The Great Brain Robbery Requirements & Quick Guide
Everything you need before starting The Great Brain Robbery 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
The Great Brain Robbery itself
| Skill | Level |
|---|---|
| 50 | |
| 30 | |
| 16 |
Including every prerequisite quest
The highest level of each skill you need across The Great Brain Robbery and all the quests you must finish first.
| Skill | Level | Needed for |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | Rum Deal | |
| 50 | The Great Brain Robbery | |
| 50 | Cabin Fever | |
| 45 | Cabin Fever | |
| 42 | Cabin Fever | |
| 42 | Rum Deal | |
| 40 | Rum Deal | |
| 40 | Cabin Fever | |
| 31 | Recipe for Disaster: Freeing Pirate Pete | |
| 30 | The Great Brain Robbery | |
| 25 | Creature of Fenkenstrain |
Quest requirements
3 direct prerequisites, 8 quests in the full chain. The tree shows each quest's own requirements beneath it.
Quick guide: order to unlock The Great Brain Robbery
One valid order: every quest comes after its own prerequisites. Skip any you have already done.
Ironman notes
Worth doing early (5/10 in our Ironman ranking).
Why it matters: Prayer book (Holy book equivalent).
See where it fits in the Ironman Quest Cape order.
XP rewards
Skills The Great Brain Robbery gives guaranteed XP in (fixed XP or a skill-locked lamp; choice lamps not listed). See the wiki for exact amounts.
Construction
Crafting
Prayer
Quests that need The Great Brain Robbery
Full walkthrough, items needed and exact rewards: The Great Brain Robbery on the RuneScape Wiki . Requirement data is adapted from the wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.
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