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'''Back to my Roots''' is a quest about the [[Jade Vine Maze]] on [[Karamja]], which you have to traverse in order to get a sapling for [[Lord Handelmort]]'s mansion's garden. Like its prequel, [[The Hand in the Sand]], and its sequel, [[Returning Clarence]], the quest is filled with puns on words.
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'''Back to my Roots''' is a [[quest]] about the [[Jade Vine Maze]] on [[Karamja]], which you have to traverse in order to get a sapling for [[Lord Handelmort]]'s mansion's garden. Like its prequel, [[The Hand in the Sand]], and its miniquest sequel, [[Returning Clarence]], the quest is filled with puns.
   
 
==Official description==
 
==Official description==
{{cquote2|Use your Slayer skills to battle out of control vegetation with an attitude, cultivate your wits and stretch your Agility to solve a cunning maze - all to make a gardener's day. Do you have what it takes to cut this quest down to size?}}
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{{Quote|Use your Slayer skills to battle out of control vegetation with an attitude, cultivate your wits and stretch your Agility to solve a cunning maze - all to make a gardener's day. Do you have what it takes to cut this quest down to size?}}
   
 
==Development team==
 
==Development team==
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{{Skillreq|Slayer|59}}
 
{{Skillreq|Slayer|59}}
 
{{Skillreq|Woodcutting|72}}
 
{{Skillreq|Woodcutting|72}}
* Skill boosts are not allowed (Horacio will not talk to you about the quest until you have all the requirements).
 
 
* Must be able to defeat a level 43 foe with a hatchet.
 
* Must be able to defeat a level 43 foe with a hatchet.
 
|items =
 
|items =
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* A [[plant pot]] with soil
 
* A [[plant pot]] with soil
 
* [[Soft clay]] (to make the pot lid during the quest after talking to [[Wizard Cromperty]]; a bought pot lid or one that was made before the quest will not work).
 
* [[Soft clay]] (to make the pot lid during the quest after talking to [[Wizard Cromperty]]; a bought pot lid or one that was made before the quest will not work).
* A regular [[empty Pot]]
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* An [[empty pot]] (not a [[plant pot]])
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* A melee weapon if your axe is on your tool belt
 
'''Recommended Items:'''
 
'''Recommended Items:'''
 
* [[Food]]
 
* [[Food]]
 
* [[Antipoison]], [[Anti-poison totem]], [[Poison purge aura]] or [[Prayer book]] (For in the maze only)
 
* [[Antipoison]], [[Anti-poison totem]], [[Poison purge aura]] or [[Prayer book]] (For in the maze only)
* Transport to [[Shilo Village]] (for example, 30 [[coins]], [[Ring of charos|Ring of charos (a)]], [[Karamja Gloves 3]] or 4, access to fairy rings or the Karamja lodestone).
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* Transport to [[Shilo Village]] (for example, 30 [[coins]], [[Ring of charos|Ring of charos (a)]], [[Karamja Gloves 3]] or 4, Slayer Cape perk, access to fairy rings or the Karamja lodestone).
|kills = [[Wild jade vine]] (level 72)
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|kills = [[Wild jade vine]] (level {{Get|Wild jade vine|Combat level}})
 
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The next stop is the RPDT headquarters south of the southern Ardougne bank. Talk to any of the [[RPDT employee]]s. The employee will say that the [[smelly package]] is delayed because the address is unreadable. The RPDT employee takes the subtle hint that a non RPDT employee can open the parcel, so locate the parcel on the table and open it. Inside there is a severed wizard's [[Hand (Back to my Roots)|hand]]. It has no use during the course of the quest, but it is used in the [[Returning Clarence]] miniquest.
 
The next stop is the RPDT headquarters south of the southern Ardougne bank. Talk to any of the [[RPDT employee]]s. The employee will say that the [[smelly package]] is delayed because the address is unreadable. The RPDT employee takes the subtle hint that a non RPDT employee can open the parcel, so locate the parcel on the table and open it. Inside there is a severed wizard's [[Hand (Back to my Roots)|hand]]. It has no use during the course of the quest, but it is used in the [[Returning Clarence]] miniquest.
   
Go back to Cromperty and talk to him. He opens the package and discovers that the item in the package appears to be broken. Make a new pot lid out of [[soft clay]]. Make sure to put the unfired pot lid in the pottery oven. You can find a [[Potter's wheel]] and a [[Pottery oven]] west across the river from the north bank. A pot lid made prior to talking to Cromperty will not work. Similarly a pot lid purchased on the Grand Exchange will not suffice; Cromperty will say the lid is too small.
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Go back to Cromperty and talk to him. He opens the package and discovers that the item in the package appears to be broken. Make a new [[pot lid]] out of [[soft clay]]. Make sure to put the unfired pot lid in the pottery oven. You can find a [[Potter's wheel]] and a [[Pottery oven]] west across the river from the north bank. A pot lid made prior to talking to Cromperty will not work. Similarly a pot lid purchased on the Grand Exchange will not suffice; Cromperty will say the lid is too small.
   
 
===Talking to Garth===
 
===Talking to Garth===
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====What to bring====
 
====What to bring====
{{Needed|[[pot]], Wizard Cromperty's pot lid, a plant pot with soil, and on tool belt or inventory, a machete, a spade, a Woodcutting hatchet, and a pair of secateurs|recommended = Three oak planks and five ropes, to build the rope rack by the giant Karamjan Jungle Eagle if you'd like.}}
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{{Needed|[[empty pot]], Wizard Cromperty's pot lid, a plant pot with soil, and on tool belt or inventory, a machete, a spade, a Woodcutting hatchet, and a pair of secateurs|recommended = Three oak planks and five ropes, to build the rope rack by the giant Karamjan Jungle Eagle if you'd like.}}
There is a bank in Shilo Village. Given that the maze is loaded with aggressive monsters, take decent armour, food and anti-poison. A [[super defence|super defence potion]] is recommended as well. The alternative to food, armour and anti-poisons is to take a few prayer potions, equipment with prayer bonus and a [[Prayer book]] with a [[holy symbol]] to cure from poison. With this method, the Protection from Melee prayer (level 43 Prayer required) will halve damage, except the damage taken from failing obstacles and occasional poisoning.
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There is a bank in Shilo Village. Given that the maze is loaded with aggressive monsters, take decent armour, food and anti-poison. A [[super defence potion]] is recommended as well. The alternative to food, armour and anti-poisons is to take a few prayer potions, equipment with prayer bonus and a [[Prayer book]] with a [[holy symbol]] to cure from poison. With this method, the Protection from Melee prayer (level 43 Prayer required) will halve damage, except the damage taken from failing obstacles and occasional poisoning.
 
[[File:Jade vine maze location.png|250px|right|thumb|The entrance to the maze north-east of [[Shilo Village]]]]
 
[[File:Jade vine maze location.png|250px|right|thumb|The entrance to the maze north-east of [[Shilo Village]]]]
   
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* [[Pernicious parrot]] level 63.
 
* [[Pernicious parrot]] level 63.
 
* Snake wrapped around tree. Not attack-able but can poison. ''High Agility enables evading of snake strikes.''
 
* Snake wrapped around tree. Not attack-able but can poison. ''High Agility enables evading of snake strikes.''
[[File:Vines Scar.png|100px|right|thumb|Vine scar]]
 
   
 
====The path through the maze====
 
====The path through the maze====
[[File:Jade vine entrance.png|200px|right|thumb|Entering the maze]]
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[[File:Jade vine entrance.png|thumb|200px|The entrance to the maze.]]
[[File:Jade vine maze map.png|350px|thumb|right|The path through the maze. Click to enlarge.]]
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[[File:Jade vine maze map.png|thumb|The path through the maze. (Click to enlarge)]]
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[[File:Vines Scar.png|thumb|100px|Scars can be seen on the vine.]]
 
The maze has a number of navigational options:
 
The maze has a number of navigational options:
 
* Enter a hole
 
* Enter a hole
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* Swing-on vine
 
* Swing-on vine
   
'''Tip:''' Scars on vines will help players to find their way.
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'''Tip:''' Scars on vines can help players to find their way through the vine maze.
{| class="lighttable"
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{| class="wikitable lighttable align-right-1"
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! # !! Action
|Climb on to the vine in the north-west corner of the maze.
 
 
|-
 
|-
|Walk to the east, and go up the vine.
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| 1. || Climb on to the vine in the north-west corner of the maze.
 
|-
 
|-
|Walk to the south-east, and go down.
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| 2. || Walk to the east, and go up the vine.
 
|-
 
|-
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| 3. || Walk to the south-east, and go down.
|Go north-west, and then climb off. (If you fail the river crossing, this is where the hole will take you.)
 
 
|-
 
|-
|Walk to the south, cut the vines hanging there, and crawl through them. Alternatively you may enter the vine through hole to the west, which will lead you to same location.
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| 4. || Go north-west, and then climb off. (If you fail the river crossing, this is where the hole will take you.)
 
|-
 
|-
|Walk south again, and squeeze through the vines.
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| 5. || Walk to the south, cut the vines hanging there, and crawl through them.
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* Alternatively you may enter the vine through hole to the west, which will lead you to same location.
 
|-
 
|-
|Go south-west, and climb on vine.
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| 6. || Walk south again, and squeeze through the vines.
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 7. || Go south-west, and climb on vine.
|Climb up the vine, then climb up again, and you're on the eagle's platform. There is a chance of falling through the platform. If this happens, climb up the vine again. This can be avoided by rather walking around on the edges to the other side instead.
 
 
|-
 
|-
|Walk east across the net to the other side and climb down.
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| 8. || Climb up the vine, then climb up again, and you're on the eagle's platform.
 
* There is a chance of falling through the platform. If this happens, climb up the vine again. This can be avoided by rather walking around on the edges to the other side instead.
 
|-
 
|-
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| 9. || Walk east across the net to the other side and climb down.
|Walk to the north, and then swing-on the vine hanging in the air to the east. You may fall off this vine. If this happens, make your way back to the platform. Look for a hole that will take you back into the maze.
 
 
|-
 
|-
|Walk to the north, climb down the vine and then climb off the vine onto the ground.
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| 10. || Walk to the north, and then swing-on the vine hanging in the air to the east.
 
* There is a chance of falling off this vine. If this happens, make your way back to the platform. Look for a hole that will take you back into the maze.
 
|-
 
|-
|Crawl through the southern vines, then squeeze through the vines to the south.
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| 11. || Walk to the north, climb down the vine and then climb off the vine onto the ground.
 
|-
 
|-
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| 12. || Crawl through the southern vines, then squeeze through the vines to the south.
|Go south-east and climb onto the vine.
 
 
|-
 
|-
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| 13. || Go south-east and climb onto the vine.
|Go up the vine to the east and cross the vine across the river. You can fall down here. If this happens, you will need to find your way back to the vine crossing the river. Look for a hole that will take you into the maze.
 
 
|-
 
|-
|You are now in the eastern part of the maze. Climb down the vine and climb off it at the north east.
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| 14. || Go up the vine to the east and cross the vine across the river.
 
* There is a chance of falling here. If this happens, you will need to find your way back to the vine crossing the river. Look for a hole that will take you into the maze.
 
|-
 
|-
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| 15. || You are now in the eastern part of the maze. Climb down the vine and climb off it at the north east.
|Cut the vines in the south and crawl-through them.
 
 
|-
 
|-
|Climb back onto the vine in the south-east.
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| 16. || Cut the vines in the south and crawl-through them.
 
|-
 
|-
|Walk to the south, and then to the west. Climb up the vine.
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| 17. || Climb back onto the vine in the south-east.
 
|-
 
|-
|Walk to the west, climb down the vine, and then climb up again.
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| 18. || Walk to the south, and then to the west. Climb up the vine.
 
|-
 
|-
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| 19. || Walk to the west, climb down the vine, and then climb up again.
|Cross the vine across the river, back to the western part of the maze. You can fall here again - look for a hole to take you back into the maze if this happens.
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 20. || Cross the vine across the river, back to the western part of the maze.
|Go a bit west, then south, and then east.
 
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* There is a chance of falling here. Look for a hole to take you back into the maze if this happens.
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 21. || Go a bit west, then south, and then east.
|Climb down the vine, and climb off it to the ground. Congratulations, you made it to the end of the Jade Vine maze!
 
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|-
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| 22. || Climb down the vine, and climb off it to the ground.
 
* Congratulations, you made it to the end of the Jade Vine maze!
 
|}
 
|}
 
 
{{Clear}}
 
{{Clear}}
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[[File:Root.png|thumb|166px|At last, the root of the problem!]]
 
[[File:Root.png|thumb|166px|At last, the root of the problem!]]
 
The end of the maze features the vine root. It can be obtained by finding the patches of loose soil, where right clicking will show "Dig Loose soil", which is used to expose the vine root. Then a new option will appear to allow cutting the root. Use the root cutting on the plant pot. With a bit of luck it will grow.
 
The end of the maze features the vine root. It can be obtained by finding the patches of loose soil, where right clicking will show "Dig Loose soil", which is used to expose the vine root. Then a new option will appear to allow cutting the root. Use the root cutting on the plant pot. With a bit of luck it will grow.
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Go back to Ardougne, and talk to Horacio. Bring the root cutting sealed in the pot. The player must plant the vine in Horacio's vine patch, found northeast of Horacio with a gardening trowel. A [[tool leprechaun]] is nearby, for obtaining Farming tools if you already stored them.
 
Go back to Ardougne, and talk to Horacio. Bring the root cutting sealed in the pot. The player must plant the vine in Horacio's vine patch, found northeast of Horacio with a gardening trowel. A [[tool leprechaun]] is nearby, for obtaining Farming tools if you already stored them.
   
After planting the vine, a cut scene appears where the [[jade vine]] has grown out of control. Horacio now insists that the vine needs to be killed. Fortunately, there is an opportunity to prepare for the battle.
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After planting the vine, a cutscene appears where the [[jade vine]] has grown out of control. Horacio now insists that the vine needs to be killed. Fortunately, there is an opportunity to prepare for the battle.
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
 
Guard Dog vs Jade Vine.png|A guard dog barks at the Jade vine...
 
Guard Dog vs Jade Vine.png|A guard dog barks at the Jade vine...
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===The battle===
 
===The battle===
 
[[File:Jade Vine fight.png|thumb|Fighting the Wild Jade vine]]
 
[[File:Jade Vine fight.png|thumb|Fighting the Wild Jade vine]]
The [[wild jade vine]] uses all three combat styles so you can not fully protect yourself with prayer, however its magic attack is much weaker and used less often than its melee attack. Therefore it is recommended to get magic defence, and then protect from melee. The vine's magic attack will poison for 70 damage (regardless of if it hits), so a dose of a [[super antipoison]] can be used to defend against it. The ranged attack is not a serious threat but it is recommend to still keep your health up as it occasionally hits up to 1000.
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The [[wild jade vine]] uses all three combat styles so you can not fully protect yourself with prayer, however its magic attack is much weaker and used less often than its melee attack. Therefore it is recommended to get magic defence, and then protect from melee. The vine's magic attack will poison for 70 damage (regardless of if it hits), so a dose of a [[super antipoison]] can be used to defend against it. The ranged attack is not a serious threat but it is recommend to still keep your health up as it occasionally hits up to 1000. The vine can only be damaged by a hatchet; a melee weapon can be used if the hatchet is on the tool belt.
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It is recommended that you do not use a [[Prayer book]]. It will drain your prayer each time you use it, and the vine poisons quite frequently, causing you to waste a lot of your much needed prayer points.
   
It is recommended that you do not use a [[Prayer book]]. It will drain your prayer each time you use it, and the vine poisons quite frequently, causing you to waste a lot of your much needed prayer points.
 
 
If you need to leave, you can exit through the arch, but you will have to start the battle over again.
 
If you need to leave, you can exit through the arch, but you will have to start the battle over again.
 
After killing the vine, cut the last remainder of it using your secateurs.
 
After killing the vine, cut the last remainder of it using your secateurs.
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{{Clear}}
 
{{Clear}}
 
==Rewards==
 
==Rewards==
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{{Quest rewards
[[File:Back to my Roots reward.png|center]]
 
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|name = Back to my Roots
* 1 [[quest point]]
 
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|qp = 1
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|rewards =
 
* {{Skill XP|Farming|24000}}
 
* {{Skill XP|Farming|24000}}
 
* {{Skill XP|Woodcutting|40000}}
 
* {{Skill XP|Woodcutting|40000}}
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* Vine Farming Patch in [[East Ardougne]]
 
* Vine Farming Patch in [[East Ardougne]]
 
* [[Jade vine seed]]
 
* [[Jade vine seed]]
 
* Access to:
* {{Universal quest reward}}
 
 
** [[Jade vine maze]]
 
 
** 8 new creatures: [[Giant ant soldier]], [[Giant ant worker]], [[Tenacious toucan]], [[Giant Wasp]], [[Frog]], [[Pernicious parrot]], [[Wild jade vine]], [[Karamjan Jungle Eagle]].
Access to:
 
 
** Transportation between [[Eagles' Peak]] and [[Karamja]] using the [[Karamjan Jungle Eagle]].
* [[Jade vine maze]]
 
 
** Ability to slay the [[wild jade vine]] for extra [[Slayer]] and [[Farming]] experience once every 15 hours.
* 8 new creatures: [[Giant ant soldier]], [[Giant ant worker]], [[Tenacious toucan]], [[Giant Wasp]], [[Frog]], [[Pernicious parrot]], [[Wild jade vine]], [[Karamjan Jungle Eagle]].
 
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|music =
* Transportation between [[Eagles' Peak|Eagle's Peak]] and [[Karamja]] using the [[Karamjan Jungle Eagle]].
 
* Ability to slay the [[wild jade vine]] for extra [[Slayer]] and [[Farming]] experience once every 15 hours.
 
 
==Returning Clarence miniquest==
 
{{Main|Returning Clarence}}
 
If you collect 6 body parts, and prove who murdered him, Clarence can be buried and you will be richly rewarded.
 
 
===Rewards===
 
* {{Skill XP|Magic|10000}}
 
* 200 [[blood rune]]s
 
* 100 [[law rune]]s
 
 
==Repeatable rewards==
 
A vine seed is part of the quest rewards. When lost, talk to Horacio to get a new one. Plant the seed in the west patch of the garden in front of the Handelmort mansion. Talk to Horacio and ask him to look after the vine patch. He'll want a payment of 10 [[wildblood hops]]. Those can be grown in any hops patch with 4 wildblood seeds, the payment is 1 [[nasturtiums|nasturtium]].
 
 
Growing a [[jade vine]] offers repeatable rewards, like the once per week [[Tears of Guthix (Distraction and Diversion)|Tears of Guthix]] activity. When the vine is fully grown, checking its health yields 1500 [[Farming]] experience. After a short time, the vine will grow branches. Pruning these with secateurs will provide 30 [[Farming]] experience. Without pruning, the jade vine will grow wild. As in the quest, the wild jade vine can be killed using a woodcutting axe and secateurs. This gives 2500 [[Slayer]] experience and a new vine seed. Talk to Horacio about the wild vine and he'll offer to kill it for a payment of 5 [[coconut]]s and 5 [[watermelon]]s. Paying Horacio gets rid of the wild vine but yields no experience reward in any skill. After clearing the patch repeat the cycle. If a player loses the vine seed, he may ask Horacio for a new one. If the [[jade vine]] dies, then after clearing the patch of the dead jade vine, the player may ask Horacio for a new seed. The vine growth is approximately 15 hours. The vine turns wild a few hours after checking its health. If you trim the vine regularly, Horacio will continue to keep it in good health. If you allow the vine to grow out of control, you must kill it, receive a new seed, replant it, and again pay Horacio 10 [[wildblood hops]] if you'd like him to look after it for you.
 
 
Killing a wild vine during repeatable rewards makes it possible for a player to abandon the battle without a teleport by simply using the gate exit.
 
 
==Transcript==
 
{{Hasdialogue|quest}}
 
 
==Music unlocked==
 
 
* [[Roots and Flutes]] (if not already unlocked by exploring the land just outside of the maze)
 
* [[Roots and Flutes]] (if not already unlocked by exploring the land just outside of the maze)
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}}
   
 
==Required for completing==
 
==Required for completing==
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* [[Returning Clarence]] miniquest
 
* [[Returning Clarence]] miniquest
 
* [[Ardougne Tasks]]:
 
* [[Ardougne Tasks]]:
** '''Hard:''' "Vine-Detta"
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** '''[[Ardougne Tasks#Hard tasks|Hard]]:''' "Vine-Detta"
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==Transcript==
 
{{Hasdialogue|quest}}
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
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[[nl:Back to my Roots]]
 
[[fi:Back to My Roots]]
 
[[fi:Back to My Roots]]
[[Category:Wikia Game Guides quests]]
 

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Back to my Roots is a quest about the Jade Vine Maze on Karamja, which you have to traverse in order to get a sapling for Lord Handelmort's mansion's garden. Like its prequel, The Hand in the Sand, and its miniquest sequel, Returning Clarence, the quest is filled with puns.

Official description

Use your Slayer skills to battle out of control vegetation with an attitude, cultivate your wits and stretch your Agility to solve a cunning maze - all to make a gardener's day. Do you have what it takes to cut this quest down to size?

Development team

Walkthrough

Start pointQuest map icon Speak to Horacio outside Lord Handelmort's mansion, in East Ardougne.
Member requirementP2P icon Members only
Official difficultyMaster Master
Official lengthMedium
RequirementsSkill requirements are not boostable unless marked with a [B] for boostable.
Quest Quests:
  • 72 Woodcutting Woodcutting
  • Must be able to defeat a level 43 foe with a hatchet.
Items requiredItems from the tool belt are not listed unless they do not work or are not automatically added.

Recommended Items:

Enemies to defeat Wild jade vine (level 72)

Helping Horacio

Horacio location

Quest starting point

Start the quest by talking to Horacio, in East Ardougne, and offer to help him with his gardening. He can be found in the garden of the big house just north-west of the Ardougne Market, near the two fountains. He'll want you to get a special vine that grows near Shilo Village. He cannot give too much information and he recommends visiting Wizard Cromperty in East Ardougne.

Now go to Cromperty in his house northeast of the market, behind the servants' guild, and he will ask you to investigate the reason the RPDT is not delivering Cromperty's parcel.

Wizard Cromperty's package

Cromperty reveals his magical device - a broken pot lid.

The next stop is the RPDT headquarters south of the southern Ardougne bank. Talk to any of the RPDT employees. The employee will say that the smelly package is delayed because the address is unreadable. The RPDT employee takes the subtle hint that a non RPDT employee can open the parcel, so locate the parcel on the table and open it. Inside there is a severed wizard's hand. It has no use during the course of the quest, but it is used in the Returning Clarence miniquest.

Go back to Cromperty and talk to him. He opens the package and discovers that the item in the package appears to be broken. Make a new pot lid out of soft clay. Make sure to put the unfired pot lid in the pottery oven. You can find a Potter's wheel and a Pottery oven west across the river from the north bank. A pot lid made prior to talking to Cromperty will not work. Similarly a pot lid purchased on the Grand Exchange will not suffice; Cromperty will say the lid is too small.

Talking to Garth

Cromperty's next instructions are to talk to Garth, the farmer near the fruit tree patch in Brimhaven. A boat to Brimhaven can be found slightly east of the RPDT workers, for 30 coins or for free with ring of charos (a), or use the Karamja lodestone and run north. Garth will tell you how to get the jade vine to grow in Horacio's garden. You can use the cart of Hajedy to get to Shilo Village very quickly. Hajedy is located only a few steps east of Garth. Teleporting to the Al Kharid lodestone and using the glider if you are able is also a quick way to travel to the maze.

Karamja vine maze

You cannot take a familiar with you into the maze.

What to bring

Items needed: empty pot, Wizard Cromperty's pot lid, a plant pot with soil, and on tool belt or inventory, a machete, a spade, a Woodcutting hatchet, and a pair of secateurs
Items recommended: Three oak planks and five ropes, to build the rope rack by the giant Karamjan Jungle Eagle if you'd like.

There is a bank in Shilo Village. Given that the maze is loaded with aggressive monsters, take decent armour, food and anti-poison. A super defence potion is recommended as well. The alternative to food, armour and anti-poisons is to take a few prayer potions, equipment with prayer bonus and a Prayer book with a holy symbol to cure from poison. With this method, the Protection from Melee prayer (level 43 Prayer required) will halve damage, except the damage taken from failing obstacles and occasional poisoning.

Jade vine maze location

The entrance to the maze north-east of Shilo Village

How to get to the maze

The quickest way to the maze is to use either the Wicked Hood teleport to the nature altar or by using the Karamja lodestone (assuming you have activated it), then run southeast. If you do not have access to either of those options, follow these instructions (refer to the picture for more help on getting to the maze): From the Shilo Village exit, go east and jump on the stepping stones. Go far north past the maze to a log, cross it, and go south again. An alternative path is to walk around Shilo and go east along the northern fence of Shilo. Try to find an endpoint of a vine to climb onto on the north-west corner of the maze. The 'climb-on' vine point forms the maze entry. As the maze is fairly close to the Nature runecrafting altar, all paths to the maze are fairly similar to the nature runecrafting trips.

You can also use the Fairy ring code CKR Karamja: South of Tai Bwo Wannai Village Shilo Village and run straight east past the nature altar, or a Spirit graahk to teleport you (57 summoning required). The fastest way is to use the wicked hood's teleport to the Nature Altar. This is usually the fastest way to the maze, unless you used Hajedy's cart to get to Shilo Village.

The creatures

In the maze are many creatures, some aggressive, some poisonous. Players should bring anti-poison potions and food.

The path through the maze

Jade vine entrance

The entrance to the maze.

Jade vine maze map

The path through the maze. (Click to enlarge)

Vines Scar

Scars can be seen on the vine.

The maze has a number of navigational options:

  • Enter a hole
  • Enter vine
  • Climb up/down vine
  • Cut/squeeze/crawl through vines hanging down
  • Swing-on vine

Tip: Scars on vines can help players to find their way through the vine maze.

# Action
1. Climb on to the vine in the north-west corner of the maze.
2. Walk to the east, and go up the vine.
3. Walk to the south-east, and go down.
4. Go north-west, and then climb off. (If you fail the river crossing, this is where the hole will take you.)
5. Walk to the south, cut the vines hanging there, and crawl through them.
  • Alternatively you may enter the vine through hole to the west, which will lead you to same location.
6. Walk south again, and squeeze through the vines.
7. Go south-west, and climb on vine.
8. Climb up the vine, then climb up again, and you're on the eagle's platform.
  • There is a chance of falling through the platform. If this happens, climb up the vine again. This can be avoided by rather walking around on the edges to the other side instead.
9. Walk east across the net to the other side and climb down.
10. Walk to the north, and then swing-on the vine hanging in the air to the east.
  • There is a chance of falling off this vine. If this happens, make your way back to the platform. Look for a hole that will take you back into the maze.
11. Walk to the north, climb down the vine and then climb off the vine onto the ground.
12. Crawl through the southern vines, then squeeze through the vines to the south.
13. Go south-east and climb onto the vine.
14. Go up the vine to the east and cross the vine across the river.
  • There is a chance of falling here. If this happens, you will need to find your way back to the vine crossing the river. Look for a hole that will take you into the maze.
15. You are now in the eastern part of the maze. Climb down the vine and climb off it at the north east.
16. Cut the vines in the south and crawl-through them.
17. Climb back onto the vine in the south-east.
18. Walk to the south, and then to the west. Climb up the vine.
19. Walk to the west, climb down the vine, and then climb up again.
20. Cross the vine across the river, back to the western part of the maze.
  • There is a chance of falling here. Look for a hole to take you back into the maze if this happens.
21. Go a bit west, then south, and then east.
22. Climb down the vine, and climb off it to the ground.
  • Congratulations, you made it to the end of the Jade Vine maze!
Root

At last, the root of the problem!

The end of the maze features the vine root. It can be obtained by finding the patches of loose soil, where right clicking will show "Dig Loose soil", which is used to expose the vine root. Then a new option will appear to allow cutting the root. Use the root cutting on the plant pot. With a bit of luck it will grow.

If the cutting does not grow, dig up and cut another root in a different soil spot. There are five spots to dig in (two northeast of the trunk, one north of the trunk, one west of the trunk, and one off in the corner to the southwest of the trunk), and only one of those five spots will yield the root that will grow. Use the root cutting with the plant pot filled with soil. If it fails to grow you will retain the plant pot with soil. When the vine root cutting successfully grows, use your plant pot on your normal pot to end up with a sealed pot. That pot now contains the root. Be careful not to teleport until the root has grown and has been sealed in the pot. If the sealed pot is lost, talk to Garth to get another.

Growing the vine

Go back to Ardougne, and talk to Horacio. Bring the root cutting sealed in the pot. The player must plant the vine in Horacio's vine patch, found northeast of Horacio with a gardening trowel. A tool leprechaun is nearby, for obtaining Farming tools if you already stored them.

After planting the vine, a cutscene appears where the jade vine has grown out of control. Horacio now insists that the vine needs to be killed. Fortunately, there is an opportunity to prepare for the battle.

The battle

Jade Vine fight

Fighting the Wild Jade vine

The wild jade vine uses all three combat styles so you can not fully protect yourself with prayer, however its magic attack is much weaker and used less often than its melee attack. Therefore it is recommended to get magic defence, and then protect from melee. The vine's magic attack will poison for 70 damage (regardless of if it hits), so a dose of a super antipoison can be used to defend against it. The ranged attack is not a serious threat but it is recommend to still keep your health up as it occasionally hits up to 1000. The vine can only be damaged by a hatchet; a melee weapon can be used if the hatchet is on the tool belt.

It is recommended that you do not use a Prayer book. It will drain your prayer each time you use it, and the vine poisons quite frequently, causing you to waste a lot of your much needed prayer points.

If you need to leave, you can exit through the arch, but you will have to start the battle over again. After killing the vine, cut the last remainder of it using your secateurs.

Now talk once more to Horacio to complete the quest.

Rewards

Back to my Roots reward
Music unlocked
  • Roots and Flutes (if not already unlocked by exploring the land just outside of the maze)

Required for completing

Completion of Back to my Roots is required for the following:

Transcript

Trivia

  • Upon the completion of this quest, one's Adventurer's Log will read: "I successfully navigated the vine maze to get a cutting of a very rare vine for Lord Handelmort."
  • After killing the Jade Vine the player tells Horacio to "stop vining", a play on 'stop whining',
  • On the first day of release if players clicked to see the spoilers they received the message: Good quest spoilers need time to take root. Come back when they're in season.
  • When speaking to Garth about preserving the vine root, he will mention Wizard Cromperty is a "wonderful wizard", and then he and your character will take turns saying "because" a few times. This is a reference to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
  • Your player also says "I'm off to see the wizard...". This is also a reference to the Wizard of Oz
  • This quest also gives 40,000 Woodcutting experience as a reward, at the time breaking the record in quest experience given in a single skill as a reward. The previous record holder was Monkey Madness, which gave 35,000 experience in 2 combat skills of the player's choice. However, this record was again broken with the release of While Guthix Sleeps, which gives 100,000 experience to four skills of the player's choice above level 65.
  • Horacio addresses the guard dog as "Odif", which is just "Fido" backwards.