Treasure Trails

"TT" redirects here. For the minigame in Morytania, see Temple Trekking. For the quest, see The Tourist Trap.

This is a dangerous activity.

On death, all unprotected items will be moved to a grave. Hardcore Ironmen will lose their status, and any items stored in any Item Retrieval Service will be deleted.

This article has a strategy guide.

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

Treasure Trails
Released		5 May 2004 (Update)
Type		Distraction and Diversion
Members		No
Location		Global
Reward currency		No
Music		Box of Delights (Mimic)

Treasure Trails is a Distraction and Diversion which involves solving clue scrolls, rarely dropped items dropped by the majority of monsters in RuneScape. Clue scrolls contain clues and riddles for the player to solve to eventually find a reward casket, which could contain unique rewards. A clue scroll can be obtained randomly from killing monsters, playing minigames, looting implings, fishing, woodcutting, or mining.

There are six different levels of clue scrolls. The higher level ones being more difficult to complete. Players can own up to one clue scroll of each level at a time. While treasure trails as an activity is available to free-to-play players, only the lowest level of clues can be found and completed in free-to-play worlds. The other five levels are all exclusive to members' worlds.

It should be noted that if a player dies in the Wilderness with a clue scroll (or reward casket) in level 20 or higher Wilderness and it is not one of the top 3 kept items (or top 4 with Protect Item prayer) or is not protected by a clue box (in which case the player will lose the box but keep the scroll), the clue scroll will disappear, regardless of whether it's a PvP death or not. In lower Wilderness however (level 20 or lower), in PvP death, an unprotected clue scroll will stay on the ground for up to one hour. 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 however will be lost upon death and duplicates are easily obtainable.

If players die to a monster outside of the wilderness they will always keep their clue scroll, whether protected or not, as it is an untradeable item.

There is no fixed location for Treasure Trails, the clue scrolls may send you throughout the whole of Gielinor. Therefore it is recommended to have access to as many teleports and transportation systems as possible.

Difficulty levels

Clue scrolls have six types of difficulty levels, these are: beginner, easy, medium, hard, elite, and master. More difficult trails provide more valuable rewards.

Only one clue scroll of the same difficulty may be in a player's possession at a time, however it is possible to possess multiple scrolls of different difficulties each. If one of your clue scrolls is still on the ground, it is possible to receive additional scrolls of the same difficulty as drops; if this happens, it is possible to complete both scrolls by leaving one on the ground and switching off between steps.

Some clues will require access to areas which may require quests, will require items that need a certain skill requirement in order to wear, wield or access, or will give a skill challenge that requires a certain level in that skill. The table below links to pages with all requirements. Temporary skill boosts can be used for most non-combat skill challenges.

Tier			Length	Guide	Requirements	Drop sources	Rewards
	Beginner		1-3 steps	Beginner clues guide	Requirements	List of sources	Reward casket
	Easy		2-4 steps	Easy clues guide	Requirements	List of sources	Reward casket
	Medium		3-5 steps	Medium clues guide	Requirements	List of sources	Reward casket
	Hard		4-6 steps	Hard clues guide	Requirements	List of sources	Reward casket
	Elite		5-7 steps	Elite clues guide	Requirements	List of sources	Reward casket
	Master		6-8 steps	Master clues guide	Requirements	List of sources	Reward casket

Solving the Treasure Trails

See the table below for links to the pages with solutions for each clue.

	Anagrams	Challenge scrolls	Ciphers	Coordinates	Cryptic clues	Emote clues	Hot Cold	Light boxes	Maps	Puzzle boxes
Beginner	Solutions	N/A	N/A	N/A	Solutions	Solutions	Solutions	N/A	Solutions	N/A
Easy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Solutions	Solutions	N/A	N/A	Solutions	N/A
Medium	Solutions	Solutions	Solutions	Solutions	Solutions	Solutions	N/A	N/A	Solutions	N/A
Hard	Solutions	Solutions	Solutions	Solutions	Solutions	Solutions	N/A	N/A	Solutions	Solutions
Elite	Solutions	Solutions	N/A	Solutions	Solutions	Solutions	N/A	N/A	Solutions	Solutions
Master	Solutions	N/A	N/A	Solutions	Solutions	Solutions	Solutions	Solutions	N/A	Solutions

STASH units

Main article: STASH

STASH units (short for "Store Things And Stuff Here"), also known as hidey holes, are storage units for emote clue items, saving bank space and bank trips for players who do Treasure Trails frequently.

There are 107 STASH units in total found throughout RuneScape. These locations are initially labelled as inconspicuous bushes/crates/holes/rocks, and, once built, become usable STASH units. Players can check which units they've already built/filled by visiting Watson and reading the noticeboard within his house.

Depending on the scenery the emote clue is located in, STASH may differ in appearance to appear as inconspicuous as possible. For a list of the locations of all STASH units as well as its building materials, visit this page.

Inconspicuous objects
Bush	Crate	Hole	Rocks
Constructed STASH units
Bush	Crate	Hole	Rocks

Possible rewards

	Treasure Trail complete!
The music that plays upon completing a Treasure Trail.

There are a total of 638 Unique rewards from all tiers of Clue scrolls. Starting with Hard Clues rewards may also include increasing access to items from the Mega Rare drop table such as Gilded Armour or Third Age equipment.

Universal rewards

Universal rewards are only available from easy Treasure Trails and above.

Image	Description
	10,000-15,000 coins.
	God pages for God books.
	God blessings
	Gnomish firelighters.
	Charge dragonstone jewellery scrolls
	Purple sweets
	Teleport scrolls
	Master scroll book
	Clue scroll (master)

Beginner rewards

Main article: Reward casket (beginner)

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

Image	Name
	Bear feet
	Mole slippers
	Frog slippers
	Demon feet
	Sandwich lady outfit
	Ornament kits (Zamorak, Saradomin, and Guthix)
	Trimmed monk's robes
	Amulet of defence (t)
	Jester cape
	Shoulder parrot

Easy rewards

Main article: Reward casket (easy)

As well as the unique Treasure Trails rewards, players may also receive a variety of items such as black armour, black weapons, willow shortbows, coifs, leather armour, yew shortbows, salmon, trout and steel pickaxes.

Image	Name
	Bronze trimmed armour
	Bronze gold-trimmed armour
	Iron trimmed armour
	Iron gold-trimmed armour
	Steel trimmed armour
	Steel gold-trimmed armour
	Black trimmed armour
	Black gold-trimmed armour
	Black, blue, white, and red berets
	Highwayman mask
	Beanie
	Blue trimmed wizard robes
	Blue gold-trimmed wizard robes
	Black trimmed wizard robes
	Black gold-trimmed wizard robes
	Trimmed studded leather armour
	Gold-trimmed studded leather armour
	Gold-trimmed leather armour
	Black heraldic armour (h1 to h5)
	Blue elegant clothing
	Green elegant clothing
	Red elegant clothing
	Bob the cat shirts
	Staff of bob the cat
	Emote enhancers
	Amulet of magic (t)
	Amulet of power (t)
	Rain bow
	Ham joint
	Black cane
	Black pickaxe
	Vestment robes (Guthix, Saradomin, Zamorak, Ancient, Bandos and Armadyl)
	Imp mask
	Goblin mask
	Team cape(i, x, zero)
	Cape of skulls
	Wooden shield (g)
	Golden chef's hat
	Golden apron
	Gold-trimmed monk's robes
	Large spade

Medium rewards

Main article: Reward casket (medium)

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 (medium).

Image	Name
	Mithril trimmed armour
	Mithril gold-trimmed armour
	Adamant trimmed armour
	Adamant gold-trimmed armour
	Climbing boots (g)
	Spiked manacles
	Ranger boots
	Holy sandals
	Wizard boots
	Headbands (Black, Red, Brown, Pink, Green, Blue, White, Gold)
	Boaters (Red, Orange, Green, Blue, Black, Pink, Purple, White)
	Trimmed green dragonhide armour
	Gold-trimmed green dragonhide armour
	Adamant heraldic armour (h1 to h5)
	Black/white elegant clothing
	Purple elegant clothing
	Pink elegant clothing
	Gold elegant clothing
	Wolf cloak and Wolf mask
	Amulet of strength (t)
	Adamant cane
	Vestment mitres and cloaks (Guthix, Saradomin, Zamorak, Zaros, Bandos, and Armadyl)
	Vestment stoles and croziers (Ancient, Armadyl, and Bandos)
	Cat mask
	Penguin mask
	Gnomish firelighter
	Crier hat
	Crier bell
	Crier coat
	Leprechaun hat
	Black leprechaun hat
	Black unicorn mask
	White unicorn mask
	Great Kourend city banners
	Cabbage round shield
	Clueless scroll

Hard rewards

Main article: Reward casket (hard)

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 (hard).

Image	Name
	Rune trimmed armour
	Rune gold-trimmed armour
	Guthix rune armour
	Saradomin rune armour
	Zamorak rune armour
	Ancient rune armour
	Bandos rune armour
	Armadyl rune armour
	Gilded armour
	Rune heraldic armour (h1 to h5)
	Blue d'hide trimmed armour
	Blue d'hide gold-trimmed armour
	Red d'hide trimmed armour
	Red d'hide gold-trimmed armour
	Enchanted robes
	Robin hood hat
	Cavaliers
	Pirate's hat
	3rd Age armour
	3rd Age ranger kit
	3rd Age mage robes
	Amulet of glory (t)
	Guthix blessed d'hide armour
	Saradomin blessed d'hide armour
	Zamorak blessed d'hide armour
	Armadyl blessed d'hide armour
	Ancient blessed d'hide armour
	Bandos blessed d'hide armour
	Vestment stoles and croziers (Guthix, Saradomin, and Zamorak)
	Chromatic dragon masks
	Pith helmet
	Explorer backpack
	Rune cane
	Zombie head
	Cyclops head
	Nunchaku
	Dual sai
	Thieving bag
	Ornament kits

Elite rewards

Main article: Reward casket (elite)

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 (elite).

Image	Name
	Dragon ornament kits
	Infinity colour kits
	Fury ornament kit
	Musketeer outfit
	Dragon cane
	Briefcase
	Sagacious spectacles
	Gilded equipment
	Top hat
	Monocle
	Big pirate hat
	Deerstalker
	Metal dragon masks
	Lava dragon mask
	Black d'hide trimmed armour
	Black d'hide gold-trimmed armour
	Rangers' tunic
	3rd age cloak/3rd age weapons (along with all other 3rd age items excluding tools)
	Afro
	Katana
	Royal set
	Kourend city scarves
	Blacksmith's helm
	Bucket helm
	Ranger gloves
	Holy wraps
	Ring of nature
	Dark tuxedo outfit
	Light tuxedo outfit
	Rangers' tights
	Uri's hat
	Fremennik kilt
	Heavy casket
	Giant boot

Master rewards

Main article: Reward casket (master)

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

Average rewards value

For the average value of each completed clue scroll, see the table below.

Tier		Average gp per roll	Average gp per clue	Milestone reward		Clue scrolls required
	Beginner	1,833.00	3,667.00		Explore	600
	Easy	14,521.00	43,563.00		Large spade	500
	Medium	42,526.00	170,107.00		Clueless scroll	400
	Hard	28,099.00	140,497.00		Uri transform	300
	Elite	43,723.00	218,618.00		Heavy casket	200
	Master	108,022.00	648,137.00		Scroll sack	100

Ranks

A player may check the amount of Treasure Trails they have completed by clicking on the Treasure Trail Statistics or by checking the Adventure log in their Player-owned house. These interfaces also show the player's Treasure Trails rank.

Completed clue scrolls	Rank
0-100	Beginner
101-200	Novice
201-400	The Explorer
401-600	Treasure Hunter
601-1000	Expert
1,001-1,500	Elite
1,501-2,000	Master
2,001+	Legend

Changes

Date	Changes
17 February 2021 (update)	Two new elite Treasure Trail steps were added.
8 October 2015 (update)	Increased the zone check for an emote clue at the Observatory.
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.
18 June 2015 (update)	You will now be able to have up to one clue scroll of each tier and will be able to complete clue scrolls of different tiers simultaneously.
22 January 2015 (update)	You can no longer receive a clue scroll if Priestess Zul-Gwenwynig is protecting one for you.
17 July 2014 (update | poll)	Lumberyard teleport scrolls are now available as clue scroll rewards. Clue scrolls and caskets can no longer be picked up on F2P worlds.
19 June 2014 (update | poll)	You can no longer receive a clue scroll drop if you have a skill challenge scroll. Appended text on various clue scrolls to make them a little clearer. Fixed a few clue scroll typos.
12 June 2014 (update)	Elite clue drops have been added as a drop from high level monsters. Patchy is now able to combine some clue scroll rewards. The toybox in your player owned house was updated to store new rewards Some clue scroll rewards have been renamed to be more easily searchable When you complete a clue scroll the game will now tell you how many of each tier of clue you've completed. This is also shown at the observatory.
1 May 2014 (update)	Clue scrolls are now universally dropped in addition to other drops rather than instead of them.