Quiet Before the Swarm Requirements & Quick Guide
Everything you need before starting Quiet Before the Swarm 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
Quiet Before the Swarm itself
| Skill | Level |
|---|---|
| 42 | |
| 35 |
Including every prerequisite quest
The highest level of each skill you need across Quiet Before the Swarm and all the quests you must finish first.
| Skill | Level | Needed for |
|---|---|---|
| 42 | Quiet Before the Swarm | |
| 35 | Quiet Before the Swarm | |
| Quest points | 33 | Wanted! |
| 5 | Enter the Abyss (miniquest) | |
| 3 | Recruitment Drive |
Quest requirements
2 direct prerequisites, 4 quests in the full chain. The tree shows each quest's own requirements beneath it.
Quick guide: order to unlock Quiet Before the Swarm
One valid order: every quest comes after its own prerequisites. Skip any you have already done.
- Imp Catcher
- Enter the Abyss (miniquest)
- Recruitment Drive
- Wanted!
- Quiet Before the Swarm
XP rewards
Skills Quiet Before the Swarm gives guaranteed XP in (fixed XP or a skill-locked lamp; choice lamps not listed). See the wiki for exact amounts.
Attack
Strength
Quests that need Quiet Before the Swarm
Full walkthrough, items needed and exact rewards: Quiet Before the Swarm on the RuneScape Wiki . Requirement data is adapted from the wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.
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