Clue scroll (master)

Clue scroll (master)
Released	6 July 2016 (Update)
Members	Yes
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	No
Equipable	No
Stackable	No
Noteable	No
Options	Read, Check steps, Drop
Examine	Hopefully leads to treasure.
Values
Value	20 coins
High alch	12 coins
Low alch	8 coins
Weight	0.02 kg
Advanced data
Item ID	19835
Link	MOID

This article has a strategy guide.

All information on mechanics and strategy will be on this page.

A clue scroll (master) is the highest tier of clue scroll. It rewards a master reward casket upon completion. After completing 100 master clues, the player will be awarded the scroll sack.

Master clue scrolls can be between 6 and 8 steps long.

Players can obtain a master clue scroll from the following methods:

By bringing one each of the easy, medium, hard, and elite clue scrolls to Watson, who is located in the large, fenced-in house west of the Forthos Ruin in Hosidius. Clue scrolls may be handed in individually. It should be noted that if you have an incomplete master scroll and attempt to obtain a new scroll, Watson will take all lower tier scrolls but NOT give you a master scroll until either you complete the original scroll or discard it.
As a potential reward from completing any easy, medium, hard or elite treasure trails, with the chances of obtaining them being 1/50, 1/30, 1/15, and 1/5 respectively.

Like elite and hard clue scrolls, master clue scrolls also have combat encounters. They include a Brassican Mage, Double agent or three Ancient Wizards (in multi-combat areas). As their tier suggests, master clues require numerous high-levelled items, requirements, and quests in order to complete them.

Mechanics

Dying with a scroll

Unless the clue scroll is an item kept on death or it is protected by a clue box, dying beyond level 20 Wilderness will cause the clue scroll to be destroyed, regardless of the cause of death. Players may find it beneficial to carry a Wilderness sword to cut webs, royal seed pod/teleport crystal, and/or an explorer's ring, as clue scrolls are always kept above these items; these will be lost upon death, but replacements are easily and freely obtainable. In the typical case of death, the unprotected clue will stay on the ground for up to 1 hour, including PvP deaths below level 20 Wilderness; the same rules apply for reward caskets. The only exception is in the case of death to a monster in the Wilderness below level 20, the clue will always be protected.

Multiple clues

As with all tiers of clue scrolls, only one master clue scroll can be held, kept in Death's Office, or stored in a bank at one time; attempting to open a scroll box (master) while holding a master clue scroll gives the message The clue box refuses to open - you already have a clue. However, it is possible to drop clues on the floor, where they'll stay for one hour, allowing players to have multiple clues at once. Dropping prior clue scrolls while having done some of their steps does NOT retain the steps of the dropped clue when starting a new one.

Types of clues

Please note that it is possible to receive the same clue more than once.

Requirements

Skill requirements

Certain clues will require items that need a certain skill requirement in order to wear, wield or access. The table below shows the highest skill requirement, in order to complete every master clue. Quest skill requirements are not noted in this table. Sherlock may also give you skill challenges which require certain skill levels to complete. Temporary skill boosts can be used for non-combat skill challenges.

Skill level	Skill level (with +5 spicy stew boost)	Skill level (with consistent temporary boost item)	Details
80 ^[boostable]	75	75 with summer pie	Required to complete a lap of the Rellekka Rooftop Course with full graceful outfit for Sherlock.
75 ^{[not boostable]}	Not boostable	Not boostable	Required to wield godswords and Arclight.
72 ^[boostable]	67	67 with chef's delight(m)	Required to dissect a sacred eel for Sherlock.
72 ^[note] ^[boostable]	67	69 with crystal saw	Required to build an eternal brazier to dock at Brittle Isle.
87 ^[boostable]	82	83 with mushroom pie	Required to craft a light orb for Sherlock.
70 ^{[not boostable]}	Not boostable	Not boostable	Required to wear any Barrows armour for an emote clue.
85 ^[boostable]	80	82 with garden pie, or 80 if bottle of potterington's marrow wine has not been used	Required to enter the high tier of the Farming Guild.
90 ^[boostable]	85	89 with chilhuac red	Required to light redwood logs for Sherlock.
87 ^[boostable]	82	81 with super fishing potion	Required to fish a sacred eel for Sherlock.
81 ^[boostable]	76	77 with dragonfruit pie	Required to fletch rune darts for Sherlock.
87 ^[boostable]	82	83 with botanical pie	Required to make anti-venom for Sherlock.
70 ^{[not boostable]}	Not boostable	Not boostable	Required to cross the river into Zamorak's Fortress in the God Wars Dungeon.
79 ^[boostable]	74	73 with super hunter potion	Required to catch a tecu salamander for Sherlock.
90 ^[boostable]	85	74 with super magic potion	Required to cast Master Reanimation for Sherlock.
85 ^[boostable]	80	82 with special attack of the dragon pickaxe, infernal pickaxe, 3rd age pickaxe, or crystal pickaxe	Required to mine runite ore with full prospector kit for Sherlock.
50 ^{[not boostable]}	Not boostable	Not boostable	Required to show Falo the barrelchest anchor (must be repaired).
70 ^{[not boostable]}	Not boostable	Not boostable	Required to wear black dragonhide armour, crystal bow, and Karil's equipment for emote clues.
77 ^[boostable]	72	76 with metztonalli white	Required to runecraft blood runes for Sherlock.
81 ^{[not boostable]}	Not boostable	Not boostable	Required to dock at Brittle Isle.
85 ^[boostable]	80	80 with wild pie	Required to kill a reanimated abyssal for Sherlock.
88 ^[boostable]	83	84 with Kovac's grog	Required to smith a rune med helm for Sherlock.
50 ^[boostable]	45	40 with super combat potion	Required for Legends' Quest.
85 ^[boostable]	81	82 with summer sq'irkjuice	Required to pickpocket an elf for Sherlock.
90 ^[boostable]	85	87 with special attack of dragon axe, infernal axe, 3rd age axe, crystal axe, and felling axe equivalents	Required to cut a redwood with full lumberjack outfit for Sherlock.
+ 130 ^{[not boostable]} OR 99 ^{[not boostable]} OR 99 ^{[not boostable]}	Not boostable	Not boostable	Required to access Warriors' Guild.

Quest requirements

Some clues require access to areas or NPCs which may require quests. Some only require to start the quest in order to gain access.

Quest	Details
Cold War (partial completion)	Required for the clockwork suit and access to the Iceberg.
Curse of the Empty Lord	Required to talk to Viggora.
Darkness of Hallowvale	Required for access to Meiyerditch.
Desert Treasure I	Required for access to the Shadow Dungeon and ability to wield Ancient staff. Required for access to the Ice Path.
Dragon Slayer I	Required to equip rune platebody.
Dragon Slayer II	Required to access Myths' Guild.
Fairytale II - Cure a Queen	Required for access to Enchanted Valley.
Family Crest	Required to equip cooking gauntlets.
The Fremennik Isles	Required to equip helm of neitiznot.
The Fremennik Trials (started)	Required to talk to Falo the Bard.
Garden of Tranquillity (partial completion)	Required to use angry emote on the Statue of Saradomin
The General's Shadow	Required to wear shadow sword.
The Great Brain Robbery (partial completion)	Required to show Falo the barrelchest anchor (must be repaired).
Heroes' Quest	Required to wield dragon battleaxe.
Icthlarin's Little Helper (started)	Required for access to Jalsavrah.
In Aid of the Myreque	Required to wield rod of ivandis.
Legends' Quest	Required for access to the Legends' Guild, bullroarer, wear cape of legends and dragon sq shield.
Lunar Diplomacy (started)	Required to access Lunar Isle.
The Lost Tribe (partial completion)	Gives access to Goblin Salute emote.
Making Friends with My Arm	Required to talk to Snowflake.
Making History	Required to talk to Jorral at his outpost.
Monkey Madness I	Required to wield dragon scimitar.
Mourning's End Part II	Gives access to the Death Altar and the area around it.
Priest in Peril	Required for access to Mort'ton and Barrows.
Recipe for Disaster	Required to show Falo the Bard Barrows gloves.
Regicide (started)	Required for access to Port Tyras and Zul-Andra.
Roving Elves	Required to wield crystal bow.
Royal Trouble	Required for access to the Miscellania and Etceteria Dungeon.
Shades of Mort'ton	Required to burn a Fiyr remain.
Shadow of the Storm	Prerequisite for Arclight.
Song of the Elves	Required to access Prifddinas and Gwenith.
Swan Song	Required to access Piscatoris Fishing Colony.
The Tourist Trap (partial completion)	Required to fletch a rune dart.
Underground Pass	Required for Iban's staff and for access to Iban's Temple.
Wanted!	Required to wear white armour.

Item requirements (Emote clues)

'Minimum level requirements' indicates the level required to equip all items on the list in order to complete their respective clue steps.

Any quantities below indicate how many of each item is required to fill all available master STASH units.

Minimum level requirements
75 Attack	70 Ranged	75 Magic	70 Defence
50 Agility
Items required
Abyssal whip^{[n 1]}	Amulet of glory	Amulet of the damned	Arclight
Bandos boots^{[n 2]}	Bandos cloak	Bandos godsword	Bandos platebody
Barrows equipment^{[n 3]}	2 × Black d'hide body	Black d'hide chaps	2 × Black d'hide vambraces
Black dragon mask	Blue moon chestplate	Blue moon helm	Blue moon spear
Blue moon tassets	Any colour Boater	Brine sabre	Bryophyta's staff
Bullroarer	2 × Cape of legends	Climbing boots^{[n 4]}	Crystal bow
Death tiara	Dragon 2h sword	Dragon axe^{[n 5]}	Dragon battleaxe
Dragon chainbody	Dragon defender	Dragon med helm	Dragon pickaxe^{[n 6]}
Dragon plateskirt	Dragon sq shield	Fire cape	Flared trousers
Helm of neitiznot	Hueycoatl hide coif	Hueycoatl hide vambraces	Iban's staff
Medallion of the deep	Menaphite purple hat	Menaphite purple robe	Menaphite purple top
Pharaoh's sceptre	Mystic robe top (dark)	Nature tiara	Obsidian cape
Mystic robe bottom (dark)	Ring of wealth	Rosewood blowpipe	Rune boots
Rune platebody	Shadow sword	Slayer helmet	Spined chaps
Splitbark body	Toktz-ket-xil	Toktz-xil-ul	Zamorak full helm
Zamorak godsword

^ The Abyssal whip (or), Volcanic abyssal whip, Frozen abyssal whip, Abyssal tentacle and Abyssal tentacle (or) can also be used and stored for this clue step.
^ The Guardian boots or Echo boots can also be used and stored for this clue step.
^ Requires any one complete set
^ The Climbing boots (g) can also be used and stored for this clue step.
^ Variants such as the infernal axe and crystal axe can be used and stored for the emote clue at the Enchanted Valley.^[1]
^ Variants such as the infernal pickaxe, dragon pickaxe (upgraded), and dragon pickaxe (or) can be used and stored for the emote clue at the Soul Altar.

Item requirements (Falo the Bard)

This is a list of all items that Falo the Bard may ask you to show.

Lyric	Item
A blood red weapon, a strong curved sword, found on the island of primate lords.		Dragon scimitar
		Dragon scimitar (or)
		Dragon scimitar (cr)
A book that preaches of some great figure, lending strength, might and vigour.		God book^{[n 1]}
		God book (or)^{[n 1]}
A bow of elven craft was made, it shimmers bright, but will soon fade.		Crystal bow^{[n 2]}
		Bow of faerdhinen^{[n 3]}
A fiery axe of great inferno, when you use it, you'll wonder where the logs go.		Infernal axe^{[n 4]}
		Infernal axe (or)^{[n 4]}^{[n 5]}
A mark used to increase one's grace, found atop a seer's place.		Mark of grace
A molten beast with fiery breath, you acquire these with its death.		Lava dragon bones
A shiny helmet of flight, to obtain this with melee, struggle you might.		Armadyl helmet
A sword held in the other hand, red its colour, Cyclops strength you must withstand.		Dragon defender^{[n 6]}
		Dragon defender (t)^{[n 6]}
		Avernic defender^{[n 6]}^{[n 7]}
A token used to kill mythical beasts, in hopes of a blade or just for an xp feast.		Warrior guild token
Green is my favourite, mature ale I do love, this takes your herblore above.		Greenman's ale(m)
It can hold down a boat or crush a goat, this object, you see, is quite heavy.		Barrelchest anchor^{[n 8]}
		Barrelchest anchor (bh)
It comes from the ground, underneath the snowy plain. Trolls aplenty, with what looks like a mane.		Basalt
No attack to wield, only strength is required, made of obsidian, but with no room for a shield.		Tzhaar-ket-om
		Tzhaar-ket-om (t)
Penance healers runners and more, obtaining this body often gives much deplore.		Fighter torso^{[n 6]}
		Fighter torso (or)^{[n 6]}
Strangely found in a chest, many believe these gloves are the best.		Barrows gloves
These gloves of white won't help you fight, but aid in cooking, they just might.		Cooking gauntlets
They come from some time ago, from a land unto the east. Fossilised they have become, this small and gentle beast.		Numulite
To slay a dragon you must first do, before this chest piece can be put on you.		Rune platebody^{[n 9]}
Vampyres are agile opponents, damaged best with a weapon of many components.		Ivandis flail
		Rod of ivandis
		Blisterwood flail
You won't bring me to heel, unless you have a bright red keel.		Dragon keel parts^{[n 10]}

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 The book must be completed. Any book will be accepted.
^ An inactive Crystal bow does not work.
^ The Bow of faerdhinen (c) and all colour variations can also be used for this clue step.
^ ^4.0 ^4.1 The uncharged version can also be used for this clue step.
^ The Infernal axe (or) (Trailblazer Reloaded) variant does not work for this clue step.
^ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 The locked variation can be used for this clue step.
^ The Ghommal's avernic defender 5, Ghommal's avernic defender 6, and their locked variations can be used for this clue step.
^ A broken anchor does not work.
^ Trimmed, god, and heraldic variants do not work.
^ Large dragon keel parts do not work.

Other requirements

Requirement	Details
Full angler's outfit	To complete a challenge for Sherlock.
Full graceful outfit	To complete a challenge for Sherlock; an Agility cape can be substituted for graceful cape.
Full lumberjack outfit	To complete a challenge for Sherlock.
Full prospector's outfit	To complete a challenge for Sherlock; Varrock armour 4 can be substituted for prospector jacket.
Fire cape	To complete an emote clue.

Possible rewards

The average loot roll is worth 124,599.00. On average, master clues are worth 747,598.00.

As well as the unique Treasure Trails rewards shown below, players may also receive a variety of other items. A more detailed overview of all possible rewards can be found at reward casket (master).

Image	Name
	Ornament kits
	3rd age equipment (along with all other 3rd age items)
	Gilded equipment (all pieces)
	Demon masks
	Kourend city hoods
	Samurai armour
	Mummy outfit
	Ankou outfit
	Robes of darkness
	Ring of coins
	Left eye patch
	Obsidian cape (r)
	Fancy tiara
	Half moon spectacles
	Ale of the gods
	Bucket helm (g)
	Bowl wig
	Bloodhound
	Scroll sack

Item sources

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Reward casket (hard)	N/A	1	1/15
Reward casket (medium)	N/A	1	1/30
Reward casket (easy)	N/A	1	1/50
Reward casket (elite)	N/A	1	1/5

Changes

Date	Changes
8 January 2025 (Update)	A restriction has been removed which prevented players from receiving a master clue for 30 seconds after they last received one.
6 March 2024 (Update)	Clue Scrolls dropped by a player now last one hour on the ground rather than two minutes. This does not change existing behaviour for Clue Scrolls dropped by NPCs or other entities. Additionally, you are now told if you would have gotten a clue but didn't because you already have one.
11 April 2019 (Update)	The item was graphically updated.
9 March 2017 (Update)	The item's value was increased from 1 to 20.
2 July 2015 (Update \| poll)	All clue scrolls now have a right-click 'Check steps' option that will allow you to see exactly how many steps you have completed so far.

Gallery (historical)



6 July 2016 – 11 April 2019	11 April 2019 – present

References

^ "Poll 71 and Darkmeyer Updates". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 18 June 2020. Archived from the original.

[1] The Abyssal whip (or), Volcanic abyssal whip, Frozen abyssal whip, Abyssal tentacle and Abyssal tentacle (or) can also be used and stored for this clue step.

[2] The Guardian boots or Echo boots can also be used and stored for this clue step.

[3] Requires any one complete set

[4] The Climbing boots (g) can also be used and stored for this clue step.

[6] Variants such as the infernal axe and crystal axe can be used and stored for the emote clue at the Enchanted Valley.^[1]

[7] Variants such as the infernal pickaxe, dragon pickaxe (upgraded), and dragon pickaxe (or) can be used and stored for the emote clue at the Soul Altar.

[god-8] 1.0 ^1.1 The book must be completed. Any book will be accepted.

[crystal-9] An inactive Crystal bow does not work.

[10] The Bow of faerdhinen (c) and all colour variations can also be used for this clue step.

[infernal-11] 4.0 ^4.1 The uncharged version can also be used for this clue step.

[12] The Infernal axe (or) (Trailblazer Reloaded) variant does not work for this clue step.

[locked-13] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 The locked variation can be used for this clue step.

[14] The Ghommal's avernic defender 5, Ghommal's avernic defender 6, and their locked variations can be used for this clue step.

[15] A broken anchor does not work.

[16] Trimmed, god, and heraldic variants do not work.

[17] Large dragon keel parts do not work.

[5] "Poll 71 and Darkmeyer Updates". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 18 June 2020. Archived from the original.

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