Gleason's Gielinor Guide

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It contains a more detailed description of dialogue, cutscenes, and storyline.

Details

Start point	Talk to Gordon on his farm south of the Farming Guild. Show on map
Official difficulty	Intermediate
Official length	Short
Description	Gordon and Mary are two small-town farmers with a big problem – some heinous beastie keeps taking their livestock! Luckily they've hit upon a solution. They just need some brave adventurer to venture into the creature's lair and bring them back its head. We can't envisage any complications with such a routine matter, right?
Requirements	30 Crafting ^{[not boostable]} ^{[required to start]} 26 Construction ^{[not boostable]} ^{[required to start]}
Items required	Bear fur, grey wolf fur, or Fur (a Grizzly bear and bear cub spawn west of the farm and two black bears spawn east of the farm) Soft clay or a pickaxe you can use Clay rocks are found in the Kebos Lowlands mine passed during the quest; Gordon's house has a water source and a bucket spawn; There is a Bronze pickaxe spawn at the mine, stuck in some rocks. Hammer (obtainable near the cattle gate) or Imcando hammer Saw (obtainable in the shed north of the house) or Amy's saw 2 normal planks (obtainable near the cave entrance) At least 6 nails of any kind (iron nails can be found in the workbench north of the house, and more than 6 is recommended in case you bend a few) Knife (obtainable on the kitchen table in the house) Red dye (obtainable from the shelves in the house) Pot of flour (obtainable upstairs in the house) Needle (obtainable upstairs in the house) or Costume needle Thread (obtainable upstairs in the house) unless you're using the Costume needle
Recommended	45 Combat level Fast travel to the Farming Guild (Skills necklace, Battlefront Teleport, Farming Cape, or Fairy Rings to CIR) Combat equipment to fight a level 82 beast. (optional) Various items to show Gordon for amusing dialogue. Nielan's journal (obtained by searching the skeleton in the Headless Beast's Lair) Big bones Ensouled bear head Bearhead
Enemies to defeat	Headless Beast (level-82)

Walkthrough

Starting out

Items needed: Pot of flour

Speak to Gordon south of the Farming Guild. ( 1•1)…
1 Need a hand with anything?
1 Yes.
Speak to Mary inside the main building west of Gordon.

Tracking down the beast

Items needed: Combat equipment

Use a pot of flour on the southern gate next to the cow pen east of Gordon.
Follow the trail of flour south past the bridge then west to the cave at the Kebos Lowlands mine.
Kill the Headless Beast.
- Optional: Mine some clay in the mine and pick up two planks just to the west while you're here.
Go back and speak to Gordon.

Making the fake head

Items needed: Soft clay, knife, bear fur, needle, thread, red dye, hammer, saw, two planks, six nails of any kind

Speak to Gordon.
Speak to Mary.
Make a clay head by using a knife on the soft clay. ( 1)…
1 Yes.
Speak to Gordon.
Make a fur head by using bear fur or grey wolf fur on the head while having a needle and thread. ( 1)…
1 Yes.
Speak to Gordon again.
Make a bloody head by using red dye on the head. ( 1)…
1 Yes.
Speak to Gordon again.
Mount the bloody head in the Mounted Head Space on the wall south of the stairs using two planks and six nails.
Speak to Gordon one more time.
Congratulations, quest complete!

Rewards

1 Quest point
3,000 coins — If not claimed at quest completion due to no available inventory space, talk to Gordon again after the quest for the reward
4,000 Crafting experience
3,200 Construction experience
Access to a tannery in the Kebos Lowlands (speak to Mary to access tanning services)

Unlocks:

Headless Beast accessible in the Nightmare Zone

Getting Ahead/Quick guide