Shades of Mort'ton

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

Shades of Mort'ton is a quest that takes place in Morytania. The town of Mort'ton is overrun with Shades, and a strange affliction has taken over the townspeople. The player uncovers an old cure for the affliction and must help the village.

Start point	Search the shelf in the southern-western house of Mort'ton. Show on map
Official difficulty	Intermediate
Official length	Short
Description	The townsfolk of Mort'ton have some form of strange affliction and the town is full of Shades. Can you find some way to reverse this?
Requirements	Completion of the following quests: Priest in Peril 20 Crafting [boostable] [not required to start] 15 Herblore [boostable] [not required to start] 5 Firemaking [boostable] [not required to start] Must be able to defeat 5 level-40 Loar Shades. Must be able to survive an onslaught when rebuilding the Temple (Being surrounded by many players makes this much easier). Access to Mort'ton
Items required	1000+ coins (bring plenty of money just in case) 2 Tarromin potion (unf) OR 2 vials of water and 2 tarromins (both obtainable during the quest) 2 ashes Tinderbox Logs OR an axe to obtain some 1 hammer Using a Flamtaer hammer is highly recommended in case the minigame is unpopulated, as a regular hammer is insufficient to build the temple alone. An additional 13,000 coins (or 5,287 on the Grand Exchange) allows you to buy a Flamtaer hammer from Razmire.
Recommended	25 Combat level Combat equipment Food 1-4 Flamtaer bracelets (HIGHLY recommended; the minigame is occasionally unpopulated) 11 free inventory slots Fast travel to Mort'ton to start the quest - Mort'ton Teleport, Barrows Teleport, fairy ring BKR and take the swamp boaty, or Morytania legs 3+
Enemies to defeat	5 Loar Shades (level 40)
League notes	Morytania✓ — location requirement

Note: The only nearby bank is unlocked during In Aid of the Myreque. It is recommended to bring all required items with you on your first visit to Mort'ton.

Head to the most south-western house in Mort'ton and search the shelf on the wall to find a book. You should also search the smashed table, as it contains two Tarromin and Rogue's purse. The Tarromin will allow you to create additional potions later on, and you may save the Rogue's purse if you plan to do Zogre Flesh Eaters. This building also contains a vial spawn in case you didn't bring vials of water with you. You can fill the vials in the sink in the easternmost building.

Items needed: 1000+ coins, 2 tarromin potion (unf) (or 2 tarromin and 2 vials of water), 2 ashes, food, armour, and a weapon
Skills needed: 15 ^[boostable] to create Serum 207

Reading the book will now allow you to create Serum 207, a potion which may be used on the afflicted in town to temporarily interact with them. If you don't already have a tarromin potion (unf), use tarromin on a vial of water ( 12 ). Use ashes on the unfinished potion to create the Serum (also complete your second potion) ( 15 ).

Note: Serum 207 can be bought on the Grand Exchange, but you must make at least one yourself for the purpose of this quest.

Use the Serum on Razmire Keelgan in the general store. Ask him what all these shadowy creatures are, and he will tell you they are restless spirits of the dead. He asks you to kill 5 Loar Shades (the level 40 green shadows) and collect their remains so that he may do some experiments on them.

Note: The kills will only count after Razmire has asked you to kill them, and you must collect the remains via killing them.

That's all five Shades! will appear in the chat when you are done. Return to Razmire and use the Serum 207 on Razmire again, and he will take two of the shade remains from you. He then mentions that Ulsquire Shauncy might also be interested in seeing some shade remains.

Before heading to Ulsquire, open the general store through Razmire and buy some olive oil. Then ask him to open the builders store, and buy 1-2 timber beam, 1-2 limestone brick, and 10-20 swamp paste.

Note: The supplies may be much more expensive on World 377 (the official Shades of Mor'ton minigame world) due to players buying them up, so consider switching worlds temporarily before buying them.

Ulsquire can be found in the house right next to Razmire to the south-east. Give him a dose of Serum 207, and then one of your shade remains. Talk to him again, and ask what he found out from the remains. Ulsquire believes that the tormented spirits should be put to rest, and jokes about rebuilding the nearby temple and experimenting with the sacred flame. Next, ask him what he can tell you about the temple. He will suggest that to rebuild it, you will need the items you have just bought from Razmire. ( 1•2)…

Note: Make sure you complete the dialogue options with Ulsquire, or interacting with the temple will result in the message You're not quite sure how to fix this.

Items needed: Hammer or Flamtaer hammer, food, armour, weapon, tinderbox, logs or axe, loar remains, olive oil, and 1+ doses of Serum 207 (2+ recommended). Building materials: multiples of limestone brick, timber beam, 5 swamp paste
Items recommended: 1-2 Flamtaer bracelets are recommended
Skills needed: 20 ^[boostable] to repair the temple walls, 15 ^[boostable] if choosing to create serum 208

Now, you must help rebuild the temple located on a small island north-east of the general store, in order to create the sacred oil needed for a pyre funeral.

This section of the quest serves as a short introduction to the Shades of Mort'ton minigame. It is possible to complete this solo if using several Flamtaer bracelet's along with the Flamtaer hammer, but you may consider using the official World 377 dedicated to this minigame to find other players also rebuilding the temple, as this will make the process significantly faster.

In this minigame, players work together to rebuild the temple while under attack from Loar Shades. To complete this quest, rebuild the walls around the temple using your hammer and build materials ( 20 ). The Flamtaer hammer and Flamtaer bracelet make this process approximately 75% faster (the bracelet degrades after 80 uses). Once fully rebuilt, ignite the flame and then use the olive oil on it to create sacred oil, provided you have at least 10% Sanctity. Sanctity is earned by your contribution towards repairing or reinforcing the walls, or by killing Loar Shades (only recommended for high combat levels).

Note: Once you have your sacred oil, it is optional but highly recommended to use your remaining Serum 207 on the flame with at least 20% Sanctity, to create Serum 208 ( 15 ). This will permanently cure Razmire and Ulsquire, making them permanently available for dialogue and trade. It may also be used on other afflicted citizens for a small reward.

Items needed: Sacred oil, logs or axe, loar remains, tinderbox
Skills needed: 5 ^[boostable] to use pyre logs on the funeral pyre

If you do not yet have logs, cut down a nearby dead tree. Use your sacred oil on the logs to receive a pyre log. Then, head over to one of the funeral pyres, which are the brown patches on the map west of the General Store. Use the pyre logs on the funeral pyre, followed by the Loar remains. Light this and you will see a spirit rise from the pyre. ( 5 )

Collect your reward from the stone pillar next to the pyre and head back to Ulsquire. Speak with him to prompt the end of the quest (use a serum if he has reverted to being afflicted).

Congratulations, quest complete!

• 3 Quest points
• 2,000 Herblore experience
• 2,000 Crafting experience
• Ability to play the Shades of Mort'ton minigame
• Ability to use the Shades of Mort'ton minigame teleport
• Bonus: If you take the Diary of Herbi Flax to the Apothecary in Varrock, you'll get an extra 335 Herblore experience (can only be done once).