Description: Varrocian literature tells of a valuable shield stolen from long ago the museum of Varrock by a gang of professional thieves. See if you can track down this shield and return it to the museum. You will need a friend to help you complete this quest.
Difficulty Level: Easy - Medium
Items/Skills Needed To Start: 20 coins and you will need a friend to help you with this quest, someone who has not done it.
Starting Location: Reldo in Varrock Palace library.
Reward: 1 quest point, 2 certificates (each can be given to the King for 600 coins, however the reward can only be granted once).
Instructions:
Go talk to Reldo in the Varrock Palace library (in the north part of the palace). Tell him you're in search of a quest. (Both people must do this). Go up to the bookcases and one of them will have a search option. Search the bookcase and you will find a book. Read it. Once you're finished talk to Reldo again, who will tell you to talk to Baraek.
Go find Baraek who is in the Varrock square, hanging around near the armor shop. Give him 20 coins and he will tell you about the Phoenix Gang. They are found, as he said, in an alleyway, down a ladder, in southeast Varrock.
Now you will need to choose your gang. Up to this point both participants will have had to do all of the above. Now below is one of the gangs you can join, the Phoenix Gang. The other person will need to join the Black Arm Gang.
Phoenix Gang
Since you have already started to join the Phoenix Gang you will have to kill Johnny the Beard. He is level 10, so should be an easy kill. He is found in the Blue Moon Inn, which is the bar that is just north of the Gang headquarters. Kill him and he will drop a scroll.
Return this scroll to the gang leader (who you will find out that his name is Straven. He will read it and now you will be able to enter the Gang Headquarters. He will also give you a key which you will need to give your friend, in the Black Arm Gang, so that he can get some Phoenix Crossbows. Give it to your friend, and you can get another from Straven if you want.
The Shield of Arrav has been split into two parts. You will get one half and your friend will get the other. Your half is in the Gang headquarters in the southeast room, in the chest. Search the chest, you will find half the shield.
Black Arm Gang
Go speak to the tramp that is just north of the south entrance to Varrock on the west wall, in an alleyway. Ask him what's back there, and he'll tell you it's the Black Arm Gang.
Go through the alley into the building and speak to Katrine. Tell her you want to become a member of the gang and she will make you get two Phoenix crossbows from the Phoenix Gang.
The member of the Phoenix Gang should give you one of his keys and go to the Phoenix storeroom, in the Varrock slums, near the entrance to the Phoenix Gang hideout.
Use your key on the door and go up the ladder. Get your friend to come up as well (he will have to get another key); your friend will talk to the level 25 Weapon Master while you grab 2 phoenix crossbows. He could also kill him, or you can kill him (the Weapon Master). Go down either one of the ladders and make your way back to Katrine.
Speak to her again and you are now in the gang. Go through the door and up the stairs. Go into a small room and search the cupboard. You now have half the shield.
Finishing the Quest: Give one person both halves of the shield. Go talk to Curator in the Varrock Museum, northeast Varrock, and you will tell him that you have retrieved the reward. You will get two certificates, which will grant you 600 coins each. You should give one certificate to your friend, as you can only retrieve the reward once, so it is quite useless. Talk to the King, found near the entrance of the Varrock Palace. He will grant you your reward.