clue help
Basics
Anagrams
Challenges
Co-ordinates
Maps
Npc Locations
Puzzle
Riddles
Search
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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Basics
Treasure trails are, if you ask me,one of the funniest things in the whole of Runescape.
What I personally really like about them,is that you don't have the slightest idea what you'll get,or when you'll get it.
If you like adventures,be sure to do some treasure trails,just like the old pirate did it.
Treasure Trails are members only.However,the rewards can be used by both f2p'ers and p2p'ers.
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Monsters
Here's a little list of the monsters that drop clues. I've divided them up into 3 categories, look below in the reward part for more explanation about the different categories.
Category: Level: Name: Location:
1 2 Man All over Runescape.
2 Woman All over Runescape.
2 Goblin North-west of Lumbrigde, in the forest.
2 Mugger Varrock and the Ice Cave.
5 Goblin Goblin Village north of Falador.
7 Barbarian Barbarian Village
8 Barbarian Woman Barbarian Village
9 Al-Kharid Warrior Al-Kharid Palace.
10 Thug Small alleys in Varrock.
15 Rogue Wilderness level 51-55.
16 Thief Small alleys in Varrock.
2 20/21 Guard In all major cities, at entrances etc.,
and there's some in the Varrock Castle.
24 Man This is the human form of the werewolfs
which can be found in the city Canafis
(Morytania).
32 Tribesman These can be found all over the Karamja Jungle.
53 Jogre These are hard to find.If you have done the
Jungle Potion quest,you should know it though.
You can find them in a dungeon east of Tai Bwo
Wannai in the Karamja dungeon.
62 Paladin All over Ardougne.
57 Ice Warrior There are many of these in the ice cave south of
Rimmington (map),but also some in the high-level
west part of the wilderness.
72 Vampire Vampires are found east of Canafis(in Morytania).
3 73/74 Wolfwoman/man This is the wolf form of the werewolfs which can
be found in the city Canafis (in Morytania).
79 Green Dragon These can be found south of the lava maze in the
wilderness (wilderness map).
92 Greater Demon There are a couple of these in the dungeon on the
holy island Entrana,and in the level 45
wilderness to the east (wilderness map).
108 Elf Warrior Elf camp in Isafadar.
111 Blue Dragon There is one of these under the Hero's Guild,and
also in the members dungeon (map).
122 Hell Hound These can be found in the members dungeon,just
north of black dragons (map),and in the dungeon
east of Ardougne (read the lever combination in
our Family Crest quest guide.).
156 Red Dragon Lava lake in level 38-41 wilderness.
227 Black Dragon These are located in the members dungeon,
entrance south of Taverly, go all the way in
(map),and in the wilderness lava maze dungeon
(map).
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Treasures
The rewards from treasure trails can vary a lot.
Of course,like with so much else,the harder the monster,the better the reward.
Below is a table of the different rewards for the different categories.
Note that these might not be 100% accurate,and that you will not always get all of the things.(I've had a trail give me 3 bronze pick axes)
Category 1: The monsters in category 1 will drop clues that lead to Black armour.
It can be normal,trimmed or gold trimmed.
They can also lead to treasures containing:
berets,highwayman masks and wizard boots.
Category 2: The monsters in category 2 will drop clues that lead to Adamant armour.
It can be normal,trimmed or gold trimmed.
They can also lead to treasures containing:
wizard and ranger boots and headbands.
Category 3: The monsters in category 3 will drop clues that lead to Rune armour.
It can be normal, trimmed or gold trimmed.
They can also lead to treasures containing:
cavaliers,pirate hats and robin hood hats.
Furthermore they can lead to treasures containing the armour of the three Runescape gods: Guthix, Saradomin and Zamorak.
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Anagrams
An anagram is a word where the letters of the original word are rearranged to make a new word.
If you get an anagram clue,it will say so on it.
There aren't many anagrams in treasure trails,and they aren't hard to figure out.
Here's the list:
Anagram: Person: Town/Location:
A Bas Saba North-west of burthorpe (north of the hero's guild) in the cave
Aha Jar Jaraah Dueling area hospital
Are Col Oracle Ice Mountain
Bail Trims Brimstail In the gnome stronghold.
Little east of bridge enter hollowed rock which leads to his cave.
Bar Bell Seek Kebab Seller Al-Kharid
Eek Zero Op Zookeeper Ardougne
El Ow Lowe Archery Store in Varrock
Goblin Kerm King Bolren Gnome Maze
Halt Us Luthas Karamja
Me If Femi Gate to Gnome Village
Ok Co Cook Lumbridge
Peaty Pert Party Pete Seers Village
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Challenges
Challenges will not be in a clue scroll like all the other clues,they will be in challenge scrolls.
When you get a challenge scroll you will need to figure out the answer,and return to who ever gave you the challenge,and give him/her the answer.
Currently,there are only very few challenges,here's a list:
Challenge: Formula: Answer:
19 to the power of 3 19*19*19 6859
What is 57x89+23? 57*89+23 5096
If x is 15 and y is 3,
what is 3x + y? 3*15+3 48
I have 16 kebabs,I eat one
myself and share the rest
equally between 3 friends
how many do they have each? (16-1)/3 5
How many cannons does
Lumbridge Castle have? Count them ;) 9
How many animals in Zoo? Count them ;) 40
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Co-ordinates
When you get a co-ordinate clue,it will say something like "04 degrees,13 minutes North,12 degrees,45 minutes East".
When you have this,examine it,and then head off to the house north of the Observatory.
You can find the Observatory south-west of Ardougne,west of the Gnome Maze.
Here you will find a professor,talk with him,and ask him to help you with treasure trails.
He will tell you to get a watch and a sextant.
* To get the watch go to the clock tower (located south of Ardougne).
Speak with brother Kojo and ask him for the watch.
* To get the sextant go to the Khazard Docks (located north-east of Yanille).
Speak with Murphy and ask him for the sextant.
When you have those two,go back to the professor again,and he will give you a long lesson in how to use the sextant.
And he will also give you a chart.
If you didn't read or didn't understand it, see below.
How to use the sextant to get locations:
Ok, when you have the sextant,click on it to 'look through' and get your location.
However! Before it's able to tell you your position,you will need to click on the up and down arrows until you have the horizon in the middle of the eye piece.
After that,use your right and left arrows to get the sun in the centre of the eye piece as well.
When you have this,and your eye piece looks like the one to the right,click "Get location" under the sextant image (above your chat box).
How to use your location:
Now you know how to get your current location,but you still need to learn how to get to your desired location (the one on the clue scroll).
First you want to find the right longitude (east-west).
If your clue says something like 12 degrees,56 minutes east,and you're at 6 degrees 12 minutes east,then you simply walk east until you hit 12 degrees.
Once you do that,you can try to hit the minutes by going a little more east.
Then you try to find the right latitude (south-north).
Go north/south until you hit the right place.
This can be tricky,and the first 5 times you'll have to think and try a lot to get it right.
When you're at the right location, and you've double checked it, dig with a spade on the spot.
If there's already something there,pick it up and dig.
Note: When you follow a clue with co-ordinates,you will need to have the sextant,watch,chart and clue in your inventory to dig up the treasure.
Note: With co-ordinates in the wilderness you will always need to fight a level 74 Zamorak Wizard before you can get the casket containing your next clue/treasure.
And even out of the wilderness you'll get attacked,when doing level 3 co-ordinate clues,you'll most likely have to face the level 108 Saradomin Wizard, he uses both Melee and Magic attack, so be aware.
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Maps
Sometimes you might get a clue scroll,and when you open ot up to read it,all you see is a map.
Your task is now to find out where that place is,and then,like the pirates always do,take the steps shown on your map,and dig where X marks the spot ;) To dig,you'll need your trusty spade.
Here's a list of the different maps:
(go to top of page and click the picture link for pitures)
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Npc Locations
In treasure trails you will some times get a clue saying something like "Speak to ....".
This is a little list of the different npc's (non-player-controlled) that we find on treasure trails.
Npc: Location:
Arhein At the ship in Catherby
Bartender Blue Moon Inn, Varrock
Bartender Rusty Anchor, Port Sarim
Black Heather Wilderness Bandit's Camp
Citric Seller Grand Tree, first floor, the gnome cocktail ingrediants seller
Donovan Second floor, Sinclair Mansion (north-west of Camelot)
Doric At the house with anvils, east of the gate to members
Gaius Taverly,Sword shop
General Bentnoze Goblin Village
Hajedy Brimhaven
Hans Lumbridge Castle
Hazelmere House on the green spiders island east of Yanille, second floor
Icy Fe Chompy bird hunting quest start,one ogre kid is called fiecy (in the cave to the east)
Kangai Mau Inside the Shrimp and Parrot Pub (Brimhaven)
Kebab Seller Al-Kharid Kebab Store
Keeper of Melzarz maze Oziach (rune plate seller) north of barb village
King Bolren Tree Gnome Maze
Lowe Lowe's Archery Store, Varrock
Luthas Karamja Banana Plantation
Murphey Port Khazard
Monk Ardougne Clock Tower
Ned Draynor
Oracle Ice Mountain
Party Pete Party Hall, Seers Village
Roavar Bar in Canafis
Referee Gnome-Ball course, Gnome Stronghold
Sir Kay Camelot Castle
Squire White Knights Castle, Falador
Tanner Tanner in Al-Kharid, north of the furnace
Ulizius Gates to Mort Myre
Zeke Al-Kharid, Scimitar shop
Zoo Keeper Ardougne Zoo
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Puzzle
Well,it's kind of hard to make a good guide for solving the puzzle boxes in treasure trails,since they always start randomly,but this might help you.
1. Do the frist row (Red)
2. Do the second row (Yellow)
3. Do the third row (Green)
4. Get the 4 squares done (Blue)
5. Get the last 6 squares done (Purple)
(pictures at top of page click link) :)
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Riddles
Riddles are primarily to test your Runescape knowledge.
If you remember most of the stuff you learned through quests and other information,you shouldn't have a problem with these.
However,since there's one or two things that might have slipped your mind,here's a list of the current riddles.
They are in alphabetical order after the first letter in the riddle (example: "My name is..." is under M).
**Note: When you go to some locations with chests, you will get a new clue sentence (not scroll) from the chest.
It might say "Beware of the dog" when you try to open the chest.
If you get something like this,just follow that clue sentence as they are in the guide as well.
Remember to have your clue scroll with you,or else you will not get the keys the monsters drop.
Riddle: Answer:
46 is it's number
My body is burnt orange colour
and crawls with those with eight
3 mouths I have yet I can not eat.
My blinking blue eye
hides my grave. Sapphire respawn, level 46 wilderness.
'A bag belt only?'
He asked his balding brothers Speak with Abbot Langley in the Monastery north-west
of Barbarian Village.
Aggie I see
Lonely and southern I feel
I am neither inside nor outside
the house, yet no house would
be complete without me.
Your treasure waits beneath me.
Dig in Aggie's house in Draynor,under south window
A great view - watch the
drying hides get splashed. check
the box your say on. House north-east of Baxtorian Falls, upstairs in one of the boxes.
A town with a different sort of
nightlife is your destination. Clothes shop in Canifis, search the boxes.
Beware of the dog Go kill a guard dog to get the key for the chest.
Come to the evil ledge
Yew know you want to
And try not to get stung
Edgeville, dig east of the yew tree.
Citric Seller Grand Tree, first floor, the gnome cocktail ingrediants seller.
Don't forget to feed the chickens Kill some chickens to get the key for the drawers.
Four blades I have
yet I draw no blood
But I mash and turn
my victims to powder
Search in my head,
search in my rafters
Where my blades are louder
Top of the windmill between Lumbridge and Draynor, search crate.
Generally speaking,
his nose was very bent
Speak with General Bentnoze in the Goblin Village north of Falador.
**Go the the village being attacked
by trolls,search the drawers
in one of the houses Dunstan's house in Burthope.
When you get to the chest,
it will say that it's locked,
go the the bar south of the house,
and get the key for the drawers
from Penda (kill him).
I am a token of the strongest love.
My middle is empty, I have no
beginning or end. My eye is red yet
I can fit like a glove. Go to the
place where money they lend. And
dig by the gate to be my friend.
Downstairs the west bank in Varrock,dig by the gate.
Identify the back of
this over-acting brother.
[He's a long way from home.] Dueling Arena monk.
If a man carried my burden
he would break his back
I am not rich
but leave silver in my track
speak to the keeper of this trail
It's a snail,talk to the owner of the fish shop in Port Sarim.
I lie lonely and forgotten
in mid wilderness
Where the dead rise from their beds
Feel free to quarrel and wind me up
And dig while you shoot their heads
Crossbow in the wilderness graveyard,pick it up,and dig where it was.
In a village made of bamboo look for
some crates under one of the houses. Tai Bai Wannai Village
In a town with guards
armed with maces,
search the upstairs room
of the public house.
Drawers in the Ardougne Tavern's second floor, North of the Ardougne Castle.
In a town where thieves
steal from stalls, search for
some drawers upstairs
of a house near the bank.
House south of the north bank in Ardougne,second floor,search the drawers.
**In a town where wizards hang
out search upstairs of the
large house to the north
House north of the Magic Guild in Yanille,second floor.
When you get to the chest,
it will say that it's locked,
go downstairs and kill the
level 2 man that should be there,
he'll drop the key.
It's a guard's life Kill a guard to get the key for the chest.
**Look for some locked drawers in
the house opposite a workshop
in a town where everyone has
perfect vision.
House south of the house with anvils in Seer's Village.
When you get to the drawers,
it will say that they're locked,
kill a chicken (closet is in Hemmenster),
they will drop the key.
Mine was the strangest birth under
the sun. I left the crimson sack.
Yet life had not begun.
Entered the world and yet was seen
by none. Red spiders eggs in the Karamja vulcano (dig)
Must be full of railings. Crate near the Dwarf Cannon quest start.
My Giant guardians below
the market streets would
be fans of rock and roll,
if only they could grab hold of it.
Dig near my green bubbles.
Cauldron (big pot) in the Varrock sewers at the Moss Giants,dig beside it.
My home is grey and made of stone
A castle with a search for a meal
Hidden in some drawers I am
Across from a wooden wheel
Drawers on the second floor of Lumbridge Castle,in the room with a spinning wheel.
My name is like a tree,
yet it is spelt with a "g"
come see the fur
which is right near me.
Speak with Wilough on the Varrock Square.
Often examined by learners of
what has passed,
find me where words of wisdom
speak volumes. Examiner at the digsite.
One of the sailors in Port Sarim is
your next destination. Captain Tobias in Port Sarim
Property of Black Heather Kill Black Heather in the Bandit Camp (wild) to get the key for the chest.
Read "How to breed scorpions." by
O.W.Thathurt. Staff enchanter thormac's tower,2nd floor.
Search the drawers upstairs in
a house in
avillage where the pirates have
a good time. House across from the bar in brimhaven.
Search crates next to monks who
like to paaaaarty. South of Ardougne at the start of the Monks Friend quest.
'Small Shoe' often found with
rod on mushroom. Gnome trainer at the agility arena.
Snah? I feel all confused
like one of those cakes... Speak with Hans in Lumbridge Castle.
Stand by your man. Kill the man downstairs to get the key for the chest.
Surprising? I bet he is... Talk with Sir Prysin on the first floor of Varrock Castle.
The aviator is at the peak of
his profession Gnome on the white wolfs mountain,at the gnome glider.
The beasts to my east
snap claws and tails
The rest to my west
can slide and eat fish
The northern are silly
and jump and wail
Dig by my fire and make a wish
Dig at the torch between the penguins and scorpions in Ardougne Zoo.
The crate in the ground
floor of a church
is your next location.
Crate next to the ladder in the church in Ardougne.
The Keeper of Melzars...
Spare? Skeleton? Anar?
Speak with Oziach (the seller of rune plates),north of the Barbarian Village,west of Edgeville.
There is no "worthier" lord.
Lord Ierworth in the elven camp
Wait till I get my hands on Penda,
he's nicked the key again! Penda in the bar south of Dunstans house.
When no weapons are at hand,
now it is time to reflect,in
saradomins name!
Redemption draws closer... Drawers in the house with glassblowing pipe spawn (on Entrana)
**You'll need to look for
a town with a central fountain
Look for a locked chest in
the town's chapel. Chest in Varrock chapel.
When you get to the chest,
it will say that it's locked,
go to Black heather in the wilderness
bandit camp,kill her,and get the key
You will need to under a cook
to solve this one.
Search the crates in the Lumbridge Castle's basement
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Search
In treasure trails you will sometimes to asked to search some crates, boxes or chests all over Runescape.Here's a little list of the different places.
Note:When you go to some locations with chests, you will get a new clue sentence (not scroll) from the chest.It might say "Beware of the dog" when you try to open the chest. If you get something like this,just follow that clue sentence as they are in the guide as well.
Clue: Location:
Crate, Lumbridge Castle Crate, southern tower in the Lumbridge Castle.
Boxes, Lumbridge Boxes, Goblin house north-east of Lumbridge.
Chest, Al-Kharid Chest, second floor in the Al-Kharid palace.
Crate, Al-Kharid Crate, house with range in north-west Al-Kharid.
Drawers, Varrock Drawers, clothes shop second floor in Varrock.
Crate, Varrock Crate, house south of the sword shop in Varrock.
Crate, Varrock Crate, south-east of the Varrock Castle.
Crate, Horvik's Armoury Crate, armour store in Varrock.
Drawers, Gertrude Drawers, Gertrude's bedroom west of Varrock.
Crate, Barbarian Crate, helmet shop in Barbarian Village.
Crate, Port Sarim Crate, Port Sarim fishing shop
Crate, Falador Crate, house east of east bank in Falador.
Drawers, Falador Drawers, upstairs shield shop in Falador.
Drawers, Falador Drawers, chain mail shop in Falador.
Drawers, Catherby Drawers, archery store in Catherby.
Chest, Camelot Chest, third floor in the Camelot Castle west tower.
Crate, East Ardougne Crate, west of the spices stall in Ardougne.
Crate, East Ardougne Crate, general store in East Ardougne.
Crate, East Ardougne Crate, Shed north of the north bank.
Drawers, East Ardougne Drawers, upstairs in the pub north of the Castle in East Ardougne.
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FAQ
I'm on the right locations,but i cant find anything:
If it's a co-ordinate clue,make sure you have the sextant,chart,watch and clue in your inventory,or else you will not find anything when digging.If it's a normal clue,make sure you have your clue with you.
What items are f2p?:
All the trimmed and god armour is f2p.Non-members can buy these items from members and wear them like any other armour.The other stuff (Boots,hats,headbands etc.) is p2p only.
Can i have more than one clue at a time?:
No you can't.You cannot get another clue before you've either dropped or completed your current one.
Does ring of wealth help with clues?:
We have confirmed this with Jagex,and the Ring of Wealth does not make the drop rate of clues from monsters any higher,and it does not help you on the reward you recieve when doing a clue.
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Coordinence clue places
north\south East\West
1st degrees minutes 2nd degrees minutes