Quest points

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Quest points
Release date								10 May 2001 (Update)
Members								No
Tradeable								No
Approx. value								N/A
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The quest list

Quest points, often abbreviated as QP, are given to players after they complete quests. They are a measure of their completion of quests in RuneScape. Players can receive anywhere from 0-10 quest points from completing any given quest. All new accounts start with one quest point, as the now-removed Unstable Foundations tutorial used to reward it upon completion.

Pay-to-play players can have up to 469 quest points with the release of Wiz Kid on 23 March 2026. Meanwhile, free-to-play players can have up to 76 quest points with the release of Hearts of Sanguine on 23 March 2026. In RuneScape Classic, players could have up to 112 quest points.

Completing all quests, and thus obtaining all quest points, allows the player to wear the Quest Cape.

Miniquests, such as The Curse of Zaros (miniquest), do not give any quest points.

Quests

Recipe for Disaster: Another Cook's Quest gives one quest point upon completion, but has eight subquests which players can complete afterwards for one quest point each, and a final subquest which gives one quest point upon completion, for a total of 10 quest points. One of the requirements for the "final subquest" includes having 176 quest points, 9 of which are earned from the sub-quests and the various prerequisite quests.

Another quest named Rag and Bone Man used to give 1 quest point when completed; afterwards, there was an optional added section where players need to collect bones from a wish list. Completing the wish list section used to give 1 additional quest point, but this was increased to 2 additional quest points after the release of Fur 'n Seek.

A player using the Quest Cape emote

Quest point requirements

Quests

• At 33 quest points, players can access the Champions' Guild, which is where players may start the longest free-to-play quest, Dragon Slayer.
• 34 quest points are needed to start Gower Quest.
• Members will have access to additional quests, and with higher levels, and other guilds, players need to have:
• 33 quest points to start the Wanted! quest.
• 44 quest points to start the Tears of Guthix quest.
• 50 quest points to start the Carnillean Rising quest.
• 56 quest points to do the Heroes' Quest, which allows them to access the Heroes' Guild.
• Upon earning 101 quest points players may start the Swan Song quest, where they may aid the Wise Old Man in his final adventure.
• After 108 quest points, players may start the Legends' Quest, which allows access to the Legends' Guild.
• Upon earning 176 quest points, players may finish the Recipe for Disaster quest by Defeating the Culinaromancer, which allows access to many things, from new equipment (such as dragon and barrows gloves) to access to new places (the bottom of the sea).

Rewards

• Quest points can be allocated in May's Quest Caravan for various rewards, including the rewards below.
• After completing Carnillean Rising, Philipe Carnillean moves to a new location after every 50 quest points, where he will give an experience lamp every time he is found and spoken to.
  • After speaking to Philipe with 200 quest points, players can talk with Henryeta Carnillean and claim a red dragon wolf juvenile.
  • After speaking to Philipe with 400 quest points, players can also claim a black dragon wolf juvenile from Henryeta Carnillean.
• At 300 quest points, players can talk to Xenia or Ilona to receive the helmet of trials.
• Maximum quest points is required for equipping a Quest Cape, master quest cape, completionist cape, and trimmed completionist cape. It is also required to be able to use the following titles: the Ultimate Quester, Lorehound, and the Completionist.
• Every 50 quest points unlocks an additional prefer and block slot for Slayer assignments, up to a current maximum of 8 slots for each at 400 quest points.
• More quest points also amounts to more time to collect tears in the Distraction and Diversion, Tears of Guthix.

Historical analysis

The following data shows how Quest Points have been used over the lifetime of the game. For a more detailed analysis, see List of quests by release date.

Year	Change in QP	Max QP at end of year
2001	38	38
2002	48	86
2003	27	113
2004	28	141
2005	50	191
2006	41	232
2007	17	249
2008	27	276
2009	19	295
2010	15	310
2011	16	326
2012	13	339
2013	8	347
2014	10	357
2015	20	377
2016	12	389
2017	7	396
2018	5	401
2019	8	409
2020	5	414
2021	11	425
2022	9	434
2023	15	449
2024	5	454
2025	15	469

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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!

• patch 2 March 2020 (Update):.
  • An issue where quest points were not calculated during the first login session, and therefore failed to count the quest point awarded for the Learning the Ropes tutorial until the next login has been fixed.

• patch 3 July 2017 (Update):
  • An issue that was preventing the quest point total being updated correctly until logging out after completing the Crocodile Tears or 'Phite Club quests has been fixed.

• hotfix 13 February 2017 (Update):
  • A check has been added to recalculate quest points after the Shield of Arrav single-player login check to ensure players don't appear to have lost 1 QP until they next log in.

• patch 31 March 2014 (Update):
  • The Quest Points total now adds up correctly post-Fate of the Gods, and activates Philipe's new locations as expected.

• patch 21 January 2014 (Update):
  • A Void Dance and The Void Stares Back now list the correct quest points.

• patch 2 November 2010 (Update):
  • The Myths of the White Lands and Swept Away quests now report the correct number of Quest Points that a player will receive upon completing them.

• update 10 May 2001 (Update):
  • Introduced new quest-point system to replace the old 'influence' system.

Trivia

• In 2001, completing quests would add to the Influence skill. The Influence skill was later replaced by the quest point system.
• Quest points given as a reward for completing the quests are not dependent on its difficulty. Some easy quests like Gunnar's Ground give 5 quest points while many harder quests like Dealing with Scabaras give only 1 quest point. However, a quest's merit cannot only be judged by how many QPs it gives as a reward; non-QP rewards also need to be accounted for. Quests with generous rewards generally give fewer quest points.
• Prior to its removal, the old Black Knights' Fortress quest required 13 quest points to start. The new version of the quest, The Death of Chivalry, has no such requirements.
• Previously, quest points were a measure to set trade limits; the more quest points, the higher the trade limit. This was removed with the return of free trade and the old Wilderness (although there is still a trade limit to players who have never been a member before).
• There was a glitch where the 100, 200, or 300 quest points milestone displayed twice on an Adventurer's Log.
• The player that gained the most quest points within 48 hours during the Best Quester Competition was awarded the Questival King/Queen title.
• Some quests converted from miniquests do not award quest points due to technical issues preventing so.