Treasure Trails/Guide

For the main article, see Treasure Trails.

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 List of non player characters and 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 you will see the eagle
 * 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
 * How many buildings are in the village? - 12

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 ocasions.

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.

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.

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. 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 Mage 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 poisoned Dragon Dagger.

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 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 cryptic 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 start by solving the first row, then the second, then the third. After this, complete the first two squares of the next rows (this would look like a 2x2 box), and finally the last three squares of both rows.

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

These puzzles only appear in level 3 clues.

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