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The Restless Ghost/Quick guide

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This quest has an in-depth guide.

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

Details

Start point	Talk to Father Aereck in the chapel south-east of Lumbridge Castle. Show on map
Official difficulty	Novice
Official length	Short
Description	A ghost is haunting Lumbridge graveyard. The priest of the Lumbridge church of Saradomin wants you to find out how to get rid of it.
Requirements	Capable of killing or running away from a combat level 13 skeleton.
Items required	None
Recommended	10 Combat level Fast travel to several locations Wizard's Tower (1 trip) - Necklace of passage or Amulet of the Eye or Amulet of glory to Draynor Village (All members only) Father Urhney in the Lumbridge Swamp (1 trip) - Necklace of passage to Wizard's Tower or Amulet of glory to Draynor Village (Both members only) Lumbridge (3 trips) - Lumbridge Teleport or Lumbridge Home Teleport (once)
Enemies to defeat	Skeleton (level 13) (can be avoided)

Walkthrough

Getting started

Talk to Father Aereck in the Lumbridge church. (Lumbridge teleport can be used for quick travel to Lumbridge) ( 3•1)…
3 I'm looking for a quest!
1 Ok, let me help then.
Go through the graveyard's southern exit and head to the hut west of Lumbridge Swamp.

Ghostspeak amulet

Talk to Father Urhney inside the hut. ( 2•1)…
2 Father Aereck sent me to talk to you.
1 He's got a ghost haunting his graveyard.
Head to the small room in the Lumbridge graveyard south of the church.
Equip the Ghostspeak amulet and click the coffin, talk to the ghost. ( 1)…
1 Yep, now tell me what the problem is.

The skull

Head to the Wizards' Tower, and climb down the ladder to the basement. (Use Necklace of passage to teleport to Wizards' Tower if you have one.)
Search the altar, and you will receive a ghost's skull. A level 13 skeleton will appear, you don't have to kill it, just leave.
Go back to the graveyard and use the skull on the coffin with it open.
Congratulations, quest complete!

Reward

1 Quest point
1,125 Prayer experience
Ghostspeak amulet (keep for several quests and content in the future)

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