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Please note this is a ‘Dangerous’ minigame. If you die during this minigame, you will lose your items.

If you have completed the Shades of Mort’ton Quest, then you will be able to cremate Shades as a way of increasing your Prayer and Firemaking levels as well as receiving various rewards.

For additional information on the Shades of Mort’ton Quest, please visit the quests area of our manual.

Normal Route

To begin your journey to Mort’ton you must be able to pass into Morytania, to do this you must have completed the Priest In Peril quest. You will then need to head west out of Canifis and then south-west until you can see a gate, which you can only pass if you have completed or started the Nature Spirit quest.

From here you will need to run south (try to avoid the Ghasts as they may rot your food!) until you reach a wooden bridge. Cross it and then follow the winding path along towards the town of Mort’ton.

Shortcut

Once having completed both the In Search of the Myreque and Priest In Peril quests you will then be able to pass into the realm of Morytania and use the following shortcut to the Mort Myre Swamp.

You will first have to go down the small trapdoor which is situated behind the Hair of the Dog Tavern in Canifis to find the Myreque hideout, after searching and entering the far wall you will then be lead through an underground passage to some large wooden doors. Go through them and you will be lead out into the Mort Myre Swamp.

From there you should head south (run, as the ghasts will attack you and will damage you or turn your food to rot) until you reach a wooden bridge. Climb up the tree to cross the bridge and then right-click on the tree to get the climb down option. Continue south until you reach the boat.

The boat will take you to the East of Mort’ton for free, however you will need to pay Cyreg Paddlehorn 10 gold pieces for a return ride.

Note: On both routes you may wish to take your blessed silver sickle and pouch in order to protect yourself from ghasts. These items are obtained during the Nature Spirit quest.

You will need to have completed the Shades of Mort’ton Quest.

Mort’ton can be a dangerous place, mainly due to its remoteness. Its nearest bank is in Canifis so you will have to decide for yourself what the most efficient method for killing and cremating the Shades would be (although those who have completed In Aid of the Myreque will have access to the bank in Burgh de Rott to the south).

In order to make pyre logs you will first need to make sacred oil. To do this you will need to rebuild the temple using the following resources:

You may wish to buy a Flamtaer Hammer from Razmire as it increases your chance of repairing sections of the wall.

To buy these resources from Razmire you simply need to click on him and ask to see his shops.

Alternatively you may right-click him so that you can access your required shop immediately, providing that you have used the permanent cure serum on him which can be made during the Shades of Mort’ton Quest. If you have not used the permanent cure on Razmire, you can use a temporary serum on him so that you are able to trade with him.

Once that you have obtained all of the items, you are ready to begin building. The temple is located in the north-east corner of Mort’ton, however, it is recommended that you log into a crowded server or bring a group of friends as it is a lot easier with a team to rebuild the temple whilst the Shades are trying to defend and knock the temple down.

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You will now need to click on the broken wall to begin repairing it. Once built you will have to use the ‘Reinforce Wall’ option in order to defend it from the Shades. While doing this you can watch your ‘Sanctity’ increase by looking at the Temple Repair chart in the top right corner of the game window.

Once you have 10% sanctity or higher you will be able to light the ‘Holy Fire Altar’ which is situated in the middle of the temple. To do this you simply need to ‘use’ your tinderbox on it. Once lit, use the Olive Oil with it to change it into Sacred Oil.

Please note that you can also gain Sanctity by defending the temple and killing the loar shades. The Salve Amulet (obtained during the Haunted Mine quest) is particularly useful when fighting shades as it gives combat bonuses against the undead.

Shades are the remains of a long departed soul and can be very dangerous. Please refer to the table below in order to see their combat levels.

Loar shades can be found all around Mort’ton however, the other type shades are located in the tomb. You will need at least a bronze key to enter the tomb which can be obtained by cremating a level 40 loar shade. Please see below for a map of the tomb.

To cremate shades successfully it is required that you have obtained the following items:

To burn the shades you will need different types of pyre logs. To do this use the sacred oil on your required logs to create pyre logs, this will give you 10 firemaking experience. Different logs require different doses of sacred oil which is shown in the table further below.

You will need to place the required Pyre Logs on the Funeral Pyres you used during the Shades of Mort’ton Quest and place the shade remains on top. Once you have done that you can use your tinderbox on the pyre to cremate the remains, at which point you will be given prayer and Firemaking experience points.

The following table shows how much experience you can gain from burning shades and what you will require in order to do so:

Once the shade has been cremated a shade key or coins will appear next to the pyre. The keys can be used to gain access to the tomb (see tomb map above) which is located north-west of Mort’ton. This enables you to hunt Shades of a higher level, as well as opening a chest of that type. You will need the same colour key in your inventory to open the corresponding doors.

Fine cloth can occasionally be found as a reward from one of the chests. This cloth is used to make Splitbark armour (Please refer to the table below).

Cremating the higher level shades give you greater odds of receiving a ‘higher level’ key, which gives you greater odds of obtaining fine cloth from the shade’s chest.

If you are making your own splitbark armour, simply take the items required to make each piece and speak with the armoured Wizard in the Wizards’ Tower.

The Tower is situated south of Draynor Village, at the end of a stone bridge.

In order to wear this armour you must have level 40 Defence and Magic level 40.

The statistics for splitbark armour are as followed:

Note: Bark is obtained by chopping a hollow tree which are found in the Haunted Woods east of Canifis. Please be aware that aggressive monsters tend to lurk thereabouts…