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 March 1 2011, there are a total of 174 quests with 20 free and 154 members-only quests, offering a total of 316 quest points. Free players can only get up to 43 quest points. The last quest added to the free version of RuneScape was Gunnar's Ground, and the last quest added to member's version of RuneScape was A Clockwork Syringe.

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 one 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, when 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.