Current Affairs
NoviceMembersShortOSRS TCG Current Affairs — Old School RuneScape quest card mapping
Start: talk to Arhein.
Help Arhein get past some political red tape and unlock the current duck, a useful Sailing tool.
Current Affairs is a members Old School RuneScape quest rated Novice. The OSRS TCG Current Affairs card list covers 1 of the items and monsters involved, including Coins. This page pairs the quest with those cards and with the open player trades for them; the OSRS Wiki remains the authority on requirements and the walkthrough itself.
Full quest guide on the OSRS Wiki →Beta: quest cards are matched to the best of our current knowledge and may include some mismatches — we're still working through the data. If something doesn't look right, please submit feedback.
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Required items & monsters
Items you need to bring and the monsters you'll fight, paired with their OSRS TCG cards. See the wiki for the full requirement list.
Also required (not collectible cards): Charcoal.
Walkthrough overview
A brief summary of the quest, noting where each card is used. The OSRS Wiki has the full, authoritative walkthrough.
- 1
Talk to Arhein on the Catherby docks, then speak to Councillor Catherine in the council office; she gives you form cr-4p to fill in. Grab charcoal from the cabinet if you need it.
- 2
Go to Harry in eastern Catherby and buy a mayoral fishbowl and tiny net for 50 coins, then fish the Mayor of Catherby from an aquarium.
- Coins
- 3
Show the mayor to Arhein, then to Catherine, correcting your form answers as needed until the by-law is changed.
- 4
Take Arhein's duck out to sea, track the current from the ripple west of the Obelisk of Water, follow it to Holgart, then return to Arhein to finish the quest.
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OSRS TCG Current Affairs — frequently asked
- Which OSRS TCG cards are linked to Current Affairs?
- 1 catalogue cards map to Current Affairs: Coins. They are the quest's items and the monsters you fight that exist as cards in the Old School RuneScape TCG. The mapping is maintained by OSRS Card Exchange; whether something is a card, and its rarity, come from the OSRS TCG catalogue.
- Is Current Affairs members only?
- Yes, Current Affairs is a members quest. It is rated Novice.
- What is the rarest card from Current Affairs?
- Coins at Common, which packs land on about 37.34% of the time. Rarity comes from the card's OSRS TCG score, not from the quest.
- How do I get the OSRS TCG Current Affairs cards?
- Pull them from packs in the OSRS TCG RuneLite plugin, or trade for them. Open exchanges for this quest's cards are listed further down this page, and the trade itself happens in the plugin's own Trade window in game.
- Does this page tell me how to complete Current Affairs?
- It gives a brief walkthrough overview and maps the quest to its OSRS TCG cards — the items and monsters involved, and who is trading them. For the complete requirements, detailed steps and rewards, the OSRS Wiki link on this page is the authority.
Related cards
Cards that come up around Current Affairs but that you don't actually need for it — NPCs mentioned in passing, scenery, or items suggested only for convenience.
Resource
A tiny net for grabbing tiny fish.
Bought from Harry mid-quest to fish the mayor; obtained on-site, not brought.
Resource • No
When you look into this little fish's eyes, democracy suddenly makes total sense.
An NPC fished from an aquarium during the quest, not an item you bring.