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The Curse of Arrav Requirements & Quick Guide

MasterMembersMahjarrat Mysteries series1 QPReleased 21 July 2009

Everything you need before starting The Curse of Arrav 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.

The Curse of Arrav itself

SkillLevel
ThievingThieving66
MiningMining64
RangedRanged64
StrengthStrength64
AgilityAgility61
SummoningSummoning41
SlayerSlayer37

Including every prerequisite quest

The highest level of each skill you need across The Curse of Arrav and all the quests you must finish first.

SkillLevelNeeded for
ThievingThieving66The Curse of Arrav
MiningMining64The Curse of Arrav
RangedRanged64The Curse of Arrav
StrengthStrength64The Curse of Arrav
AgilityAgility61The Curse of Arrav
MagicMagic59Family Crest
SmithingSmithing54Defender of Varrock
HunterHunter51Defender of Varrock
SummoningSummoning41The Curse of Arrav
CraftingCrafting40Family Crest
SlayerSlayer37The Curse of Arrav
ConstructionConstruction35Missing My Mummy
CookingCooking35Missing My Mummy
PrayerPrayer35Missing My Mummy
RunecraftingRunecrafting35What Lies Below
WoodcuttingWoodcutting10The Tale of the Muspah
FiremakingFiremaking6The Tale of the Muspah

Quest requirements

4 direct prerequisites, 13 quests in the full chain. The tree shows each quest's own requirements beneath it.

Other requirements

Quick guide: order to unlock The Curse of Arrav

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

  1. Family Crest
  2. Shield of Arrav
  3. The Knight's Sword
  4. What Lies Below
  5. Defender of Varrock
  6. Stolen Hearts
  7. Diamond in the Rough
  8. Gertrude's Cat
  9. Icthlarin's Little Helper
  10. The Golem
  11. Missing My Mummy
  12. Temple of Ikov
  13. The Tale of the Muspah
  14. The Curse of Arrav

Ironman notes

High Ironman priority (7/10 in our Ironman ranking).

See where it fits in the Ironman Quest Cape order.

XP rewards

Skills The Curse of Arrav gives guaranteed XP in (fixed XP or a skill-locked lamp; choice lamps not listed). See the wiki for exact amounts.

  • AgilityAgility
  • MiningMining
  • RangedRanged
  • SlayerSlayer
  • StrengthStrength
  • SummoningSummoning
  • ThievingThieving

Quests that need The Curse of Arrav

Full walkthrough, items needed and exact rewards: The Curse of Arrav on the RuneScape Wiki . Requirement data is adapted from the wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.

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