The World Wakes

The World Wakes is a Grandmaster quest, first mentioned in the Lore Livestream and later in the Behind The Scenes. It was said to be released in February 2013, but was later delayed to the week commencing 4 March. The quest is labelled by Mod Mark as "the most important one to date".

Guthix' Home?
Orlando Smith has stumbled across some ruins to the west of the Legends' Guild that he believes could save his staggering career at the museum. Enter the ruins with him.

Orlando will be amazed by the room, and ask to find an appropriate artefact to take back to the museum. There are four artefacts in the room: a broken blade, a tableau, an inactive obelisk and some parchment. Inspecting all four artefacts will open up another door, leading to a room containing a butterfly statue. Orlando will attempt to lift it, but fails. The player succeeds, activating an alarm system and opening a new set of doors.

Upon entering the new room, automatons will enter and demand the Mahjarrat presence leave. Orlando tries to reason with them, but gets hit by attacks and collapses. The automatons again demand the Mahjarrat presence leaves before attacking the player with all 3 sides of the combat triangle.

Reward
Normal rewards include over 800k in XP, new ultimate combat abilities for all points of the triangle, a magical ring, new cosmetic torso gear, and access to a brand new Slayer area with targets that drop shiny level 85 gloves, and a pet.

Additional rewards
Only the Combat level of 140 is needed to start and finish the quest, however for additional rewards you will need all of the following:

Pre-Release

 * Before the quest's release, Orlando Smith could be found to the west of the Legends' Guild next to an ancient door. When spoken to, he gave hints about how he had found the original resting place of Guthix and would soon require help. In addition, a mysterious Shadowed Figure could sometimes be seen near-by to the north, who would then disappear again after a while.
 * Jagex also released a video with extra backstory before the quest release.

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Trivia

 * The World Wakes was originally slated for release in February 2013, but was delayed to 4 March for various reasons.
 * The World Wakes is the first piece of content to have an orchestral recording made in Bratislava.