Anachronia base camp tutorial - Quick guide

This quest has an in-depth article. It contains a more detailed description of dialogue, cutscenes, and storyline.

This guide will show you how to unlock Anachronia, build the base camp, and unlock the Anachronia lodestone.

Unlocking this location has no level or quest requirements.

Overview

Start point	Board the Stormbreaker on the west side of River Salve at the Varrock Dig Site. Show on map
Member requirement	Members only
Requirements	None
Items required	Items from the tool belt are not listed unless they do not work or are not automatically added. None
Enemies to defeat	None

Set sail

• Board the Stormbreaker on the west side of River Salve at the Varrock Dig Site.
  • You may teleport to Varrock or to the Archaeology Campus.

Arriving at Anachronia

Follow this map to reach the bones and base camp

• Complete the intro animations until you wind up at the landing zone.
• Follow the directions on the map and investigate the bones blocking your path.
• After investigating the second bones, you will be teleported to the base camp.

Safe haven away from monsters

• Talk to Giles in the base camp to begin the tutorial.
• Assign at least one worker to gather wood, vines and stone respectively on the base camp management interface.
• Continue talking to Giles to skip the wait.
• When the base camp management interface appears again, build the Town Hall.
• Congratulations, tutorial complete!

Building the lodestone

• Manage base camp with Giles in the Town Hall on the eastern side of the base camp. Alternatively, you may attempt to build Anachronia lodestone to open the interface.
• Unassign workers and assign 10 workers to gather clay.
• Wait for about 20 minutes. You may do anything during this period but you need to board the Stormbreaker to Anachronia if you leave the island.
• Manage base camp with Giles again.
• Once your workers have collected adequate materials, build the lodestone.

Rewards

• Access to Anachronia base camp and its facilities
• Tier 1 Town Hall
• 250 wood and 250 stone

Achievements

• Setting The Foundation ( 5) – Complete the base camp tutorial on Anachronia.

Required for completing

Anachronia base camp tutorial is directly required for the following quests/miniquests:

• Benedict's World Tour (miniquest)
• Desperate Measures
• Father and Son (miniquest)
• Helping Laniakea (miniquest)
• Osseous Rex
• Raksha, the Shadow Colossus (quest)

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

• Aftermath
• Azzanadra's Quest
• Battle of the Monolith
• City of Senntisten
• Desperate Creatures
• Extinction
• Eye of Het I
• Eye of Het II
• Sins of the Father
• Twilight of the Gods