Curse of the Empty Lord
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Start: talk to Valdez.
Follow the sad tale of woe from one cursed soul to the next and learn more of Zamorak's betrayal of Zaros.
Curse of the Empty Lord is a members Old School RuneScape miniquest rated Experienced. The OSRS TCG Curse of the Empty Lord card list covers 2 of the items and monsters involved, including Morytania legs 2 and Knife. 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.
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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.
Resource • Armour
Armoured greaves adorned with the crest of Morytania.
Resource
A dangerous looking knife.
Also required (not collectible cards): Ring of visibility.
Walkthrough overview
A brief summary of the quest, noting where each card is used. The OSRS Wiki has the full, authoritative walkthrough.
- 1
Equip a ring of visibility together with a ghostspeak amulet (or Morytania legs 2 or higher) so you can see and understand the cursed ghosts.
- Ghostspeak amulet or Morytania legs 2
- 2
Go to Glarial's Tomb north-west of the Fishing Guild and talk to Valdez the Explorer. He tells his tale of woe, blames the thief Rennard, and gives you the Ghostly robe (top).
- Ghostspeak amulet or Morytania legs 2
- 3
Follow the given order to visit the ghosts of Sequence 1 across the map and Wilderness, collecting further pieces of the Ghostly robes while keeping the ring and amulet worn.
- Ghostspeak amulet or Morytania legs 2
- 4
Continue with Sequence 2, visiting the next set of ghosts in order to gather more robe pieces.
- Ghostspeak amulet or Morytania legs 2
- 5
Complete Sequence 3, visiting the final ghosts; some players will need a knife or a slash weapon to cut through webs along the way.
- Knife or slash weapon
- Ghostspeak amulet or Morytania legs 2
- 6
Once all six pieces of the Ghostly robes have been collected, the miniquest is complete.
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OSRS TCG Curse of the Empty Lord — frequently asked
- Which OSRS TCG cards are linked to Curse of the Empty Lord?
- 2 catalogue cards map to Curse of the Empty Lord: Morytania legs 2 and Knife. 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 Curse of the Empty Lord members only?
- Yes, Curse of the Empty Lord is a members miniquest. It is rated Experienced.
- What is the rarest card from Curse of the Empty Lord?
- Morytania legs 2 at Epic, which packs land on about 8% of the time. Rarity comes from the card's OSRS TCG score, not from the quest.
- How do I get the OSRS TCG Curse of the Empty Lord cards?
- Pull them from packs in the OSRS TCG RuneLite plugin, or trade for them. Open exchanges for this miniquest'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 Curse of the Empty Lord?
- It gives a brief walkthrough overview and maps the miniquest 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 Curse of the Empty Lord but that you don't actually need for it — NPCs mentioned in passing, scenery, or items suggested only for convenience.

Resource • Armour
Platelegs adorned with the crest of Morytania.
A higher-tier version that also substitutes for the ghostspeak amulet; the requirement already lists Morytania legs 2 as the minimum, so this is not a separate card to bring.

Resource • Armour
Platelegs adorned with the crest of Morytania.
Another higher-tier alternative to the ghostspeak amulet, already covered by the Morytania legs 2 minimum.

Resource • Armour • Clue
A very powerful dragonstone amulet.
Mentioned only as a teleport convenience for reaching the scattered ghost locations, not a required item.

Resource • Armour
Useful teleports around the wilderness.
A teleport convenience for reaching Wilderness ghost locations, not a requirement.

Resource • Armour
This necklace can really take you places.
A teleport convenience listed for travel between ghosts, not a required item.

Monster
An evil magic user.
A Wilderness monster you may pass while visiting the ghosts, not an enemy the miniquest requires you to fight.

Monster
A strange, inhuman, elemental warrior.
A Wilderness monster encountered in passing, not a required fight.