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Varrock Palace

Varrock Palace's main entryway and roof.

Varrock palace roof

A view of the Varrock Palace's roof.

Varrock palace courtyard

A view of the Palace's courtyard.

Varrock Palace is the official residence of the king of Misthalin, as well as the nation's primary diplomatic and military centre. Since the Fourth Age, Varrock Palace has been a hub of economic, political, and social development within Misthalin. The Palace currently houses King Roald Remanis III and his wife, Queen Ellamaria Remanis. As their full-time residence, it is equipped with kitchens, barracks, dining areas, a church, a large garden, troop housing areas, and other facilities.

Apart from being the home to the majority of Varrock's royal family, the Palace is also the home of the Varrock Guard, the city's primary law enforcement agency. The Varrock Palace Secret Guard also occupies the Palace, albeit secretly and presumably from some type of underground tunnel network. The city's knightly order, which has remained largely elusive in recent years, also makes its home in the Palace, although Sir Prysin is the only one to show himself publicly. The Palace is designed to withstand military siege, and has been directly attacked at least three times; once by Lucien in an largely unsuccessful zombie invasion, during the Misthalin-Morytania War of 164 by zombies placed within the crypts below the palace which resulted in the destruction of a 600 year old tower and more recently by Zemouregal in the Battle of Varrock Castle. It currently plays a large role in the Sanguinesti Liberation War, which is otherwise centred in Morytania.

The Palace is also a diplomatic hub, attracting ambassadors and business representatives from all over Gielinor. Virtually every non-hostile race and nation has established some type of peaceful tie with Misthalin, and most have operated in some way through the Palace. The Varrock Library, one of the largest in the world, is also housed here.

Amongst players, the Palace is popular for its guards, who are commonly killed for combat training and pickpocketed for thieving training and profit. It also houses a farming patch and several species of tree for woodcutting. Its connection to Varrock Square and the Grand Exchange makes it a popular route of travel. The Palace also plays a large role in a number of quests and other in-game activities.

Noteworthy Features

The Palace Dining Room

The palace's dining room.

  • Varrock Palace is the home of King Roald.
  • The palace houses the Varrock library which contains many books aiding in several quests.
  • In the grounds behind the palace there are Yew trees.
  • On the second floor there is an altar.
  • On the roof there are several dummies which can be punched for Attack experience.
  • The altar is a popular place for "Player Weddings", a trend that started when an unnamed player "married" another player in the church in the north-eastern Wilderness.

Garden

Following the Garden of Tranquillity quest, the garden on the palace's east side will contain:

The Final Garden

The Palace's eastern garden.

Varrock Palace Garden finished

Another view of the garden.

  • Yellow Orchid
  • Pink Orchid
  • Snowdrops
  • Burthorpe Vines
  • White Tree
  • Delphiniums
  • Red Rosebush
  • Pink Rosebush
  • White Rosebush

Quests

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Varrock Palace's south-eastern tower, looking down on the Palace garden.

Habitants

Monsters

Trivia

  • In the Varrock palace library there is a big white book on display called 'Varrock Census' if players open this book, they will find many names of well known citizens of Varrock and what their jobs are. Halfway down this list is written 'Jeremy Clerksin - Cart Expert', probably a play on the name of British car expert Jeremy Clarkson, host of the popular TV show Top Gear. Clerksin also appears asleep in Varrock Church.
  • On the North-West (Bottom Floor) there is a statue with a king appearing to be wearing a Party Hat instead of a crown. Probably because the Party Hat is one of the most expensive items in the game.
  • If you look at the bath in the largest bedroom (the one on your right if you go up the main stairs), you will find that the taps are in the shape of an R for Roald!
  • In a shelf in the library you can find the books 'The King of Varrock and I' (a play on' The King and I'), 'Moby Richard the Pirate' (a play on 'Moby Dick'), 'A Series of Catastrophic and Highly Unpredictable Events' (a play on 'A Series of Unfortunate Events'), 'Found' (A play on 'Lost') and 'Conan the Librarian' (A play on 'Conan the Barbarian'). All are unobtainable.
  • Looking through the windows from inside the castle, a metal grate can be seen, but looking from the outside in, there is none.
  • During the quest Defender of Varrock, while the zombies are attacking the palace the Warrior women who are in a room are attempting to prevent the zombies from reaching them.
  • Right outside the palace is a signpost. It tells how much guards have gotten themselves pickpocketed by a player. It restarts at 00:00 UTC. You can still pickpocket the same guard and it will count into the pickpocket. This is unique from the other major cities as they do not have a signpost regarding the number of guards pickpocketed.
    • If 0 guards are pickpocketed, the signpost will say that the Varrock guards are pleased to announce that there have been no guards pickpocketed at the gates or palace today.
    • If 1-2 guards have been pickpocketed, the signpost will say one of the guards was pickpocketed and almost burst into tears because he lost his only gold pieces. This may be an oversight as the signpost will say that one guard has been pickpocketed even if two of them have been pickpocketed.
    • If 3+ guards have been pickpocketed, the signpost will say the Varrock guards are on high alert due to a # of guards being pickpockted at the gates and palace.
  • During the quest Defender of Varrock, the Monk of Zamorak is free for a short period of time, but caught at the end of the quest.
  • There was recently a glitch within Varrock Palace where both the doors to where King Roald and his advisor are could be passed through without opening them. This has now been fixed by Jagex.
  • In the Library, a book can be found but not obtained called Histories of Guthix.
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