Quests



Quests are groups of interrelated tasks that can take anywhere from five minutes to a few hours or even a few days to complete. They are labeled with a blue star icon on your Minimap.



As of 1 February 2010, there are a total of 163 quests (not counting the introductory quest Unstable Foundations) with 18 free and 145 members-only quests, offering a total of 299 quest points. Free players can only get up to 42 quest points. The last quest added to the free version of RuneScape was Rune Mysteries with the release of RuneScape 2.

The 50th quest Legends' Quest was released on 20 August 2003, which was prior to the RuneScape 2 release. The 100th quest Recipe for Disaster is actually 10 quests in 1 with 8 subquests ranging from easy to very hard. The 150th quest The Chosen Commander was released on 17 March 2009.

Quest release dates are listed in the list of recent quests.

A list of recommended members' quests can be found here.

Quest series
Many quests are part of a series of quests which share a common plot-line.

Usually, progress is made in the series in a linear fashion, with each quest requiring the previous one in a sequence. There are exceptions to this linear progression, however, in cases were a quest is involved in multiple plot-lines.

The majority of quest series are rooted in a specific area, and their completion is often needed to access more of that area or specific features within it. For example, West Ardougne as a whole is inaccessible unless at least some progress is made in the Plague quest series, and no one in Burthorpe will speak English to you (instead speaking Latin) until you have completed the Death Plateau quest.

A complete list of quest series can be found here.

Skill levels
The quests requiring the highest skill level are:

Quest Cape of Accomplishment
Players who have the maximum number of quest points are able to wear the Quest Point Cape, a Cape of Accomplishment which can be bought from the Wise Old Man for 99,000 coins. However, whenever a new quest is available, the cape and hood will automatically be unequipped until a player completes the new quest.

If the inventory is full, the cape and hood will be sent to the bank. If the bank happens to be full, the Wise Old Man will hold onto it and will return it free of charge.

The Quest cape however, does not count towards a trimmed Cape of Accomplishment.