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A Clockwork Syringe Requirements & Quick Guide

MasterMembersPirate seriesReleased 28 March 2011

Everything you need before starting A Clockwork Syringe in RuneScape 3: skill levels, the full chain of quests to finish first, and what completing it opens up. Check your own stats against it below.

Requirements from the RuneScape Wiki (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), snapshot 2026-09-28.

Skill requirements

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Enter your RuneScape name to compare your hiscores levels with every requirement below. Unranked skills read as level 1.

A Clockwork Syringe itself

SkillLevel
DefenceDefence76
SmithingSmithing74
ThievingThieving74
SummoningSummoning65
ConstructionConstruction62
SlayerSlayer61
DungeoneeringDungeoneering50

Including every prerequisite quest

The highest level of each skill you need across A Clockwork Syringe and all the quests you must finish first.

SkillLevelNeeded for
DefenceDefence76A Clockwork Syringe
SmithingSmithing74A Clockwork Syringe
ThievingThieving74A Clockwork Syringe
CraftingCrafting66Rocking Out
SummoningSummoning65A Clockwork Syringe
ConstructionConstruction62A Clockwork Syringe
SlayerSlayer61A Clockwork Syringe
AgilityAgility60Rocking Out
DungeoneeringDungeoneering50A Clockwork Syringe
FishingFishing50Rum Deal
PrayerPrayer50The Great Brain Robbery
FarmingFarming40Rum Deal
RangedRanged40Cabin Fever
CookingCooking31Recipe for Disaster: Freeing Pirate Pete

Quest requirements

2 direct prerequisites, 11 quests in the full chain. The tree shows each quest's own requirements beneath it.

Quick guide: order to unlock A Clockwork Syringe

One valid order: every quest comes after its own prerequisites. Skip any you have already done.

  1. Pirate's Treasure
  2. Rum Deal
  3. Cabin Fever
  4. The Restless Ghost
  5. Creature of Fenkenstrain
  6. Cook's Assistant
  7. Recipe for Disaster: Another Cook's Quest
  8. Recipe for Disaster: Freeing Pirate Pete
  9. The Great Brain Robbery
  10. Rocking Out
  11. There's No Place Like Home...
  12. A Clockwork Syringe

XP rewards

Skills A Clockwork Syringe gives guaranteed XP in (fixed XP or a skill-locked lamp; choice lamps not listed). See the wiki for exact amounts.

  • ConstructionConstruction
  • DefenceDefence
  • DungeoneeringDungeoneering
  • SlayerSlayer
  • SmithingSmithing
  • SummoningSummoning
  • ThievingThieving

Quests that need A Clockwork Syringe

Full walkthrough, items needed and exact rewards: A Clockwork Syringe on the RuneScape Wiki . Requirement data is adapted from the wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.

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