River of Blood Requirements & Quick Guide
Everything you need before starting River of Blood 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
River of Blood itself
| Skill | Level |
|---|---|
| 80 | |
| 80 | |
| 78 | |
| 78 | |
| 78 | |
| 76 | |
| 75 | |
| 72 |
Including every prerequisite quest
The highest level of each skill you need across River of Blood and all the quests you must finish first.
| Skill | Level | Needed for |
|---|---|---|
| 80 | River of Blood | |
| 80 | River of Blood | |
| 79 | The Lord of Vampyrium | |
| 78 | River of Blood | |
| 78 | River of Blood | |
| 78 | River of Blood | |
| 78 | The Lord of Vampyrium | |
| 76 | River of Blood | |
| 76 | The Lord of Vampyrium | |
| 76 | The Branches of Darkmeyer | |
| 75 | The Lord of Vampyrium | |
| 75 | River of Blood | |
| 75 | The Lord of Vampyrium | |
| 72 | River of Blood | |
| 64 | The Branches of Darkmeyer | |
| 63 | The Branches of Darkmeyer | |
| 63 | The Branches of Darkmeyer | |
| 54 | Defender of Varrock | |
| 35 | What Lies Below | |
| 22 | The Darkness of Hallowvale |
Quest requirements
3 direct prerequisites, 15 quests in the full chain. The tree shows each quest's own requirements beneath it.
Quick guide: order to unlock River of Blood
One valid order: every quest comes after its own prerequisites. Skip any you have already done.
XP rewards
Skills River of Blood gives guaranteed XP in (fixed XP or a skill-locked lamp; choice lamps not listed). See the wiki for exact amounts.
Firemaking
Fletching
Herblore
Mining
Quests that need River of Blood
No other quest lists River of Blood as a direct requirement.
Full walkthrough, items needed and exact rewards: River of Blood on the RuneScape Wiki . Requirement data is adapted from the wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.
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