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Misthalin Mystery

This quest was released on 26th January 2017 and is essentially a quest version of the 2016 Hallowe'en event.

 

Requirements

The only requirement for this quest is a penchant for riddles and some inventory space.

 

Rewards

 

In addition to the above you also receive 600 crafting xp if you talk to Mandy again.

 

Starting Out

To begin the quest, you must talk to Abigale or Hewey in the South East of Lumbridge Swamp. They are located just west of the fishing tutor.

They will tell you about being invited to a house party on an island and being attacked. Ask them how you can help. They will tell you of a boat nearby that you can use to go to the island. You need no equipment for this quest.

 

Breaking and Entering

Once you arrive at the island go to the North. If you try to open the door you will find it is locked. Go to the west of the manor (that looks suspiciously like Draynor Manor) and you will find a barrel of rainwater that you can search. The first time you try to search it you will have a cut-scene. Once this cut-scene is complete, try to search the barrel again. You will not be able to due to the rainwater.

Go slightly south to a permanent bucket spawn next to the fountain. Use this bucket on the barrel of rainwater and then search the barrel again.

Using the key you find, enter the manor using the front door.

 

Solving the First Riddle

Once you enter the manor, go to the library room to the north and try to use the door. A short cutscene will follow and you will receive a note under the door. Pick up the note and read it.

Return to the South and take a knife from the table in the room. Then go to the room to the West and use the knife on the picture of the valley (North east of the room). Once the picture is slashed, search it to find a ruby key to access the room to the east.

 

Lighting the Fuse

Once you have entered the south eastern room, you will find a barrel with a fuse against the eastern wall. There is some shelves of tinderboxes to the south of the room. Take one. If you try to light the barrel's fuse you will be informed that it is too damp. In order to rectify this you need to use your tinderbox on the four until candles on the walls in the room.

 

 

Once these are all lit you will receive a message saying the fuse can now be lit. Use the tinderbox on the barrel and then exit to the room to the north.

 

Getting Musical

Once the barrel has blown a hole in the wall, climb over and go around the house to the north. Ignore the next room and continue until you find Lacey.

The poor soul has got herself into a bit of trouble but you can help! You will be asked "Who is the Vampyre who resides in South Misthalin?". Of all the decisions, none of them are correct. The correct answer is Count Check. Once Lacey has met her demise you will receive yet another note.

This note refers to using the piano in the room immediately to your south. You must use the piano to play the song to spell out your fate. This is ultimately to become D-E-A-D. Play those notes on the piano to open a compartment on it.

Search the piano and get yourself an emerald key. This will let you get into the hallway just west of the library. So go back around the entire house, in through the wall and back to the first room you entered.

 

Culinary Criminal

Try to enter the kitchen with Mandy and another cutscene will follow. As usual, you will get another note from the killer. (Where are they getting all this paper!?)

This note refers to the unlit fireplace north of the ruby room. The first letter of each line is HEARTH. You must use your knife on the fireplace in order to access a gem switch panel. The last letter of each line is the gem order - SDZEOR

Sapphire - Diamond - Zenyte - Emerald - Onyx - Ruby

Search the compartment in the fireplace for a Sapphire key. Use this key to enter the room in the very Southwest of the house.

 

The Skeletons in the Closet

Once you enter the final room you will be confronted by the killer who will hide in various wardrobes around the room and launch knives in a straight line out of them. Your objective is to use the mirror to redirect the knife back into the wardrobe. The killer will teleport between wardrobes each time. To identify which one you need to point the mirror at you will see a black smoke swirl around the wardrobe. Run around the mirror and push it into the correct place and after a few hits the killer will come out and confront you.

In the image below the mirror was in the path but facing the wrong way. Your final push must be towards the correct wardrobe or the knife will go in a different direction than intended.

 

There will be a short cutscene once you have confronted the killer. You discover that it is Abigale and Hewey who are to blame and Abigale kills Hewey [Scandalous!]

Pick up the dropped knife and fight Abigale. You will then be saved by a Godsword wielding Mandy from the kitchen as she actually has a condition called dextrocardia which means her heart is on the opposite side to normal. Therefore she was not mortally wounded by the attack earlier.

She will talk to you and say to meet her outside. Use the doors to exit the manor via the front door and find Mandy a short way south.

Speak to Mandy and the quest is complete. Once you have your rewards, talk to Mandy again for an additional 600xp in crafting.

 

TRIVIA

Count Check is actually located in Lumbridge Graveyard and is quite a nice guy! He will help you with the security of your account so make sure to stop by!

 

The rewards from the 2016 Hallowe'en event are NOT replicated in the rewards from this quest. This quest does NOT award the POH makeover design.