Requirements
None listed.
QUEST 5 · FREE-TO-PLAY
Sheep Shearer
Fred the Farmer's sheep are getting mighty woolly. He will pay you to shear them.
- Difficulty
- Novice
- Length
- Very Short
- Quest points
- 1
- Released
- 4 January 2001
Talk to Fred the Farmer in the house by the sheep pen north of Lumbridge Castle.
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
- 20 balls of wool (unnoted)
- Shears if obtaining wool to spin into balls of wool (obtained during the quest)
Recommended
No additional recommendations listed.
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.
If you already have the 20 unnoted balls of wool
- 01
Talk to Fred the Farmer north of Lumbridge. Dialogue: I'm looking for a quest.
- 02
Fred takes the 20 balls of wool.
- 03
Congratulations, quest complete!
If you don't have the balls of wool
- 01
Talk to Fred the Farmer north of Lumbridge. Dialogue: I'm looking for a quest. → Yes.
- ↳
He will give you shears if you do not have them.
- 02
Enter the sheep pen to the east, connected to his house and shear sheep for 20 wool.
- ↳
Ultimate Ironmen: You can deliver the balls of wool in several trips. You do not have to deliver all 20 at once.
- 03
Go to the first floor of Lumbridge Castle.
- 04
Click on the spinning wheel in the southern room to spin the wool.
- 05
With 20 un-noted balls of wool, return to Fred the Farmer.
- 06
Talk to Fred the Farmer and hand them in. Dialogue: I need to talk to you about shearing these sheep!
- 07
Congratulations, quest complete!
QUEST COMPLETE
Rewards
- 150 Crafting Crafting experience (An additional 50 experience if you make the balls of wool on a spinning wheel instead of buying it yourself)
- 60 coins
REVISION-PINNED EVIDENCE
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- Sheep Shearer ↗full guide · revision 15271780
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