Treasure Trails: Clue basics
Overview
Deciding to embark upon a Treasure trail clue can take you minutes or hours to finish depending on the type of clue you get and your own abilities. Some will require you to venture into the Wilderness, so be prepared! Some will require you to search out specific items to equip. In the end, the lure of rare treasure has drawn many players to scout the lands of Runescape for that hidden casket containing untold wealth.
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First read the clue, so that you know what type of clue it is. Gather the items you need. Then head to the spot indicated by the clue.
When you get to the spot specified by the clue you will get a casket.
This casket will either contain treasure or another clue.
So basically, follow each clue you get until you get a treasure. It's that simple!
Zaida is located in the Treasure Trail hub South of the Varrock Grand Exchange. Zaida runs the Treasure Trail Rewards Shop which allows you to buy many things that help complete clues. The shop sells items such as:
- The Globetrotter outfit pieces.
- Charges for the Globetrotter outfit
- The clue pet and clue titles
- Sealed clue scrolls: Easy, Medium, Hard, Elite.
- Reroll tokens: Easy, Medium, Hard, Elite.
- Untradable skipping tickets: Tower-skipping ticket (u), Lockbox-skipping ticket (u), Costume-skipping ticket (u), Knot-skipping ticket (u), Puzzle-skipping ticket (u).
If the Globetrotter outfit is lost it is reclaimable through an option on Zaida. She also has the ability to show you the hidey-hole log.
If you talk to Zaida she offers to downgrade a clue for you. This option works even if you have started a clue but it resets your progress and gives a clue of the next level down.
The Treasure trail collection log is an ingame log of the rewards received from completed clue scrolls.
The log is wearable in the pocket slot and is claimable and reclaimable from the crates behind Zaida.
The right-click option on the log brings up the reward collection long. It has 6 sections:
| Category | Contents |
| General clue rewards | Shows all possible rewards obtainable from any level clue (grayed out). Shows all general rewards and quantity of rewards recieved. |
| Easy clue rewards | Show all possible level specific rewards (grayed out). Shows all level specifc and quantity of rewards recieved. |
| Medium clue rewards | Show all possible level specific rewards (grayed out). Shows all level specifc and quantity of rewards recieved. |
| Hard clue rewards | Show all possible level specific rewards (grayed out). Shows all level specifc and quantity of rewards recieved. |
| Elite clue rewards | Show all possible level specific rewards (grayed out). Shows all level specifc and quantity of rewards recieved. |
| Master clue rewards | Show all possible level specific rewards (grayed out). Shows all level specifc and quantity of rewards recieved. |
The left-click option allows you to check your Treasure trail stats and gives information on Hidey-hole locations.
The Treasure trail stats option gives the number of clues completed, rerolls available (up to 3), and progress towards next reroll for each level of clue. Here is an example:
The Hidey-hole locations option brings up a list of all hidey-hole locations seperated by clue level. It gives a general location of the hidey-hole and has an are for check marks when each specific hidey-hole has been built and filled. Here is an example:
Treasure Trail information board
The Treasure Trail information board is similar to the Treasure Trail collection log and shares many of the same options.
Two of the options are the Treasure trail stats and hidey-hole locations, these are the same as those offered in the collection log.
Additionally, it offers the option to see recently completed trails, which shows some recent casket values and the user who opened the casket.
The final option gives the treasure trail options, this takes you to the settings menu and settings dealing with which clues you can receive
and if a loot beam will appear upon a clue scroll being dropped by a monster.
Completing a Treasure Trail and Reward Caskets
A clue is completed when the reward casket is granted not when the reward casket is opened. In the same way, Treasure Trail points are awarded when the reward casket is granted not when opened. Reward caskets stack in a player's inventory or bank based on level and can be opened at any point in any quantity desired. Upon completing a clue you will receive a message regarding the points earned, total points, and total clue completed for that tier of clue.
| Reward Casket Level | Base Points | Points at every Xth clue completed | ||||
| 10 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500 | ||
Easy  Image last updated: Jun 28, 2025 |
1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
Medium  Image last updated: Jun 28, 2025 |
2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 64 |
Hard  Image last updated: Jun 28, 2025 |
4 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 64 | 128 |
Elite  Image last updated: Jun 28, 2025 |
8 | 16 | 32 | 64 | 128 | 256 |
Master  Image last updated: Jun 28, 2025 |
16 | 32 | 64 | 128 | 256 | 512 |
Number of steps and types of clues to complete a Treasure Trail
Each level of clue has a different number of steps required to complete the clue. Using a Totem of treasure on Anachronia decreases the number of steps but requires weekly setup. Each clue level also has a number of different clue types that will be chosen from when doing the clue. The below table shows the number of steps each level requires, the type of clues each level has, and the percent chance of getting each type clue.
| Clue Level | Steps without Totem |
Steps with Totem |
Percent chance of specific clue type | |||||||||
| Simple | Vague | Map | Emote | Riddle | Sextant | Anagram | Compass | Scan | Skill riddle | |||
Easy  Image last updated: Jun 28, 2025 |
3-5 | 2-4 | 24.24% | 25.25% | 25.25% | 25.25% | ||||||
Medium  Image last updated: Jun 28, 2025 |
4-6 | 3-5 | 20.20% | 20.20% | 20.20% | 20.20% | 19.19% | |||||
Hard  Image last updated: Jun 28, 2025 |
5-7 | 4-6 | 22.94% | 22.94% | 22.02% | 22.94% | 9.17% | |||||
Elite  Image last updated: Jun 28, 2025 |
5-7 | 4-6 | 45.51% | 54.49% | ||||||||
Master  Image last updated: Jun 28, 2025 |
6-8 | 5-7 | 25% | 25% | 10% | 20% | 20% | |||||
Lucky items affect the rewards from Clue scrolls adding a +1% chance for rarer clue specific rewards and a +1% chance drop bonus. The items that affect each level of clue scroll are different and are listed below.
| Level of lucky item | ||||
| Level of clue | Level 1  Image last updated: Jun 28, 2025 |
Level 2  Image last updated: Jun 28, 2025 |
Level 3  Image last updated: Jun 28, 2025 |
Level 4  Image last updated: Jun 28, 2025 |
| Easy Image last updated: Jun 28, 2025 |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Medium Image last updated: Jun 28, 2025 |
No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hard Image last updated: Jun 28, 2025 |
No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Elite Image last updated: Jun 28, 2025 |
No | No | No | Yes |
| Master Image last updated: Jun 28, 2025 |
No | No | No | Yes |
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