What Lies Below
IntermediateMembersShortOSRS TCG What Lies Below — Old School RuneScape quest card mapping
Start: talk to Rat Burgiss.
A travelling trader has been stranded south of Varrock after his cart was attacked by local outlaws. He needs the help of a hero to recover his lost documents, but that's not all... The Varrock Palace Secret Guard (VPSG) are on the trail of treacherous dealings with the Monks of Zamorak. Will you be able to help the VPSG and uncover what lies below?
What Lies Below is a members Old School RuneScape quest rated Intermediate. The OSRS TCG What Lies Below card list covers 3 of the items and monsters involved, including Chaos rune, Outlaw and King Roald. 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.
- Access to the Chaos Altarany one
Any one of these grants entry; alternatively travel via the Abyss or the Temple of the Eye, which need no item.
Used: Entering the Chaos Altar to infuse the wand.
Monsters you'll fight
Also required (not collectible cards): Empty bowl.
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 Rat Burgiss at the crossroads south of Varrock. He gives you an empty folder and asks you to recover five stolen papers.
- 2
Travel to the outlaw camp between Edgeville and the Grand Exchange, kill five outlaws for the papers, fill the folder and return it to Rat, who asks you to take a letter to Surok Magis in the Varrock Palace Library.
- 3
Deliver the letter to Surok; he gives you a wand and asks you to charge it at the Chaos Altar.
- 4
Reach the Chaos Altar (via a chaos or catalytic talisman/tiara, the Abyss, or the Temple of the Eye) and use the wand on the altar to absorb 15 chaos runes and create the Infused wand.
- Chaos rune
- Access to the Chaos Altar
- 5
Return to Surok with the infused wand and an empty bowl to receive Surok's letter, then take it back to Rat Burgiss.
- 6
Rat reveals Surok's plot to mind-control King Roald. Talk to Zaff for a beacon ring and plan, then arrest Surok at the palace to finish the quest.
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OSRS TCG What Lies Below — frequently asked
- Which OSRS TCG cards are linked to What Lies Below?
- 3 catalogue cards map to What Lies Below: Chaos rune, Outlaw and King Roald. 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 What Lies Below members only?
- Yes, What Lies Below is a members quest. It is rated Intermediate.
- What is the rarest card from What Lies Below?
- Chaos rune 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 What Lies Below 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 What Lies Below?
- 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 What Lies Below but that you don't actually need for it — NPCs mentioned in passing, scenery, or items suggested only for convenience.
Resource • Armour
You will need to recharge the necklace at the Legends Guild.
Suggested only as a teleport to reach the outlaw camp; a convenience, not a requirement.
Resource • Armour • Clue
It can be charged at the Fountain of Rune.
Suggested only as a teleport towards the outlaw camp; a convenience, not a requirement.
Monster • Misthalin
A powerful wizard.
The antagonist NPC you deliver letters to and later arrest; interacted with, not fought as a card in this quest.
Resource • Weapon
Used for mining.
Given by Anna Jones during Option 1 to excavate the statue; obtained mid-quest, not brought.
Monster
Apparently walks the Abyss.
Monsters passed if you take the Abyss route to the altar (Option 3); not a required kill.
Resource • Armour
This necklace can really take you places.
Named only as a teleport convenience on the Temple of the Eye route (Option 4).
Resource
Useful for mixing things.
The quest's 'empty bowl' requirement matched no catalogue card; this generic Bowl card is a near-miss, so the item is tracked as unmatched instead.