Purple Cat (miniquest)

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Purple Cat
Release date	28 October 2008 (Update)
Members	No
Quest series	None
Developer(s)	Ingrid J
Age	Ambiguous
Infobox • Talk page

Purple Cat is a miniquest which is unlocked after the completion of the Swept Away quest, and was released during the 2008 Hallowe'en event.

Overview

Start point	Wendy, west of the Draynor Village lodestone.
Member requirement	Free to play
Official difficulty	Intermediate
Official length	Short
Requirements	Skill requirements are not boostable unless marked with a [B] for boostable. Quests: Purple Cat Swept Away Gertrude's Cat
Items required	Items from the tool belt are not listed unless they do not work or are not automatically added. Cat (not required for full completion)
Enemies to defeat	None

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If you bring a hellcat of any kind to be dyed, it will be reverted to a normal cat.

Starting off

The map of Betty's basement.

• Start by talking to Wendy, just west of the Draynor Village lodestone.
• Ask Wendy about purple cats. She will tell you to bring her a cat and some magic unguent. She says you can get it from Lottie, Wendy's best friend, who is working with Betty in Port Sarim. Lottie is in Betty's Magic Emporium basement.
• Talk to Lottie. She will tell you the unguent is in the same chest from the Swept Away quest, but Betty has strengthened security (last time you did it, she became paranoid) and you must move all 6 animals at least once this time.
• Lottie will give you the magic slate again to view your progress during the miniquest.

The puzzle (take two)

• This is essentially a smaller puzzle box, see the Treasure Trail Puzzle box guide, and can be solved using the same methods. By solving one of the vertical columns the rest is no different than the first puzzle.

Original positions

Bat	Raven (aka blackbird)	Reptile (aka Lizard)
Spider	Snail	Rat

Puzzle solution

The initial positions of the creatures. This is how it looks like if you are south.

Blackbird to empty holding pen

Reptile to Blackbird pen

Rat to Rat pen

Snail to Reptile pen

Spider to Spider pen

Bat to Snail pen

Reptile to Bat pen

Spider to Blackbird pen

Snail to Spider pen

Rat to Reptile pen

Spider to Rat pen

Reptile to Blackbird pen

Bat to Bat pen

Snail to Snail pen

Reptile to Spider pen

Spider to Blackbird pen

Rat to Rat pen

Reptile to Reptile pen

Spider to Spider pen

Blackbird to Blackbird pen

Finishing up

• Once the puzzle has been solved, open the chest to obtain a vial of magic unguent.
• Take this back to Wendy, along with a cat, to dye your cat purple. If you don't want to turn a cat purple, just bring the unguent without the cat. Wendy will take the unguent, and you will receive the rewards.

Congratulations, miniquest complete!

Reward

• Magic unguent
• The ability to turn a cat's colour purple by talking to Wendy

Achievements

• Purple Cat ( 10) – Complete this Intermediate miniquest.

Dialogue

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Update history

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• patch 24 February 2020 (Update):
  • Wendy will now correctly dye your cat when asked after completing the quest.

• patch 10 February 2020 (Update):
  • The Purple Cat miniquest and Fremennik sagas no longer appear as "not started" in the Runemetrics quest log when you have completed them.

• patch 19 August 2019 (Update):
  • Fixed an issue where some animals in the Purple Cat miniquest had the wrong coloured text.