Quest · Voidscape

The Hooded Buyer

  • Experienced
  • Medium
  • 3 quest points

Start by talking to Shopkeeper in Lumbridge.

Walkthrough

  1. Use your city credential

    Ansel can reconstruct a missing credential from completion. Travel needs no inventory token or staff. The shopkeeper still wonders; keep your promise.

    AnselNear Lumbridge

  2. Reach 30 Thieving

    Train Thieving to 30 before asking the Lumbridge shopkeeper about his lamp-oil buyer.

    ShopkeeperLumbridge

  3. Reach 31 Crafting

    Train Crafting to 31. Calla will ask you to make a lamp. Start at the Lumbridge general store on a members world.

    ShopkeeperLumbridge

  4. Ask about the lamp oil

    Ask the Lumbridge shopkeeper who buys all his lamp oil. Combat around 40 is advised for a free duel later.

    ShopkeeperLumbridge

    Say Who's buying all your lamp oil? I'll follow at a distance

  5. Follow the hooded buyer

    Follow towards the swamp. Stay out of her line of sight when she slows down; trees and walls hide you. If she loses you, she waits.

    Hooded buyerLumbridge

  6. Meet the buyer by the shop

    After logout or death, the buyer restarts outside the Lumbridge general store. Approach within 12 tiles, then follow at a distance.

    ShopkeeperLumbridge

  7. Talk at the shelter

    Follow the buyer to the shelter, then talk to her. She is here with the lamp oil.

    Hooded buyerUnderground - Near Shantay Pass

  8. Follow through the city

    Meet the buyer just below the shed door. Follow her along the lit passages to the shelter. She waits if you fall behind; there are no look-backs here.

    Hooded buyerUnderground - Near Lumbridge

  9. Open the swamp shed door

    Your permit is active before entry. Open the shed door to reach the city. Ansel can explain the route; no staff is needed.

    Near Lumbridge

  10. Promise Calla discretion

    At the shelter, promise to respect the residents' privacy. Calla gives you glass and a wick.

    Hooded buyerUnderground - Near Shantay Pass

    Say I won't tell a soul

  11. Give Calla the lamp

    Bring the token-lamp to Calla at the shelter. She hangs it beside the passage.

    Hooded buyerUnderground - Near Shantay Pass

    • Token-lamp

  12. Fit the wick in the glass

    With 31 Crafting, use the glass and wick together. Crafting the lamp pays no XP; the reward is at completion.

    Underground - Near Shantay Pass

    • Lamp glass
    • Lamp wick

  13. Recover the lamp materials

    Withdraw banked materials or a banked lamp. Calla replaces truly lost parts after your promise; she will not duplicate an owned lamp.

    Hooded buyerUnderground - Near Shantay Pass

  14. Return through the shed

    Your city permit survives a failed attempt. Open the swamp shed door, then return to the shelter in the lower gallery.

    Near Lumbridge

  15. Challenge Varro

    Talk to Varro. Win a free duel with your own gear: no retreat, food, prayer or magic. You lose no items. Loss or disconnect can be retried.

    VarroUnderground - Near Shantay Pass

    Say Let's fight

  16. Return through the shed

    Your city permit survives a failed attempt. Open the swamp shed door, then return to the shelter in the lower gallery.

    Near Lumbridge

  17. Report to Calla

    Return to Calla at the shelter. Confirm your promise to receive your permanent city credential, sword right, XP and 3 quest points.

    Hooded buyerUnderground - Near Shantay Pass

    Say I'll keep the promise

  18. Return through the shed

    Your city permit survives a failed attempt. Open the swamp shed door, then return to the shelter in the lower gallery.

    Near Lumbridge