Goblin Diplomacy

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For the achievement, see Goblin Diplomacy (achievement).

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Goblin Diplomacy (#15)
Release date	8 May 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Voice Over	No
Official difficulty	Novice
Quest series	Dorgeshuun
Age	Fifth Age
Developers
Main developer(s)	Paul Gower
Graphics
Concept	Unknown edit
Quality Assurance
Quality assurance	Unknown edit
Audio
Composition	Unknown edit
Infobox • Talk page

Goblin Diplomacy is the first goblin quest and it involves the player helping Generals Bentnoze and Wartface decide on a colour for their goblins' armour. The quest's plot is often referenced in other situations where two parties are fighting over a mere colour.

Official description

“

There's a disturbance in the Goblin Village. Help the goblins solve their dispute so the world doesn't have to worry about rioting goblins.

”

Overview

Start point	Go to Goblin Village and talk to General Bentnoze or General Wartface.
Member requirement	Free to play
Official difficulty	Novice
Official length	Short
Requirements	Skill requirements are not boostable unless marked with a [B] for boostable. None
Items required	Items from the tool belt are not listed unless they do not work or are not automatically added. 3 suits of goblin mail (can be obtained during quest) Blue dye (or 2 woad leaves and 5 coins to make) Red dye (or 3 redberries and 5 coins to make) Yellow dye (or 2 onions and 5 coins to make) OR instead of red dye and yellow dye Orange dye (or mix red dye and yellow dye)
Enemies to defeat	None

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Getting started and Gathering the needed items

Talk to General Bentnoze or General Wartface in Goblin Village, in the Kingdom of Asgarnia, (located north of Falador, and east of Taverley). They will say that the goblin race wants a new armour colour for the new goblin century, but is on the brink of civil war over whether it should be red or green. You suggest picking a different colour, and they agree to take a look at a sample of armour in orange.

The locations of the crates containing Goblin mail (marked in blue)

Ask the generals where you can get orange armour. Eventually, one will answer that you can dye Goblin mail orange. Grubfoot will mention "a goblin" stole yellow dye from a witch in Draynor village, and mentions you may be able to find it there. One of the generals will mention you can find goblin mail in some crates located around the village.

Grab three suits of goblin mail from the following crates:

1. Behind the generals' hut
2. Next to the western hut
3. Up a ladder at the entrance of the camp

Making the dyes

Grubfoot tries on the blue goblin mail

You need to make orange and blue dye. Orange dye is made from combining red dye (3 redberries and 5 coins) with yellow dye (2 onions and 5 coins). If you do not already have the yellow and red dyes, take the supplies to Aggie the witch in Draynor village, then mix the yellow and red to create orange.

Likewise, if you don't already have the blue dye, take 2 woad leaves and 5 coins to Aggie to create the blue dye.

The generals' verdict

Items needed: 3 suits of goblin mail (can be obtained during quest), Blue dye, Orange dye (or mix red dye and yellow dye)

Dye one goblin mail orange and one blue.

The goblins decide to switch back to brown.

Go back to Goblin Village and give the orange goblin mail to the generals. They will have Grubfoot try it on, and say they do not like it. They will ask for blue armour. Give them the Blue goblin mail. Again they will have Grubfoot try it on, and again it is rejected. They now want brown. Brown goblin mail can be found in crates in Goblin Village. Give them the plain brown Goblin mail. Grubfoot tries it on for the last time. They decide that the original colour, brown, is best after all.

Congratulations, quest complete!

Reward

• 5 quest points
• A gold bar
• 200 experience lamp
• 2 Treasure Hunter keys and 2 Hearts of Ice (Ironman accounts will not receive these)

Achievements

• Goblin Diplomacy ( 0) – Complete this Novice quest.

Required for completing

Goblin Diplomacy is directly required for the following quests/miniquests:

• Recipe for Disaster
• Recipe for Disaster: Freeing the Goblin generals
• The Lost Tribe

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

• A Void Dance
• Another Slice of H.A.M.
• Full completion of Azzanadra's Quest
• Children of Mah
• Full completion of Curse of the Black Stone
• Death to the Dorgeshuun
• Desperate Measures
• Full completion of Desperate Times
• Devious Minds
• Dishonour among Thieves
• Fate of the Gods
• Full completion of Heart of Stone
• Full completion of Hero's Welcome
• Hopespear's Will
• Kennith's Concerns
• Kindred Spirits
• Koschei's Troubles
• Land of the Goblins
• Mahjarrat Memories
• Full completion of Missing, Presumed Death
• Full completion of Nadir
• Nomad's Elegy
• One of a Kind
• Quiet Before the Swarm
• Rebuilding Edgeville
• Recipe for Disaster: Defeating the Culinaromancer
• Ritual of the Mahjarrat
• Salt in the Wound
• Sins of the Father
• Sliske's Endgame
• Tales of Nomad
• The Chosen Commander
• The Light Within
• The Mighty Fall
• The Slug Menace
• The Temple at Senntisten
• The Void Stares Back
• Full completion of The World Wakes
• Wanted!
• While Guthix Sleeps

Transcript

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

Development team

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

Rework

• Developer: John A
• Quality Assurance: Jennie T
• Graphics: Damian C

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!

• ninja 6 November 2017 (Update):
  • This quest now awards an XP lamp instead of direct XP on completion.

• patch 31 August 2011 (Update):
  • Multiple places now check for the correct completion state of this quest.

• update 17 July 2006 (Update):
  • Grubfoot was introduced into the quest and quest dialogue was changed.
  • Three crates, each containing a single goblin mail, were added to Goblin Village.

• update 8 May 2001 (Update):
  • Help the goblins find a new look for their armour in the new quest, Goblin Diplomacy!

Trivia

• This quest used to be started by talking to the Bartender in Port Sarim.
• This quest has a reward of 5 Quest Points, the third most possible for a quest, exceeded only by the 6 from Merlin's Crystal and the 10 from Recipe for Disaster and Dimension of Disaster. However, it is extremely easy compared to other quests that have the same reward.
• After this quest, the goblins won't fight any more.
• However, with the goblin village rework, if you talk to a goblin that says Go away smelly human! with another goblin close to you, the goblin will begin attacking the other one.
• If you talk to Grubfoot when he's wearing the blue armour he'll say it makes him feel sad when you make a pun asking if he feels blue.