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The General's Shadow (miniquest) Requirements & Quick Guide

ExperiencedMembersMiniquestMahjarrat Mysteries seriesReleased 12 February 2007

Everything you need before starting The General's Shadow (miniquest) 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 General's Shadow (miniquest) itself

No skill requirements for The General's Shadow (miniquest) itself.

Including every prerequisite quest

The highest level of each skill you need across The General's Shadow (miniquest) and all the quests you must finish first.

SkillLevelNeeded for
ThievingThieving42Temple of Ikov
RangedRanged40Temple of Ikov

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 The General's Shadow (miniquest)

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

  1. Temple of Ikov
  2. The Restless Ghost
  3. Curse of the Empty Lord (miniquest)
  4. Fight Arena
  5. The General's Shadow (miniquest)

XP rewards

Skills The General's Shadow (miniquest) gives guaranteed XP in (fixed XP or a skill-locked lamp; choice lamps not listed). See the wiki for exact amounts.

  • SlayerSlayer

Quests that need The General's Shadow (miniquest)

No other quest lists The General's Shadow (miniquest) as a direct requirement.

Full walkthrough, items needed and exact rewards: The General's Shadow (miniquest) on the RuneScape Wiki . Requirement data is adapted from the wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.

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