Client of Kourend

This quest has a quick guide. It briefly summarises the steps needed to complete the quest.

Client of Kourend is the first quest which involves the kingdom of Great Kourend, and is the 131st quest on Old School RuneScape.

Start point	Talk to Veos at Port Piscarilius. Show on map
Official difficulty	Novice
Official length	Short
Description	Will you help Veos handle a mysterious client?
Requirements	Completion of the following quest: X Marks the Spot
Items required	Feather (a stripy or coloured feather can also be used, but a magic gold feather cannot)
Recommended	Weight-reducing clothing and stamina or energy potions 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 Hosidius (1 trip) - Lovakengj Minecart Network for 20 or Fairy ring to AKR Shayzien (1 trip) - Lovakengj Minecart Network for 20 or Fairy ring to DJR Lovakengj (1 trip) - Lovakengj Minecart Network for 20 or Fairy ring to DJR Arceuus (1 trip) - Lovakengj Minecart Network for 20 or Fairy ring to CIS Dark Altar (1 trip) - Games necklace or Fairy ring to CIS Port Piscarilius (1 trip) - Lovakengj Minecart Network for 20
Enemies to defeat	None
League notes	Unlocking Kandarin✓ will auto-complete the quest Unlocking Kourend✓ will auto-complete the quest Unlocking Fremennik✓ will auto-complete the quest

Speak to Veos at the northernmost dock of Port Sarim by the Rusty Anchor Inn to sail to Great Kourend. Upon arrival in Port Piscarilius, speak to him again and ask if he has any quests. He will mention that a client of his from the mainland is interested in learning about Kourend, and wants the player to gather information on the five cities of the continent.

Agree to help him, and he will give the player an enchanted scroll, telling the player that his client is able to see the writing without anything being written on the scroll itself; they want the 'knowledge gathering' to remain on the down low. Veos suggests that general store owners should know enough about their respective cities and be up for a chat.

Use a feather on the enchanted scroll to create an enchanted quill. A feather can be obtained from Gerrant's Fishy Business in Port Sarim if you don't already have one.

With the enchanted quill and enchanted scroll from Veos in your inventory, you will have to speak to the general store owners of Great Kourend. They can be found in buildings marked with the icon. You will need to travel to Hosidius, Shayzien, Lovakengj, and Arceuus to visit these stores. The map above lists nearby Lovakengj Minecart Network locations, which can be used for 20 Coins per travel.

Speak to a store owner, and ask them about their respective city and what there is to do in their respective city. When you are receiving information from the Regath, the Arceuus general store owner, the quill will mysteriously glow and damage your hand! You will not take any damage, however.

Once you've spoken to every single general store owner, a mysterious voice whispers to you that you must return to Veos.

Veos will take your quill and scroll, saying that the client apologises for the damaged hand, as the mention of the Dark Altar "provoked emotion". He then asks you to take a mysterious orb and activate it when near the Dark Altar.

The Dark Altar is found north of Arceuus at the end of the area with purple crystals, near fairy ring CIS.

Once you are near the Dark Altar, activate the orb. It will shatter into broken glass. The mysterious voice will thank the player and ask them to return to Veos.

Return to Veos in Port Piscarilius (not Port Sarim). He will then claim that he has not spoken to you since taking you to Great Kourend, before suddenly becoming possessed. Veos' Client will now speak, with the player questioning him to no avail. Before he releases Veos from his possession, he will give you your reward.

Congratulations, quest complete!

• 1 Quest point
• Two antique lamps which provide 500 experience each in a skill of the player's choosing
• Kharedst's memoirs
• Kourend Castle Teleport spell

There is one easter egg that can be done during or after completion of the quest, which offers no rewards. However, there was once a second easter egg that was silently removed on 9 November 2017, which effectively retconned the lore revealed from it; it is kept here for historical purposes.

A set of wolf bones can be used on Veos. The bones will remind him of Copper, his pet wolf - a loyal, brave and gentle wolf who wore a crimson collar. When Veos was travelling in the Fremennik Provinces, he and his wolf (who was 19 years old) were ambushed by a group of feral foxes, and suffered fatal wounds. Veos ran away, and he sought to search for his remains, to no avail. Offer to help him, then travel to the Fremennik Province.

Foxes can be found either east of the Hosidius Kitchen, or north of the Sinclair Mansion, across the river. Kill them until they drop Copper's crimson collar.

Once you obtain the collar, return to Veos in Port Piscarilius, who will be grateful for your help.

This dialogue was retconned on 9 November 2017, and no longer exists.

Previously, players could attempt to charm Veos' Client using the activated ring of Charos into revealing his name. However, the client foiled the attempt, asking the player if they truly thought that he could be manipulated by "Charos' feeble magic". He decided to tell the player due to their efforts, and reveals himself to be Xeric, a tyrant who ruled Great Kourend nearly 1,030 years ago.

Completion of Client of Kourend is required for the following:

• Dragon Slayer II
• Tale of the Righteous
• The Ascent of Arceuus
• The Depths of Despair
• The Forsaken Tower
• The Queen of Thieves
• A Kingdom Divided

• After an update, completion of X Marks the Spot was made a requirement for Client of Kourend, and thus every other Kourend related quests.
• Prior to an update on 19 April 2018, the quest permanently doubled the rate of gaining favour in all cities within Great Kourend. After the update, this doubled rate became the new default for gaining favour.
• The easter egg about Copper was not solved until over a year (407 days) after the quest's release. When the player revealed the solution on Twitter, Mod Wolf revealed that the easter egg was made in honour of his pet dog, who passed away a while before the quest's release.^[1]