Treasure Trails/Guide

For the main article, see Treasure Trails.''

There are now new clues and rewards!

What to bring
All level clues Level 2+ clues Level 3 clues
 * Spade
 * Teleport Runes
 * Ring of duelling and other teleport items.
 * Dramen/Lunar staff - especially useful for many level 2 clues.
 * Some money (needed to buy some equipment for emote clues)
 * Energy potions/super energy potions or take a dip in the salt water spring at Oo'glog before starting.
 * Sextant
 * Watch
 * Chart
 * Food
 * Prayer Potions
 * Antipoison
 * Armour and weapon

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 solution to challenge scrolls are in the next section.

Anagram clues only appear in level 2 and 3 clues.

If the anagram is not listed, the Category:Non-player characters may help.

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.


 * How many animals in the Ardougne Zoo - 40 NOTE: This number is 41 after you have done Eagles Peak as you will see the ferret.
 * How many banana trees are there in the plantation? - 33
 * How many bookcases are in the palace library? - 24
 * How many buildings in the village? - 11
 * How many cannons does Lumbridge castle have? - 9
 * How many fishermen on the fishing platform? - 11
 * How many flowers are in the clearing below this platform? - 13
 * How many gnomes on the gnome ball field have red patches on their uniforms? - 6
 * How many houses have a cross on the door? - 20
 * How many people are waiting for the next bard to perform? - 4
 * How many pigeon cages are there around the back of Jerico's house? - 3
 * If x is 15 and y is 3, what is 3x + y? - 48
 * I have 16 kebabs, I eat one myself and share the rest equally between 3 friends. How many do they have each? - 5
 * What is 19 to the power of 3? - 6859
 * What is 57x89+23? - 5096

Simple clues
Simple clues - simple solutions, these are generally low level clues that require you to talk to someone or search a specified location.

Cryptics
Cryptics are common in higher level clues, they either lead you to a person, to crates, or to dig somewhere in RuneScape. Level 3 cryptics that lead you to a person normally result 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 possible to get the same clue twice in some rare occasions.

Chest Keys
Sometimes, you will need a key to open a locked chest or drawer. There will be a clue telling you where to get it. The key is a drop only when carrying the clue scroll. It disappears when used to open the chest or drawer.

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. A list of all the items you need to solve every clue can be found at List of items needed for emote clues

Co-ordinates
While doing co-ordinates, you must have a chart, sextant, and watch in your inventory. Think of it as the RuneScape equivalent of geocaching. If you don't have those, talk to the professor in the Observatory to get the chart, Brother Kojo at the Clock Tower for the watch, and Murphy at Port Khazard for the sextant (note: You must talk to the professor in the observatory first, you don't need to have completed the observatory quest to get the items but if you start it you must finish it before he lets you claim/reclaim them (If you are reclaiming them you don't need to talk to the professor again unless it's about the chart)). You will also need a spade to dig up the chest.

If you're doing a level 3 scroll, you will be attacked by an NPC. If you're in the Wilderness, it will be a Zamorak wizard who can use Flames of Zamorak. If you're in a non-Wilderness area, you will be attacked by a much stronger Saradomin Mage who can use Saradomin Strike and wields a super poisoned Dragon Dagger. If you do not kill the mage before attempting to dig again another mage may appear at which point all mages will need to be killed before digging again. To kill that Saradomin wizard it is recommended that you bring at least one prayer or super restore potion, wear the best dragon hide you can and protect melee while ranging/meleeing it) do whatever works best for you, maging is not recommended. You can alternatively wear your best melee defense armor while protecting from mage, however if you chose to  do this then you will need to bring a anti poison potion. ALWAYS bring a one-click teleport and have fully charged prayer.

Coordinate clues do not appear in level 1 clues. The coordinates 0,0 centre at the Observatory. Top of the world (northern Iceberg) is about 30 North, southern Pest Control about 18 South, western Lunar Isle about 12 West, and eastern Mos Le'Harmless about 40 East.



A high resolution Runescape world map marked with treasure trail coordinates is also available here.

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.

Maps with X's (no crates)
These maps are further divided into those with buildings and those without buildings.

Puzzle Boxes
Puzzle boxes are given during level 3 clue scrolls in response to a simple clue.

Puzzle boxes are the RuneScape version of n-puzzles.

Many people find puzzle boxes daunting, but taken from the right approach, they can be simple, and quite fun. In order to solve a puzzle box, a player should do the following;


 * Solve the top row
 * Solve the second row
 * Solve the third row
 * Solve the six squares of the bottom left two rows
 * Solve the last three squares of the bottom right two rows

For a step-by-step guide to solving puzzle boxes, see puzzle box guide.

These puzzles only appear in level 3 clues.

The Runescape game scrambles the puzzles by moving pieces approximately 50 - 200 times.