Elemental Workshop I
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Start: talk to Bookcase (Elemental Workshop I).
Hundreds of years ago, a mineral was found that had the ability to change the property of Magic. The magicians, fearing the effect this may have on their profession, sealed this Workshop forever; or so they had hoped. See if you can rediscover the lost knowledge of elemental ore.
Elemental Workshop I is a members Old School RuneScape quest rated Novice. The OSRS TCG Elemental Workshop I card list covers 6 of the items and monsters involved, including Coal, Earth elemental and Needle. 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
Used with a thread to make clothes.
Resource
Used with a needle to make clothes.
Resource
It's a piece of leather.
Resource
Good for hitting things!
Resource
Hmm a non-renewable energy source!
- Knife or a slash weaponany one
- Knife
- orBronze dagger
- orIron dagger
- orSteel dagger
- orMithril dagger
- orRune dagger
- orBronze scimitar
- orIron scimitar
- orSteel scimitar
- orRune scimitar
- orDragon scimitar
Any knife or slash weapon (dagger or scimitar) works to cut the battered book. A knife spawns in the house north of the church during the quest.
Used: Slashing the battered book to get the battered key.
- Any pickaxeany one
- Bronze pickaxe
- orIron pickaxe
- orSteel pickaxe
- orBlack pickaxe
- orMithril pickaxe
- orAdamant pickaxe
- orRune pickaxe
- orDragon pickaxe
Any pickaxe works — used to mine elemental ore.
Used: Mining elemental ore in the workshop.
Monsters you'll fight
Walkthrough overview
A brief summary of the quest, noting where each card is used. The OSRS Wiki has the full, authoritative walkthrough.
- 1
Search the bookcase in the house south-west of Seers' Village bank to get and read a battered book, starting the quest. Use a knife or slash weapon on the book to get a battered key (leaving a slashed book).
- Knife or a slash weapon
- 2
Use the key to enter the workshop. Mine elemental ore with a pickaxe.
- Any pickaxe
- 3
In the northern chamber, set both water controls to green and pull the lever to spin the water wheel.
- 4
Repair the bellows in the eastern chamber with leather, a needle and thread, then pull its lever.
- Leather
- Needle
- Thread
- 5
Use the elemental ore with 4 coal on the furnace to make elemental metal, then use the metal (with the slashed book in your inventory) on the central workbench with a hammer to make the elemental shield and finish the quest.
- Coal
- Hammer
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OSRS TCG Elemental Workshop I — frequently asked
- Which OSRS TCG cards are linked to Elemental Workshop I?
- 6 catalogue cards map to Elemental Workshop I: Needle, Thread, Leather, Hammer, Coal and Earth elemental. 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 Elemental Workshop I members only?
- Yes, Elemental Workshop I is a members quest. It is rated Novice.
- What is the rarest card from Elemental Workshop I?
- Coal at Uncommon, which packs land on about 32% of the time. Rarity comes from the card's OSRS TCG score, not from the quest.
- How do I get the OSRS TCG Elemental Workshop I 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 Elemental Workshop I?
- 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 Elemental Workshop I but that you don't actually need for it — NPCs mentioned in passing, scenery, or items suggested only for convenience.
Resource • Armour
A magic shield.
A later reward tied to Elemental Workshop II, not required or made in this quest.