Treasure Trails: Riddle Clues
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So, you got your first clue, congratulations. Now you must be off to get your treasure! Remember sometimes when the clue gives a coordinate, you get to the place, realizing that you forgotten to bring your watch or chart? Never fear, with this comprehensive guide, what you need to bring is all listed here.
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| Clue / Riddle | Solution |
| 2 musical birds, dig in front of the spinning light. | On the iceberg, in the room with Ping and Pong. Dig in front of the fan on the eastern wall. Cold War quest must be started to do this. You must have a clockwork penguin suit as well. |
| 46 is its number, it is burnt orange body, things with 8 crawl on it, it has 3 mouths that can't eat and it has a blue eye hiding it's grave. | The blue eye is the sapphire in the spider nest in Level 46 Wilderness. Try to dig below it with a spade. |
| A bag belt only? He asked his balding brothers. | Abbott Langley in the Monastery - Northeast from Dwarven Mine, northwest of Barbarian Village. |
| A crate in the tower of a church is your next location | The church in Ardougne where you start the Sheep Herder Quest. |
| Aggie I see Lonely and southern I feel I am neither inside nor outside the house, yet no house would be complete without me. Your treasure waits beneath me. |
At Aggie the Witch's house in Draynor Village, dig under the window in the south side of the house, south of cauldron. |
| In a city where merchants are said to have lived, talk to a man with a splendid cape, but a hat dropped by goblins. | Unknown, please submit! |
| A great view - watch the rapidly drying hides get splashed. Check the box your sat on. | The house near Baxtorian Falls. Go upstairs and search the boxes. |
| And so on, and so on, and so on. Walking from the land of many unimportant things leads to a choice of paths. | It's on Etceteria. Dig on the crossroad. |
| A reck you say; let's pray there aren't any ghosts. | Speak to Father Aereck in Lumbridge Church. |
| A ring of water surrounds 4 powerful rings, dig above the ladder located there. | Dig just North of the ladder to the Dagannoth King dungeon. |
| A town with a different sort of night life is your destination. Search for some crates in one of the houses. | In the clothes shop of Canifis, Morytania. |
| Beware of the dog | Run over to the mansion in East Ardougne and kill a dog to get the key. |
| City of thieves | Ardougne |
| Come to the evil ledge. Yew know you want to And try not to get stung |
Edgeville yew tree - Dig around it. |
| Covered in shadows, the center of the circle is where you will find the answer. | Mort'ton, where all the roads meet in front of the general store. |
| Dig near some giant mushrooms behind the giant tree. | Dig behind the large mushroom behind the Grand Tree in Gnome Stronghold. |
| Don't forget to feed the chickens | Just kill any chicken to get the drawer key. |
| Find a crate close to the monk's that like to paaarty! | Search the crates in the building with monks south of Ardougne. |
| Four blades I have yet I draw no blood. But I mash and turn my victims to powder. Search in my head, search in my rafters, Where my blades are louder. |
It's a crate in the top of Lumbridge/Draynor windmill. |
| Generally speaking, his nose was very bent. | General Bentnoze in the Goblin Village- North of Falador |
| Go to a village being attacked by trolls, search the drawers in one of the houses. | Burthorpe, house with anvils up north. When you try to open the drawers it says "wait til I get my hands on Penda, he's nicked the key again." Go to pub in Burthorpe and kill Penda for key. |
| Go to this building to be illuminated, and check the drawers while you are there. | It's the drawers near the bed on the 2nd floor of the lighthouse. To open them you need a key dropped by a Fremenik market guard. |
| His head may be hollow, but the crates nearby are full of surprises. | The boxes west of The Golem Quest start point in Uzer. |
| I am the token of the strongest love. My middle is empty, I have no beginning or end. My eye is red yet I can fit like a glove. Go to the place where money they lend. And dig by the gate to be my friend. |
Downstairs in the West Bank in Varrock - Dig by the gate. |
| Identify the back of this over-acting brother. (He's a long way from home.) |
Hamid the monk by the Duel Arena altar |
| If a man carried my burden he would break his back I am not rich but leave silver in my track speak to the keeper of this trail |
A snail - Talk to Gerrant the Fish Shop owner in Port Sarim. |
| I lie lonely and forgotten in mid wilderness Where the dead rise from their beds Feel free to quarrel and wind me up And dig while you shoot their heads |
Under the crossbow in Graveyard of Shadows in the Level 18 Wilderness. Pick up crossbow and dig under it. |
| In a town where thieves steal from stalls search for some drawers in the upstairs of a house near the bank | East side of river in East Ardougne - Jerico's house on the 2nd floor. You will need to kill a guard to get a key. |
| In a town where wizards are known to gather search upstairs of the large house to the north. | Second floor of a house in Yanille - North of Magic Guild. You will need to kill a man to get a key for the chest. |
| In a town with guards armed with maces, search the upstairs room of the public house. | Ardougne Tavern on the west side of the river, north of the palace. Search the drawers. If it is locked, right click on it and find out why (usually need to kill something to get a key). |
| In a village being attacked by trolls, search the drawers in one of the houses. | Burthorpe, house with anvils up north. When you try to open the drawers it says "wait til I get my hands on Penda, he's nicked the key again." Go to pub in Burthorpe and kill Penda for key. |
| In a village made of bamboo look for some crates under one of the houses. | Karamja, in Tai Bwo Wannai, south of Brimhaven |
| It's a guard's life. | Kill a guard to get the key. |
| If you look closely enough it seems that the archers have lost more than their needles. | Search the big haystack in the Ranging guild. |
| It seems to have reached the end of the line, and its still empty. | Go down the ladder into the Dwarven Mines and follow the tracks south. At the fork, turn east and follow the track until you get to the end that has the double mine cars. Search the northern car. |
| In a town that everyone has perfect vision seek some locked drawers in a house that sits opposite of a workshop. | Search the drawers in the house south of the Elemental Workshop in Seers' Village. In order to obtain the key you must kill a Chicken; the closest one is by the entrance of the Ranging Guild. |
| Look in the drawers upstairs in houses in East Ardougne | Go across the river. It's the first house there. (tavern?) |
| Look in the ground floor crates of houses in Falador | The house East of Falador East bank. First crate on right. |
| Mine was the strangest birth under the sun. I left the crimson sack, yet life had not begun. Entered the world yet seen by none. |
Lesser cave, Karamja volcano - pick up red spider eggs and dig. |
| Must have lots of railings. or Must be full of railings. |
Search the crate outside the house with the broken multicannon (near where you start the Dwarf Cannon quest.) It's the first crate to the west with the 'X' on it. |
| My Giant guardians below the market streets would be fans of rock and roll, if only they could grab hold of it Dig near my green bubbles |
Dig next to the cauldron with green bubbling liquid in the Varrock sewers by the Moss giants. |
| My home is gray and made of stone - A castle with a search for a meal Hidden in some drawers I am Across from a wooden wheel |
Search the drawers on the second floor of Lumbridge Castle - Inside the room with a spinning wheel. |
| My name is like a tree, yet it is spelt with a "g" come see the fur which is right near me |
Speak to the child Wilough ("Willow") in the Varrock Market - Next to the fur merchant. |
| Often examined by learners of what has passed, find me where words of wisdom speak volumes. | Examiner at Digsite, always gives puzzle boxes |
| One of the sailors in Port Sarim is your next destination. | Talk to Captain Tobias in Port Sarim. |
| Probably filled with books on magic. | Search the bookcase in the basement of the Wizard's Tower, in Sedridor's room. |
| Probably filled with wizard socks. | The chest on the bottom floor of the Wizard Tower. Search the drawer closest the to fence in the eastern most room. Kill a wizard for the key. |
| Property of Black Heather | Kill Black Heather in the Bandit Camp in the Wilderness. |
| Read "How to breed scorpions" by O.W. Thathurt. | Go to the second floor of the wizards tower south-southwest of the Seer's Village, search the bookcase on the northern wall. |
| Reflection is the weakness for these eyes of evil. | In the Basilisk area of the Fremennik Slayer Cave, kill one Basilisk for the casket. (Using a Slayer Ring is the fastest way to the cave. Bring a mirror shield!) |
| Search a bookcase in the Lumbridge swamp. | Go to Father Urhney's house located in the swamp. |
| Search a wardrobe in Draynor | In Aggie's house, the wardrobe on the north east side. |
| Search for a box in one of the tents in Al Kharid. | Head east from the Silk trader into a tent. |
| Search the bucket in the Port Sarim jail. | Talk to Shanty at the Shanty Pass and identify yourself as an outlaw after asking what the place is. Once you are sent to the Shanty jail, refuse to pay the 5gp fine twice and you will be sent to the Port Sarim jail. Search the bucket inside the cell. |
| Search for a crate in a building in Hemenster. | Simply search all crates in Hemenster (City between Fishing guild and Ranging guild.) |
| Search for a crate in a building in Hemenster. | Simply search all crates in Hemenster (City between Fishing guild and Ranging guild.) |
| Search the crates in Canifis. | The crate is in Rufus's Meat Emporium (just north of bank) in Canifis. |
| Search for a crate in Varrock Castle. | It's one of the crates in the kitchen. |
| Search for some drawers in the upstairs of a house in Rimmington. | Search drawers upstairs in the house just north of the one with a range in Rimmington. |
| Search the boxes in a shop in Taverley. | Two-handed sword shop. |
| Search the boxes in the Goblin House near Lumbridge. | Self explanatory. |
| Search the boxes in the house near the South entrance to Varrock. | It's the crates inside the big grey building with nothing else inside except for a ladder. |
| Search the boxes just outside the Armour Shop in East Ardougne. | The boxes lie between the plate body shop and the silk stall in the Ardougne Market. |
| Search the chest upstairs in Al Kharid palace. | Upstairs 1st one from the east. |
| Search the bush at the digsite centre. | The bush is on the east side of the western pathway towards the digsite, north of the Exam Centre. You'll encounter before crossing the specimen tray. |
| Search the chest upstairs of houses in the east part of Falador. | The chest is upstairs in the north building in the circle in east Falador. |
| Search the chests upstairs in the shops of Port Sarim. | Search the eastern chest upstairs in the Port Sarim Food Store. |
| Search the chest in the left hand tower of Camelot Castle. | Look in the chest at the very top of the western tower. |
| Search the crates in the Port Sarim Fishing shop. | It's the northern-most crate in the shop. |
| Search the crate in the left hand tower of Lumbridge castle. | Look upstairs in the guard tower in front of the castle. |
| Search the crate near a cart in Port Khazard. | Search the crate south of where the Trawler starts. |
| Search the crates in a house in Yanille with a Piano. | As you enter Yanille, it should be the first building you come to that's adjacent to the north wall. |
| Search the crates in Draynor Manor | Search all possible crates and boxes on the third floor in the room to the left of the professor and machine, north end of room, in Draynor Manor. |
| Search the crates in Horvik's Armoury. | North East of Varrock center there is an armoury , search the crates there. |
| Search the crates in the Guard House of the Northern Gate of East Ardougne. | Just north-west of the Market Square in the building in front of the field. There are guards milling around west of it. |
| Search the crates in the Northwest most house in al kharid. | Located in the house south of gem trader in the most south west crate. |
| Search the crates in the Barbarian Village Helmet Shop. | Look in the southern-most crate in the shop. |
| Search the crates in the shed just north of east Ardougne. | North of the North bank by the diseased sheep - Inside the building that the wood cutter used to be in. |
| Search the crates near a cart in Varrock. | This cart is NOT the one at the inner courtyard of Varrock Castle. South of the inner courtyard (and north of Varrock's central square), there is a double-loop path. Northeast of this intersection is a small cart, and the crates are nearby. |
| Search the drawers above shops in Varrock. | Drawers in room above Clothes shop. |
| Search the drawers in the ground floor of a house in Yanille. | Search the drawers in the house directly east of the pub. |
| Search the drawers in the upstairs of a house in catherby . | Its the house north of the bank in catherby. |
| Search the drawers in Catherby's Archery Shop. | Drawers are on the ground floor of said shop. |
| Search through some drawers found in Taverley's houses. | Look for three small houses in the southeast corner of Taverley. The drawers are in the eastern house. |
| Search the drawers in one of the bedrooms in Gertrude's house. | Gertrude's house can be found west of anvil house in central Varrock, just before bridge to Barbarian Village; with a blue quest star. |
| Search the drawers in the upstairs of the Bank to the East of Varrock. | Self explanatory. |
| Search the drawers of houses in Burthorpe. | Drawers in the house that is south east of the house with an anvil. |
| Search the drawers on the first floor of a building overlooking the Ardougne market. | House north of Ardougne market; look upstairs (British 1st floor is upstairs; the bottom is the "ground floor"). |
| Search the drawers upstairs in a house in a village where the pirates have a good time. | Across the street from the bar in Brimhaven (2 houses south of Agility Arena, south of the house with a cooking pot symbol.) Go upstairs in that house and search the drawers. It will say "Shiver me timbers" and not allow you to open the chest. Kill the pirate near that house, he will drop a key. Use the key on the drawers. |
| Search the drawers upstairs in a house in a villiage where pirates like to party. | Brimhaven, the house with the range in it. (Kill a pirate in the nearby bar to get the key.) |
| Search the drawers in a house in Draynor Village. | The drawers are in the northern-most building in Draynor Village. |
| Search the drawers upstairs of houses in the east part of Falador. | The drawers are upstairs in the south building in the circle in east Falador. |
| Search the upstairs of houses in Seers' Village for some drawers. | It's the house with the spinning wheel in Seer's Village. |
| Search for a crate on the ground floor of a house in Seer's Village | Look in the house south-southeast of the Seer's pub and north of the church. |
| Search the drawers in Falador's Chain Mail Shop. | The chain mail shop is directly south of the castle. Search the southernmost drawers inside. |
| "Small shoe" often found with rod on mushroom. | Speak to the trainer in the Gnome Stronghold agility arena. |
| Snah? I feel all confused like one of those cakes... | Talk to Hans in Lumbridge Castle. |
| Someone watching the fights in the Duel Arena is your next destination. | Talk to Jeed. |
| Stand by your man. | Kill the level 2 Man downstairs to get a key. |
| Stop crying! Talk to the head. | Talk to the Head Mourner, he is in West Ardougne, in the room top right, (the room with a range) and go down the trapdoor. *You need to be in mourners gear to access this area |
| Surprising? I bet he is.... | Sir Prysin on the first floor of Varrock castle. |
| Thanks, Grandma | Talk to Tynan in Tynan's Fishing Supplies in the Piscarilius House on the North-east corner. |
| The beasts to my east snap claws and tails The rest to my west can slide and eat fish The northern are silly and jump and wail Dig by my fire and make a wish |
Between the penguins and scorpions in the Ardougne Zoo - Dig by the torch. |
| The cheapest water for miles around, but they react badly to religious icons. | The Bandit Camp, south of the Bedabin Camp. Search the crates in the general store. |
| The crate in the ground floor of a church is your next location |
Ardougne church - Next to ladder |
| The dead, red dragon looks down on this chest. He must really dig the view. | The chest in the most southern room of the Examine Center (south of the Digsite) with a Dragon head hanging above it. Kill a barbarian for the key |
| The hand ain't listening, speak to The Face in Port Sarim. | Talk to The Face in Port Sarim, near the entrance to the Rat Pits. |
| The Keeper of Melzars... Spare? Skeleton? Anar? |
Talk to Oziach The Rune Plate seller - West of Edgeville |
| There is no "worthier" lord. | Lord Iorwerth in the Elf camp |
| They're everywhere but they were here first, dig for treasure where the ground is rich with ore. | Dig by the entrance of the Security stronghold in the Barbarian village. |
| This aviator is at the peak of his profession. | Speak to gnome pilot at the top of White Wolf Mountain. |
| This crate holds better than a broken arrow. | A crate in the ranging guild near the most northern ranging shop. |
| This crate is mine all mine, even if it is in the middle of the desert. | It is in the mining camp in the "middle" of the desert. Search the crates there. |
| This village has a problem with cartloads of the undead. Try checking the bookcase to find an answer. | The bookcase in the antiques store in shilo village. Search the bookcase on the west wall. |
| Try not to step on any aquatic nasties while searching this crate. | In the Shack on the Fishing Platform that you go to during the Sea Slug quest. |
| When no weapons are at hand, now is the time to reflect in Saradomins name! redemption draws closer. | Entrana in a drawer in the house with a glass blowing pipe. |
| When you get tired of fighting, go deep, deep down until you need an antidote. | In the Yanille Agility Dungeon go down a floor where poison spiders are then go to the stairs and search the crates next to them. |
| You have all the elements available to solve this clue. | Elemental Workshop in Seers Village. Check the crates north of the east anvil. |
| You'll need to look for a town with a central fountain. Look for a locked chest in the towns chapel | Search the chest in the chapel in northeast Varrock (north of the museum). The chest says 'Property of Clocktower Monastery'. Go to the Monastery southeast of the Clocktower (south of Ardougne) and kill a Monk for the key. |
| You will need to under cook to solve this one. | Search the crates in basement of Lumbridge Castle. |
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