Shortcuts
Shortcuts can be found all around Gielinor. By climbing cliff sides, crossing rivers and squeezing through crevices, it is possible to reach a destination more directly than by the alternative route. Nearly all shortcuts require the proper Agility level. There are no guaranteed rewards for using shortcuts, except that they will save you time, but they will sometimes give small amounts of Agility experience. All shortcuts, with the exception of some of the stiles, are P2P, and some require Ranged and Strength levels. Shortcuts are identified with a twisting green arrow icon () on the minimap.
Here is a list of all of Old School RuneScape's shortcuts.
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Stile | Stile at Fred the Farmer's sheep field and the stile at Falador cabbage patch. (F2P) | These shortcuts are available to free players, as well as members, but yield 0 XP. | N/A |
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Stepping stones | Lumbridge Swamp Caves stepping stones | Stepping stones to Tears of Guthix cave. This shortcut provides varying experience for success and failure | 3 (1 on failure) |
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Basalt rock | Lighthouse basalt rocks | Basalt rocks to the south of the Lighthouse. | 2 (0.5 on failure) |
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Bridge | Outside Nature Grotto | The bridge to the Nature Spirit cave. This shortcut provides varying experience for success and failure | 15 (2 on failure) |
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Crumbling wall | Falador Agility Shortcut | Right next to the Falador West Bank. Provides easy access to the areas south of Taverley. | 0.5 |
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N/A | Climbing rocks | Yanille | Not labelled on the map. North-west of Frenita's Cookery Shop in Yanille. One-way out of Yanille. | 25 |
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Broken Raft | (Mith grapple) Over the River Lum to Al Kharid | South of Lumbridge. Provides slightly quicker route between Lumbridge Swamp and Al Kharid. Goes both ways. | N/A |
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Rocks | Corsair Cove shortcut | Allows access to the rest of Feldip Hills. | 1 |
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Ropeswing | Rope swing to Moss Giant Island | West Brimhaven. Provides access to small island with Moss giants and a respawn of a slice of cake. | 3 |
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Wall | (Mith grapple) Scale Falador wall | Allows you to climb the wall north-east of Falador Park. Faster access from Falador East Bank to the north entrance of the Dwarven Mine and Barbarian Village. | N/A |
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Stepping stones | Stepping stones in Brimhaven Dungeon | A quick shortcut deeper into the dungeon. Just west of the entrance. | 7.5 |
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Fence | Varrock south fence jump | Provides a shortcut to and from South Varrock. | 0 |
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Tight-gap | Scale Goblin Village wall | Provides a shortcut to and from Burthorpe and the Chaos Temple: located north of Falador, north-west of Goblin Village. (Requires completion of Easy Falador Diary to use). | 0 |
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Pillar jump | Corsair Cove Dungeon shortcut | Provides access to the Corsair Cove Resource Area. Requires completion of Dragon Slayer I to climb. | 2 |
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Monkey bars | Monkey bars under Edgeville | Provides access to the Earth warriors in Edgeville Dungeon. | 20 |
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Underwall tunnel | Yanille Agility shortcut | Near the Watchtower. Gives easy access to the west parts of Yanille from the teleport point. | 0 |
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Crack | Catacombs of Kourend southern crack | Allows quicker access between the cyclops and ankou areas of Catacombs of Kourend. | 0 |
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Log balance | Coal Trucks log balance | Near the Coal Trucks west of Seers' Village. Provides easier access between the Mining spot and the pickup location near Seers' Village. | 8.5 |
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Underwall tunnel | Grand Exchange Agility shortcut | North-west corner of the Grand Exchange. Gives easier access to the Grand Exchange, Edgeville, a Fairy ring, and the Canoe transport system. | 0 |
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Pipe | Pipe contortion in Brimhaven Dungeon | Provides easier access to the Moss giants. Just west of the entrance. | 8.5 |
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Rocks | (Mith grapple) Scale the Observatory cliff | Outside the Observatory, requiring completion of the Observatory Quest. Provides far quicker route to the inside of the Observatory. Unlike most grapple shortcuts, players need only bring a crossbow and grapple for the first trip. | N/A |
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Rocks | Eagles' Peak Agility shortcut | Shortcut from Eagles' Peak to the area west of it. | 1 |
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Rocks | Wrecked ship near Port Phasmatys | Navigated during Ghosts Ahoy, destination for an Elite clue scroll. | 10 |
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Underwall tunnel | Falador Agility shortcut | South-west corner of Falador. Provides easier travel between the Falador West Bank and Rimmington, as well as the Crafting Guild. | 0 |
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Stones | North-west corner of the Catacombs of Kourend | Allows quicker access between brutal red dragons and steel dragons. Each pillar has to be individually clicked to jump across. | 2 |
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Rocks | Lower Mount Karuulm cliffside climb | Allows slightly quicker access to the volcano's summit. | 0 |
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Rocks | Rocks in the Corsair Cove Resource Area | Allows access to the rest of Feldip Hills. Requires completion of Dragon Slayer I to climb. | 2 |
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Log balance | South-west of the red dragon area in Brimhaven dungeon | Allows access to the red dragon area in the Brimhaven dungeon. Taking this shortcut away from the red dragons does not have an Agility requirement. |
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Stepping stones | Stepping stones near the waterfall east of Shilo Village | Allows access to the eastern island of Karamja, including the Ship Yard. | 0 |
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Stepping stone | Draynor Manor stones to Champions' Guild | Near Draynor Manor. Allows you to cross the River Lum between the Manor and Varrock. There's a chance of taking a few points of damage when using this shortcut. | 3 or 1 (if failed) |
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Rocks | (Mith grapple) Scale Catherby cliffside | Useful for crossing from East Catherby to Taverley, particularly during Farming runs. One-way. | N/A |
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Rock slide | Cairn Isle rock slide climb | Allows access to Cairn Isle from Karamja Island and completion of an easy task in the Karamja Achievement Diary. | 0 |
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Log balance | Ardougne log balance shortcut | Allows easy passage across the river. There's a chance of taking a few points of damage when using this shortcut. | 4 or 2 (if failed) |
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Crack | Catacombs of Kourend northern crack | Allows quicker access between the greater nechryael and warped jelly areas. | 0 |
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Pipe squeeze | Pipe contortion in Brimhaven Dungeon | Allows passage between the Red dragon and Black demon rooms. | 10 |
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Crossbow Tree | (Mith grapple) Escape from the Water Obelisk Island | Allows escape from the Taverley Dungeon by crossing the water to Catherby from the Water Obelisk Island. One-way. | 15 |
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Rocks | Gnome Stronghold shortcut | The Grand Tree and Tree Gnome Village quests needed. North-east of the Grand Tree. Allows easy access to Barbarian Outpost and the Lighthouse. | 0 |
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Rocks | Al Kharid mining pit cliffside scramble | This shortcut is at the north end of the mine, and is useful for exiting to go north instead of going all the way around from the southern end. | 0 |
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Wall | (Mith grapple) Scale Yanille wall | South-west Yanille. Provides easier access to Gu'Tanoth and southern areas. | N/A |
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Balancing ledge | Yanille Agility dungeon balance ledge | First obstacle into the Agility Dungeon, giving access to the Chaos druid warriors. Drops you into a pit of poison spiders if you fail. | 22 |
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Stepping stones | Kourend lake isle jump | Located south-east of the Infirmary and west of Watson's house. Allows easier travel to Shayzien and Hosidius. | 0 |
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Rocks | Trollheim easy cliffside scramble | Allows easier travel up and down the lower path of the west side of the hill near the Troll Stronghold. | 0 |
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Narrow crevice | Dwarven Mine narrow crevice | Provides a shortcut between the two arms of the mine. | 0 |
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Underwall tunnel | Draynor narrow tunnel | Requires completion of the Medium Lumbridge & Draynor Diary. Allows easier travel among Draynor Village and Port Sarim. | 0 |
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Rocks | Trollheim medium cliffside scramble | Allows easier travel up and down the higher paths of the west side of the hill near the Troll Stronghold. | 0 |
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Rocks | Trollheim advanced cliffside scramble | Allows easier travel up and down the east side of the hill near the Troll Stronghold.
This is useful to avoid the Troll Throwers, on the north side of the hill. |
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Stepping stones | Kourend river jump | Located west of the Kourend Player-owned house portal, this allows easier travel over the Great Kourend river in Hosidius. | 0 |
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Log balance | Tirannwn log balance | Allows passage between different parts of the forest. | 0 |
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Narrow walkway | Cosmic Temple - medium narrow walkway | Provides faster travel between the bank and the Cosmic Altar at Zanaris. If you fail, you take a small amount of damage but you still pass through. | 10 (6 on failure) |
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Narrow crevice | Deep Wilderness Dungeon narrow shortcut | Requires completion of Medium Wilderness Diary. Next to the stairs and at the end by the Fire giants in the dungeon. | 0 |
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Rocks | Trollheim hard cliffside scramble | Allows easier travel up and down the higher paths of the west side of the hill near the Troll Stronghold. | 8 |
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Log balance | Log balance to Fremennik Province | North of Camelot. Provides slightly faster travel to Eastern Fremennik Province. There's a chance of taking a few points of damage when using this shortcut. | 0 |
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Pipe squeeze | Contortion in Yanille Dungeon small room | Allows access to a room with Skeletons and the Sinister chest. There's a chance of taking a few points of damage when using this shortcut. | 0 |
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Boulder | Dense essence mine boulder leap | Provides a one-way shortcut to quickly return to the mine via the Soul Altar. | 0 |
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Stepping stone | Stepping stone into Morytania west of the Nature Grotto | Allows quick access to the Nature Grotto and nearby coordinates from Treasure Trails. | 0 |
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Obstacle pipe | Pipe from Edgeville Dungeon to Varrock Sewers | Allows passage between the eastern part of the Edgeville Dungeon and the Moss giants in the Varrock Sewers. There's a chance of taking a few points of damage when using this shortcut. | 10 |
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Rocks | Dense essence mine eastern scramble | Shortcut on the eastern side of the dense essence mine | 0 |
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Strong Tree | (Mith grapple) Karamja Volcano | Provides easier travel between the Karamja Volcano area and lower Karamja. | N/A |
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Dark tunnel | Motherlode Mine wall shortcut | Requires completion of Medium Falador Diary. | 0 |
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Stepping stone | Stepping stone by Miscellania docks | Requires completion of Medium Fremennik Diary. Shortcut jump from Miscellania dock to Etceteria. | 0 |
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Rubble | Rock climb in the Temple of the Eye | Requires completion of Temple of the Eye quest | 0 |
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Monkey bars | Monkey bars under Yanille | Provides access to the Chaos druids deeper in the dungeon, as well as a lockpick respawn down the nearby stairs. There's a chance of failing this shortcut and falling into a lower level crawling with poisonous spiders. | 20 |
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Broken Fence | Rellekka east fence shortcut | Provides faster travel to Rellekka from the fairy ring DKS | 0 |
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Weathered wall | Port Phasmatys Ectopool shortcut | Provides faster travel down to the pool of slime. | 0 |
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Rocks | Elven Overpass (Arandar) easy cliffside scramble | Helps when using the elven shortcut to Tirannwn. | 0 |
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Rocky handholds | Wilderness from God Wars Dungeon area climb | Requires Troll Stronghold quest. There's a chance of taking a few points of damage when using this shortcut. | 0 |
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Narrow crevice | Squeeze through to God Wars Dungeon surface access | Allows access to the God Wars Dungeon. | 0 |
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Stepping stone | Estuary crossing on Mos Le'Harmless | Requires completion of Hard Morytania Diary. Provides quicker access to the Mos Le'Harmless Cave. | 0 |
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Gap | Pillars in the Wintertodt's Prison | Requires level 50 Firemaking. | 18 |
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Spikey chain | Slayer Tower medium spiked chain climb | Shortcut between Crawling Hand area and Aberrant spectre area on the 1st floor[UK]2nd floor[US]. Nose peg or Slayer helmet required due to Aberrant spectres. There's a chance of taking a few points of damage when using this shortcut. | 0 |
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Crevice | Fremennik Slayer Dungeon near basilisks | Shortcut between Basilisk area and Turoth area. | 0 |
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Rocks | Upper Mount Karuulm cliffside climb | Allows quicker access to the volcano's summit. | 0 |
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Rocks | Stepping stones in Necropolis | Allows quicker access to necropolis and Sophanem. | 0 |
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Loose railing | Taverley Dungeon lesser demon fence | Shortcut that leads to the lesser demons area, and subsequently the blue dragons area. | 0 |
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Wall | Darkmeyer north-eastern wall | Shortcut to and from Darkmeyer from Slepe. Must be built, requiring 2 long ropes and completion of Sins of the Father. | 0 |
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Rocks | Trollheim Wilderness Route | Shortcut from Trollheim to level 20 Wilderness. One way. | 0 |
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Rope | Rope to the Fossil Island Volcano | Quick passage between the Museum Camp and Fossil Island Volcano. | 0 |
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Ornate railing | Temple on the Salve to Morytania shortcut | Slightly faster way to get from east Varrock to Canifis, bypassing the underground route at the Temple. | 0 |
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Pillar Jump (Easy) | Revenant Caves | Allows easier navigation around the caves. | 6.5 |
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Narrow walkway | Cosmic Altar advanced narrow walkway | Much faster travel between the bank and the Cosmic Altar at Zanaris. If you fail, you take a small amount of damage but you still pass through. | 10 |
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Stepping stone | Lumbridge Swamp to Kharidian Desert | Requires completion of Hard Lumbridge & Draynor Diary. Provides quicker access to the Kalphite Lair | 0 |
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Crevice | Heroes' Guild tunnel | Requires completion of Hard Falador Diary. Provides quicker access to the Fountain of Heroes. | 0 |
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Pile of rubble | Yanille Dungeon's rubble climb | Access to an area with 4 Chaos druids and Salarin the twisted. | 6 |
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Rocks | Elven Overpass (Arandar) medium cliffside scramble | Helps when using the elven shortcut to Tirannwn. | 0 |
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Rocks | Dense essence mine northern scramble | Shortcut on the north side of the dense essence mine | 0 |
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Obstacle pipe | Taverley Dungeon pipe squeeze to Blue dragon lair | Quick passage between the entrance and the Blue dragon area. Bypasses need for the Dusty key. There's a chance of taking a few points of damage when using this shortcut. | 10 |
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Hole | Fossil Island hardwood shortcut | Quick passage between the Museum Camp and the hardwood tree patches. | 0 |
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Rock | Rope descent to Saradomin's Encampment | Access to the Saradomin section of God Wars Dungeon. | 6 |
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Big window/Broken wall | Al Kharid Palace southern window | Requires completion of Hard Desert Diary. Quick passage between the Al Kharid Palace and the Shantay Pass. | 0 |
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Spikey chain | Slayer Tower advanced spiked chain climb | Shortcut between Infernal Mages area on the 1st floor[UK]2nd floor[US] and Nechryael area on the 2nd floor[UK]3rd floor[US]. There's a chance of taking a few points of damage when using this shortcut. | 0 |
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Crumbling wall | Eastern Gu'Tanoth | Requires completion of the Watchtower Quest. | 0 |
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Tunnel | Stronghold Slayer Cave narrow tunnel | Shortcut between hellhound area and aberrant spectre area. | 0 |
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Tunnel | Asgarnian Ice Dungeon tunnel | Shortcut between hobgoblin area and skeletal wyvern area. | 0 |
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Rocks | Troll Stronghold wall-climb | Requires My Arm's Big Adventure and completion of Hard Fremennik Diary. Shortcut to get to Trollheim farming patch above Troll Stronghold. | 0 |
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Rocks | Dense essence mine western descent | Provides a one-way shortcut to quickly return to the mine via the Kourend's Blood Altar. | 0 |
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Stepping stone | Lava Dragon Isle jump | Requires completion of Hard Wilderness Diary. | 0 |
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Cave | Meiyerditch Laboratories tunnels | Requires partial completion of the Sins of the Father. | 0 |
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Strange floor | Forthos Dungeon jump | Leads to the red dragons. Failing this jump will cause 1-5 damage. | 10 (5 on fail) |
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Pillar Jump (Medium) | Revenant Caves | Allows easier navigation around the caves. | 7.5 |
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Stepping stone | Island crossing near Zul-Andra | Requires completion of Regicide. | 0 |
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Stepping stone | Shilo Village stepping stones over the river | Shortcut allows you to cross the river in Shilo Village, making it useful for fly fishing. Requires completion of Medium Karamja Diary. | 0 |
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Tight gap | Iorwerth Dungeon northern shortcut | Allows quicker access to Waterfiends, Nechryaels, Elves and Dark Beasts. | 1 |
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Vine | Kharazi Jungle vine climb | Requires completion of Legends' Quest. Found east of Shilo Village entrance. Bypasses the need for a machete and axe to access the Kharazi Jungle. | 0 |
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Strange floor | Taverley Dungeon | Shortcut between the entrance and the Poison spider area. Bypasses need for the Dusty key. | 12.5 |
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Strange floor | Fremennik Slayer Dungeon near pyrefiends | Shortcut between the Cave crawler area and the Pyrefiend area. There's a chance of taking a few points of damage when using this shortcut. | 5 × 2 |
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Stepping stone | Lava Maze northern jump | Requires completion of Hard Wilderness Diary. Allows quick access to the muddy chest and Lava Maze Dungeon. | 0 |
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Stepping stones | Brimhaven Dungeon eastern stepping stones | Requires completion of Elite Karamja Diary. | 0 |
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Tight gap | Iorwerth Dungeon southern shortcut | Shortcut between the Mutated Bloodveld area and the Nechryael area. | 1.5 |
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Rocks | Elven Overpass (Arandar) advanced cliffside scramble | Helps when using the elven shortcut to Tirannwn. | 0 |
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Crevice | Kalphite Lair wall shortcut | Requires completion of the Elite Desert Diary. | 0 |
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Vine | Brimhaven Dungeon vine to baby green dragons | Allows players to reach the baby green dragons quicker. | 0 |
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Mysterious pipe | Karuulm Slayer Dungeon | Allows players to reach the Alchemical Hydra lair safely. | 0 |
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Pillar Jump (Hard) | Revenant Caves | Allows players to quickly reach the southern part of the revenant's area. | 9 |
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Rocks (Viyeldi caves) | Viyeldi Caves cliff climb | Allows players to quickly reach the bottom of the cliff in the bottom level of the Viyeldi Caves. Players require completion of Legends' Quest, as well as one long rope to attach to the rock. The rope is permanent and consumed on use. | 0 |
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Cave (Meiyerditch Laboratories) | Meiyerditch Laboratories tunnels | Requires partial completion of the Sins of the Father, as well as 78 Mining to mine the strange wall (one-off requirement). | 0 |
Changes[edit | edit source]
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9 September 2021 (update) |
Any text containing 'short-cut' is now 'shortcut'. |
17 February 2021 (update) |
A new shortcut has been added to the cliff in Viyeldi Caves. To use it, you'll need 91 Agility and completion of Legends Quest, along with a one-time long rope, purchasable from the Darkmeyer General Store. |
16 September 2020 (update | poll) |
There is now an Agility shortcut in Gu-Tanoth which will make it a bit easier to complete a particular Clue step. To unlock it, you'll need to have completed the Watchtower Quest and have 71 Agility. |
16 July 2020 (update) |
The Agility route to the God Wars Dungeon is now marked with a shortcut icon. |
17 January 2019 (update) |
Pathing relating to the level 26 Agility shortcut tunnel on the southern Falador wall has been improved. |
31 March 2016 (update | poll) |
A shortcut is added to the north side of the lava maze requiring 82 Agility to use. |
3 December 2015 (update) |
The message received when failing a stepping stone shortcut is now correctly filtered. |
30 July 2015 (update) |
The graphics for the tunnel shortcut under the Draynor wall are now the correct way round. |
2 July 2015 (update | poll) |
The agility shortcut unlocked as a reward from the Elite Desert achievement diary now takes you from the very start of the Kalphite Lair directly to the entrance of the Kalphite Queen boss room. |
9 April 2015 (update) |
Approaching the troll stronghold roof shortcut from the south no longer forces you to climb back down. |
5 March 2015 (update | poll) |
The following have been added to the game:
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9 October 2014 (update | poll) |
The strange floor agility shortcut are now significantly easier to click. |
17 July 2014 (update) |
Improved routefinding near the Yanille wall agility shortcut. |
30 January 2014 (update | poll) |
A shortcut has been added north of Varrock west bank, allowing easier access to the spirit tree. |