Requirements
- The ability to defeat level 45+ enemies.
QUEST 102 · MEMBERS
A Soul's Bane
A rift in the ground has opened up releasing all manner of strange monsters into the lands near the Digsite. A sorrowful mother waits at the top of the rift for her long lost son, who has been missing for 25 years. You can journey down into the rift for an adventure full of twisted monsters all created from the mind of a young boy driven to madness through incarceration.
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Length
- Short
- Quest points
- 1
- Released
- 3 April 2006
Talk to Launa east of Varrock, just south of the Earth Altar.
BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE BANK
Preparation
Requirements are gates. Recommendations are comfort and risk controls, not mandatory levels unless the game enforces them.
Items required
- Rope
- A weapon
Recommended
- 30 Combat
- Food
- Digsite pendant or Digsite teleport
- 3-4 antidote++ or antipoison
- Armour
- A method of attacking with Ranged or Magic
- A fast weapon, such as bronze darts
Enemies to defeat
- 7-8 angry unicorns, angry bears, angry giant rats, and/or angry goblins
- 5 fear reapers (level 42)
- 6 confusion beasts (level 43) — must tank them, cannot kill
- 5 hopeless creatures (level 40)
- 3 parts of Tolna (level 46)
ACTION CHECKLIST
Walkthrough
Nested rows are alternatives, dialogue selections, or substeps under the action above them. Recheck the pinned source after a game update.
Starting out
- 01
From Varrock, head north-east towards the Digsite talk to Launa by the rift. Dialogue: Would you like me to go down and look for your husband and son?
- 02
Enter the rift with your rope.
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Note: This will generate a cut scene. Do not click outside of the text boxes as you will return to the surface.
Room 1 - Anger
- 01
Use weapons from the rack to kill monsters until rage bar is full. (Logging out will reset the rage bar)
- ↳
Anger sword - kills Angry unicorn.
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Anger spear - kills Angry bear.
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Anger mace - kills Angry giant rat.
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Anger battleaxe - kills Angry goblin.
- 02
When your rage bar is full you'll get a cutscene (this gives 40 Attack experience!).
- 03
Head east to the next cave.
Room 2 - Fear
- 01
Look inside the dark holes, some will have a fear reaper.
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You cannot search the same hole repeatedly. Search the holes going clock-wise for as many rotations as it takes to get your kills.
- 02
Kill 5 or 6 reapers to get a cutscene.
- 03
Enter the black hole to the west.
Room 3 - Confusion
- 01
Defeat confusion beasts until you find the one that takes damage. The "fake" ones give combat XP on missed hits and will vanish after 8 hits.
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You can disengage a beast by running to the opposite end of the room.
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If you're attacking a fake one, you can swap to a fast attacking weapon to kill it faster.
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If you quickly swap after attacking one(darts/knife), you can check for 2 fakes and only have to hit one of them 8 times
- 02
Repeat until one door remains to get the cutscene.
- 03
Enter the remaining confusing door.
Room 4 - Hopelessness
- 01
Kill all the hopeless creatures 3 times each.
- 02
Cross the bridge and prepare to fight Tolna (3 level-46 monsters).
Finishing up
- 01
Kill the 3 heads.
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Use Protect from Missiles to take no damage if ranging, or Protect from Melee to take no damage if meleeing (if low level).
- 02
Talk to Tolna.
- 03
Talk to him again on the surface.
- 04
Congratulations, quest complete!
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Note: Re-enter the rift once you've completed the quest to complete a task from the Varrock Medium Achievement Diary.
QUEST COMPLETE
Rewards
- 500 Defence Defence experience
- 500 Hitpoints Hitpoints experience
- 500 Coins
- Access to Tolna's rift for combat training
REVISION-PINNED EVIDENCE
Verify the guide after updates.
Facts and walkthrough actions are adapted from Old School RuneScape Wiki contributors under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. This page is fan-made and not affiliated with Jagex.
- A Soul's Bane ↗full guide · revision 15292369
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