Shades of Mort'ton
IntermediateMembersShortOSRS TCG Shades of Mort'ton — Old School RuneScape quest card mapping
Start: talk to Mort'ton.
The townsfolk of Mort'ton have some form of strange affliction and the town is full of Shades. Can you find some way to reverse this?
Shades of Mort'ton is a members Old School RuneScape quest rated Intermediate. The OSRS TCG Shades of Mort'ton card list covers 6 of the items and monsters involved, including Loar Shade, Coins and Ashes. 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 • Clue • Barrows
Lovely money!
Resource
A heap of ashes.
Resource
Useful for lighting a fire.
Resource
A number of wooden logs.
Resource • Consumable
I need another ingredient to finish this Tarromin potion.
- Hammerany one
A regular hammer works in a populated minigame, but a Flamtaer hammer (bought from Razmire) is highly recommended so you can rebuild the temple solo.
Used: Rebuilding the temple in the Shades of Mort'ton minigame.
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
In the south-western house of Mort'ton, search the shelf for a book and the smashed table for two tarromin. Fill vials at the sink in the easternmost building if you didn't bring vials of water.
- 2
Read the book, then make Serum 207: use a tarromin on a vial of water and then ashes on the unfinished potion.
- Ashes
- 3
Use a serum on Razmire in the general store. He asks you to kill five Loar Shades and collect their remains.
- 4
Kill the five level-40 Loar Shades and gather their Loar remains, then report back.
- 5
Help rebuild the temple on the island north-east of the store (a short Shades minigame). A Flamtaer hammer, and bracelets, let you complete it solo.
- Hammer
- 6
Use sacred oil on logs (cut a dead tree with an axe if you have none) to make pyre logs, place them on a funeral pyre with the Loar remains, and light it with a tinderbox.
- Logs
- Tinderbox
- 7
Collect your reward from the stone pillar and return to Ulsquire to finish the quest.
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OSRS TCG Shades of Mort'ton — frequently asked
- Which OSRS TCG cards are linked to Shades of Mort'ton?
- 6 catalogue cards map to Shades of Mort'ton: Coins, Ashes, Tinderbox, Logs, Tarromin potion and Loar Shade. 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 Shades of Mort'ton members only?
- Yes, Shades of Mort'ton is a members quest. It is rated Intermediate.
- What is the rarest card from Shades of Mort'ton?
- Loar Shade 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 Shades of Mort'ton 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 Shades of Mort'ton?
- 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 Shades of Mort'ton but that you don't actually need for it — NPCs mentioned in passing, scenery, or items suggested only for convenience.
Resource
A useful herb.
Found in the smashed table in the starting house and used to brew a serum; obtained on-site, not brought.
Resource • Consumable
A glass vial containing water.
Filled at the sink during the quest to make the tarromin potion; not a card you must bring.
Resource
The remains of a deadly shade.
Collected from the Loar Shades you kill; a mid-quest drop, not a requirement to bring.
Resource • Consumable
sacred Oil.
Produced by rebuilding the temple; a mid-quest product, not carried in.
Resource
Logs prepared with sacred oil for a funeral pyre.
Made by using sacred oil on logs during the quest, not brought.
Resource
A hefty beam of timber, perfect for building temples.
A temple-repair material handled inside the Shades minigame, not a requirement.
Resource
A well carved limestone brick.
A temple-repair material handled inside the Shades minigame, not a requirement.
Resource
A tar-like substance mixed with flour and warmed.
A temple-repair material used in the minigame, not a card you bring.
Resource • Armour
Helps when building the Shades of Mort'ton temple.
An optional aid for soloing the temple repair, not a required item.
Monster
A local villager of Mort'ton.
Townsfolk you use the serum on to speak with them, not fought or carried.