Observatory Quest/Quick guide

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Observatory Quest
(#43)
Members only?	Yes
Release date	17 March 2003 (Update)
Quest series	None
Official difficulty	Novice
Developer	James B

Details

Start point	Talk to the Observatory professor in the Observatory Reception Room south-west of Ardougne, north of Castle Wars.
Official difficulty	Novice
Description	The Observatory in south-west Ardougne has been ransacked by a family of nearby goblins. Can you help the professor to rebuild it?
Length	Short
Requirements	10  Crafting The ability to defeat a level 42 monster.
Items required	3 planks of wood (can be found at Port Khazard) A bronze bar (Tin and copper rocks can be found north of the Observatory or just south of Port Khazard.) Molten glass (Soda ash and buckets of sand can be bought from charter traders in Port Khazard and made into molten glass in East Ardougne.) Recommended: Antipoison (a 1-dose Superantipoison spawns in a house next to the entrance to the Observatory Dungeon) Some food A ring of dueling to get to the Observatory Stamina potions
Enemies to defeat	Goblin guard (level 42) (optional - can simply be trapped behind a column)

Walkthrough

Getting started

• Speak with the Observatory professor. ( 1•2•1)…

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Fixing the Observatory

Items required: 3 planks, 1 bronze bar, 1 molten glass, combat equipment, antipoison if low level

• Give the Observatory professor the three planks, bronze bar and molten glass. (Speak to him 3 separate times)
• Talk to the assistant.
• Go down the stairs on the hill to the east.
• Once downstairs, search all the chests until you find the goblin kitchen key. (Most commonly found in south eastern part when you go down the stairs)
• Head to the kitchen gate down the northwest path from the dungeon entrance and prod the sleeping guard, then kill him.
• Open the gate and inspect the goblin stove.
• Go back and speak to the professor with the lens mould in your inventory.
• Use the molten glass on the lens mould and give them back to the professor.
• Head back into the goblin dungeon.
• Take the stairs in the south end of the dungeon. You will have to take the path past the kitchen gate to get there.

Finishing up

• After the cutscene, talk to the professor upstairs and view the telescope.
• Talk to the professor and identify the constellation you saw (see table below).

Name & Reward	Picture	Name & Reward	Picture
Aquarius 25 Water runes, uncut sapphire		Aries 875 Attack experience, uncut sapphire
Cancer Amulet of defence, uncut sapphire		Capricorn 875 Strength experience, uncut sapphire
Gemini Black 2h sword, uncut sapphire		Leo 875 Hitpoints experience
Libra 3 Law runes, uncut sapphire		Pisces 3 Tuna, uncut sapphire
Sagittarius Maple longbow, uncut sapphire		Scorpio Weapon poison, uncut sapphire
Taurus Super strength(1), uncut sapphire		Virgo 875 Defence experience, uncut sapphire

Quest complete!

Rewards

• 2 Quest points
• 2,250  Crafting experience
• Your item reward depends on what astrological sign you see when you look through the telescope. It is also different for each person. You will get one of these:
  • A maple longbow
  • Weapon poison
  • 3 Law runes
  • An amulet of defence
  • A black 2h sword
  • A 1-dose super strength potion
  • 25 Water runes
  • 3 Tuna
  • An uncut sapphire
  • 875 Experience in Attack, Defence, Hitpoints, or Strength (random)
• The Spirit of Scorpius will now give you a mould to make Unholy symbols, and he will bless them for you too. He can be found in the graveyard north of the Observatory.
• Talk to the Observatory assistant after the quest and he will reward you with a jug of wine as well as tell you his and the professor's real name.
• Access to the grappling shortcut rock outside the Observatory