Spirits of the Elid
IntermediateMembersShortOSRS TCG Spirits of the Elid — Old School RuneScape quest card mapping
Start: talk to Awusah the Mayor.
The people in the desert village of Nardah have a problem. Their town well has dried up and any water they try to bring back to the town from the river mysteriously disappears before they can get it back. The villagers suspect they have been cursed in some way. Can you unravel what is going on and save the village?
Spirits of the Elid is a members Old School RuneScape quest rated Intermediate. The OSRS TCG Spirits of the Elid card list covers 6 of the items and monsters involved, including Black golem, Grey golem and White golem. 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
A coil of rope.
- Knife or fletching knifeany one
Used: Removing the soles from the mayor's shoes.
- Any pickaxeany one
- Bronze pickaxe
- orIron pickaxe
- orSteel pickaxe
- orBlack pickaxe
- orMithril pickaxe
- orAdamant pickaxe
- orRune pickaxe
- orDragon pickaxe
Any pickaxe you have the Mining level to use; a bronze pickaxe can be obtained during the quest. Can also be used to fight some of the golems.
Used: The Waterfall area.
- Shortbow and arrows (ranged option)any one
Some form of Ranged or Magic attack is needed; a shortbow and bronze arrows can be obtained during the quest, or use Magic instead.
Used: The Waterfall area.
Monsters you'll fight
Also required (not collectible cards): Runes for Telekinetic Grab (one law and one air rune), Crush weapon, Stab weapon, Slash weapon, Light source.
Walkthrough overview
A brief summary of the quest, noting where each card is used. The OSRS Wiki has the full, authoritative walkthrough.
- 1
Speak to Awusah the Mayor in Nardah to start, then talk to Ghaslor the Elder for the ballad (do not drop it).
- 2
Search the cupboards near Shiratti the Custodian for two sets of torn robes and use a needle and thread to make robes of Elidinis, then use Telekinetic Grab to steal the ancestral key.
- Needle
- Thread
- 3
Travel to the waterfall at the source of the River Elid, use a rope on the root to enter, and open the inner door with the key while wearing the robes.
- Rope
- 4
Fight the three coloured level-75 golems, each vulnerable to a specific attack style (Crush/Slash/Stab), then solve the water-channel puzzle behind each door.
- Any pickaxe
- 5
Return to the mayor, take his shoes from beside the door and use a knife to remove the soles.
- Knife or fletching knife
- 6
Use a rope on the crevice west of town, bring a light source, and trade the mayor's soles to the genie for the statue; return the statue to complete the quest.
- Rope
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OSRS TCG Spirits of the Elid — frequently asked
- Which OSRS TCG cards are linked to Spirits of the Elid?
- 6 catalogue cards map to Spirits of the Elid: Needle, Thread, Rope, Black golem, Grey golem and White golem. 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 Spirits of the Elid members only?
- Yes, Spirits of the Elid is a members quest. It is rated Intermediate.
- What is the rarest card from Spirits of the Elid?
- Black golem 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 Spirits of the Elid 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 Spirits of the Elid?
- 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 Spirits of the Elid but that you don't actually need for it — NPCs mentioned in passing, scenery, or items suggested only for convenience.
Resource • General
Teleports you to Nardah.
Teleport convenience to reach Nardah, not a quest requirement.
Resource • Clue • Barrows
Lovely money!
Incidental spending money mentioned in passing, not a listed requirement.
Resource • Armour • Clue
A very powerful dragonstone amulet.
Teleport convenience for reaching the area, not a requirement.
Resource • Armour
An enchanted ring.
Teleport convenience for reaching the area, not a requirement.
Resource • Armour
This necklace can really take you places.
Teleport convenience for reaching the area, not a requirement.
Monster
Needs to be shot with a ranged weapon.
An incidental target-style creature link, not a golem you fight or an item you bring.