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{{Quick guide}}
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{{Has quick guide}}
 
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{{Infobox Quest
 
| name = Black Knights' Fortress
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{{otheruses|the quest|the building|Black Knights' Fortress (location)}}
 
{{Quest
| image = [[File:Black Knight's Fortress.png|300px]]
 
 
|name = Black Knights' Fortress
| aka =
 
 
|number = 12
| release = [[6 April]] [[2001]]
 
 
|image = [[File:Black Knights' Fortress.png|300px]]
| update = Massive update!
 
| members = No
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|members = No
 
|release = 6 April [[2001]]
| series = [[Temple Knight series|Temple Knight]]
 
 
|update = Massive update!
| difficulty = Novice
 
| length = Short
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|series = None
 
|difficulty = Novice
| number = 10
 
| developer = [[Paul Gower]]
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|developer = Paul Gower
 
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==Details==
 
{{otheruses|the quest|the building|Black Knights' Fortress (building)}}
 
 
{{Floor}}
 
 
==Official description==
 
{{cquote2|The [[Black Knights]] are up to no good.
 
 
You are hired by the [[White Knights]] to spy on them and uncover their evil scheme.|[[Game Guide]]|}}
 
 
== Walkthrough ==
 
 
{{Quest details
 
{{Quest details
|start = Talk to [[Sir Amik Varze]], located on the {{FloorNumber|3}} <!-- Due to the British floor numbering convention, Sir Amik is on the second floor, DO NOT PUT THIRD--> in 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
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|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.
|wdifficulty = 2
 
|length = Short (8 - 12 mins)
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|length = Short
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|requirements = *{{Skill clickpic|Quest|12}} [[Quest points]]
|members = No
 
 
*The ability to evade level 33 [[Black Knight]]s
|requirements =
 
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|items = *[[Cabbage]] (''NOT'' from [[Draynor Manor]], [[Draynor Village]] cabbage is okay)
13 [[quest points]] (not for entering the fortress, but for starting the quest)
 
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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]])
*Able to evade or kill level 33 [[Black Knight]]s
 
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*[[Bronze med helm]] (can be purchased in the helmet shop in [[Barbarian Village]], spawns by the backdoor of [[Draynor Manor]])
|items =
 
*A [[cabbage]] ('''not''' obtained from [[Draynor Manor]])
 
*An [[iron chainbody]] ([[Horvik]] and [[Wayne]] sell these for 210 [[coins]], {{GEPrice|Iron chainbody}} [[coins]] on [[Grand Exchange]])
 
*A [[Bronze helm]] ([[Peksa]] and [[Horvik]] sell these for 24 [[coins]], {{GEPrice|Bronze helm}} [[coins]] on [[Grand Exchange]])
 
 
'''Recommended:'''
 
'''Recommended:'''
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*[[Food]]
*Food (for lower-levelled players)
 
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*[[Armour]]
*Activated [[Lodestone network]] at Edgeville
 
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*[[Falador teleport]]s
|kills = Level 33 [[Black Knight]]s (optional)
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|kills =Black Knight
 
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==Setting up==
[[File:Sir amik varze detail.png|left]]
 
===Black Knights===
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===Getting the required items===
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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]].
[[File:Black Knight Fortress location.png|thumb|The location of the fortress on the world map.]]
 
To start, speak to [[Sir Amik Varze]] on the {{FloorNumber|3}} floor of the [[White Knights' Castle]], in central [[Falador]]. He can be found in the west portion of the castle. Sir Amik tells you that the [[Black knights]] have started demanding a lot of money from Falador, and threaten to invade the city if their demand is not complied with. Although he doesn't take the threat seriously, he feels uneasy to the black knights' mention of a powerful, secret weapon and will ask you to check on them. He hands you a [[dossier]] for more information.
 
   
===Camouflage===
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==Walkthrough==
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===Starting out===
The fortress is located north of [[Ice Mountain]], just south of the [[Wilderness wall]]. The fortress is not very far from Edgeville, so players may simply home teleport to Edgeville and run south-west to reach it.
 
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'''''Items required:''' None.''
   
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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.
[[File:Secret door.png|thumb|The secret door.]]
 
To gain access to the fortress, you will need a [[Bronze helm]] and an [[iron chainbody]]. Additionally, it can be time-saving if you obtain a [[cabbage]] from anywhere, except [[Draynor Manor]]. The cabbage can easily be picked from the [[Monastery]] to the east of Ice Mountain as it is on the way from Falador to the fortress.
 
   
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===Infiltrating the fortress===
Before entering the fortress, equip the bronze helm and the iron chainbody. Enter the sturdy door on the south side of the fortress. As you are disguised amongst all the guards, you will be permitted to enter into the fortress, hassle-free.
 
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'''''Items required:''' An [[iron chainbody]] and a [[bronze med helm]].''
 
[[File:Black Knights' Fortress - Area.png|thumb|220px|The fortress is due northeast of Falador and slightly west of the Monastery.]]
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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.
   
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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]].
:''Since it is not necessary to keep the guard disguise once in the fortress, better armour may be used to for greater protection. This may improve the chance of survival for lower levelled players.''
 
   
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===Sabotaging the secret weapon===
===Infiltration===
 
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'''''Items required:''' A [[cabbage]].''
[[File:Black Knights' Fortress Building Map.png|thumb|300px|The map of the fortress]]
 
After entering the fortress, go through the fake wall directly in front of you.
 
   
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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)''
*Climb up the ladder twice, and you will be on the roof.
 
 
[[File:Black Knights' Fortress - Cauldron.png|thumb|220px|Dropping the cabbage creates a strange reaction.]]
*Go south and climb the ladder down one floor.
 
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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.
*You will see a door to your east; go through it into the adjacent room and take the ladder up.
 
*Head down the ladder immediately next to you, and you will find yourself in a room with an altar.
 
*Exit the room and climb down the ladder south-west of the room. Go down the pathway, and you will find a ventilation grill at the end.
 
   
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===Return to Falador===
Listen-at the grill, and you will eavesdrop in on a conversation below you. The Black Knights have commissioned a witch to brew them an invincibility potion to fight with the White Knights. Part-way through the conversation, the witch orders one of her servants to only bring the cabbage that grows in [[Draynor Manor]], as any other cabbage would only wreck the potion.
 
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'''''Items required:''' None.''
   
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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.
===Sabotage===
 
Make sure you have a cabbage with you, and return to the entrance of the castle. Once you're at the entrance, go into the banquet hall to the east, filled with all the knights. When you try to enter the room, you will be notified that the knights are in an important mission and that anyone who tries to enter the room will be killed. Enter the room anyway.
 
   
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==Reward==
[[File:BKF Banquet Hall.png|thumb|300px|The banquet hall.]]
 
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{{Quest rewards
In the hall, climb up the ladder in the north-west corner of the room. Walk south-east, through the hallway, to reach a wall. Push it open and you will see a hole in the floor, which is co-incidentally, placed just above the witch's cauldron.
 
 
|name = Black Knights' Fortress
 
 
|image = [[File:Black Knights' Fortress reward scroll.png|centre]]
'''Right-click''' on your cabbage and use it on the hole. '''Make sure you right-click the cabbage as left-clicking it will result in your player eating it'''. Doing so will require you to get another cabbage. After you throw the cabbage down the hole, the potion will be ruined, and the Black Knights' plans will have been foiled.
 
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|qp = 3
 
 
|rewards = *2,500 [[Coins]]
Now that you have successfully foiled the Black Knight's plans, return to Sir Amik Varze and inform him of the good news. He will be pleased and reward you.
 
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'''Congratulations, Quest complete!'''
 
 
==Rewards==
 
[[File:Black Knights' Fortress reward.png|centre|Black Knights' Fortress Reward]]
 
*3 [[Quest points]]
 
*2,500 [[coins]]
 
*2 extra spins on the [[Squeal of Fortune]]
 
 
==Music unlocked==
 
*[[Knightmare]] (Inside the fortress)
 
   
 
==Required for completing==
 
==Required for completing==
 
* [[Recruitment Drive]]
Completion of Black Knights' Fortress is required for the following:
 
*[[King's Ransom]]
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* [[King's Ransom]]
*[[Recruitment Drive]]
 
 
== Development team ==
 
*'''Developer:''' [[Paul Gower]]
 
*'''Conversion:''' James B
 
*'''[[QuestHelp]]:''' Nishal K
 
*'''Audio:''' Ian T
 
 
=== Rework ===
 
*'''Developer''': Maz C
 
*'''[[Quality Assurance]]:''' Jennie T
 
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
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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.
*Upon the completion of this quest, one's [[Adventurer's Log]] will read: "I managed to infiltrate the Black Knights and defeat a witch, foiling their evil plans."
 
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*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...''"
*This quest was named '''Spy quest''' before membership was released.
 
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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}}''.
*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 gives Thieving experience.
 
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*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
*When you ask Sir Amik Varze for your quest, he will tell you: "Your mission, should you decide to accept it." Additionally, after he gives you the dossier, it self-destructs. Both of these are references to the 1960s TV show and film series, [[wikipedia:Mission: Impossible|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.
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*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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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.