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Heroes' Quest Requirements & Quick Guide

ExperiencedMembers1 QPReleased 27 February 2002

Everything you need before starting Heroes' Quest 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.

Heroes' Quest itself

SkillLevel
Quest points56
CookingCooking53
FishingFishing53
MiningMining50
DefenceDefence25
HerbloreHerblore25

Quest requirements

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

Quick guide: order to unlock Heroes' Quest

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

  1. Dragon Slayer
  2. Shield of Arrav
  3. Heroes' Quest

Ironman notes

Worth doing early (6/10 in our Ironman ranking).

See where it fits in the Ironman Quest Cape order.

XP rewards

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

  • AttackAttack
  • ConstitutionConstitution
  • CookingCooking
  • DefenceDefence
  • FiremakingFiremaking
  • FishingFishing
  • HerbloreHerblore
  • MiningMining
  • RangedRanged
  • SmithingSmithing
  • StrengthStrength
  • WoodcuttingWoodcutting

Quests that need Heroes' Quest

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

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