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Eadgar's Ruse Requirements & Quick Guide

ExperiencedMembersTroll seriesReleased 5 October 2004

Everything you need before starting Eadgar's Ruse in RuneScape 3: skill levels, the full chain of quests to finish first, and what completing it opens up. Check your own stats against it below.

Requirements from the RuneScape Wiki (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), snapshot 2026-09-28.

Skill requirements

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Enter your RuneScape name to compare your hiscores levels with every requirement below. Unranked skills read as level 1.

Eadgar's Ruse itself

SkillLevel
HerbloreHerblore31

Including every prerequisite quest

The highest level of each skill you need across Eadgar's Ruse and all the quests you must finish first.

SkillLevelNeeded for
HerbloreHerblore31Eadgar's Ruse
ThievingThieving30Troll Stronghold
AgilityAgility15Troll Stronghold

Quest requirements

2 direct prerequisites, 3 quests in the full chain. The tree shows each quest's own requirements beneath it.

Other requirements

  • Rescue Mad Eadgar from the Troll Stronghold area

Quick guide: order to unlock Eadgar's Ruse

One valid order: every quest comes after its own prerequisites. Skip any you have already done.

  1. Druidic Ritual
  2. Death Plateau
  3. Troll Stronghold
  4. Eadgar's Ruse

XP rewards

Skills Eadgar's Ruse gives guaranteed XP in (fixed XP or a skill-locked lamp; choice lamps not listed). See the wiki for exact amounts.

  • HerbloreHerblore

Quests that need Eadgar's Ruse

Full walkthrough, items needed and exact rewards: Eadgar's Ruse on the RuneScape Wiki . Requirement data is adapted from the wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.

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