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QUEST 45 · MEMBERS

Watchtower

The Wizards of the Yanille Watch Tower have been reporting increased ogre sightings recently. Use a wide variety of your skills to help the wizards recover their stolen power crystals and stop the advance of the ogre hordes!

Difficulty
Intermediate
Length
Medium
Quest points
4
Released
7 May 2003
START POINT

Talk to the Watchtower Wizard in the Watchtower north of Yanille; you must climb the trellis on the north side of the tower.

BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE BANK

Preparation

Requirements are gates. Recommendations are comfort and risk controls, not mandatory levels unless the game enforces them.

Requirements

  • 14 Magic (boostable)
  • 15 Thieving (boostable)
  • 25 Agility (boostable)
  • 14 Herblore (boostable)
  • 40 Mining (boostable)
  • The ability to defeat a level 68 Ogre and run past level 111 Blue dragons

Items required

  • 20 coins
  • Gold bar
  • Tinderbox
  • Death rune (obtainable during the quest)
  • Pickaxe
  • Dragon bones (baby dragon bones will not work)
  • 2 ropes (2nd rope obtainable during the quest)
  • Guam potion (unf)
  • Guam leaf and vial of water if making your own potion (vial obtainable during the quest)
  • Any light source (obtainable during the quest)
  • Pestle and mortar (obtainable during the quest)
  • Bat bones (obtainable during the quest with a knife or slash weapon, grinding the bat bones before starting the quest to leave the pestle and mortar in the bank is also an option)
  • Jangerberries (obtainable during the quest)

Recommended

  • 35 Combat
  • Any instant teleportation method if you need to leave the Ogre cave
  • Weapon, armour and some food
  • Stamina or energy potions
  • Anti-dragon/Dragonfire shield and antifire potions or a super antifire to greatly reduce the damage taken from the blue dragons in the Ogre Enclave (using both or just super antifire completely negates dragonfire damage)
  • 43 Prayer for protection prayers
  • Fast travel to the Watchtower and the Ogre Enclave (Yanille teleport, Teleport to house if your house is in Yanille, Nightmare Zone or Castle Wars minigame teleport, ring of dueling to Castle Wars or Fairy Rings to CIQ)
  • 39 Agility, 21 Ranged, 38 Strength, a crossbow and a mith grapple for the shortcut over Yanille's southern wall

Enemies to defeat

  • Gorad (level 68) (safespottable)
  • Giant bat (level 27) (only if bat bones are needed)

Ironman notes

  • A method to obtain dragon bones:
  • Killing blue dragons in Taverley Dungeon or the Dragon Nest near Tal Teklan (safespottable)
  • Killing green dragons in the Wilderness
  • Killing red dragons in Brimhaven dungeon
  • Killing Elvarg in the Nightmare Zone after the completion of Dragon Slayer I
  • Killing Blue Dragon in Heroes' Guild after the completion of Heroes' Quest (Telekinetic Grab optional but recommended)
  • A method to obtain a gold bar:
  • 40 Smithing to smith one
  • 33 Magic to use Telekinetic Grab on the spawn in the Varrock west bank basement
  • Spawn in the Corsair Cove Dungeon, requiring Dragon Slayer I Quest unless using Telekinetic Grab
  • 1/10 from eclectic implings with 50 Hunter
  • 1/64 from cave slime with 17 Slayer
  • A method to obtain Guam leaves:
  • 1/11.1 drop from chaos druids for the grimy herb
  • Picking the herbs in the Sorceress's Garden winter garden for guam leaves (1/3.37). Requires completion of Prince Ali Rescue Quest

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

  1. 01

    Enter the top floor of the Watchtower.

  2. It is possible to use another player's Watchtower portal to get here. Use World 330 (House Party) to find a host, look for the "Yanille portal".

  3. Otherwise, use the Nightmare Zone Minigame Teleport or use fairy ring CIQ. Climb the trellis outside the Watchtower and climb up the ladder to the second floor.

  4. 02

    Talk to the Watchtower Wizard. Dialogue: What's the matter? → So how come the spell doesn't work? → Can I be of help?

  5. 03

    Climb down 2 ladders and search the far north-west bush to find fingernails.

  6. Kill a giant bat in the Yanille dungeon for bat bones if needed.

  7. 04

    Talk to the Watchtower Wizard. Dialogue: What do you suggest I do? → So what do I do?

Getting the relic pieces and the first crystal

  1. 01

    Talk to Og north-west of Yanille to receive Toban's key. Dialogue: I seek entrance to the city of ogres.

  2. Fairy ring CIQ and head west.

  3. If you use a ring of dueling, teleport to Castle Wars and head south past the bridges and then north-east until you find a tribe of ogres.

  4. 02

    Head south and get onto the island by using a rope with the branch (not the tree) of the long-branched tree that is west of the island.

  5. 03

    Talk to Grew. Dialogue: Don't eat me; I can help you.

  6. 04

    Enter the hole south of Gu'Tanoth (the "Tunnel to Toban" on map above, dungeon icon south of Jiggig, and north-west of some ruins).

  7. To get there, use a Feldip Hills teleport and run north, use fairy ring AKS or use a ring of dueling teleport to Castle Wars and run south past Jiggig.

  8. Pick up the death rune south of the hole if needed.

  9. 05

    Kill Gorad and take his tooth (be sure to have room in your inventory or you won't receive the tooth).

  10. 06

    Talk to Toban. Dialogue: I seek entrance to the city of ogres. → I could do something for you...

  11. 07

    Talk to Toban again with dragon bones in your inventory to receive Relic part 3.

  12. 08

    Search the chest and take Toban's stolen gold.

  13. Take the rope if you need a second one.

  14. 09

    Talk to Grew back on the Jangerberry island.

  15. Take some jangerberries if needed.

  16. 10

    Go back and talk to Og.

  17. 11

    Talk to the Watchtower Wizard, who will put the three relics together and give you an ogre relic.

  18. Take the lit candle if a light source is needed.

The Skavids and the second crystal

  1. 01

    Enter Gu'Tanoth via the path on the north-east corner of the hills, then head west towards the gate. Enter by talking to the Ogre Guard with the ogre relic in your inventory.

  2. 02

    Go south-east to the market in the central area and steal a rock cake from the counter on the southern side.

  3. If you need a pestle and mortar and a vial, buy them from the Ogre merchant before stealing the rock cake.

  4. 03

    Go back to the upper walkway, then head around south until you encounter guards at a battlement. Climb the battlement. Dialogue: But I am a friend to ogres...

  5. 04

    Talk to the guard again with the rock cake in your inventory.

  6. 05

    Head north-east and attempt to jump the bridge, then agree to give the guards 20 coins. Dialogue: Okay, I'll pay it.

  7. 06

    Talk to a City guard. Dialogue: I seek passage into the skavid caves.

  8. 07

    Talk to a City guard again with a death rune in your inventory to receive a skavid map.

  9. 08

    Return back across the bridges, over the battlement, and through the north-west gate where you entered the city.

  10. 09

    Walk east, then turn south towards the second city gate.

  11. 10

    Enter the Skavid caves just north of the gate.

  12. 11

    Speak with the scared skavid. Dialogue: Okay, okay, I'm not going to hurt you.

  13. 12

    Exit the cave, and speak with each regular Skavid inside the following 4 caves:

  14. East of Gu'Tanoth outside the city around the east side of the mountain.

  15. North-east of Gu'Tanoth along the main entrance path.

  16. North of Gu'Tanoth and south of the cluster of trees.

  17. North of Gu'Tanoth south of the west gate to Yanille. Grab one nightshade, which will complete an Ardougne Medium task.

  18. 13

    The following responses should work. The first part is what the Skavid says. You must respond with the second part:

  19. Tanath gor...Nod

  20. Bidith tanath...Cur

  21. Gor cur...Ar

  22. Cur bidith...Ig

  23. 14

    Exit the cave and go south to the Eastern City gate. Click on the gate to give a gold bar to the guard and gain access to the gate.

  24. 15

    Continue past the gate and across the bridge into the cave. Speak to the Mad Skavid, who will say one of these options. Repeat with the second part again.

  25. Ar cur...Gor

  26. Bidith ig...Cur

  27. Gor nod...Tanath

  28. Cur tanath...Bidith

  29. 16

    Take another cave nightshade. Make sure you have two of them. You can hop worlds for the second one.

  30. 17

    Leave the way you came in (do not climb down the hole).

  31. 18

    Return to the Gu'Tanoth market.

  32. 19

    Use one nightshade on one of the Enclave guards (be sure to complete the dialogue).

  33. 20

    Enter the cave and watch the cutscene.

  34. 21

    Teleport out or run north to the exit.

The magic ogre potion

  1. 01

    Go back to the Watchtower wizard and talk to him.

  2. If needed, fill a vial with water at the fountain in front of the watchtower.

  3. 02

    To create a vial of water add in the following order (do not use the ground bat bones first or the water will evaporate and you will need more bones):

  4. Guam leaf – to make a guam potion (unf)

  5. Jangerberries (make sure to use, not eat)

  6. Ground bat bones (make sure to use, not bury)

  7. Use pestle and mortar on the bat bones now if you haven't already

  8. 03

    Talk to the Watchtower wizard again, with the unfinished potion in your inventory.

Getting the other crystals

  1. 01

    Prepare to defend yourself against the various ogres and a blue dragon in the Ogre Enclave. Don't forget your anti-dragon shield.

  2. 02

    Return to the market square of Gu'Tanoth.

  3. 03

    Use your nightshade on an Enclave guard to enter the cave again.

  4. 04

    Use the magic ogre potion on all 6 ogre shamans to get the 3rd crystal.

  5. The pouring animation is a stall, activate protection from melee before using the potion to avoid taking stacked hits from the demons and dragons in the area.

  6. You could aggro a skeleton or a spider to avoid taking hits from a dragon while using the potion.

  7. 05

    Right-click mine the Rock of Dalgroth in the centre of the Enclave for the 4th crystal.

  8. 06

    Talk to the Watchtower wizard and return the crystals. (Leave the room and return if crystals remain on pillars before you have placed them.)

  9. NE: Magenta

  10. SE: Grey

  11. SW: Yellow

  12. NW: Cyan

  13. 07

    Pull the lever to the west.

  14. 08

    Congratulations, quest complete!

QUEST COMPLETE

Rewards

  • 15,250 Magic Magic experience
  • 5,000 Coins
  • A scroll, the reading of which gives you the ability to use Watchtower Teleport
  • Access to the ogre city, and Ogre Enclave where you can fight blue dragons. (You will not need an extra nightshade to enter after the quest is complete.)
  • Designation by the Ogres of Gu'Tanoth as a "Friend of the Ogres"

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