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Varrock Diary
Released 5 March 2015 (Update)
Area(s) Varrock, Barbarian Village, and Edgeville
Members Yes
Item reward Armour
Taskmaster(s) Toby
Toby's location

The Varrock Diary is an Achievement Diary whose tasks revolve around areas in and near Varrock, such as the Barbarian Village and Edgeville.

Several skill, quest, and item requirements are needed to complete all tasks. Unless stated otherwise, temporary skill boosts can be used to meet the skill requirements.

Rewards can be claimed from Toby in Varrock, just behind the Varrock General Store. Tasks may be done in any order, but the previous tiers of a diary must be completed to claim rewards of the next tier.

Overview

Skill requirements
Attack
Hitpoints
Mining
15
Strength
Agility
13
Smithing
Defence
Herblore
Fishing
20
Ranged
Thieving
5
Cooking
Prayer
Crafting
8
Firemaking
Magic
Fletching
Woodcutting
Runecraft
9
Slayer
Farming
Construction
Hunter
Sailing
Combat level
Total level
96+
Quest requirements
Rune Mysteries
Additional requirements
Reach 50 kudos with the Varrock Museum

Skill requirements
Attack
Hitpoints
Mining
15
Strength
Agility
30
Smithing
Defence
Herblore
10
Fishing
20
Ranged
Thieving
25
Cooking
Prayer
Crafting
36
Firemaking
40
Magic
25[1]
Fletching
Woodcutting
Runecraft
9
Slayer
Farming
30
Construction
Hunter
Sailing
Combat level
40
32
Total level
262+
Additional requirements
Own a Jagex Account, or set up the older RuneScape Authenticator
Reach 50 kudos with the Varrock Museum
  1. ^ Ironmen require 49 Magic.

Skill requirements
Attack
Hitpoints
Mining
15
Strength
Agility
51
Smithing
20
Defence
Herblore
10
Fishing
20
Ranged
40
Thieving
53
Cooking
Prayer
52
Crafting
36
Firemaking
60
Magic
54
Fletching
10
Woodcutting
60
Runecraft
9
Slayer
Farming
68
Construction
50
Hunter
66[nb] [1]
Sailing
Combat level
40
32
Total level
689+
Additional requirements
Own a Jagex Account, or set up the older RuneScape Authenticator
Reach 153 kudos with the Varrock Museum
  1. ^ Ironmen require 69 Hunter [b] to catch a dashing kebbit.

Skill requirements
Attack
Hitpoints
Mining
60
Strength
Agility
51
Smithing
89
Defence
40
Herblore
90
Fishing
20
Ranged
40
Thieving
53
Cooking
95
Prayer
52
Crafting
61
Firemaking
60
Magic
86
Fletching
81
Woodcutting
60
Runecraft
78[1]
Slayer
Farming
68
Construction
50
Hunter
66[2]
Sailing
Combat level
40
32
Total level
1187+
Additional requirements
Own a Jagex Account, or set up the older RuneScape Authenticator
Reach 153 kudos with the Varrock Museum
  1. ^ The minimally required Runecraft level is 52 with 2+ Raiments of the Eye pieces, or 78 with less.
  2. ^ Ironmen require 69 Hunter [b] to catch a dashing kebbit.

Easy

Task Requirements
1. Browse Thessalia's store. None
2. Have Aubury teleport you to the Essence mine.

Note: You can right-click him to teleport.

3. Mine some Iron in the south-east mining patch near Varrock.
4. Make a normal plank at the Sawmill.
  • 100 coins
  • Logs, obtainable from a dying tree here with any axe for another easy task
5. Enter the second level of the Stronghold of Security.
6. Jump over the fence south of Varrock.
7. Chop down a dying tree in the Lumber Yard.
8. Buy a newspaper.

Note: Can be bought from Benny in Varrock Square.

9. Give a dog a bone!

Note: This does not count when done during the investigation segment of Children of the Sun.

10. Spin a bowl on the pottery wheel and fire it in the oven in Barb Village[sic].
11. Speak to Haig Halen after obtaining at least 50 Kudos.
  • See Kudos for all activities that grant them
12. Craft some Earth runes from Essence.
13. Catch some trout in the River Lum at Barbarian Village.
14. Steal from the Tea stall in Varrock.

Rewards

  • Varrock armour 1:
    • While worn, 10% chance of mining double clay, limestone, guardian fragments, tephra, and ores up to and including gold (experience granted for both minerals)
    • While worn, 10% chance of smelting 2 bars at once, up to steel, when using the Edgeville furnace (experience granted for both bars)
  • Antique lamp worth 2,500 experience in any skill of at least level 30
  • Zaff will sell you 15 noted battlestaves as a single stack every day for 105,000 coins, resellable on the Grand Exchange for a profit of 11,985 coins (after tax)[1]
  • The skull sceptre will now hold up to 14 charges, up from 10
  • Individual parts used to make the skull sceptre now give an extra bone fragment per component when chiselled

Medium

Task Requirements
1. Have the Apothecary in Varrock make you a strength potion.
2. Enter the Champions' Guild.
3. Select a colour for your kitten.

Note: You can only have one kitten (or cat) following you at a time. If you already have one, you'll have to shoo it away, store it in a menagerie, or sell it for death runes to West Ardougne civilians. Storing it in your inventory or bank does not allow you to purchase a new one.

4. Use the spirit tree north of Varrock.

Note: This tree is located in the north-eastern corner of the Grand Exchange.

5. Perform the 4 emotes from the Stronghold of Security.
6. Enter the Tolna dungeon after completing A Soul's Bane.
7. Teleport to the digsite using a Digsite pendant.
8. Cast the teleport to Varrock spell.
9. Get a Slayer task from Vannaka.
10. Make 20 Mahogany Planks in one go.

Note: You can right-click the Sawmill operator to turn your logs into planks. You'll always need 20 mahogany logs, regardless of whether you're using sawmill vouchers.

  • 20 mahogany logs and 30,000 coins
11. Pick a White tree fruit.
12. Use the balloon to travel from Varrock.

Note: The destination does not matter for this task. You can even pick a locked destination and not take the trip.

13. Complete a lap of the Varrock Agility course.

Rewards

  • Varrock armour 2:
    • While worn, 10% chance of mining double ores up to and including mithril, as well as various other minerals (experience granted for both minerals)
    • While worn, 10% chance of smelting 2 bars at once, up to and including mithril, when using the Edgeville furnace (experience granted for both bars)
  • Antique lamp worth 7,500 experience in any skill of at least level 40
  • Zaff will sell you 30 noted battlestaves as a single stack every day for 210,000 coins, resellable on the Grand Exchange for a profit of 23,970 coins (after tax)[1]
  • The ability to toggle the destination of Varrock Teleport from Varrock Square to the Grand Exchange
  • The skull sceptre will now hold up to 18 charges, up from 14
  • Individual parts used to make the skull sceptre now give two extra bone fragments per component when chiselled

Hard

Task Requirements
1. Trade furs with the Fancy Dress Seller for a spottier cape and equip it.
2. Speak to Orlando Smith when you have achieved 153 Kudos.
  • See Kudos for all activities that grant them
3. Make a Waka canoe near Edgeville.
4. Teleport to Paddewwa.
5. Teleport to Barbarian Village with a skull sceptre.
6. Chop some yew logs in Varrock and burn them at the top of the Varrock church.

Note: There is a yew tree next to the church. Completing or updating any other task in-between these steps will reset the progress for this task. In Deadman Mode, the task is instead "Burn some Yew logs at the top of the Varrock church with 60 Woodcutting."

7. Have the Varrock estate agent decorate your house with Fancy Stone.

Note: You must finish the dialogue or the task will not count as completed.

  • Construction 50 Construction [nb]
  • 25,000 coins
  • Additional 5,000 coins if already using Fancy Stone, to change to something else and back
8. Collect at least 2 yew roots from the Tree patch in Varrock Palace.

Note: While 60 Farming is required to grow the yew tree, you'll need 68 Farming to dig up more than a single root.

9. Pray at the altar in Varrock palace with Smite active.

Note: The altar is found on the 1st floor[UK]2nd floor[US] of the palace.

10. Squeeze through the obstacle pipe in Edgeville dungeon.

Rewards

  • Varrock armour 3:
    • Can be worn in place of a chef's hat to access the Cooks' Guild
    • While worn, 10% chance of mining double ores up to and including adamantite, as well as various other minerals (experience granted for both minerals)
    • While worn, 10% chance of smelting 2 bars at once, up to and including adamantite, when using the Edgeville furnace (experience granted for both bars)
  • Antique lamp worth 15,000 experience in any skill of at least level 50
  • Zaff will sell you 60 noted battlestaves as a single stack every day for 420,000 coins, resellable on the Grand Exchange for a profit of 47,940 coins (after tax)[1]
  • The skull sceptre will now hold up to 22 charges, up from 18
  • Individual parts used to make the skull sceptre now give three extra bone fragments per component when chiselled
  • Access to the bank in the Cooks' Guild and a range at only 2 tiles away from it

Elite

Task Requirements
1. Create a super combat potion in Varrock west bank.
  • Quest points Completion of Druidic Ritual
  • Herblore 90 Herblore
  • Super attack (4), super strength (4), super defence (4), and a torstol
2. Use Lunar magic to make 20 mahogany planks at the Lumberyard.

Note: You must stand within the Lumber Yard, past the fence.

  • Quest points Completion of Dream Mentor
  • Magic 86 Magic
  • Lunar spellbook selected
  • 21,000 coins and 20 mahogany logs[a]
  • Means to cast Plank Make twenty times ( 300Earth 40Astral 20Nature )[a]
3. Bake a summer pie in the Cooking Guild.

Note: Instead of using a range, you can use the Bake Pie spell to prevent burning the pie.

  • Cooking 95 Cooking
  • Raw summer pie
  • Chef's hat, golden chef's hat, Varrock armour 3, or Cooking cape
4. Smith and fletch ten rune darts within Varrock.
5. Craft 100 or more earth runes simultaneously from Essence without the use of Extracts.
  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 You may use ten sawmill vouchers to halve the required items and runes for the Plank Make task.

Rewards

  • Varrock armour 4:
    • Can be worn in place of a prospector jacket for clue steps and the experience bonus (also provides the set bonus when worn with rest of the full outfit)
    • While worn, 10% chance of mining double of any ore, as well as various other minerals (experience granted for both minerals)
    • While worn, 10% chance of smelting 2 bars at once, of any kind, when using the Edgeville furnace (experience granted for both bars)
  • Antique lamp worth 50,000 experience in any skill of at least level 70
  • Zaff will sell you 120 noted battlestaves as a single stack every day for 840,000 coins, resellable on the Grand Exchange for a profit of 95,880 coins (after tax)[1]
  • The skull sceptre will now hold up to 26 charges, up from 22
  • Individual parts used to make the skull sceptre now give four extra bone fragments per component when chiselled

Changes

Date Changes
14 April 2021
(Update)

All diary tasks to craft runes were changed to clarify they only can be completed with essence.

4 May 2017
(Update)

Corrected some capitalisation on Orlando Smith's name in the Varrock Achievement Diary.

21 April 2016
(Update)

The Varrock diary task to purchase 20 mahogany planks from the Sawmill now ensures you have enough coins to pay for the planks.

7 April 2016
(Update)

The task to create 20 Mahogany planks at the sawmill will now complete consistently.

3 December 2015
(Update)
  • A typo in the Varrock diary interface for the spelling of 'Paddewwa' has been fixed.
  • When purchasing battlestaves as part of the Varrock diary reward from Zaff's barrel, you will no longer be told your inventory is full when it already contains a stack of noted battlestaves.
8 October 2015
(Update)

Having Sedridor teleport you to the Essence mine now consistently completes the achievement diary task.

24 September 2015
(Update)

Additional ores gathered by Varrock armours now provide the bonus experience from the Prospector's outfit.

6 August 2015
(Update)

It is no longer possible to complete the Varrock Diary task, "Make 20 Mahogany Planks in one go" without having enough coins to pay the Sawmill Operator.

14 May 2015
(Update)

Performing the same Stronghold of Security emote 4 times no longer completes the task asking you to perform each of the 4 emotes.

30 April 2015
(Update | poll)

Players that have completed the Varrock medium achievement diary can now toggle their Varrock teleport to take them just south of the Grand Exchange.

References

  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Only one noted stack of battlestaves can be claimed from Zaff each day, irrespective of the stack's size or the amount of diary tiers completed that day.

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