Wise Old Man/Tasks

The Wise Old Man will give you tasks, similarly to the way Ned and other NPCs do.

Tasks
Note: tasks are numbered for easy reference to their guide below, there is no defined order for the tasks. The rewards will probably differ from person
 * 1) Deliver Old man's message to the High Priest of Entrana.
 * 2) Bring him 5 normal logs.
 * 3) Bring him 3 normal bones.
 * 4) Bring him 13 cooked meat.
 * 5) Bring him 15 bronze arrowtips.
 * 6) Bring him 10 potatoes.
 * 7) Bring him 13 bronze wire.
 * 8) Bring him 4 bronze arrows.
 * 9) Bring him 15 bronze shortswords.
 * 10) Bring him 3 grain.
 * 11) Bring him 6 soft leather.
 * 12) Bring him 5 bow strings.
 * 13) Bring him 5 iron ores.
 * 14) Deliver Old man's message to the Oracle on Ice Mountain.
 * 15) Bring him 5 beers.
 * 16) Bring him 11 bronze daggers.
 * 17) Bring him 6 unfired pie dishes.
 * 18) Deliver Old man's message to the Father Lawrence.

Task 1 - High Priest of Entrana
Reward: 2 tomato seeds and 1 marrentill seed.
 * Entrana is the island to the west of Falador. The Entrana page will be more specific, but the easy way is just remove everything and put it in your bank. This is due to Entrana's no-hostility rules.
 * To get to Entrana, speak to a Monk of Entrana at Port Sarim to go to Entrana.
 * Go into the church on the right, and speak to the High Priest.

Task 2 - 5 Logs
Reward: 210 prayer experience.
 * Use an axe to chop down 5 normal trees.
 * Bring him the logs.

Task 3 - 3 bones
Reward: uncut Opal. Note: he mentions "Goblin" in the description of his request to give you an idea of what size bones, he's not requesting those specifically.
 * Kill the market guards or Dark wizards to quickly obtain the bones.
 * Bring him the bones.

Task 4 - 13 cooked meat
Reward: 191 coins.
 * Kill the cows that live between Draynor village and Port sarim to obtain the meat. Tip: if you have extremely low cooking, you might want to grab a few extra.
 * Once you have 13 raw meat, cook them all.
 * Bring him the cooked meat.

Task 5 - 15 bronze arrowtips
Reward: 991 coins.
 * Either smith 1 bronze bar into 15 bronze arrowtips, or buy them for 150gp in the Grand Exchange. Note: buying the arrowtips may be difficult, if you don't want to mine and smelt the bronze bar, you could buy one for 168gp in the G.E. then smith it on an anvil in Varrock. It requires level 5 smithing to make bronze arrowtips.
 * Bring him the 15 bronze arrowtips.

Task 6 - 10 Potatoes
Reward: 168 prayer experience.
 * Either grow the potatoes using the Farming skill, buy them from the G.E. for 650gp, or pick them from one of the many fields around RuneScape.
 * Bring the 10 potatoes to him.

Task 7 - 13 Bronze wire
Reward: 2 noted Grimy tarromin, 2 noted Grimy marrentill, 3 noted Grimy harralander, 3 noted Grimy guam.
 * Either smith 13 bronze bars into bronze wire, or buy it all for 2,197gp from the Grand Exchange. Note: buying the wire may be difficult, if you don't want to mine and smelt the bronze bas, you could buy 13 for 2,184gp in the G.E. then smith it all on an anvil in Varrock.
 * Bring him 13 bronze wire.

Task 8 - 4 Bronze arrows
Reward: 213 Prayer experience.
 * Either fletch the arrows, buy the arrows for 24gp in the G.E., or kill things that drop them. Of course, most people already have some lying in their bank.
 * Bring him the 4 bronze arrows.

Task 9 - 15 Bronze shortswords
A Bronze shortsword is merely a Bronze sword. Reward: 1 grimy guam and 2 grimy tarromin.
 * Either smith 15 bronze bars into 15 bronze swords, or buy them all for 255gp from the Grand Exchange. Some monsters drop them, but it would not be nearly worth the time.
 * Bring him the 15 bronze swords.

Task 10 - 3 Grain
Reward: 188 coins.
 * The easiest way to do this is to go to the field north-east of his house and pick 3 wheat.
 * Bring him the 3 grain you picked.

Task 11 - 6 Soft leather
Reward: 2 body runes, 1 fire rune, 1 chaos rune, 4 earth runes, 1 nature rune, 4 mind runes, and 4 water runes.
 * Either have 6 cowhides tanned, Al Kharid has a tannery as does the Crafting guild, for 6gp. Or, you can buy 6 soft leather from the G.E. for 834gp.
 * Bring him the 6 soft leather.

Task 12 - 5 Bow strings
Reward: 412 prayer experience.
 * Either make bow strings from flax using a spinning wheel (an excellent location is Seers' village), or buy the string for 885gp from the Grand Exchange.
 * Bring him the 5 bow strings.

Task 13 - 5 Iron ores
Reward: 198 coins.
 * Either mine the iron ores using the Mining skill (requires level X mining), or buy the 5 ores from the G.E. for 480gp.
 * Bring him the 5 iron ores.

Task 14 - Oracle on Ice Mountain
Reward: 211 coins.
 * The Oracle lives on top of Ice Mountain. Ice Mountain is located to the west of the Monastery and to the east of the Goblin Village.
 * Deliver the Old man's message to the Oracle.

Task 15 - 5 beers
Reward: 213 prayer experience.
 * If you have the Explorer's ring 3, use it to get to the cabbage patch, from there, walk directly down to the Pub, buy 5 beers for 10gp. If you don't have the ring, simply walk over to the pub in Port Sarim and buy the beers.
 * Bring him the 5 beers.

Task 16 - 11 Bronze daggers
Reward: 2 fire runes, 9 air runes, 4 mind runes, 2 nature runes, 2 body runes.
 * Either smith the 11 daggers from 11 bars of bronze, or buy them from the G.E. for 110gp.
 * Bring him the 11 bronze daggers.

Task 17 - 6 Unfired pie dishes
Reward: 6 onion seeds, 1 yanillian seed, 2 asgarnian seeds, and 4 potato seeds.
 * Either craft 6 soft clays into 6 unfired pie dishes, or buy them from the G.E. for 234gp. Note: the G.E. will most-likely fail for this item, it is easier to mine 6 clay, add water, then use them on a potter's wheel. Everything you need is in the Crafting guild.
 * Bring him the 6 unfired pie dishes.

Task 18 - Fr Lawrence
Wise Old Man will refer to him as "Fr Lawrence," which is just short for "Father Lawrence." Reward: 191 coins.
 * Father Lawrence can be found in the church east of the Varrock Palace.
 * Deliver the Old man's message to Father Lawrence.

Trivia

 * For any reward giving prayer experience: the message assumes you leveled up Prayer, it tells you to click the flashing icon (Prayer icon in your stats). The icon is not flashing unless you actually level up.
 * He refers to "arrowtips" as "arrowheads." Which is technically correct, but different than the item's name.
 * He refers to "bronze swords" as "bronze shortswords." Technically, since there is a "long sword," it is the "short sword," but it is not commonly referred to as such.