Scorpion Catcher

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

Scorpion Catcher is a quest in which Thormac, a wizard in the Sorcerer's Tower, has lost three of his scorpions. He tasks you with finding them for him.

Start point	Talk to Thormac at the top floor of the Sorcerer's Tower, south-east of the Ranging Guild. Show on map
Official difficulty	Intermediate
Official length	Short
Description	Thormac the Sorcerer has a hobby involving scorpions. Unfortunately, three of them have escaped and managed to run far away. If you manage to find them all, he may just be able to perform an important service for you.
Requirements	31 Prayer [not boostable] [not required to start] Completion of Alfred Grimhand's Barcrawl [required to start] The ability to run past level 172 black demons and level 64 poison spiders
Items required	Dusty key (obtainable during the quest) or 70 Agility [boostable].
Recommended	40 Combat level Anti-dragon shield or dragonfire shield (highly recommended, see the guide for the alternative strategy if they are unavailable) Antifire potion (provides complete immunity to the dragonfire if used with an anti-dragon or dragonfire shield) Antipoison or superantipoison Armour and some food Stamina or energy potions Fast travel to several locations The Sorcerer's Tower (Camelot teleport, Ardougne teleport or combat bracelet to the Ranged Guild) Taverley Dungeon (Taverley teleport, Falador teleport or Teleport to House if your house is in Taverley) Barbarian Outpost (games necklace or Barbarian teleport) Edgeville Monastery (combat bracelet or amulet of glory to Edgeville)
Enemies to defeat	Jailer (level 47) if you need to acquire the dusty key (alternatively, you can skip this if you have access to the Legends Guild Shop of Useful Items, where the key is sold)
League notes	Asgarnia✓ — location requirement Kandarin✓ — location requirement Unlocking Fremennik✓ will auto-complete the quest

Talk to Thormac on the top floor of the Sorcerer's Tower, just south-east of the Ranging Guild and south of Seers' Village. He'll tell you that his rare Kharid Scorpions have escaped and are currently running loose. He'll give you a Scorpion cage to catch the scorpions with and suggest you go talk to the Seers that live just to the north.

Speak with any Seer in Seers' Village. He will tell you that the first scorpion is in a secret room with nasty spiders nearby. This is the Taverley Dungeon.

Note: The secret room is only accessible once you have spoken to the seer about the location of the first scorpion. Once that is done, you can now catch the three scorpions in any order and may skip talking to the Seer again to find their locations.

Note: In the following section, low levelled players are highly recommended to use an anti-dragon shield when passing the blue dragons, as their dragonfire can inflict up to 50 damage, which the shield reduces by roughly 80%. If used in combination with an antifire potion, the player will gain full immunity. If you have not started Dragon Slayer I to obtain the shield, read the following sections for a more difficult strategy to avoid the dragonfire. The blue dragons may also be skipped if you have 80 Agility.

Make your way to the Taverley Dungeon. Once inside, you can skip the following steps if you have 70+ Agility, by either using the shortcut to the blue dragons (70 Agility) or the shortcut directly to the poison spiders (80 Agility).

If you cannot use the shortcuts, a dusty key is required to enter the section of the dungeon that the scorpion is located in. If you do not already have one, follow the track towards the Black Knights' Base and kill the jailer located in the eastern area of the base, who will drop a jail key. Use the jail key on the door of the cell containing Velrak the explorer. Speak to him; ask if there are any good places to explore, and when he asks you if you want to go further into the dungeon, say yes and he will give you a dusty key. Head to the blue dragons area.

Walk south of the blue dragons, west to pass the black demons, and north to the poison spiders. To the south of the two coffins, there's a small room with a false wall that you can search to open (see the map). If you are unable to open the door, you probably did not speak with the seer about the first scorpion.

Use the scorpion cage on the small scorpion inside this room to catch it (if you try to pick it up, it will sting you for 3 Hitpoints of damage).

Strategy without anti-dragon shield: When running past the blue dragons, ensure a baby blue dragon is fighting you at all times (they do not breathe dragonfire). The dungeon is single-combat, so the more dangerous blue dragons will not attack you while you are in combat. Avoid standing too close to adult dragons, and hop from baby to baby and draw their aggression when passing through. This strategy is not recommended for hardcore ironmen who are not confident they know what they are doing.

Skills needed: 31 ^{[not boostable]} to enter the 1^st floor of the Edgeville Monastery

The second scorpion is on the 1^st floor of the Edgeville Monastery. To enter the 1^st floor you'll need to speak with Abbot Langley to join their guild ( 31 ). You do not have to do this again if you have already done it.

Climb the south-east ladder in the Monastery. The scorpion will be either right at the top of the ladder, or in the bedroom directly north of the ladder. Use your cage on it to catch it.

The third scorpion is in the Barbarian Outpost Agility Course (requires completion of Alfred Grimhand's Barcrawl), found in the north eastern gated building. The scorpion will be wandering just inside the entrance. Use your cage on it to catch it.

Finally, bring the full scorpion cage to Thormac.

Congratulations, quest complete!

• 1 Quest point
• 6,625 Strength experience
• The ability to have Thormac turn a battlestaff into a mystic staff for 40,000 coins

• The player will bring up Thormac's promise to enchant their battlestaves despite this dialogue option not being present.
• The scorpions respawn after being caught, and will still be present in each location after completion of the quest, with the player still able to attempt to catch them.
• It is possible to obtain multiple scorpion cages by having a full inventory when Thormac attempts to give them to you.
  • It is also possible to catch the scorpions multiple times in different cages. Furthermore, only one full cage has to be given to Thormac to complete the quest. The remaining cages will be kept in the player's bank.