A Fairy Tale II - Cure a Queen

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A Fairy Tale II - Cure a Queen (#107)
Release date11 July 2006 (Update)
MembersYes
Voice OverNo
Official seriesFairy #3
AgeFifth Age
TimelineHeroic
Start areaDraynor Village
CombatNPC combat level 70–79
Advanced data
Quest ID309
Quest create ID43
Official difficultyExperienced
RecommendedYes
LinksQuests
Infobox • Talk page

A Fairy Tale II - Cure a Queen is the penultimate part of the fairy quest series and revolves around the Fairy Godfather. The objective of the quest is to finally cure the Fairy Queen and prepare the retaliation against the Fairy Mafia.

Official description[edit | edit source]

The Fairy Queen should be awake and back in charge of the Lost City by now, but what is happening in Zanaris? Why hasn't the Fairy Godfather abdicated the throne?

What is happening to all the fairy inhabitants and where has Fairy Nuff gone? Can you rise to the challenge of using the fairy rings to search the other planes and Cure a Queen, in the second part of the Fairy Tale trilogy?

Overview[edit | edit source]

Start pointQuest map icon.png Talk to Martin the Master Gardener in Draynor Village. Show on map
A Fairy Tale II - Cure a Queen icon.png
2006#22
Member requirementP2P icon.png Members only
Official lengthMedium
Requirements
Quest.png Quests:
Items requiredItems from the tool belt are not listed unless they do not work or are not automatically added.
Recommended
  • Combat gear and good food
Enemies to defeat
  • Gorak (level 74, possibly multiple)

Ungrateful[edit | edit source]

Martin

To start, talk to Martin the Master Gardener in the Draynor Market. He will tell you to come back once his crops are grown, so wait until your quest menu says his crops have had plenty of time to grow; this takes around 5 minutes. Attempting to pickpocket Martin may further your wait.

Talk to him again and he informs you rather crossly that there is something still wrong with the crops, disbelieving your story about fairies and accusing you of creating this problem. You will automatically agree to investigate further.

Surprise![edit | edit source]

Fairy Nuff's grotto.

Go to Zanaris, and head toward the bank. Just north of the bank is Fairy Nuff's grotto. Walk in, and you'll see a short cutscene. Underneath one of the potion shelves is Fairy Nuff's certificate; pick it up. Studying the certificate turns up its back, which is covered with strange fairy symbols.

Use the certificate with the Fairy chef, south of the bank. She will tell you that she's seen similar inscriptions on a sign near the mysterious ruins, that is the cosmic altar, in southern Zanaris.

Head to the "mysterious ruins" leading to the cosmic altar and search south of it for a small stone tablet. It is a rune temple sign, with symbols similar to those on the back of the certificate. The sign reads: Cosmic Rune Altar. You can now decode Fairy Nuff's message by matching the symbols with the given key. Although you do not need to manually decode it, you must read the tablet to proceed. The back of the certificate reads:

“ The Godfather attacked us. We have fled to safety. If you are loyal to her majesty, find us by using the co-ordinates "AIR", "DLR", "DJQ", "AJS". ”

Fairy transport[edit | edit source]

The Godfather and his lackeys.

Talk to the Fairy Godfather, in the room directly south of the Zanaris entrance, near Chaeldar. Tell him that the queen is missing, to which he visibly starts panicking and rushes to say that he will create a search party for her. The Godfather gives you permission to use the fairy rings to 'help' you locate the queen. He asks you to speak to the co-ordinator to learn more about the rings. She can be found slightly south of the Zanaris entrance, north of the godfather's room, at the intersection.

Speak to the co-ordinator who will reluctantly inform you of the vast history of the fairy rings and the queen, and teach you how to use them. After speaking with her, head south-west to the fountains, where you should see a fairy ring. Talk to Fairy Fixit there, and then try and use the fairy rings while wielding a dramen staff or lunar staff.

You may now use the fairy rings throughout RuneScape without finishing the quest, if you'd prefer. See our fairy rings guide for all the possible combinations.

With Nuff's certificate in your inventory, use the fairy ring four times in sequence. (For 1, 2 and 4 you can use the fairy ring autodialler to the locations mentioned in parentheses. Destination 3 must be manually dialled.)

  1. AIR (Islands: south of Witchaven)
  2. DLR (Islands: Poison Waste south of Isafdar)
  3. DJQ (unattached code, transporting you just a few steps away from the fairy ring in Zanaris). You have to click through the dialogue that opens after you teleport or you will not arrive at the fairy HQ.
  4. AJS (Islands: Penguins near Miscellania, or Queen's location)

If you end up on an island with some penguins, you either made a mistake entering the codes (you cannot right click and immediately teleport to the next location, you must "use" the rings each time and teleport back to Zanaris, then enter the next location), are not holding the certificate, did not complete the step of finding the plaque at the ruins (see previous paragraph), or you do not have the required levels to continue with the quest.

Regrouping[edit | edit source]

The war room in the Fairy Resistance Hideout.

You should be in the Fairy Queen's new location. Just go up the path, and head to the north-eastern room. Talk to Fairy Nuff who, along with Fairy Very Wise, informs you that the Queen is not well because the Godfather has hurt her by not returning her magic secateurs. As her essence is drained, she cannot retaliate without obtaining the secateurs, which you accept to bring back.

Pickpocketing the Godfather while his lackeys are distracted.

Head back to Zanaris, now filled with orks, and pickpocket the Fairy Godfather. If you fail, you will be teleported outside Zanaris, so try pickpocketing from behind or the side, and make sure neither of his henchmen are looking directly at you. You should get a golden queen's secateurs.

You won't be able to travel back to the hideout by using AJS, but the steps will be saved in your travel log. Therefore, if you've kept Nuff's Certificate with you, you may simply select "Fairy Resistance HQ" from the travel log and press "teleport" to take you there, without having to travel to all the other three locations again. If you bank Nuff's certificate, the travel log will make you go through all the steps again.

The travel log might also be reset by using the fairy rings to other locations, by logging out or simply over time. The good thing is if you have travelled to the hideout once, you will have the record near the bottom of the log and can use that for travelling to each step. As you complete steps, the highlighted code in the hideout sequence will show you where you will go next.

Magic Essence[edit | edit source]

Fairy Nuff healing the queen.

Back at the fairy hideout, talk to fairy Nuff and give her the secateurs. She will use them to rejuvenate the queen, but they do not work completely. Nuff tells you that she needs a certain magic essence potion to replenish the queen's missing life energy. To make the potion, you need to collect some starflowers and crushed gorak claw.

The potion must be created when Fairy Nuff prompts you to, as any potion created beforehand will not work.

Starflower[edit | edit source]

Starflowers!

Return to the fairy ring in Zanaris and use the code CKP, which transports you to a cosmic plane. Move around for about 2 minutes whilst the starflowers grow. You can pass the time by talking to the cosmic being who lives there, contemplating the mysteries of the universe.

When it's ready, pick a starflower and add your harvest to the vial of water.

Gorak Claws[edit | edit source]

The battle with a Gorak.
An overhead view of the plane.

Return to Zanaris, and withdraw any armour and weapons, along with around 10 pieces of good food. Protection prayers do not work against goraks as their attacks deal typeless damage, but you may use boosting prayers as necessary to help you kill them.

At the Zanaris fairy ring, use the sequence DIR to get to another plane full of goraks. They are level 74 and are capable of lowering your stats on successful hits. Super restores are helpful for lower levels. Their attack's accuracy is rolled against your melee defence, meaning magic armour will provide the best defence. They are also weak against magic attacks, and can be killed fairly quickly with a level 60 or higher weapon and a suitable water spell (Water Blast or higher). However, melee can also be used effectively with at least level 70 equipment. The gorak claw is not a 100% drop, so you may have to kill multiple goraks until you receive a claw. When you obtain a gorak claw, grind it with a pestle and mortar to get gorak claw powder.

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Gorak Plane

The Final Scene[edit | edit source]

The Queen is awoken.

Mix the starflower and crushed claw into a vial of water to make a magic essence potion.

Back at the hideout, first talk to Fairy Nuff, informing her that you have made the potion. Fairy Nuff asks you to give the potion to the Fairy Queen. Use a dose of the magic essence potion on the queen, who finally regains her senses. As the queen angrily prepares to return to Zanaris and take back her throne, Fairy Very Wise and Fairy Nuff remind her that the Godfather has thugs and orks at his disposal, compared to her small band of loyalists, many of whom are injured. Her Majesty sees the flaw in the plan, and accepts the advice. The Fairy Godfather will continue to rule Zanaris — for now. Talk to the queen to end the quest.

Reward[edit | edit source]

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Music unlocked

Achievements[edit | edit source]

Required for completing[edit | edit source]

A Fairy Tale II - Cure a Queen is directly required for the following quests/miniquests:

It is therefore an indirect requirement for the following quests and miniquests:

Transcript[edit | edit source]

This article on a quest has an associated dialogue page.
Click here for a transcript of possible conversations and other messaging encountered throughout the quest.
Click here for a transcript of the quest's journal entry.

Credits[edit | edit source]

A Fairy Tale II - Cure a Queen
Developers
DeveloperMod Greg
Art & Graphics
GraphicsNick F
Quality Assurance
Quality assuranceMartin I, John H
Audio
AudioMod Bond
Other
Quest HelpNishal K
Databox • Talk page

Update history[edit | edit source]

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included—see here for how to help out!
  • ninja 15 February 2021 (Update):
    • Fixed an issue which was blocking progression during A Fairy Tale Part II.
  • hotfix 9 February 2021:
    • After an update on 8 February 2021 to the fairy ring network unintentionally broke this quest, players can progress through it once again.[1]
  • patch 26 May 2020 (Update):
    • Starting Fairy Tale II - Cure a Queen will now set the quest to 'In progress' as expected.
  • patch 14 July 2014 (Update):
    • An issue has been fixed where the Fairy Queen refused to wake up in Fairy Tale Part II.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

  • It used to be possible to start this quest (and thus, gain access to the fairy rings) without meeting the skill requirements. As of the 13 November 2017 Quest Interface rework, this is no longer the case, and you must have the base skill levels in order to begin the quest.
  • While holding the certificate if you speak to one of the sheep in Zanaris, your character will ask the sheep if it knows what the strange markings mean to which the sheep will spout a rhyme: "The human's found some symbols / and doesn't know what they mean / so now it's cross-examining me / and spoiling my routine!"
  • Upon completion of this quest, a player's Adventurer's Log will read: "The Fairy Queen hasn't regained her throne...yet. War must be prepared and troops mustered before the Godfather can sleep with the fishes." This is a reference to the Sicilian Mafia of New York City.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ^ Jagex. RuneScape's Twitter account. 9 February 2021. (Archived from the original on 10 February 2021.) RuneScape: "#RSHotfix: Players can once again progress through the A Fairy Tale II quest."
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