Tribal Totem

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Tribal Totem is a quest that involves the retrieval of an artefact sacred to the Rantuki tribe of Karamja, which has been taken from them by the nobleman Lord Handelmort.

Start point	Talk to Kangai Mau at The Shrimp and Parrot restaurant in Brimhaven. Show on map
Official difficulty	Intermediate
Official length	Very Short
Description	Lord Handelmort of Ardougne is a collector of exotic artefacts. A recent addition to his private collection is a strange looking totem from Karamja. The Rantuki tribe are not happy about the recent disappearance of their totem.
Requirements	21 Thieving [boostable] [not required to start]
Items required	None
Recommended	Fast travel to Brimhaven to start the quest - Brimhaven teleport, Teleport to House (Brimhaven), 30 coins to travel from Ardougne docks using Captain Barnaby, or take a charter ship 30 coins to travel from Brimhaven docks with Captain Barnaby to Ardougne. This is the recommended route to Ardougne as you end up by the next part of the quest, but you can otherwise use an Ardougne Teleport
Enemies to defeat	None
League notes	Kandarin✓ — location requirement

Talk to Kangai Mau in Brimhaven, in the Shrimp and Parrot food shop. Tell him you are in search of adventure, and he will say that he needs someone to go on a mission to Ardougne. Lord Handelmort has stolen the Rantuki tribe tribal totem for his private museum, and he wants you to get it back.

If you were to head to Lord Handelmort's mansion in Ardougne, you would find that the door is locked. You need to find a method to get past the front door.

Instead, head to the GPDT depot, just west of the Ardougne docks and just south of the eastern bank. Investigate the north-eastern crate to find an address label, addressed to Lord Handelmort. South of this crate is another crate, intended for delivery to the Wizards' Tower. This crate contains a teleport block, Wizard Cromperty's new invention. Use the address label on this crate to mark it for delivery to the mansion instead.

Ask a nearby GPDT employee when the crate will be delivered, and he will agree to deliver it now.

Skills needed: 21 ^[boostable] to disable a trap in the following section

Talk to Wizard Cromperty, found in the house north-east of the Ardougne market. Do not use the right-click 'Teleport' option, or you will be sent to the Rune essence mine. Ask him what he has invented, and he will tell you about his new teleportation block. Ask to be teleported, then confirm that it sounds good when he says you will end up by the teleportation block. You will find yourself inside Handelmort's mansion.

Go west through two doors. The second door is locked; the password is Lord Handelmort's middle name, which is K U R T. You would have found this out by reading the Guide book in the Estate Agent's house, after some clues from Horacio the gardener, but this was not necessary to progress the quest.

Enter the code using the left and right arrows (K=10 right, U=6 left, R=9 left, T=7 left). When the password is set, click enter to unlock the door.

Note: If the password K U R T does not work and it states "This combination is incorrect", try entering the letters very slowly and only clicking the right arrow, as the game may not register the letters if clicking too quickly.

The stairs are booby trapped; Do not use the "climb-up" option first! Instead, investigate the stairs ( 21 ), then climb up. If You don't find anything interesting appears, you don't have the required level.

Note: If you trigger the trap, you will end up in the Ardougne Sewers. Go south-west and climb up the ladder, then return to Cromperty for another teleport. You will not need to enter the door code again.

Exit the southern door onto the balcony and enter the room to the east. Open the chest and search it to find the tribal totem.

Note: You can use the drop trick if you want more totems as a souvenir.

Return the totem to Kangai Mau in Brimhaven. He will give you 5 swordfish as thanks.

• 1 Quest point
• 1,775 Thieving experience
• 5 Swordfish

• In 26 December 2023, the quest log entry referred to GPDT employees as R.P.D.T. men and the depot as R.P.D.T. incorrectly after the 11 October 2018 update. This was later fixed in an 11 June 2025 update.