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The Hand in the Sand Requirements & Quick Guide

IntermediateMembersReleased 10 January 2006

Everything you need before starting The Hand in the Sand 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.

The Hand in the Sand itself

SkillLevel
CraftingCrafting49
ThievingThieving17

Quest requirements

No quests need to be completed before The Hand in the Sand.

XP rewards

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

  • CraftingCrafting
  • ThievingThieving

Quests that need The Hand in the Sand

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

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