Requirements
None listed.
QUEST 47 · MEMBERS
Murder Mystery
Old man Sinclair has been found dead in his mansion! Unfortunately, the local authorities are having some trouble figuring out who's the guilty party. Maybe the unbiased eye of a passing adventurer will be of help.
- Difficulty
- Novice
- Length
- Short
- Quest points
- 3
- Released
- 9 June 2003
Talk to any guard around the Sinclair Mansion, north of Seers' Village and 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
- Pot or Pot of flour
Recommended
- 16 empty inventory spaces
- Weight-reducing clothing
Enemies to defeat
None listed.
ACTION CHECKLIST
Walkthrough
Nested rows are alternatives, dialogue selections, or substeps under the action above them. Recheck the pinned source after a game update.
Walkthrough
- 01
Talk to the guard out front of Sinclair Mansion and agree to help. Dialogue: Sure, I'll help.
- 02
Go north-west and investigate the sacks in the shed, take 4 flypapers.
- 03
Go inside the mansion and take the pungent pot and criminal's dagger.
- 04
Investigate the smashed window on the eastern side for the criminal's thread.
- 05
Search the barrels in the bedroom owned by the following two suspects to get 2 silver items.
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If the thread is red, search the barrels belonging to Bob and Carol.
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If the thread is green, search the barrels belonging to Anna and David.
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If the thread is blue, search the barrels belonging to Elizabeth and Frank.
- 06
Go to the kitchen and fill your pot with flour from the barrel.
- 07
Use flour and flypaper to dust each silver item and the dagger.
- 08
Use the silver items' prints on the dagger's print until you get a match. Remember who it is.
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Anna
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Bob
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Frank
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David
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Carol
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Elizabeth
- 09
Talk to Gossip outside the front gate of the mansion and ask who he thinks is responsible. Dialogue: Who do you think was responsible?
- 10
Talk to the poison salesman in the Seers' Village pub, ask who he sold poison to. (Select Murder Mystery quest) (Be sure to not select the Fremennik Trials option.) Dialogue: Who did you sell Poison to at the house?
- 11
Talk to the person whose prints matched, ask why they bought poison. Dialogue: Why'd you buy poison the other day?
- 12
Search the item they say they used the poison on.
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Anna - Compost heap
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Bob - Beehive in cow pen
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Frank - Family Crest, east of the front door
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David - Spiders' nest, upstairs between the two rooms with three beds each in them
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Carol - Kitchen drain, west of the front door
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Elizabeth - The fountain
- 13
Drop the silver necklace (if you took it from Anna's barrel) before talking to the guard if you want to keep it, you can't get it back afterward.
- 14
Talk to a guard. Dialogue: I know who did it!
- 15
Congratulations, quest complete!
QUEST COMPLETE
Rewards
- 1,406 Crafting Crafting experience
- 2,000 Coins
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.
- Murder Mystery ↗full guide · revision 15315154
- Murder Mystery/Quick guide ↗quick guide · revision 15078493