Sibling rivalry can get messy - more so when the siblings are Fremennik princes with a point to prove. The islands of Jatizso and Neitiznot were set up by two brothers who hated each other, and they have been at loggerheads ever since. But now there is a new threat from trolls in the north...
Can you prove your loyalty to both brothers and save the islanders from a fate as troll food? Your skills as a Fremennik warrior, a bridge builder and a jester will be tested on the islands.
Sibling rivalry can get messy - more so when the siblings are Fremennik princes with a point to prove. The islands of Jatizso and Neitiznot were set up by two brothers who hated each other, and they have been at loggerheads ever since. But now there is a new threat from trolls in the north...
Can you prove your loyalty to both brothers and save the islanders from a fate as troll food? Your skills as a Fremennik warrior, a bridge builder and... a jester will be tested on the islands.
The Fremennik Isles are a collection of islands interconnected by bridges. The map below shows the islands and their interconnections. There are two major villages on the islands: Neitiznot and Jatizso.
The teleport locations show the landing docks that can be reached from the most northern dock in Rellekka using the appropriate ferry operator.
The numbers on the map represent the following locations relevant during the quest:
At any time during the quest it is possible to travel around all islands, although the northern isles host significant numbers of hard hitting Trolls. Crossing the bridges before it's repaired may result in falling down into the water.
King Gjuki Sorvott IV
King Sorvott's court
Items needed: raw tuna, one of either 8 tin ore (level 1-23 mining), 7 coal (24-54 mining), 6 mithril ore (55+ mining)
Talk to the King, but the cat, HRH Hrafn, keeps interrupting. The king asks you to get the cat a raw tuna. Alternatively, one can use the Amulet of Catspeak to talk to the King's cat. The cat will proceed to tell the player that he requests a raw tuna.
Give the raw tuna to the King's cat, and talk to the King. The king will tell you that some dwarves from Keldagrim are here for a shipment of ore, and the matter needs sorting before matters can continue. He will tell you to mine some ore.
Give the king the ores you are assigned (8 tin ore if mining level 1-10, 7 coal if 11-54, 6 mithril ore if 55+). If needed, these ores can be mined at the cave below the village. It is accessible by exiting the west gate and going north east. Enter the dungeon and mine the ores. Tin Ore and Copper ore also can be bought from Hring Hring. The King's reward for the ores consists of some coins. (e.g. The 6 Mithril ores pay 5000 gp in total, the 7 Coal lumps pay 2000 gp) Noted ores work just fine.
Take the Silly jester clothing from the chest behind the king's throne. The king will tell you the password: "Free stuff please".
Talk to Mawnis Burowgar while wearing the jester costume and entertain him - do everything he says using the jester control panel shown in the picture. Keep an eye on the guards exchange:
When do we assault the caves?
In two days
Good. How many recruits are ready?
Seventeen so far.
More shields are completed by noon.
And the armour?
I will finish the armour by tomorrow.
And the two bridges we need repaired.
I will fix them as soon as I can.
Go back to Slug and answer his questions. They will be about what the guards talked about. The answers to the three questions: in 2 days, 17 militia, 2 bridges. He will reward you with 2500 coins.
Talk to the Mawnis Burowgar, without the jester costume this time.
Bridge Repairs
Give Mawnis Burowgar 8 rope. If you don't have any, kill Yaks for 8 Yak hair and spin the hair on the village's spinning wheel (in the south east of the island) to make rope. The King will let you keep the rope, and will reward you with 1000 coins. If you have the ropes in your inventory when you visit him to ask what needs to be done, a humorous conversation takes place about how it is a coincidence that you happened to have rope already in your inventory and after he questions whether he really can trust you, your character quickly makes the excuse that he/she is a rope salesman (see trivia).
WARNING: Whilst repairing the bridges you will be getting attacked by the trolls and their range. PROTECT FROM RANGE! The hits will not register until you get off the bridge.
Go and cut 8 arctic pine logs (take the best hatchet you can use, as even at 99 woodcutting these can take a while with the bronze hatchet in your toolbelt), and split them on the woodcutting stump north of the village, across the rope bridge. If you don't own a hatchet, the crafting store inside the bank building sells bronze hatchets. Go to Mawnis Burowgar and show him the split logs and you will receive another 1500 coins. After that you will be able to repair the bridges. Alternatively the logs can be bought from the Grand Exchange, though this can take a while. WARNING: DONT ADD TO THE SPLIT LOG PILE AS THIS WILL RESULT IN LOSS OF ALL LOGS AND YOU MUST REOBTAIN THEM
With your rope, split logs, and knife, repair the bridges (right click) to the north (you need level 20 construction and 40 Agility so bring your potions if you need them). Be warned; you may be attacked by high-level, hard-hitting trolls. It is best to repair a bridge, then go back across it and repair the other bridge from the same side rather than repairing the bridge from the opposite side, as it means you will not have to run past the trolls. The female ice trolls use Ranged. WARNING: If you are being attacked by an ice troll female when you start the bridge repairs, THE DAMAGE YOU TAKE WILL NOT SHOW UP UNTIL YOU ARE FINISHED. Meaning you can easily die while repairing the bridge and not even know you were taking damage.
Go back to talk to Mawnis Burowgar again; he'll pay another 1500 coins for repairing the bridges. Now the request is to investigate the troll caves. But first you need to make sure that the other king does not take the raid on the trolls in the wrong way.
Tax Collector
King Gjuki Sorvott IV
Use the boat to go back to Rellekka and use Mord's ferry service to return to King Sorvott on Jatizso. King Gjuki Sorvott IV requires a tax collector for his new window tax which needs to pay for the expenses of the army, and will give you an Empty tax bag.
Note: Players are given the option to pay Vanligga Gastfrihet's taxes for her, and they are strongly encouraged to do so, since this will allow them access to her Yak-good shop, which is very useful. Moreover, players can refund to her later after no longer being a tax collector if you do not pay taxes for her.
Visit the shopkeepers at the armourer's hut (8000 coins), weapon-smith hut (6000 coins), eating hall (5000 coins) and the food shop (5000 coins). A total of 24000 coins.
Go back to King Sorvott, who now requires a tax collector for the newly invented "facial hair tax". Find Raum Urda-Stein (Armour Trader, tax payer), Hring Hring (ore trader, tax payer), Skuli Myrka (weapon trader, tax payer), Flosi Dalksson (raw fish seller, pays tax) and Keepa Kettilon (cook, has a moustache, pays tax); each pays 1000 coins (Vanligga, naturally, has no tax to pay). The tax bag now contains 29000 coins. The same taxpayer options apply as in the previous tax collection round. (Note that you might get a different tax such as 1k for each window.)
Note: If you try to tax Magnus Gram, at the bank, an amusing exchange follows where he threatens to charge the player for bank services! Also, if you attempt to tax the wandering beggar he will chuck a cabbage at you as it is all he has. The king will not take this as payment.
Return to the King. The taxes are finally enough. Now the King requires more spying assistance. So, its time to return to Slug the spymaster in Neitiznot.
The Jester Part 2
Return to Slug once more, only to get an assignment as jester again.
Now return to Slug and bring out a report. The answers are: near Etceteria, some potions, I have been helping Neitiznot. Slug is pleased with the answers and pays another 2500 coins.
Slug suggests to visit King Sorvott and give an update on the spying progress so return to Jatizso.
Traditional Fremennik Rites
If you have already made or bought the items, this process can be skipped by talking to Burowgar a few more times (Only after you have delivered the Royal Decree to him).
King Sorvott gets an update that he is not prepared for, but he won't listen to sound advice. Get a Royal decree that you need to deliver to Mawnis Burowgar (which cannot be banked).
Travel back to Neitiznot and talk to Mawnis Burowgar, who is obviously disappointed in learning the decree from King Sorvott. As leader of his troops, go through the ancient Neitiznot warrior rites.
First make Yak hide armour. Get three Yak hides and have them cured by Thakkrad Sigmundson for a fee of 5 coins per hide. Take needle and thread from the bank and craft the cured yak hides into Yak-hide chaps (1 hide) and into a Yak-hide body (2 hides). Each hide gives 32 crafting experience.
Now you can buy the Yak-hide armour (top and bottom) and the Fremennik round shield very cheap from the grand exchange then speak to Mawnis Burowgar two more times to get the assignment, or follow the few steps below.
Note: The Yak-hide body and Yak-hide chaps must be crafted by you in order for Thakkrad to reply to you.
Thakkrad states "Then I will give you instruction on how this hide may be crafted into a thick jerkin, ideal for protecting yourself from the granite clubs that the trolls of these isles prefer to wield".
Talk to Mawnis Burowgar again to learn how to make a large Fremennik round shield. Making the shield requires two arctic logs, one bronze nail, a hammer and a rope. The crafting store beside the bank chests sells bronze nails and hammers; if you lack a rope you can make it with Yak Hair as previously described. Craft the shield by selecting "Cut-Wood" and then Make Fremmenik Round Shield on the woodcutting stump located north of town, yielding 34 crafting experience.
The Player is told the shield protects against the stones thrown by the trolls.
Return to Mawnis Burowgar one more time to get the assignment to kill the Ice Troll King and deliver his head.
The First 10 Ice Trolls
Preparing to fight.
The ice trolls use melee and ranged attacks. The Troll males, grunts, and runts melee, while the females range. You must kill 10 of them in the Ice Troll Caves before you can face the Ice Troll king.
Note: Killing the 10 ice trolls is much more difficult than defeating the King and is found to be, by most, the hardest part of the entire quest. Be prepared for a tough fight and LOTS of damage.
Warning: Due to unfixed bugs, players with LootShare active will never make any progress towards the 10 troll kills no matter how they fight the trolls until it is deactivated. The same bug applies to numerous other quests which deals with Multicombat areas.
If at any time you wish to know how many ice trolls you have left to kill, simply look in your Quest Journal.
You cannot enter the Ice Troll Caves with a summoning familiar.
Ice troll attacks are very accurate, easily hitting through even high-level armour. Yak-hide armour and the Fremennik round shield, although being relatively low-level armour, are very effective against their attacks. The body and legs provide melee protection. The shield reduces a lot of the damage from ranging, similar to how an anti-dragon shield is effective against dragon breath. The only other items to bring are a cape, gloves, boots, a helmet, an amulet, food (recommended monkfish or better), and the one handed melee weapon of your choice.
There is a safespot behind some stalagmites to the right of the door where you can sit and wait for your teammates to kill ten of the trolls.
In some cases you only need to land a hit on the trolls and allow the guards to finish them off, as it still counts as a kill.
You can always leave when your supplies are low and come back. Credit for your kills is not lost.
If you don't mind making multiple trips, it can be very effective to go in with Yak-hide armour , the Fremennik round shield and the one handed weapon of your choice, prayProtect from Melee and attack trolls until you die. Make sure to use the Protect Item prayer just before you die.
The cave entrance is in the eastern part of the northernmost isle. As you proceed north, the number of Trolls increases. Use Protect from Melee if you brought the Fremennik round shield, NOTProtect from Missiles, as that combination will reduce damage tremendously. Try to save enough run energy for an eastward sprint to the cave entrance.
After entering the cave, a cut scene follows. The Honour guards from King Burowgar help with killing 10 trolls before the Champion can cross the bridge to assault the Ice Troll King. Their support can be useful, as the trolls are in a multi-combat area with ranged and melee trolls teaming up to inflict a lot of damage.
Bork Sigmundson is near the cave entrance and gives you up to 9 Tuna, 2 4-dose Strength potions, and/or 4 3-dose Prayer potions upon request. If there is not enough inventory space, then the player gets enough to fill the pack and does not get any more. Players can make only one request for each supply. Simply talk to him.
One strategy is to head straight south to the bridge. Trolls using melee attack in a single file there. Two respawn nearby. (Note that the spot is not out of reach for the female Troll rangers. The Fremennik shield reduces their maximum damage to 20 points per hit, but it can still add up.) Use Protect from Melee.
An alternative strategy is to use Protect from Missiles and kill the female trolls, instead. Stay away from the troll males, grunts, and runts. If possible, position yourself so that the female you're attacking is between you and the males, grunts, or runts. The females do not melee, even if you're right next to them. They continue to range.
Finally, one of the easiest strategies, especially if you are a low level, is to take your fellow Honour guards' troll, when it is near death. It will still count as your kill if you finish it off, however, every troll near-by, including the one you are attacking, will target you. Use Protect from Melee or Protect from Missiles.
When you have killed 10 trolls, a line appears in the game message interface stating that you can now cross the bridge to the Ice troll King.
The Ice Troll King
A player fights the Ice troll King.
When crossing the bridge, a short cut scene plays. When it ends, the Ice Troll King has the benefit of the first strike, so turn on the Protect from Magic or Protect from Missiles prayer before crossing the bridge. Eat and restore prayer before crossing the bridge, if needed, as well.
The Ice Troll King has a combat level of 122 and uses a powerful mix of attacks (melee, range, and magic, including teleport). Use Protect from Missiles or Protect from Magic when fighting him. Protect from Magic is preferable if wearing yak-hide armour and using the Fremennik shield. Fremennik armour decreases damage from his melee and ranged attacks, but does not address his magic attacks.
Never use Protect from Melee against the Ice Troll King. He has a special attack that knocks the player into the wall and deals up to 250 damage. Using Protect from Missiles or Protect from Magic prayer negates this attack completely.
The Ice Troll King is extremely difficult to hit with both ranged and magic; therefore it is recommended to use melee instead. Since he is a troll, naturally he has high defence against magic and ranged. The Dragon dagger's special attack can be very useful in quickly bringing the Ice Troll King's health down. Use all the special attacks at the beginning of the battle.
A Ring of recoil works against the Ice Troll King's melee and magic attacks.
One strategy that usually makes this battle fairly easy is to wear yak-hide armour and Fremennik shield combined with the Protect from Magic prayer. This combination limits the damage he can do quite effectively.
Since the king does not move, another strategy is to use a halberd (rune or better) and to use the prayer that supplements your lowest defence bonus (still between ranged and magic, of course). Stand one square away from him. This strategy may require more food, since a shield cannot be wielded with a halberd.
Yet another strategy is to use hit-and-run. It is possible to run in, strike, then run out of his melee range before the king can strike back.
When using a Super set and a dragon weapon of some kind, he can be killed in about a minute.
The Ice Troll King is immune to the Dwarven Multicannon and Hand Cannon. Don't even bother to bring one because it won't damage him.
Another great tip is to stay near to the cave entrance because the trolls occasionally wander there and you won't be attacked by the other trolls in that area.
Make sure you have auto retaliate set to on, otherwise you will stop attacking when he uses his freeze attack.
The King is dead!
After killing the Ice Troll King, get the Decapitated head from the body. No particular weapon or knife is required for this step. If the head is lost, just go back and decapitate him again (No need to fight the Ice Troll King again). (When you fully exit the caves and then return to them it will automatically take you to the kings chamber. Where you can claim your new found prize.). Note that the head cannot be banked.
Using a teleport to exit the caves avoids risking death running past all the other trolls, especially if food or prayer ran out during the fight. The Enchanted lyre is particularly handy. Feel free to walk back if you still have food and prayer.Burowgar gives you his helmet!
Talk to King Burowgar. After giving him the Ice Troll King head, the player is offered two 10,000 experience rewards to any two of Attack, Strength, Defence, or Constitution. The player can select the same skill twice if desired. The king then gives the player his Helm of Neitiznot. After a bit more dialogue, the quest is complete!
A Fremennik royal helm also known as the Helm of Neitiznot, which is the equivalent of a Berserker helm with a +3 prayer bonus, slightly better mage and crush defence, and no negative bonuses. If a player has lost the helm, talk to Burogwar to buy another for 50k coins.
If the jester outfit is lost, a player can retrieve another one from the chest behind King Sorvott's throne. The jester outfit cannot be put into the clothes room of a player owned house.
The ability to make Yak hide armour which protects against the granite clubs wielded by the trolls and the shield protects against the stones thrown by the trolls
Contraband yak produce is available on Jatizso if a player refunds the 5,000 coin tax to Vannligga Gastfrihet who is north of the king. Yak-hide: 55 coins, Raw yak meat: 2, and Hair: 2.
When you talk to Ned in Draynor, to buy some new rope, every time you'll have a conversation that explains why the rope is not made out of wool, where Ned gets his rope, and why he doesn't make rope anymore, plus a free extra rope every time you buy one from him.
Regarding Slug Hemligssen: Slug is Swedish for "clever" and hemlig means "secret".
The conversation about debating operative names with Hemligssen is a reference to the Tarantino movie Reservoir Dogs. A similar conversation is held between Mr. Pink and Joe Cabot.
While first speaking to Slug Hemligssen, he says, "Loose lives cost tongues". This may be a reference to the World War II saying "Loose lips sink ships".
Female players (avatars) who speak to Bork Sigmundson in the cave are still called "Sir", regardless of their gender.
The password one can give to Slug, Colourless green ideas sleep furiously, is a famous sentence devised by linguist Noam Chomsky to demonstrate how a phrase can be grammatically correct yet completely illogical.
The watchtowers between the two islands have a surprise cut scene, in which they are yelling insults to each other, some of which are quotes from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The Jatizso guard also shouts "Our king's better than your burgher," which may be a reference to the fast-food chain Burger King.
In the music 'Norse Code', a series of high pitch flute notes spell out "RuneScape" in Morse code.
The phrase "Let me entertain you." spoken by the character before entertaining Mawnis Burowgar is the title of a Queen song, from the album "Jazz". The cover image of another Queen album, "Innuendo" features a jester.
After finishing the quest, if you go to Ned in Draynor Village, he will confess to you that he doesn't actually make the rope. He actually purchases it from a woman in Neitiznot and he will give you an extra rope for free to keep quiet.
After completing the quest, if you talk to Juna, your character will say, "...I slew many trolls and brought the Troll King's head back to Neitiznot as a trophy."
The tax on windows which you must collect for King Sorvott is based on a real tax which was passed through the English Parliament. The Window Tax of 1699, was based on the number of windows in a house.
The tax on facial hair is based on a real tax issued to Russian men during the reign of Peter the Great.
When talking to Thakkrad Sigmundson about curing the yak hide he says "You will need to cull several yaks." Cull is another word for kill, except it pertains only to an animal or pest.
Talk to Mord Gunnars in northern Rellekka
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