Heroes' Quest

Talk to Achietties outside the Heroes' Guild just south of Burthorpe about joining the guild. If you meet the requirements, she will acknowledge your questing prowess and set you the entry tasks. She will tell you that in order to get in you need to give her three items: a fire feather from an Entrana firebird, a cooked lava eel, and a Master Thieves' Armband.

For the armband, she suggests you probably have 'relevant contacts' yourself with whom to enquire about it. To obtain the feather she only offers the most helpful advice that Entranan firebirds tend to live on Entrana. To get the eel, she advises you to talk to someone who knows a lot about fishing.

The items may be obtained in any order, but must be given to Achietties simultaneously.

To earn the armband, you will have to contact your old gang associates from the Shield of Arrav quest, as indicated by the quest journal. For this part of the quest, you will need the help of a player of the opposite gang. Players that have completed the quest may go back and help others. For finding a quest partner, the Grouping interface is useful. You can also usually find a partner on the chat-channel 'Osrs Soa' during peak hours.

Note: For this part of the quest you do not need to meet the skill requirements. This means you can complete this part of the quest in order to help a friend complete their entire quest; see Trivia for more details. You can even help a friend if you have already completed the quest yourself.

Note: Traded Pete's candlesticks will not be accepted if the presenter did not kill Grip. As such, do not get scammed into buying or taking free candlesticks unless you are a Phoenix Gang member and can kill Grip. Black Arm gang members can never kill Grip so they should not accept traded candlesticks under any circumstances. Likewise, a miscellaneous key without a Black Arm member to lure Grip is useless. Do not get scammed into buying miscellaneous keys.

Go to Varrock and talk to Katrine who is inside the Black Arm Gang Headquarters, which is situated in the south-west of the city. She tells you that you need to do something amazing in order to attain the rank of master thief. She explains some of the most coveted items for thieves are in Brimhaven. The leader of the pirates there is one Scarface Pete. She will tell you that you have to steal his very valuable candlesticks and that his security is very good.

You have to visit the Black Arm members in their hideout in the alleyway of Palm Street. The gang's password is "four leafed^[sic] clover".

The Hideout on Palm Street

Go to Brimhaven and find the gang office, which is the building along the fence, east of the two inns and south of the Agility Arena. Give Grubor the password "four leaved clover"at the door, and inside speak to Trobert, the leader of the Black Arms in Brimhaven. Trobert explains one of the only keys to Pete's treasure room is carried by his head guard Grip, who was taking on a new deputy called Hartigen, a deserter of the Black Knights seeking employment in Brimhaven. The Black Arms have waylaid Hartigen and stolen his identification papers. Volunteer to impersonate Hartigen. He will give you the Id papers, which you will need to get into Scarface Pete's mansion, and tell you to introduce yourself to its guards.

Speak to Garv, who is the guard patrolling along the southern wall of the large building on Brimhaven's western side. He will not believe you are Hartigen, stating that the Black Knight dressed differently. Equip a full set of black armour: full helm, platebody and platelegs. Garv will then allow you to go inside tells you to speak to Grip.

Getting a Grip on the key

Once inside, talk to Grip. He explains you will be working various guard duties, and that the important keys are in Grip's jacket. Ask him "So what do my duties involve?" and then "Anything I can do now?" and he will give you a Miscellaneous key.

Note: If you have already done the quest and have the Miscellaneous key in your bank, he will not give you a new one.

Grip won't allow you to enter the treasure room and you can't kill him without drawing attention to yourself. This means you will need an accomplice. Leave the building and trade the key to your Phoenix Gang partner.

Handling the candlesticks

Back inside, head into the north-eastern room from the entrance. Wait for your partner to get to the room behind the eastern wall, behind the arrowslit; then, search the cupboard. A pirate guard will say that Grip really doesn't like his drinks cabinet being touched, but open it anyway. Grip will then come into the room, telling you to get your hands off his drinks. Make sure the door is open. Grip can become stuck on the guards in the room, so you may need to wait or kill some guards to create space or else Grip may be blocked and leave the room. If this happens, just search the cupboard again. It's common for Grip to not come in the room all the way or retreat after being hit, so closing the door after he enters helps.

Your Phoenix Gang partner will then kill Grip through the slit from the hidden room. Once he dies, pick up Grip's keyring.

Using the key, go to the treasure room (the ground floor (UK) room with coins on the floor next to the staircase in the north-west corner) and open the north chest in the first room to receive two candlesticks. Give one candlestick to your Phoenix Gang partner.

Go back to Varrock and talk to Katrine. She will give you the Thieves' armband.

Note: The door to the treasure room will not open and give you a message if you attempt to open it with Grip's keyring without having obtained a miscellaneous key at least once.

Note: The chest containing Pete's candlesticks (position to the north) will be empty if you have a candlestick in your inventory or bank. If you have a traded one in the bank, you will need to discard it then come back to search this chest as you will not be able to turn in a traded candlestick to Katrine at any time.

Note: Be sure to pick up the candlesticks yourself; otherwise, Katrine will say you weren't the one to retrieve the candlestick and you will have to go back to do it all over again.

Note: Grip's Keyring is unique to the player you are doing the quest with. If you complete the quest and are retrieving candlesticks for a different player and still have Grip's Keyring, drop it and ask him for a new one.

Go to Varrock and speak to Straven at the hideout. Enquire about becoming a master thief. He will explain that some eager gang members are trying to steal the valuable candlesticks of Scarface Pete, the pirate leader of Brimhaven. He gives you the password gherkin to tell Alfonse, a gang member posing as a waiter in The Shrimp and Parrot inn.

Get a bow and arrows, or magic gear if using magic, before heading to Brimhaven.

The side entrance

Go to the Shrimp and Parrot restaurant in Brimhaven. Once you are there, talk to Alfonse the waiter and ask about gherkins. He will wink and redirect you to Charlie the cook in the back room. Give him the password as well and tell him you are after Pete's candlesticks. Charlie the cook will tell you that the restaurant was set up as part of the heist. There is a secret wall-door that opens into Mr. Olbors's garden that you are able to push to open. Across the garden is an old side entrance into the mansion that has since been blocked. However, the Phoenixes are unable to get hold of the key to that door. The pushable wall is in the kitchen, in the same room as where Charlie is. Beware of Mr. Olbors's guard dogs.

Get a miscellaneous key from your Black Arm Gang partner. Head into Olbors's garden and enter the mansion's eastern door. Once inside, use the miscellaneous key on the northern door. This brings you in a cramped room with an arrowslit into a room with a cupboard. Shoot through the hole in the wall at Grip and kill him with Ranged or Magic. Your partner will have to lure him inside the room by rummaging through his drinks cabinet. It's common for Grip to not come in the room all the way or retreat out of the room after being hit. Have your Black Arm Gang partner close the door once he enters. Grip will drop the key for your Black Arm Gang partner.

Your Black Arm Gang partner will get two candlesticks and should trade you one of them.

Note: You must actually kill Grip! If you don't, Straven will NOT accept your candlestick. Don't buy it or the key off other players as shortcut; you can't kill Grip alone.

Go back to Varrock and give the candlestick to Straven to get the Thieves' armband.

Items needed: Ice gloves, or a pickaxe and combat equipment if you do not already own a pair
Items recommended: Energy/stamina potions if obtaining ice gloves
Skills needed: 50 ^[boostable] if obtaining ice gloves

If you want, speak to a monk in the Entranan church about the firebird. He does not think they exist but redirects you to the head monk, who is more knowledgeable. The High Priest tells you that the bird lives somewhere on Entrana, and that you will need some cold gloves to pick up its feather.

The firebird lives on the northern half of Entrana. It is very weak and easy to kill. However, its fire feather is too hot to pick up; you require something cold in order to do so. In order to pick up the fire feather, you'll need ice gloves. They are dropped by the level 111 Ice Queen located underneath White Wolf Mountain. If you do not own ice gloves, see the section below.

Once you have a pair of ice gloves, bank your weapons and armour, but keep the gloves. Head to Entrana and kill the firebird near the Law Altar. Make sure to have the ice gloves equipped before picking up the feather.

You can also grab a fishing rod from the house beside the fishing platform on the south east corner of the island if you need a spare to use for making the oily fishing rod.

Ice Spy with my Little Eye

If you do not already own Ice gloves, go to White Wolf Mountain (east of Catherby, west of Taverley), to the rock slide on the north side. It can be found just north-west of the gnome glider. Otherwise, enter the mountain at the southern entrance and walk or run north until you come to the rock slide.

Use a pickaxe on the rock slide ( 50 ) and go through it . Once you are through, you will be near level 57 ice warriors and three ladders.

At the end of the room resides the Ice Queen, kill her and she will drop the ice gloves. If you stand behind the throne, you can avoid the ice warriors and can still attack the Ice Queen if positioned right. Once you have the gloves, exit using the same route back or teleport out.

Items needed: A fishing rod, fishing bait, harralander potion (unf) (or a harralander and vial of water), other items depending on chosen location (see below)
Skills needed: 25 ^[boostable] to make blamish oil, 53 ^[boostable] to catch a raw lava eel, and 53 ^[boostable] to cook it

Go to Port Sarim and talk to Gerrant at the fishing shop. He will tell you that catching a lava eel requires a lava-proof fishing line, which can be created by coating an ordinary fishing rod with blamish oil. Gerrant will give you a free bottle of blamish snail slime, which is added to a harralander potion (unf) to make the blamish oil. Buy a fishing rod and some bait from him if you haven't got any yet.

After making the blamish oil, right-click on it to use it on a normal fishing rod to get an oily fishing rod.

There are four possible locations where you can catch lava eels:

• Taverley Dungeon is a safe option, but requires the player to to take a long and winding path if they do not have at least level 70 Agility to use the shortcut.
• The Lava Maze (level 40-45 Wilderness) may alternatively be chosen as catching a lava eel there is a hard Wilderness Diary task. As with all Wilderness activities, there is a risk of being killed by other players.
• The Charred Dungeon requires level 60 Sailing to access. The route is shorter and more straightforward than Taverley Dungeon, but players will need to spend time sailing there.
• The Wyrmscraig Cavern requires the completion of Fallen From Grace to access. A slayer ring will take the player directly to the caverns, and may be the fastest option for players that have already completed the quest.

Taverley Dungeon

Items needed: Dusty key (can be obtained in the dungeon) or 70
Items recommended: Dragonfire protection such as an anti-dragon shield, stamina or energy potions, food or prayer points for Protect from Melee if low-levelled

Make your way to Taverley and enter the dungeon to the south of the town. Some options include the balloon transport system, Falador Teleport and going west over the 5 shortcut, or using Teleport to House if it is in Taverley.

If you have 70 Agility (which can be boosted), enter the pipe after putting on your dragonfire protection and run south. The fishing spot is near some baby blue dragons, which generally do not attack you from the position.

If you don't have 70 Agility, follow the magenta path on the image to the right. Walk through the dungeon and use the dusty key on the door between the lesser demons and blue dragons. If you have 63 Agility, you can save a bit of time by squeezing through loose railings to go straight to the lesser demon area.

If you don't have the dusty key, go past the bridge, continue south-west past the hill giants, and you will enter the Black Knights' Base. Go to the east into a jail, kill the jailer and then pick up his key. Use it on the jail cell holding Velrak the explorer. Ask him if there are any good places to explore to get the dusty key. Head back north past the hill giants and follow the magenta path to the fishing spot. Use the key on the door between the lesser demons and blue dragons. The fishing spot is near some baby blue dragons; from here, catch a lava eel.

Lava Maze

Warning: The Lava Maze is located in level 40-45 Wilderness, meaning that many player killers will be within the level range to attack you. Do not bring any items you are not willing to lose.

There are several methods to get to the Laval Maze:

• Teleporting there directly using the burning amulet. This is the quickest way.
• Casting the Ghorrock Teleport spell (or tablet) in the Ancient Magicks spellbook. This requires completing the quest Desert Treasure I.
• Take the Wilderness Obelisks to the destination at level 35 or level 44 Wilderness. This may take several attempts. The obelisks can be quickly accessed by taking the Minigame Teleport to Ferox Enclave.
  • Beware of the Chaos Fanatic if arriving from the Ghorrock Teleport of level 44 Wilderness Obelisk.
• Take a waka canoe from Edgeville or any other River Lum Canoe Station to the northmost destination. This requires 57 Woodcutting. Then walk west to arrive near the entrance.

Upon arriving at the entrance, use your knife or slash weapon to cut the web and proceed through the maze until you see the fishing icon on your minimap. The fishing spot is relatively near the entrance.

If you die with your oily fishing rod, you will probably lose it and have to make a new one. If Gerrant does not give you another bottle of blamish snail slime, you can also get it by killing a Myre blamish snail and grinding its meat with a pestle and mortar with an empty sample bottle in your inventory. The sample bottle can be obtained from Fidelio in the Canifis General Store.

Once you catch a raw lava eel ( 53 ), cook it over a fire or a range ( 53 ).

Note: Lava eels do not burn when cooked (or, indeed, when swimming in lava). Do not worry about obtaining multiple eels if you are worried about burning one.

Go back to the Heroes' Guild, talk to Achietties outside and give her the three collected items.

Congratulations, quest complete!