Ghosts Ahoy

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.

Ecto-token

Resource

A token with ectoplasm on it.

1 gpCommon

Coins

Resource • Clue • Barrows

Lovely money!

1 gpCommon

Bucket of milk

Resource • Consumable

It's a bucket of milk.

6 gpCommon

Silk

Resource

It's a sheet of silk.

30 gpCommon

Spade

Resource

A slightly muddy spade.

3 gpCommon

Oak longbow

Resource • Weapon

A nice sturdy bow made out of oak.

160 gpUncommon

Knife

Resource

A dangerous looking knife.

6 gpCommon

Bucket of slime

Resource • Consumable

It's a bucket of ectoplasm.

1 gpCommon

Tinderbox

Resource

Useful for lighting a fire.

1 gpCommon

Bowl of water

Resource • Consumable

It's a bowl of water.

4 gpCommon

• Dyes (red, blue and yellow)any one
  • Red dye
  • orBlue dye
  • orYellow dye

  The dye colour required is random; bringing 3 red, 3 blue and 3 yellow lets you mix whatever is needed.

  Used: Colouring items in the Book of Haricanto step.

• Needle and thread, or a costume needleany one
  • Needle
  • orThread
  • orCostume needle

  Needle and thread can be bought from the Canifis general store; a costume needle replaces both.

  Used: Repairing the model ship.

• Gloves (closed-fingered)any one
  • Leather gloves
  • orHardleather gloves
  • orBronze gloves
  • orIron gloves
  • orSteel gloves
  • orBlack gloves
  • orMithril gloves
  • orAdamant gloves
  • orRune gloves
  • orBarrows gloves
  • orDragon gloves

  For picking nettles; must be closed-fingered. Slayer, Ranger, Infinity, Moonclan, Granite, Lunar and Beekeeper's gloves will NOT work.

  Used: Gathering nettles for the old crone's nettle tea.

Also required (not collectible cards): Ghostspeak amulet.

Walkthrough overview

A brief summary of the quest, noting where each card is used. The OSRS Wiki has the full, authoritative walkthrough.

1. 1

   Before the quest, worship the Ectofuntus north of Port Phasmatys (wearing the Ghostspeak amulet, with buckets, pots and bones) to gather the ecto-tokens.

   • Ecto-token
2. 2

   Pay ecto-tokens to enter Port Phasmatys and talk to Velorina, then Necrovarus, who refuses to free the ghosts.

   • Ecto-token
3. 3

   Visit the old crone north of Canifis; make and give her nettle tea (picking nettles with gloves, lighting a fire with a tinderbox, brewing in a bowl of water) plus a bucket of milk.

   • Gloves (closed-fingered)
   • Tinderbox
   • Bowl of water
   • Bucket of milk
4. 4

   Repair the model ship with silk, a needle, thread and a knife to find the Book of Haricanto, using dyes and a spade as directed.

   • Silk
   • Needle and thread, or a costume needle
   • Knife
   • Dyes (red, blue and yellow)
   • Spade
5. 5

   Trade Ak-Haranu an oak longbow signed by Robin (win it back at Rune-Draw with ~400 coins) for the translation manual.

   • Oak longbow
   • Coins
6. 6

   Get a bedsheet from the Ghost innkeeper and dye it with a bucket of slime to make ghost robes.

   • Bucket of slime
7. 7

   Give the old crone the robes, book, manual and Ghostspeak amulet to enchant it, then command Necrovarus to release the ghosts and finish the quest.

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OSRS TCG Ghosts Ahoy — frequently asked

Which OSRS TCG cards are linked to Ghosts Ahoy?

10 catalogue cards map to Ghosts Ahoy: Ecto-token, Coins, Bucket of milk, Silk, Spade, Oak longbow, Knife, Bucket of slime, Tinderbox and Bowl of water. 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 Ghosts Ahoy members only?

Yes, Ghosts Ahoy is a members quest. It is rated Intermediate.

What is the rarest card from Ghosts Ahoy?

Oak longbow 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 Ghosts Ahoy 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 Ghosts Ahoy?

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 Ghosts Ahoy but that you don't actually need for it — NPCs mentioned in passing, scenery, or items suggested only for convenience.

• Bones

  

  Resource • General

  Bones are for burying!

  1 gpCommon

  Used at the Ectofuntus to gather ecto-tokens before the quest; a consumable input, not a required card to bring to the quest itself.

• Logs

  

  Resource

  A number of wooden logs.

  4 gpCommon

  A log is burned to make nettle tea, but no specific log card is required — any loggable log works.

• Mazchna

  

  Monster • Morytania • Slayer

  He looks dangerous!

  Lvl 40000Epic

  The Slayer master named only as a map landmark near the old crone's house; not involved.

• Purple dye

  

  Resource

  A little bottle of purple dye.

  5 gpCommon

  A dye colour that is never the randomly required one; only red, blue and yellow are used.

• Green dye

  

  Resource

  A little bottle of green dye.

  5 gpCommon

  Another dye colour that is not required; the quest only asks for red, blue or yellow.

• Death rune

  

  Resource • Barrows

  Used for medium level missile spells.

  180 gpUncommon

  Mentioned in passing in the translation-manual step; not a required item.