Prying Times/Quick guide

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Start point	Talk to 'Squawking' Steve Beanie at The Pandemonium pub. Show on map
Official difficulty	Intermediate
Official length	Short
Description	Help Steve Beanie recover some 'pirate treasure' and unlock the crowbar, a useful Sailing tool.
Requirements	30 Smithing ^{[not boostable]} ^{[required to start]} 12 Sailing ^{[not boostable]} ^{[required to start]} Completion of the following quests: Pandemonium The Knight's Sword One open port task slot
Items required	Hammer or Imcando hammer (obtainable during quest) Steel bar Redberry pie Captain's log
Recommended	10 Combat level 120 coins or ring of charos(a) for four trips via charter ship between The Pandemonium and Port Sarim Leave your boat docked at Port Sarim if using charter ships
Enemies to defeat	Drink troll (level 14) - can be skipped
Ironman concerns	A method to obtain a redberry pie: 10 Cooking to cook one. A pie dish can be found in the Varrock Palace kitchen, and redberries can be picked just west of the South-east Varrock mine Purchased from Romily Weaklax in the Cooks' Guild with 32 Cooking and a chef's hat Partial completion of Perilous Moons to purchase a Redberry pie from Yarnio
League notes	Not accessible in the Demonic Pacts League

Items needed: Captain's log

Talk to 'Squawking' Steve Beanie in the the Pandemonium Pub ( 3•1)…
3 Got any work that needs doing here?
1 Yes.
, with your Captain's log in your inventory, to accept the courier task. Note: you must have an empty courier task slot to accept.
Sail to Port Sarim and take cargo from the ledger table.
Board your vessel and deposit the crate into the cargo hold.
Sail south to The Pandemonium.
- Dock your boat, withdraw the crate of pirate looty from the cargo hold, and disembark the vessel.
- Deposit the crate at the ledger table on The Pandemonium docks.
Talk to 'Squawking' Steve Beanie. ( 3)…
3 I delivered that cargo for you.

Items needed: Steel bar, hammer, redberry pie, combat equipment.

Head south of the Port Sarim docks and talk to Thurgo. ( 3•1)…
3 I need some help with a 'special key'.
1 Yes.
or ( 4•1)…
4 I need some help with a 'special key'.
1 Yes.
depending on if Below Ice Mountain has been completed.
- Fairy ring AIQ is closest to Thurgo; you can return to Pandemonium via Captain Tobias from Port Sarim (30 coins).
Head back to Steve. ( 3)…
3 I made that 'special key' you needed.
Sail to the north-western island of Pandemonium to find a floating sealed crate.
- Take the crowbar from your cargo hold and pry open the crate.
Drink the bottle of fish bladder stout. ( 1)…
1 Yes.
- Defeat or disembark from the drink troll that spawns on the boat.
Return to Steve. ( 3)…
3 About that crate...
Open the sealed crate behind Steve with the crowbar.
Congratulations, quest complete!

v t e Prying Times
NPCs	'Squawking' Steve Beanie Thurgo Drink troll
Items	Crate of looty Bottle of fish bladder stout Crowbar
Scenery	Crate of crowbars
Locations	The Pandemonium
Related	Transcript

3	Got any work that needs doing here?
1	Yes.

3	I need some help with a 'special key'.
1	Yes.

4	I need some help with a 'special key'.
1	Yes.

Source site	Old School RuneScape Wiki
Canonical source	Prying Times/Quick guide
Content license	CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
License status	declared
Picture	Instruction manual · file details