Clue scroll (beginner)

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Clue scroll (beginner)
Released							11 April 2019 (Update)
Members							No
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							No
Equipable							No
Stackable							No
Noteable							No
Options							Read, Check steps, Drop
Examine							Hopefully leads to treasure.
Values
Value							20 coins
High alch							12 coins
Low alch							8 coins
Weight							0.02 kg
Advanced data
Item ID							23182

A clue scroll (beginner) is a random drop from a large variety of lower-levelled monsters and certain skilling activities. It is the only clue type available in free-to-play and, if skilling, can be found when fishing (clue bottle), mining (clue geode), or woodcutting (clue nest). Members can also get them from baby implings and young implings. Clue scrolls are the start of a Treasure Trail - a treasure hunt that sends players hunting all around Gielinor following a trail of clues that lead to rare and unique treasures. However, accounts that are less than 10 hours old will not be able to receive any unique rewards.

For a guide on how to complete a clue scroll, see Treasure Trails Guide. Beginner clues can be between 1-3 steps long. Unlike all other clue types, which are equally likely to have each number of steps, beginner clues have a 10% chance of completion at 1 step and a 45% chance of completion at 2 or 3 steps.

Beginner clue scrolls are the easiest to obtain and complete, and offer low rewards in return. One is given as a reward by Veos after completing X Marks the Spot should players not have one already in their possession.

After completing 600 beginner clues, the player will unlock the Explore emote.

Beginner clue scrolls are not required to be given to Watson in exchange for a master clue scroll. In addition, beginner clue scrolls will not give master clue scrolls as a reward.

Drop trick mechanics

Scrolls dropped by monsters appear on the ground with any other drops made by the monster - the scroll will despawn in 120s. When skilling, the clue container appears in your backpack inventory and must be opened to extract the scroll. As for all clue scrolls, only one beginner clue scroll or container can be held, kept in Death's office or stored in a bank at one time. However, it is possible to use a variation of the drop trick to collect more than one clue scroll while skilling or levelling via PVM.

To utilise the drop trick mechanics, the player first opens the scroll container (if skilling) or picks up the scroll dropped by the monster. Once you have the scroll in your inventory you should drop it in a convenient close location. Dropping a scroll allows you to collect another: ideally, each should be dropped on separate squares to be able to track their individual timers. Each scroll you drop will despawn in 61 minutes - it is recommended that you do not rely on the final 60s - but each scroll timer can be reset by picking up and re-dropping the scroll. The dropped scrolls are not visible to other players. Use of the Runelite plugin "Ground items" is recommended so you can set timers on each dropped scroll. The game will continue to generate scrolls, but, by using the "drop trick", you can collect an unlimited number without having to do a clue trail before receiving the next scroll.

The scroll "drop trick" can be particularly useful for activities such as power mining or AFK mining of Crashed Stars which, in the case of the latter, is a time-limited resource (see also Guide:Clue_Juggling). Once finished skilling etc, players will then have to do a series of clue trails and come back to the drop point to pick up the next scroll and, if needed reset the timers of unused scrolls. Completion of beginner clue steps will give another clue or a reward casket (beginner), containing the final reward for the trail. Reward caskets will stack in the backpack inventory and bank, and have no weight. When in the backpack they do not affect the receipt, or picking up, of another clue.

A feature of dropped clue scrolls - unlike other dropped items - is that they will follow the player if hopping to another world. This can be particularly useful in (for example) mining Crashed Stars as these can fall at the same location on different worlds - allowing the player to hop, continue mining, and bring all the clue scrolls (on the ground) at the same time. Similarly for other skilling or PVM activities which may become crowded and the player wishes to hop to a quieter world. Note also that dropped clue scrolls will survive a system update or log out and be available to the player when the game re-starts: ground timers will reset at that point.

Types of clues

Please note that it is possible to receive the same clue more than once.

• Anagram clues
• Charlie the Tramp tasks
• Cryptic clues
• Emote clues
• Hot/Cold clues
• Map clues

Requirements

These requirements are not strictly required as they can all be obtained from other sources or from other players. Certain clues will require items that need a certain skill requirement in order to wear or wield. The table below shows the highest skill requirement, in order to complete every beginner clue without purchasing from a store, getting a monster drop, or trading with other players.

Highest requirement	Details
20 (boostable)	Required to cook a pike.
18 (boostable)	Required to craft leather chaps.
25 (boostable)	Required to catch a raw pike.
15 (boostable)	Required to mine an iron ore.
15 (boostable)	Required to smith an iron dagger.

For some of the emote clues, Ironmen may require the specific Crafting level for the gold jewellery, and the relatively high mining and Smithing levels to make the necessary gold bars.

However, the bars and jewellery can be obtained via other methods, such as quests, random events, and ground spawns, possibly requiring the magic spell telekinetic grab.

Item requirements

Items required
Bronze axe	Chef's hat	Gold necklace
Gold ring	Leather boots	Red cape

Possible rewards

Main article: Reward casket (beginner)

The average loot roll is worth 4,114.00. On average, beginner clues are worth 8,228.00.

As well as unique Treasure Trails rewards, players may also receive a variety of items. A more detailed overview of all possible rewards can be found at reward casket (beginner).

Image	Name
	Bear feet
	Mole slippers
	Frog slippers
	Demon feet
	Sandwich lady outfit
	Ornament kits (Zamorak, Saradomin, and Guthix)
	Trimmed monk's robes
	Amulet of defence (t)
	Jester cape
	Shoulder parrot

Item sources

With the current price of implings, the average cost to obtain a beginner clue is approximately 66,600 from a Young impling jar or 104,150 from a Baby impling jar. This ignores all other loot obtained from the jars, easy clues, and/or caskets.

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Changes

Date	Changes
[[{{#explode:6 March 2024| |0}} {{#explode:6 March 2024| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:6 March 2024| |2}}]] (update)	Clue Scrolls dropped by a player now last 61 minutes on the ground rather than two minutes. This does not change existing behaviour for Clue Scrolls dropped by NPCs or other entities. Additionally, you are now told if you would have gotten a clue but didn't because you already have one.
[[{{#explode:1 December 2022| |0}} {{#explode:1 December 2022| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:1 December 2022| |2}}]] (update | poll)	Charlie the Tramp now accepts pre-made items.
[[{{#explode:29 January 2020| |0}} {{#explode:29 January 2020| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:29 January 2020| |2}}]] (update | poll)	Explore emote unlocked upon opening one's 600th (or more) beginner casket.