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Evil Dave

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EdgevilleShadow of the StormRecipe for Disaster
Evil Dave
Released14 November 2005 (Update)
MembersYes
RaceHuman
QuestShadow of the Storm
Recipe for Disaster
LocationEdgeville
GenderMale
ExamineHe seems to like wearing black.
Map
Advanced data
NPC ID901,902,3394,4806,4807
LinkMOID

Evil Dave is an aspiring "Evil Doer". He appears in Shadow of the Storm as a member of an evil cult trying to resurrect an ancient demon. He is also a sub-quest in Recipe for Disaster in which you must free him by feeding him spicy stew that you have to make, by getting your cat to catch hell-rats that drop certain spice that you must add to the stew.

He lives in his Mother's basement in Edgeville. He can also be found in the Uzer dungeon during the Shadow of the Storm quest. He can also be spoken with by using the Astral Contact spell after the Dream Mentor quest. However, he does not say anything important.

It was revealed that he came to be part of the Lumbridge Secret Council because it was decided that an evil wizard should be included, but it had to be one that was harmless (for the sake of everyone). Currently, Evil Dave is the only one who meets those requirements.

He attended the 2025 Birthday event in an imp disguise and under the name of Deviled Dave to be able to eat Party Pete's famous deviled eggs without being recognised.

Treasure Trails

Evil Dave is the solution to the hard anagram clue: VEIL VEDA, with a challenge scroll answer of 666.

Note: To enter the Basement of Doom and talk to Evil Dave, you need to complete the quest Shadow of the Storm.

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Changes

Date Changes
18 December 2014
(Update)

Evil Dave now recognizes certain holiday items as evil during Shadow of the Storm.

2 October 2014
(Update)

The big pirate hat is now recognized as evil by Evil Dave.

Trivia

  • If you talk to Evil Dave while wearing full ghostly robes or a fully dark dyed Graceful outfit and have a hellcat follower, he will say "That outfit is TOTALLY EVIL! And you've got an evil cat too! To be honest I'm a little bit scared of you!"

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