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Shades of Mort'ton

By: Mysticallity

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Note: This is a 'dangerous' Mini-Game. If you die, you will lose your items.

Requirements
Getting There
Overview
Logs
Shades
Cremation
Shade Dungeon
Rewards

Location: Mort'ton

Requirements: Must have completed the Shades of Mort'ton Quest, various other items (see below)

The Shades of Mort'ton Mini-Game is a treasure hunt sort of game. The quest showed you a way to cremate the shades and the keys they leave behind. These keys can be used to unlock their treasures in their dungeons.

Requirements

In order to play this mini-game, you will need a variety of items.

Razmire: You need Razmire. As such, it is recommended to cure Razmire with a dose of Serum 207(p) (obtained by using Serum 207 on the holy fire altar at 20% Sancity) in order to gain access to his shop permanently. You can keep using normal Serum 207 if you want to (if you haven't used a permanent one), but it is not recommended for long-term trips.

People: You need a group of people to help rebuild the temple or to kill the shades around the temple. You can either recruit your own friends or go to a populated world. Females recommended for best effects.

Item	Image	Info
Hammer		You can buy one at Razmire's stall. Alternatively, you may also buy a Flamtaer hammer from said store at a higher price, which will increase your chances of repairing the temple wall. It is not recommended unless you're planning to do a large amount of trips
Logs		You will need these to cremate the shades. The type of log will vary depending on which shade you are cremating. For a list of the types of logs required, see the Logs section
Tinderbox		Once again, if you don't have one, you can always buy one from Razmire. Needed to light the funeral pyres
Combat Equipment		In reality, fists do not work on low-density entities, so you will need proper equipment. Since you will be killing a large amount of shades, you will need equipment which will last you through. You may wish to use the Crumble Undead spell as a mage, or use a Salve amulet/(e) as a warrior. Gadderhammer will also work well on shades
Food		The shades will eventually wear away your hitpoints, so make sure you have some food ready. Whatever food you can get your hands on is good; anything around lobster or tuna works
Money		You need money to buy most of the building supplies from Razmire's store and to un-note your other supplies. Most of it will be used up on Swamp pastes so if you plan on making your own pastes (mix Swamp tar with a Pot of flour, then heat it), you can bring less money. Try to bring at least 50K for extended trips
Teleportation		You might want a quick way to get out of Mort'ton to bank your loot and refill your supplies. Ectophial will teleport you to Port Phasmatys, which is the quite near to Mort'ton compared to other methods. You don't have to teleport, since there is always the manly way to walk out of danger, by going straight into danger

Getting There

So, how do you get to Mort'ton? Since you've completed the Shades of Mort'ton Quest, you'd probably know how to get there. Of course, there are always discrepancies within assumptions, so I'll play safe.

There are two routes you can take and both of them starts from Canifis.

If you have done In Search of the Myreque Quest, you can go under the trapdoor behind the bar, go out of the dungeon, go south across the bridge and take the boat further in the south. This will take you directly to Mort'ton. If you wish to return to Canifis by said boat, you will have to pay a fee.

If you have not done the quest, you will have to go through the gates south-west of Canifis and run south through the Mort Myre Swamp to reach a little bridge. You will have to go through the annoying path before reaching Mort'ton.

Overview

Here's how it works. You repair the temple until you can get a sacred oil from it, then you can use it one the best logs you have and the best Shade remains you can get your hands on. You burn these on a pyre, and hopefully it yields you one of many keys - which can be used to gain much treasure!

Logs

There are many types of shades to be cremated, some requiring higher levelled logs. Higher levelled logs will need more doses of Sacred oil, but will yield higher firemaking experience. The list below will show the firemaking level required to burn the pyre log and highest level of shade a type of pyre log can cremate.

Log		Firemaking	Doses	Shade	Exp
	Pyre logs	5	2	Phrin	50
	Oak pyre logs	20	2	Phrin	70
	Willow pyre logs	35	3	Riyl	100
	Teak pyre logs	40	3	Riyl	120
	Artic pyre logs	47	3	Riyl	158
	Maple pyre logs	50	3	Riyl	175
	Mahogany pyre logs	55	3	Riyl	210
	Yew pyre logs	65	4	Asyn	255
	Magic pyre logs	80	4	Fiyr	404.5

Shades

The higher levelled shades will have a higher chance of giving higher levelled keys, which yields better treasure. Each shade will give prayer experience upon cremation.

Type	Level	Location	Exp
	40	Mort'ton	33
	60	Shade Dungeon Entrance	46.5
	80	Shade Dungeon, Steel Door	59.5
	100	Shade Dungeon, Black Door	82.5
	140	Shade Dungeon, Silver Door	100

Cremation

In order to repair the temple, you'd want to buy a few building materials from Razmire. Just buy a few Limestone bricks and Beams. You should spend more on Swamp paste, since you'll be needing them to reinforce the temple, but they can get expensive. You will also need to buy a few Olive oils. Remember to use Olive oils with each other to combine their doses!

Armed with your trusty hammer, you can now begin to repair the temple. You can have a few people working on the temple whilst leaving the others to kill the shades outside the temple. It isn't needed, but it would help.

Once you've reached 10% Sancity, you can light the altar in the middle. You can now sanctify your Olive oils into Sacred oils!

When you have used the Sacred oils and turned your logs into pyre logs, you can proceed to cremate shades. Go to the funeral pyres located on the southern part of Mort'ton. Use your pyre logs on one of the funeral pyres, then use your shade remains on the pyre logs. Now use your tinderbox with the concoction and you're done! You will either get a key or some coins as a reward.

Shade Dungeon

Since you have a key from the shades, you can now enter their dungeon in the northern part of Mort'ton. Throughout the dungeon, you will find Bronze, Steel, Black and Silver Doors. They will require a corresponding metal key to open. A lower levelled door can be opened by a higher levelled key, so be sure to keep hold one of your highest level key.

You will also find chests behind these doors. You can open it with a corresponding metal key to get the treasure within it. Be warned, the key will disappear after it is used to open a chest.

Rewards

Higher levelled metal keys will provide more valuable rewards. The colour of the eyelet also seems to influence the rewards. It starts from the worst at red, brown, crimson, black and to purple at the best.

Thus, there are four groups of keys, with five different types of keys in each group. The following tables will list the possible rewards you can get from using a metal key on the chest. The rewards are totally random.

Bronze

Item
	Coins
	Swamp paste
	Clue scroll (level 1)
	Chaos runes
	Sapphire ring
	Amulet of defence
	Silver bar
	Gold bar
	Mithril bar
	Magic staff
	Steel med helm
	Steel weaponry
	Black weaponry
	Mithril weaponry

Steel

Item
	Coins
	Swamp paste
	Fine cloth
	Clue scroll (level 2)
	Chaos runes
	Nature runes
	Adamantite bar
	Willow logs
	Emerald ring
	Amulet of strength
	Studded chaps
	Steel armoury
	Steel weaponry
	Black med helm
	Black weaponry
	Mithril med helm
	Mithril weaponry

Black

Item
	Coins
	Swamp paste
	Fine cloth
	Clue scroll (level 2)
	Nature runes
	Death runes
	Flamtaer hammer
	Willow logs
	Yew logs
	Ruby ring
	Amulet of magic
	Elemental staves
	Black armoury
	Black weaponry
	Mithril armoury
	Mithril weaponry
	Adamant med helm
	Adamant weaponry

Silver

Item
	Coins
	Swamp paste
	Fine cloth
	Clue scroll (level 3)
	Death runes
	Blood runes
	Battlestaff
	Yew logs
	Magic logs
	Amulet of power
	Diamond ring
	Flamtaer hammer
	Mithril armoury
	Black platebody
	Black spear
	Adamant armoury
	Adamant weaponry
	Rune armoury
	Rune weaponry

Have fun looting treasure from the shades!