Tower of Life
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Start: talk to Effigy.
The construction of a mysterious tower is almost complete, but the builders working on it have gone on strike. Losing patience, the alchemists that hired them are looking for anybody to help them. When the world of magic and the world of logic combine you can expect dangerous results, but a true adventurer would cherish such things... wouldn't they?
Tower of Life is a members Old School RuneScape quest rated Novice. The OSRS TCG Tower of Life card list covers 2 of the items and monsters involved, including Saw and Beer. 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 • Misthalin • Kourend • Varlamore • Tirannwn
Good for cutting wood.
Resource • Consumable
A glass of frothy ale.
- Hammerany one
An Imcando hammer also works.
Used: Fixing up the tower's machinery.
Walkthrough overview
A brief summary of the quest, noting where each card is used. The OSRS Wiki has the full, authoritative walkthrough.
- 1
Head to the Tower of Life south-west of the Necromancer Tower, south of East Ardougne. Obtain a builder's costume (using a beer) so you can enter the tower.
- Beer
- 2
With a hammer and saw, fix the pressure machine on the first floor by setting the four wheels correctly.
- Hammer
- Saw
- 3
Solve the pipe-machine jigsaw on the next floor, rotating and placing the pipes into their correct positions.
- Hammer
- Saw
- 4
On the top floor, repair the caged area by placing correctly sized bars on each of the cage's four sides.
- Hammer
- Saw
- 5
Complete the Alchemists' Secret by answering the 14 questions to push the Homunculus's mind fully towards magic or logic, finishing the quest.
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OSRS TCG Tower of Life — frequently asked
- Which OSRS TCG cards are linked to Tower of Life?
- 2 catalogue cards map to Tower of Life: Saw and Beer. 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 Tower of Life members only?
- Yes, Tower of Life is a members quest. It is rated Novice.
- What is the rarest card from Tower of Life?
- Saw at Common, which packs land on about 37.34% of the time. Rarity comes from the card's OSRS TCG score, not from the quest.
- How do I get the OSRS TCG Tower of Life 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 Tower of Life?
- 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 Tower of Life but that you don't actually need for it — NPCs mentioned in passing, scenery, or items suggested only for convenience.

Resource • Clue • Barrows
Lovely money!
Spent while obtaining the builder's costume; currency, not a required card.