OSRS Sheep Herder Quest Guide

Sheep Herder is part of the Elf questline, and the goal is simple on paper: round up four infected sheep, kill them, and burn their bones so the plague doesn’t spread through Ardougne. In reality, the herding part is where most people get stressed — the sheep love wandering off like they have a mind of their own.

General Tips Before Starting

• Enable RuneLite’s Quest Helper to speed things up.

• Hold space bar to skip dialog.

• Use number keys for faster chat options.

• Bring stamina potions. They help more than people expect, especially during the herding.

How Long It Takes

I finished Sheep Herder in about 9 minutes, but that’s mostly because I already know how annoying the sheep can be. If it’s your first time, expect maybe 5 extra minutes — especially if the sheep decide to troll you.

Requirements

There are no skill, quest, or item requirements. Just bring the 100 coins for the clothing and some stamina pots.

Walkthrough of Sheep Herder

Starting the Quest

• Talk to Councillor Halgrive, outside the East Ardougne church. Select option 1 to start. Fastest ways to get here: Ardougne Teleport (by far the fastest), boat from Rimmington (30 gp, but slow)

• After that, talk to Doctor Orbon inside the church north of Halgrive. Pay him 100 coins for the plague jacket and trousers.

Herding the Sick Sheep

• Put on the plague clothing and head to the enclosure north of Ardougne. Pick up the cattleprod.

Now the “fun” part begins.

Herding sheep in this quest is weirdly harder than it should be. Even after doing this quest many times, the sheep still manage to run off in random directions like they’re trying to escape Ardougne forever.

Here’s what actually works:

• If the sheep says BAAAAA! (all caps), it moves the direction you prod.

• If it says Baa, it runs back to its original spot — super annoying.

• Stand behind the sheep and push it in the direction you want. Don’t let it wander.

• Spam-click to keep it moving. If you stop even for a moment, it tends to drift off.

• If it gets stuck on a wall, just reposition behind it and prod again.

• When it’s close to the pen, give it one last prod to make sure it actually enters. I’ve had sheep stop one tile away and turn around — painful.

Sheep Locations

• Red Sheep: North of East Ardougne’s northern bank.

• Green Sheep: North-east of the red one, above the fenced area with fallen trees.

• Blue Sheep: North-west of the incinerator enclosure, near a small warrior camp. Don’t wander too far west — level 42 moss giants will ruin your day.

• Yellow Sheep: Just south of the Fishing Guild.

Killing and Disposing

• After all sheep are in the enclosure: Use poison sheep food on each one and pick up their bones. Use the bones on the incinerator to destroy them.
• Return to Councillor Halgrive to finish the quest.

Rewards from the Sheep Herder

• 4 Quest Points
• 3,100 coins

Completion of Sheep Herder is required to start Mourning's End Part I.