Misthalin Mystery/Quick guide

This quick guide has an in-depth guide here.

It contains a more detailed description of dialogue, cutscenes, and storyline.

Details

Start point	Speak to Abigale (or Hewey, who sits next to her) in the south-eastern corner of Lumbridge Swamp, near the fishing spots.
Official difficulty	Novice
Description	A woman cries as a man lays dying, desperately they beg you to stop a cryptic killer before their friends suffer a similar fate.
Official length	Short
Requirements	None
Items required	Bucket (obtainable during quest) Tinderbox (obtainable during quest) Knife (obtainable during quest)
Enemies to defeat	None

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Walkthrough

Getting started

• Talk to Abigale in the south-east corner of Lumbridge Swamp and offer your help. ( 1•1)…

  1	What has happened here?
  1	What do you want me to do?

• Take the boat to the south.
• If needed, take a bucket from the fountain to the west.
• Head to the west of the manor.
• Use the bucket on the barrel of rain water to empty it.
• Take the manor key from the bottom of the empty barrel.
• Enter the manor doors using the manor key.

Riddle 1

• If needed, take the knife from the table.
• Attempt to open the door with the pink knob to the north.
• Take the note on the ground next to you and read it.
• Go to the room south-west from the entry hall, and use the knife on the painting with the gloomy valley on the east wall.
• Search the slashed painting to obtain a ruby key.
• Go to the room south-east from the entry hall. If needed, take a tinderbox from the shelves.
• Use the tinderbox on the four unlit candles throughout the eastern room.
• Use the tinderbox on the barrel with the fuse.
• Exit the room to trigger the explosion.

Riddle 2

• Re-enter the southeast room and climb over the damaged wall.
• Head north, then west, and click "observe" on the tree across from Lacey.
• Pick any chat option the Killer gives you; the answer does not matter.
• Take the note and read it.
• Play the notes D-E-A-D on the piano in the north-eastern corner of the manor.
• Search the piano to get an emerald key.

Riddle 3

• Return to the mansion via the damaged wall.
• Open the door with the green knob north of the entrance, west of the door with the pink knob.
• Attempt to open the door to the west with the Bandos godsword inside.
• Take the note and read it.
• Head through the south-eastern room with the damaged wall to the room north of it. Use the knife on the unlit fireplace.
• Search the fireplace and enter the following gems in this order:
  Sapphire – Diamond – Zenyte – Emerald – Onyx – Ruby.
• Search the fireplace again to get the sapphire key.

Showdown

• Open the westernmost door with the blue knob.
• The killer will hide in wardrobes and throw knives. The player can know which wardrobe the killer is hiding in by looking for a brief black shadow surrounding the wardrobe. You must push the mirror and have it face the wardrobe before a knife is thrown. Repeat this until a cutscene.
• After the cutscene, take the killer's knife, wield it and attack Abigale.
• Attempt to exit the room.
• Talk to Mandy outside the manor.

Quest complete!

Rewards

• 1 Quest point
• Uncut ruby
• Uncut emerald
• Uncut sapphire
• 600 Crafting experience