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The Light Within Requirements & Quick Guide

GrandmasterMembersSliske's Game seriesReleased 24 August 2015

Everything you need before starting The Light Within 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 Light Within itself

SkillLevel
AgilityAgility80
CraftingCrafting80
DivinationDivination80
HerbloreHerblore80
PrayerPrayer80
SlayerSlayer80
WoodcuttingWoodcutting80

Including every prerequisite quest

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

SkillLevelNeeded for
AgilityAgility80The Light Within
CraftingCrafting80The Light Within
DivinationDivination80The Light Within
HerbloreHerblore80The Light Within
PrayerPrayer80The Light Within
SlayerSlayer80The Light Within
WoodcuttingWoodcutting80The Light Within
MagicMagic79Fate of the Gods
ConstructionConstruction75Plague's End
DungeoneeringDungeoneering75Plague's End
MiningMining75Plague's End
RangedRanged75Plague's End
SummoningSummoning75Plague's End
FletchingFletching70Within the Light
ThievingThieving66The Curse of Arrav
SmithingSmithing65Devious Minds
StrengthStrength64The Curse of Arrav
HunterHunter51Defender of Varrock
FiremakingFiremaking50Desert Treasure
RunecraftingRunecrafting50Devious Minds
CookingCooking35Missing My Mummy

Quest requirements

5 direct prerequisites, 41 quests in the full chain. The tree shows each quest's own requirements beneath it.

Quick guide: order to unlock The Light Within

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

  1. Missing, Presumed Death
  2. Fate of the Gods
  3. The Restless Ghost
  4. Making History
  5. Meeting History
  6. Plague City
  7. Biohazard
  8. Underground Pass
  9. Regicide
  10. Catapult Construction
  11. Big Chompy Bird Hunting
  12. Waterfall Quest
  13. Roving Elves
  14. Sheep Herder
  15. Mourning's End Part I
  16. Mourning's End Part II
  17. Within the Light
  18. Plague's End
  19. The Dig Site
  20. Death Plateau
  21. Troll Stronghold
  22. Desert Treasure
  23. Recruitment Drive
  24. What's Mine is Yours
  25. Devious Minds
  26. Family Crest
  27. Shield of Arrav
  28. The Knight's Sword
  29. What Lies Below
  30. Defender of Varrock
  31. Stolen Hearts
  32. Diamond in the Rough
  33. Gertrude's Cat
  34. Icthlarin's Little Helper
  35. The Golem
  36. Missing My Mummy
  37. Temple of Ikov
  38. The Tale of the Muspah
  39. The Curse of Arrav
  40. The Temple at Senntisten
  41. The World Wakes
  42. The Light Within

XP rewards

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

  • AgilityAgility
  • CraftingCrafting
  • DivinationDivination
  • HerbloreHerblore
  • PrayerPrayer
  • SlayerSlayer
  • WoodcuttingWoodcutting

Quests that need The Light Within

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

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