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Princess and the Pauper Requirements & Quick Guide

NoviceMembersFort Forinthry seriesReleased 2 February 2026

Everything you need before starting Princess and the Pauper 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.

Princess and the Pauper itself

SkillLevel
ConstructionConstruction25
CookingCooking25

Quest requirements

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

Quick guide: order to unlock Princess and the Pauper

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

  1. Gertrude's Cat
  2. New Foundations
  3. Murder on the Border
  4. Princess and the Pauper

XP rewards

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

  • ConstructionConstruction
  • CookingCooking

Quests that need Princess and the Pauper

No other quest lists Princess and the Pauper as a direct requirement.

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

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