Quick guide for Back to my Roots

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

Overview

Start point	Speak to Horacio outside Lord Handelmort's mansion, in East Ardougne.
Member requirement	Members only
Official difficulty	Master
Official length	Medium
Requirements	Skill requirements are not boostable unless marked with a [B] for boostable. Quests: Back to my Roots A Fairy Tale I - Growing Pains Jungle Potion Lost City Nature Spirit Priest in Peril The Restless Ghost The Hand in the Sand One Small Favour Rune Mysteries Shilo Village Jungle Potion Druidic Ritual Tribal Totem 55 Agility 53 Farming 59 Slayer 72 Woodcutting Must be able to defeat a level 43 foe with a hatchet.
Items required	Items from the tool belt are not listed unless they do not work or are not automatically added. Any hatchet on your tool belt or otherwise to fight with; Rune hatchet or better (including Inferno adze) recommended. A plant pot with soil Soft clay (to make the pot lid during the quest after talking to Wizard Cromperty; a bought pot lid or one that was made before the quest will not work). An empty pot (not a plant pot) A melee weapon if your axe is on your tool belt
Recommended	Food Antipoison, Anti-poison totem, Poison purge aura or Prayer book (For in the maze only) Transport to Shilo Village (for example, 30 coins, Ring of charos (a), Karamja Gloves 3 or 4, Slayer Cape perk, access to fairy rings or the Karamja lodestone).
Enemies to defeat	Wild jade vine (level 72)

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Starting out

• Talk to Horacio in East Ardougne and accept the quest. ( 2•2•✓)…

  2	So... who are you?
  2	Do you need any help?
  ✓	[Accept Quest]

• Talk to Wizard Cromperty in his house to the north-east of the market. ( 1)…

  1	Talk about Back to my Roots

• Talk to an RPDT employee south of the southern bank in Ardougne.
• Open the smelly package on the table.
• Return to Wizard Cromperty. ( 1)…

  1	Talk about Back to my Roots

• Make a pot lid (any pot lid acquired before this point will not work). The potter's wheel and pottery oven in north-west of East Ardougne or Draynor or a portable crafter will work.
• Return to Wizard Cromperty. ( 1)…

  1	Talk about Back to my Roots

• Talk to Garth, the farmer located at the fruit tree patch in Brimhaven north of the lodestone. ( 2)…

  2	Talk about the Back to my Roots quest.

Karamja vine maze

The path through the maze. Click to enlarge.

Items needed: pot lid, filled plant pot, empty pot

• South-east of the nature altar, enter the maze by climbing the vine (north side). Do not leave the maze until you have followed all steps in this section.
• Navigate the maze to reach the roots using the solution provided.
• Once you reach the root, dig the loose soil, cut the root, then use it on your plant pot.
• If it does not grow, dig up and cut a different root. Out of the five roots in the area, only one of them can successfully grow. Try a different root until it works.
  • Fast travelling before covering the plant will destroy the clipping. See Below
• Once the correct root takes, use the potted root on your empty pot to make a sealed pot.

The battle

Items needed: Hatchet, or melee weapon with hatchet on tool belt
Items recommended: Antipoison potion for lower levels

• Return to Horacio and speak to him.
• Use the sealed pot on the east patch to plant the vine.
• Attempt to attack the wild jade vine. ( 1)…

  1	Okay, I'm ready for combat.

• Once killed, cut the remaining vine.
• Talk to Horacio.
• Quest complete!

Rewards

• 1 quest point
• 24,000 experience
• 40,000 experience
• 23,000 experience
• 15,000 experience
• Vine Farming Patch in East Ardougne
• Jade vine seed
• Access to jade vine maze and ability to kill giant ant soldiers, giant ant workers, tenacious toucans, giant wasps, frogs and pernicious parrots within it.
• Transportation between Eagles' Peak and Karamja using the Karamjan Jungle eagle.
• Ability to slay the wild jade vine for extra Slayer and Farming experience once every 15 hours.
• 2 Treasure Hunter keys (Ironman accounts will not receive these)
  

Music unlocked

• Roots and Flutes (if not already unlocked by exploring the land just outside of the maze)

Required for completing

Back to my Roots is directly required for the following quests/miniquests:

• One Foot in the Grave