Merlin's Crystal/Quick guide

Bring all required items for the quest with you.

• Talk to King Arthur. ( 1•1)…

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  1	I want to become a knight of the round table!

• Talk to Sir Gawain, who can be found in the courtyard to the south or nearby in the castle. ( 3)…

  3	Do you know how Merlin got trapped?

• Talk to Sir Lancelot upstairs. ( 3)…

  3	Any ideas on how to get into Morgan Le Faye's stronghold?

• Go to Catherby.
  • If you didn't bring a bucket of wax, grab insect repellent in the house north of the bank in Catherby.
  • Use the insect repellent on one of the beehives to the west with an empty bucket (a bucket can be found near the beehives) in your inventory to get a bucket of wax.
• Hide in the crate east of the candle maker's shop. ( 1)…

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  Yes

  Wait and finish the cutscene. Climb out of the crate. ( 1)…

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  Yes

• Climb to the top floor. The Renegade Knights will attack you on your way up.
• Attack Sir Mordred. He cannot be safespotted, but he can be flinched using the stairs (position him on the square left of the stairs whilst flinching from the square north-east of him). He can also be killed with rings of recoils or by another account poisoning and attacking right before his death.
• When Sir Mordred reaches 0 hitpoints, Morgan Le Faye will appear and ask that you spare him. Spare his life to discover how to save Merlin. ( 1•2)…

  1	Tell me how to untrap Merlin and I might.
  2	OK I will do all that.

  Warning: Do not interrupt the dialogue or you will have to fight Sir Mordred again.
  • If you don't already have bat bones, exit the keep through the west doors and kill a bat before leaving.
  • Can be recoiled down after dealing a 0 and not splashing Magic.

• Talk to the candle-maker in Catherby. ( 1)…

  1	Have you got any black candles?

• Talk to him again for a black candle.

• Talk to The Lady of the Lake south-east of Taverley on the peninsula. ( 3)…

  3	I seek the sword Excalibur.

• Go to Port Sarim. (Make sure you have bread in your inventory.)
• Enter the jewellery shop to the north.
• Give the beggar your bread. ( 1)…

  1	Yes certainly.

  Finish the conversation.

• Go to the Zamorakian temple in the south-east corner of Varrock.
• Check the Chaos Altar's inscription.
• Return to Camelot with a tinderbox and enter the castle gates.
• Go to the ritual site at the north-east corner of the Camelot castle grounds (a red star in the middle of 8 columns).
• Stand on the star and light the black candle.
• Drop the bat bones on the star.
• The magic words are "Snarthon Candtrick Termanto".

• Enter the castle and climb to the top of the south-east tower.
• Smash the giant crystal with Excalibur. (Does not require 20 Attack, just use Excalibur on the crystal instead of attempting to wield it)
• Talk to King Arthur.
• Congratulations, quest complete!