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QUEST 139 · MEMBERS

Making Friends with My Arm

My Arm, the troll from My Arm's Big Adventure, must embark on another journey of discovery. This time, you'll be escorting him to Weiss, a newly discovered troll town in the far north of the world, so he can share his wisdom *cough* with the inhabitants, in exchange for learning about their inventions. Life's journeys can take us to some strange places, but My Arm is about to face the greatest adventure of all - true love. Plus, they'd like him to kill the Wise Old Man of Draynor Village, which

Difficulty
Master
Length
Medium
Quest points
2
Released
6 September 2018
START POINT

Talk to Burntmeat in the Troll Stronghold's kitchen.

BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE BANK

Preparation

Requirements are gates. Recommendations are comfort and risk controls, not mandatory levels unless the game enforces them.

Requirements

  • 66 Firemaking
  • 72 Mining (boostable)
  • 35 Construction (boostable)
  • 68 Agility (boostable)
  • It is beneficial to have a higher Agility level.
  • Completion of the following quests:
  • My Arm's Big Adventure
  • Eadgar's Ruse
  • Druidic Ritual
  • Troll Stronghold
  • Death Plateau
  • The Feud
  • Jungle Potion
  • Swan Song
  • One Small Favour
  • Rune Mysteries
  • Shilo Village
  • Garden of Tranquillity
  • Creature of Fenkenstrain
  • Priest in Peril
  • The Restless Ghost
  • Cold War
  • Romeo & Juliet

Items required

  • Saw
  • Bolt of cloth
  • 5 mahogany planks
  • Cadava berries
  • Bucket of water (obtainable during quest)
  • Rope (obtainable during quest)
  • Pickaxe (obtainable during quest)
  • Hammer (obtainable during quest)
  • Combat equipment (preferably Melee or Ranged)
  • Climbing boots (if not using Trollheim teleports)

Recommended

  • 65 Combat
  • A teleport to Draynor Village
  • Access to fairy rings
  • Stamina potions
  • Trollheim teleports
  • A Varrock teleport
  • A Rellekka teleport

Enemies to defeat

  • Don't Know What (Level 163)
  • Mother (level 198)

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

  1. 01

    Talk to Burntmeat located in the Troll Stronghold kitchen (stairs to the south after entering).Dialogue: Yes, I'll take your quest. → Okay., or Dialogue: Carry on → Yes, I'll take your quest. → Okay. if boosts are being used.

  2. 02

    Talk to My Arm located by the herb patch on the roof of the Troll Stronghold (ladder up to the west or Agility shortcut.Dialogue: I'm doing another quest for Burntmeat. → Wolfbone said we should go by sea.

  3. 03

    Talk to Larry (Fairy ring code DKS then run to the transportation symbol on the coast to the north, east of Rellekka)Dialogue: Could I transport My Arm in your boat? → My Arm is a troll., or Dialogue: Can I transport My Arm in your boat? → My Arm is a troll. if you no longer have the clockwork book

  4. 04

    Talk to Larry again.Dialogue: Can I transport My Arm in your boat?, or Dialogue: Can I transport My Arm in your boat? if you no longer have the clockwork book

  5. 05

    Board the boat.

Troll Diplomacy

  1. 01

    Attempt to mine the cave entrance (do not use your boost yet if you brought one)

  2. 02

    Climb up the rockslides nearby (boosting to 68 Agility if necessary), and use a rope on the tree.

  3. 03

    Climb the rope and cross the ledge.

  4. 04

    Climb the last rockslide and pass the fallen tree.

  5. 05

    Talk to Boulder. Dialogue: Wolfbone's sent My Arm from the Troll Stronghold. → I'll be back!

  6. 06

    Sneak in via the broken fence just east. Prepare to run past a lot of angry trolls.

  7. 07

    Go south along the city's edge, then west. Once you reach a small alleyway to the north (see image), recover your run energy if necessary.

  8. 08

    Run to the bucket spawn and stand there for a moment.

  9. 09

    Click on the 'little boulder' just north of you, and right before reaching it, click on the hole all the way to the north to climb down.

  10. 10

    Once descended, quickly go south and pass through the narrow gap. DO NOT climb up the ramp.

  11. This acts as a checkpoint once knocked out upon re-entering the gap in the fence.

  12. Note: If you stop moving before the checkpoint, the trolls will catch you and you will spawn outside of the city .

  13. 11

    Empty your hands and swim further into the cave while avoiding the first set of trolls' stones.

  14. 12

    For the second set of trolls, the final troll will throw rocks, creating stepping stones. When the troll begins throwing, move one tile forward, making a path of 5 stones to the edge of the water. Click one tile toward the cave exit as soon as the throwing animation starts until the path is finished.

  15. If you fail, you will be sent back to just before the second set of trolls.

  16. The rocks don't need to be in a straight line, they only need to go out 5 spaces and be adjacent to each other so that My Arm can cross.

  17. 13

    Mine the cave exit (boosting to 72 Mining if necessary).

  18. 14

    Talk to Mother.Dialogue: Let's move on with the chat.

  19. 15

    After Snowflake leaves, pick all possible options.Dialogue: Tell him goutweed is delicious. → Tell him how tough Stronghold trolls are. → Tell him to show respect to his daughter. → Tell him you love his daughter!

  20. 16

    Talk to My Arm.Dialogue: Mother wasn't very nice to Snowflake in there. → Snowflake, you seemed to like My Arm. → Odd Mushroom, why are you here with us? → Does Mother respect anything except fighting? → I did some fishing and fetched some stuff.

The Wise "Dead" Man

  1. 01

    Items required: Hammer, saw, 5 mahogany planks, bolt of cloth, cadava berries

  2. 02

    Recommended items: Varrock teleport

  3. 03

    Talk to the Wise Old Man in Draynor Village.Dialogue: Ask about My Arm. → Can you pretend you're dead? → You owe me a favour after the Fishing Colony quest.

  4. 04

    Build the coffin next to the Wise Old Man.

  5. 05

    Speak to the Apothecary in Varrock.

  6. Chat options depend on the quests the player has completed. Pick "Talk about Making Friends with My Arm."

  7. 06

    Talk to the Wise Old Man back in Draynor Village.Dialogue: Ask about My Arm.

  8. 07

    Take the Old man's coffin.

Matricide

  1. 01

    Return to Weiss by travelling with Larry's boat.

  2. 02

    Go through the cave entrance.

  3. 03

    Talk to My Arm by the north entrance.

  4. 04

    Talk to Odd Mushroom.Dialogue: I'll never leave you.

  5. 05

    Talk to Snowflake.Dialogue: So I can't teleport, and I may lose stuff? Okay.

  6. 06

    Fight Don't Know What. Use Protect from Missiles and damage him with melee or Ranged.

  7. 07

    Fight Mother. Activate Protect from Missiles. Grab a bucket from the pile and use it on the large barrel of water. Then use the bucket of water on the Fire of Domination to extinguish it, which then makes your attacks effective. Mother will stun the player and drain some Prayer points if able to get into melee range, therefore it's preferred to fight back with Ranged while running from Mother. He can also be safespotted by trapping him east of the staircase and standing immediately south of the stairs in the western-most square.

A New Leader

  1. 01

    Talk to My Arm.

  2. 02

    Talk to the Wise Old Man, and then Snowflake.Dialogue: What do you want with goat dung?

  3. 03

    Pick up goat poo in the north-east building to get goat dung. (Buckets of water can be found in the building and emptied)

  4. 04

    Talk to Snowflake.

  5. 05

    Read the Weiss fire notes Snowflake gives you.

  6. 06

    Congratulations, quest complete!

QUEST COMPLETE

Rewards

  • 10,000 Construction Construction experience
  • 40,000 Firemaking Firemaking experience
  • 50,000 Mining Mining experience
  • 50,000 Agility Agility experience
  • Access to the Salt Mines
  • Ability to build fire pits
  • A new disease-free herb patch in Weiss (requires building the fire of nourishment before use)
  • Ability to direct a teleport room portal to Troll Stronghold with a combination of salt

REVISION-PINNED EVIDENCE

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