Ok, are you ready for a level 34 Vampire? Be sure you are prepared to face off with this enemy especially if you are a real beginner, he can inflict some decent damage and dies rather slowly. So get at least some Salmon to munch on while you are battling this evil Count !

   Once you have geared up for battle, head for the gate that leads into the creepiness of  DRAYNOR MANOR.  This Vamp you are about to kill is not that easy if you are a lower level, so take some decent food. BE SURE YOU HAVE THE GARLIC, THE STAKE, AND A HAMMER with you or you will not be able to defeat this blood-sucking dude !

Heading north from Draynor Village, go straight up through the Manor Gate, watch out for the attacking trees,

  but don’t bother with them - you cannot attack them anyway. You don’t want to waste any time or precious Hit Points attacking plants that you can deal no damage to no matter what level you are !

Go inside the front door to the huge house and find a staircase that leads to the basement of this place. You will know you are in the right place when you see the coffin of…

   COUNT DRAYNOR…. Muahahahahaha… (ahem ) When you open the Coffin, he will attack you ! It may be a good fight if you are not a mid-to-high level character, but if you have plenty to eat you should have no trouble slaying this cat. The Garlic you are carrying will weaken him, and when you get his health low enough, you will automatically pull out the Stake and Hammer it into his beating heart ! ( eat your heart out Van Helsing )

Once Count Draynor is good and dead, YOU WILL RECIEVE:

4825 ATTACK EXPERIENCE

3 QUEST POINTS

CONGRATULATIONS !!

   Ready for some  Vampire slaying Runescape style? Lets head back to spooky old Draynor Manor and kick some bloodsucking fool in the teeth !

THIS QUEST WILL AWARD YOU WITH ALMOST 5,000 ATTACK EXPERIENCE !

YOU WILL NEED:

 * A garlic clove. ( Found during the Quest )

 * A Hammer. ( Bought at any General Store )

 * 10 Gold Pieces.

Refering  ( as always ) to the World Map, locate and go to Draynor Village.

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MORGAN:

In one of the houses west of the wheat fieldin Draynor Village, you will find a fellow named Morgan. He is the Mayor of this tiny burg.  Once you find him there in the small village area of homes, speak with him. He will tell you that the town has been under siege from an evil Vampire who lives to the north in Draynor Manor.

ONCE AGAIN YOUR ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED, so offer it , and Morgan will tell you that you need to speak to aDoctor in the city of Varrock.  BEFORE GOING TO VARROCK, GO UPSTAIRS IN THIS HOUSE AND GRAB THE CLOVE OF GARLIC IN THE CUPBOARD UP THERE !

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DOCTOR HARLOW:

   It seems that Doctor Harlow is an ex-Vampire Hunter, who now apparently has become a drunk who hangs around theBlue Moon Inn in Varrock.

  This bar is found near the Sword Shop in southern Varrock. Go inside and talk to the Doc, and tell the old codger that Morgan is in trouble. He will ask you to buy him a beer. Go and ask the Bartender for his finest brew and give it to the Doctor.

He will either “sober” himself with the drink and start talking to you , or he will ask you to buy him another drink. The beers are only 2 gold pieces each, so it’s no big deal. Keep buying this lush beer until he is willing to talk about Vampires.

Once the old man is feeling chatty, he will inform you that you need to have a Stake and a Hammer. You should have the hammer with you at this point, and the Doctor happens to be carrying a Stake on him. ( lucky for you ) He also clues you in to the fact that Garlic weakens vampires and he tells you that it can be found at Morgan’s house - you did grab it from the cupboard, right?

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Now go to the nearest Bank if you need to get your Armor and food, or whatever Magic or Range stuff you need, depending on your choice of combat. It’s time to head on down to Draynor Manor and face off with a Vampire !

NEXT:

    Now let’s move on, to joining the Phoenix Gang , and how to do that if you are the half of your team on this quest that is going to be in that Gang.

PHOENIX GANG PROCEDURE:

Speak with Reldo in the Library in the Varrock Castle. ( finding him is covered in Part One of this Quest Guide )

Inquire about where to find the Phoenix Gang, and he will tell you that he does not know. He will tell you that he has an idea that a man named Baraek the Fur Trader knows how to contact the members of this Gang.

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BARAEK:

   Baraek will be found in Varrok Square. That is the area directly in front of Varrock Castle where the city’s fountain is located. Once you find his Fur Stall ( pictured above) ask him about the Phoenix Gang. He will want 20 gold pieces for the information. So pay the man and he will tell you that the entrance to their hideout is located in one of the houses in the ” Slum ” area near the southern gate entrance to Varrock.

HIDEOUT:

    Once you get to the hideout shown here, you will discover a ladder leading down. Climb into the hideout area and down there you will find a man named Straven. Then this gets a little weird…

Tell Straven you want to join the VTAM corporation ( What? the software firm? Must be a private joke at Jagex… ) anyway, go on to let him know that you know VTAM is just a cover for the Phoenix Gang activities and that you know all about him.

Straven will tell you he wants you to bring him a Varrock news report. ( ok… ) so what you have to do then is head very slightly northwest to the Bar/Tavern/Pub near to this hideout area.The bar is called the Blue Moon Inn. 

  The bar looks like this from the outside.  Go into the bar and look for Johnny the Beard. Then you must Kill him ! He will drop a scroll, that is the news report or whatever, that Straven is looking for.

KEY:

Return to Straven, and he will trade you a KEY for the scroll. This Key is the key that your counterpart friend in the Black Arm Gang will need, but first, use the key to open the locked door near Straven. Enter the Phoenix Gang hideout and search the chest in there to find half of the Shield of Arrav !

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 NOW THAT YOU AND YOUR PARTNER BOTH HAVE YOUR SHIELD HALVES:

EACH OF YOU NOW HAVE HALF OF THE SHIELD THAT WAS STOLEN LONG AGO FROM THE VARROCK MUSEUM. Since they are not tradeable, you each must go and turn over your Shield Half to the Curator in the Varrock Museum.

  The Curator here is found in the Museum, which is north of the Varrock east Bank. Once you locate him, you and your partner will trade your shield halves to him for two certificates.

Now trade half of the certificate with your partner. You can now join two halves of the certificate to make a whole Certificate.

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LAST STEP:

TAKE THE CERTIFICATE TO THE KING OF VARROK !

  When you give your certificate to King Roald here, who is of course found in Varrock Castle, he will thank you for returning an artifact to the great city and will reward you with:

1 QUEST POINT

600 GOLD COINS

( AND IF YOU ARE THE PHOENIX GANG MEMBER, YOU HAVE A PLACE TO TRAIN ON LEVEL 16 THEIVES )

congratulations !!

    This is a rather interesting Quest, and although it has been a few years since I have done it, I still remember going through the frustration of finding a partner for this. Yes, you will at several points need another player’s assistance here.

* There are two GANGS involved in this quest; The Black Arm Gang and the Phoenix Gang.  You will need assistance from a member of an opposing gang than you !

SO, THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS:

FIND A FRIEND WHO WANTS TO DO THE QUEST WITH YOU AND BOTH OF YOU CHOOSE TO JOIN DIFFERENT GANGS.

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STARTING THE QUEST:

      Start out at the Library located in the back of Varrock Castle. ( Use the World Map to find the Castle in Varrock if you are clueless ) Roaming among the bookshelves there will be a man who goes by the name of Reldo.

RELDO:

    Talk to this dude Reldo and inquire about a Quest. He will then tell you to look for a book called ” The Shield of Arrav “ -  As you look at the various bookshelves, only one of them will have a blue book in it… “search” that bookshelf and you will find the book you are looking for.

   Read the book and it will tell you a story about the shield, and some lore and hoopla.  Now is the time to choose which gang you are going to become a member of. Remember whoever is helping you must be in the opposite gang.

**** YOU WILL ONLY RETRIEVE HALF OF THE SHIELD OF ARRAV - YOUR PARTNER IN THIS QUEST WILL RETRIEVE THE OTHER HALF, SO ONLY WORRY ABOUT GETTING THE HALF THAT MATCHES WHICH GANG YOU ARE IN !

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The BLACK ARM Gang:

AS YOU WOULD ENTER THE SOUTH ENTRANCE TO VARROCK, TO THE WEST OF THAT ENTRANCE, IN THE  GROUP OF BUIDINGS THERE THAT IS SOMETIMES REFERED TO AS THE ” SLUMS “- YOU WILL FIND…

      This TRAMP, who is hanging around an alleyway.

Ask this fellow what is down the alleyway, and he will tell you about joining the Black Arm Gang, Now go down the alley to where there’s a yellow dot denoting an NPC ( non player character ) inside and go in and find and speak with Katrine.

KATRINE is a tough chick who is a member of this gang. Tell her you are up for a challenge. She will want you to fetch some weapons for her.

Here is where you will need a friend in the Phoenix Gang ! Towards the west in one of the buildings is a ladder that leads up to a weapon storage roomthat your counterpart in the Phoenix Gang will have the KEY to !

Get the key to the storage room and go up the ladder ( You will have to look around for it ) A gang member will attack you. Kill him and take the two crossbows in the room !

   Take the crossbows to Katrine, then go into the other room near her and go up the staircase. In a cupboard up there you will find half of the Shield of Arrav.

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NEXT: THE PHOENIX GANG OPTION AND COMPLETING THE QUEST !

UPDATE: THANKS BE TO THE GODS AT JAGEX;

THIS IS NO LONGER A RUNESCAPE QUEST !  (LOL IT NEVER REALLY MET THAT CRITERIA ANYWAY) 

I WILL LEAVE THE GUIDE FOR NOSTALGIC INTEREST.

long live Runescape

 This sublimely noob Quest starts by meeting the ultimate redneck… Fred the Farmer,  is the key to…

STARTING THIS QUEST:

If you start from Lumbridge ( Looking at the all important World Map of course ) simply follow the road norththat will eventually turn to the left ( west ) and goes past the sheep pen to a farm area near the windmill. An onion patch is also there. You’ll see it right before you get to the wheatfield in Draynor Village.  Once you locate the farm, talk to Fred the Farmer.

WHAT YOU NEED:

* 20 PIECES OF WOOL  ( Which you will shear from Runescape Sheep )… This you will spin on a Spinning Wheel into:

* 20 BALLS OF WOOL  ( This looks like a ball of yarn, and other than using it in this quest, you will use it to make the strings that you wear around your neck to hang various Amulets and Necklaces )

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WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO:

What you gotta do is get yourself a pair of shears… and find some sheep… and basically chase after them and shear their wool. SHEARS CAN BE PURCHASED AT ANY GENERAL STORE.

  The little rascals will run from you so, you get a fun little adventure for your badass warrior or mage or whatever,  chasing sheep around and clipping their wool !  It can be rather frustrating, but have a sense of humor and enjoy it !

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SHEEPCAN BE FOUND ON THE ROAD YOU TAKE FROM  Lumbridge TO WHERE THIS FARMHOUSE IS… If you missed them they look alot like …sheep.

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So, once you get a full inventory of sheep’s wool, your next step is to:

 SPIN THE RAW WOOL INTO BALLS OF WOOL.

The nearest place to spin Wool is on the second floor of   LUMBRIDGE CASTLE. ( Of course now you can buy spun wool from the Grand Exchange for less than 10 gold pieces each, but that won’t help your Crafting Skill…)

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Okay- now you have succesfully sheared 20 sheep, take your swag to Fred the Farmer to COMPLETE THIS QUEST and receive:

1 QUEST POINT

150 CRAFTING EXPERIENCE

60 GOLD COINS ( Don’t spend it all in one place )

     Now that you have brought the package from Sedridor, the Head Wizard at Wizard’s Tower, to Aubury in the magic shop in Varrock, let’s move on.

  When speaking with Aubury here, he will ask if you want to buy some Runes. Tell him that you have a package for him. He will be surprised by this and ask you for a few moments to look at the contents of this package you have delivered to him.

Talk to him again and he will tell you that it may be possible for Sedridor to teach you how to craft Runes ! He will then give you a set of RESEARCH NOTES for you to return to the Head Wiz Sedridor back at the Wizard’s Tower.

  Once you make your way back to the Tower, you and Sedridor will be chatting for quite some time. He will thank you for bringing him the research notes and will give you a long history of the work he and Aubury have done.

He will give you a long history of how the secrets to the Rune Crafting skill were lost , and that to be able to craft runes, you must mine RUNE ESSENCE. He will go on to explain how either he or Aubury will teleport you to the area where rune essence is mined.

The way Runecrafting works and the locations of the Altars where you can activate different kinds of Runes using matching TALISMANS will also be covered , so pay attention to what he is saying to you !

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Rune Talismans are now so easily available by simply buying them at the grand Exchange. So are the essences for that matter, so it is a much easier skill to master. It is a cool place in the Runescape world where you mine these essences, and it can be quite fun to build up your Runecrafting skills and make more and more powerful and valuable Runes as time goes by. Right click on the runecrafting icon in your skills list on the screen to see what levels you need to be to make the different Runes.

There is also a Runecrafting Guide on the Main Menu on the Runescape Site.

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Upon completing this Quest, YOU WILL RECEIVE:

1 QUEST POINT

THE RUNECRAFTING SKILL

AN AIR TALISMAN

CONGRATULATIONS !!

   This killer Quest will give you the ability to Runecraft, the Runescape Skill that allows you to make your own Magic Runes rather than buy or find them. You can also craft runes to sell and make a load of gold pieces for your trouble !

START THE QUEST:

    Go to Lumbridge Castle and head to the second floor of the castle and speak with ol’ Duke Horacio. Ask this guy if he has any Quests for you. He will proceed to inform you of a strange Talisman he has found.

He will want you to take the Talisman to the head Wizard at Wizard’s Tower south of Draynor. If you tell him “sure” you will do it, he will hand over the Air Talisman to you.

  Take this little magical item and leave the Castle and head west toward Draynor Village. Using the World Map if you still don’t know the way to Wizard’s Tower, walk west until you see the long bridge leading from the coast to the small Island that is home to the Tower.  Once you are there, climb DOWN the ladder you will find on the ground floor and locate Sedridor.

   When you talk with Sedridor, browse through the conversation options and verify that he is the Head Wizard and that Duke Horacio has indeed sent you to him with a Talisman.  When the Wizard asks you for the item, give it to him and he will inform you that the Talisman is a missing key to their ancestor’s lost legacy or some such thing.

He will give you a package, that looks much like a birthday gift, to send to Aubury, the man who runs the Magic Shop in the city of Varrock. 

 Again looking at the World Map to find the best route, you will be in for a bit of a walk if you are not level 25 magic and able to cast the Varrock teleportation spell !

   Once you have found the Magic Shop in Varrock, speak with the proprietor Aubury. Give him the package, and you will be on your way to the next step in the Quest.

NEXT: A final delivery and on to learning about RUNECRAFTING !

 TO START THIS FUN LOVIN’ QUEST, YOU HAVE TWO CHOICES:

TALK TO ROMEO:

     This rather dandy looking fellow is found in the center Courtyard of Varrock…He will be the guy walking around with flowers in his hand. ( There may be other players doing that if they are members )  You can start the quest this way or choose to speak to sweet Juliet. His love for juliet is unrequited and he is desperately seeking her attention. Of course this is where you come in, to make communications between them.

JULIET :

   This fine lookin’ dame is found on the balconyof the house right outside the western exit of Varrock. Head into the house and go upstairs and talk to her !

Chat with her and agree to speak with Romeo on her behalf. She will give you some cheesy love letters. ( Ugh! ) Take the letters to Romeo, and he will instruct you to speak with the man of the cloth, Father Lawrence. It seems that Juliet is also deeply in love with tha’ bro’ Romeo - but these two can’t seem to get it together without some help. This is where you come in. 

Father Lawrence:  dwells  in the Church on the Eastern part of the city, a bit north of the East bank. 

    After talking to this padre with the male pattern baldness, he will instruct you to head on down to the Apothecary, or potion maker.

    The Apothecary: has quite the afro huh? This dude will be found in the group of buildings located in the southern part of the city of Varrock that some refer to as the “slums”. His place of business is denoted on your mini-map ( and on the World Map of course ) with a purple ‘potion’ Icon.

After you go into his building, talk about the quest. He will tell you that he is missing an ingredient for the potion you are dealing with.

He needs Cadava Berries.

Find the east bank in Varrock and head south on the road that runs by it.Follow that road until you come to a small mining area. A Bit west of the mining area is a group of berry bushes. There are both Redberries and Cadava Berries growing here. Harvest some Cadavas and take them to the Apothecary.

Now head back to Juliet’s pad on the balcony. Speak to her and she will send you back to that poof Romeo.

A dialogue will come up about her at a crypt.A cutscene will come up and show him looking at her apparently dead. The plot doesn’t follow Shakespeare’s though lol. When he sees her on the crypt, instead of committing suicide he will run off with another girl !

YOU WILL RECIEVE A WHOPPING  5 QUEST POINTS  UPON COMPLETING THIS QUEST.

Okay gang, once you have spoken to the ghost in the Lumbridge Graveyard using the Ghostspeak Amulet, and he has told you of his missing skull, you will head head west, toward Draynor, to the Wizard’s Tower. ( Use your World Map if neccesary )

Prepare to kill a level 13 skeleton, and head across the bridge to the Tower.

Go inside and enter the first room to the right and head down the ladder you will find in there. Go to the south end of the dungeon-like area and enter the door there. In the next room you will find an Altar. Proceed to “search” it.

  In the Altar you will find the skull of the ghost that you came here to find, but lo’ and behold a skeleton will come at you and try to take your skull for his own! He shouldn’t be too hard unless you are lower than level Ten in combat.

    You can opt to run like hell back to the ladder, or beat this bad boy down like a real man ( or Woman ). Either way, take the skull and exit the tower and make your way back to the graveyard and place the skull in the ghost’s casket.

Now the ghost’s business will be finished and he can move on to the nether-world. He will thank you and bid you farewell in a short cutscene.  Your REWARD for helping this spook-in-need will be:

* 1125 PRAYER POINTS   ( That’s quite a bit considering that burying regular bones only gives you 3 points each ! )

* 1 QUEST POINT

CONGRATULATIONS !!

   This “Haunting Quest” will score you a good amount of Prayer Points and is a bit of fun……spooky…..

START OUT:

At Lumbridge Castle. Cross the street to the church and speak to Father Aereck, who is wandering about the pews.Father Aereck will inform you of a ghost in the Church’s Graveyard to the south of the church building that doesn’t want to leave. He will then ask you for your help. ( Of Course ) If you agree, he will say that you should visit his uncle, Father Urhney, in Lumbridge Swamp.

Leave the Church and enter its graveyard. Exit the graveyard through the gap in the southern section of the fence. Travel west until you reach Father Urhney’s house, which is located on the far west side of Lumbridge Swamps.

Speak to Father Urhney and he will abruptly tell you to go away - he’s meditating - Tell him Father Aereck, his nephew, sent you, and he will listen to what you have to say. Talk to him about Aereck’s problem: the ghost haunting the graveyard. Unfortunately, Father Urhney cannot return to the Lumbridge Church for another two years, so he will ask you to go for him.

  he will give you a Ghostspeak amulet. This amulet will enable you to speak to the ghost haunting the graveyard, to find out what his unfinished business is, and finish it. It will allow you to speak to other ghosts on runescape ( the ones that are interested in talking, that is ! )

Now you can speak to ghosts when this amulet is equipped. Return to Lumbridge Church’s graveyard, by retracing your steps.

   Upon arrival, open the ghost’s coffin. Ensure you’re wearing the ghostspeak amulet, and talk to the ghost.

     He will tell you that he cannot move on because he thinks a warlock has stolen his skull. He then more or less tells you that the warlock is in the Draynor area Wizard’s Tower.

NEXT: Wizards and Skeletons !