Treasure Trails
- This article is about Treasure Trails in general. For help with solving a clue, see Treasure Trails/Guide.
- "TT" redirects here. For the activity in Morytania, see Temple Trekking.
- "TT" redirects here. For the quest, see The Tourist Trap.
Treasure Trails (also known as TT) is one of the Distractions and Diversions available to members in which a player follows a series of clues to get a reward. A treasure trail is started by finding a clue scroll. Clue scrolls are dropped by various monsters and give the player their first clue to follow. Players choosing to train the skill Slayer will find clue scrolls often. For a list of clue-dropping monsters, please see the list of clue scroll dropping monsters. There are four levels of clue scroll difficulty, with better rewards available as the difficulty increases. Players will only be able to receive a new clue scroll if they do not already have one in their inventory or bank (or in their Kingdom Management resources). Clues can involve following maps, solving puzzles, finding coordinates, talking to various NPCs and fighting monsters. After the player has completed the last clue, they will receive a reward. At least one of the reward items received will be an item unique to Treasure Trails (i.e. not obtainable by other means). For example, if a level one clue scroll is finished, one might get black (t) armour and some nature runes.
The value of rewards can range from about 100 coins to over 150,000,000 coins but more commonly is between 10,000 and 3,000,000 coins. Easy clue scroll rewards range from as few as 100 coins to 7 million coins. Medium clue scroll rewards range between 2000 coins to over 20 million coins. Hard clue scrolls average around 60,000 coins, but can be as low as 1,000, or of a magnitude way off the chart of over 300,000,000 coins (this is possible if one gets multiple 3rd age armour pieces from a single clue.) Elite clue scrolls have average rewards which are better yet. With an average reward being between 100,000 to 200,000 coins, but can easily be higher if the player is lucky enough to receive an Elite level specific reward worth millions, such as the Fury ornament kit, which has a value of 22,000,000 coins. Because of the small chance of receiving an item(s) worth millions of coins, some players choose to do treasure trails to make money, however a player could go through hundreds of clues without finding anything of great value.
Most unique rewards (with some notable exceptions) can be placed in the treasure chest in the costume room of a player's house.
- Easy trails can be between 1 and 5 clues long with few or no quest requirements.
- Medium trails can be between 1 and 6 clues long with some quest requirements.
- Hard trails can be between 1 and 8 clues long, with multiple enemies to defeat and can have high-levelled quest requirements.
- Elite trails can be between 5 and 10 clues long, with multiple fights, and puzzles every step.
Note: Trails that have more clues and require a longer period of time to complete do not necessarily guarantee the chances of a more valuable prize. The prize you get is determined when you open the casket at the end, and is not affected by the length of the clue trail. It's also extremely uncommon to get only 1 or 2 clues on the level 2 and level 3 clue scrolls.
Rewards
Rewards from any level
The items listed below are the rewards that are possible to receive from all levels of Treasure Trails. These items are not guaranteed rewards, only possibilities.
Image Name Varying amounts of coins. God pages for God books. Gnomish firelighters. File:Purple sweets.gif Purple sweets. Various runes and elemental staves. All player-craftable amulets, up to and including Dragonstone. Court summons for Court Cases Biscuits File:Lumberyard teleport.pngFile:Miscellania teleport.PNGFile:NardahTeleport.png Teleport scrolls Saradomin, Guthix, and Zamorak arrows File:Fetch casket scroll.png Meerkats pouches and fetch casket scrolls Willow, yew, and magic composite bows
Easy rewards
The items listed below are the rewards you can get from level 1 Treasure Trails only. It is possible to obtain normal Black armour, black weapons and black nails, oak planks, willow shortbows, trout, coif, leather armour, yew shortbows, salmon, earth talismans, fire talismans and steel pickaxes, teleport scrolls.
Medium rewards
The items listed below are the rewards you can get from level 2 Treasure Trails only. It is possible to obtain normal Adamant armour, adamant weapons, adamant pickaxe, adamantite nails, adamant crossbows, fire battlestaff, green dragonhide chaps, green dragonhide body, yew shortbows, teak planks, Swordfish and Lobsters.
Image Name Trimmed adamant armour Gold-trimmed adamant armour Ranger boots Wizard boots Black, red, and brown headbands Red, orange, green, blue, and black boaters Trimmed green dragonhide armour gold-trimmed green dragonhide armour Adamant heraldic armour (h1 to h5) Black, white, and purple elegant costumes Amulet of strength (t) Vestment mitres and cloaks (Saradomin, Guthix, Zamorak) Vestment robes (Armadyl, Bandos, Zaros, Ancient) Penguin, sheep, bat, cat, and wolf animal masks. Adamant cane Pith helmet
Hard rewards
The items listed below are the rewards you can get from level 3 Treasure Trails only. It is possible and quite common to obtain normal Rune armour, rune weapons, rune nails, rune bolts, rune crossbows, Black d'hide body, Black d'hide chaps, magic shortbows and longbows, mahogany planks(noted) and food items such as noted lobsters and sharks. These and the elite clue scrolls are the only levels of clue scrolls from which the rare third age armour rewards may be received.
Image Name Trimmed rune armour Gold-trimmed rune armour Saradomin rune armour Guthix rune armour Zamorak rune armour Gilded armour Trimmed blue dragonhide armour Gold-trimmed blue dragonhide armour Pirate hat Robin hood hat Enchanted hat, top, and robe Tan, dark, and black cavaliers Rune heraldic armour (h1 to h5) Third-age warrior armour Third-age mage armour Third-age ranger armour Amulet of glory (t) Vestment stoles and croziers (Saradomin, Guthix, Zamorak) Vestment mitres and cloaks (Armadyl, Bandos, Zaros) Blessed d'hide armour (Zamorak) Blessed d'hide armour (Saradomin) Blessed d'hide armour (Guthix) Fox, white unicorn, black unicorn, green dragon, blue dragon, and red dragon animal masks Rune cane File:Top Hat.png Top hat
Elite rewards
The items listed below are the rewards you can get from level 4 Treasure Trails only. It is normal to obtain dragon equipment (longswords and daggers), high-level tree seeds, potions (super restores, antifires, etc), crystal keys, onyx bolt tips, amulets of glory, and other items from elite clues.
Image Name Third-age druidic equipment Armadyl rune armour Bandos rune armour Ancient rune armour (Zaros) Armadyl d'hide Bandos d'hide Ancient d'hide (Zaros) Vestment stoles and croziers (Armadyl, Bandos, Zaros) Fury ornament kit, dragon full helm (or), platebody (or), platelegs/skirt (or), sq shield (or), dragon full helm (sp), platebody (sp), platelegs/skirt (sp), and sq shield (sp) ornament kits Saradomin, Guthix and Zamorak bows. Bat, wolf, dragon, cat, and penguin animal staves Black dragon, bronze dragon, iron dragon, steel dragon, mithril dragon, and frost dragon animal masks
Clues
See Treasure Trails/Guide for more information.
Types of clues
- Anagrams
- Challenge scrolls
- Simple clues
- Cryptics
- Emote clues
- Coordinates
- Maps
- Puzzle boxes
- Celtic knots
- Compass
- Scans
See also
- Clue scroll
- List of clue dropping monsters
- Treasure Trails guide
- A Void Dance, a quest that features a treasure trail as part of the storyline
- List of items needed for emote clues
- Grand Exchange Market Watch/Treasures
Trivia
- Flatpacked furniture pieces were a former reward from Treasure Trails. Level 1 scrolls would give oak, level 2 would give teak, and level 3 would give gilded furniture and opulent tables. These rewards were removed by request of players.
- The rewards are calculated in the final stage of the treasure trail. This means that the rewards of the clue scroll are not set in stone when the scroll is first picked up. As a consequence, if a rollback occurs and reverts the game to a time before the clue was finished the player will most likely receive a different reward than originally received.
- If you are in your POH or any other place that is not on the Runescape Surface, the arrow on the compass will spin Counter-Clockwise.
- Despite the fact items such as some trimmed armour, god pages and god armour can be obtained through use of the Columbarium, they are still counted as a treasure trail specific item.
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