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 January 11 2012, there are a total of 180 quests with 20 free and 160 members-only quests, offering a total of 328 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, which replaced Romeo and Juliet, and the last quest added to member's version of RuneScape was The Firemaker's Curse.

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.

List of Quests & Quest Walkthroughs

 * See: List of Quests

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.

A complete list of quest series can be found here.

Rewards
Completing a quest results in rewards.

Skill levels
The quests requiring the highest skill levels are:

* Completion of the Fur 'n' Seek wishlist requires 78 slayer.

** While Guthix Sleeps is a requirement for Ritual of the Mahjarrat, and so Ritual of the Mahjarrat requires 275 quest points: 270 to complete While Guthix Sleeps and 5 rewarded from completing While Guthix Sleeps.

Blood Runs Deep requires completion of all Easy, Medium, and Hard tasks of the Fremennik Province Tasks.

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.

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

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, Rune Mysteries, The Restless Ghost and the now discontinued Sheep Shearer quest)
 * The two quests made free-to-play on 24 June 2010 to replace the removed ones (Myths of the White Lands and Swept Away).

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.