Clue scroll (medium)

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Clue scroll (medium)
Released							5 May 2004 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							No
Equipable							No
Stackable							No
Noteable							No
Options							Read, Check steps, Drop
Examine							"A set of instructions to be followed" "A clue!" "A piece of the world map,but where?" "Perhaps someone at the observatory can teach me to navigate?" "It points to great treasure!" "A clue suggested by Tach!" "A clue suggested by epic niceXD!" "A clue suggested by 1LetterShor!" "A clue suggested by Afropunk!" "A clue suggested by Versierd!" "A clue written by My Saviour!"
Values
Value							20 coins
High alch							12 coins
Low alch							8 coins
Weight							0.02 kg
Advanced data
Item ID							N/A
Link							MOID

A clue scroll (medium) is a valuable random drop from a large variety of mid-levelled monsters. Clue scrolls are the start of a Treasure Trail - a treasure hunt that sends players hunting all around Gielinor. At the end of the hunt players receive a reward of items randomly selected from a specific list, possibly including very rare and very valuable items. For a guide on how to complete a clue scroll, see: Treasure Trails Guide. Medium clue scrolls are mostly easy to obtain and complete, and offer average rewards in return. The rewards can range from mithril armour to ranger boots.

Medium clue scrolls can be between 3 and 5 steps long.

Medium clue scrolls offer coordinate clues along with more complex puzzles than easy clues, and occasionally a monster ranging from a chicken to a Market Guard may be fought. However, there are no clue steps that bring you to the Wilderness.

Completion of medium clues will give a casket (medium) containing the final reward for the trail. After completing 400 medium clues, the player will be awarded a clueless scroll.

Completion of Medium Combat Achievements gives a 5% increased chance to receive a medium clue scroll from all sources, excluding implings.

A medium clue scroll can be given to Watson along with an easy, hard and elite clue scrolls in order to receive a master clue scroll.

For players wishing to quickly obtain Medium clue scrolls, one of the best non-combat methods is thieving Aldarin Villa chests. While the clue drop rate from this chest is 1/90, the chest can be opened about 400 times per hour, yielding an average obtaining rate of one medium clue every 14 minutes or so, as well as ~80,000 Thieving experience per hour.

As clue scrolls are untradeable, they are sent to the gravestone if unprotected on PvP or PvM death, even above level 20 Wilderness. Clue boxes are not necessary and only add additional risk when in the Wilderness.

As with all tiers of clue scrolls, only one medium clue scroll can be held, kept in Death's Office, or stored in a bank at one time; attempting to open a scroll box (medium) while holding a medium clue scroll gives the message The clue box refuses to open - you already have a clue. However, it is possible to drop clues on the floor, where they'll stay for one hour, allowing players to have multiple clues at once. Dropping prior clue scrolls while having done some of their steps does NOT retain the steps of the dropped clue when starting a new one.

When casting an alchemy spell on a clue scroll, if the game setting that triggers a warning on untradeable items is disabled, a different confirmation warning is triggered, asking "wouldn't you rather solve the clue?". If the game setting is enabled, only the regular question is triggered.

Please note that it is possible to receive the same clue more than once.

• Anagrams
• Challenge scrolls
• Cryptic clues
• Emote clues
• Coordinates
• Maps
• Cipher
• Music

Certain clues will require items that need a certain skill requirement in order to wear, wield or access. The table below shows the highest skill requirement, in order to complete every medium clue. Quest skill requirements are not noted in this table.

Skill level	Details
35 [boostable]	Required to enter the Barbarian Agility Arena.
30 [not boostable]	Required to wield adamant weaponry.
40 [not boostable]	Required to wear green or blue d'hide body.
45 [boostable]	Required to enter the Farming Guild.
40 [not boostable]	Required to wear mystic robes.
50 [not boostable]	Required to wear blue dragonhide armour.
30 [not boostable]	Required to wield adamant warhammer.
45 [not boostable] 48 [not boostable] 51 [not boostable] 40 [not boostable] 34 [not boostable] 45 [not boostable]	Required to reach The Summer Shore.

Players playing in the ironman mode may find it more difficult to obtain certain items required for emote clues. Possible challenges are listed below.

Skill level	Details
45 [boostable] OR 74 [boostable]	To obtain snakeskin boots.
71 [boostable] OR The ability to kill brutal blue dragons.	To obtain blue d'hide body.
87 [not boostable] OR 66 [boostable] OR 83 [boostable] OR The ability to kill Scorpia, Vet'ion, Callisto, or Corporeal Beast.	To obtain mystic robe bottoms.
66 [boostable] OR 65 [boostable]	To obtain mystic gloves.
52 [boostable]	To obtain mithril boots.
51 [boostable] OR The ability to kill bull sharks.	To obtain snakeskin chaps.

Note that a clue step requiring adamant boots is blocked for ironmen.^[1]

Some clues require access to areas which may require quests. Some only require to start the quest in order to access the area.

'Minimum level requirements' indicates the level required to equip all items on the list in order to complete their respective clue steps.

Any quantities below indicate how many of each item is required to fill all available medium STASH units. The STASH units require 2 oak planks and 10 Nails to build.

Minimum level requirements
30 Attack	30 Strength	50 Ranged	40 Magic
40 Defence
Items required
Adamant boots[a]	Adamant dagger[a]	Adamant full helm	Adamant halberd
Adamant med helm	Adamant platebody	Adamant platelegs	Adamant plateskirt
Adamant sq shield	Adamant sword	Adamant warhammer	Amulet of power
Blue boots	Blue d'hide body	Blue d'hide vambraces[a]	Blue wizard hat
Blue wizard robe	Bone dagger	Bronze full helm	Bronze sq shield
2 × Brown apron	Pointed bruise blue snelm	Diamond ring	Green d'hide body
5 × Green d'hide chaps	Green hat	Green robe top	Hardleather body
Iron 2h sword	Iron med helm	Iron pickaxe	Leather boots
Leather gloves	3 × Maple longbow	Maple shortbow	Mithril chainbody
Mithril full helm	Mithril med helm	Mithril boots	Mithril platebody
Mithril platelegs	Mithril plateskirt	Mithril scimitar	Mystic gloves
Mystic robe bottom	Purple gloves	Ring of dueling	Ring of forging
Ring of life	3 × Ruby amulet	Sapphire amulet	Silver sickle
Snakeskin boots	Snakeskin chaps	2 × Staff of air	2 × Steel kiteshield
Steel longsword	Steel platebody	Steel platelegs	Steel sq shield
2 × Team cape

The average loot roll of a medium clue is worth 35,499.00. If ranger boots are excluded, the expected value of each loot roll is worth 6,800.00.

On average, medium clues are worth 141,996.00, or 27,201.00 when the ranger boots are excluded.

As well as the unique Treasure Trails rewards shown below, players may also receive a variety of other items. A more detailed overview of all possible rewards can be found at reward casket (medium).

Image	Name
	Mithril trimmed armour
	Mithril gold-trimmed armour
	Adamant trimmed armour
	Adamant gold-trimmed armour
	Climbing boots (g)
	Spiked manacles
	Ranger boots
	Holy sandals
	Wizard boots
	Headbands (Black, Red, Brown, Pink, Green, Blue, White, Gold)
	Boaters (Red, Orange, Green, Blue, Black, Pink, Purple, White)
	Trimmed green dragonhide armour
	Gold-trimmed green dragonhide armour
	Adamant heraldic armour (h1 to h5)
	Black/white elegant clothing
	Purple elegant clothing
	Pink elegant clothing
	Gold elegant clothing
	Wolf cloak and Wolf mask
	Amulet of strength (t)
	Adamant cane
	Vestment mitres and cloaks (Guthix, Saradomin, Zamorak, Zaros, Bandos, and Armadyl)
	Vestment stoles and croziers (Ancient, Armadyl, and Bandos)
	Cat mask
	Penguin mask
	Gnomish firelighter
	Crier hat
	Crier bell
	Crier coat
	Leprechaun hat
	Black leprechaun hat
	Black unicorn mask
	White unicorn mask
	Great Kourend city banners
	Cabbage round shield
	Yew comp bow
	Clueless scroll

Skilling sources are not listed here; see clue bottle, clue geode, and clue nest for drop rate calculators.

5 May 2004 – 11 April 2019	11 April 2019 – present