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Shades of Mort'ton Quest Guide

By: VeNoM0619

Edited by: Not_a_kitty and King Zonk

Pictures: Lord thief

Coded by: Glodenox and King Zonk

Starting Point: The Town of Mort'ton to the southeast of Filliman Tarlocks Camp

Start: Explore the Town and uncover its Secrets

Mission Length: Short

Difficulty: Easy

Members Only: Yes

Minimum Requirements:
  • Level 15 Herblore
  • Level 20 Crafting
  • A group of People, the higher their Crafting Levels, the less People needed
Items Needed:Vial of Water, Tinderbox, Hatchet, around 10,000 Gold Pieces
  1. Head to the southern most part of the Mort Myre Swamp, across the Bridge, and into the Maze. East of the Maze is the "Town of Mort'ton".

  2. In the center of the Town, there's a Building with a Smashed Table. Search the Smashed Table for a Herb called "Rogues Purse" and two Tarromins (keep all of these). Search the Shelf next to it for a Diary.

  3. Cut down a Tree and burn the Logs to get Ashes. Mix a Vial of Water with Tarromin, and then use this Unfinished Potion with the Ashes to make Serum 207(3)   , use this with the General Store Manager to cure him temporarily. He will request you to kill five Shades and bring their Remains, so he can conduct Experiments on them.

  4. Kill five Loar Shades and grab their Remains (make sure you kill them, not just pick up Remains from other's kills), after each one you should get a message telling you how many you have left to kill. Show the Remains to the Manager, if he has changed back into an Afflicted, use the Serum on him again. Then use another Dose of Serum on the other Afflicted Villager (Alsquire) who is in a Building just southeast of the General Store.

  5. Ask Alsquire about the Temple; he will Talk about Rebuilding it, but not having the Materials. Go to the General Store again (you may have to make another Serum at this point) and ask about the Temple. Then buy a few of each of the Materials in the Building Store, for every five Swamp Tar, you will need one Plank and one Limestone. You will only ever need one Limestone Brick. You will also need to Buy a few Oils and a Hammer from the General Store.

  6. Head northeast to the Temple with your Supplies and attempt to finish building the Temple. You will need a group of People to repair the Temple as well as keep the Shades attacking it at bay.

  7. After the Temple is built (100% repair) you will need 10% or more Sanctity to Light the Altar in the middle. Continue repairing the Temple to raise your Sanctity.

  8. When your Sanctity is over 10% light the Altar in the center of the Temple with a Tinderbox. Use the Olive Oil, that you bought, with the Flaming Altar to get Sacred Oil. Making Sacred Oil will lower your Sanctity, so you may have to repair the Temple more to make several Oils.

  9. Use the Sacred Oil on some Regular Logs (you can cut these all around Mort'ton) to get Pyre Logs.

  10. Grab some more Shade Remains; you will now need to set the Shades Spirit to Rest. To the south of the Village are Coffins or "Funeral Pyres". Put the Logs on the Funeral Pyre, put on the Shade Remains, and Light the Pyre.

  11. Now Talk to Alsquire to Complete the Quest.

You have completed the Shades of Mort'ton Quest!
3 Quest Points
2,000 Crafting Experience
2,000 Herblore Experience

Rewards:
  • 2,000 Herblore Experience
  • 2,000 Crafting Experience
  • If you give the Diary to the Apothecary in Varrock you will Receive an additional 300 Herblore Experience
Additional Parts of Mort'ton:

Curing the Villagers:

To permanently Cure the Villagers you first need to raise your Sanctity to 20% or higher. Bring a Serum to the Lit Altar and use it with the Lit Altar to make Serum(p). Use Serum(p) with the Villagers to permanently Cure them and receive about 200 Gold Pieces from each.

Exploring the Shade Dungeon:

The Shade Dungeon is located to the north of Mort'ton. Inside there are several different kinds of Shades as well as Chests with some valuable Loot. To open these Chests you will need to cremate Shades. To do this you will need to kill Shades and create Pyre Logs to use for the Cremation. Conveniently, all Shades attack with Melee.

Sacred Oil doses required for each Log:
  • 2 Doses per Regular

  • 2 Doses per Oak (requires Level 20 Firemaking to Light)

  • 3 Doses per Willow (requires Level 35 Firemaking to Light)

  • 3 Doses per Maple (requires Level 50 Firemaking to Light)

  • 4 Doses per Yew Logs (requires Level 65 Firemaking to Light)

  • 4 Doses per Magic Logs (requires Level 80 Firemaking to Light)
Table of Cremation for Shades:



Note: Cremating Shades does not always give a Key; they can sometimes give 10-30 Gold Pieces instead.

Dungeon Layout:
Bronze Key Required to Enter Dungeon to Level 60 Phrin Shades
Steel Key Required to get past Steel Doors to Level 80 Riyl Shades
Black Key Required to get past Black Doors to Level 100 Asyn Shades
Silver Key Required to get past Silver Doors to Level 120 Fiyr Shades

Note: You will NOT lose your Key by entering a Door; you can only lose it by opening Chests. Any Higher-Level Key can open any Lower Level Door (example: a Silver Key can open any Door, regardless of whether it is a Bronze or Steel Door)

Key Rewards:
  • Purple > Black > Crimson > Brown > Red

  • (A Purple Key usually gives a better Reward than a Black Key, which usually gives a better Reward than a Crimson Key, and so on).

  • Bronze colored Keys give anything from Steel to Mithril Items.

  • Steel colored Keys give anything from Steel to Adamantite Items.

  • Black colored Keys give anything from Black to Adamantite Items.

  • Silver colored Keys give anything from Black to Rune Items.
Map of the Dungeon



One of the most important rewards in the Shade Dungeon is Fine Cloth, used with Bark to make Split Bark Mage Armor.

Each Chest can give Fine Cloth as a Reward only Black and Silver Chests have a higher chance. (with about a 3-10% chance)



To make Mage Armor you will also need Bark. Barkcan be Obtained by Cutting the Hollow Trees in the Eastern part of



The Trees require Level 45 Woodcutting to Chop, and are guarded by Level 6 Bats, Level 42 Leeches, and Level 72 Vampires.

Congratulations! Quest Complete!





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