Pirate's Treasure

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This article is about the quest. For the song sung by Bard Roberts, see Pirate's Treasure (song).

For the achievement, see Pirate's Treasure (achievement).

This article has a quick guide. Quick guides provide a brief summary of the steps needed for completion.

Pirate's Treasure (#16)
Release date	11 June 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Voice Over	No
Recommended	No
Official series	Pirate #1
Age	Fifth Age
Timeline	Pathfinder
Start area	Port Sarim
Combat	NPC combat level 4–5
Entity icon
Advanced data
Quest ID	60
Quest create ID	9
Official difficulty	Novice
Links	Quests
Infobox • Talk page

Pirate's Treasure is a quest in which you help the pirate Redbeard Frank obtain some Karamjan rum in return for the location of the treasure of One-Eyed Hector, his old captain.

Official description

“

Redbeard Frank knows where secret pirate treasure is hidden. It may require some work to persuade him to let you know where, though.

”

Overview

Start point	Speak to Redbeard Frank just south of The Rusty Anchor pub in Port Sarim. Show on map	2001#19
Member requirement	Free to play
Official length	Short
Requirements	Quests: Pirate's Treasure None
Items required	Items from the tool belt are not listed unless they do not work or are not automatically added. White apron (an apron spawns on the wall of Gerrant's shop, in Port Sarim) 60 coins, or a ring of charos (a) and 30 coins 10 bananas (can be obtained during quest)
Enemies to defeat	Gardener (Level 4; optional)

Bartered Hope

Redbeard Frank outside the Rusty Anchor.

Talk to Redbeard Frank, located just outside The Rusty Anchor pub in Port Sarim. Ask him about where to find some treasure, and he will say that he knows of some, but will only tell you about it if you get him some karamjan rum.

Agree to help Frank, who will tell you where to acquire the rum he seeks: Musa Point. Walk down south on the docks to see three sailors, Captain Tobias, Seaman Lorris, and Seaman Thresnor. Talk to any one of these sailors to board the ship to Karamja for 30 coins (or for free if you have an activated ring of charos).

Hide 'n' Smuggle

On Karamja, make your way west towards the bar, marked by a beer glass icon on your map. Trade with the bartender, and buy one karamjan rum for 30 coins.

Do not leave the island yet; if you do, the customs officer will take your rum away, since Asgarnia has banned the import of intoxicating spirits. Do not try to teleport off the island with the rum either, because the bottle will break in the process.

Since you cannot leave the island without losing the rum, you must smuggle it off of Karamja. Head back east towards the pier, and go to the small house north-east of the pub. Speak to Luthas and ask him about the customs officer, and then ask him for a job. He'll want you to fill a crate of bananas outside his store. Agree to help him. Walk outside his store and then go west past the bar, then north into the banana plantation. Click on the banana trees to obtain bananas; you'll need 10.

The banana plantation

Go back to Luthas' house; on the right side of the house's entrance is a wooden crate. First, use your rum with the crate, then right click on the crate and choose "Fill Crate" to hide the rum with the bananas. Finally, speak to Luthas to get your payment.

Now return to Port Sarim, either by using the lodestone or by taking the boat. To use the boat, speak to the customs officer. Let her search you, then pay 30 coins to go back to Port Sarim.

Arr, Matey

At Port Sarim, head for Gerrant's Fishy Business to the west, and grab the white apron off the north wall if you do not have one already. Put on the apron and enter Wydin's Food Store just to the south. Try to enter the door that leads towards the back of the store. Wydin will tell you only employees can go there. Ask to work for him, and if you have your white apron on, he'll agree. Now enter the room and search the crate with the banana on top to get the rum.

Go back and give the rum to Redbeard Frank. He'll talk about his old captain, One-Eyed Hector, who died about a year ago. He will then give you a key to a chest that is located in the Blue Moon Inn in Varrock, saying that he believes the treasure may be there. The inn is just north of the Varrock lodestone; enter the inn and go up the stairs. Look in the south-west room for a chest. Open it to obtain a pirate message. It will give you a clue to the treasure's location:

“

Visit the city of the White Knights. In the park, Saradomin faces the X which marks the spot

”

Treasure Park

The place where you dig for treasure to finish Pirate's Treasure

Head to Falador park and stand in the middle of the patch of stone to the west of the Saradomin statue (pictured left). Dig on the spot by right-clicking the pirate message (or using a spade if you have lost the message), and you will be interrupted by an angry gardener. Kill him or walk away and dig again in the same spot to get One-Eyed Hector's treasure chest. You must now simply open the chest and claim your reward!

Congratulations, quest complete!

Rewards

• 2 quest points
• A casket containing 450 coins, an emerald and a gold ring
• Ability to use the payfare option to go to and from Karamja
• You can now work for Luthas by filling the export crates with bananas, and be reimbursed with 30 coins for every crate you fill.
• 2 Treasure Hunter keys (Ironman accounts will not receive these)

Achievements

• Pirate's Treasure ( 0) – Complete this quest.

Required for completing

Pirate's Treasure is directly required for the following quests/miniquests:

• Cabin Fever

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

• A Clockwork Syringe
• Aftermath (miniquest)
• Full comprehension of Azzanadra's Quest
• Full comprehension of Battle of the Monolith (miniquest)
• Children of Mah
• City of Senntisten
• Full comprehension of Curse of the Black Stone
• Desperate Measures
• Full comprehension of Desperate Times
• Dishonour among Thieves
• Full comprehension of Evil Dave's Big Day Out
• Extinction
• Eye of Het I (miniquest)
• Eye of Het II (miniquest)
• Fate of the Gods
• Full comprehension of Heart of Stone
• Full comprehension of Hero's Welcome
• Kindred Spirits
• Koschei's Troubles (miniquest)
• Mahjarrat Memories (miniquest)
• Full comprehension of Missing, Presumed Death
• Full comprehension of Nadir (saga)
• Nomad's Elegy
• Once Upon a Time in Gielinor: Finale
• Full comprehension of Once Upon a Time in Gielinor: Fortunes
• One of a Kind
• Pieces of Hate
• Rebuilding Edgeville (miniquest)
• Ritual of the Mahjarrat
• Rocking Out
• Sins of the Father (miniquest)
• Sliske's Endgame
• Tales of Nomad (miniquest)
• The Great Brain Robbery
• The Light Within
• The Mighty Fall
• Full completion of The World Wakes
• Full comprehension of The World Wakes
• Twilight of the Gods

Transcript

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

Credits

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Pirate's Treasure
Developers
Developer	Paul Gower
Art & Graphics
Graphics	Mod Bennett
Other
Quest Help	Nishal K
Databox • Talk page

Pirate's Treasure
Developers
Developer	Mod Wilson
Quality Assurance
Quality assurance	Jennie T
Audio
Audio	Mod Ian
Databox • Talk page

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included - see here for how to help out!

• ninja 23 January 2017 (Update):
  • Players may now right-click the pirate message during Pirate's Treasure to dig.

• ninja 11 April 2016 (Update):
  • The Pirate's Treasure quest journal no longer mentions the Saradomin statue pointing at the X marking the spot.

• patch 2 November 2015 (Update):
  • The pirate gardener has been graphically updated.
  • The clue has been updated to reflect the pose of the updated statue of Saradomin in Falador Park.

• update 12 June 2001 (Update):
  • Fixed a bug where the food shop in port sarim didn't work after completing the pirate's treasure quest.

• update 11 June 2001 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• When the quest was first released, the Karamja rum was tradeable and the bottles would not break if players tried to teleport. Some players simply bought a whole load of rum and sold it to players doing the quest, allowing them to skip a large part of it. When this was posted on fan forums, a Jagex developer saw it and the problem was soon corrected.
• Upon completion of the quest the players adventurer's log will read: "I incurred the wrath of an angry gardener by digging up some treasure."
• If you have completed Rum Deal, your character will offer Redbeard Frank Braindeath 'rum' instead of Karamjan rum, in which case Redbeard refuses immediately, calling it 'swill'.
• When completing the quest in RuneScape Classic, the player had to dig the flowers behind the bench.