Defender of Varrock

Defender of Varrock is quest released on 29 September 2008 featuring the return of a Mahjarrat, Zemouregal, to invade Varrock with the help of an undead Arrav.

Getting started



 * Start by speaking to Captain Rovin in north west tower of Varrock Castle. He informs you that Hartwin has reporting strange activities in the Graveyard of Shadows in the Wilderness.
 * After speaking with him, head to the Graveyard of Shadows and talk to Hartwin. (Hartwin will follow you when you teleport to Clan Wars). A cutscene will appear, showing a trail of footprints trailing away from the graveyard.
 * Note: You may teleport at any time in the quest whilst Hartwin is following you. Going too far away from the area while inspecting the Wilderness will dismiss Hartwin... with a warning.

Tracking the zombies
Items needed: Weight-reducing items (such as Boots of Lightness and Spottier cape, items to fight several level 85 Armoured zombies.


 * After this cutscene, use your Hunter skills to follow the zombie footsteps. The method is similar to "Tracking" from the Hunter skill.  Note that you may encounter several dead ends, where the trail seem to go in circles.
 * Inspect all the bushes, trees and bones on ground. You will find a Grubby key along one of the paths, near the forest of trees.
 * In the end, one of the paths will lead you to the Chaos Temple. Use the grubbly key on the trapdoor to enter tunnels under Chaos Temple.
 * In the east of the dungeon, you can find a ledge. Look over the edge and you will notice Zemouregal and Sharathteerk talking about having an alliance with Lucien to attack Varrock.
 * After this cut scene, fight the Armoured zombies in the corridors. At the second part of the cave are bottles on the ground.  Pick 3 up, and use it to store the "Red mist" that appears after killing the zombies.
 * You need 3 bottles of red mist each to pass through the next 2 doors.
 * Once through the second door, look over the ledge to view another cutscene. Here you will see that Zemouregal has raised an army of armoured zombies ready to attack Varrock.  An undead Arrav is also seen to be part of this scheme, the leader of the zombies.
 * Realising the gravity of the situation, Hartwin hands you a Varrock teleportation tablet. Use it to return to Varrock and warn Captain Rovin.  Hartwin will inform you that you no longer need him now.
 * Captain Rovin tells you that the Imcando Dwarves made the shield, and would know how to unlock it's power.

Ruins of Camdozaal
Items needed: Pickaxe.




 * Travel to Thurgo's Peninsula, north of the Mudskipper Point (Fairy ring code: AIQ). The dwarf is located in his hut.
 * He will inform you to try and find The Sacred Forge in the lost dwarven hall of Camdozaal.
 * Thurgo will give you a scrap of paper with some co-ordinates to Camdozaal on it.
 * Before going to Camdozaal, head into the Asgarnian Ice Dungeon, located near Thurgo's hut. Mine a Blurite ore from the rocks located at the deepest part of the dungeon.

The Sacred Forge
Items needed: Spade, Pickaxe, light source, Blurite ore, Redberry pie (optional).


 * The co-ordinates should give you the directions to the Ice Mountain north of Falador and west of the Monastary.
 * Use the spade on the location just north-east of the tree. (You dig a hole in the snow. Under the snow, you find there is a lot of rubble.) Continuing to use the spade gives the message: You'll need something better than a spade to get through the rubble.
 * Use a pickaxe on the churned-up snow (You swing your pick at the rubble. You clear the rubble, revealing a hole in the ground.)
 * With a light source in the inventory, enter the hole. Once down in the tunnel talk to the dwarf, Ramarno, within. (Optional: Give him a redberry pie to receive 1,000 Smithing experience.)
 * He explains The Sacred Forge can be used to accessed the dreams of Zemouregal, and will require the use of a Blurite ore.
 * Now that you have your blurite ore, put it into The Sacred Forge, and talk to Ramarno nearby. A dream-like cutscene ensues.
 * In this cutscene, people like Traiborn, Queen Ellamaria, Fenkenstrain's Monster and the Wise Old Man appear to warn you of the attacks in Varrock. Also, Zemouregal appears to warn you not to meddle, as he is able to sense that someone is accessing his mind.

Defending Varrock



 * Now, quickly head back over to Varrock. The zombies would have already started attacking Varrock Palace. The undead Arrav seems to be in charge of the invasion.
 * Head to the second floor, and talk to Captain Rovin. He will give you the Shield of Arrav.
 * Climb down the stairs and head into the library, and talk to Reldo. (Note: If the zombies are preventing you from talking to Reldo, kill them off and lock yourself in the library.)
 * You will notice a book on a pedestal: it is the Varrock Census from the Year of 160, 9 years from the current year.
 * Reading the book will reveal the names of the citizens of Varrock and their occupations during that year. Then, take the List of elders from the ground by searching the scrolls on the floor.  The scroll lists the founding members of the Council of Varrock.
 * Some names within the census will match the name in the list of elders. Talk to the descendants with the Shield of Arrav in your inventory. The descendants are:
 * 1) King Roald, the King of Varrock.
 * 2) Aeonisig Raispher, the Royal Advisor to the King.
 * 3) Curator Haig Halen, the curator of the Varrock museum.
 * 4) Juliet, from the Romeo and Juliet quest.
 * 5) Draul Leptoc, Juliet's father.
 * 6) Romeo, from the Romeo and Juliet quest.
 * 7) Horvik the Smith, owner of Horvik's Armour Shop.
 * 8) Sir Prysin, one of King Roald's knights, from the Demon Slayer quest.
 * Everyone will try to wield the Shield of Arrav, but none will be able to activate its magical properties. However, one of them will tell you that they were adopted but that someone of the original family is still alive and married to a person of the Fitzharmon family.  Note that the person who reveals this is random.
 * Talk to Dimentheis next to the Varrock Fancy Clothes store, located southeast of Varrock. After wielding the shield, he notices that the shield responds to him.  He is revealed to be the descendant of the Elders of Avarrocka (Varrock).
 * In the cutscene that follows, Dimentheis will use the shield to kills all the zombies within the Varrock Palace. Noticing the power of the Shield of Arrav, and that their invasion of Varrock had gone wrong, Zemouregal flees the scene with Sharathteerk and Arrav.
 * After the cutscene, you appear next to Captain Rovin. Talk to him to end the quest, and receive your rewards.

'''Congratulations! Quest completed.'''

Rewards

 * 2 Quest points
 * 15,000 Hunter experience
 * 10,000 Smithing experience
 * 10,000 Mining experience
 * 10,000 Defence experience
 * 2,000 Agility experience

Additional Rewards

 * Access to Chaos Temple Dungeon where you can kill Armoured zombies.
 * 5 Kudos in Varrock Museum and a 1,000 experience lamp (for maxed out kudos).
 * 1,000 Smithing experience for giving Ramarno a Redberry pie.

Trivia

 * On the day the quest was released, the spoilers were replaced with: "The spoilers are currently hidden away for safe-keeping; tomorrow the zombie threat should have diminished enough to release them."
 * On the day after the release the knowlage base stated it gives 1 QP, through it actualy gives 2.
 * Defender of Varrock holds the record for the highest level required (level 51) for the Hunter skill, surpassing As a First Resort..., which held the old record at level 48.
 * This quest proves the helmeted zombie in the "Attack on Varrock" wallpaper is actually Arrav himself.
 * If you speak to the undead Arrav during the invasion, you can say "Talk to me, Arrav!" and "Don't ignore your mate, Arrav!". After he fails to respond, you will state "That normally gets people's attention." This is a reference to the Drunken Dwarf random event.
 * Shortly after the quest was released, if you claimed the kudos at the museum after the quest, you would have accumulated 168/163 kudos. Jagex has since corrected this glitch.
 * During the quest, if you walk through the center of Varrock Palace with the tree in it the screen will fade to black then turn to normal and in your chat box you will see: invalid teleport!
 * Arrav is Level 180 in the quest.
 * When the zombies are attacking Varrock Palace, players may see the imprisoned Zamorak druid shouting "Kill those guards!" and "Someone want to get me out of here?"
 * When Dimintheis uses the shield, the lightning attack is similar to the attack that the Sorceress uses from the Diablo video game series.
 * When Dimintheis uses the shield, there is an part of the scene when you can see the Monk of Zamorak dancing and shouting "Yeah! Free finally!", then when the zombies start dying he says "Erm...". After that scene, he can be seen imprisoned again in his cell.
 * If you enter Camdozaal without a light source, after a few seconds a swarm of biting insects will begin doing constant one damage until you flee the cave.
 * On the day of the release, a man from Ardougne named Clive appeared in Varrock castle.
 * In the Varrock Census, there is a man listed as "Phearthee Levalsyx" (Fear the level six) under the profession "mugger." This is a reference to the level 6 mugger near Aubury's Rune Shop, often famed for killing macros.
 * The track 'Dream Theatre' unlocked during this quest could be a reference to a similarly named popular progressive rock/metal band, Dream Theater.
 * There is a door at the end of the dungeon under the Chaos Temple which cannot be opened.
 * After the quest you can go to The Sacred Forge again, but the dwarf would not let you use it for Smithing nor using Blurite for another vision.
 * Zemouregal's image and personality are reminiscent of Skeletor from "He-Man and the Master's of the Universe" animated series.
 * Curiously, Zemouregal is the third mahjarrat who's stated that their heading north (the other being Lucien and Enakhra).

Music
Music tracks unlocked:
 * Undead Army - dungeon under Chaos Altar
 * The Ruins of Camdozaal - in Camdozaal
 * Dream Theatre - The Sacred Forge
 * Zombie Invasion - battle with zombies