X Marks the Spot/Speedrun guide

This guide is for Quest Speedrunning worlds.

For main game guides, please use the [[{{#replace:X Marks the Spot/Speedrun guide|/Speedrun guide}}|in-depth guide]].

Details

Start point	Speak to Veos in The Sheared Ram in Lumbridge.
Official difficulty	Novice
Official length	Very Short
Description	Veos has long been a lover of treasure hunts and his latest hunt has brought him to Lumbridge. However, not knowing the area well, Veos could use some help finding this treasure.
Requirements	These skills are given upon setting up the speedrun: 10 Agility
Items required	These items are provided upon setting up the speedrun: 100 Coins 1 Energy potion(4)
Enemies to defeat	None
League notes	Misthalin

Walkthrough

• Speak to Veos. ( 1•1)…

  1	Can I help?
  1	Yes.

• Purchase a spade from the Lumbridge General Store.
• Dig at the clue locations below.
• Use the ancient casket on Veos at the end of the route instead of talking to him, as this saves several seconds.

Optimised routing is key for this speedrun; the route above minimises the player's pathfinding around objects.

• 
  The first clue location.
• 
  The second clue location.
• 
  The third clue location.
• 
  The fourth clue location.

Optimizations

This is a great first quest to go for diamond on, as it is very short so you can do many attempts quickly to get a perfect run. It teaches mechanics for arrivedelay and shopping, which will be used in many other quests. Doing all of this perfectly, you can achieve a 1:36.0.

arrivedelay

When you do certain actions one tick after moving, like digging, the game adds a script called arrivedelay to your action that causes a 1 tick stall. This is intended to make gameplay look smoother, but it works to our detriment here. What most players would do:

• Tick 1: move onto the dig tile
• Tick 2: click on spade
• Tick 3: be stuck in a stall due to arrivedelay, unable to move
• Tick 4: click to move away from the spot

What we can do instead:

• Tick 1: move onto the dig tile
• Tick 2: stand still, do not dig
• Tick 3: click on spade and click to move away in the same tick

This method saves 1 tick per dig, saving 2.4 seconds over the whole quest.

Shopping

Having the shopkeeper at the start held by an alt account can save several ticks.

Additionally, it's important to buy the spade in only one tick. To do this, it's helpful to use a screen marker and have the left-click option swapped to "buy". You can click the correct spot exactly when your character steps onto the tile adjacent to the shopkeeper, then flick your mouse out of the window and click the ground within the same tick.

Rewards

	Bronze	Silver	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Time	3:15	2:30	2:00	1:45	1:40
Points	10	30	80	200	0