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Vessel of the Harbinger Requirements & Quick Guide

IntermediateMembersThe First Necromancer seriesReleased 7 August 2023

Everything you need before starting Vessel of the Harbinger 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.

Vessel of the Harbinger itself

SkillLevel
NecromancyNecromancy46
PrayerPrayer40

Including every prerequisite quest

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

SkillLevelNeeded for
NecromancyNecromancy46Vessel of the Harbinger
PrayerPrayer40Vessel of the Harbinger
AgilityAgility25Ghosts Ahoy
CookingCooking20Ghosts Ahoy

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 Vessel of the Harbinger

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

  1. The Restless Ghost
  2. Ghosts Ahoy
  3. Necromancy!
  4. Rune Mythos
  5. Vessel of the Harbinger

XP rewards

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

  • NecromancyNecromancy
  • PrayerPrayer

Quests that need Vessel of the Harbinger

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

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