The Ardougne Tasks are tasks relating to Ardougne and its surrounding area.
To start the tasks, players can speak to Doctor Orbon in Ardougne's church, the Town Crier in the centre of Ardougne, or Aleck in Yanille's Hunter shop.
Ask for 120 coins and he will lower the price to 60 coins. (It is advisable to bring your own Silk because if you steal Silk from the stall, you will have to wait a while before you can sell it back to the Silk Trader unless you have a Vial of stench)
Talk to the civilian with a non-kitten cat in your inventory. Civilians are located north-west inside West Ardougne. You do not have to sell the cat to complete this task. This includes Purple cats and Hellcats, fully Grown, Overgrown, Wily and Lazy cats.
Using your cat on the civilian will result in your cat being sold, although the task will still be completed.
To make a Unicow you need to use a Cowhide and a Unicorn Horn on the north-western altar in the basement of the Tower of Life. Players need to have finished the Tower of Life quest to gain entrance to the basement of the tower.
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Red Revolution
10 - Get a civilian to throw a tomato at the army Recruiter in West Ardougne.
Talk to Brother Omad to make some balloons drop. (The quest doesn't have to be completed in order to complete this task. Get a player who has already done the quest and pop the balloons that fall when the player asks him to).
Tindel Marchant is located on the southern branch of docks in Port Khazard.
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Easy rewards
All easy task complete!
Speak to Dr. Orbon in East Ardougne's church to claim your reward.
The reward for the easy tasks is an experience lamp granting 1,000 experience (in the skill of your choice over level 25) and Ardougne cloak 1, which grants the following bonuses:
Increased chance of success when pickpocketing in Ardougne
A chance of additional runes at the Ourania Runecrafting Altar (approximately 15% more; no extra experience is gained)
10 seconds of immunity when teleporting to the Wilderness via the lever in East Ardougne (but not the Edgeville lever to the same location) (bugged and doesn't work)
2 Water runes or a Water staff and 2 Law runes (you have to be on normal spellbook (unless you use spellbook swap) to cast ardougne teleport, tablets don't work)
Fairy Tale Part II only needs to be done up to the point where the player uses the Fairy Rings during the quest. The player does not need to meet any of the skill requirements for the quest in order to reach this point. The code for this ring is BIS. No staff is needed if the player has completed Fairy Tale Part 3.
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I Wonder What This Does
2 - Teleport to the Wilderness using the lever in Ardougne.
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The lever is located in a building along the eastern side of the wall that separates East Ardougne from West Ardougne (Marked with transportation symbol on map). It will take you to the deserted keep in deep wilderness. Don't bring anything you are not willing to lose. You can quickly teleport back to Ardougne by pulling the lever right next to where the first lever takes you. However, there is no guarantee you can teleport back without being attacked or killed.
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Sandy's Secret Getaway
3 - Grapple over Yanille's southern wall.
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You will need a Mithril grapple and a crossbow (mithril or better.) Any crossbow can be used with Mithril grapple as long as you have the required level.
You can also use the Hidey-hole you may have constructed to complete the task.
Ezekial Lovecraft is the owner of the Fishing shop in Witchaven.
It's recommended to do task 11 whilst in Witchaven.
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What, a Melon?
6 - Pick Watermelons from the Farming patch north of Ardougne.
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You can plant a nasturtium seed or white lily seed in the flower patch to help protect the growing watermelons from disease or 10 Curry leaves can be used as payment to ensure your Watermelons grow.
10 Yew logs are required if you have not yet unlocked the route. See this page for detailed instructions on how to unlock it. Only 1 Yew log is required if you have already unlocked it.
After completion of "Hand in the Sand" quest speak to Bert to deliver 84 buckets of sand to your bank. (NPC Contact does work - 1 astral, 1 cosmic, and 2 airs)
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Meeting History, Again
10 - After Meeting History, return to the past and talk to Sarah about Herblore
Have nothing equipped and have only the enchanted key in inventory. From the sheep pen gate (north of Ardougne, east side of the river) walk north to the edge of the fence and then three steps west onto a small patch of flowers. Rub (not Feel) the key. Go to past B, not past A.
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Fearless Fishing
11 - Catch a fish at the Fishing Platform using either a net or rod
Go to the fishing platform by talking with Jeb Wormwood (after The Slug Menace) or Holgart (before The Slug Menace and after Salt In The Wound ). Use a fishing spot in the east with a fishing rod or a fishing net. Don't forget to bring bait if you're using a fishing rod (can be bought in Witchaven).
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Water Logged
12 - Cross the River Dougne using the log balance
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Cross the log balance west of the northern bank of East Ardougne.
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Green Fingers
13 - Pickpocket the master farmer north of Ardougne
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Pickpocket a master farmer just north of East Ardougne.
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A Natural Thief
14 - Attempt to steal a nature rune from a chest in Ardougne
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It's the building east of the gem stall. Pick the lock. Go up the stairs. You must search a chest for traps.
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The Coal Train
15 - Mine some coal from the rocks east of Ardougne
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There are two mines east of Ardougne. The one to the west of the trail is the one you want to go to.
The reward for the medium tasks is an experience lamp granting 7,500 experience (in the skill of your choice over level 45) and Ardougne cloak 2, which, in addition to Ardougne cloak 1's bonuses, grants the following bonuses:
Increased chance of success when pickpocketing in Ardougne
A chance of additional runes at the Ourania Runecrafting Altar (approximately 15% more; no extra experience is gained)
10 seconds of immunity when teleporting to the Wilderness via the lever in East Ardougne (but not the Edgeville lever to the same location) (bugged and doesn't work)
Requires 1 Law, 6 Earth and 2 Astral runes. Must be on Lunar Spellbook and have talked to Baba Yaga after completing Lunar Diplomacy to learn the spell.
Boosts may be used to reach the magic skill requirement
The attempt must be successful to count. Boosts may be used for the thieving requirement. Watchmen can be found on the 1st2nd floor[UK] of the watchtower north of Yanille.
It is recommended to cast Watchtower teleport for this task to also complete task 12.
Plant a jade vine, check its health and leave it for a while. Optionally, pay Horatio 10 Wildblood hops to protect it. Return to the plant once it is fully grown, and check its health. Wait until the Jade Vine is in it's 5th pruning stage, this could take a few hours. When it's grown, return to kill the vine. Remember to take a good hitting hatchet.
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Living on a Prayer
11 - Use the Air Guitar emote near the musician southeast of the monastery south of Ardougne
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Most music needed for this achievement can be unlocked by doing quests or Dungeoneering.
The Air Guitar emote requires 500 music tracks unlocked
Requires a small fishing net (tool belt does not work!) and a rope to set up traps. If you have done As A First Resort..., the hunter pool means you can catch the salamander with as low as 52 Hunter. However, this method is not recommended due to travel time between the hunter pool and the hunting area, even with the Ourania Teleport spell, it is extremely difficult to do under 54 Hunter.
Increased chance of success when pickpocketing in Ardougne
A chance of additional runes at the Ourania Runecrafting Altar (approximately 15% more; no extra experience is gained)
10 seconds of immunity when teleporting to the Wilderness via the lever in East Ardougne (but not the Edgeville lever to the same location) (bugged and doesn't work)
Ironman Mode: Successfully cook a rocktail on the Witchaven docks.
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Boosts such as fishing potions (+3) and admiral pies (+5) may be used. The boosting item does not need to be used during the activity - you only need the requirement right before checking the trawler net.
Have at least one pure essence in your inventory, and at least one in the titan's inventory. Use the altar to craft runes. (When crafting at the altar, it uses pure essence stored in your inventory, pouches and in your titan.)
You must have 93 Summoning - boosts will not work.
The empty pouch can be bought from Wizard Korvak in the Runecrafting Guild for 50,000 coins (though players can buy one before 75 Runecrafting, boosts cannot be used for putting essence into the pouch), or obtained as a drop from abyssal monsters. (Remove by craft-rune on altar does not complete the task, you have to click empty pouch)
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Almost Made in Ardougne
Make a rune crossbow yourself, from scratch, performing each step within either Witchaven or Yanille (not Ardougne or elsewhere. The anvil in West Ardougne does not qualify).
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Optionally, get yew logs and raw bear meat from east of Ardougne. (Yew logs or raw meat from the Grand Exchange will do.)
Increased chance of success when pickpocketing in Ardougne
A chance of additional runes at the Ourania Runecrafting Altar (approximately 15% more; no extra experience is gained)
10 seconds of immunity when teleporting to the Wilderness via the lever in East Ardougne (but not the Edgeville lever to the same location) (bugged and doesn't work)
The task "Who Wants to Watch the Watchtower" could be a reference to the phrase "quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" ("who watches the watchmen?").
The task "Are You Being Served?" is a reference to the British comedy show sharing the same title.
On the day of the release, clicking on the spoiler box on the RuneScape website for the rewards gave the message: "Argh! Someone's pinched the rewards!"
The Task "Dukes of Khazard" is a reference to the television show called the Dukes of Hazard.
One of the tasks is called "A visit to Charlie" where the player has to visit a Unicorn in the zoo. This may be a reference to the famous video series called "Charlie the Unicorn".
The Task 'Living on a Prayer' is a reference to the song "Livin' on a Prayer" song by Bon Jovi, furthermore this would coincide with how it is a music emitting emote and it is a song.
Before the introduction of the Salt in the Wound quest, on the 5 July2011, the requirement for selling rubium to Ezekial Lovecraft was to have finished Kennith's Concerns, for Ezekial would be present at his fishing shop after completion of this quest. After Salt in the Wound was released, Ezekial would not be seen in his fishing shop after the finished Kennith's Concerns, forcing players wanting to complete this task having to wait till the bug was fixed or complete Salt in the Wound for Ezekial to appear back at his fishing shop. This has been fixed.
The hard task "Get Your Stinking Hands Off Me" is likely a reference to the line to the film, "Planet of the Apes", in which the lead character, Taylor, famously says "Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape" when captured.
This is the first Task Set to involve elite Tasks.
Whilst attempting to complete the task "Breaking and Entering", failing to pick-lock from the east door of the Gem stall with the required thieving level will still complete the task.
If you obtained a higher tier cloak, it's possible to "downgrade" it to the first cloak by destroying it and reclaiming a cloak from Doctor Orbon.
The task "P-P-P-Pick Up Some Prizes" is a reference to the "P-p-p-pick up a Penguin" ad for Penguin biscuits.