Curse of the Empty Lord


Released		26 July 2005 (Update)
Members		Yes
Quest series		Mahjarrat, #8
Developer(s)		James B

Curse of the Empty Lord is a miniquest following the events of Desert Treasure I, allowing the player to obtain a set of ghostly robes.

Details

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Start point	Talk to the mysterious ghost (Valdez) near Glarial's Tomb. Show on map
Official difficulty	Experienced
Official length	Medium
Description	Follow the sad tale of woe from one cursed soul to the next and learn more of Zamorak's betrayal of Zaros.
Requirements	Started Desert Treasure I and The Restless Ghost 53 Thieving ^{[not boostable]} ^{[required to start]} to obtain the Ring of visibility 31 Prayer ^{[not boostable]} ^{[not required to start]} (Some players will need this to access the 2nd floor of the Edgeville Monastery)
Items required	Ring of visibility Ghostspeak amulet (Morytania legs 2 or higher may be used instead, except when otherwise noted) Some players may need a knife or slash weapon
Recommended	50 Combat level Various teleportation runes and/or jewellery (different for each player, described below) Stamina potions can be used to preserve run energy; this is especially useful when in the Wilderness.
Enemies to defeat	None
Ironman concerns	You may need to visit Entrana You will need to go into the Wilderness. To make this somewhat safer you can also do this in F2P worlds.
League notes	Unlocking Desert✓ will auto-complete the miniquest Unlocking Fremennik✓ will auto-complete the miniquest but will not auto-complete Desert Treasure I

Walkthrough

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Warning: This miniquest will take you into dangerous parts of the Wilderness. Beware of player killers, and be aware that you cannot teleport after level 20 Wilderness. This limit is increased to 30 for the following teleports.

Valdez the Explorer

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Valdez's location

Wearing your ring of visibility and your ghostspeak amulet or Morytania legs 2/3/4, go to Glarial's Tomb (not the waterfall cave) north-west of the Fishing Guild. Talk to the ghost standing around the tomb entrance.

Note: Be aware that throughout the miniquest the ghosts will not appear on the minimap, and can be difficult to spot due to their transparency.

Surprised that you can see and understand him, Valdez will offer to tell you a tale of woe. Agree to be told to the story, and he will explain how he was cursed to become a ghost. He blames Rennard, a thief that stole the Staff of Armadyl from Valdez while he was delivering it to Entrana for Saradomin. He will give you a Ghostly robe (top) and ask you to find Rennard, offering a hint as to his location.

To obtain the full set of robes, the miniquest will require you to speak to five additional ghosts while wearing your chosen method of ghostspeak and ring of visibility. Each ghost will tell their part of the story to unravel the mystery of the Empty Lord's curse.

The locations you will need to visit are randomized between three possible sequences. Pay attention to the location hint given, as it will indicate the sequence you need to follow. You can speak to him again if you missed it.

If he mentions pirates and a shipwreck, Sequence 1 must be followed for the entirety of the quest.
If he mentions the thief being north-east of there, Sequence 2 must be followed for the entirety of the quest.
If he mentions the thief being south-east of there, Sequence 3 must be followed for the entirety of the quest.

Note: The ghosts will still appear at all three possible locations, but they will only allow you to progress if you speak to them at the location your sequence indicates.

Tip: When visiting ghosts within free-to-play regions of the Wilderness, you can reduce your risk by equipping the ring of visibility on a Members world beforehand, then visiting and completing the ghosts dialogue on a Free-to-play world.

Sequence 1

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Items needed: ring of visibility, ghostspeak amulet (not morytania legs)

You must visit the ghosts in the order given to collect all five additional pieces:

Ghost	Rewards	Map	Location	Fast Travel
Rennard	Ghostly gloves	Show map	Near the shipwrecked ship between the Wilderness Agility Course and Pirates' Hideout, within level 52 Wilderness.	Burning amulet (Lava Maze)
Kharrim	Ghostly boots	Show map	The Chaos Temple (hut) altar in Level 38 Wilderness north of The Forgotten Cemetery.	Burning amulet (Lava Maze)
Lennissa	Ghostly robe (bottom)	Show map	Entrana church. Morytania legs cannot be used as your method of ghostspeak as they are not allowed on Entrana.	Teleport to House (Rimmington), Minigame Teleport (Rat Pits), Amulet of glory (Draynor Village)
Dhalak	Ghostly hood	Show map	Wizards' Tower, on the ground floor^[UK]1^st floor^[US].	Necklace of passage (Wizards' Tower), Amulet of glory (Draynor Village)
Viggora	Ghostly cloak	Show map	Rogues' Castle on the 1^st floor^[UK]2^nd floor^[US], in the small easternmost room with a Bronze sq shield spawn. Within level 52-56 Wilderness.	Annakarl teleport (tablet), Wilderness sword 3/4 (Fountain of Rune), Wilderness Obelisk

Sequence 2

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Items needed: ring of visibility, ghostspeak amulet or morytania legs 2+

You must visit the ghosts in the order given to collect all five additional pieces:

Ghost	Rewards	Map	Location	Fast Travel
Rennard	Ghostly gloves	Show map	The Bandit Camp (Wilderness) near the shops. If the Bandits interrupt your dialogue, you can try to lure them into the nearby food store and shut the door.	Burning amulet (Bandit Camp)
Kharrim	Ghostly boots	Show map	The Graveyard of Shadows, typically near the southern tomb within the graveyard.	Burning amulet (Bandit Camp)
Lennissa	Ghostly robe (bottom)	Show map	Port Sarim docks at the Lady Lumbridge (second to southmost dock).	Teleport to House (Rimmington), Minigame Teleport (Rat Pits), Amulet of glory (Draynor Village)
Dhalak	Ghostly hood	Show map	Edgeville Monastery, upstairs by the altar (requires 31 ).	Combat bracelet (Edgeville Monastery), Amulet of glory (Edgeville), Lassar teleport (tablet)
Viggora	Ghostly cloak	Show map	Slayer Tower in Canifis, on the 1^st floor^[UK]2^nd floor^[US] by the entrance to the Infernal Mages on the eastern side.	Slayer ring (Slayer Tower), fairy ring CKS, Salve graveyard teleport (tablet)

Sequence 3

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Items needed: ring of visibility, ghostspeak amulet or morytania legs 2+, knife or slash weapon, shantay pass and 200 coins if not using fairy rings

You must visit the ghosts in the order given to collect all five additional pieces:

Ghost	Rewards	Map	Location	Fast Travel
Rennard	Ghostly gloves	Show map	The Bandit Camp (Kharidian Desert) in the bar on the western side of the camp. Note that players training here may be standing on the NPC.	fairy ring BIQ, Amulet of glory (Al Kharid) and then take the Magic carpet from Shantay Pass
Kharrim	Ghostly boots	Show map	The end of the Lava Maze inside the second fenced in area. Bring a slash weapon or knife to cut through the webs. Tip: If you have a muddy key, you may choose to open the Muddy chest in the Lava Maze to complete a task in the medium Wilderness diary.	Burning amulet (Lava Maze)
Lennissa	Ghostly robe (bottom)	Show map	The west side of Tree Gnome Stronghold, directly south of the centre of the Gnome Ball Field along the outer edge of the fence.	Spirit tree (Tree Gnome Stronghold), Slayer ring (Stronghold Slayer Cave), Necklace of passage (The Outpost)
Dhalak	Ghostly hood	Show map	The Falador Party Room, upstairs on the eastern side.	Skills necklace (Mining Guild), Ring of wealth (Falador Park), Falador Teleport
Viggora	Ghostly cloak	Show map	The Edgeville Dungeon near the earth warriors in the northernmost room. To avoid the earth warriors interrupting your dialogue, you can trap them behind the ghost with you on the other side; you must talk to Viggora as soon as this happens and click through the first dialogue window to make this effect permanent for the whole chat.	Amulet of glory (Edgeville), Skills necklace (Cooks' Guild)

Reward

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Any part of the set can be reclaimed by speaking to any of the ghosts again, in the same locations you were required to visit during the quest. You may also obtain duplicates of the pieces with no need to utilise the drop trick. Note that the other two locations per ghost will not allow you to reclaim them.

Upon completion, you can talk to Historian Minas on the 1^st floor^[UK]2^nd floor^[US] of the Varrock Museum to receive 10 kudos and an experience lamp worth 10,000 experience in any skill above 50.

Required for completing

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Completion of Curse of the Empty Lord is required for the following:

The General's Shadow

Transcript

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This article on a miniquest has an associated dialogue page.
Click here for a transcript of possible conversations encountered throughout the miniquest.

Changes

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Date	Changes
14 July 2016 (Update)	The miniquest was renamed from 'The Curse of Zaros' to 'Curse of the Empty Lord'.
9 April 2015 (Update)	Gravingas & the Ghosts from the Curse of Zaros miniquest now recognise the Morytania legs built-in ghostspeak function.

Trivia

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If any of the ghosts are spoken to without a ghostspeak amulet, the player may say "All your base are belong to us", as well as some other quotes. These are references to famous translation errors in the game Zero Wing.
When speaking to Rennard, the player says "I ain't scared of no ghost," a reference to "I ain't afraid of no ghost" from the Ghostbusters theme song.
While talking to Dhalak, he will ask the player if they are the "mighty sorcerer that binds him". If you are level 99 Magic, your character will respond by bragging about said skill mastery.
If you lose any piece of the ghostly robes after the quest, the first mysterious ghost at Glarial's tomb will provide a replacement.
The ghosts located in the Wilderness also appear in free-to-play worlds, as long as the player has the ring of visibility and ghostspeak amulet equipped, and the player can still talk to them and receive pieces of the ghostly robes.
Players can speak to the three different versions of any of the ghosts from the three sequences. If they talk to the wrong one, short and funny dialogues will occur with the ghost.

v t e Curse of the Empty Lord
Equipment	Ghostly hood Ghostly robe top Ghostly robe bottom Ghostly gloves Ghostly boots Ghostly cloak
Ghosts	Valdez Rennard Kharrim Lennissa Dhalak Viggora
Other	Transcript The General's Shadow Ring of visibility Ghostspeak amulet

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