King's Ransom
ExperiencedMembersMediumOSRS TCG King's Ransom — Old School RuneScape quest card mapping
Start: talk to Gossip.
Life has been quiet at the Sinclair Mansion since you discovered the murderer... too quiet. So quiet, in fact, that the family has gone! Suspicions are running high that the Sinclairs' recent departure is tied to the disappearance of King Arthur and his knights. But time is running short and clues are scarce, will you crack the case in time?
King's Ransom is a members Old School RuneScape quest rated Experienced. The OSRS TCG King's Ransom card list covers 7 of the items and monsters involved, including Black full helm, Black platebody and Law rune. 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
A tiny chunk of granite.
Resource
One of the 4 basic elemental Runes.
Resource
Used for teleport spells.
Resource • Armour • Clue
A full face helmet.
Resource • Armour • Clue
Provides excellent protection.
Resource • Armour
A medium sized helmet.
Resource • Armour
A series of connected metal rings.
- Black platelegs or plateskirtany one
Either legs or skirt completes the black armour. Elite and trimmed versions work; (h) versions do not.
Used: Disguise for the Black Knights' Fortress.
Also required (not collectible cards): Animate rock scroll.
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 Gossip outside the Sinclair Mansion north-west of Camelot to start, then speak to the guard about the disappearance of King Arthur.
- 2
Break into the mansion, gather the three pieces of evidence, and present them to the guard, then learn the Sinclair history from the town gossips.
- 3
At the trial, call the correct witnesses with the right questions to rebut the evidence and secure a not-guilty verdict for Anna.
- 4
Search the statue east of Camelot; Morgan Le Faye knocks you out and you wake in a jail with Merlin and the knights. Free Merlin via the vent.
- 5
Escape the jail: cast Telekinetic Grab on the guard for a hair clip, or use a lockpick, then solve the Mastermind-style lock puzzle.
- Air rune
- Law rune
- 6
Find the Holy Grail upstairs by solving the riddle and picking the correct container (the round purple box on the right).
- 7
Get an animate rock scroll from Wizard Cromperty, then enter the Black Knights' Fortress wearing full black armour, a bronze med helm and iron chainbody. Use the scroll on King Arthur with the Holy Grail and granite to free him and finish the quest.
- Black full helm
- Black platebody
- Black platelegs or plateskirt
- Bronze med helm
- Iron chainbody
- Granite
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OSRS TCG King's Ransom — frequently asked
- Which OSRS TCG cards are linked to King's Ransom?
- 7 catalogue cards map to King's Ransom: Granite, Air rune, Law rune, Black full helm, Black platebody, Bronze med helm and Iron chainbody. 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 King's Ransom members only?
- Yes, King's Ransom is a members quest. It is rated Experienced.
- What is the rarest card from King's Ransom?
- Black full helm 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 King's Ransom 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 King's Ransom?
- 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 King's Ransom but that you don't actually need for it — NPCs mentioned in passing, scenery, or items suggested only for convenience.

Monster
A dark-hearted knight.
Black Knights guard the fortress, but the black armour disguise lets you pass them rather than fight.

Resource
An empty glass vial.
One of the junk items the imprisoned knights hand you, not something you bring.

Resource • Consumable
I'd better be careful eating this.
A cooked shark given by the knights in jail, not a required item.

Resource • Consumable
An absolutely clear spirit.
A bottle of vodka given by the knights in jail, not a required item.

Resource
For picking tough locks.
An optional way to open the jail door (an alternative to the hair clip), not a fixed requirement.

Monster • Kandarin
He isn't very friendly.
A monster associated with the jail sequence, not a required fight.

Monster • Kandarin
An energetic female adventuress.
Referenced only as the earlier One Small Favour example of freeing someone from stone, not part of this quest.

Resource • Armour
An enchanted necklace.
Mentioned only as a convenient teleport, not a requirement.