Murder Mystery/Quick guide

The RuneScape Wiki also has an article on: rsw:Murder Mystery/Quick guideThe RuneScape Classic Wiki also has an article on: classicrsw:Murder Mystery/Quick guide

This quick guide has an in-depth guide here. It contains a more detailed description of dialogue, cutscenes, and storyline.

Old School RuneScape uses the British convention for floor numbering: Ground floor, first floor, etc.

Murder Mystery (#47)
Release date		9 June 2003 (Update)
Members only		Yes
Quest series		Camelot
Official difficulty		Novice
Developer		James B

Details

Start point	The Sinclair Mansion, north along the path between Seers' Village and Camelot. Talk to one of the guards around the mansion.
Official difficulty	Novice
Description	Old man Sinclair has been found dead in his mansion! Unfortunately, the local authorities are having some trouble figuring out who's the guilty party. Maybe the unbiased eye of a passing adventurer will be of help.
Official length	Short
Requirements	None
Items required	Pot
Recommended	16 free inventory spaces 2 teleport to Camelot: Camelot Teleport Tablet (no magic level required) or Camelot Teleport (requires 45 magic) or Combat bracelet (to teleport to Ranging Guild, just west of Camelot)
Enemies to defeat	None

{"difficulty":"Novice","kills":"None","name":"Murder Mystery/Quick guide","items":"* [[Pot]]","start":"The [[Sinclair Mansion]], north along the path between [[Seers' Village]] and [[Camelot]]. Talk to one of the guards around the mansion.","length":"Short","requirements":"None","desc":"Old man Sinclair has been found dead in his mansion! Unfortunately, the local authorities are having some trouble figuring out who's the guilty party. Maybe the unbiased eye of a passing adventurer will be of help."}

Walkthrough

Getting started

• Talk to the guard outside of Sinclair Mansion. ( 1)…

  1	Sure, I'll help.

  • Optional: Use a Camelot teleport method. (see above)

Gathering evidence

• Enter the gate, go west of the mansion, investigate the sacks in the shed, and take 7 flypaper.
• Go inside and take the pungent pot and criminal's dagger in the eastern room.
• Investigate the nearby smashed window for the criminal's thread.
• Search the barrels around in the house to get 6 silver items. (There are 4 barrels upstairs and 2 barrels downstairs. The barrels can be found in the small bedrooms that appear as red on the minimap.)
• Go to the kitchen and fill your pot with flour from the barrel.
• Use flour and flypaper to dust each silver item and the dagger.
• Use the silver items' prints on the dagger's print until you get a match. Remember who it is.
• Talk to the Poison Salesman in the Seers' Village pub, ask who he sold poison to. (Select Murder Mystery quest) (Be sure to not select the Fremennik Trials option.)
  • Optional: Use a Camelot teleport method. (see above)
• Then ( 2)…

  2	Who did you sell poison to at the house?

Finishing up

• Talk to the person whose prints matched, ask why they bought poison. ( 4)…

  4	Why'd you buy poison the other day?

• Search the item they say they used the poison on.
  • Anna - Compost heap
  • Bob - Beehive in cow pen
  • Frank - Family Crest, east of the front door
  • David - Spider nest 1^st floor^[UK]2^nd floor^[US]
  • Carol - Kitchen drain, west of the front door
  • Elizabeth - The fountain
• Optional: Drop the silver necklace before talking to the guard if you want to keep it, you can't get it back afterwards.
• Talk to a guard. ( 3)…

  3	I know who did it!

  (Make sure the whole house is investigated first!)

Quest complete!

Rewards

• 3 Quest Quest points
• 1,406 Crafting Crafting experience
• 2,000 coins

Required for completing

• Recipe for Disaster
• King's Ransom

Navbox JSON: {"groups":[{"title":"NPCs","contents":[{"text":"Guard","image":"Guard (Sinclair Mansion) chathead.png","link":"Guard (Sinclair Mansion)"},{"text":"Sinclair Guard dog","link":"Sinclair Guard dog"},{"text":"Lord Sinclair","link":"Lord Sinclair"},{"text":"Hobbes","image":"Hobbes chathead.png","link":"Hobbes"},{"text":"Gossip","image":"Gossip chathead.png","link":"Gossip"},{"text":"Poison Salesman","image":"Poison Salesman chathead.png","link":"Poison Salesman"},{"text":"Donovan the Family Handyman","image":"Donovan the Family Handyman chathead.png","link":"Donovan the Family Handyman"},{"text":"Louisa","image":"Louisa chathead.png","link":"Louisa"},{"text":"Mary","image":"Mary chathead.png","link":"Mary"},{"text":"Anna","image":"Anna chathead.png","link":"Anna"},{"text":"Bob","image":"Bob (Sinclair) chathead.png","link":"Bob (Sinclair)"},{"text":"Carol","image":"Carol chathead.png","link":"Carol"},{"text":"David","image":"David chathead.png","link":"David"},{"text":"Elizabeth","image":"Elizabeth chathead.png","link":"Elizabeth"},{"text":"Frank","image":"Frank chathead.png","link":"Frank"},{"text":"Pierre","image":"Pierre chathead.png","link":"Pierre"},{"text":"Stanford","image":"Stanford chathead.png","link":"Stanford"}]},{"type":"subgroup","title":"Items","contents":[[],{"text":"Pungent pot","image":"Pungent pot.png","link":"Pungent pot"},{"text":"Criminal's dagger","image":"Criminal's dagger.png","link":"Criminal's dagger"},{"text":"Flypaper","image":"Flypaper.png","link":"Flypaper"},{"text":"Blue","image":"Criminal's thread (blue).png","link":"Criminal's thread (blue)"},{"text":"Green","image":"Criminal's thread (green).png","link":"Criminal's thread (green)"},{"text":"Red","image":"Criminal's thread (red).png","link":"Criminal's thread (red)"},{"text":"Necklace","image":"Silver necklace.png","link":"Silver necklace"},{"text":"Cup","image":"Silver cup.png","link":"Silver cup"},{"text":"Bottle","image":"Silver bottle.png","link":"Silver bottle"},{"text":"Book","image":"Silver book.png","link":"Silver book"},{"text":"Needle","image":"Silver needle.png","link":"Silver needle"},{"text":"Pot","image":"Silver pot (Murder Mystery).png","link":"Silver pot (Murder Mystery)"},{"text":"Silver necklace","image":"Silver necklace (dusted).png","link":"Silver necklace (dusted)"},{"text":"Silver cup","image":"Silver cup (dusted).png","link":"Silver cup (dusted)"},{"text":"Silver bottle","image":"Silver bottle (dusted).png","link":"Silver bottle (dusted)"},{"text":"Silver book","image":"Silver book (dusted).png","link":"Silver book (dusted)"},{"text":"Silver needle","image":"Silver needle (dusted).png","link":"Silver needle (dusted)"},{"text":"Silver pot","image":"Silver pot (dusted).png","link":"Silver pot (dusted)"},{"text":"Criminal's dagger","image":"Criminal's dagger (dusted).png","link":"Criminal's dagger (dusted)"},{"text":"Unknown","image":"Unknown print.png","link":"Unknown print"},{"text":"Killer's","image":"Killer's print.png","link":"Killer's print"},{"text":"Anna's","image":"Anna's print.png","link":"Anna's print"},{"text":"Bob's","image":"Bob's print.png","link":"Bob's print"},{"text":"Carol's","image":"Carol's print.png","link":"Carol's print"},{"text":"David's","image":"David's print.png","link":"David's print"},{"text":"Elizabeth's","image":"Elizabeth's print.png","link":"Elizabeth's print"},{"text":"Frank's","image":"Frank's print.png","link":"Frank's print"}]},{"title":"Locations","contents":[{"text":"Sinclair Mansion","link":"Sinclair Mansion"}]},{"title":"Music","contents":[{"text":"Monarch Waltz","link":"Monarch Waltz"}]},{"title":"Related","contents":[{"text":"Quick Guide","link":"Murder Mystery/Quick guide"}]}],"name":"Murder Mystery","title":"[[Murder Mystery]]"}