Requirements
None listed.
QUEST 54 · MEMBERS
Priest in Peril
Recently contact has been lost with the temple to Saradomin on Misthalins' Eastern border. King Roald would be very interested to know what has caused this lack of communication, and seeks an adventurer willing to report back to him on the situation.
- Difficulty
- Novice
- Length
- Short
- Quest points
- 1
- Released
- 29 June 2004
Talk to King Roald in the Varrock Palace.
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
- 50 unnoted rune essence or pure essence (can be mined by talking to Aubury in Varrock, after completing Rune Mysteries. All 50 essence do not have to be of the same type) (does not needed to be handed in all at once; multiple trips can be made.)
- Bucket (obtainable during the quest from Varrock general store for 2 coins)
Recommended
- 15 Combat
- Essence pouches - optional, but helps to carry more essence.
- Food (recommended for low levels)
- 3 Varrock teleports
- Stamina potions or (super) energy potions
Enemies to defeat
- Temple guardian dog (level 30) - can be safespotted or flinched, immune to Magic
- Monk of Zamorak (level 30) - can be safespotted or flinched
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
- 01
Speak to King Roald. Dialogue: I'm looking for a quest! → Yes, I think I've heard of it. → Yes. → I'll get going.
- 02
Bring a ranged or melee weapon for the next part, to kill the Temple Guardian.
- ↳
Magic attacks and the Dwarf Multicannon will not work.
- 03
Head to the temple east of Varrock by the river.
- 04
Click on the large door. Dialogue: King Roald sent me to check on Drezel.
- 05
Climb down the trapdoor just to the north. Dialogue: Yes.
- 06
Kill the Temple Guardian. Players may safespot it by getting it stuck in the middle section of the room against the east wall and standing on the east wall one section north.
The vampyre
- 01
Go back and speak to King Roald.
- 02
Take 25 unnoted pure or rune essence, a bucket, a weapon and 1 free inventory slot.
- ↳
As a low level, you may need to make more than two trips if you will be taking food, although the Monk can be safespotted over the pews using ranged or magic.
- 03
Enter the temple again and proceed up the stairs, then the ladder until you reach the second floor. Talk to Drezel. Dialogue: What do we do?
- 04
Kill the hooded level 30 Monk of Zamorak to obtain a golden key.
- 05
Go back to the trapdoor where you killed the Temple Guardian, climb down, and go through the first door.
- 06
Study the monuments until you find one with a key.
- 07
Use the golden key on the monument.
- 08
Use the bucket on the well in the middle of the monuments.
- 09
Go back to the top floor of the temple where Drezel is located.
- 10
Use the Iron key on the cell door and open it.
- 11
Talk to Drezel.
- 12
Use the blessed bucket of water on the coffin.
The River Salve
- 01
Talk to Drezel again.
- 02
Go back down the trapdoor, through the monument room, and proceed through the eastern door. Talk to Drezel.
- 03
Give him 50 unnoted essence (this will take a few trips without using pouches).
- 04
Congratulations, quest complete!
QUEST COMPLETE
Rewards
- 1,406 Prayer Prayer experience
- Wolfbane dagger, prevents the citizens of Canifis from transforming into werewolves when attacked
- Route to Canifis and Morytania
- Completing this quest awards the player with 5 Kudos which can be claimed by talking to Historian Minas in the Varrock Museum.
REVISION-PINNED EVIDENCE
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