Quests



Quests are groups of interrelated tasks that can be completed for rewards such as items, skills, experience, and quest points. They are labelled with a blue star or compass rose icon on your Minimap. Quests can be played only once, not like minigames which can be repeated.

The quest journal on the interface has the complete list of quests and are colour coded:
 * Red - not started
 * Yellow - started
 * Green - completed

As of 15 September 2008, there are a total of 145 quests with 19 free and 126 members-only quests (not including the sub-quests of Recipe for Disaster and the Odd Old Man's wishlist from the Rag and Bone Man quest), offering a total of 267 quest points (this includes one additional quest point from completing the Odd Old Man's wishlist). Free players can only get up to 40 quest points.

Players who have the maximum number of quest points are able to wear the quest point cape, a Cape of Accomplishment. However, whenever a new quest is available, the cape and hood will automatically unequip off a player until the player completes the new quest.

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 latest free quest, Learning the Ropes, was released on 14 July 2008.

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 plotline. 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



 * Tears of Guthix unlocks a minigame which rewards the player with weekly experience towards his or her lowest skill.
 * Hand in the Sand's reward includes 84 daily buckets of sand delivered to the player's bank account, provided he or she talks to Bert each day.
 * Throne of Miscellania allows the player to manage and collect a portion of Miscellania's resources through the kingdom management minigame.
 * Completion of Royal Trouble boosts the efficiency of the player's subjects and allows the collection of a greater variety of resources, including those found on Etceteria.
 * Back to my Roots gives access to the jade vine, which allows the player to repeatedly collect 1,500 Farming experience and 2,500 Slayer experience, about once every 15 hours.
 * All Fired Up gives access to the All Fired Up minigame.
 * Cold War gives extra penguin points for some penguins in the Penguin Hide and Seek minigame.

Skill levels
The quests requiring the highest skill level are:
 * 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
 * Farming - Back to my Roots
 * Firemaking - As a First Resort...
 * Fishing - Swan Song
 * Fletching - Devious Minds
 * Herblore - A Fairy Tale Part II
 * Hitpoint - None
 * Hunter - As a First Resort
 * Magic - Swan Song
 * 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 - The Path of Glouphrie
 * Summoning - Summer's End
 * Thieving - Rocking Out
 * Woodcutting - Back to my Roots
 * Combat level - Dream Mentor, Smoking Kills
 * Quest Points - Recipe for Disaster - Final Battle