Professor Oddenstein

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"Oddenstein" redirects here. For the Beach Party character, see Doctor Oddenstein.

Professor Oddenstein
Release date	21 January 2001 (Update)
Race	Human
Members	No
Quest NPC	• Ernest the Chicken
Location(s)	Draynor Manor top floor
Sells items	no
Gender	Male
Actions	? (edit)
Examine	A mad scientist if I ever saw one!
Advanced data
NPC ID	286
Links	MRND286
Infobox • (multi) • Talk page

Professor Oddenstein is an eccentric scientist residing on the top floor of Draynor Manor. He works as an inventor, though his inventions aren't always successful and can often have their purpose change. He has a habit of human experimentation, such as when he tested a transmutation machine on Ernest, a lost traveller, turning him into a chicken. He is only a tenant of the house, which actually belongs to Count Draynor, though that doesn't stop him inviting people to stay or converting parts of the manor to his needs. In turn however, the undead residents often prove troubling for him. He has an assistant, Ava, though she considers him less than stable. He also has a younger brother, Doctor Oddenstein.

Despite his previous failures with the likes of time travel and transmutation, he has been successful in creating security systems, installing systems for Nora T. Hagg and Zemouregal. He has also been able to open an interdimensional rift to the killerwatt plane.

He was later taken to court by Ernest over the human experimentation, in the case Ernest v. Professor Oddenstein, though he argued his actions were in the name of scientific understanding.

Dialogue

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Transcripts Professor Oddenstein speaks in:

• Ernest the Chicken
• Ernest v. Professor Oddenstein

Update history

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• patch 15 September 2010 (Update):
  • Corrected an issue when talking to Professor Oddenstein about Court Cases.

• patch 13 May 2010 (Update):
  • Professor Oddenstein's moustache no longer stretches on the left side.

• 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):
  • Added to game.
    • Professor Oddenstein who lives in the attic of Draynor Manor has accidently turned someone into a chicken! To make things worse gremlins have hidden the parts of his machine, so he can't turn the chicken back.