Varrock achievements

The Varrock Diary is the part of the Achievement Diary relating to Varrock and its surrounding area, and was added on 10 September 2007.

Start by speaking to Rat Burgiss south of Varrock at blue star quest icon, Reldo in Varrock Library or Vannaka in Edgeville Dungeon east of wilderness entrance at slayer master icon. See the green star icon on the minimap.

Skill boosts
If skill level is not high enough to complete a certain task, temporary boosts may be available to raise it to allow completion. See skills for more information.

Easy Tasks
Items needed: Any pickaxe, any hatchet, at least 6,150 coins (5150 if you check outfits before switching house location, anyway, only 5150 needs to be spent), bones, soft clay, a cup of tea, an earth tiara or an earth talisman OR an omni-talisman if you have one, a fly fishing rod, a few feathers

NOTE: In order to get 50 kudos, you need to have done various quests, as the kudos earned on the bottom floor only adds up to 28.

Easy task tips

 * Thessalia's store and seller of Varrock Herald are located at the square.
 * Aubury is in the magic shop south of the east bank.
 * Stray dogs walk randomly within Varrock. They are seen to patrol the east and west bank quite frequently.
 * The housing agent is north of the entrance to the Varrock Sewers.
 * Haig Halen is on the ground floor of the Varrock Museum.
 * Elsie is located on the second floor of the Church of Saradomin in East Varrock.
 * The cobwebbed corridor is near the end of the Varrock Sewers, after walking past the zombies and ghosts.

Rewards



 * Varrock armour 1 - When worn:
 * Chance of smelting two bars at once when smelting ores up to and including steel in new Edgeville furnace. (Note that the two bars together count as only a single "use" when using the Ring of Forging.)
 * Chance of Mining two ores at once when Mining ores up to and including coal.
 * 16 Battlestaves may be bought from Zaff's staff shop on a daily basis.
 * A higher chance at receiving Skull Sceptre part drops from monsters in the Stronghold of Security. Also, the Skull Sceptre has 10 charges instead of 5 when the armour is worn.
 * Option to change your Varrock teleport to the entrance of the Grand Exchange by talking to Rat Burgiss.
 * An Antique lamp - 1,000 experience in any skill at least at level 30.

Medium Tasks
Items needed: 1 Limpwurt root, 1 Red spider eggs, 30,005 coins, Chaos talisman/tiara, Rat pole, Pet cat (kitten, cat, wily cat, or lazy cat), Ring of Charos(a), Digsite pendant ( 1 ruby + 1 gold bar + 1 necklace mould + 1 cosmic rune + 5 fire rune ), 1 Tiara, 1 Earth talisman, 1 Law rune, 1 Fire rune, 3 Air rune, 20 Mahogany logs, 11 willow logs, 1 tinderbox, Dramen/Lunar staff, 1 normal/oak/willow/yew/magic log

Medium task tips

 * The portal is near the east entrance, with a bit walking to the north.
 * 6 rats need to be caught. These do not need to be caught in the same house as in the quest, though. Instead, it is suggested to be caught directly under the Sewers.
 * Vannaka is in the middle of the Edgeville Dungeon, the fastest way to reach him is to use the Agility shortcut from Varrock Sewers.
 * White tree fruit is only available when Garden of Tranquility is finished.
 * Oziach's shop is located at the northwest of Edgeville.
 * You don't need to dig up another pendent to make into a digsite pendent, just enchant a ruby necklace after you learn the spell.

Rewards



 * Varrock armour 2 - In addition to the easy tasks' reward, when worn:
 * Chance of smelting two bars at once when smelting ores up to and including mithril in new Edgeville furnace.
 * Chance of Mining two ores at once when Mining ores up to and including mithril.
 * Chance of Smithing at a slightly faster rate.
 * 32 Battlestaffs may be bought from Zaffs staffs store on a daily basis.
 * Option to change your Varrock teleport to the Grand Exchange by talking to Reldo.
 * An Antique lamp - 5,000 experience in any skill with a minimum level of 40.

Hard Tasks
Items needed: Battlestaff, Air orb, Poison ivy seed, 2 Dashing kebbit furs, Adamantite bar, Wild pie, Axe, hammer, Skull sceptre, 15,800 coins, chef's hat, soft clay, 1 law, 3 air and 1 fire runes.

Hard task tips



 * Players can use Spicy stew for various tasks that require a high level, if you have not reached it. This allows you a possible margin of 6 levels (I.E., level 64 farming for the bush, level 67 smithing for the helmet); however the 6 level boost is rare.
 * There are other temporary boosts also. See related skill guides. For example, in Farming, a garden pie gives a 3 level boost or players could add a brown spicy stew boost of up to 6.
 * Orlando will give you 5 kudos for each of the quests completed. After completing the Ghostly robes (miniquest), you will be able to receive 10 kudos.
 * Help clean archaeological finds in the cleaning area and place them in their cases to earn 50 easy kudos from the museum.
 * Buy your pies at the Grand exchange, instead of making them yourself
 * If your POH is already decorated with a tropical wood or fancy stone finish, and you want to keep it like that, it would be cheapest to switch to a basic wood or stone finish and switch back to a tropical wood or fancy stone finish, costing between 20-30k.

Rewards

 * Varrock armour 3 - In addition to the easy and medium tasks' reward, when worn:
 * Chance of smelting two bars at once when smelting ores up to and including adamantite in new Edgeville furnace.
 * Chance of Mining two ores at once when Mining ores up to and including adamantite
 * Access to new bank area in the Cooks' Guild 1st level with range in bank lobby
 * Armour can be used to access the Cooks' Guild in place of chef's hat
 * 64 Battlestaves are now available daily for purchase from Zaffs magic shop
 * Option to change your Varrock teleport to the Grand Exchange by talking to Vannaka.
 * An Antique lamp - 10,000 experience in the skill of your choice.

Trivia

 * Orlando Smith is a nod to the character Indiana Jones from the Raiders of the Lost Ark movie.
 * Interestingly enough, when the Defender of Varrock quest was released, the Kudos requirement stayed at 153 instead of the new total.
 * From sometime no later than 13 May, 2009, until the 19 May, 2009 update, the Ancients Home Teleport did not register, making it impossible to complete the diary.
 * If you cast home teleport in a Bounty hunter world, it does NOT count for completing the Hard task of using home teleport to teleport to Edgeville.
 * The reward from all armours used to include better prices when buying and selling from Varrock stores, but was replaced with a higher chance at receiving Skull Sceptre parts on September second along with the Personalised Shops Update.
 * When Elsie tells you a story about "Dissy" she is actually speaking about the Wise Old Man from Draynor.