OSRS Black Knights' Fortress Quest Guide: Beginner-friendly Walkthrough

Black Knights' Fortress is a quest where the White Knights hire the player to sneak into the Black Knights' fortress and quietly put a stop to their new secret weapon before it causes any trouble.

Difficulty: medium

Length: Very short

General Questing recommendations: Enable RuneLite Quest Helper in your RuneLite plugin section, hold your space bar to skip through NPC dialog, and use number keys for chatting dialog.  

Time taken: It took me about 5 minutes to complete the quest. However, if you are new to game and struggle with the Black knights in the fortress, it might take a bit longer. Follow the tips given below to get past them easily.

Skill Requirements for Black Knight's Fortress

12 Quest points

Item Requirements for Black Knight's Fortress

• Bronze med helm
• Iron chainbody
• Cabbage (not from Draynor Manor)

Obtaining Items required on Ironman

• Bronze med helm: Can be purchased from the helmet shop in Barbarian village.
• Iron chainbody: Can be purchased from Horvik's armour shop in Varrock.
• Cabbage (not from Draynor Manor): Can be obtained from the cabbage patch in the Edgeville Monastery or the south Falador farm.  

Walkthrough for Black Knight's Fortress

• To start the quest, speak to Sir Amik Varze on the 2nd floor of the Falador Castle (climb up both stairs). The fastest way to get here is with the Falador teleport. During the dialogue, select chat options 1, 1, 1 to agree to help him find a powerful secret weapon and destroy it. He will hand you a dosier, read and it will self-destruct.

Navigating through the Black Knight's Fortress

• Make your way to the Black Knight's fortress, northeast of the Dwarven mine. If you still need the required items, you can grab them on your way to the fortress: buy an iron chainbody from Wayne’s Chains west of Falador’s south gate, a bronze med helm from Peksa in Barbarian Village, and pick a cabbage from the Edgeville Monastery. Wear the Bronze med helm, Iron chainbody, and bring the Cabbage, then enter the Black Knight's fortress. Run past the Black Knights outside the fortress—they will be aggressive if you’re under level 67 Combat. Before entering through the southern door, equip the iron chainbody and bronze med helm to disguise yourself as a Black Knight. All other equipment slots can be whatever you like.

Note: You only need to wear the chainbody and med helm to get inside. Once you’re in, you can unequip them and switch back to your normal gear.

Throughout the next steps, you’ll encounter several Black Knights. Whenever you reach a safe spot, heal up and quickly read ahead so you can move through the dangerous areas efficiently.

• Once inside, push the wall directly in front of you to enter a small room.

• Climb the ladder inside.

• Climb the next ladder immediately to the right.

• Climb down the ladder just to the south.

• Go through the eastern door.

• Climb the closest ladder you see.

• Climb down the ladder immediately to the east.

• Open the sturdy door to the south, then climb down the ladder just west of it.

In this small room, you’ll find a grill. Click on it to listen in, and you’ll overhear a conversation between the Black Knight Captain, the witch, and a goblin.

Sabotaging the secret weapon

Note: Lower-level players can heal at the Edgeville Monastery to the east by speaking to a Monk before continuing.

• Return to the building’s entrance and enter the room directly to the east. A guard will warn you that the Black Knights inside are in an important meeting and will attack anyone who interrupts. Choose the option that says you don’t care, enter the room, and then climb the ladder on the north wall and then push the wall south. 

• Use Cabbage in the hole for a cutscene. Be careful not to left-click eat it. 

  A cutscene will show the potion being destroyed by the cabbage.

  Dropping the cabbage triggers a strange reaction. Return to Sir Amik Varze and inform him that you sabotaged the weapon.

• Return to Sir Amik Varze at the top of Falador Castle, where you started the quest. Talk to him to complete the quest.  

Congratulations! You have completed the Black Knight's fortress.

Rewards of Black Knights' Fortress Quest

• 3 Quest Points
• 2,500 GP

Completion of Black Knights' Fortress is required for King's Ransom and Recruitment Drive.