Quests



Quests are groups of interrelated tasks, usually involving a storyline, that can take anywhere from five minutes to a few hours or even a few days to complete. The start locations of quests are labeled with a blue star icon on your Minimap. Once completed you can be rewarded with various xp for skills or unlocks places which are only accessible once certain quests are completed.



As of 9 July 2013, there are a total of 189 quests with 23 free and 166 members-only quests, offering a total of 343 quest points. Free players can only obtain up to 43 quest points. The last quest added to the free version of RuneScape was the updated version of Demon Slayer, and the last quest added to member's version of RuneScape was Bringing Home the Bacon.

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. Also, Jagex has reworked many of the novice quests over the years, accelerating the process this year, with over a dozen quests reworked, some more than once.

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.

A complete list of quest series can be found here.

Rewards
Completing a quest results in rewards.

Ongoing quest rewards

Skill levels
The quests requiring the highest skill levels 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 and cannot be worn again until a player completes the new quest.

If the inventory is full upon release of a new quest, the cape and hood will be sent to the bank. If the bank is also full, the Wise Old Man will hold onto it and will return it free of charge.

If multiple sets are obtained through various methods, the Wise Old Man will only return one set if both your inventory and bank are full and the set is worn and unequipped(ON) twice. In other words, if the Wise Old Man has a set and you do not claim it and get another set unequipped and sent to the Wise Old Man, only one set will be reclaimable.

The cape does not count towards trimming Capes of Accomplishment, it does count towards Cape rack limits on senior capes.

Quest icons
All quests that have a "Quest overview" window also have a unique quest icon. These are currently limited to:
 * All quests and holiday events released since 15 March 2010 (The Blood Pact onwards)
 * The few old quests that were converted to the new quest format on 15 December 2009 (Cook's Assistant, Ernest the Chicken, The Restless Ghost and the now discontinued Sheep Shearer and Rune Mysteries quests)
 * The two quests made free-to-play on 24 June 2010 to replace the removed ones (Myths of the White Lands and Swept Away).
 * Hazeel Cult and The Grand Tree

These icons are displayed both in the quest overview window, and as small boxes next to quest-specific NPCs and objects. It is unknown whether all quests will eventually be renovated to have this property.

Some quests have been completely reworked and rewritten. These include Romeo & Juliet (replaced by Gunnar's Ground), Rune Mysteries (replaced by a quest of the same name and Rune Memories), Wolf Whistle, Prince Ali Rescue (replaced by the two quests Stolen Hearts and Diamond in the Rough), Demon Slayer, Death Plateau and Doric's Quest (replaced by What's Mine is Yours).