Grim Tales
MasterMembersMediumOSRS TCG Grim Tales — Old School RuneScape quest card mapping
Start: talk to Sylas.
"Once upon a time in a land far, far away..." Sylas, a collector of items both wondrous and unusual seeks out the latest additions to his trove with a somewhat unusual prize for the finder. Terrors and towers await; fierce battles with giant beasts; striding boldly to rescue a dwarf in distress! Not a quest for the meek or faint-hearted, prepare yourself for a feast of fairy-tale fun with rewards a-plenty! The Brothers Grimm could never have foretold a tale such as this...
Grim Tales is a members Old School RuneScape quest rated Master. The OSRS TCG Grim Tales card list covers 5 of the items and monsters involved, including Glod, Tarromin and Seed dibber. 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.
The quest and minigame card relationships on this page are maintained by OSRS Card Exchange. Whether a related item or monster currently appears as a card, and its displayed OSRS TCG rarity, are legacy compatibility fields derived from the referenced OSRS TCG catalogue snapshot. OSRS Card Exchange is independently operated and is not affiliated with or endorsed by OSRS TCG or its developers. View OSRS TCG attribution and licence information.
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
A useful herb.
Resource
Use this to plant seeds with.
Resource
This watering can is empty.
Resource • Armour
These will keep my hands warm!
- Any axeany one
Any woodcutting axe works (71 Woodcutting required).
Used: Chopping down the beanstalk after defeating Glod.
Monsters you'll fight
Also required (not collectible cards): High healing food, Good armour and a weapon.
Walkthrough overview
A brief summary of the quest, noting where each card is used. The OSRS Wiki has the full, authoritative walkthrough.
- 1
Find Sylas, the old man with a walking stick in Taverley (south of the house portal). He offers his magic beans in exchange for two rare items: a griffin's feather and a dwarf's helmet.
- 2
Head to Grimgnash the griffin on White Wolf Mountain and tell him a bedtime story, choosing the most violent options. Once he sleeps, steal a feather from his nest.
- 3
Go to Rupert's tower between Goblin Village and Ice Mountain, climb the crumbling east wall (58 Thieving), and talk through the drainpipe to the imprisoned dwarf.
- 4
In the witch's house basement, wear leather gloves to open the electrified gate, find and read the music sheet, and play "EFEDCAEGA" on the piano. Brew a shrinking potion and enter the mouse hole to retrieve Miazrqa's pendant.
- Leather gloves
- Tarromin potion ingredients
- 5
Plant Sylas's magic beans in the prepared patch south-east of Taverley with a seed dibber, then water them to grow a giant beanstalk.
- Seed dibber
- Watering can
- 6
Climb the beanstalk (59 Agility) and defeat Glod, using Ranged or Magic if your melee is low.
- 7
Shrink the beanstalk, chop it down with an axe, and return to Sylas for your reward.
- Any axe
Open exchanges for these cards
Loading open exchanges…
OSRS TCG Grim Tales — frequently asked
- Which OSRS TCG cards are linked to Grim Tales?
- 5 catalogue cards map to Grim Tales: Tarromin, Seed dibber, Watering can, Leather gloves and Glod. 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 Grim Tales members only?
- Yes, Grim Tales is a members quest. It is rated Master.
- What is the rarest card from Grim Tales?
- Glod at Rare, which packs land on about 16% of the time. Rarity comes from the card's OSRS TCG score, not from the quest.
- How do I get the OSRS TCG Grim Tales 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 Grim Tales?
- 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 Grim Tales but that you don't actually need for it — NPCs mentioned in passing, scenery, or items suggested only for convenience.
Resource
Used with a thread to make clothes.
Junk pulled from searching the basement boxes while fishing for leather gloves, not something you bring.
Resource • Consumable
Yuck I don't like cabbage.
Another junk item from the basement boxes, not a requirement.
Monster
A huge mouse. It looks hungry...
Level 95 mice attack in the mouse hole, but they are scenery to avoid, not a required card.
Resource • Consumable
Prayer restore potion.
Only recommended for the Glod fight; a convenience, not a required item.
Resource
This would be worth more cut.
Dropped by Glod during the fight; an outcome, not something you bring.
Resource
Ew it's a pile of bones.
Also dropped by Glod; a reward, not a requirement.