Tears of Guthix (quest)

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Tears of Guthix (#79)
Also called	ToG
Release date	4 May 2005 (Update)
Members	Yes
Voice Over	No
Official difficulty	Intermediate
Quest series	None
Age	Fifth Age
Developers
Main developer(s)	John A
Graphics
Concept	Unknown edit
Quality Assurance
Quality assurance	Unknown edit
Audio
Composition	Unknown edit
Infobox • Talk page

Tears of Guthix is a quest where you must help Juna, a follower of Guthix, restore the cavern where the walls bleed tears, supposedly from Guthix. The rocks weep still, a memory of the God Wars and Guthix's measures to end them.

Official description

Deep beneath the earth, Juna the Serpent has guarded the Tears of Guthix for three thousand years.

If adventurers can relieve her boredom with an entertaining story, she will let them into the cave to collect the tears. But first she has a short task for them to do.

Overview

Start point	Talk to Juna, deep inside the Lumbridge Swamp cave.
Member requirement	Members only
Official difficulty	Intermediate
Official length	Short
Requirements	Skill requirements are not boostable unless marked with a [B] for boostable. Quests: Tears of Guthix 44 quest points 49 Firemaking 20 Mining 20 Crafting Ironmen: 20 Smithing 49 Crafting 50 Quest Points for Lorehound (pet)'s pet items, provides unlimited bullseye lantern. (This bypasses 49 Crafting requirement.) Recommended: Unlocking the swamp shortcut during The Lost Tribe for ease of getting to Juna. 36 Thieving and Death to the Dorgeshuun for alternative lantern source 20 Smithing 49 Crafting, if you wish to make your own lantern. You don't need these levels to replace the lens by a sapphire in an existing bullseye lantern.
Items required	Items from the tool belt are not listed unless they do not work or are not automatically added. An oil-filled bullseye lantern A cut sapphire A second strong light source (another oil-filled bullseye lantern, or a Seer's headband) A rope, if it is your first time accessing Lumbridge Swamp Caves, and you are not accessing it through the Lumbridge Castle entrance.
Recommended	Starting The Lost Tribe to access the Lumbridge Swamp Caves through the Lumbridge's kitchen tunnel and having a lit sapphire lantern can be used to avoid the other items required. Spiny helmet/Slayer helmet to negate damage from wall beasts.
Enemies to defeat	None

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Light at the end...

To start, enter the Lumbridge Swamp Caves in the western part of the swamp; you may need to attach a rope to climb into the caves, if you haven't done so already.

Wear a spiny helmet for protection against the wall beasts, and a covered light source to prevent gases in the caves from exploding on you, causing heavy and rapid damage. Bringing both of these items significantly reduces the likelihood of death in the dungeon.

If The Lost Tribe has been partially completed, to the part where you get the Brooch, you may open a passage to the Lumbridge Swamp Caves and go directly south from there to get to the stepping stones.

Keep heading south-east from the cave entrance until you find a small stream, where you must use a stepping stone to cross over. If you fail the stepping stone shortcut and have a candle lantern, it will be smashed into a few broken glasses, even if it wasn't lit.

On the other side are non-aggressive giant frogs, alongside another cave entrance. Go through it and you will find yourself in an area with a huge pit in front of you, with countless, shimmering light creatures flying over it. Venture along the east path to find Juna.

Alone

When you talk to Juna, she will impart you knowledge about Guthix and His sacred tears, which she now guards from unworthy adventurers to maintain balance. Although, being alone for ages, she yearns for some company every now and then.

She's willing to let you into the cave for a little while to gather some of the tears of Guthix, but first, she would like to hear a story from you. Unequip your weapons and shields, and tell her a story about your adventures around Gielinor and you will obtain access to the cave for a very short time. To collect the tears, you will need a stone bowl which needs to be crafted from a special rock found only across the nearby, giant chasm.

Luminous beings

Mining the magic stone

Spread across the chasm are entities called light creatures. These ancient creatures ride alongside the gem casting beams of their own colour, hence you require a lit sapphire lantern in order to attract the creatures.

To make a sapphire lantern, either buy a bullseye lantern with oil from the Grand Exchange and replace the lantern lens with a sapphire, or, alternatively, create a bullseye lantern frame from scratch, fit in a sapphire as the lens, and use some swamp tar on the lamp oil still at the chemist's house in Rimmington to create fuel for the lantern.

Light your lantern with the tinderbox and use it on one of the light creatures, which will transport you over to the rocks.

Use your pickaxe to get a magic stone and craft it into a stone bowl using a chisel. Jump down the cliff to the east and head back to Juna. Give the bowl to her, and your quest is complete.

Rewards

• 1 quest point
• 1,000 experience
• Ability to play Tears of Guthix once a week
• Ability to make an ornate bowl for increased experience with 80 and
• Juna teleport option on the games necklace
• 2 Treasure Hunter keys and 2 Hearts of Ice (Ironman accounts will not receive these)
  

Music unlocked

• Tears of Guthix
• The Power of Tears

Achievements

• Tears of Guthix ( 0) – Complete this Intermediate quest.
• Ornate Crockery ( 10) – Create the big bowl for Tears of Guthix.
• A Swift Two Fifty ( 40) – Collect 250 or more tears from a single entry in Tears of Guthix.

Required for completing

Tears of Guthix (quest) is directly required for the following quests/miniquests:

• While Guthix Sleeps

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

• Full completion of Azzanadra's Quest
• Children of Mah
• Full completion of Curse of the Black Stone
• Desperate Measures
• Full completion of Desperate Times
• Dishonour among Thieves
• Fate of the Gods
• Full completion of Heart of Stone
• Full completion of Hero's Welcome
• Kindred Spirits
• Koschei's Troubles
• Mahjarrat Memories
• Full completion of Missing, Presumed Death
• Full completion of Nadir
• Nomad's Elegy
• One of a Kind
• Rebuilding Edgeville
• Ritual of the Mahjarrat
• Sins of the Father
• Sliske's Endgame
• Tales of Nomad
• The Light Within
• The Mighty Fall
• Full completion of The World Wakes

Transcript

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Update history

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• update 4 May 2005 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• In Lores and Histories, it is revealed that Zanik is the first to impress Juna by "flying" over the light creatures with a sapphire lantern. This causes Juna to state that future visitors will need to perform the same act.