Treasure Trails/Guide


 * For the main article, see Treasure Trails. For a full version of the page, see Full Treasure Trail guide

All level clues

 * Your clue scroll, if you complete the action on your scroll without the scroll presant, you will not advance along your treasure trail.
 * Spade, you may need to litterally dig for treasure at some point. (It may be a good idea to leave a spade with a tool leprechaun, until needed, as it's heavy and you will be doing a lot of running)
 * Weight-reducing clothing such as Penance Gloves (obtained from Barbarian Assault), boots of lightness, and Spotted cape/Spottier cape. (These items are not needed but are recommended)
 * Teleport Runes or teletabs
 * Ring of duelling or other teleport items.
 * Dramen/Lunar staff - especially useful for many level 2 clues, for using the fairyring network.
 * Money (needed to buy equipment or alternate means of transportation for emote clues)
 * (Super) energy potions, Explorer's ring 1, 2 or 3, or take a dip in the salt water spring at Oo'glog before starting.
 * Here is a tip if using a familiar, when fighting a Double agent, Saradomin Wizard, or Zamorak Wizard and in a multi combat area, it is advised to repeatedly hit the "Call Familiar" button. Otherwise, the familiar might attack and cause the agent or wizard to flee. This just results in one having to restart the fight.

Level 2+ clues

 * Sextant
 * Watch
 * Chart

Level 3 clues

 * Food
 * Antipoison (especially for coordinate clues)
 * Armour and weapon
 * Prayer potions (optional)
 * Forinthry brace (highly recommended)

Anagrams
Some clues can contain anagrams, and the higher level clues will result in a challenge scroll. All anagrams lead to NPCs around RuneScape, just talk to them with the clue scroll in your inventory. The solutions to anagram clues and challenges are listed in the link above. It should be noted that anagrams may contain false spaces not found in the decoded name. Anagram clues only appear in level 2 and 3 clues. Follow the link above for a comprehensive list of the posssible anagrams, their solutions, and other relevant info.

Challenge scrolls
Certain NPCs will give players challenge scrolls with one of the following questions. After reading the question, speak to the NPC again to give the answer. These only appear in level 2 and 3 clues. Follow the link above for a comprehensive list of the possible scrolls and theire answers.

Chest Keys
These clues are usually the second half of an anagram or cryptic lower level clue scroll. The player will get a clue scroll that leads to a locked location (eg, locked drawers). When you find the location, you will recieve a note from the locked item telling you, in some cryptic fashion, where to get the key. The key will be a drop from killing a random monster mentioned in the note. The key will only be a drop while the player is carrying the clue scroll. The key will dissintigrate into the lock when used to open the chest or drawer. It is theoretically possible to get the same clue scroll up to 3 times, but the chances are trivially low. These clues usually are a step in level 1 clue scrolls, and a player may have never had one before if they have only ever done level 3 clues.

Co-ordinates
These clues are a mild miniquest to complete. A player must obtain A chart, sextant, watch, and a spade to complete co-ordinate clue. Players must have a coordinate clue to begin obtaining these items, any other clue type will not work. The player must take the coordinate clue to The Professor in the observatory, and ask him about Treasure Trails. You must talk to the professor first, or you will not be able to obtain the watch or sextant yet. The prefessor will then send you off to get the other two items, giving you the chart when you return with them. The professor is located in the Observatory, and you do not have to have completed the observatory quest in order to initiate this. To get the Watch, you are referred to Brother Kojo at the Clock Tower, simply talk to him and he gives it freely. You do not need to have done any work on the 'Clock Tower' quest. To get the Sextant, speak with Murphy on the docks at Port Khazard he also gives the sextant freely, after a short dialogue sequence. Completion of the Observatory quest is not required to get the items but if the player has already started it, as the professor is absent during the plot of the quest, the player must finish the quest to talk to him again, hence, finish the quest in order to get the chart.

Once the player has all the items, they can use them to navigate to an exact coordinate on the surface of runescape (down to the exact square.) Once the player has reached the exact coordinate on their clue, simply use a spade to dig up the casket buried at that location. If the player is attempting a level 3 coordiante clue, they will be attacked by a saradomin wizard, or if the clue leads them into the wilderness, a zamarock mage will attack them instead. The zamarock mage is slightly weaker, to compensate for the added danger of already being in the wilderness (usually around level 38+), but both mages are very deadly, and will change attack styles in responce to prayer. The saradomin mage attacks with magic (saradomin strike spell) and melee (a dragon dagger p++), and appears essentially everywhere else except the wilderness. Bring antipoisen and food. Once the mage has been defeated, dig again to get the casket. It is reccomended to exit the wilderness (if you are there in the first place) before opening the casket. Caskets may contain the reward, or another clue scroll. Coordinate clues do not appear in level 1 clues, and level 2 coordinate clues do not produce the mages. Many Level 3 clues are in restricted areas, such as southern mortanya, isdafar, and kazhari jungle, which players will need to be very accomplished and complete difficult quests to gain entry to. If a player gets a 'locked' clue, they are essentially stuck until they meet the requirments for the quest needed and complete it. Players can, if so desired, drop the 'locked' clue and attempt to find another, but there will still be the chance of getting the same clue step again.

Follow the link above to view an exact list of where the coordinates lead a player to. If you dont want to run around the game for an hour trying to figure out where you/the treasure are, this is the easiest way to go. it's easiest to use the list to get to the general location discribed, then use the sextant to find the exact location. T HE CLUE STEP CANNOT BE COMPLETED UNLESS THE PLAYER HAS ALL THREE CHART/SEXTANT/WATCH ITEMS WITH THEM WHEN THEY DIG.

Cryptics
Cryptics are common in higher level clues, they either lead you to a person, to crates, or to dig somewhere in RuneScape. They are essentially riddles that the player has to work out and then perform some action which the riddle requests. Level 3 cryptics that lead you to a person normally resulting in a Puzzle box, and some clues require you to obtain a key from a nearby monster to access the location you need. Note: It is trivially rare but possible to get the same clue twice. Follow the link above for a list of the cryptix clues and theyre solutions if one has stumped you, or if you simply dont want to waste the brain power to figure it out in the first place.

Emote clues
Emote clues involve wearing certain items in a particular location and doing an emote. They feature in all levels of clue, and most (but not all) items required for the emote clues can be obtained in shops. Uri is the one to give you your next clue or prize. He normally gives you a casket. A list of all the items you need to solve every clue can be found at List of items needed for emote clues

Maps
Maps are found at all levels of clue scroll. You need to take a spade to the place indicated on the map and dig there. Maps are group into those with crates or X's. X maps have buildings, fish, or no buildings.

Puzzle boxes
Puzzle boxes are given during level 3 clue scrolls in response to a simple clue or an anagram.

Simple clues
Simple clues are clues that will tell you exactly what to do. Ex: ''Search the drawers in the upstairs of a house in Catherby. ''