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 labeled with a blue star icon on your Minimap.

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

As of 13 October 2009, there are a total of 158 quests (not counting the introductory quest Unstable Foundations) with 18 free and 140 members-only quests, offering a total of 291 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.

The 50th quest Legends' Quest was released on 20 August 2003, which was prior to the RuneScape 2 release. The 100th quest Recipe for Disaster is actually 10 quests in 1 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.

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, in cases were a quest is involved in multiple plot-lines.

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, and no one in Burthorpe will speak English to you until you have completed the Death Plateau quest.

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 once a day.
Tears of Guthix	Access to a minigame for experience in the lowest skill weekly.	Speak to Juna.
Throne of Miscellania	Access to Miscellania's resources through the Kingdom Management minigame.	Speak to Advisor Ghrim.
Royal Trouble	5 extra workers in the Kingdom Management minigame.	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 facilitates Firemaking training.	Light 6, 10, or 14 beacons in All Fired Up minigame
Cold War	Access to an extra spot for penguins in Penguin Hide and Seek minigame.	Speak to Larry in Ardougne zoo.
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 Distractions and Diversions challenge called 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 minigame.	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.

Skill levels

Levels required
to complete every quest

Temporary boosts
may be used in some quests

The quests requiring the highest skill level are:

	Quest	Temporary boost possible?
Agility	Within the Light	No
Attack	TokTz-Ket-Dill
Construction	TokTz-Ket-Dill
Cooking	Recipe for Disaster (Freeing King Awowogei)	Yes
Crafting	Rocking Out	No
Defence	King's Ransom, While Guthix Sleeps	No
Farming	While Guthix Sleeps	Yes
Firemaking	Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf	Yes
Fishing	Swan Song
Fletching	Within the Light	No
Herblore	While Guthix Sleeps	Yes
Hitpoint	None	N/A
Hunter	Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf	Yes
Magic	While Guthix Sleeps	Yes
Mining	The Curse of Arrav
Music	None	N/A
Prayer	Summer's End
Ranged	Within the Light	No
Runecrafting	Devious Minds
Slayer	Back to my Roots	No
Smithing	Rocking Out	No
Strength	Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf	Yes
Summoning	The Curse of Arrav	No boosts available
Thieving	The Curse of Arrav
Woodcutting	Within the Light	No
Combat level	Dream Mentor, Smoking Kills	No boosts available
Quest Points	While Guthix Sleeps	No boosts available

Quest list

Main article: List of quests

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 until a player completes the new quest.

If the inventory is full, the cape and hood will be sent to the bank. If the 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.