The Restless Ghost

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This article is about the quest. For the ghost, see Restless ghost.

For the achievement, see The Restless Ghost (achievement).

This article has a quick guide. Quick guides provide a brief summary of the steps needed for completion.

The Restless Ghost (#3)
Release date	4 January 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Voice Over	No
Recommended	Yes
Official series	None
Age	Fifth Age
Timeline	Pathfinder
Start area	Lumbridge
Combat	NPC combat level 6–9
Entity icon
Advanced data
Quest ID	27
Quest create ID	11
Quest timeline override sequence	3
Official difficulty	Novice
Links	Quests
Infobox • Talk page

The Restless Ghost was one of the first quests introduced into the game, available since the launch of RuneScape, where the player lays a ghost to rest.

Official description

“

A ghost is haunting Lumbridge graveyard. The priest of the Lumbridge Church of Saradomin wants you to find out how to get rid of it.

”

Overview

Start point	Speak to Father Aereck in the Lumbridge Church, east of Lumbridge Castle. Show on map	2001#3
Member requirement	Free to play
Official length	Short
Requirements	Quests: The Restless Ghost None
Items required	Items from the tool belt are not listed unless they do not work or are not automatically added. None
Enemies to defeat	Skeleton warlock (level 7, optional)

Restlessness

Speak to Father Aereck within Lumbridge Church. He will reveal to you that a ghost has been haunting the graveyard south of the church and that he needs help in laying it to peace. He advises you to speak to Father Urhney, a ghost expert, who is located within the swamps just south of Lumbridge Castle.

Exit the graveyard through the southern exit and follow the path south through the swamp past the Lumbridge south-east mine, and head west towards a small hut.

Requesting assistance

Attempt to speak to Father Urhney inside the hut. Initially, he will be uncooperative and claim to be meditating. Inform him that Father Aereck sent you to request assistance with getting rid of a ghost, and he will provide you with a ghostspeak amulet. Additionally, he advises that ghosts remain within the world because they have an important task left uncompleted. If the task is completed, you can get rid of the ghost.

Ghostly task

Return to the graveyard outside of Lumbridge Church and open the coffin inside the gated region, and adjacent to the catacombs. Equip the ghostspeak amulet and speak with the restless ghost, who reveals that he isn't certain why he hasn't departed, but he thinks it might have to do with his missing skull. He tells you that he was attacked by a warlock while he was mining to the south-west, and that is where his head probably lies. He requests you to retrieve it for him and return it to the coffin.

Muddy skull

The ghost's skull can be found in the Lumbridge Swamp, near the south-east mining site. Search the rocks a bit to the east, and the skull will appear in your inventory.

A skeleton warlock (level 7) will spawn when the skull is retrieved; you can either kill it or simply leave the area with the skull.

Return to the coffin within the Lumbridge cemetery and use the muddy skull on the open coffin. A cutscene will ensue, where the ghost will thank you and be released from the world.

Congratulations, quest complete!

Rewards

• 1 quest point
• 125 experience lamp
• 5 Ancient bones giving 200 experience each
• Ghostspeak amulet
• Access to gravestone upgrades by talking to Father Aereck
• 2 Treasure Hunter keys (Ironman accounts will not receive these)

Achievements

• The Restless Ghost ( 0) – Complete this quest.
• Aereck's Old Bones ( 5) – Claim ancient bones from Father Aereck after 'The Restless Ghost'.
• Lumbridge achievements
  • Beginner - A Grave Consideration ( 5) – Look through Father Aereck's selection of gravestones.
  • Easy - I Can't Hear Dead People ( 5) – Get a replacement amulet of ghostspeak from Father Urhney.
• Desert achievements
  • Elite - A, B, Cithara ( 25) – Play the Holy Cithara while standing in the Citharede Abbey.

Required for completing

The Restless Ghost is directly required for the following quests/miniquests:

• Animal Magnetism
• Creature of Fenkenstrain
• Ghosts Ahoy
• Making History
• Nature Spirit
• Recipe for Disaster
• Recipe for Disaster: Freeing the Lumbridge Sage
• Smoking Kills
• Spirit of Summer
• The Curse of Zaros (miniquest)

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

• 'Phite Club
• A Clockwork Syringe
• A Fairy Tale I - Growing Pains
• A Fairy Tale II - Cure a Queen
• A Fairy Tale III - Battle at Ork's Rift
• Aftermath (miniquest)
• Full comprehension of Azzanadra's Quest
• Back to my Roots
• Full comprehension of Battle of the Monolith (miniquest)
• Children of Mah
• City of Senntisten
• Crocodile Tears
• Full comprehension of Curse of the Black Stone
• Defender of Varrock
• Desert Slayer Dungeon (miniquest)
• Desperate Measures
• Full comprehension of Desperate Times
• Dimension of Disaster: Curse of Arrav
• Dimension of Disaster: Defender of Varrock
• Dishonour among Thieves
• Do No Evil
• Enchanted key (lore activity)
• Full comprehension of Evil Dave's Big Day Out
• Extinction
• Eye of Het I (miniquest)
• Eye of Het II (miniquest)
• Fate of the Gods
• Garden of Tranquillity
• Full comprehension of Heart of Stone
• Full comprehension of Hero's Welcome
• Hopespear's Will (miniquest)
• In Aid of the Myreque
• In Memory of the Myreque (miniquest)
• In Search of the Myreque
• Kindred Spirits
• Koschei's Troubles (miniquest)
• Legacy of Seergaze
• Love Story
• Mahjarrat Memories (miniquest)
• Meeting History
• Full completion of Missing My Mummy
• Full comprehension of Missing, Presumed Death
• Full comprehension of Nadir (saga)
• Nomad's Elegy
• Once Upon a Time in Gielinor: Finale
• Full comprehension of Once Upon a Time in Gielinor: Flashback
• Once Upon a Time in Gielinor: Fortunes
• One Foot in the Grave (miniquest)
• One of a Kind
• Our Man in the North
• Pieces of Hate
• Plague's End
• Rag and Bone Man/Wish list
• Rebuilding Edgeville (miniquest)
• Recipe for Disaster: Defeating the Culinaromancer
• Ritual of the Mahjarrat
• River of Blood
• Rocking Out
• Sins of the Father (miniquest)
• Sliske's Endgame
• Summer's End
• Swan Song
• Tales of Nomad (miniquest)
• The Branches of Darkmeyer
• The Curse of Arrav
• The Darkness of Hallowvale
• The General's Shadow (miniquest)
• The Great Brain Robbery
• The Light Within
• The Lord of Vampyrium
• The Lost Toys (miniquest)
• The Mighty Fall
• The Temple at Senntisten
• Full completion of The World Wakes
• Full comprehension of The World Wakes
• Twilight of the Gods
• While Guthix Sleeps

Transcript

This article on a quest has an associated dialogue page. Click here for a transcript of possible conversations and other messaging encountered throughout the quest. Click here for a transcript of the quest's journal entry.

Cultural references

• During the end scene, the ghost flies towards a tree on the riverbank, and then into the river. This may be a reference to the Pagan belief in the Summerland. In Pagan mythology, willow trees that grow on the water's edge are seen as the gateway through which spirits can travel through the water and return to the Summerland to await reincarnation. For this reason, willows are considered sacred in many Pagan faiths.

Gallery

• 

  The restless ghost leaves the cemetery.

• 

  The ghost passes over the Lumbridge Swamp.

• 

  The altar the skull used to lie on in the earlier version of the quest.

Credits

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The Restless Ghost
Developers
Developer	Paul Gower
Conversion	Mod James
Audio
Audio	Mod Ian
Other
Quest Help	Nishal K
Databox • Talk page

The Restless Ghost
Developers
Developer	Mod Liam
Art & Graphics
Graphics	Mod Joe
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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 24 October 2022 (Update):
  • Implemented the following adjustments at the request of players completing quests in timeline order:
    • Moved The Blood Pact in the timeline sort between Cook's Assistant and The Restless Ghost, for an early intro to combat prior to the skeletal warlock.

• ninja 23 August 2021 (Update):
  • Graphically updated the restless ghost (with the exception of his hat) and his muddy skull.
  • You may now interact with the coffin to put the Skull inside.
  • Updated various feedback messages that were only visible if chat was open to infoboxes.
  • Modernised the conclusion cutscene and resolved various defects.

• ninja 13 November 2017 (Update):
  • XP rewards from The Restless Ghost, What Lies Below, Defender of Varrock, and The Fremennik Trials quests are now given in the form of lamps.

• patch 26 August 2014 (Update):
  • The combat level for the skeleton warlock in The Restless Ghost quest overview has been updated.

• patch 27 May 2014 (Update):
  • The "I've not started this quest yet" text in the quest journal for "The Branches of Darkmeyer", "Cook's Assistant", "Deadliest Catch", "Ernest the Chicken", "The Restless Ghost", "Rune Mysteries", and "Salt in the Wound" has been replaced with a summary of how to start the quest.

• patch 24 November 2010 (Update):
  • Father Urhney will no longer offer players a chance to retrieve a ghostspeak amulet if they haven't reached that part of the quest.

• patch 2 November 2010 (Update):
  • Father Aereck now realises that his "gap in the fence" is actually a paved archway.

• patch 19 July 2010 (Update):
  • Corrected the skeleton warlock's level in the Restless Ghost requirements.

• patch 25 May 2010 (Update):
  • Clarified the message when using the bones from Restless Ghost on an altar or the bone grinder.

• patch 3 March 2010 (Update):
  • Fixed an NPC (skeleton warlock) in the Restless Ghost quest who wasn't dealing any damage.

• patch 15 December 2009 (Update):
  • The following quests have received a number of minor changes and improvements: Cook's Assistant, Ernest the Chicken, Restless Ghost, Rune Mysteries, Sheep Shearer. If you have already completed these quests, it may be worth your time talking to the Lumbridge cook, Fred the Farmer, and Professor Oddenstein (outside Draynor Manor).

• update 4 January 2001 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• The Restless Ghost was one of the 6 quests available during RuneScape's launch. While the primary reward was Prayer experience, the ability to use prayers was not added until months later, during this update.
• This quest used to give 1,125 experience, enough to get a new player's Prayer to rise from level 1 to 9. It was changed on 15 December 2009, along with several other beginner quests, to their current rewards. Mod Rowley stated on the forums that the idea was to get new players into the habit of burying bones for Prayer experience.
• In earlier versions of the quest, the skull was located in the basement of the Wizards' Tower. Also, the ghost would be already roaming in the cemetery and did not require the player to open the coffin.
• This quest is considered to be a very important quest, as the amulet of ghost speak and this quest, are both considered to be stated as a quest requirement for large number of quests.