Requirements
- 15 Woodcutting
- Completion of the following quests:
- Children of the Sun
QUEST 164 · MEMBERS
The Ribbiting Tale of a Lily Pad Labour Dispute
Solve a ribbiting dispute and gain access to a new hardwood Farming patch.
- Difficulty
- Novice
- Length
- Very Short
- Quest points
- 1
- Released
- 20 March 2024
Talk to Marcellus at the Locus Oasis.
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
- Any axe (a bronze axe is obtainable during the quest)
Recommended
No additional recommendations listed.
Enemies to defeat
- Cuthbert, Lord of Dread (level 1)
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
Speak to Marcellus at the Locus Oasis.
- 02
Speak to the blue frogs on the north-east side of the pond.
- 03
Return to Marcellus. If you do not have an axe, take the bronze axe from the logs next to him.
- 04
Speak to either Gary or Sue again to arrange an election.
- 05
Go south and speak to either Jane or Dave, the yellow frogs.
- 06
Chop down the orange tree near them to distract them.
- 07
While they are distracted, sabotage the lily pad in the pond near them.
- 08
Return to Gary or Sue to start the election.
- 09
Return to Marcellus.
- 10
Return to Gary or Sue to discuss framing the flies.
- 11
Enter Marcellus' house and open the chest using the combination NALIA to obtain the plushy.
- 12
Plant the plushy in the capybara dung east of Marcellus and south of the orange tree.
- 13
Defeat Cuthbert (1 Hitpoint).
- ↳
Non-combat accounts can defeat him with a ring of recoil.
- 14
Tell Marcellus about the plushy.
- 15
Return to Gary or Sue to resolve the dispute.
- 16
Congratulations, quest complete!
QUEST COMPLETE
Rewards
- 2,000 Woodcutting experience
- Access to a new Hardwood Farming patch
REVISION-PINNED EVIDENCE
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- The Ribbiting Tale of a Lily Pad Labour Dispute ↗full guide · revision 15270097
- The Ribbiting Tale of a Lily Pad Labour Dispute/Quick guide ↗quick guide · revision 15303668