Roddeck

Roddeck
Release date	17 September 2009 (Update)
Race	Human
Members	No
Quest NPC	Unstable Foundations
Location(s)	Lumbridge
Gender	Male
Actions	Talk-to, Examine
Examine	A helpful soul who loves dispensing advice.
Advanced data
NPC ID	7909, 8863
Links	MRND
Infobox • Talk page

Roddeck Placehold is an elderly resident of Lumbridge, found in the building directly north of the musician. He tried to raise a dragon named Sottlepot, but it got out of control and was supposedly killed by Sir Vant of Falador and an adventurer.

With his modest personality it's easy to forget that Roddeck almost brought terrible ruin to Lumbridge by keeping a pet dragon. Whether he is mending his ways or simply being an eccentric busybody, Roddeck is interesting to talk to and a good source of advice.

Roddeck's house

He was the leader of the mysterious group that ran the Cryptic Clue Fest for Thanksgiving 2009. He states that he "had too much time on his hands" and devised a series of clues for adventurers to follow. The "links in the chain" were caused by other NPCs reading his notes, forcing him to enlighten them to his plot.

After completion of the Cryptic Clue Fest III in July 2011, he will also give you the rewards for Cryptic Clue Fest II if it was not completed the previous year. He will also give you his rewards after Cryptic Clue Fest IV.

Works

Transcripts Roddeck is the author or co-author of:

• Roddeck's diary

Graphical updates

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  Roddeck's house after Unknown date (edit)

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  Roddeck's house after Unknown date (edit)

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 4 April 2016 (Update):
  • Roddeck's idle animations now appear more smooth.

• patch 20 August 2013 (Update):
  • Bob's Axes and Roddeck's house have had graphical fixes.

• patch 24 June 2010 (Update):
  • Roddeck's chathead will no longer stretch slightly.

• patch 16 February 2010 (Update):
  • A woman in Roddeck's house had a Talk-to option that didn't work.

• patch 9 November 2009 (Update):
  • Roddeck will no longer advise you to 'smelt' rune essence.

• update 17 September 2009 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Roddeck was one of the first NPCs to be given a voice, although he was only voice acted during the now discontinued quest Unstable Foundations.
• Roddeck used to give advice via the Advisor System and could be contacted from anywhere by clicking on a "question mark" button in the upper-right corner of the screen. His advice was primarily for beginners, explaining simple topics such as how logs can be burned.
• Roddeck's surname "Placehold" is a joke referring to fact that his model is used to test if tiles are walkable or not by Jagex.
• Roddeck has a gravestone in the New Varrock graveyard which reads "Roddeck Placehold. A cane and pipe was picked out of a red dragon's teeth."

Roddeck's voice

Artwork of Roddeck