Quests

For other uses, see Quests (disambiguation).

Quests

Quests are groups of interrelated tasks that can take anywhere from five minutes to a few hours or even a few days to complete. The start locations of quests are labeled with a blue star icon () on your Minimap. Once completed you can be rewarded with various xp for skills or unlocks places which are only accessible once certain quests are completed.

A player's Quest Journal. Red means the quest has not been started yet. Yellow means the quest has been started but not finished. Green means the quest has been completed. Cyan means the quest has been marked on the world map.

As of 26 September 2012, there are a total of 186 quests with 20 free and 166 members-only quests, offering a total of 335 quest points. Free players can only obtain up to 43 quest points. The last quest added to the free version of RuneScape was What's Mine is Yours, and the last quest added to member's version of RuneScape was What's Mine is Yours.

The 50th quest, Legends' Quest was released on 20 August 2003,<ref>Jagex. "New - Legends Quest!". 20 August 2003. RuneScape News. *</ref> which was prior to the RuneScape 2 release. The 100th quest, Recipe for Disaster, is actually 10 quests in one with 8 subquests ranging from easy to very hard. The 150th quest, The Chosen Commander, was released on 17 March 2009.

Quest release dates are listed in the list of recent quests. A list of recommended members' quests can be found here.

List of Quests & Quest Walkthroughs

Main article: List of quests

Quest series

Main article: Quest series

Many quests are part of a series of quests which share a common plot-line.

Usually, progress is made in the series in a linear fashion, with each quest requiring the previous one in a sequence. There are exceptions to this linear progression, however, when a quest is involved in multiple plot-lines. Also, Jagex has reworked many of the novice quests over the years, accelerating the process this year, with over a dozen quests reworked, some more than once.

The majority of quest series are rooted in a specific area, and their completion is often needed to access more of that area or specific features within it. For example, West Ardougne as a whole is inaccessible unless at least some progress is made in the Plague quest series.

A complete list of quest series can be found here.

Rewards

Main article: Quest item rewards

Completing a quest results in rewards.

Ongoing quest rewards

Quest	Reward	How to Receive
Hand in the Sand	84 buckets of sand delivered to the player's bank.	Speak to Bert once a day.
Tears of Guthix	Access to a distraction and diversion for experience in the lowest skill weekly.	Speak to Juna.
Throne of Miscellania	Access to Miscellania's resources through Managing Miscellania.	Speak to Advisor Ghrim.
Royal Trouble	5 extra workers in Managing Miscellania and an allowance-per-day boost.	Speak to Advisor Ghrim.
Back to my Roots	Access to a jade vine seed which can be planted for 1,500 Farming experience and slain for 2,500 Slayer experience every 15 hours.	Plant and check the health of a jade vine, and slay wild jade vine.
All Fired Up	Access to pieces of equipment that facilitate Firemaking training.	Light 6, 10, or 14 beacons in All Fired Up activity
Cold War	Some penguins are worth two points in the Penguin Hide and Seek Distraction and Diversion.	Speak to Larry in Ardougne zoo or Chuck the Polar Bear if Larry isn't there. (Larry is taken off during the quest and may not be available)
What Lies Below	Access to Bork who can be killed daily for charms and Slayer experience.	Travel through the Chaos Tunnels.
In Pyre Need	Access to a daily distraction and diversion, Phoenix Lair, which grants 5 Phoenix Quills, 1,000 Crafting experience, 7,500 Firemaking experience, 3,000 Fletching experience and 500 Slayer experience.	Go to the Phoenix lair.
The Hunt for Red Raktuber	Access to a bonus point for finding a polar bear spy in the Penguin Hide and Seek distraction and diversion.	Talk to Chuck the Polar Bear in the Ardougne zoo.
Fur 'n' Seek	Access to a weekly slaying of the Skeletal horror for a reward of 1,250 Slayer and 1,000 Prayer Experience. (First time it is slain you receive 10,000 Slayer and 7,000 Prayer Experience.)	Complete the Odd Old Man's second wish list.
Garden of Tranquility	Access to the White Tree, which will give the player 4 White tree fruits which regenerate one at a time, each giving 17% run energy when eaten, and 12 farming exp when picked.	Go to the garden you made during the quest and pick the fruit of the white tree.
Fairy Tale II - Cure a Queen	Access to the Fairy Ring transportation method, while wielding a Dramen or Lunar staff (neither of the two listed items are needed for transportation after the completion of Fairytale III - Battle at Orks Rift )	Complete Fairy Tale II - Cure a Queen completely or until a certain part.
Some Like It Cold	Access to a new penguin in the Penguin Hide and Seek Distraction and Diversion, worth three points (requires Ring of Visibility) as well as a new thieving event in the circus.	Speak to Chuck the Polar Bear in the Ardougne Zoo

Skill levels

Levels required
to complete every quest

Temporary boosts
may be used in some quests

The quests requiring the highest skill levels are:

Skill	Level	Quest	Temporary boost possible?
Agility	77	Ritual of the Mahjarrat	No
Attack	78	The Void Stares Back	No
Constitution	76	The Firemaker's Curse	No
Construction	70	The Void Stares Back	No
Cooking	70	Recipe for Disaster (Freeing King Awowogei)	Yes
Crafting	76	Ritual of the Mahjarrat	No
Defence	76	A Clockwork Syringe	No
Dungeoneering	50	A Clockwork Syringe	No
Farming	65*	While Guthix Sleeps	Yes
Firemaking	74	The Firemaker's Curse	No
Fishing	70	Deadliest Catch	No
Fletching	70	Within the Light, The Branches of Darkmeyer	No
Herblore	65	While Guthix Sleeps	Yes
Hunter	67	Deadliest Catch	No
Magic	80	The Void Stares Back	No
Mining	76	Ritual of the Mahjarrat	No
Prayer	70	Nomad's Requiem	No
Ranged	75	Within the Light	No
Runecrafting	61	The Prisoner of Glouphrie	Yes
Slayer	67**	The Branches of Darkmeyer	No
Smithing	74	A Clockwork Syringe	No
Strength	78	The Void Stares Back	No
Summoning	65	A Clockwork Syringe	No
Thieving	74	A Clockwork Syringe	No
Woodcutting	76	The Branches of Darkmeyer	No
Combat	85***	Dream Mentor, Smoking Kills	No
Quest points	275****	Ritual of the Mahjarrat	No
Tasks	Hard, Fremennik	Blood Runs Deep	No

* Although 65 is the highest Farming requirement, if boosting from 62, Branches of Darkmeyer requires level 63.

** Completion of the Fur 'n' Seek wishlist requires 78 slayer.

*** While the highest combat level required to complete a quest is 85, the minimum possible level to get a quest cape at is 105.

**** While Guthix Sleeps is a requirement for The Ritual of the Mahjarrat, and so the latter requires 275 quest points, 270 to complete While Guthix Sleeps and 5 rewarded from completing it.

Blood Runs Deep requires completion of all Easy, Medium, and Hard tasks of the Fremennik Province Tasks.

Individual quest skill requirements

Main article: Quest skill requirements

Quest Cape of Accomplishment

Main article: Quest point cape

Players who have the maximum number of quest points are able to wear the Quest Point Cape, a Cape of Accomplishment which can be bought from the Wise Old Man for 99,000 coins. However, whenever a new quest is available, the cape and hood will automatically be unequipped and cannot be worn again until a player completes the new quest.

If the inventory is full upon release of a new quest, the cape and hood will be sent to the bank. If the bank is also full, the Wise Old Man will hold onto it and will return it free of charge.

If multiple sets are obtained through various methods, the Wise Old Man will only return one set if both your inventory and bank are full and the set is worn and unequipped(ON) twice. In other words, if the Wise Old Man has a set and you do not claim it and get another set unequipped and sent to the Wise Old Man, only one set will be reclaimable.

The cape does not count towards trimming Capes of Accomplishment, it does count towards Cape rack limits on senior capes.

Quest complete! (link)

The most common quest complete music.

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Quest complete! (link)

A less common quest complete music.

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Quest complete! (link)

A rather uncommon quest complete music.

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Quest complete! (link)

A quest complete music only used for Let Them Eat Pie, Song from the Depths, Some Like It Cold and the new versions of Death Plateau, Wolf Whistle and Druidic Ritual.

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Quest icons

All quests that have a "Quest overview" window also have a unique quest icon. These are currently limited to:

All quests and holiday events released since 15 March 2010 (The Blood Pact onwards)
The few old quests that were converted to the new quest format on 15 December 2009 (Cook's Assistant, Ernest the Chicken, Rune Mysteries, The Restless Ghost and the now discontinued Sheep Shearer quest)
The two quests made free-to-play on 24 June 2010 to replace the removed ones (Myths of the White Lands and Swept Away).

These icons are displayed both in the quest overview window, and as small boxes next to quest-specific NPCs and objects. It is unknown whether all quests will eventually be renovated to have this property.

The quest overview window for The Void Stares Back showing the quest icon

The quest overview window for The Void Stares Back showing the quest icon
The witch Aggie in Draynor Village, showing her right-click options with the miniature icon for the Swept Away quest
The quest icon for the Love Story quest as displayed in the now-removed Objective system