Quick guide for Shades of Mort'ton

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It contains a more detailed description of dialogue, cutscenes, and storyline.

Overview[edit | edit source]

Start point	Find the Diary of Herbi Flax in a house on the south-west side of Mort'ton.
Member requirement	Members only
Official difficulty	Intermediate
Official length	Medium
Requirements	Skill requirements are not boostable unless marked with a [B] for boostable. 20 Crafting 6 Firemaking 15 Herblore
Items required	Items from the tool belt are not listed unless they do not work or are not automatically added. 2+ vial of water (can be obtained during quest) 2+ ashes (can be obtained during quest) 2+ clean tarromin (obtained during quest). More is recommended. A log (can be gathered during quest) 1000+ coins to buy resources
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+ additional clean tarromin (herbs obtained during quest are usually not enough). Doing this quest in World 88 as it has many benefits and is dedicated to the Shades of Mort'ton minigame.
Enemies to defeat	5 Loar Shades (level 58)

Location of Mort'ton

(Optional) Cut three logs and burn two of them to get the ashes.
Teleport to Canifis and run south-west to the gate of the swamp, and then head to Mort'ton.
Enter the south-western ruined house in Mort'ton.
Search the shelf on the wall and read the diary. ( ✓)…
✓ [Accept Quest]
(Optional) Pick up the empty vials 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.
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.
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 west of Mort'ton. Use the pyre log then Loar remains on the funeral pyre.
Light the funeral pyre.
Talk to Ulsquire.
Quest complete!
(Optional) Bank any remaining vials of Sacred oil as they are required for another quest The Curse of Arrav.

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.
After the quest, 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.
2 Treasure Hunter keys (Ironman accounts will not receive these)

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

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

v • d • e RS3 Shades of Mort'ton
	Related to the Myreque quest series
NPCs	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	Broken Fire altar Funeral pyre 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?