The Prisoner of Glouphrie

Walkthrough
Begin the quest by talking to Golrie.

Golrie will bring you to his mother, Golrana. After some talking, she tell you to meet her north of the observatory and south of the lava fields. When you arrive, pass the plants run north until you see a big, dead tree you can inspect. Do so, after that, enter that tree. Look closely at the south wall for a ledge, and Golrana will automatically cross the cliff and attach a rope. Cross the rope and run south.

Eventually you will get to a few small rifts you can cross (shortcut symbols on minimap), after you crossed all 3 of them, continue. Eventually you will get to a river with stepping stones, try to cross, but at the last stepping stone Golrana will tell you it's too far away. Go back (off the stepping stones). If you look at the south wall, you will see a crevice. Investigate it and Golrana will push a new stone into the water to let you cross.

After crossing, follow the tunnel until you reach another crevice, and climb into it. You will now be east of Lleyta. Investigate the sturdy tree and then you and Golrana will automatically walk down it. You will be greeted by Ilfeen and then escorted to Bolrie's Lab.

One in Bolrie's Lab, search the crate east of you to find Bolrie's Journal. Page through it to see you need to collect certain materials in his lab to build an anti-illusion device. Search everywhere in Bolrie's Lab to obtain what you need, and then build the anti-illusion device. One built, you will need to calibrate it.

To calibrate the anti-illusion device you will need to create coins using the singing bowl. To change the colour rotate the prism clockwise or anticlockwise. To change the shape you will need to alter the amount of water in the bowl, i.e. Empty bowl gives a circle, completely full gives a hexagon. The combination of numbers changes with each player, but the colours stay the same. To make the coins you will need crystal seeds which are found in the unopened crate nearest to the singing bowl. It is recommended to take one seed at a time as all seeds are converted when using the bowl. To change the coin back to the seed you will need the same set-up you used to create the seed. It is probably easier to drop any unwanted coins than revert them back to seeds. The colours can be made as follows:
 * Cyan can only be made using equal amounts of green and blue.


 * Magenta can be made by using either:
 * Equal parts of red and blue.
 * Three parts red to four parts indigo.
 * One part red to two parts violet.

This page page contains the formula to calculate the shape, only when you get a round number as solution for both colors it will work.
 * Yellow can be made using either:
 * Equal Parts of red and green.
 * One part green to two parts orange.
 * Pure yellow.

You will need to calibrate the device you created using coins similar to those found in the two previous quests. The amounts differ from player to player.

After successfully calibrating the anti-illusion device, you will return to where you entered Lleyta. Walk east a little to uncover an air grill. A cut-scene will show a gnome looking similar to Glouphrie training a number of other gnomes who can turn invisible. After the cut-scene you will slip and come out at the bottom of the air duct to find some tortoises mining into the walls. Go up the stairs. Go to find a watcher that can be rotated. Keeping out of his view, move along the cave wall and rotate it to face the wall. You can now enter the jail. Tell the terrorbird you are Glouphrie and he will leave. Picklock the cell door to fing Bolrie, who doesn't belive your story and questions you.

Quiz answers: - The elf he mentioned in his letter: Ilfeen - The gnome the letter was addressed to: Gena - The number of possible combinations with his machine: 42 - What was on his picture at his wall in his cave: The grand tree (Can be answered as 'I don't remember')

Rewards

 * 1 Quest Point
 * 60,000 Thieving exp
 * 60,000 Agility exp
 * 50,000 Construction exp
 * 45,000 Runecrafting exp
 * A new glider at Tree Gnome Village.
 * Spirit Tree Seed storage.
 * Ability to plant up to two spirit trees at a time with 86 farming.

Music unlocked

 * Cage Against the Machine
 * Reunion

Trivia

 * On the day of the release the spoilers said: We subjected the spoilers to the anti-illusion device and they disappeared! Come back tomorrow when we manage to wrestle the real rewards from Glouphrie.
 * The song "Cage against the Machine" is a reference to the musical group, Rage Against The Machine. It could also be a reference to the 2010 campaign to get John Cage's 4'33" to Christmas number one.
 * A new almond shape coin was introduced for this quest.