Ernest the Chicken

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Ernest the Chicken is a quest available to all players. It was one of the first quests developed. Players must discover what has happened to the missing Ernest, who went into Draynor Manor to ask for directions and never returned.

Official description

Veronica is very worried. Her fiancé went into the big spooky manor house to ask for directions. An hour later and he's still not out yet.

Development team

  • Developer: Paul Gower
  • Conversion: James B
  • QuestHelp: Nishal K
  • Audio: Ian T

Overview

Start pointQuest map icon.png
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Veronica, south of Draynor Manor gates.
Member requirementF2P icon.png Free to play
Official difficultyNovice Novice
Official lengthMedium
RequirementsSkill requirements are not boostable unless marked with a [B] for boostable.
  • None
Items requiredItems from the tool belt are not listed unless they do not work or are not automatically added.
  • None
Enemies to defeat

Pouletmorph-ism

Veronica

Talk to Veronica standing just outside the courtyard of the Draynor Manor. She wants you to find her fiancé, Ernest, who had gone to the manor an hour ago for help and has not come back yet.

Enter the manor and climb up the staircase and then climb the ladder to the left of the stairs to reach the top floor. Talk to Professor Oddenstein, who will explain that Ernest was turned into a chicken, when he was helping on an experiment with his 'pouletmorph' machine. However, to change him back, the professor needs parts that were stolen and hidden by the poltergeists in the manor.

You need to help him find a pressure gauge, a rubber tube, and an oil can, in any order you wish.

Piranhas

To get the pressure gauge, you will need some fish food and poison. The fish food is in a blue box, found on the 1st2nd floor[UK], in the room across the staircase to the south. To get the poison, you need to go to the small north-western room on the ground1st floor[UK].

Once you have obtained both items, use the poison with the fish food to create some poisoned fish food. Go outside the manor through the east door and look for the fountain on the south-west corner of the garden. Use the poisoned fish food with the fountain to kill the piranhas and search the fountain to get the gauge.

Bones

From the fountain, head north and look for a compost heap. Search it with a spade to obtain a grimy key. Return to inside the manor and go to the room behind the staircase.

Unlock the door to the room and take the rubber tube. When you do so, a level 11 skeleton will attack you. You can choose to kill the skeleton or simply leave the room.

Doors

Pulling the candle sconce.

Go to the western-most room on the ground1st floor[UK]. Search the candle sconce on the right to gain access to a secret room. Look for a ladder that leads downwards, and climb down into the basement. There will be doors and levers around you. Follow the steps given below to obtain the oil can.

  • It is not possible to use Telekinetic Grab to pick up the oil can.
  • Players can reset the puzzle by leaving the basement and going back, using the Home Teleport if necessary.

Cheatsheet

All levers start in the "up" position.

The Oil Can puzzle.
  1. Pull levers A and B up
  2. Enter door 1 to reach the north-east room and pull lever D up
  3. Enter doors 2 and 3 to reach the main room and pull levers A and B down
  4. Enter doors 3, 4, and 5 to reach the north-west room and pull levers E and F up
  5. Enter doors 6 and 7 to reach the north-east room and pull lever C up
  6. Enter doors 7 and 6 to reach the north-west room and pull lever E down
  7. Enter doors 6, 8, and 3 to reach the main room
  8. Enter door 9 and grab the oil can

Climb back up the ladder to the bedroom, then pull the lever next to the empty bookcase to pass back through the wall.

Ernestly

Go all the way up to the top floor and talk to Professor Oddenstein. Give him the items and he will fix his machine, which will turn Ernest back into a human.

Quest complete!

Rewards

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Additional rewards/activities
  • Any Odd Chicken (RuneScore.png 5) – Claim Professor Oddenstein's extra rewards after the 'Ernest the Chicken'.
Music unlocked

Required for completing

Ernest the Chicken is directly required for the following quests/miniquests:

Thus it is indirectly required for the following quests and miniquests:

Update history

The update history project is a work-in-progress – not all updates to this topic may be covered below. See here for how to help out!
  • patch 15 December 2009 (Update):
    • The following quests have received a number of minor changes and improvements: Cook's Assistant, Ernest the Chicken, Restless Ghost, Rune Mysteries, Sheep Shearer. If you have already completed these quests, it may be worth your time talking to the Lumbridge cook, Fred the Farmer and Professor Oddenstein (outside Draynor Manor).
  • update 21 January 2001 (Update):
    • Vampires, gremlins and... A chicken? Find the missing pieces of a strange machine to turn the chicken back in the newest quest, Ernest the Chicken!

Transcript

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