QUEST 29 · MEMBERS

Clock Tower

Help the confused Brother Kojo find the missing cogs and fix his clock tower. Search the dungeon using brawn and brains to correctly place the four cogs.

Clock Tower — OSRS Wiki quest image
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Difficulty
Novice
Length
Very Short
Quest points
1
Released
17 June 2002
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Before you start

Where to start

Talk to Brother Kojo in the Clock Tower south of East Ardougne.

Requirements

The ability to run past level 53 Ogres

Enemies to defeat

None

STEP BY STEP

Walkthrough

Follow the chapters below. Click any screenshot or diagram to view it at full size.

Starting out

Talking to Brother Kojo.
Talking to Brother Kojo. Image source ↗

Talk to Brother Kojo at the Clock Tower just south-west of the Ardougne Zoo. He will tell you that the clock is broken and that you need to find four different coloured cogs from the dungeon beneath the tower to fix it.

Note: Players cannot carry more than one cog at a time, regardless of colour. You will need to retrieve each cog individually and fit it in the right place before moving onto the next one.

Obtaining the blue cog

The ladder, just behind the camel cage.
The ladder, just behind the camel cage. Image source ↗

The blue cog is locked inside of a cell with a dungeon rat.

The location of the blue cog.
The location of the blue cog. Image source ↗

Go outside of the Clock Tower and head north-east to where Brother Cedric is (from the Monk's Friend quest) just south of the Ardougne Zoo. If you forgot a bucket of water, this is where the bucket and well are. You will notice a ladder just south of the camel cage from the Ardougne Zoo, around the oak tree.

Go down the ladder and follow the long, winding passage until the end, until you get to a wall that you can push. Push the wall to get inside and pick up the blue cog.

Climb up the ladder in this cage and you'll find yourself south of the Clock Tower.

Head back inside and climb the stairs to the 1st floor (UK) and use the blue cog with the blue spindle.

Obtaining the black cog

Items needed: A bucket of water or ice gloves.
The location of the black cog.
The location of the black cog. Image source ↗

This is where the bucket of water or ice gloves come in handy. Go inside the clock tower and climb down the ladder in the middle room.

Then head through the passage to the north-east until you see four large coloured tiles on the floor. These tiles will indicate which direction the corresponding coloured cogs are.

Then head through the north-eastern door from the tile room and go as far east as you can until you see several level 2 spiders.

You will see the black cog surrounded by short walls of fire.

To pick up the cog, you may either use the bucket of water with the cog or simply wear your ice gloves. This will cool the cog down so that you can pick it up.

After getting the black cog, head back to the ladder where you first entered, but don't go up. You should see four spindles near the ladder; use the black cog with the black spindle.

Obtaining the red cog

Items recommended: Food and armour for low levels
The location of the red cog.
The location of the red cog. Image source ↗

Head through the south-eastern door, indicated by the red tile and walk down the passageway until you see some Ogres.

The red cog will be on the floor where the Ogres are. Run over and pick it up then return to the ladder where you came from.

Climb up to the ground floor (UK) and use the red cog on the red spindle. The spindles are located on a column beside the ground-floor ladder.

Obtaining the white cog

The location of the white cog.
The location of the white cog. Image source ↗

Return to the tile room and head through the north-western door, indicated by the white tile and follow the outer passageway until you find some rat poison.

Note: Hop worlds to pick up an extra one if planning to later complete Ratcatchers.

Pick up the poison, then go north-east down the long passageway until you see two levers near the dungeon rats. Pull the levers up to open the rat cage. Then head through the two gates and use the poison that you picked up before with the food trough.

The dungeon rats will eat the poisoned food and begin to die. Wait until they've all died, and then you'll find that the gate to the west has become unhinged. Head through the western gate until you find the white cog. Pick it up and use the ladder nearby to appear outside of the Clock Tower.

Go inside and climb to the topmost floor. Now, use the white cog with the white spindle on the top floor.

Note: If you want to keep the cogs as a souvenir, you must reobtain each cog after they have been placed, and before completing the quest. They will not respawn afterwards.

Finishing up

Once you've placed all of the cogs on their corresponding spindles, head back to Brother Kojo, and he will reward you.

Congratulations, quest complete!

Quick checklist 36 instructions

Use this when you already know the route. The full walkthrough above includes explanations and diagrams.

Starting out

  1. To start, talk to Brother Kojo at the Clock Tower.

    Say: OK old monk, what can I do? Note: if he gives you a Watch speak to him again

  2. Go down the ladder in the middle room.

  3. Follow the path to a hub with four doors.

Obtaining the red cog

  1. Head through the south-eastern door.

  2. Walk down the passageway until you see some Ogres.

  3. Pick up the red cog.

  4. Head back to the ladder.

  5. Climb up to the ground floor and use the red cog on the red spindle (located on the column beside the ladder, facing north).

Obtaining the blue cog

  1. Go outside of the Clock Tower and head east to where Brother Cedric is (South of Ardougne zoo).

    • If you did not bring a bucket of water or ice gloves for the next section, take the bucket nearby and use it on the nearby well.

  2. Go down the ladder east of Brother Cedric.

  3. Follow the tunnel to the end.

  4. Push the wall to get inside and pick up the blue cog.

  5. Climb up the ladder.

  6. Head to the centre room of the Clocktower and climb the staircase to the first floor.

  7. Use the blue cog with the blue spindle (the spindle on the south side of the column).

Obtaining the black cog

  1. Head back to the basement and go through the north-eastern door

    • Go as far east as you can, to the fire.

  2. Use the bucket of water with the cog or simply wear your ice gloves to pick up the cog. Make sure to finish the dialogue or you will not pick up the cog.

  3. Head back to the ladder. (Do not climb up the ladder)

  4. Use the black cog with the black spindle. (In the basement of the Clock Tower on the east side of the column).

Obtaining the white cog

  1. Head through the north-western door.

  2. Pick up the rat poison to the north-west.

    • Take an extra for Ratcatchers if not already completed.

  3. Head to the end of the tunnel

    • On the north wall of the dungeon rat cage are two levers.

  4. Pull the levers up to open the rat cage.

  5. Use the rat poison with the food trough.

  6. Wait until all the rats have died.

  7. Head through the western gate.

  8. Pick up the white cog.

  9. Climb-up the ladder.

  10. Head inside to the top floor.

  11. Use the white cog with the white spindle at the top of the clocktower (the spindle on the west side of the column).

Finishing off

  1. Head back down and talk to Brother Kojo for your reward.

  2. Congratulations, quest complete!

QUEST COMPLETE

Rewards

  • 500 coins

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Sources & credits

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