Quick guide for Ghosts Ahoy

Keep in mind that while the official length is short, in reality this quest is long.

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

Overview

Start point	Talk to Velorina in Port Phasmatys.
Member requirement	Members only
Official difficulty	Intermediate
Official length	Short
Requirements	Skill requirements are not boostable unless marked with a [B] for boostable. Quests: Ghosts Ahoy Priest in Peril The Restless Ghost 25 Agility 20 Cooking The ability to defeat a level 42 monster.
Items required	Items from the tool belt are not listed unless they do not work or are not automatically added. Around 1,000 coins (more or less, depending on your luck) Thread Silk Spade (tool belt will not work) Oak shieldbow Nettle tea (You will need a bowl of water and any pair of gloves if you brew the nettle tea during the quest) Bucket of milk Ghostspeak amulet A bucket of slime (can be collected during the quest) 3 colours of dye (randomly chosen; bring three of each primary colour to save time: Red, Blue, Yellow) A way to get into Port Phasmatys three times (either charter ships or the 2 ecto-token toll)
Enemies to defeat	Giant lobster (level 42)

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Ghostly trouble

• Speak to Velorina at Port Phasmatys, in the northernmost building just east of the entrance. ( 1•1•✓)…

  1	Why, what is the matter?
  1	Yes, I do. It is a very sad story.
  ✓	[Accept Quest]

  • You must have the Ghostspeak amulet equipped
• Talk to Necrovarus at the Ectofuntus just outside the town, to the North.
  • Obtain bucket of slime now for later in quest. Use trap door on west side of the Ectofuntus.
• Speak to Velorina. ( 1)…

  1	Do you know where this woman can be found?

Getting help

Items needed: nettle tea, silk, thread, bucket of milk

• Teleport to Canifis using the lodestone.
• If you haven't already made nettle tea, pick some nettles just east. Use the nettles on the bowl of water to get Nettle-water.
• Run north-west to the old crone's house which is on the east side of the Slayer Tower, speak to the old crone in her house. ( 1)…

  1	You are doing so much for me - is there anything I can do for you?

• If you haven't already made nettle tea, run south of the old crone's house and cut down a swamp tree for logs. Light a fire and use the Nettle-water on it to get Nettle tea.
• Speak to old crone to get her porcelain cup.
• Use your nettle tea on her cup, and add your bucket of milk to it.
• Speak to the old crone again. ( 1)…

  1	You are doing so much for me - is there anything I can do for you?

• Repair the model ship.

The map

Items needed: dyes, combat equipment

• Go inside the ship wreck just north of the allotment patches, east of the Canifis lodestone.
• Climb the ladders to reach the top deck (there is a ladder on the outer cabin wall).
• Wait for the "wind speed" to become "low", search the mast to determine the colours and their positions,(you need to search for 3 different results, take note if needed).
• Dye the model ship with the same colours and position as the mast.
• Climb down and enter the captain's cabin.
• Speak to the old man. ( 3)…

  3	Is this your toy boat?

• Use the key on the chest and open it for a map scrap.
• Go to the north-west part of the ship's deck and cross the gangplank to the rocks. Jump and cross the rocks until you find a chest, and open it for a map scrap.
• Go back to the ship and climb down to the lowest level of the ship, and open a chest in the eastern end of the ship. Kill the giant lobster and search the chest again.
• Put the pieces together to get the map and go back to Port Phastmatys.

Dragontooth Island

Items needed: spade (inventory) , treasure map

• Speak to the ghost captain on the south-east docks (just north-east of the bank - not the one directly east of Velorina) to get a ride to Dragontooth Island. Alternatively, use right-click 'Travel'. ( 1)…

  1	Please take me to Dragontooth Island.

• Stand under the Saradomin statue's extended arm (west-adjacent to the statue). Use "follow" option on the map, or walk the steps below.

The exact location of the book

• 6 South ( 3•3)…

  3	South
  3	4 paces

  then ( 3•2)…

  3	South
  2	2 paces

• 8 East ( 2•3)…

  2	East
  3	4 paces

  then ( 2•3)…

  2	East
  3	4 paces

• 2 North ( 1•2)…

  1	North
  2	2 paces

• 4 East ( 2•3)…

  2	East
  3	4 paces

• 22 South ( 3•4)…

  3	South
  4	10 paces

  then ( 3•4)…

  3	South
  4	10 paces

  then ( 3•2)…

  3	South
  2	2 paces

• Dig at the final place you arrive at with a spade to receive the book of haricanto.
• Go back to Port Phasmatys with the ghost captain.

Translation

Items needed: Oak shieldbow

• Speak to Ak-Haranu around the docks. ( 1)…

  1	Okay, wait here - I'll get you your bow.

• Go to the inn and speak to Robin. ( 2•1)…

  2	Talk about something else.
  1	Yes, I'll give you a game.

• Win 4 games of Rune-Draw against him to get a signed oak shield bow.
• Speak to Ak-Haranu to get the translation manual.

Revolution

• Ask the Ghost innkeeper (Who is located in the pub) for a job to get a bed sheet. ( 4•1)…

  4	Do you have any jobs I can do?
  1	Yes, I'd be delighted.

  • Don't give it to Robin like he asks.
• Use your bucket of slime on the bedsheet or dip it into the pool of slime. Charter ships do not allow bedsheets onto the ships.
• Speak to Gravingas west of the inn to get a petition form. ( 1)…

  1	After hearing Velorina's story I will be happy to help out.

• Put on your Bedsheet.
• Ask the townspeople for signatures until you have 10.
  • You can get multiple signatures from the same ghost if you ask another ghost first.
  • Some will resist. Just ask others.
  • If a ghost ask for ecto-tokens, simply leave the conversation and ask the same ghost again.
• Speak to Necrovarus at the Ectofuntus. Pick up the bone key he drops.
• Head upstairs, and use the key on the locked door.
• Open and search the coffin for Necrovarus' mystical robes.

Finishing up/persuasion Techniques

• Return to the old crone in her shack (east of the Slayer Tower). ( 1)…

  1

• Equip the enchanted ghostspeak amulet and speak to Necrovarus. ( 1)…

  1	Let any ghost who so wishes pass on into the next world.

• Speak to Velorina (at this point you can enter without needing to pay ecto-tokens).
• Quest complete!

Rewards

• 2 quest points
• 2,400 experience
• Free passage into Port Phasmatys
• The ectophial, which provides a reusable one-click teleport to the Ectofuntus
• 2 Treasure Hunter keys (Ironman accounts will not receive these)
  

Music unlocked

• Dragontooth Island

Required for completing

Ghosts Ahoy is not currently required for any quests or miniquests.