Pirate's Treasure

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Pirate's Treasure (#16)
Released		11 June 2001 (Update)
Members		No
Quest series		None
Lead developer(s)		Paul Gower

Pirate's Treasure is a quest in which you help the pirate Redbeard Frank obtain some Karamjan rum in return for the location of the treasure of One-Eyed Hector, his old captain.

Start point	Talk to Redbeard Frank at the northernmost dock at Port Sarim, just outside The Rusty Anchor. Show on map
Official difficulty	Novice
Official length	Very Short
Description	Redbeard Frank knows the location of pirate treasure, but he'll only part with the knowledge for a bottle of Karamjan rum.
Requirements	Able to defeat or run away from a Combat level 4 gardener.
Items required	Karamjan rum (obtainable during the quest for 30 coins) White apron (obtainable during the quest in Port Sarim at Gerrant's Fishy Business.) 60 coins (only 30 are needed if using the Ring of Charos(a)) 10 bananas (obtainable during the quest) Spade (obtainable during the quest)
Recommended	Fast travel to several locations Port Sarim to start the quest - Amulet of glory to Draynor Village or Explorer's ring 2-4 or Teleport to House (Rimmington) or Skills necklace to Crafting Guild Varrock (1 trip) - Varrock Teleport or Chronicle or Ring of wealth or Skills necklace Falador Park (1 trip) - Ring of wealth or Falador Teleport
Enemies to defeat	Gardener (level 4, optional)

Talk to Redbeard Frank located in front of the northernmost dock in Port Sarim. Tell him you are in search of treasure, and he will ask you to bring him some Karamjan rum before he'll tell you where to find some.

Walk south on the docks to see three sailors (NOT the Monks of Entrana). Talk to any one of these sailors to board the ship to Karamja for 30 coins (free using the Ring of Charos(a)).

When you arrive in Karamja, follow the path to the west and enter the bar. Trade with Zembo and buy one Karamjan rum.

Do not leave the island with the rum - it will be confiscated by the officers as Asgarnia has banned the import of intoxicating spirits. The bottle will also break if you teleport or accept a random event where you would be temporarily teleported.

You will need to find a method to smuggle the rum off the island. First, pick 10 bananas from the plantation to the north. Then talk to Luthas in his hut to the east of the plantation and ask him for a job, and he will hire you as his worker.

Outside the south east corner of his hut is a crate. Use the rum on it to hide it in the crate, then "Fill Crate" on it to fill it with bananas.

Note: If you get a message saying "Why would I want to do that?" make sure you have asked for employment first.

Talk to Luthas again and he will pay you 30 coins for loading the crate. Ask him where the crate goes, and he will tell you they go to Wydin, who owns the food store in Port Sarim. Travel back to Port Sarim at the customs officer to the east for 30 coins (free with Ring of Charos(a)).

Once you are in Port Sarim, make a quick stop at the fishing shop just to the west. Hanging on the back wall is a white apron. Take it and wear it.

Talk to Wydin at his food store directly south of the fishing shop, and ask him for a job. He will agree as long as you are wearing your white apron. Enter the back room and search the crate with a banana on top of it. You will find the rum. Do not teleport with it in your inventory (including random events). Head back to Redbeard Frank and give him the drink.

Frank will give you a key to the chest found upstairs in Varrock's Blue Moon Inn, owned by the now deceased One-Eyed Hector. Travel to Varrock and head to the Blue Moon Inn located just north of the city's southern gate. Go upstairs and find the chest in the room at the end of the hall. Use the key on the chest to find a pirate message. It will give you a clue to the treasure's location. Be sure to read the clue.

Travel to Falador Park, located in the north of Falador. If you don't yet have a spade, grab one from the estate agency just south-west of the park. Find the statue of Saradomin in the middle of the park, and notice where it's pointing. Note the configuration of the dirt, which vaguely makes an X. Stand in the middle of the dirt "X" and dig. An angry level-4 gardener will appear out of nowhere and attack you. You will be unable to dig again until you either kill him, or run out of the park to despawn him. Dig again in the same spot to get a casket and complete the quest.

Congratulations, Quest Complete!

• 2 Quest points
• Access to One-Eyed Hector's Treasure Chest (contains a gold ring, an emerald, and 450 coins).

Completion of Pirate's Treasure is required for the following:

• Cabin Fever

• When using the Casket received as a reward for completing the quest on Redbeard Frank, the player's character offers to share the treasure with him, but he refuses and insists that the player should keep all of it for their own as they have earned it.
• When the quest was first released, the Karamja rum was tradeable and the bottles would not break if players tried to teleport. Some players simply bought a whole load of rum and sold it to players doing the quest, allowing them to skip a large part of it. When this was posted on fan forums, a Jagex developer saw it and the problem was soon corrected.
• If you have completed Rum Deal prior to starting this quest, you will ask Redbeard Frank if Braindeath 'Rum' will do instead instead of Karamjan rum, in which case Redbeard refuses immediately, calling it 'swill'.
• If you give Redbeard Frank some Karamja rum with sliced banana in it, he will take it at first, but will give it back when talked to again, stating that he doesn't like bananas in his rum.
• If you give Redbeard Frank some Karamja rum with a banana stuffed in it, he will take it at first, but will give it back, saying "Arr - this here rum's got a banana stuck in it!".
• As the completed quest journal text indicates, it was at one time necessary to complete the quest in order to travel between Port Sarim and Musa Point, as well as to continue to work for Luthas.