OSRS Misthalin Mystery Quest Guide: Beginner-Friendly

Misthalin Mystery is a short, story-driven quest set on a small island near Draynor Manor. You meet Abigale, who asks for your help after her boyfriend, Hewey, is attacked by an unknown assailant. The quest has no combat, no item requirements, and no skill levels needed—making it perfect for beginners. I personally think the final puzzle is a nice introduction to how timing works in the game.

Quest Details

• Difficulty: Easy

• Length: Short

• Time to Complete: ~6 minutes (may vary based on experience)

General Questing Tips

• Enable RuneLite Quest Helper (RuneLite → Plugins → Quest Helper) to guide you to all key locations.

• Hold spacebar to skip dialogue—there’s a lot of talking in this quest, so it will definetely save alot of time.

• Use number keys to select chat options quickly and avoid misclicks.

Item Requirements

I recommend you don't to bring anything when starting since all required items can be quite easily during the quest:

• Bucket
• Tinderbox
• Knife
   

Misthalin Mystery Walkthrough

Start the Quest

• Go to the southeast corner of Lumbridge Swam. You can check out the starting location of the quest on the map below.
• Speak to Abigale and select option 1 to begin. She explains that she and Hewey were attacked on a nearby island.

Board the small boat south of her to travel to the manor island.

The First Clue (Bucket + Barrel)

When you arrive:

• Head west to the fountain and pick up a bucket.

• Search the barrel of rainwater next to it to trigger a cutscene.
• After the cutscene, use the bucket on the rainwater barrel to get bucket of rainwater.
• Search the barrel of rainwater again to find your first key. I advice you drop the bucket—you won’t need it anymore. However, the extra space is not needed
• Enter the manor through the nearby main door.

Riddle 1 – The Painting

• Pick up the knife from the table.
• Enter Door 1 to trigger a cutscene. This is the first of many cutscene --This quest is known to for its many cutscenes

• Pick up and read the note that appears.
• Enter Door 2 and use the knife on the painting showing a mountain, river, and sunset.
• Search the painting to obtain a key.

• Next:

  Make sure to check out the image below for the location of all the items in the room. 

  • Go to Door 3.
  • Search the shelves for a tinderbox.

• Light the unlit candles by using your tinderbox on them
• Use the tinderbox on the barrel’s fuse.
• Leave the room before the explosion.
• Re-enter and climb over the damaged wall.

Riddle 2 – The Piano

• Run to the north side of the manor where you see Lacey tied up. This starts another cutscene.

The killer will interrogate her. Answer anything you want, but choosing “Count Check” makes him kill Lacey immediately.

After he leaves:

 Pick up and read the new note:
“It’s like music to my ears!
The glorious sounds, spelling out your fate!”

This riddle refers to the piano in the manor’s northeast room. Check the image above to see the location of the piano

• Enter through the damaged wall.
• Play the notes D–E–A–D in that exact order.
• Search the piano to find an emerald key.
  

Riddle 3 – Fireplace Gem Puzzle

• Climb back over the damaged wall.
• Follow the western hallway until a cutscene triggers.

• After it ends, pick up the new note.
• Go to the room south of the cutscene location, enter the room below and use your knife on the fireplace. The path to the fireplace is shown in the image below.

• Search the fireplace to reveal a gemstone switch panel. 

• Click the gems in this order:

  Sapphire → Diamond → Zenyte → Emerald → Onyx → Ruby

  Search the fireplace again to receive a sapphire key.

  Now leave through the south door and head west to the sapphire door highlighted below. Entering it triggers another cutscene
  

Final Puzzle – The Killer’s Wardrobe

You’ll be placed in a center room with four wardrobes.
The Killer hides in one of them and throws knives at you but don’t worry, the knives can’t actually harm you. This puzzle might feel tricky at first, but once you get the timing right, it becomes very easy.

How to solve it:

• Look for the wardrobe with a faint black shadow.
• Push the mirror to face that wardrobe.
• Time it so the knife reflects off the mirror and hits the Killer. An example is shown in the image below.
• Each successful hit causes him to yell “ouch.”

• Hit him three times to trigger the final cutscene.
• Pick up the Killer’s knife, then left-click Abigale. Don’t worry—no combat occurs. Instead, a dialogue sequence will start.
• Try to leave the room to start the ending cutscene.
• Head back to the entrance of the manor, speak to Mandy to finish the quest.

Congratulations! You have completed Misthalin Mystery. The rewards are shown below.

Rewards from Misthalin Mystery

• 1 Quest point
• 600 crafting XP
• An uncut Ruby
• An Uncut Emerald
• An Uncut Sapphire

With Misthalin Mystery completed, you can move on to Prince Ali Rescue next. It’s another quick quest that unlocks free passage between Lumbridge and Al Kharid, making early-game travel much easier.