QUEST 34 · MEMBERS

Sheep Herder

Dispose of plagued sheep and save Ardougne!

Sheep Herder — OSRS Wiki quest image
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Difficulty
Novice
Length
Short
Quest points
4
Released
15 August 2002
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Before you start

Where to start

Talk to Councillor Halgrive outside of the East Ardougne church.

Requirements

None

Enemies to defeat

None

STEP BY STEP

Walkthrough

Follow the chapters below. Click any screenshot or diagram to view it at full size.

A threat to public health and safety

Items needed: 100 coins
The quest's start point. Open interactive map ↗Map data and tiles: OSRS Wiki · Game imagery © Jagex Ltd

Speak to Councillor Halgrive located in East Ardougne in the graveyard directly south of the church.

He is concerned about plagued sheep located near East Ardougne that escaped from a local farm, causing a threat to the health and safety for the public. He is looking for someone to herd the sheep, kill them quickly and cleanly, and dispose the remains in a special incinerator set up by Farmer Brumty.

Agree to help do the job. He will happily thank you and mention you need a plague suit while herding the sheep. He will tell you to pick up the plague suit from Doctor Orbon and hand you some poisoned sheep feed.

Head inside the church and talk to Doctor Orbon. After explaining you need protective clothing to dispose the escaped infected sheep, he will sell his last suit for 100 coins so he can afford a replacement for himself. Agree to pay for the suit, and you should receive a plague jacket and plague trousers. Pray with missing Prayer points at the altar to complete an easy task in the Ardougne diary.

Herding the sheep

  1. 1 Location of the yellow sheep
  2. 2 Location of the green sheep
  3. 3 Location of the red sheep
  4. 4 Location of the blue sheep
Location of the sheep. Open interactive map ↗Map data and tiles: OSRS Wiki · Game imagery © Jagex Ltd

Head to the fenced in enclosure located north-west of the north bank in East Ardougne. With your plague suit equipped, enter the gate on the west side of the enclosure. Head towards the incinerator where you will find a cattleprod lying on the ground a few steps south of the incinerator. Pick it up.

Leave the fenced in enclosure using the west gate. You can begin to dispose of the sheep by equipping the cattleprod and using it to direct the sheep into the fenced in enclosure using the west gate. The sheep will be prodded in the direction of which you are facing. The sheep can return back to their initial locations if you wait too long to prod. You only need one of each colour (in any order), and you can finish one sheep at a time.

Note: You can have a friend join you and body block the sheep, preventing them from going farther than desired and also prevent them from going back to their original location.

  • Red sheep are located north of the north bank in East Ardougne.
  • Green sheep are north-east of the red sheep, directly north of a fenced in area with chopped and fallen trees.
  • Blue sheep are located north-west of the fenced in enclosure with the incinerator, nearby a small camp with warriors. Do not go too far, as there are also aggressive level 42 moss giants nearby.
  • Yellow sheep are located south of the Fishing Guild.

Note: If a sheep goes BAAAAA! (uppercase letters), it will be prodded in the direction you direct them towards. If a sheep goes Baa, it will return to its initial location. When directing them to the fenced in pen with the incinerator located, it is better to spam click the sheep so that it does not walk back. If the sheep gets stuck against a corner or wall, prod them again, this will cause them to move towards an open tile. Make sure you prod the sheep one last time to get it IN the pen when you are close.

All four sheep in the pen.
All four sheep in the pen. Image source ↗

Killing the plagued sheep

Once you have directed them to the gate of the incinerator, the sheep will automatically go inside the gate. Use the poisoned sheep food to kill each sheep. Collect their bones and use them on the incinerator to burn the remains.

Return to Councillor Halgrive and tell him you disposed of the four sheep. He will reimburse you the 100 coins you spent for the protective clothing in addition to 3,000 coins as recognition of your service.

Congratulations! Quest completed!

Quick checklist 14 instructions

Use this when you already know the route. The full walkthrough above includes explanations and diagrams.

Walkthrough

  1. Talk to Councillor Halgrive outside the East Ardougne church. Ensure that you have at least 1 empty inventory slot.

    Say: What's wrong? → I can do that for you.

  2. Talk to Doctor Orbon in the church.

    Say: Okay, I'll take it.

  3. Put on the plague jacket and trousers and go to the enclosure north-west of the Ardougne north bank.

  4. Pick up & wield the cattleprod next to the incinerator.

  5. There are sheep to the north-west (blue), north (yellow), east (green), and south (red) of the incinerator.

  6. Prod one sheep of each colour through the gate.

    • Blue sheep

    • Yellow sheep

    • Green sheep

    • Red sheep

  7. Feed your sheep sheep feed until they're all dead.

  8. Pick up the bones and use them on the incinerator.

  9. Return to Councillor Halgrive to complete the quest.

  10. Congratulations, quest complete!

QUEST COMPLETE

Rewards

  • 3,100 coins
  • Ability to hunt goats on Wyrmscraig

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Sources & credits

Walkthrough text and preparation lists are adapted from Old School RuneScape Wiki contributors under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Game imagery © Jagex Ltd; individual image sources are linked in their captions. This page is fan-made and not affiliated with Jagex.

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