Shades of Mort'ton

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Please note this is a 'Dangerous' activity. If you die during this activity, you will lose your items.


If you have completed the Shades of Mort'ton Quest, then you will be able to cremate shades as a way of increasing your Prayer and Firemaking levels, as well as receiving various rewards.

For additional information on the Shades of Mort'ton quest, please visit the 'Quests' area of the Manual.


To begin your journey to Mort'ton you must be able to pass into Morytania. To do this you must have completed the Priest In Peril quest. You will then need to head west, out of Canifis, and then south-west until you can see a gate which you can only pass if you have completed or started the Nature Spirit quest.

From here, you will need to run south (try to avoid the ghasts as they may rot your food) until you reach a wooden bridge. Cross it and then follow the winding path towards the town of Mort'ton.

Normal route
Myreque shortcut route

Shortcut

Once you have completed both the In Search of the Myreque and Priest In Peril quests, you will be able to pass into the realm of Morytania and use the following shortcut to the Mort Myre Swamp.

You will first have to go down the small trapdoor which is situated behind the Hair of the Dog tavern in Canifis to find the Myreque hideout. After searching and entering the far wall, you will then be led through an underground passage to some large wooden doors. Go through them and you will be lead out into the Mort Myre Swamp.

From here you should head south (run, as the ghasts will attack you and will damage you, or turn your food to rot) until you reach a wooden bridge. Climb up the tree to cross the bridge and then right-click on the tree to get the 'Climb down' option. Continue south until you reach the boat.

The boat will take you to the East of Mort'ton for free; however, you will need to pay Cyreg Paddlehorn 10 gold pieces for a return ride.

Note: On both routes you may wish to take your blessed silver sickle and pouch in order to protect yourself from ghasts. These items are obtained from the Nature Spirit quest.


You will need to have completed the Shades of Mort'ton Quest.


Mort'ton can be a dangerous place, mainly due to its remoteness. Its nearest bank is in Canifis, so you will have to decide for yourself what the most efficient method for killing and cremating the shades would be (although those who have completed In Aid of the Myreque will have access to the bank in Burgh de Rott, to the south).

In order to make pyre logs, you will first need to make sacred oil. To do this you will need to rebuild the temple using the following resources:

Item	Obtained from
Hammer	Most general stores. You will need just one hammer.
Olive oil	Razmire's General Store. As many as you wish to make into sacred oil.
Swamp paste	Razmire's Builders' Store. If you would rather make it for yourself than buy it from the shop, mix some swamp tar with flour and then cook the mixture. Swamp tar can be found in the swamps south of Lumbridge. Take at least 20.
Limestone	Razmire's Builders' Store. Can be mined from the site just west of the Monk of Zamorak Temple, where you start the Priest in Peril quest. Take around 5.
Limestone bricks	Razmire's Builders' Store. Use a chisel with limestone to make these. Take around 5.
Beams	Razmire's Builders' Store. Take around 5.

You may wish to buy a flamtaer hammer from Razmire as it increases your chance of repairing sections of the wall.

To buy these resources from Razmire you simply need to click on him and ask to see his shops.

Alternatively you may right-click him so that you can access your required shop immediately, providing that you have used the permanent cure serum on him, which can be made during the Shades of Mort'ton Quest. If you have not used the permanent cure on Razmire, you can use a temporary serum on him so that you are able to trade with him.




Once you have obtained all of the items, you are ready to begin building. The temple is located in the north-east corner of Mort'ton. However, it is recommended that you log into a crowded server, or bring a group of friends, as it is a lot easier to rebuild the temple with a team while the Shades are trying to defend and knock the temple down.

You will now need to click on the broken wall to begin repairing it. Once completed, you will have to use the 'Reinforce Wall' option in order to defend it from the shades. While doing this, you can watch your 'Sanctity' increase by looking at the Temple Repair chart in the top-right corner of the game window.

Once you have 10% Sanctity or higher, you will be able to light the 'Holy Fire Altar' which is situated in the middle of the temple. To do this, you simply need to 'use' your tinderbox on it. Once lit, use the olive oil with it to change it into sacred oil.

Please note that you can also gain Sanctity by defending the temple and killing the loar shades. The salve amulet (obtained during the Haunted Mine quest) is particularly useful when fighting shades, as it gives combat bonuses against the undead.


Shades are the remains of a long departed soul and can be very dangerous. Please refer to the table below in order to see their combat levels.

Shade	Combat Level	Location
Loar	40	All over Mort'ton.
Phrin	60	In the small room as you enter the tomb.
Riyl	80	Found in the room behind the steel door.
Asyn	100	Found in the large area behind the black door.
Fiyr	120	Found behind the silver door.

Loar shades can be found all around Mort'ton; however, the other types of shades are located in the tomb. You will need at least a bronze key to enter the tomb, which can be obtained by cremating a level 40 loar shade.

Bronze door

Iron door

Silver door

Black door

To cremate shades successfully, it is required that you have obtained the following items:

Item	Obtained from
Tinderbox	Most general stores. You will need just one tinderbox.
Sacred oil	Made by using olive oil (obtained from Razmire's General Store) with the temple flame when the temple Sanctity is above 10%. Take as many as you wish.
Pyre logs	Made by using doses of sacred oil on a set of logs (any type) Take as many as you wish.
Shade remains	Obtained by killing shades (any type) Take as many as you wish.

Burning the Shades

To burn the shades you will need different types of pyre logs. To do this, use the sacred oil on your required logs to create pyre logs. This will give you 10 Firemaking experience. Different logs require different doses of sacred oil which is shown in the table further below.

You will need to place the required pyre logs on the funeral pyres you used during the Shades of Mort'ton Quest and place the shade remains on top. Once you have done that, you can use your tinderbox on the pyre to cremate the remains, at which point you will be given Prayer and Firemaking experience points.

The following table shows how much experience you can gain from burning shades and what you will require in order to do so:

Wood required	Levels required	Doses of sacred oil used	Shades that will burn on the pyre	Firemaking experience gained
Regular logs	5	2	Loar, phrin	50
Oak logs	20	2	Loar, phrin	70
Willow logs	35	3	Loar, phrin, riyl	100
Teak logs	40	3	Loar, phrin, riyl	120
Arctic pine Logs	47	3	Loar, phrin, riyl	158
Maple logs	50	3	Loar, phrin, riyl	175
Mahogany logs	55	3	Loar, phrin, riyl	210
Eucalyptus logs	63	4	Loar, phrin, riyl, asyn	246
Yew logs	65	4	Loar, phrin, riyl, asyn	255
Magic logs	80	4	Loar, phrin, riyl, fiyr, asyn	404.5

Type of pyre logs used	Prayer experience per loar shade	Prayer experience per phrin shade	Prayer experience per riyl shade	Prayer experience per asyn shade	Prayer experience per fiyr shade
Regular logs	25	37.5	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oak logs	33	45.5	N/A	N/A	N/A
Willow logs	33.5	46	61	N/A	N/A
Teak logs	33.7	46.2	61.2	N/A	N/A
Arctic pine logs	33.9	46.4	61.4	N/A	N/A
Maple logs	34	46.5	61.5	N/A	N/A
Mahogany logs	34.3	46.8	61.8	N/A	N/A
Eucalyptus logs	34.4	46.9	61.9	79.4	N/A
Yew logs	34.5	47	62	79.5	N/A
Magic logs	35	47.5	62.5	80	100

Once the shade has been cremated, a shade key or coins will appear next to the pyre. The keys can be used to gain access to the tomb (see tomb map above) which is located north-west of Mort'ton. This enables you to hunt shades of a higher level, as well as opening a chest of that type. You will need the same colour key in your inventory to open the corresponding doors.

Possible Loot

Bronze Coins, swamp paste, level 1 clue scroll, chaos runes, sapphire ring, amulet of Defence, silver bar, gold bar, mithril bar, magic staff, steel hatchet, steel medium helmet, steel spear, steel spear(p), steel mace, steel scimitar, steel sword, steel longsword, black hatchet, black dagger, black dagger(p), black spear, black mace, mithril dagger, mithril dagger(p).

Steel Coins, swamp paste, fine cloth, level 2 clue scroll, chaos runes, nature runes, adamant bars, willow logs, emerald ring, Strength amulet, studded chaps, steel chainbody, steel kiteshield, steel warhammer, steel 2-handed sword, steel battleaxe, black medium helmet, black warhammer, black scimitar, black sword, black longsword, black spear, mithril medium helmet, mithril mace, mithril spear, mithril spear (p), mithril sword, adamant dagger, adamant dagger (p).

Black Coins, swamp paste, fine cloth, Level 2 clue scroll, nature runes, death runes, flamtaer hammer, willow logs, yew logs, ruby ring, amulet of magic, staff of air, staff of earth, staff of water, staff of fire, steel skirt, black chainbody, black kiteshield, black square shield, black platelegs, black full helmet, black battleaxe, black 2-handed sword, mithril kiteshield, mithril full helmet, mithril platelegs, mithril square shield, mithril chainbody, mithril scimitar, mithril 2-handed sword, mithril warhammer, mithril battleaxe, mithril mace, mithril longsword, adamant medium helmet, adamant scimitar, adamant sword, adamant hatchet.

Silver Coins, swamp paste, fine cloth, level 3 clue scroll, death runes, blood runes, battlestaff, yew logs, magic logs, amulet of power, diamond ring, flamtaer hammer, mithril plateskirt, mithril platebody, black platebody, black spear, adamant chainbody, adamant full helmet, adamant platebody, adamant platelegs, adamant plateskirt, adamant square shield, adamant kiteshield, adamant spear, adamant Spear (p), adamant battleaxe, adamant 2-handed sword, adamant longsword, adamant warhammer, rune chainbody, rune medium helmet, rune sword, rune scimitar, rune longsword.

Fine Cloth

Fine cloth can occasionally be found as a reward from one of the chests. This cloth is used to make splitbark armour (please refer to the table below).

Cremating the higher-level shades gives you greater odds of receiving a 'higher-level' key, which in turn gives you greater odds of obtaining fine cloth from the shade's chest.

Splitbark Armour

If you are making your own splitbark armour, simply take the items required to make each piece and speak with the armoured wizard in the Wizards' Tower.

The Tower is situated south of Draynor Village, at the end of a stone bridge.

In order to wear this armour you must have level 40 Defence and a Magic level 40.

The statistics for splitbark armour are as follows:

Item

Bark Needed

Fine Cloth Needed

Cost

Attack Bonuses

Defence Bonuses

Other

Splitbark helm (m)

2

2

6,000gp

+ 0

+ 0

+ 0

+ 3

- 2

+ 10

+ 9

+ 11

+ 3

+ 0

+ 7

+ 0

+ 0

Splitbark body (m)

4

4

37,000gp

+ 0

+ 0

+ 0

+ 10

- 10

+ 36

+ 26

+42

+ 15

+ 0

+ 40

+ 0

+ 0

Splitbark legs (m)

3

3

32,000gp

+ 0

+ 0

+ 0

+ 7

- 7

+ 22

+ 20

+ 25

+ 10

+ 0

+ 15

+ 0

+ 0

Splitbark gauntlets (m)

1

1

1000gp

+ 0

+ 0

+ 0

+ 2

- 1

+ 3

+ 2

+ 4

+ 2

+ 0

+ 3

+ 0

+ 0

Splitbark boots (m)

1

1

1000gp

+ 0

+ 0

+ 0

+ 2

- 1

+ 3

+ 2

+ 4

+ 2

+ 0

+ 9

+ 0

+ 0

Note: Bark is obtained by chopping a hollow tree which are found in the Haunted Woods east of Canifis. Please be aware that aggressive monsters tend to lurk thereabouts...


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