Back to the Freezer Requirements & Quick Guide
Everything you need before starting Back to the Freezer 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
Back to the Freezer itself
| Skill | Level |
|---|---|
| 50 | |
| 45 | |
| 37 |
Including every prerequisite quest
The highest level of each skill you need across Back to the Freezer and all the quests you must finish first.
| Skill | Level | Needed for |
|---|---|---|
| 65 | Some Like It Cold | |
| 56 | Some Like It Cold | |
| 50 | Some Like It Cold | |
| 50 | Back to the Freezer | |
| 50 | Some Like It Cold | |
| 45 | Hunt for Red Raktuber | |
| 45 | Back to the Freezer | |
| 37 | Back to the Freezer | |
| 30 | Cold War | |
| 30 | Sea Slug |
Quest requirements
2 direct prerequisites, 5 quests in the full chain. The tree shows each quest's own requirements beneath it.
Quick guide: order to unlock Back to the Freezer
One valid order: every quest comes after its own prerequisites. Skip any you have already done.
- Ernest the Chicken
- Cold War
- Sea Slug
- Hunt for Red Raktuber
- Some Like It Cold
- Back to the Freezer
XP rewards
Skills Back to the Freezer gives guaranteed XP in (fixed XP or a skill-locked lamp; choice lamps not listed). See the wiki for exact amounts.
Agility
Divination
Invention
Runecrafting
Slayer
Quests that need Back to the Freezer
No other quest lists Back to the Freezer as a direct requirement.
Full walkthrough, items needed and exact rewards: Back to the Freezer on the RuneScape Wiki . Requirement data is adapted from the wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.
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