Requirements
- Completion of the following quests:
- Goblin Diplomacy
- Rune Mysteries
- 13 Agility (boostable)
- 13 Thieving (boostable)
- 17 Mining (boostable)
QUEST 81 · MEMBERS
The Lost Tribe
Sigmund is the advisor to the Duke of Lumbridge, but the Duke does not always take his advice. When part of the cellar wall collapses the Duke insists the damage was caused by an earthquake, but Sigmund is worried about a monster attack. If you investigate this mystery it will lead you through treacherous caves to uncover something lost by the Gods for thousands of years.
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Length
- Short
- Quest points
- 1
- Released
- 31 May 2005
Talk to Sigmund in 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
- Pickaxe
- Light source (Note: Candles, torches, and oil lamps can cause swamp gas explosions if going off-route, and need a tinderbox to stay lit)
Recommended
- Fast travel to Varrock, Falador, Lumbridge, and Mind Altar Teleport (teleport spells or tablets)
- Lockpick for the H.A.M. Hideout if Thieving is low.
- Stamina potion if below 70 Agility
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 Sigmund on the first floor of the Lumbridge Castle. Dialogue: Do you have any quests for me? → Yes
- 02
Ask the following people about what happened in the cellar. You can stop when one mentions a goblin in the basement.
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Duke Horacio Dialogue: What happened in the cellar? (Dialogue: What happened in the cellar? if started Dragon Slayer)
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Cook Dialogue: Do you know what happened in the castle cellar? (Dialogue: Do you know what happened in the castle cellar? if started Recipe for Disaster)
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Hans Dialogue: Do you know what happened in the cellar?
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Father Aereck Dialogue: Do you know what happened in the castle cellar?
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Bob Dialogue: Do you know what happened in the castle cellar?
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Gee or Donie Dialogue: Do you know what happened in the castle cellar?
- 03
Talk to Duke Horacio again. Dialogue: The cook says he saw something in the cellar (Dialogue: The cook says he saw something in the cellar if started Dragon Slayer)
- 04
Climb-down the trapdoor in the kitchen on the ground floor.
- 05
Use your pickaxe on the rubble in the basement and climb through the hole.
- 06
Light your light source and grab the brooch which sits on the floor about 10 steps into cave.
- 07
Show the brooch to the duke. Dialogue: Talk about something else. → I dug through the rubble... or Dialogue: I dug through the rubble... or Dialogue: I dug through the rubble...
- 08
Go to the Varrock Palace library in Varrock.
- 09
Talk to Reldo. Dialogue: ... or Dialogue: if not started shield of Arrav
- 10
Search the northern bookcase on the west wall for goblin symbol book.
- 11
Read through the book.
- 12
Go to Goblin Village and talk to the generals, and mediate for them until you learn goblin emotes. Dialogue: Have you ever heard of the Dorgeshuun? → It doesn't really matter → Well either way they refused to fight → Well I found a brooch underground... → Well why not show me both greetings?
- 13
Go back to the Lumbridge Castle cellar and follow the map in the image on this page through the caves. Don't stray from it! (Clicking on the minimap also auto-paths the correct path)
- 14
At the end of the cave talk to Mistag, and do your Goblin Bow in front of him.
- 15
Talk to Mistag then let him take you back to Lumbridge. Dialogue: Can you show me the way out of the mines?
- 16
Talk to the duke. He won't believe you. Dialogue: I've made contact with the cave goblins... or Dialogue: I've made contact with the cave goblins...
- 17
Pickpocket Sigmund and unlock his chest in the other room to find some HAM robes. Keep them for Death to the Dorgeshuun.
- 18
Go to the HAM lair west of Lumbridge Castle.
- 19
Pick the lock on the trapdoor and enter the lair.
- 20
Search the crate south of the ladder to find the stolen silverware.
- 21
Bring the silverware to the Duke. He will fire Sigmund and give you a signed peace treaty. Dialogue: I found the missing silverware in the HAM cave!
- 22
Go into the basement again. Follow Kazgar to travel to Mistag. Dialogue:
- 23
Talk to Mistag, with the peace treaty in your inventory, and a cutscene will play.
QUEST COMPLETE
Rewards
- 3,000 Mining Mining experience
- The ability to use the Goblin Bow and Goblin Salute emotes
- Access to the Dorgesh-Kaan mine
- A ring of life
- Access to Nardok's Bone Weapon's store where players can purchase the Dorgeshuun crossbow, bone bolts and other bone weapons.
- A mining helmet from giving the brooch back to Mistag.
REVISION-PINNED EVIDENCE
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