots or rugs. Look for one that seems out of place.
  3. Interact with it. It reveals itself, flees, and you get 1 Penguin Coin.
  4. Each penguin counts once per character. Your friends can find the same penguin for their own coin, so hunting together works.
  5. Every 7 in-game days the penguins move to new spots, and the hunt starts over.

Each cycle the game fills 3 of a region's spots: in Brynmoor that's 3 of its 17, in Umbral Sands 3 of its 64. Use the map to work through a region's spots and tick off the ones you've checked. Your ticks stay in this browser; clear them when a new cycle starts.

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3. Spend your coins

Trade Penguin Coins at Façade's Front. Everything is open from the start: no reputation and no level needed. Gear comes as an item you use to learn its recipe, then craft. Decorations come as building plans.

RewardFrom the shopCoins
KGP Hat · "Turns you invisible. Except when it doesn't."Scrap Mired in Subterfuge30
Penguin CapePrestigious Prototype30
Penguin armour set (body and legs)Tuxedo Patch15
Penguin HelmetCoral Nubbin15
Pescaling Amulet · better odds of pristine fishBrine-Soaked Bauble15
Pescaling Ring · less stamina to reel fish inBrine-Soaked Band15
Penguin Statue (plan)Plan50
Gold Penguin MiniaturePlan15
Silver Penguin MiniaturePlan10
Four "Suspicious" miniatures (barrel, box, pan, sack)Plans10 each
Bronze Penguin MiniaturePlan8
Copper Penguin MiniaturePlan7
Tin Penguin MiniaturePlan5
Stone Penguin MiniaturePlan3
Penguin Tapestry and Polar Bear Tapestry (art by Prezleek)Plans5 each
Decorative Penguin CoinPlan1

4. Craft the gear

Use the item from the shop to learn the recipe, then craft it. The armour pieces are made with Artisan and give 125 Artisan XP each.

ItemMaterials
KGP Hat3 Rough Cloth, 2 Coarse Thread, 1 Anchovy Bait
Penguin Helmet2 Rough Cloth, 6 Feathers, 1 Raw Sardine, 1 Charcoal, 1 Adhesive
Penguin Body3 Rough Cloth, 2 Leather, 10 Feathers, 2 Coarse Thread, 1 Swamp Tar
Penguin Legs2 Rough Cloth, 2 Leather, 4 Feathers, 2 Coarse Thread, 1 Swamp Tar
Pescaling Amulet2 Gold Bars, 15 Water Runes, 2 Coarse Thread, 1 Clay Mould, 1 Anchovy Bait
Pescaling Ring2 Silver Bars, 15 Water Runes, 1 Clay Mould, 1 Sardine
Penguin CapeNo materials listed in the game files

5. Collect Agent Ravioli's reports

The penguins keep notes on you. The journal has a Penguin Report for each region, signed by Agent Ravioli: Brynmoor, Ghornfell, Fellhollow, Whispering Swamp, Dowdun Reach, Scorned Wilderness and Umbral Sands. There's also one for Disgleiried, an elven land that isn't in the game yet, so expect penguins to follow you there.

Tips

  • Hunt with friends: everyone in the group gets a coin from the same penguin.
  • Penguins in Scorned Wilderness are in its own zone, so pick it in the map's region list.
  • Share a spot with the Copy link button in its pop-up.
  • The whole shop costs 359 coins, which is 20 cycles at 18 penguins each. The KGP Hat and the cape are the big ones at 30 coins each.

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This guide is free and ad-free, made by a player who dug the spots, prices and recipes out of the game files. If it saved you some hunting, a coffee keeps it updated after each patch.

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Made by reading the game's own files (spawn spots, prices, recipes and dialogue) from the 1.0.2 dedicated server, so it may change with patches. Directions are measured from the place names on the in-game map. Not affiliated with Jagex.