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The Vault of Shadows Requirements & Quick Guide

ExperiencedMembersThe Elder God Wars seriesReleased 25 January 2021

Everything you need before starting The Vault of Shadows 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 Vault of Shadows itself

SkillLevel
DivinationDivination60
ArchaeologyArchaeology58

Quest requirements

No quests need to be completed before The Vault of Shadows.

Quests that need The Vault of Shadows

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

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