Achievements

Tasks (formerly called Achievement Diaries) are small challenges that players may complete in order to earn rewards. Tasks are usually tied to a specific area and are meant to test the player's knowledge about that area. There are currently seven areas that have Tasks to complete. The Tasks of each area are split into four categories, based on their difficulty. The easiest tasks usually do not require any skill levels to complete, but most higher level tasks require the player to have high skill levels and difficult quests completed, as well as in-depth knowledge of a particular area within RuneScape, such as the TzHaar Fight Caves. With the exception of the Lumbridge and Draynor Tasks plus a small part of Varrock and Falador Tasks, the Tasks are for members only, as many tasks involve members' skills or quests. As of 7 December 2011, there are a total of 428 tasks.

History
The first set of Tasks was released on 8 May 2007. It was then named an Achievement Diary and had three difficulty levels; Easy, Medium and Hard. The interface resembled that of the quest list and was actually a sub-menu of the Quest Tab. A total of six more Achievement Diaries were later released. The Ardougne Tasks, released on 20 October 2009, was the first set to have a fourth difficulty level, Elite. Elite Tasks were added to most other areas on 7 September 2010. On 24 November 2010, the system of Achievement Diaries was changed into the current Task system. The interface was redesigned, extra rewards were added, and more tasks (not considered to be part of the Lumbridge and Draynor Tasks set) were released for the Lumbridge area, meant as an introduction to the Tasks system for new players. Since then, more tasks have been periodically added to this generic set.

The Task system
To access the Task system, players should click on the icon in their interface. Doing so will bring up a list of six Tasks the player can do in their current area, as well as information on how many Tasks the player has already completed out of the total amount of Tasks in that area. To view a complete list of Tasks, the player should click on the 'Open Task List' button at the bottom of the side screen. The Task list will open, displaying all Tasks of the current area. They are broken down into four colour-coded difficulty levels, from Easy to Elite Tasks (the Lumbridge and Draynor Tasks have Beginner to Hard Tasks instead). Players can view Tasks of another area by selecting a different area in the drop-down menu in the top left corner of the interface. In the Task list the player can also see the total amount of Tasks they have completed, and filter out Tasks they don't have the requirements for yet or that are not part of an area set.

When the player hovers their mouse over a Task, its name will be displayed. The player can click on a Task to see more information about it, including a detailed description of the Task, the rewards that will be earned upon completion, the requirements needed to complete the Task, and in some cases a hint about how to complete it. Here, players may also select to 'pin' the Task. A pinned Task will always be displayed in their Tasks side interface, wherever they are. Since 31 Janurary 2012 update, pinned task also appears in a small window on the left side of the screen. Currently only one Task can be pinned. Attempting to pin a different Task will automatically unpin the player's prior choice.

Tasks that are part of an area task set have the icon next to them. Completion of all of a particular area's easiest grade of area tasks enables players to claim a Magic lamp, claim a unique wearable item for that area that has special abilities, and unlock extra benefits from resources in that area. Completion of each subsequent grade of tasks upgrades the wearable item, unlocks better benefits, and provides more lamps. Tasks that lack the are not part of the area tasks and do not need to be completed to gain these benefits. These other miscellaneous tasks generally give small cash rewards that can be collected from Explorer Jack. Following the update on 3 December, cash rewards were added directly into the money pouch, though other rewards still needed to be claimed from Explorer Jack.

To start an area Task set, players will need to talk to the NPC found near the Task icon in that area on the minimap.

When a Task is completed, players will be informed in the chat interface, and that particular Task will be struck out in the journal. A popup at the top of the screen will also inform the player that the Task is completed. These popups may be disabled from the Task list.

If 350 Tasks are completed, the player will unlock the music track The Task at Hand. If all tasks are completed, including those that are not part of an area set, the player will unlock the Taskmaster emote.



There currently is no Task Tutor, although many NPCs, such as Sir Vant in the tutorial, have mentioned one.

List of area Tasks
There are seven Task Areas at the moment:

Requirement table

 * The table to the right shows the skill levels required to complete all Tasks. This does not include the levels needed to complete quests that also are required to complete some Tasks.
 * Temporary boosts may be used to obtain the required level to complete certain Tasks.
 * The Assist system cannot be used.
 * The current XP required to complete all of the Tasks is 90,921,673, excluding skill requirements of quests required for some Tasks and assuming no skill boosts are used. This is roughly 5 times the amount of experience required to complete all current quests and earn the Quest point cape.

Quest requirements
The list below shows the quests required to complete all Tasks. The quests are listed by location.

Lumbridge/Draynor
Note: Players also need to have started Dragon Slayer, which requires 33 quest points
 * Cook's Assistant.
 * Rune Mysteries.
 * The Restless Ghost.
 * The Blood Pact.
 * Swept Away.

Ardougne

 * Back to my Roots
 * Biohazard
 * Catapult Construction
 * Enlightened Journey
 * A Fairy Tale Part II - Cure a Queen
 * Hand in the Sand
 * Kennith's Concerns
 * Legends' Quest
 * Lunar Diplomacy
 * Meeting History
 * Monk's Friend
 * Monkey Madness
 * Plague City
 * Rune Mysteries
 * Sea Slug
 * Tower of Life
 * Watchtower
 * Wolf Whistle

Note: Although these are the only Quest requirements, more Quests may be needed for the 500 song requirement.

Falador

 * A Fairy Tale Part II - Cure a Queen
 * A Soul's Bane
 * Elemental Workshop I
 * Garden of Tranquility
 * Hand in the Sand
 * Rat Catchers
 * Recruitment Drive
 * Rune Mysteries
 * Slug Menace
 * The Knight's Sword
 * Temple at Senntisten

Fremennik

 * A Fairy Tale Part II - Cure a Queen
 * Garden of Tranquility
 * Lunar Diplomacy
 * Royal Trouble
 * The Fremennik Isles
 * Wolf Whistle
 * Blood Runs Deep (For Balmung)
 * Tai Bwo Wannai Trio

Karamja

 * Dragon Slayer
 * Jungle Potion
 * Legends Quest
 * Monkey Madness
 * Shilo Village
 * Tai Bwo Wannai Trio
 * The Grand Tree
 * While Guthix Sleeps

Seers' Village

 * A Fairy Tale Part II - Cure a Queen
 * Elemental Workshop I
 * Family Crest
 * King's Ransom
 * Knight Waves Training Grounds (Miniquest)
 * Murder Mystery
 * One Small Favour
 * Scorpion Catcher
 * Wolf Whistle

Varrock

 * A Fairy Tale Part II - Cure a Queen
 * A Soul's Bane
 * A Tail of Two Cats
 * All fired up
 * Desert Treasure
 * Digsite Quest/The Dig Site
 * Dragon Slayer
 * Enlightened Journey
 * Family Crest
 * Garden of Tranquility
 * Gertrude's Cat
 * Ghostly robes (Miniquest)
 * Hazeel Cult
 * In Aid of the Myreque
 * Making History
 * Meeting History
 * Merlin's Crystal
 * Nomad's Requiem
 * Observatory Quest
 * Priest in Peril
 * Rat Catchers
 * Rune Mysteries
 * Shield of Arrav
 * Temple of Ikov
 * The Grand Tree
 * What Lies Below

Ardougne cloak 4
When worn: At all times:
 * Better chance at stealing and pickpocketing anywhere in RuneScape
 * Operate cloak to restore all of your Summoning points once per day
 * Replaces junk from the Fishing Trawler with more useful items
 * Magical traps on chests will teleport the player to Ardougne's north bank, instead of a random location
 * Small chance of making two rune crossbow limbs at a time when smithing one in Yanille
 * Even more drops from the creatures in the Tower of Life will be noted
 * Better chance at getting more runes at Ourania Altar
 * Longer immunity from attack once teleporting to the Wilderness from the Ardougne lever
 * Unlimited teleports to the Kandarin Monastery south of the Ardougne Zoo
 * Unlimited teleports to the Ardougne Farm.
 * Toggle Ring of life teleport to Ardougne
 * Twice as many Death runes when trading a Cat to a citizen of West Ardougne
 * A boost of Prayer upon entering Castle Wars
 * Bert will deliver 120 buckets of sand to your bank per day
 * Wizard Cromperty will give 150 Pure essence per day
 * Ability to change the Watchtower teleport to take the player within Yanille's Walls

Karamja gloves 4
When worn:
 * 25% chance of receiving double tickets in the Brimhaven Agility Arena
 * Access & teleport to the gem mine beneath Shilo Village
 * Access to a Brimhaven Dungeon shortcut to the Red dragons
 * Double damage against wild dogs in Brimhaven Dungeon
 * Increased Agility experience from the Brimhaven Agility Arena

At all times:
 * A gift of 40 pineapples a day from Dell Monti, north of the POH portal in Brimhaven
 * Free entry to the Brimhaven Dungeon
 * Half-price for every boat trip to and from Karamja
 * Increased Agility experience from any Agility tickets cashed in
 * Lapalok awards extra Slayer points for completed assignments
 * Once per day, if killed in the Fight Caves or Fight Pits, you will be resurrected on the spot
 * Once per day, the TzHaar banker will give you 8,000 TokKul

Varrock armour 4
When worn: At all times:
 * Chance of smelting two bars at once (up to and including adamantite) in Edgeville
 * Chance of Mining two ores at once (up to and including adamantite)
 * Chance of Smithing at a faster rate
 * Five free bolt enchantments per day (up to and including Diamond bolts)
 * Better chance of getting a piece of the Skull sceptre as a drop while wearing Varrock armour, and the sceptre gets 10 charges instead of 5 if made while wearing Varrock armour
 * Option of switching Varrock Teleport to south of the Grand Exchange by talking to Rat Burgiss, Reldo or Vannaka
 * 80 Battlestaves available for purchase from Naff
 * Varrock's estate agent offers half price housing costs
 * Bork's charm and gem drops are doubled
 * Access to the log storage boxes near the All Fired Up beacons
 * Ability to enter the Cook's Guild without a Chef's Hat and the use of its bank

Explorer's ring 4
When worn: At all times:
 * Free teleport to Cabbage Patch near Port Sarim and Falador
 * 30 free Low Alchemy casts per day (21 Magic required)
 * 27 free Superheat Item castings per day (requires Magic level 43)
 * 15 free High-level Alchemy castings per day (requires Magic level 55)
 * 10% chance of an extra Air, Fire, Earth or Water rune per Essence
 * Replenish 50% Run energy 3x per day
 * 50% chance of not using runes when casting Bones to Bananas (up to ten times per day)
 * A daily food hamper from the Lumbridge cook (cannot be banked)
 * Explore emote

Falador shield 4
When worn: At all times:
 * Operate shield to restore all Prayer points 2x per day
 * Operate shield to help locate the giant mole in its lair beneath Falador Park
 * Chance of getting a mole nose drop from the giant mole, which Wyson will trade for higher value nests
 * 10% increase in experience when using Farming patches north of Port Sarim
 * Operate shield to perform emote
 * Ability to trade Mole skins for White lily seeds with Wyson
 * A +2 boost to Prayer when using the altar in Falador Castle
 * Ability to convert the altar in Falador castle to Zaros by using the ancient hymnal on it

Seers' headband 4
When worn: At all times:
 * Headband counts as a light source
 * Significant speed increase when using the Spinning wheel in Seers' Village
 * Bonus 10% experience when cutting Maple trees anywhere
 * One extra log from Normal trees
 * Lady of the Lake will enhance Excalibur, boosting stats and Special attack effect
 * 200 free Flax per day from Geoffrey
 * Coal trucks will hold 200 Coal
 * Slight Prayer boost from Seers' Village altar
 * Cheaper enchant for Mystic staves from Thormac
 * Increased chance of enchanted crossbow effects occurring
 * Enhanced Excalibur's special attack now heals twice as much over twice the amount of time
 * Option to change the Teleport to Camelot spell to place you in the middle of Seers' Village

Fremennik sea boots 4
When worn: At all times:
 * Broken pier shortcut between Miscellania and Etceteria
 * Ability to Contact the Fossegrimen for a reduced recharge of the Lyre
 * New Fremennik Honorific
 * 1 Free Enchanted lyre teleport per day
 * The Dagannoth Kings will drop some noted items
 * Deal more damage to the Dagannoth Kings
 * Gain access to a new area in Jatizso mine containing 3 adamantite and 2 mithril rocks. A new NPC inside the area, Hallvar, will also offer to note the ores in your inventory.
 * Option to toggle the need for a seal of passage on Lunar Isle by talking to Chieftain Brundt (For Astral altar teleports, if the player has toggled off the need for a seal of passage, they will no longer need to have it with them to use this teleport.)
 * Further improved rate of gaining approval on Miscellania and Etceteria
 * Ability to toggle lyre teleport destination to Waterbirth Island, Jatizso or Neitiznot (talk to Olaf the Bard)
 * Flatpack items accepted instead of coins by Advisor Ghrim
 * Peer the Seer offers bank depositing
 * Two extra charges when visiting Fossegrimen

Experience lamps
These require you to have a certain level in the skill you wish to use it with. The highest such requirement is 85-90 for the 50,000 lamps.
 * 6 x 50,000 Experience Lamp
 * 1 x 40,000 Experience Lamp
 * 6 x 30,000 Experience Lamp
 * 1 x 28,000 Experience Lamp
 * 1 x 15,000 Experience Lamp
 * 4 x 10,000 Experience Lamp
 * 1 x 9,000 Experience Lamp
 * 1 x 7,500 Experience Lamp
 * 4 x 5,000 Experience Lamp
 * 1 x 1,500 Experience Lamp
 * 4 x 1,000 Experience Lamp
 * 1 x 500 Experience Lamp

Total experience = 645,500

Trivia

 * After the Tasks and Skill Targets update, players who had already done things that were in Tasks, were welcomed by a massive load of congratulations.
 * On 15 February 2011, along with the Urns update, a new 418th task "Urning a Living" was added (requiring the player to craft an urn). However, the task was not initially displayed in the task menu. Players who had completed the previous 417 tasks but not the hidden task were unable to use the Taskmaster emote. This was fixed on 29 March 2011 along with the release of 9 new generic tasks.
 * Track glitch.png reaching 350 achievements total, you unlock a music track. When first released, there was a slight error with the message upon unlocking in which it would say: "You have unlocked a new music track: ."
 * While standing within the northern walls of Falador, it shows as if you are using the Burthorpe/Taverley diary.
 * It is currently possible to complete certain tasks in the Falador and Varrock sets, regardless of whether you are a member or not. However, you cannot do any that require member quests and/or skills.
 * Burthorpe Taverley Tasks.png the Tasks interface on the sidebar is open and one talks to Oziach and browses his shop, the current tasks are replaced by "NO TASK" of the non-existent Burthorpe/Taverley Task guide. It may or may not be an upcoming update. The same is with areas like the desert, the Wilderness, the Gnome Lands, the Outer Planes (Zanaris), Morytania and Daemonheim - which has been confirmed as a future update.
 * Lots of task names are references to songs, movies, TV shows, internet memes, etc.
 * Successfully completing all the Free-to-play tasks will reward the player: 187,740 Coins, 1 Red dye, 1 Magic staff, 60 Mind runes, 60 air runes, 1 Air talisman, 5 Raw herrings, 1 Sapphire amulet and 10 Cosmic runes.
 * On 4 May 2011, Mod Mark confirmed in his Q&A that Daemonheim will have its own task list.
 * At Runefest 2011, it was confirmed that a Elf Task Diary would be released along with the future Mourning's Ends Part III.