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Extinction Requirements & Quick Guide

GrandmasterMembersThe Elder God Wars seriesReleased 4 April 2022

Everything you need before starting Extinction 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

Check my stats

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

Extinction itself

No skill requirements for Extinction itself.

Including every prerequisite quest

The highest level of each skill you need across Extinction and all the quests you must finish first.

SkillLevelNeeded for
CraftingCrafting85Sins of the Father
SlayerSlayer75City of Senntisten
ArchaeologyArchaeology74City of Senntisten
MagicMagic74City of Senntisten
DivinationDivination70Azzanadra's Quest
AgilityAgility65Eye of Het I
MiningMining50Desperate Times
SmithingSmithing50Desperate Times

Quest requirements

2 direct prerequisites, 15 quests in the full chain. The tree shows each quest's own requirements beneath it.

Quick guide: order to unlock Extinction

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

  1. Anachronia base camp tutorial
  2. The Needle Skips
  3. There's No Place Like Home...
  4. You Are It
  5. Desperate Times
  6. Desperate Measures
  7. Desperate Creatures
  8. Raksha, the Shadow Colossus
  9. The Vault of Shadows
  10. Azzanadra's Quest
  11. Battle of the Monolith
  12. City of Senntisten
  13. Eye of Het I
  14. Eye of Het II
  15. Sins of the Father
  16. Extinction

Quests that need Extinction

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

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