The Restless Ghost
Lay a ghost to rest in Lumbridge graveyard for a sizeable early Prayer boost.
Before you start
Novice · short · 1 quest pointNothing to unlock first. Any account can start this one today, including free-to-play.
About this quest
A ghost is haunting the Lumbridge graveyard and Father Aereck wants it gone. Behind the story it is a short errand across three locations, and it gives one of the few early items you keep using for years.
The quest is also the standard introduction to Prayer. The 1,125 experience it awards takes a fresh account from nothing to level 9 in about five minutes, which is the fastest Prayer progress available anywhere.
Why do it: The amulet of ghostspeak is required for several later quests and for talking to ghosts generally, and the Prayer experience covers the first nine levels in one go.
What makes this quicker
- The ghost's skull is guarded by a level 30 skeleton that cannot be safely ignored at low level. Go with food rather than planning to run.
- Wear the amulet of ghostspeak before you talk to anything — a conversation that fails because it is in your bag rather than round your neck is the commonest way to lose time here.
Walkthrough
01Getting the amulet
- 1
Speak to Father Aereck in the Lumbridge church, just east of the castle, and agree to help with the ghost.
- 2
Walk south-west into Lumbridge Swamp and find Father Urhney in the small hut. He hands over the amulet of ghostspeak.
02The skull
The ghost cannot be understood without the amulet worn, and its skull is across the river in the Wizards' Tower basement.
- 1
Wear the amulet — worn, not carried — and speak to the ghost in the graveyard behind the church.
Carrying the amulet in your inventory does nothing. If the ghost is still unintelligible, check it is equipped.
- 2
Go to the Wizards' Tower south of Draynor, climb down to the basement, and search the coffin for the skull.
- 3
There is a level 13 skeleton by the coffin. It is avoidable at low level and not worth fighting — grab the skull and leave.
A fresh account can die here if it stands and fights. Take the skull and walk away rather than trading hits.
- 4
Return to the graveyard and use the skull on the coffin to finish.
What to do next
Keep the amulet of ghostspeak. It is needed for Animal Magnetism and several other quests, and buying a replacement later is an avoidable errand.
Prayer 9 from a standing start is most of the way to the first useful threshold. The next one worth aiming at is Prayer 43 for protection prayers, which changes what combat content is survivable more than any other early unlock.
Rewards
Experience
1,125 totalEverything else
- 1,125 Prayer experience
- Amulet of ghostspeak
Quests that need this one
Completing The Restless Ghost is a prerequisite for the following.
Animal Magnetism
Unlocks Ava's device. Effectively mandatory for anyone training Ranged.
Nature Spirit
Rewards 2 quest points, Ability to fight ghasts and Ability to use the Swamp Boaty.
Creature of Fenkenstrain
Rewards 2 quest points and The Ring of Charos.
Ghosts Ahoy
Rewards 2 quest points, Free passage into Port Phasmatys and The Ectophial.
Making History
Rewards 3 quest points, 750 File and Enchanted key.
