- Travel to the island West of Piscatoris. Here you will find a large “stone statue” that looks like a needle balancing on one end. Search the Needle and you will get a cutscene. At the end, you will see a Shard of the needle fall, before entering your inventory, and a body will now be seen nearby.
- Investigate the body and you will see that it is apparently frozen in time and has “Megan” written in blood near it. If you look closely at the words in the text boxes telling about her during the quest, you will notice that several of the words are capitalized. Some of the words are expected and others seem slightly out of place.
If you click the Shard, a window will open where you can type keywords to access various memories. Almost each memory has multiple keywords; only one keyword is needed to unlock it. These words can be found by inspecting various things around the area and typing the Capital words in this window’s search field. Once you begin inserting keywords, you will be transferred to the past to review the memories.
Chapters:
If you are simply interested in finishing each chapter as fast as possible, you will only need to input one specific word. Discovering all of the memories is necessary to obtain the medium lamp reward. Using ALL of the keywords is a requirement of the Master quest cape as well as necessary to earn the large lamp reward.
You can also speak to several of the people during various portions of the quest, however, this is in no way necessary.
- Key word to progress: fireplace
- Words to unlock all memories:
30th adventures doctor joss letter love megan monsters sea trolls sing sloop tower - To unlock ALL keywords:
30th abandoned adventures angry apprentice argument attack banquet bed birthday bleeding blood blue books brand calendar cart choir cloth cook creatures cry death disease doctor dying fear fireplace flames friends fuel gail gods hannibus help homeowner house husband illness imagination joss journey killed laziness learn letter love marriage medicine megan misery monsters month mother murdered needle pack poetry potions prayers primrose ramblings saradomin scar sea trolls secret sing sloop song spear spells stranger study temper thinner tower toys voice wand weak wishes wizards yak year zamorak
Once you have input all desired words into the Shard, you will need to search the fireplace to cause a portal to appear near the Needle. When you are ready to progress, investigate the portal to advance chapters.
- Key word to progress: birthday
- Words to unlock all memories:
30th birthday demon diary liar look medicine metum shade sloop strength thok - To unlock ALL keywords:
30th apprentice baba beautiful bed birthday book books boredom bottle boyfriend burn cloak clown constellations dad daemonheim danced demon diary dome doubt dubbo friends gail ghost giant gilly gossip grave hannibus joss key letters liar lies lizard lizardman look lover lying magic medicine megan metum mum overbearing plagiarism poison possessed potion return runt scar scary shade sheep sickness sloop snake strength thing thok time willikers
Once you have input all desired words into the Shard, you will notice a portal has appeared near the Needle. When you are ready to progress, investigate the portal to advance chapters.
- Key word to progress: wenla
- Words to unlock all memories:
book buckthorn dead demon evil fainting happy illness knife loop metum needle note wenla - To unlock ALL keywords:
anger angry bed betrayed book buckthorn burn childhood cost cruel dead demon disease dying ending energy evil fainted fainting family fate father fix following gail happiness happy help ill illness infected knife legs loop megan metum mistakes monster mother necessary necessary evil needle no note paper parents peeling people possessed primrose return returning scar siblings skin stories story thing traitor wenla worse
Once you have input all desired words into the Shard, investigate the Needle to advance chapters.
- Key word to progress: fireplace
- Investigating the Needle, you will now find yourself back in the present with Gail on the floor. Walk North down the ramp and across the rock bridge. On the Southern side of the bank you will find a Buckthorn bush; harvest from it. You will receive a Buckthorn leaf and Buckthorn berry. Crush both of these to obtain Buckthorn smelling salts and a Bottle of crushed berries respectively.
- Enter the house to the North West and climb the stairs to the second floor. In the room to the North you will find Primrose sprawled on the bedroom floor, use the Buckthorn smelling salts on her.
- Climb back down the stairs and speak with Megan. You will find she is possessed by a demon. In order to save her, you will need to speak the demon’s name – Metum. If you did not use that keyword during the quest, you will need to search the bookshelves to the North to learn the name.
- With Megan cured, use the Bottle of crushed berries on the fireplace or the stove in the room to the West. This will turn it into Buckthorn salve.
- Return to Gail at the Needle and use the salve on her. This will begin a cutscene with Megan and Gail. When it ends you will find yourself in the main room of the house with Megan.
- Go to the Needle once more and you will discover a Note from gail. Pick it up and take it back to Megan. She will accept it from you and complete the quest.
Congratulations! Quest Complete!
Note: If you did not unlock all of the keywords, you can return to the Needle and inspect it. This will transport you into the home near Megan and provide you with another Shard of the needle if you did not have one. You can then commune with the Shard to input any missing words for Chapter 1, 2, and/or Chapter 3. You will need to speak to Megan to receive any lamps you earn post-quest.
This Quest Guide was written by ChathMurrpau. Thanks to Nickstud and ssauceboss for corrections.
This Quest Guide was entered into the database on Wed, Nov 21, 2018, at 08:25:26 AM by Chath, and it was last updated on Tue, Jan 07, 2020, at 01:02:59 AM by Chath.
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