Observatory Quest/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 pointMap icon Talk to the Observatory professor in the Observatory Reception Room north of Castle Wars. Show on map
Official difficultyIntermediate
Official lengthShort
DescriptionThe Observatory in south-west Ardougne has been ransacked by a family of nearby goblins. Can you help the professor to rebuild it?
Requirements None
Items required
Recommended
Enemies to defeat
  • Goblin guard (level 42) (Optional – can simply be trapped behind a column)
League notes

Kandarin Kandarin✓ — location requirement

Walkthrough

Map Showing the Observatory Quest Legend:
1: Observatory, a: Furnace (for molten glass and Bronze bar), b: Planks (2x), c: Copper and tin mines, d: Sandpit, e: Superantipoison(1), f: Antipoison(1) chest, g: Trader Crewmember (sells Soda ash and Bucket of Sand, both 5 coins each), A: Quest Area (Area to travel, from begin to end, if item collected beforehand).

Fixing the Observatory

  • Speak with the Observatory professor. (Chat 1•2•1)
  • Give the Observatory professor the three planks, bronze bar and molten glass (speak to him 3 separate times (Chat 1) each time).
  • Speak to the assistant.
  • Go up the east hill and down the stairs.
  • Once downstairs, search all the chests until you find the goblin kitchen key (most commonly found in south-eastern part when you go down the stairs, don't skip the dialogue once you find the key or you will not pick it up. If not found in the two chests directly south-east from the stairs, it is guaranteed to be in the last chest in the dungeon. The other chests will contain poisonous spiders.).
  • Head north from the entrance in the dungeon, then go west to the kitchen gate and prod the sleeping guard, then kill or trap him.
  • Open the gate and inspect the goblin stove.
  • Go back and speak to the professor with the lens mould in your inventory. (Chat 1) He will give back the needed molten glass for the next part.
  • Use the molten glass on the lens mould.
  • Speak to the professor to give him the lens mould and the observatory lens. (Chat 1)
  • Head back into the goblin dungeon.
  • Run past the kitchen and climb up the stairs in the south end of the dungeon. (During the cutscene, DO NOT CLICK on anything in the observatory or you'll have to restart the cutscene)


Finishing up

  • After the cutscene, talk to the professor upstairs and view the telescope. (Chat 1)
  • Talk to the professor again and identify the constellation you saw (see table below). (Chat 1)
  • Congratulations, quest complete!

Rewards

Source

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