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Back to my Roots Requirements & Quick Guide

MasterMembersReleased 9 October 2007

Everything you need before starting Back to my Roots 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

Check my stats

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

Back to my Roots itself

SkillLevel
WoodcuttingWoodcutting72
SlayerSlayer59
AgilityAgility55
FarmingFarming53

Including every prerequisite quest

The highest level of each skill you need across Back to my Roots and all the quests you must finish first.

SkillLevelNeeded for
WoodcuttingWoodcutting72Back to my Roots
SlayerSlayer59Back to my Roots
AgilityAgility55Back to my Roots
FarmingFarming53Back to my Roots
CraftingCrafting49The Hand in the Sand
ThievingThieving21Tribal Totem

Quest requirements

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

Quick guide: order to unlock Back to my Roots

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

  1. The Hand in the Sand
  2. Tribal Totem
  3. Back to my Roots

XP rewards

Skills Back to my Roots gives guaranteed XP in (fixed XP or a skill-locked lamp; choice lamps not listed). See the wiki for exact amounts.

  • AgilityAgility
  • FarmingFarming
  • SlayerSlayer
  • WoodcuttingWoodcutting

Quests that need Back to my Roots

No other quest lists Back to my Roots as a direct requirement.

Full walkthrough, items needed and exact rewards: Back to my Roots on the RuneScape Wiki . Requirement data is adapted from the wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.

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