Gleason's Gielinor Guide

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Details

Start point	Search the bookcase in the house immediately south-west of the Seers' Village bank. Show on map
Official difficulty	Novice
Official length	Very Short
Description	Hundreds of years ago, a mineral was found that had the ability to change the property of Magic. The magicians, fearing the effect this may have on their profession, sealed this Workshop forever; or so they had hoped. See if you can rediscover the lost knowledge of elemental ore.
Requirements	20 Mining ^[boostable] ^{[not required to start]} ^{[t 1]} 20 Smithing ^[boostable] ^{[not required to start]} 20 Crafting ^[boostable] ^{[not required to start]}
Items required	Knife (obtainable during the quest) or a slash weapon (e.g. dagger or scimitar) Pickaxe Needle (obtainable during the quest, Costume needle works if you have thread) Thread Leather (obtainable during the quest) Hammer 4 coal (4 more for each additional bar you would like to produce)
Recommended	15 Combat level Camelot teleport Combat equipment for lower levels
Enemies to defeat	Earth elemental (level 35)
Ironman concerns	30 Mining ^[boostable] (if mining the coal)

In Seers' Village, go to the house immediately south of the anvil.
Search the bookcase on the eastern wall to find a battered book.
Read the book, then use a knife on it to get a Battered key.
- There is a knife spawn in the house north of the church if you forgot to bring one.
- Note: You'll need the book later, so don't get rid of it.
Go to the building with anvil and open the Odd looking wall in the north (with the key in inventory).
Go down the stairs.

Go into the room to the north.
Turn the water controls east of the water wheel.
Turn the water controls west of the water wheel.
Pull the lever by the water wheel.
(Optional) Kill one of each of the Elemental to complete Kandarin Easy Task. For the Earth Elemental, you must defeat one of the actual Elementals walking around; the rock that turns into the Elemental won't count towards the requirement.
(Optional) To obtain leather, search a crate north of the staircase in the middle room.
(Optional) To obtain a needle, search the two stacked crates on the left as you enter the west room.
Go to the eastern room.
With a needle, thread, and leather, fix the bellows.
Pull the lever by the bellows.
Go to the middle room and search the boxes in the north-east to get a stone bowl.
Go to the south room.
Use a stone bowl on the lava trough to the south.
Use the bowl of lava on the Furnace in the room.

Go to the western room and mine an elemental rock.
Kill the Earth elemental and pick up the elemental ore it drops (get 2 more ores if you are planning to do Elemental Workshop II).
Use the elemental ore and four coal on the furnace in the southern room. You will get an Elemental metal.
With the slashed book, go to the middle room and smith an elemental shield by using the elemental metal on the workbench.
Congratulations, quest complete!

Completion of Elemental Workshop I is required for the following:

An easy and medium task in the Kandarin Diary
Note: You may want to defeat one of each of the four Elementals for a Kandarin Diary requirement. For the Earth Elemental, you must defeat one of the actual Elementals walking around; the rock that turns into the Elemental won't count towards the requirement.