Quests

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This article is about quests in general. For the in-game sortable interface, see Quest List.

This article is about quests in general. For the list of all quests in RuneScape, see List of quests.

A player's Quest Diary. Red means the quest is unstarted. Yellow means the quest has been started but not finished, and green means finished.

Quest completion (link)

Plays after a quest is completed.

Quests are groups of interrelated tasks that can take anywhere from five minutes to a few hours or even a few days to complete. They are labelled with a blue star or compass rose icon on your Minimap.

The old (left) and new (right) quest icons

As of 2 June 2009, there are a total of 154 quests (not counting the introductory quest Learning the Ropes) with 18 free and 136 members-only quests (not including the sub-quests of Recipe for Disaster, the Odd Old Man's wishlist from the Rag and Bone Man quest, or the new tutorial), offering a total of 284 quest points. Free players can only get up to 42 quest points. The last quest added to the free version of RuneScape was Rune Mysteries with the release of RuneScape 2. Finishing a quest could mean more places to go, more quests, or new weapons!

The 100th quest Recipe for Disaster is actually 10 quests in 1 with 8 subquests ranging from easy to very hard. The 50th quest Legends Quest was released on 20 August 2003, which was prior to the RuneScape 2 release, while the 100th members' quest Cold War was released on 29 January 2007.

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.

Quest series

Many quests occur as part of a quest series which shares 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 some exceptions to this, however. The majority of quest series are rooted in a specific area, and their completion is often needed to access 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.

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 (only once a day)
Tears of Guthix	Allows the player to access a minigame awarding the player experience in their lowest skill weekly.	Speak to Juna
Throne of Miscellania	Allows the player to manage and collect a portion of Miscellania's resources through the kingdom management minigame.	Speak to the Advisor.
Royal Trouble	Boosts the efficiency of your subjects in the kingdom management minigame.	N/A
Back to my Roots	Allows the player to repeatedly collect 1,500 Farming experience and 2,500 Slayer experience, about once every 15 hours.	jade vine
All Fired Up	Gives access to the "All fired Up" Minigame	N/A
Cold War	Gives extra penguin points for some penguins in the Penguin Hide and Seek minigame.	Speak to Larry in Ardougne zoo.
What Lies Below	Gives access to the Hunt for Surok mini-quest, which can be done daily for charms and Slayer experience.	N/A
The Lost Tribe	Gives you a free mining helmet	Use a Brooch on Mistag (one time reward)
In Pyre Need	Gives access to a daily Distractions & Diversions challenge, called Phoenix Lair, which players can gain 5 Phoenix Quills, 1,000 Crafting experience, 7,500 Firemaking experience, 3,000 Fletching experience and 500 Slayer experience (5,000 Slayer experience for first time).	Go to the cave involved in the quest.
The Hunt for Red Raktuber	Gives bonus point for finding a polar bear spy in the Penguin Hide and Seek minigame.	Talk 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 level are:

Skill	Quest
Agility	Rocking Out
Attack	TokTz-Ket-Dill
Construction	TokTz-Ket-Dill
Cooking	Recipe for Disaster (Freeing King Awowogei)
Crafting	Rocking Out
Defence	King's Ransom, While Guthix Sleeps
Farming	While Guthix Sleeps
Firemaking	In Pyre Need
Fishing	Swan Song
Fletching	In Pyre Need
Herblore	While Guthix Sleeps
Hitpoint	None
Hunter	While Guthix Sleeps
Magic	While Guthix Sleeps
Mining	Lunar Diplomacy
Music	None
Prayer	Summer's End
Ranged	Mourning's Ends Part I
Runecrafting	Devious Minds
Slayer	Back to my Roots
Smithing	Rocking Out
Strength	Dealing with Scabaras, Path of Glouphrie
Summoning	Summer's End, While Guthix Sleeps
Thieving	Rocking Out
Woodcutting	Back to my Roots
Combat level	Dream Mentor, Smoking Kills
Quest Points	While Guthix Sleeps

Quest list

For the quest list, see List of quests.

Quest Cape of Accomplishment

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 from a player until the player completes the new quest. If a player's inventory is full the Quest point cape and/or Quest point hood will be sent to the player's bank. If the player's bank happens to be full the Wise Old Man will hold onto it and will return it free of charge. The Quest cape however, does not count towards a trimmed Cape of Accomplishment.