Created: Jul 5 2025

OSRS Creature of Fenkenstrain Quest Guide

OSRS Creature of Fenkenstrain Quest Guide

 

Creature of Fenkenstrain is a quest where you take on the role of Dr. Fenkenstrain’s assistant and gradually uncover the dark secrets of his castle, once the noble Lordship of the North Coast.

 

Difficulty: medium

Length: medium

 

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.

 

Item Requirements for Creature of Fenkenstrain

  • Ghostspeak amulet
  • Silver bar
  • 3 bronze wires (unnoted)
  • Needle (Can NOT use a costume needle)
  • 5 thread (Can NOT use a costume needle) 
  • Spade
  • 1 law & 1 air rune for Telekinetic Grab OR 50 coins
  • Holy symbol (for safety against Feral Vampyres)
  • 2 ecto-tokens (for access to the furnace, only if Ghosts Ahoy has not been completed) or coins for a charter ship Ghosts Ahoy, for Ectophial
  • 6 empty places in the inventory
  • Weapon
  • Armour
  • Stamina potion

 

Quest Requirements for Creature of Fenkenstrain

  • Priest in Peril
  • The Restless Ghost

 

Skill Requirements for Creature of Fenkenstrain

  • 20 Crafting (boostable) (not required to start)
  • 25 Thieving (boostable) (not required to start)

 

Enemies to Defeat

 Able to defeat a level 51 monster and run past level 72 monsters

 

Recommendations for Creature of Fenkenstrain

  • 30 Combat level
  • Teleport to Canifis - Kharyrll Teleport or Salve Graveyard Teleport if you have not completed Desert Treasure I
  • 2 Fenkenstrain's Castle Teleport
  • Food for low combat levels
  • Access to the Arceuus spellbook, level 48 Magic, and runes for Fenkenstrain's Castle Teleport
  • Dramen staff
  • Amulet of glory for Edgeville teleport for quick access to a Furnace.

 

Walkthrough for Creature of Fenkenstrain

  • It’s best to bring all items required when starting, so you don’t have to go to the bank throughout the quest.
  • Bring runes to cast telegrab, or 50 coins.
  • Head to the Canifis bar and either buy the pickled brain for 50 coins or telegrab it.

Fenkenstrain's castle

  • Talk to Dr. Fenkenstrain to start the quest. Reply 1, 4, 4.
  • Bring the following items: Ghostspeak amulet, 1 Spade, Armour and weapons defeat a level 51 monster and run past level 72 Monsters, 1 Needle, 5 Thread
  • Go up the staircase to grab the items you will need.
  • Search the nearby bookcase for Handy Maggot Avoidance Techniques. Reply 2.
  • Search the west bookcase for The Joy of Grave Digging. Reply 4.

Bookcases

  • Combine the two amulets by using one on the other.
  • Go back to the ground floor.
  • Equip the Ghostspeak and talk to the Gardener Ghost. Reply 2.
  • Go to the grave of the gardener and dig for his head.
  • Use the decapitated head on the pickled brain to create a decapitated head.
  • Use the Star Amulet on the memorial and push it to go into the caves.
  • Push the memorial south-east of the castle.

Memorial

  • Kill the level 51 Experiment north-west of the ladder to get a key.
  • Leave the caves by going north-west, be sure to pick up the key from the level 51 experiment.

Exit of Underground Canifis

  • Use your spade on the tiles below to get the torso, arms, and legs.

Graves in Fenkenstrain's castle

  • Deliver the body parts to Dr. Fenkenstrain, use a teleport to Fenkenstrain's castle, or run back through the caves. Reply 1, 
  • Bring the following items: 1 Ghostspeak amulet, 1 Needle, and 5 Threads
  • Get a needle and 5 threads and deliver them to Dr. Fenkenstrain.
  • Talk to the Gardener Ghost and ask for the shed key. Reply 2.
  • Open the cupboard and search it for a brush.
  • Grab 3 canes from the pile.
  • Use 3 canes on the brush, one at a time.

Cupboard in Fenkenstrain's castle

  • Go up to the second floor of the castle using the west stairs.
  • Use the extended brush on the fireplace to get the conductor mould.

Fireplace in Fenkenstrain's castle

  • Go to any furnace and make a lightning rod.
  • Return to the castle and go upstairs.
  • Go up to the third floor using the ladder in the middle of the castle.

Ladder in the middle of Fenkenstrain's castle

  • Repair the lightning Conductor.
  • Go back to the first floor of the castle and talk to Dr. Fenkenstrain.
  • Go up to the second floor to confront Fenkenstrain's monster.
  • Use the Tower Key on the door.

Tower door

  • Go up the ladder.
  • Talk to Fenkenstrain's monster.
  • Go back to Dr. Fenkenstrain, instead of talking to him right right-click and pickpocket him to complete the quest.

 

Rewards from Creature of Fenkenstrain

Rewards from Creature of Fenkenstrain

  • 2 Quest Points
  • 1,000 Thieving Experience
  • Ring of Charos
  • Access to the Werewolf Agility Course
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