Quest points

Quest points, often abbreviated as QP, are part of the reward players get after they complete quests. They are considered a completion measure of quests in Old School RuneScape.

The amount of points awarded depends on the quest, ranging from 1 to 6 points. As a special case, Recipe for Disaster awards a total of 10 QP, as each of its sub-quests awards one point each.

A full list of quests, sortable by name, amount of QP, official length and membership requirement can be found on the Quests/List.

As of the 22 October 2025 update, the very first quest point obtained on every account is awarded upon completing Tutorial Island. Only 46 quest points can be obtained in free-to-play gameplay alone, while members can acquire all 333 points.

Obtaining every quest point (and thus completing every quest) is required to wear the quest point cape. While miniquests do not award quest points, some miniquests are technically required for the completion of other quests that do. These miniquests are:

• Alfred Grimhand's Barcrawl — required for Horror from the Deep and Scorpion Catcher
• Enter the Abyss — required for Devious Minds, Temple of the Eye, and Wanted!
• Skippy and the Mogres — required for Rag and Bone Man II
• Curse of the Empty Lord — required for The General's Shadow, and by extension Secrets of the North
• The General's Shadow — required for Secrets of the North
• His Faithful Servants — required for Desert Treasure II - The Fallen Empire

QP requirements

Some activities require a player to have at least a certain amount of quest points:

• 10 quest points, 20 hours of in-game play time and 100 total level are required to trade items to other players in Free-to-play.
• 12 are needed to start Black Knights' Fortress.
• 16 are needed to start Below Ice Mountain.
• 20 are needed to start Enlightened Journey and to log on Bounty Hunter worlds.
• 32 are needed to start Wanted!
• 32 are needed to enter the Champions' Guild to start Dragon Slayer I
• 43 are needed to start Tears of Guthix.
• 55 are needed to start Heroes' Quest, which allows access to the Heroes' Guild.
• 100 are needed to start Swan Song, which allows access to the Piscatoris Fishing Colony.
• 107 are needed to start Legends' Quest, which admits players to the Legends' Guild.
• 175 are needed to start the end-fights of Recipe for Disaster, along with completing the hard Lumbridge & Draynor Diary.
• 180 are needed to start While Guthix Sleeps.
• 200 are needed to start Dragon Slayer II making it the highest requirement of any quest.
• All 333 are needed to obtain the quest point cape, which is required for completion of the elite Lumbridge & Draynor Diary and an extra Slayer blocklist slot.

Minigames

• Tears of Guthix is a minigame which can be played once a week and is unlocked by completing the prerequisite Tears of Guthix quest. The more quest points a player has, the longer they can stay in the minigame, which means they will have the chance to collect more tears and get more experience in their lowest skill.
• Nightmare Zone is a minigame in which the player can fight bosses from previously completed quests. If the player has maximum quest points, the cost of custom Rumble mode will be reduced by 10,000 coins (to 12,000 coins for normal mode, and 16,000 coins for hard mode).

Other

• Every 50 quest points unlock a block slot for Slayer tasks, up to 6 slots at 300 quest points.

Trivia

• In the early days of RuneScape Classic, completing some quests would add to a skill named "Influence"; which was replaced by the quest point system.
• RuneScape Classic players could have up to 112 quest points.