Shades of Mort'ton - Quick guide

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Overview

Start point

Read a diary found in a house in Mort'ton. Show on map

2004

Members only

Length
as displayed in-game

Medium

Requirements

Quests:
Shades of Mort'ton Ability to enter Morytania

Required items

Items from the tool belt are not listed unless they do not work or are not automatically added.

Recommended

Flamtaer bracelet
Some food for lower-levelled players
Some druid pouches, to stop the Ghasts from rotting your food as you pass through the Mort Myre Swamp or the ouroboros pouch
An additional 13,000 coins will buy a flamtaer hammer, which speeds up the quest
5 or more additional clean tarromin (herbs obtained during quest are usually not enough)
A weapon to kill Loar Shades
Doing this quest in world 88 as it has many benefits and is dedicated to the Shades of Mort'ton minigame

Combat

Location of Mort'ton

Enter the south-western ruined house in Mort'ton.
- Teleport to Canifis and run south-west to the gate of the swamp (must have Nature Spirit quest started), and then head to Mort'ton.
- Teleport to fairy ring BKR and then run south by south-east to where the map says the Hollows, to find a rowboat that takes you there.
- Alternatively use Drakan's medallion to teleport to the Barrows and run west.
Search the shelf on the wall and read the diary. ( ✓)…
✓ [Accept Quest]
- If you do not find it, it's probably already in your bank.
(Optional) Chop three swamp trees nearby and burn two logs to get the ashes.
- If you have an Underworld Grimoire equipped make sure to disable the auto-storage function, otherwise your ashes will be sent to the bank.
(Optional) Pick up the vials (on the ground near the shelf) and search the smashed table for extra tarromin and one grimy rogue's purse.

Make vials of water by using the empty vials on the sink nearby.
Make Serum 207 by adding clean tarromin and ashes to a vial of water.
Use it on Razmire (afflicted) in the general store. ( 4•1)…
4 What are all these shadowy creatures?
1 Yes, I'll dispatch those dark and evil creatures.
Kill five Loar Shades and pick up their remains. Be sure to talk to Razmire first. They can be safespotted using the rocks south west of the waypost in the middle of town.
Give him the remains. He may require more Serum 207.
Use the serum on Ulsquire Shauncy, located in the house east of the general store.
Wait a minute and ask him about the remains and the temple.( 1•2•5)…
1 What did you find out about the remains?
2 What can you tell me about that temple?
5 Ok, thanks.
Talk to Razmire. ( 3•2•4•1)…
3 I have another question.
2 What can you tell me about that temple?
4 Can you open a store for me?
1 Can I see the general store please?
Buy at least one olive oil from his general store and optionally a Flamtaer hammer.
Open his builders' store.
Buy 5 timber beams, 5 limestone bricks, 25 swamp paste.

Hop to World 88 which is the official world for this minigame.
Head north-east and kill shades or repair the temple to increase your sanctity.
Repair the temple until you reach 100% and at least 20 sanctity.
Light the sacred altar in the centre of the temple.
For solo questers: Shade luring dummies can be used to distract the Loar Shades when repairing the temple. Using the Flamtaer bracelet, the solo player can instantly create the temple walls section by section, until at 100%.
Use your olive oil on the flame to make sacred oil.
(Optional) Use Serum 207 on the flame to make Serum 208, which permanently cures NPCs.
(Optional) Use the Serum 208 on Razmire and Ulsquire in the houses nearby to permanently cure them.

Use the sacred oil on a log to create a pyre log.
Head to south-western Mort'ton to the Funeral Fires (do not cross the river to the west). The Funeral Fires appear as black crosshairs on the minimap on the western part of the Mort'ton.
Use the Pyre Log to light the fire, then use the Loar Remains to sacrifice them on the funeral pyre.
Talk to Ulsquire.
Quest complete!

3 quest points
2,000 experience
2,000 experience
A few hundred coins if the player uses Serum 208 on Razmire and Ulsquire
Ability to create Serum 207 and Serum 208
Ability to play the Shades of Mort'ton minigame, burn shades, and claim the rewards from the shade keys.
Players can take the diary of Herbi Flax to the Apothecary in Varrock who will exchange the book for 335 Herblore experience. This can only be done once.

Shades of Mort'ton ( 0) – Complete this quest.
Herbi's Flax ( 10) – Give Herbi Flax's diary to the Varrock apothecary.
Many Shades of a Cure ( 10) – Permanently cure Razmire and Ulsquire after 'Shades of Mort'ton'.
Morytania achievements
- Medium
  - Flamtaer Will Get You Everywhere ( 10) – Use a Flamtaer hammer to help fix the Shades of Mort'ton temple.
  - Plenty Mort Where That Came From ( 10) – Unlock a chest in the Shade Catacombs.
  - Ad-Myre The Goods ( 10) – View the stock in Razmire Builders' Merchants shop.
- Elite - Set It On Fiyr ( 25) – Burn a fiyr shade with pyre wood.

Shades of Mort'ton is directly required for the following quests/miniquests:

It is therefore an indirect comprehension requirement for the following quests and miniquests:

v • d • e RS3 Shades of Mort'ton
	Related to the Myreque quest series
Characters	Razmire Keelgan Ulsquire Shauncy Afflicted Mort'ton local Herbi Flax Liornish Stemplehair
Enemies	Loar Shade
Items	Diary Serum 207 Serum 208 Olive oil Sacred oil Loar remains Old potion ^(removed) Flamtaer hammer
Scenery	Fire altar Funeral pyre Shelf Smashed table
Locations	Mort'ton Flamtaer Shade Catacombs
Music	Lair
Miscellaneous	Sanguinesti affliction Shades of Mort'ton (minigame) Solution 194 Solution 198 Achievement Quick guide Transcript

4	What are all these shadowy creatures?
1	Yes, I'll dispatch those dark and evil creatures.

1	What did you find out about the remains?
2	What can you tell me about that temple?
5	Ok, thanks.

3	I have another question.
2	What can you tell me about that temple?
4	Can you open a store for me?
1	Can I see the general store please?