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Old School

Observatory Quest

Difficulty
Intermediate
Length
Short

Where to start

  • Talk to the Observatory professor in the Observatory Reception Room north of Castle Wars.

Encounters

  • Goblin guard (level 42) (Optional – can simply be trapped behind a column)

Items to bring

Quest rewards

2 quest points

  • 2,250 Crafting experience

  • Your item reward depends on what astrological sign you see when you look through the telescope. It is different for each person. Each one rewards an uncut sapphire as well as one of the following:

  • Aquarius: 25 water runes

  • Cancer: An amulet of defence

  • Gemini: A black 2h sword

  • Libra: 3 law runes

  • Pisces: 3 tuna

  • Sagittarius: A maple longbow

  • Scorpio: Weapon poison

  • Taurus: A 1-dose super strength potion

  • The Spirit of Scorpius will now give you a mould to make unholy symbols, and he will bless them for you too. He can be found in the graveyard north of the Observatory.

  • Talk to the Observatory assistant after the quest and he will reward you with a jug of wine as well as tell you his and the professor's real name.

  • Access to the grappling shortcut rock outside the Observatory.

  • Completing this quest awards the player with 5 Kudos which can be claimed by talking to Historian Minas in the Varrock Museum.