Researcher

For the teaser for the Archaeology skill, see Researcher (Archaeology teaser).

For a list of hireable reaserchers, see Hireable researchers.

The Old School RuneScape Wiki also has an article on: osrsw:Researcher

Researcher
Release date	9 July 2003 (Update)
Race	Human
Members	yes
Quest NPC	• Elemental Workshop II
Location(s)	Exam Centre
Sells items	No
Gender	Female
Actions	? (edit)
Examine	Must be hard at work.
Advanced data
NPC ID	4568
Links	MRND4568
Infobox • (multi) • Talk page

The Researcher is a woman searching the Varrock Dig Site Exam Centre's library. She has some knowledge of Archaeology.

Dialogue

This article on an NPC has an associated dialogue page. Click here for a transcript of possible conversations with this NPC.

Transcripts Researcher speaks in:

• The Dig Site

Trivia

• The Researcher is visible when playing on a free-to-play world but does not have any options to interact with her.

Update history

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• patch 4 May 2020 (Update):
  • A researcher that was causing misclicks by standing too close to the Archaeology research table has been moved south.

• update 9 July 2003 (Update):
  • Added to game.