Treasure Trails/Full guide/Master

For the main article, see Treasure Trails.

Master clue scrolls can be between six and eight clues long, with multiple fights and puzzles, and can have very high-levelled quest and skill requirements. For each master clue step, there is an equal chance of rolling each category of step.^{[p 1]} Once the step category is rolled, then there is an equal chance of rolling each step within that category. For a suggested inventory setup, see the Setups page.

Certain clues will require items that need a certain skill requirement in order to wear, wield or access. The table below shows the highest skill requirement, in order to complete every master clue. Quest skill requirements are not noted in this table. Sherlock may also give you skill challenges which require certain skill levels to complete. Temporary skill boosts can be used for non-combat skill challenges.

Some clues require access to areas or NPCs which may require quests. Some only require to start the quest in order to gain access.

'Minimum level requirements' indicates the level required to equip all items on the list in order to complete their respective clue steps.

Any quantities below indicate how many of each item is required to fill all available master STASH units. The STASH units require 2 mahogany planks, a gold leaf and 10 Nails to build.

This is a list of all items that Falo the Bard may ask you to show.

An anagram is a string of letters, which can be rearranged into another word or phrase. For example: orchestra is an anagram of carthorse.

The solution of an anagram is always the name of an NPC. Once the solution is found, the player can get their next clue by talking to that NPC. Often, when talking to an NPC, the player will receive a challenge scroll, puzzle box or light box that they must solve before receiving the next clue.

The anagrams in clue scrolls do not correspond with the number of spaces in a name; an anagram with no spaces may have an answer with a name corresponding with one or more spaces.

Quick links: 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 During a Treasure Trail, a coordinate clue is a clue scroll that contains a set of coordinates. These coordinates indicate a precise point somewhere on the surface where the next clue scroll or treasure casket is buired.

Coordinates are presented in the following format:

03 degrees 00 minutes north/south
02 degrees 00 minutes east/west

In Old School RuneScape, one square of space is equivalent to 15/8 (1.875) minutes of arc. 0°00' degrees north and 0°00' degrees east is located in the middle of the Observatory.

A chart, sextant and watch may be used to determine one's present coordinates, but if using a guide to find the coordinates, players will only require a spade to dig up the clue.

On hard Treasure Trails, digging on the correct spot will cause a hostile level 108 Saradomin wizard to appear when outside of the Wilderness, otherwise the level 65 Zamorak wizard will appear. These wizards must be defeated in order to dig again to retrieve the clue scroll or treasure casket.

The Saradomin wizard will immediately attack the player with a poisoned dragon dagger. They will change attack styles between Melee and Magic to counter protection prayers if activated within melee distance. Keeping distance while praying Protect from Magic will cause them to attack only with Magic, allowing the player to negate all damage. The player may choose to pray Protect from Melee to prevent the poison on the first hit, then switch to Protect from Magic once at a distance. Alternatively, an antipoison may be used.

The Zamorak wizard will immediately attack the player with the Flames of Zamorak spell. Unlike their Saradomin wizard counterparts, they attack exclusively with Magic, do not deal poison and all damage can be negated with Protect from Magic. They are also generally weaker, having low Hitpoints and low Defence (except against Magic).

On elite Treasure Trails, digging on the correct spot will cause either a level 97 Armadylean guard or a level 125 Bandosian guard to appear, which must be defeated before the next clue scroll or the treasure casket may be dug up. Armadylean guards must be killed with either Ranged or Magic attacks, since they are in the form of an Aviansie. It is advised to use the Protect from Missiles prayer when fighting them, and Protect from Melee when fighting Bandosian guards.

On master Treasure Trails, digging in the correct spot will cause either three Ancient Wizards (levels 112, 98, 98) in multi-combat to appear, or a level 140 Brassican Mage, which need to be defeated before the next clue scroll or the treasure casket may be dug up. If the coordinates are located in a multi-combat area, three Ancient wizards, each attacking with a unique attack style, will appear. Melee wizards are poisonous, with poison dealing 8 damage to a player. In single-combat zones, a Brassican Mage will appear, and its attacks cannot be stopped by protection prayers.

Following is a list of all known coordinate clues and their corresponding locations. The list is organised into ascending numerical value (for example, 00:00 north first, then 00:05 south, then 00:13 north, continuing accordingly). Shorthand writing is used together with normal writing. An example: 09°34'N, 25°12'E = 09 degrees and 34 minutes north, 25 degrees and 12 minutes east. • Remember: You must have a spade with you to dig up coordinate clues.

Note that some of the clues may require skill or quest requirements before you will be able to get to that location.' These quests, which must be finished or partially completed, include: Bone Voyage, Regicide, Legends' Quest, Nature Spirit, The Grand Tree, Fairytale II - Cure a Queen, Troll Stronghold, Cabin Fever, The Fremennik Trials, and Watchtower. Some coordinates will also require a certain skill levels to complete the clue, though the required level is low.

Cryptic clues are common riddle clues that can be found in all tiers of Treasure Trails. These clues demand a fairly wide variety of tasks. The tasks range from speaking to an NPC, searching a designated crate, or directing the player to dig in some fairly obscure location. For higher difficulty Treasure Trails, players may have to complete additional side tasks in order to complete the clue. These side task challenges may include finding a key or completing a puzzle box.

When doing medium Treasure Trails, clues will occasionally lead to a locked chest or drawer, which requires a key to open. Attempting to open the chest or drawer will provide a clue to which specific, usually local, monster to kill. Monsters that drop treasure trail keys drop them only when the player is in possession of that clue. It is worth noting that for clue steps involving keys, it is possible to obtain the key before reading the hint, which could save the player some time.

During hard clue scrolls, players may get shown a fairy ring code followed by some numbers. To solve these, the player must travel to the corresponding fairy ring and then take the number of steps shown by the numbers, in order of the compass direction (North, East, South, West), and then dig at that spot.

During hard or master clues, players may receive a puzzle box challenge from an NPC. Players must unscramble the image in order to receive the next clue or the reward.

During master clues, players are given three cryptic clues in one step. Players must go to the destination each cryptic provides and dig at the correct spot, or talk to the correct NPC, to obtain a torn part of the next step. When all three are obtained, they can be combined into either a new clue step, or the reward casket.

Clue juggling can make this process quicker if solving many master clue scrolls.

Emote clues involve equipping certain items in a particular location and performing an emote. These types of clues are featured in all levels of Treasure Trails. Once the emote has been performed, Uri will appear and give the player the next clue (or the reward, if the emote clue was the final step of the Treasure Trail). If the player has been requested to do another emote before talking to Uri, and they forgot to do it, he will say, I don't believe we have any business... but will not leave. The player can still perform the second emote and then talk to Uri to finish the clue. Easy clues require performing one emote, medium clues require performing two, and hard and above clues require performing one emote, then fighting an enemy such as the Double Agent. Elite clues do not involve fighting the Double Agent.

Note that wearing any version of a required item different than the standard one will not work (for example, a Rune platebody (t) will not work in place of a Rune platebody).

For players who do Treasure Trails frequently, it is not recommended to keep items for all emote clues banked, as hundreds of different items are used across the Treasure Trail levels which take up significant bank space. Players with the appropriate construction level can build STASH units to store emote clue items near where the emote clue is located, saving bank space.

A list of items used in each level of Treasure Trail can be found here.

Hot Cold clues are clues in which a strange device will tell the player in the chatbox whether the player is Hot (close to) or Cold (far away from) the intended location to dig. This is based on an older children's game.

To find your location, click on the strange device and it will tell you how close you are to the treasure. (if solving a master clue, you will also take some damage). Its temperature is based on the distance of the treasure from the player, measured in the number of steps it would take to reach the treasure, ignoring any obstacles (this is the Chebyshev distance between the player and treasure). Then, teleport or walk to another location, and check to see if the strange device has gotten warmer. Repeat to pinpoint a location. You can also use the list or map to help you find your location. For each location, there is a 9x9 square in which you can dig to find the treasure.

Master tier Hot Cold clues can direct the player anywhere on the mainland. The player will always take 3-8 damage when feeling the strange device. Note: This damage can be fatal. The master clue strange device can be obtained by talking to Jorral in the outpost north-west of West Ardougne. Note: Completion of the Making History quest is required to collect the master clue strange device from Jorral, and proceed with any Hot Cold clue of master Treasure Trails.

When fully locating and digging at the correct spot, you will be attacked by a Brassican Mage in a single-combat area, or three Ancient Wizards if your clue leads you to a Multicombat area. Due to the damage given from the strange device prior to locating the spot, it is highly recommended to bring food and heal before and during the fight.

In the fight against the Brassican Mage, his attacks are not affected by protection prayers; however, ranged armour seems to help. The Ancient Wizards each cover an attack style of the whole combat triangle, with the Melee one poisoning you (poison cannot be blocked by protection prayers). After defeating the foe(s), dig at the spot again to complete the Hot Cold clue.

Falo the Bard is a Fremennik bard, whom players must visit if their master clue scroll directs them to him. Players must start The Fremennik Trials in order to speak to him. The fastest way to him is by using the Music cape or via fairy ring code CJR, walking south and then west across the bridge north of Seers' Village.

He will sing a ballad, of which players must find the item he is singing about. Players need to show him the item in order to progress to the next clue, the items cannot be noted.

Sherlock is a character to whom players must speak if their elite or master clue directs them to do so. He is located between the Sorcerer's Tower and Keep Le Faye. Players may teleport to Sherlock once per day with the Kandarin headgear 3 (from the hard Kandarin Diary), or an unlimited number of times with the Kandarin headgear 4 (from the elite diary).

Sherlock will assign players a skill challenge, which may consist of one of the following (temporary skill boosts may be used where applicable). Once complete, he will give players their next clue or reward.

Note that in order for the skill challenge to count as completed, the challenge scroll must be held in the inventory when the action is performed. If the challenge is completed but the challenge scroll is not in the player's inventory, it will not be counted and the player must do it again with the challenge scroll in their inventory.

Occasionally, players will need to solve puzzle boxes for a hard, elite or master clue in a Treasure Trail. Puzzle boxes contain a scrambled image that players must work to unscramble by clicking on tiles to move them to an empty space. Once the puzzle box is completed, players will need to talk to the NPC who gave the puzzle box to receive the next clue or the reward.

A guide on how to solve puzzle boxes is available at Treasure Trails/Guide/Puzzle boxes.

Light boxes are a puzzle players will occasionally need to solve for a master Treasure Trail. Light boxes contain a 5x5 grid of lights and 8 switches to turn them on and off. The goal of the puzzle is to light all the lights.

If destroyed, or otherwise lost, the puzzle will have to be solved again from the beginning.

One strategy is to concentrate on one light at a time and flip every switch, taking note on a piece of paper of which switches control that light. This is then repeated for all lights until a light is found which is only controlled by one switch. The position of the switch which turns that particular light on is the permanent position of that switch. Thus, it no longer becomes necessary to check that particular switch, thereby halving the remaining switch permutations. In other words, finding one is twice as hard as finding the next with the first one being the hardest to find.

Alternatively, spam click one switch so you can note on a 5x5 grid which lights are controlled by that switch. Once you've done that for all 8 switches it will be clear which lights are only controlled by only one switch. Once you have the correct position of each of those switches, you can usually figure out the rest from the lights that are controlled by 2 switches (since you likely already have the permanent position of one of the two) or (after that) 3, etc.

There is also a brute-force method, which requires turning the switches on in this order from left to right until the light box is solved:

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Items	Clue scrolls Beginner Easy Medium Hard Elite Master Clue bottles Beginner Easy Medium Hard Elite Clue geodes Beginner Easy Medium Hard Elite Clue nests Beginner Easy Medium Hard Elite Reward caskets Beginner Easy Medium Hard Elite Master Scroll boxes Beginner Easy Medium Hard Elite Master Unlocks Explore Large spade Clueless scroll Uri transform Heavy casket Scroll sack Scroll cases Mimic Minor Beginner Easy Medium Hard Elite Master Major Beginner Easy Medium Hard Elite Master
Guides	Full guides All clue scrolls Beginner clue scrolls Easy clue scrolls Medium clue scrolls Hard clue scrolls Elite clue scrolls Master clue scrolls Sub-guides Anagrams Challenge scrolls Ciphers Coordinates Cryptics Emote clues Hot/Cold Light boxes Maps Puzzle boxes
NPCs	Arthur the Clue Hunter Cecilia Charlie the Tramp Falo the Bard Jorral Reldo Sherlock Strange casket Uri Watson Monsters Ancient Wizard Armadylean guard Bandosian guard Brassican Mage Double agent The Mimic Third Age Mage Third Age Ranger Third Age Warrior Saradomin wizard Zamorak wizard
Other	Emote items Noticeboard (Watson's house) Rewards STASH S.t.a.s.h chart Treasure Trail Statistics World map