This page contains documented finding on each clue at this tier of difficulty. There are 6 different types of clue that can be completed to receive rewards, many of which will be rare items unobtainable any other way.
Upon completion of a Hard clue, the player is awarded 1,000xp in Exploration.
Obtaining Hard clues[]
Mining - Mithril ore, Graphite ore
Fishing - Raw swordfish, Raw tench, Raw monkfish, Raw karambwan
Woodcutting - Sequoia log, Yew log
Combat - Most mobs between level 60-79
Requirements[]
It is suggested to have the following levels and equipment to be able to complete all the possible hard clues.
Skill | Required level | Clue with this requirement |
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Exploration | 40 | Chest |
Smithing | 40 | NPC item - Can be bypassed by killing Icevelds. |
Item | Purpose | |
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Spade | Needed to dig up map and hot and cold clues |
Item | Purpose | |
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Speed potions | Any speed potion to get around faster. Super speed potion or extreme speed potion are preferred. | |
Teleport runes | Teleport runes for faster travel. An alternative is to use teleport tablets as they require no magic level to use. | |
Teleport jewelry | Games necklace, Skills necklace, Amulet of glory, Ring of dueling | |
Skillcapes | Any skillcape that grant teleports are highly useful. | |
Food | Food to recover health for hot and cold clues and aggressive mob attacks if doing clues at low level. | |
Item request items | Some tens of each of the items that may be required for item request clues in noted form. |
Types of Clues[]
Anagram Clues[]
Anagram | Solution NPC | Location | Coordinates |
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Ace Match Elm Me Am The Calc Them Cal Came |
Cam The Camel |
Al-Kharid, just outside to the north by the oasis. |
-130 / 70 / 110 |
Blue Grim Guided | Lumbridge Guide | Lumbridge Castle, right outside. | -295 / 70 / 175 |
Do Say More | Doomsayer | Lumbridge, in front of the Sheared Ram Bar. | -320 / 70 / 135 |
O Birdz A Zany En Pc | Cap'n Izzy No Beard | Brimhaven Agility course, just outside. | -1810 / 80 / 155 |
Peak Reflex | Flax Keeper | Seers' Village, in the Flax field. | -1785 / 70 / -500 |
Profs Lose Wrong Pie | Professor Onglewip | Wizards' Tower. | -660 / 80 / 355 |
Red Art Tans | Trader Stan | Port Sarim, on the southern-most dock. | -925 / 70 / 245 |
Slide Woman | Wise Old Man | Draynor Village, building across from bank. | -740 / 70 / 75 |
Thickno | Hickton | Catherby, in a building beside the Fisherman's shop. | -1540 / 70 / -495 |
Veil Veda | Evil Dave | Edgeville, in a building across from the general store. | -780 / 70 / -650 |
Chest clues[]
Riddle | Location | Location Image |
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A beam of light marks my location. | At the top of Varrock Palace. (-418 / 64 / -683) | |
A dragon could have done this, or a teen with fireworks. Anyways, our defences are open! | South Falador shortcut. (-1208 / 64 / -261) | |
A neglected bank, but so useful for miners. Here is a reminder, it's lonely in the attic. | Falador west bank. (-1188 / 64 / -282) | |
At the back of where the wild men eat, hide on the outside, under the floor. | Barbarian Village, back of the feast hall. (-786 / 64 / -501) | |
Despair is what they say is near, when you cross the ditch. But I'll keep selling my hay. | Below hay cart in Edgeville. (-786 / 64 / -694) | |
For some reason people keep asking if they can change their gender here. | House south of Dark Wizard tower (makeover mage's house). (-1252 / 64 / -130) | |
GRAAARGGHHH is what the owner of this house used to say (in Classic), but few fish caught close help still his hunger. | Behind a house closest to river in Barbarian Village. (-728 / 64 / -471) | |
Hidden on a path to the slayer city, I'm surrounded by mushrooms. | In a crevice along the road from Varrock to Pasterdomus Temple. (191 / 76 / -640) | |
I await for my friends to come, to help me at my comp. I want to start a new group, what do you call it a Cl... | Clan camp, south of Falador. (-1084 / 64 / -79) | |
I see stocks and shares flowing around from above I look at the filthy world of money. | Grand Exchange, on a hill next to the wall. (-431 / 64 / -677) | |
I stand on sand and see cows being murdered for their leather. | On the sandy peninsula next to Crafting Guild. (-1309 / 64 / -18) | |
In the deep underground, below the yew of ye' olde town. I hid in the sewer, just out of reach.. | Edgeville Dungeon, same room as beacon. (-616 / 64 / -667) | |
Only a crane could have brought me up this high. | At the top of the Varrock Lumberyard's crane. (-68 / 64 / -692) | |
Scientist sleep here and yet they still dont know how to light the fireplace. | A house in Rimmington. (-1243 / 64 / 218) | |
South west on fountain square, pretty close to a slayer dungeon. | Building directly north west of Falador center fountain, behind a counter. (-1139 / 64 / -330) | |
Such a messy place. But I get those white dudes who come to me for water. | Falador general store. (-1100 / 64 / -284) | |
The look, the view. I can see my people. The moat keeps me safe. | Falador White Knight's Castle. (-1025 / 85 / -174) | |
Why do you fall off the roof so much here, like, is the red scaring you, or is it the shiny knights. | Next to a house's wall near the beginning of the Falador Agility course. (-953 / 64 / -286) |
Cipher Clues[]
Map Clues[]
Map | Location | Location Image |
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South of Edgeville Monastery (-834 / 71 / -551) | ||
In the Druidic circle between Taverley and Burthorpe (-1290 / 76 / -683) | Add picture of location here. | |
Garden plot in Varrock Palace garden. (-325 / 69 / -589) | ||
Seers' Village beehives. (-1726 / 72 / -505) | ||
Front corner in Brimhaven agility facility. (-1812 / 77 / 146) | ||
Camp at the top of the White Wolf Mountain. (-1464 / 125 / -700) | ||
In front of the Ranging Guild. (-2014 / 76 / -523) |
Question Clues[]
Question | Solution |
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How many gravestones are in Lumbridge Graveyard? | 19 |
What is the next number in the sequence? 1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221, 312211 | 13112221 |
What is the next decimal 3.1415? | 9 |
What is 111 multiplied by 11? | 1221 |
What is -5 to the power of 3? | -125 |
What is 15 to the power of 3? | 3375 |
What is the cube root of 216? | 6 |
How many towers with a flag in Falador's castle? | 5 |
How many ships are there docked at Port Sarim currently? | 7 |
How many cannons does Lumbridge Castle have? | 11 |
There's a land where Terror reigns supreme, No matter the time the sun doesn't gleam, Explorers have died watching beacon's beam, To reach this hellscape you must travel upstream. | Wilderness |
Item Requests Clues[]
Requested item | Quantity | |
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Cooked swordfish | 5 | |
Apple | 12 | |
Lemon | 13 - 15 | |
Cooked monkfish | 9 | |
Mithril arrow | 24-60 | |
Coal ore | 14 | |
Mithril ore | 7 | |
Mithril bar | 6 | |
Yew log | 6-18 | |
Willow log | 10 | |
Mithril bolts | 40-61 | |
Hoe | 5-12 | |
Gold bar | 8 | |
Super defence potion | 4 | |
Law rune | 10 | |
Raw tench | 7-9 | |
Noilednad | 14 |
Beacons[]
See beacons for more information.
Rewards[]
Reward | Drop Chance |
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TBD | TBD |