Requirements
- Must be able to defeat a level 39 enemy. You do not need to have an Attack level of 20 to free Merlin, you can 'Use' Excalibur on the crystal to free him.
QUEST 21 · MEMBERS
Merlin's Crystal
The wizard Merlin has been trapped in a magical crystal by the witch Morgan Le Faye. So far, King Arthur hasn't been able to figure out how to free his mentor from his crystal prison. Can you help?
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Length
- Short
- Quest points
- 6
- Released
- 27 February 2002
Talk to King Arthur in Camelot.
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
- Bread
- Tinderbox
- Bucket of wax (obtainable during the quest with either the Beekeeper's outfit or insect repellent; a bucket spawns near the east gate of the beehive enclosure)
- Bat bones (obtainable during the quest)
Recommended
- 20 Combat
- Stamina or energy potions
- Fast travel to several locations
- Camelot (Camelot teleport)
- Falador (Falador teleport)
- Varrock (Varrock teleport, Chronicle or combat bracelet to the Champions' Guild)
- Taverley (Taverley teleport, Balloon Transport System or Teleport to House if your house is in Taverley)
- Port Sarim (Explorer's Ring 2, Rat Pits or Pest Control minigame teleport, or Teleport to House if your house is in Rimmington)
Enemies to defeat
- Sir Mordred (level 39)
- Giant bat (level 27) (optional, to acquire bat bones)
ACTION CHECKLIST
Walkthrough
Nested rows are alternatives, dialogue selections, or substeps under the action above them. Recheck the pinned source after a game update.
Getting started
- 01
Talk to King Arthur. Dialogue: I want to become a knight of the round table!
- 02
Talk to Sir Gawain, who can be found in the courtyard to the south or nearby in the castle. Dialogue: Do you know how Merlin got trapped?
- 03
Talk to Sir Lancelot upstairs. Dialogue: Any ideas on how to get into Morgan Le Faye's stronghold?
- 04
Go to Catherby.
- ↳
If you didn't bring a bucket of wax, grab insect repellent in the house north of the bank in Catherby.
- ↳
Use the insect repellent on one of the beehives to the west with an empty bucket (a bucket can be found near the beehives) in your inventory to get a bucket of wax.
- 05
Hide in the crate east of the candle maker's shop. Dialogue: Yes Wait and finish the cutscene. Climb out of the crate. Dialogue: Yes
Inside the keep
- 01
Climb to the top floor. The Renegade Knights will attack you on your way up.
- 02
Attack Sir Mordred. He cannot be safespotted, but he can be flinched using the stairs (position him on the square left of the stairs whilst flinching from the square north-east of him). He can also be killed with rings of recoils or by another account poisoning and attacking right before his death.
- 03
When Sir Mordred reaches 0 hitpoints, Morgan Le Faye will appear and ask that you spare him. Spare his life to discover how to save Merlin. Dialogue: Tell me how to untrap Merlin and I might. → OK I will do all that. Warning: Do not interrupt the dialogue or you will have to fight Sir Mordred again.
- ↳
If you don't already have bat bones, exit the keep through the west doors and kill a bat before leaving.
- ↳
Can be recoiled down after dealing a 0 and not splashing Magic.
Black candle
- 01
Talk to the candle-maker in Catherby. Dialogue: Have you got any black candles?
- 02
Talk to him again for a black candle.
Excalibur
- 01
Talk to The Lady of the Lake south-east of Taverley on the peninsula. Dialogue: I seek the sword Excalibur.
- 02
Go to Port Sarim. (Make sure you have bread in your inventory.)
- 03
Enter the jewellery shop to the north.
- 04
Give the beggar your bread. Dialogue: Yes certainly. Finish the conversation.
Ritual
- 01
Go to the Zamorakian temple in the south-east corner of Varrock.
- 02
Check the Chaos Altar's inscription.
- 03
Return to Camelot with a tinderbox and enter the castle gates.
- 04
Go to the ritual site at the north-east corner of the Camelot castle grounds (a red star in the middle of 8 columns).
- 05
Stand on the star and light the black candle.
- 06
Drop the bat bones on the star.
- 07
The magic words are "Snarthon Candtrick Termanto".
Finishing up
- 01
Enter the castle and climb to the top of the south-east tower.
- 02
Smash the giant crystal with Excalibur. (Does not require 20 Attack, just use Excalibur on the crystal instead of attempting to wield it)
- 03
Talk to King Arthur.
- 04
Congratulations, quest complete!
QUEST COMPLETE
Rewards
- Excalibur (Required for Holy Grail quest.)
- Ability to claim 5 Kudos and an Antique lamp rewarding 1,000 XP in any skill of at least level 20 from Historian Minas after completion of the quest
- Appointment with a title as a Honorary Knight of the Round Table.
REVISION-PINNED EVIDENCE
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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.
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