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{{Quest
{{Infobox quest
 
 
|name = Black Knights' Fortress
 
|name = Black Knights' Fortress
 
|number = 12
 
|number = 12
|image = [[File:Black Knights' Fortress (quest).png|300px]]
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|image = [[File:Black Knights' Fortress.png|300px]]
 
|members = No
 
|members = No
|release = 6 April 2001
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|release = 6 April [[2001]]
 
|update = Massive update!
 
|update = Massive update!
 
|series = None
 
|series = None
 
|difficulty = Novice
 
|difficulty = Novice
|length = Short/Medium
 
 
|developer = Paul Gower
 
|developer = Paul Gower
 
}}
 
}}
 
 
==Details==
 
==Details==
 
{{Quest details
 
{{Quest details
|start = Talk to [[Sir Amik Varze]], located on the {{FloorNumber|3}} of the western tower of the [[White Knights' Castle]] in [[Falador]].
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|start = Speak to [[Sir Amik Varze]] on the {{FloorNumber|3}} of the [[White Knights' Castle]]'s western tower in [[Falador]].
 
|difficulty = Novice
 
|difficulty = Novice
 
|description = The Black Knights are up to no good. You are hired by the white knights to spy on them and destroy their secret weapon.
 
|description = The Black Knights are up to no good. You are hired by the white knights to spy on them and destroy their secret weapon.
|length = Short/Medium
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|length = Short
 
|requirements = *{{Skill clickpic|Quest|12}} [[Quest points]]
 
|requirements = *{{Skill clickpic|Quest|12}} [[Quest points]]
 
*The ability to evade level 33 [[Black Knight]]s
 
*The ability to evade level 33 [[Black Knight]]s
|items = *A [[cabbage]] '''not''' from [[Draynor Manor]] ''(one from [[Edgeville Monastery]] suggested)''
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|items = *[[Cabbage]] (''NOT'' from [[Draynor Manor]], [[Draynor Village]] cabbage is okay)
*An [[iron chainbody]] (can be purchased at [[Horvik's Armour Shop]] in [[Varrock]] and from [[Wayne's Chains - Chainmail Specialist|Wayne's Chains]] in [[Falador]])
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*[[Iron chainbody]] (can be purchased at [[Horvik's Armour Shop]] in [[Varrock]] and from [[Wayne's Chains - Chainmail Specialist|Wayne's Chains]] in [[Falador]])
*A [[bronze med helm]] (can be purchased in the helmet shop in [[Barbarian Village]], spawns by the backdoor of [[Draynor Manor]].)
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*[[Bronze med helm]] (can be purchased in the helmet shop in [[Barbarian Village]], spawns by the backdoor of [[Draynor Manor]])
 
'''Recommended:'''
 
'''Recommended:'''
 
*[[Food]]
 
*[[Food]]
 
*[[Armour]]
 
*[[Armour]]
 
*[[Falador teleport]]s
 
*[[Falador teleport]]s
 
|kills =Black Knight
*A [[combat bracelet]]
 
|kills = [[Black Knight]] ''(Level 33)''
 
 
}}
 
}}
   
 
==Setting up==
 
==Setting up==
 
===Getting the required items===
 
===Getting the required items===
First of all, to save time, get the items. Grab a [[cabbage]] from [[Edgeville Monastery]] near the [[Black Knights' Fortress (building)|Black Knights' Fortress]] or at the cabbage patch in the [[Falador farm|farm south of Falador]] (cabbage taken from [[Draynor Manor]] will not work; you will find out why during the quest), buy an [[iron chainbody]] from [[Wayne's Chains - Chainmail Specialist|Wayne's Chains]] in [[Falador]], and buy a [[bronze med helm]] from [[Peksa]] in [[Barbarian Village]] (or get one in the backroom of Draynor Manor). If your [[Smithing]] level is high enough (3 for the bronze medium helmet, and 26 for the iron chainbody), you can just smith the chain and the helmet. If not, you'll have to buy them from the shops listed above or buy them from the [[Grand Exchange]].
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First of all, to save time, get the items. Grab a [[cabbage]] from [[Edgeville Monastery]] near the [[Black Knights' Fortress (location)|Black Knights' Fortress]] or at the cabbage patch in the [[Falador farm|farm south of Falador]] (cabbage taken from [[Draynor Manor]] will not work; you will find out why during the quest), buy an [[iron chainbody]] from [[Wayne's Chains - Chainmail Specialist|Wayne's Chains]] in [[Falador]], and buy a [[bronze med helm]] from [[Peksa]] in [[Barbarian Village]] (or get one in the backroom of Draynor Manor). If your [[Smithing]] level is high enough (3 for the bronze medium helmet, and 26 for the iron chainbody), you can just smith the chain and the helmet. If not, you'll have to buy them from the shops listed above or buy them from the [[Grand Exchange]].
   
 
==Walkthrough==
 
==Walkthrough==
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'''''Items required:''' None.''
 
'''''Items required:''' None.''
   
Talk to [[Sir Amik Varze]], who can be found on the 3rd floor of the tower on the western side of [[White Knights' Castle]]. He will tell you that he needs a spy. He wants you to spy on the [[Kinshra|Black Knights]] for him at their fortress located northeast of [[Falador]] near [[Ice Mountain]]. He wants you to find out what their new weapon is and destroy it.
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Talk to [[Sir Amik Varze]], who can be found on the {{FloorNumber|3}} of the western part of [[White Knights' Castle]]. He will tell you that he needs a spy. He wants you to spy on the [[Kinshra|Black Knights]] for him at their fortress located northeast of [[Falador]] near [[Ice Mountain]]. He wants you to find out what their new weapon is and destroy it. A free inventory space is needed for a dossier handed to you by Sir Amik Varze. The dossier will self-destruct once you read it, meaning that you could drop and then pick up an item if you have a full inventory.
   
 
===Infiltrating the fortress===
 
===Infiltrating the fortress===
 
'''''Items required:''' An [[iron chainbody]] and a [[bronze med helm]].''
 
'''''Items required:''' An [[iron chainbody]] and a [[bronze med helm]].''
[[File:Edgeville & Surround.png|thumb|220px|The fortress is due northeast of Falador and slightly west of the Monastery.]]
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[[File:Black Knights' Fortress - Area.png|thumb|220px|The fortress is due northeast of Falador and slightly west of the Monastery.]]
Make your way to the [[Black Knights' Fortress (building)|Black Knights' Fortress]]. It is northeast of the [[Dwarven Mine]] and the [[Oracle]], northwest of the [[Edgeville Monastery|Monastery]]. Run through the [[Black Knight]]s, as they will attack you because they are naturally [[Aggressiveness|aggressive]]. Enter the door to the south surrounded by guards. Make sure you are wearing the [[Iron chainbody]] and the [[Bronze med helm]], or they won't let you enter.
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Make your way to the [[Black Knights' Fortress (location)|Black Knights' Fortress]]. It is northeast of the [[Dwarven Mine]] and the [[Oracle]], northwest of the [[Edgeville Monastery|Monastery]]. Run through the [[Black Knight]]s, as they will attack you because they are naturally [[Aggressiveness|aggressive]]. Enter the door to the south surrounded by guards. Make sure you are wearing the [[Iron chainbody]] and the [[Bronze med helm]], or they won't let you enter.
   
Once inside, the wall right in front of you can be pushed. Push it to enter a small room. Climb up the ladder in this small room and then up the ladder immediately to the right of it. Climb down the ladder just south, go through a door to the east and then up another ladder. Climb down the ladder beside the one you just came up and you will end up in a room with a Zamorak altar. Open the door and run to avoid the knights. Climb down the ladder to the southwest, and you will find yourself in a small room. In this small room, there should be a grill. Click on it to listen. You will hear a conversation between a [[witch]] and a [[goblin]].
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Once inside, the wall right in front of you can be pushed. Push it to enter a small room. Climb up the ladder in this small room and then up the ladder immediately to the right of it. Climb down the ladder just south, go through a door to the east and then up another ladder. Climb down the ladder beside the one you just came up and you will end up in a room with a chaos altar. Open the door and run to avoid the knights. Climb down the ladder to the southwest, and you will find yourself in a small room. In this small room, there should be a grill. Click on it to listen. You will hear a conversation between a [[witch]] and a [[goblin]].
   
 
===Sabotaging the secret weapon===
 
===Sabotaging the secret weapon===
 
'''''Items required:''' A [[cabbage]].''
 
'''''Items required:''' A [[cabbage]].''
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[[File:Black Knights' Fortress cauldron.png|thumb|220px|Dropping the cabbage creates a strange reaction.]]
 
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''(If you are at low health from any previously encountered [[Black Knight]]s, you can go to the [[Edgeville Monastery|Monastery]] located East of the [[Black Knights' Fortress (location)|Black Knights' Fortress]] and speak to a [[Monk]] to heal you)''
Follow the ladders back to the room with the false wall, and try to open the door to the east where many [[Black Knight]]s are walking around a table. You will be stopped from opening the door, since a guard will talk to you. You may have to kill an aggressive black knight in the room before you can complete the dialog. ''If you are having trouble with the aggressive knight, you can lure him away and quickly confirm the door dialog by pressing spacebar, 2, spacebar. ''He will say that there is an important meeting going on and they'll kill anyone who gets in. Say you don't care and that you're going in anyway. Run from the knights and climb up the ladder on the northern wall of the room. Walk east and south and look for a wall you can push. Push the wall to see a hole. '''Right-click''' your [[cabbage]] so that you do not eat it, and use it with the hole that should be in the room. You will hear the witch groan, meaning you destroyed the weapon.
 
 
[[File:Black Knights' Fortress - Cauldron.png|thumb|220px|Dropping the cabbage creates a strange reaction.]]
 
Follow the ladders back to the room with the false wall, and try to open the door to the east where many [[Black Knight]]s are walking around a table. You will be stopped from opening the door, since a guard will talk to you. You may have to kill an aggressive black knight in the room before you can complete the dialog. ''If you are having trouble with the aggressive knight, you should hop worlds. You could also try to lure him away and quickly confirm the door dialog by pressing spacebar, 2, spacebar. ''He will say that there is an important meeting going on and they'll kill anyone who gets in. Say you don't care and that you're going in anyway. Run from the knights and climb up the ladder on the northern wall of the room. Walk east and south and look for a wall you can push. Push the wall to see a hole. '''Right-click''' your [[cabbage]] so that you do not eat it, and use it with the hole that should be in the room. You will hear the witch groan, meaning you destroyed the weapon.
   
 
===Return to Falador===
 
===Return to Falador===
 
'''''Items required:''' None.''
 
'''''Items required:''' None.''
   
Now, go back to [[Sir Amik Varze]], and tell him you sabotaged the weapon. When he is done talking, you will have finished the quest.
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Now, go back to [[Sir Amik Varze]], and tell him you sabotaged the weapon. When he is done talking, you will have finished the quest, and have received your award.
   
 
==Reward==
 
==Reward==
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{{Quest rewards
[[File:Black Knights' Fortress reward scroll.png|centre]]
 
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|name = Black Knights' Fortress
*{{Skill clickpic|Quest|3}} [[Quest points]]
 
 
|image = [[File:Black Knights' Fortress reward scroll.png|centre]]
*2,500 [[Coins]]
 
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|qp = 3
 
|rewards = *2,500 [[Coins]]
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}}
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==Required for completing==
 
* [[Recruitment Drive]]
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* [[King's Ransom]]
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
*The [[Quest points|Quest point]] requirement was added to discourage players from creating new accounts to do the quest and transfer the 2,500 [[coins]] to their main characters.
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*The [[Quest point]] requirement was added to discourage players from creating new accounts to do the quest and transfer the 2,500 [[coins]] to their main characters.
 
*If you try to throw a [[Draynor Manor]] cabbage down into the cauldron it will say the following: "''This is the wrong sort of cabbage!''" with your character stating: "''I'm not supposed to be HELPING the witch you know...''"
 
*If you try to throw a [[Draynor Manor]] cabbage down into the cauldron it will say the following: "''This is the wrong sort of cabbage!''" with your character stating: "''I'm not supposed to be HELPING the witch you know...''"
*When talking to [[Sir Amik Varze]] to start the quest, he says "Your mission, should you decide to accept it". This is a possible reference to ''{{Wp|Mission: Impossible (film series)|Mission Impossible}}''.
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*When talking to [[Sir Amik Varze]] to start the quest, he says "Your mission, should you decide to accept it". This is a reference to ''{{Wp|Mission: Impossible (film series)|Mission Impossible}}''.
 
*Reading the Dossier given to you by [[Sir Amik Varze]] it reads "''Infiltrate fortress… sabotage secret weapon… self destruct in 3…2…ARG''!" another reference to Mission Impossible
 
*Reading the Dossier given to you by [[Sir Amik Varze]] it reads "''Infiltrate fortress… sabotage secret weapon… self destruct in 3…2…ARG''!" another reference to Mission Impossible
 
*This quest was named Spy Quest before membership was released.
 
*This quest was named Spy Quest before membership was released.
 
*At first, the quest gave around 250 [[Thieving]] experience as a reward. Thieving was in the skill menu at the time, but had not been programmed yet. The skill was later removed and added back in 2002, but the quest no longer gave Thieving experience.
 
*At first, the quest gave around 250 [[Thieving]] experience as a reward. Thieving was in the skill menu at the time, but had not been programmed yet. The skill was later removed and added back in 2002, but the quest no longer gave Thieving experience.
 
*When talking to Sir Amik Varze to start the quest, you can choose to say "''I laugh in the face of danger!''". This is most likely a reference to ''Simba'' in ''{{Wp|The Lion King}}''.
 
*When talking to Sir Amik Varze to start the quest, you can choose to say "''I laugh in the face of danger!''". This is most likely a reference to ''Simba'' in ''{{Wp|The Lion King}}''.
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*Sir Amik Varze is a homophone to "Ceramic Vase".
 
[[Category:Black Knights' Fortress]]
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{{Black Knights' Fortress}}
[[Category:Recruitment Drive]]
 
[[Category:Free-to-play Quests]]
 

Revision as of 07:20, 9 February 2020

Instruction manual
This quest has a quick guide found here.
It briefly summarises the steps needed to complete the quest.
Old School RuneScape uses the British convention for floor numbering: Ground floor, first floor, etc.
This article is about the quest. For the building, see Black Knights' Fortress (location).

Details

Start point Speak to Sir Amik Varze on the 2nd3rd floor[?] of the White Knights' Castle's western tower in Falador. Speak to Sir Amik Varze on the 2nd floor[?] of the White Knights' Castle's western tower in Falador.
Official difficulty Novice
Description The Black Knights are up to no good. You are hired by the white knights to spy on them and destroy their secret weapon.
Length Short
Requirements
Items required

Recommended:

Enemies to defeat Black Knight

Setting up

Getting the required items

First of all, to save time, get the items. Grab a cabbage from Edgeville Monastery near the Black Knights' Fortress or at the cabbage patch in the farm south of Falador (cabbage taken from Draynor Manor will not work; you will find out why during the quest), buy an iron chainbody from Wayne's Chains in Falador, and buy a bronze med helm from Peksa in Barbarian Village (or get one in the backroom of Draynor Manor). If your Smithing level is high enough (3 for the bronze medium helmet, and 26 for the iron chainbody), you can just smith the chain and the helmet. If not, you'll have to buy them from the shops listed above or buy them from the Grand Exchange.

Walkthrough

Starting out

Items required: None.

Talk to Sir Amik Varze, who can be found on the 2nd floor[?] of the western part of White Knights' Castle. He will tell you that he needs a spy. He wants you to spy on the Black Knights for him at their fortress located northeast of Falador near Ice Mountain. He wants you to find out what their new weapon is and destroy it. A free inventory space is needed for a dossier handed to you by Sir Amik Varze. The dossier will self-destruct once you read it, meaning that you could drop and then pick up an item if you have a full inventory.

Infiltrating the fortress

Items required: An iron chainbody and a bronze med helm.

Black Knights' Fortress - Area

The fortress is due northeast of Falador and slightly west of the Monastery.

Make your way to the Black Knights' Fortress. It is northeast of the Dwarven Mine and the Oracle, northwest of the Monastery. Run through the Black Knights, as they will attack you because they are naturally aggressive. Enter the door to the south surrounded by guards. Make sure you are wearing the Iron chainbody and the Bronze med helm, or they won't let you enter.

Once inside, the wall right in front of you can be pushed. Push it to enter a small room. Climb up the ladder in this small room and then up the ladder immediately to the right of it. Climb down the ladder just south, go through a door to the east and then up another ladder. Climb down the ladder beside the one you just came up and you will end up in a room with a chaos altar. Open the door and run to avoid the knights. Climb down the ladder to the southwest, and you will find yourself in a small room. In this small room, there should be a grill. Click on it to listen. You will hear a conversation between a witch and a goblin.

Sabotaging the secret weapon

Items required: A cabbage.

(If you are at low health from any previously encountered Black Knights, you can go to the Monastery located East of the Black Knights' Fortress and speak to a Monk to heal you)

Black Knights' Fortress - Cauldron

Dropping the cabbage creates a strange reaction.

Follow the ladders back to the room with the false wall, and try to open the door to the east where many Black Knights are walking around a table. You will be stopped from opening the door, since a guard will talk to you. You may have to kill an aggressive black knight in the room before you can complete the dialog. If you are having trouble with the aggressive knight, you should hop worlds. You could also try to lure him away and quickly confirm the door dialog by pressing spacebar, 2, spacebar. He will say that there is an important meeting going on and they'll kill anyone who gets in. Say you don't care and that you're going in anyway. Run from the knights and climb up the ladder on the northern wall of the room. Walk east and south and look for a wall you can push. Push the wall to see a hole. Right-click your cabbage so that you do not eat it, and use it with the hole that should be in the room. You will hear the witch groan, meaning you destroyed the weapon.

Return to Falador

Items required: None.

Now, go back to Sir Amik Varze, and tell him you sabotaged the weapon. When he is done talking, you will have finished the quest, and have received your award.

Reward

Black Knights' Fortress reward scroll

Required for completing

Trivia

  • The Quest point requirement was added to discourage players from creating new accounts to do the quest and transfer the 2,500 coins to their main characters.
  • If you try to throw a Draynor Manor cabbage down into the cauldron it will say the following: "This is the wrong sort of cabbage!" with your character stating: "I'm not supposed to be HELPING the witch you know..."
  • When talking to Sir Amik Varze to start the quest, he says "Your mission, should you decide to accept it". This is a reference to Mission Impossible.
  • Reading the Dossier given to you by Sir Amik Varze it reads "Infiltrate fortress… sabotage secret weapon… self destruct in 3…2…ARG!" another reference to Mission Impossible
  • This quest was named Spy Quest before membership was released.
  • At first, the quest gave around 250 Thieving experience as a reward. Thieving was in the skill menu at the time, but had not been programmed yet. The skill was later removed and added back in 2002, but the quest no longer gave Thieving experience.
  • When talking to Sir Amik Varze to start the quest, you can choose to say "I laugh in the face of danger!". This is most likely a reference to Simba in The Lion King.