Ardougne

Essential Info

The following are the combined requirements to fully complete all difficulty levels for this set of Tasks. Individual requirements to complete all Tasks for a specific difficulty level are listed under the corresponding Task section.

Start Point

Speak to Dr Orbon in the Ardougne church, the Town Crier in the Ardougne Marketplace, or Aleck in Yanille's Hunter shop.

Required

• Skills: 21 Ranged, 38 Strength, 46 Mining, 50 Firemaking, 57 Agility, 57 Farming, 59 Hunter, 59 Slayer, 69 Fletching, 71 Magic, 75 Runecrafting, 81 Fishing, 82 Thieving, 91 Smithing, 93 Summoning, Unlocked 500 music tracks
• Quests: A Fairy Tale Part II: Cure a Queen, Back to my Roots, Biohazard, Catapult Construction, Enlightened Journey, Gertrude's Cat, Hand in the Sand, Kennith's Concerns, Legends' Quest, Lunar Diplomacy, Meeting History, Monk's Friend, Monkey Madness, Plague City, Rune Mysteries, Sea Slug, Tower of Life, Watchtower, Wolf Whistle, Zamorak Mage
• Items: 1x Abyssal Titan Pouch, 2x Astral Rune, 1x Bracelet of Combat/Necklace of Skills, 1x Cat/Overgrown Cat/Hellcat, 70x Coins, 1x Cowhide, 8x Earth Rune, Fishing Trawler supplies, 1x Giant Frog Legs, 1x Giant Pouch, 1x Gloves of Silence, 1x Grown Jade Vine, 1x Grown Papaya/Palm Tree, 1x Hammer, 1x Hatchet, 1x Knife, 5x Law Rune, 1x Lockpick, 1x Lunar Staff/Dramen Staff, 1x Mith Grapple, 1x Monkey Greegree, 1x Pickaxe, 2x Pure Essence, 1x Raw Beef, 1x Raw Cave Eel, 1x Raw Chicken, 1x Raw Swordfish, 1x Ring of Duelling, 1x Rope, 1x Rune Crossbow, 1x Runite Bar, 1x Secateurs, 1x Seed Dibber, 1x Silk, 1x Small Fishing Net, 1x Small Fishing Net/Fishing Rod, 1x Spade, 1x Tinderbox, 1x Unicorn Horn, 2x Water Rune, 3x Watermelon Seed, 2x Yew Logs

Recommended

• Skills: None.
• Quests: None.
• Items: None.

Getting Started

To begin the Ardougne Diary, speak to one of the three people below:

Dr Orbon: Can be found just west of the Ardougne Market Place, inside the church.

Ardougne's town crier: Can be found in the Ardougne Market Place.

Aleck: Can be found in Yanille's Hunter Shop.

Easy Tasks

Essential Info

Required

• Skills: 15 Fishing, 16 Thieving
• Quests: Biohazard, Gertrude's Cat, Monk's Friend, Plague City, Rune Mysteries, Tower of Life, Wolf Whistle
• Items: 1x Cat/Overgrown Cat/Hellcat, 70x Coins, 1x Cowhide, 1x Ring of Duelling, 1x Silk, 1x Unicorn Horn

Recommended

• Skills: None.
• Quests: None.
• Items: None.

Map of Locations

The Tasks

Quickest Method to Complete:

1 - 21 - 2 - 12 - 3 - 19 - 11 - 16 - 13 - 7 - 10 - 4 - 8 - 18 - 15 - 9 - 14 - 23 - 6 - 20 - 22 - 5 - 17

1. Have Wizard Cromperty teleport you to the essence mine
Head to a bit northeast of the Ardougne Market Place to find Wizard Cromperty. Right-click him and click teleport. You must have completed Rune Mysteries to do this.

2. Attempt to steal from any stall in Ardougne Market, or from any guard
Enter or teleport the Ardougne Market Place. Either go to one of the stalls and attempt to steal something, or attempt to pickpocket a guard. If you are caught, you'll still get the task done. You need at least 5 Thieving in order to steal from the Baker's Stall.

3. Sell silk to the silk trader in Ardougne for 60gp each
Talk to the Silk Trader in the Ardougne Market Place and offer to sell silk for 120 coins. He'll say that's too high and offer 50. Then tell him you'll settle for 60 coins.

4. Use the altar in West Ardougne's church
Put on some prayers until you lose a prayer point. Then go to the altar in West Ardougne. To be able to enter West Ardougne, you'll need to have finished Plague City. Once at the altar, recharge your prayer points.

5. Enter the Castle Wars waiting room
Teleport to Castle Wars and remove all non-combat equipment, then put it all in the bank. Next enter a waiting room, it doesn't matter which one.

6. Go out fishing on the Fishing Trawler
Go to Port Khazard and enter the the Fishing Trawler's ship, then wait for the boat to leave. Once it has simply wait for it to sink and climb on a barrel to get back to shore.

7. Enter the Combat Training Camp north of Ardougne
The Combat Training Camp is just northwest of East Ardougne, on the west side of the river. Head to it and open the gates.

8. Talk to a civilian in West Ardougne about selling a cat
Enter West Ardougne (to enter West Ardougne, you'll need to have completed Plague City.) with a cat as your follower and find a Civilian. Civilians are found in the Western parts of West Ardougne. Talk to them and they'll tell you about their rat problem. Eventually you'll have some options: Sell your cat for 100 Death Runes or keep your cat. Choose either option, and you'll complete the task.

9. Kill a unicow in the Tower of Life
Take a Cowhide and a Unicorn Horn to the dungeon in the Tower of Life. Head to the northwestern part and use both items on the Symbol of Life. A Unicow will appear; kill it to complete your task. To access the dungeon, you need to have completed the Tower of Life quest.

10. Get a civilian to throw a tomato at the army recruiter in West Ardougne
In West Ardougne (must have completed Plague City) you'll find a Recruiter. Simply talk to him and eventually a civilian will throw a Tomato at him.

11. Sail from East Ardougne to Karamja
Just a bit southeast of the Ardougne Market Place is Captain Barnaby's ship. Right-click him and pay the toll of 30 coins. Sailing there will complete the task. Then pay another 30 coins to the Customs Officer to sail back.

12. Attempt to picklock a certain door east of the gem stall in Ardougne's marketplace
On the eastern side of the Ardougne Market Place, you'll find a Gem Stall. By the stall are two small houses. Attempt to pick-lock the southern one.

13. Spend some Penguin Points with Larry (or Chuck) at Ardougne Zoo
First of all, you'll need to have found a penguin or two this week. Then, get to the Ardougne Zoo, which is directly south of the General Store. If you haven't done The Hunt for Red Raktuber, talk to Larry, by the Penguin Cage. If you have, talk to Chuck, in his Polar Bear Cage. Claim your reward to complete the task.

14. Use the Summoning obelisk to the east of the Fight Arena
First, find a way to drain some Summoning Points. The most simple way would be to summon a familiar. Then head to the Summoning Obelisk between the Fight Arena and Port Khazard. Recharge your points to complete the task.

15. Pop a balloon in the monastery south of Ardougne
Head to the Monastery directly south of the Ardougne Zoo after completing Monk's Friend. Inside, there should be some Monks. Talk to one to get the party started and balloons will appear. Pop a balloon to complete the task.

16. Buy a water-filled vial from the general store run by Aemad and Kortan
Make your way to the General Store, just north of the Ardougne Zoo and south of a church. Trade Aemad or Kortan and buy a Water-Filler Vial for 10 Coins.

17. Use the noticeboard near in the Observatory to gather information about shooting stars
Enter the building north of the Observatory and a bit west of the Goblin houses. View the noticeboard on the north wall to complete the task.

18. Kill something on the Khazard Battlefield
On the Khazard Battlefield which is just south of West Ardougne, you'll need to kill something. It doesn't matter what it is, but the most simple thing to kill would be a Gnome.

19. Buy a skewered kebab from the Poison Arrow pub
The Poison Arrow Pub is just south of the Ardougne Market Place and west of Captain Barnaby. Enter and talk to Marion. Buy a Skewered Kebab for 25 Coins.

20. View the Hunter equipment in Aleck's shop
Once in Yanille, you can find Aleck's shop just west of the Magic Guild. Right-click trade on him to view the Hunter equipment. Doing this will complete the task.

21. Talk to the head servant at the servants' guild to find out about servants for your house
Just north of the Ardougne Market Place is the Servant's Guild. Talk to the Chief Servant and ask him about servants to complete the task.

22. Use a ring of duelling to teleport to Castle Wars
Right-click your Ring of Duelling and click the option to teleport to Castle Wars.

23. Talk to Tindel Merchant about identifying swords
Head to the southern dock at Port Khazard. Talk to the man there, Tindel Merchant, and ask him about identifying swords.

Rewards

Ardougne Cloak 1

• Unlimited teleports to the Monastery south of Ardougne
• More drops from Tower of Life monsters are noted
• Reduced chance of being caught stealing from stalls in the Ardougne Market Place
• Civilians in West Ardougne will give you 200 Death Runes when you trade them your cat

Experience Lamp

• 1,000 experience in any skill
• 10% Prayer boost while playing Castle Wars

Medium Tasks

Essential Info

Required

• Skills: 3 Fishing, 21 Ranged, 38 Strength, 38 Thieving, 39 Agility, 46 Mining, 49 Farming, 50 Firemaking, 58 Magic
• Quests: A Fairy Tale Part II: Cure a Queen, Enlightened Journey, Hand in the Sand, Kennith's Concerns, Meeting History, Sea Slug, Tower of Life, Watchtower
• Items: 2x Earth Rune, 2x Law Rune, 1x Lunar Staff/Dramen Staff, 1x Mith Grapple, 1x Pickaxe, 1x Pure Essence, 1x Raw Chicken, 1x Raw Swordfish, 1x Rune Crossbow, 1x Seed Dibber, 1x Small Fishing Net/Fishing Rod, 1x Spade, 1x Tinderbox, 3x Watermelon Seed, 1x Yew Logs

Recommended

• Skills: None.
• Quests: None.
• Items: None.

Map of Locations

The Tasks

Quickest Method to Complete:
7 - 14 - 5 - 11 - 15 - 6 - 13 - 10 - 12 - 2 - 4 - 16 - 9 - 3 - 8 - 1

1. Enter the unicorn pen in Ardougne Zoo using the fairy rings
Take out your Dramen or Lunar Staff and enter Zanaris via Fairy Ring. Then enter the code B-I-S to teleport inside the Unicorn Pen at the Ardougne Zoo. Using Fairy Rings requires starting Fairy Tale Part II: Cure a Queen.

2. Teleport to the Wilderness using the lever in Ardougne
There is a small little building just outside West Ardougne, north of a Watchtower. Inside that building is a lever, pull the lever, but make sure you have nothing you'd want to risk losing on. You'll be teleported to the Wilderness and complete the task.

3. Grapple over Yanille's south wall
Take out a Rune Crossbow and a Mithril Grapple. Equip both of them and head to the the Southern Yanille wall behind the pub. Grapple it and you'll climb to the top of the wall. Then jump down to complete the task. Doing all this requires 39 Agility, 21 Range, and 38 Strength.

4. Craft some runes at Ourania Altar
Head to Ourania with at least 1 Pure Essence. Enter the dungeon via the trapdoor by the Prayer altar. Run to the Runecrafting altar using either path and craft some runes to complete the task.

5. Sell some rubium to Ezekial Lovecraft in Witchaven
First you'll need to have completed Kennith's Concerns and have a Mining level of 46. Then enter the dungeon west of Witchaven with a Pickaxe. Enter the crack in the wall in the first room. From there, follow the path until you find a pile of rocks you have to climb. Climb them and on the other side is an entrance. Go through it and keep going through doors until you find Rubium on the walls. Mine some and go all the way back out of the dungeon. Take the Rubium to Ezekial in the Fishing Shop in Witchaven. Sell it to him for 10 Coins.

6. Pick watermelons from the Farming patch north of Ardougne
Plant and harvest Watermelons in the patch a bit northeast of Ardougne. This requires 49 Farming to do and 3 Watermelon seeds, a Rake, Spade, and Seed dibber to plant and harvest. You can pay the nearby farmer there 10 Curry Leaves to watch your Watermelons, so that they don't die.

7. Cast the Ardougne Teleport spell
To cast the Ardougne Teleport spell, you need 51 Magic and need to have finished the Plague City quest. Using it requires 2 Law Runes and 2 Water Runes.

8. Travel to Castle Wars by hot-air balloon
If you haven't done this before, you'll need to head to Entrana with 10 Yew Logs and a Tinderbox. Once there, go to the balloon site and choose to go to Castle Wars. You'll have to guide the balloon yourself since this is your first time. For details on how to do that, visit our Hot Air Balloon Transportation guide. If you have done this before, go to any balloon site with 1 Yew Log and a Tinderbox and choose to go to Castle Wars.

9. Claim buckets of sand from Bert in Yanille
Bert is found in the house just east of the House Portal in Yanille. Talk to him to claim your Buckets of Sand.

10. After Meeting History, return to the past and talk to Sarah about Herblore
Find your Enchanted Key from Meeting History and run over to an area between a bridge and a fenced in danger area northwest of Ardougne's northern bank. Rub your key and go to Past - B. If that doesn't work, you're probably standing in the wrong spot. See our Meeting History guide for a specific spot. Once in the past, find Sarah in the backyard and have a short conversation with her on Herblore to complete the task.

11. Catch a fish at the Fishing Platform using either a net or rod
Talk to Jeb in Witchaven, and ask him to go to the fishing platform. You will need either a Small Fishing Net or a Fishing Rod and at least 3 Fishing to catch anything.

12. Cross the River Dougne using the log balance
Just west of the northern bank in Ardougne is a Log Balance. Cross it (requires 33 Agility) to complete the task.

13. Pickpocket the master farmer north of Ardougne
The Master Farmer can be found a bit northeast of the northern Ardougne bank and northwest of the Ardougne Market Place. You'll need 38 Thieving in order to pickpocket him. Do so to complete the task.

14. Attempt to steal a nature rune from a chest in Ardougne
Pick-lock the door on a house east of the Gem Stall in the Ardougne Market Place. Enter the house and you'll find two chests. Right-click one and search for traps. Even if you fail, you'll complete the task.

15. Mine some coal from the rocks east of Ardougne
Slightly northeast of the Ardougne Market Place and southwest of the Legend's Guild is a mine, in it is coal. Using a Pickaxe and having 30 Mining or more, mine some to complete the task.

16. Kill a swordchick in the Tower of Life
Take a Raw Swordfish and a Raw Chicken to the dungeon in the Tower of Life. Head to the southeastern part and use both items on the Symbol of Life. A Swordchick will appear; kill it to complete your task. To access the dungeon, you need to have completed the Tower of Life quest.

Rewards

Ardougne Cloak 2

• Everything Ardougne Cloak 1 gave
• A daily teleport to the Farming patch north of Ardougne
• Wizard Cromperty will give 100 noted essence per day
• Ability to set the ring of life to Ardougne
• Using the lever in Ardougne to teleport to the Wilderness will give 10 seconds of immunity
• Even more drops from Tower of Life creatures are noted
• Even less chance of being caught stealing from stalls in the Ardougne Market Place
• Chance of receiving more runes from the Ourania Altar

Experience Lamp

• 7,500 experience in any skill

Hard Tasks

Essential Info

Required

• Skills: 57 Agility, 57 Farming, 59 Hunter, 59 Slayer, 65 Thieving, 71 Magic, Unlocked 500 music tracks
• Quests: Back to my Roots, Catapult Construction, Legends' Quest, Lunar Diplomacy, Monkey Madness, Plague City, Tower of Life
• Items: 2x Astral Rune, 1x Bracelet of Combat/Necklace of Skills, 6x Earth Rune, 1x Giant Frog Legs, 1x Gloves of Silence, 1x Grown Jade Vine, 1x Grown Papaya/Palm Tree, 1x Hatchet, 3x Law Rune, 1x Monkey Greegree, 1x Raw Cave Eel, 1x Rope, 1x Secateurs, 1x Small Fishing Net, 2x Water Rune

Recommended

• Skills: None.
• Quests: None.
• Items: None.

Map of Locations

The Tasks

Quickest Method to Complete:
1 - 2 - 10 - 9 - 16 - 14 - 6 - 15 - 11 - 8 - 12 - 7 - 13 - 3 - 4 - 17 - 5

1. Recharge a bracelet of combat or a necklace of skills at the Legends' Guild
Enter the Legend's Guild, which is just northeast of Ardougne, with an uncharged Bracelet of Combat or a Necklace of Skills. To enter the Legend's Guild, you need to have completed Legend's Quest. Once in the guild, use your Bracelet/Necklace on the totem on the first floor to charge it.

2. Kill a shadow warrior in the Legends' Guild basement
Enter the Legend's Guild, which is just northeast of Ardougne. To enter the Legend's Guild, you need to have completed Legend's Quest. Once in the guild, walk down the stairs into the dungeon. Run all the way to the end to find the Shadow Warriors. Kill one to complete the task.

3. Enter the Magic Guild in Yanille
You need 66 Magic to enter the Magic Guild. The guild is just west of Yanille's bank. Enter it to complete the task.

4. Use the portal in the Magic Guild to teleport to Thormac's tower
You'll need 66 Magic to enter the Magic Guild, which is just west of Yanille's bank. Once in it, climb to the top using the staircases. Go through the western portal to teleport to Thormac's Tower.

5. Be on the winning side in a game of Castle Wars
Win a game of Castle Wars. World 24 is the most popular Castle Wars world.

6. Cast the Ourania Teleport spell
To even begin this task, you'll need to have 71 Magic and finished Lunar Diplomacy. You'll then need to switch to Lunar Magic. Take out 2 Astral Runes, 6 Earth Runes, and 1 Law Rune and cast Ourania Teleport to complete the task. If you are unable to cast Ourania Teleport, you'll need to talk to Baba Yaga in her chicken house north of the Moonclan's bank.

7. Pickpocket a watchman in Yanille while wearing gloves of silence
Teleport or walk to the Watchtower with Gloves of Silence (requires 54 Hunter to use). Find a Watchman on the first or second floor. Equip your gloves and pickpocket one (requires 65 Thieving).

8. Kill a frogeel in the Tower of Life
Take a Raw Cave Eel and Giant Frog Legs to the dungeon in the Tower of Life. Head to the western part and use both items on the Symbol of Life. A Frogeel will appear; kill it to complete your task. To access the dungeon, you need to have completed the Tower of Life quest.

9. Have a zookeeper put you in Ardougne Zoo's monkey cage
Take out your Karamja Monkey Greegree, if you have one. Head to the Ardougne Zoo, just south of Ardougne's General Store. Equip your greegree at the zoo and talk to a Monkey Minder. He'll put you in the cage to complete your task. Unequip the greegree and talk to the Minder again to get out.

10. Kill your own jade vine after the Back to my Roots quest
After Back to my Roots, you'll be given a Jade Vine Seed. Take that seed and 10 Wildblood Hops to the patch in front of Lord Handelmort's mansion. Plant the seed and pay Horacio the hops to watch the plant grow. Come back about 12 hours later to find that it has fully grown. Check its health to continue on with this task. Come back about 3 more hours later and it will be a Wild Jade Vine level 167. You'll need a pair of Secateurs and a Hatchet to fight it, as you can only attack it with a Hatchet. It can also poison you, so an Antipoison Potion is advised as well as food. Once it's dead, you'll complete the task and receive 2,500 Slayer experience.

11. Use the Air Guitar emote near the musician outside the monastery south of Ardougne
Find the musician east of the Monastery south of Ardougne. Stand near her and use the Air Guitar emote (requires unlocking 500 music tracks)

12. Cast the Watchtower Teleport spell
To cast the Watchtower Teleport spell, you need 58 Magic and need to have finished the Watchtower quest. Using it requires 2 Law Runes and 2 Earth Runes.

13. Cross the monkey bars in the Yanille Agility Dungeon
Enter Yanille Dungeon either from the entrance north of Yanille or from the entrance near Yanille's bank. To use the entrance near Yanille's bank, you'll need at least 82 Thieving. If you chose the entrance north of Yanille, you'll need a knife to slice through some webs to even get in. Once in, cross the ledge and keep going forward until you find the Monkey Bars. If you chose the entrance near the bank, you won't need any items. Once in, you should be right by the Monkey Bars. Cross them to complete the task. Doing this requires 57 Agility.

14. Catch a red salamander from the Hunter area outside of Ourania Altar
Take a Rope and a Small Fishing Net to the area near the Ourania Altar. The Ourania Altar is west of the Khazard Battlefield. Set-up a trap using your materials and wait to catch a Red Salamander. You need 59 Hunter to catch Red Salamanders.

15. Pick a papaya or coconut from the fruit tree patch near Tree Gnome Village
Head to the fruit tree patch near Tree Gnome Village with a potted and watered Papaya Tree or Coconut Tree Sapling. You'll also need 10 Pineapples for a Papaya Tree or 15 Papaya Fruits for a Palm Tree if you want the nearby gardner to watch the tree for you. Once you have planted it, return about 14 hours later and it will be fully grown. Then pick a Papaya or Coconut from your fruit tree to complete the task.

16. Attempt to steal blood runes from the chest in the chaos druid tower's dungeon
The Chaos Druid Tower is just north of where East Ardougne and West Ardougne meet. Head there and pick-lock the door. Go down the ladder and look for a chest. When you have, search it for traps. Even if you fail, you'll complete the task. You need 59 Thieving to complete this task.

17. Use a catapult in Castle Wars after gaining the knowledge from the Catapult Construction quest
Grab a rock from the table on the main floor of either Castle Wars castle. Then go to the catapult on the outside fortification, and fire the catapult. It doesn't matter if it's a decent shot or not.

Rewards

Ardougne Cloak 3

• Everything Ardougne Cloak 1 and 2 gave
• Wizard Cromperty will give 150 noted essence per day
• Ability to set the Watchtower Teleport to inside Yanille
• After thieving from the chests in Ardougne Castle or under the chaos druids' tower, you will be teleported to East Ardougne's northern bank instead of to a random location
• Even more drops from Tower of Life creatures are noted
• Less chance of being caught when picking pockets or stealing from stalls anywhere in Runescape

Experience Lamp

• 28,000 experience in any skill

Elite Tasks

Requirements

Essential Info

Required

• Skills: 69 Fletching, 75 Runecrafting, 81 Fishing, 82 Thieving, 91 Smithing, 93 Summoning
• Quests: Rune Mysteries, Wolf Whistle, Zamorak Mage
• Items: 1x Abyssal Titan Pouch, Fishing Trawler supplies, 1x Giant Pouch, 1x Hammer, 1x Knife, 1x Lockpick, 1x Pure Essence, 1x Raw Beef, 1x Runite Bar, 1x Yew Logs

Recommended

• Skills: None.
• Quests: None.
• Items: None.

Map of Locations

The Tasks

Quickest Method to Complete:
3 - 1 - 2 - 4 - 5

1. Catch a manta ray in the Fishing Trawler Activity
Play the Fishing Trawler successfully with 81 Fishing to have a chance at catching a Manta Ray.

2. Have an abyssal titan familiar hold essence for you, while runecrafting at Ourania Altar
Summon your Abyssal Titan and put 7 essence into it. Then go to the altar and craft runes while your essence is still in the titan. 93 Summoning is required to do this.

3. Attempt to picklock the door to the basement in Yanille Agility Dungeon
Enter the house southwest of Yanille's bank and go down the stairs. Attempt to pick-lock the door down there with at least 82 Thieving to complete the task.

4. Remove pure essence from a giant pouch at Ourania Altar
Get a Giant Pouch from the Abyss and fill it with essence. Then go to the altar and empty your pouch. 75 Runecrafting is required to use a Giant Pouch.

5. Make a rune crossbow yourself, from scratch, performing each step within either Witchaven or Yanille
Get a piece of Raw Beef and use it on the stove in Yanille to make Sinew. Fletch a Yew Log into a Crossbow Stock in either Witchaven or Yanille. Smith Rune Limbs on the anvils in Yanille. Make a Crossbow String using the Sinew on the spinning wheel in Witchaven. 91 Smithing and 69 Fletching are required to do all of this.

Rewards

Updated Ardougne Cloak 3

• Everything Ardougne Cloak 1, 2, and 3 gave
• Unlimited teleports to the Farming patch north of Ardougne

Experience Lamp

• 4x Experience lamps - 50,000 experience each in any skill