Olaf's Quest
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[edit] Details
| Official quest description: Poor Olaf Hradson. He has to live up to such expectations. His ancestors sailed all over the world, and now he has to go out and prove himself their equal. If only he could read a map... If only he could sail... If only he hadn't crashed! Can you help a depressed and soggy Fremennik regain his pride, and possibly the lost treasure of his grandfather? |
| Release date: 10 April 2007 |
| Start: The mouth of the Fremennik hunting area. Talk to Olaf Hradson |
| Difficulty: ***** |
| Length: short/medium |
| Members only: Yes |
Requirements:
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| Items needed:
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Monsters to kill:
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Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
[edit] Walkthrough
[edit] Starting Out
- Talk to Olaf Hradson, who is north-east of Relleka by the eastern rock crab spot (which is also next to the entrance to the snow hunting area and Keldagrim). Fairy ring code DKS, the polar eagle, or teleporting to your POH, if you have it set to Rellekka, will get to close to where you need to be. Talk to him, and Olaf will tell you about his attempt and failure to gain his family honour.
- He will ask for a log cut from the windswept tree up the mountain path to the east. Go up the hill and cut the Windswept tree with any axe to get Windswept logs. If snowflakes start flying across your screen, you're on the right path. Once you bring the logs back, Olaf will make a Crude carving and a Cruder carving for you to take to his wife and son back in Rellekka.
[edit] Delivery
- Olaf Hradson's wife, Ingrid Hradson, is found wandering around the well, just east of the longhouse in Rellekka. Ingrid will give you a loaf of bread to give to Olaf, so make sure you don't eat it. His son, Volf Olafson, is farther north by the helmet shop. He will give you a cooked shark that you also shouldn't eat. Olaf will take other food if you have it, but it's simplest just to give him what is given to you.
- Go back and talk to Olaf Hradson and ask for the map. After making a fire by using the damp planks and a tinderbox on the firepit, talk to him again. After deciding whether or not to give him the food (it makes no difference), he will give you Sven's last map. The X on the map is coincidentally right next to the windswept tree that you visited earlier.
[edit] Brine Rat Cavern
- If you need to, now is the times to get armour and supplies to deal with a level 100. Then dig beside the windswept tree and you will fall into the Brine Rat Cavern.
- Head east through the cave. Once you come across a fork in the path, take the east path. Make sure to kill a level 40 Skeleton Fremennik along the way, which will drop key.
- Continue along the east path until you reach a door which you must solve a puzzle to unlock. The puzzle is quite simple, solved by rotating the pieces to create a skull. You turn the pieces in this order: right, top, left, bottom, then the very bottom. If you fail the puzzle a rock will hit you and deal 3 damage.
- Inside you will find rope, rotten barrels, and Skeleton Fremennik. Kill one if you didn't pick up the key from earlier.
[edit] Across the Bridge
- Take 2 barrels and 6 ropes from the piles around the room. Once you have your supplies, head to the Northeast corner of the room, and you should find a rickety looking bridge. Turn off run before you try to cross the bridge. Before you step on the bridge it is highly recommended that you take a dose of a Agility potion to increase your chances.
- Use a barrel on the empty parts of the walkway to get across. Repeat this step on the next empty spot. If you fail, you will end up a bit north of Olaf and have to go through this section again. However, each time you fail a step, you will learn from your previous attempt and will have a better chance of getting across the next time. This can still become frustrating for those with low agility, you will reach the end eventually.
- The gate in the middle of the walkway has a lock that you must match your key handle with. Click on correct shape to open the door. If you lose your key or fall off before you complete the rest of the bridge you will need to kill another Skeleton Fremennik to be able to get back through the door. It is recommended to use an Agility potion after the gate as well as before you get on the bridge.
- If you're ready for a fight, search the chest in the middle of the old boat-wreck. A level 100 Skeleton Fremennik named Ulfric will appear. He uses only melee, so you may use the Protect from Melee prayer to kill Ulfric or use the safe spot at the grave where he appears to range or mage him (there are also some good spots to use a halberd successfully.) High and mid-level player should have no trouble with him.
- Open the chest again with 6 open inventory slots and you will complete your quest.
[edit] Rewards
- 1 Quest point
- 12,000
experience
- 20,000 coins
- 4 cut rubies
- Access to the Brine Rat Cavern where you can kill Brine rats (You can also get a Brine Sabre from Brine rats).
- You must be 47 Slayer to kill the Brine rats.
- A piece of parchment telling you of other shipwrecks with more treasure
[edit] Music
Music tracks unlocked:
- Rising Damp
[edit] Trivia
- When the quest was first released the slippery bridge towards the end of the quest was so frustratingly hard that Jagex decided to make the bridge slightly easier the next day because they had received complaints from players of diverse levels.
- When the frustrating bridge was causing anger among people, opportunists sold hundreds of agility potions for over 5,000 coins each. This was before the 3,000 coins limit of the GE.
- The examine for the parchment is "Brittle. Yellowed. Different." This is a reference to an old advertising campaign for the ibuprofen-based anti-inflammatory drug Nuprin, which touted their pills as being "Little. Yellow. Different. Better."
- If you try to dig down to the brine cave before the quest a message states: You shovel some snow. Congratulations!
- The examine for the boulder blocking the exit to the cave is "Keeps rolling, rolling, rolling..." which is a reference to the chorus of the song Rollin' by Limp Bizkit.
- Before rolling the boulder, the examine for it says "Is it a rock crab? Our survey says no." which could be a reference to the game show "Family Feud."
| Main series |
1. The Fremennik Trials 2. Throne of Miscellania 3. Royal Trouble 4. The Fremennik Isles 5. Mountain Daughter 6. Olaf's Quest 7. Lunar Diplomacy 8. Dream Mentor |
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