Ethically Acquired Antiquities/Quick guide

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Start point	Inspect the empty display on the ground floor of the Grand Museum in Civitas illa Fortis. <maplink group="pins" align="center" text="<b>Show on map</b>" plane="0" y="3167" x="1720" zoom="2" mapID="-1"> {"features":[{"type":"Feature","geometry":{"coordinates":[1720.5,3165.5],"type":"Point"},"properties":{"mapID":"-1","providerID":0,"description":" X/Y: 1720,3165 ","group":"pins","icon":"greenPin","plane":0,"title":"Start point"}}],"type":"FeatureCollection"} </maplink>
Official difficulty	Novice
Official length	Short
Description	Investigate a mysterious theft from the Fortis Grand Museum.
Requirements	25 Thieving (unknown) (unknown) Completion of the following quests: Children of the Sun Shield of Arrav
Items required	None
Recommended	3,000 coins for the charter ship to Port Sarim, Ring of charos for reduced charter cost, or Explorer's ring 2 or better for teleport. Varrock Teleport Civitas illa Fortis Teleport
Enemies to defeat	None

Walkthrough

• Inspect the empty display case in the north-east corner of the Grand Museum in Civitas illa Fortis to start the quest( 1)…

  1

  Yes.

• Talk to Curator Herminius in the middle of the museum. Talk about the empty display case( 4)…

  4	Could you tell me more about that empty display?

• Investigate the tools behind the display case.
• Inspect the display case again.
• Talk to the citizens, academics, and tourists around the room about their suspicions until one mentions a mysterious individual.
• Talk to Regulus Cento by the quetzals south-west of the museum( 2)…

  2	Have you seen anybody suspicious around?

• Go east and talk to a Trader Crewmember (charter ship crewmember) about the suspicious man (1 inventory space required) ( 3•1)…

  3	Have you seen a man with a case?
  1	As long as it is just the one favour...

• Go to the crafting shop south-east and get the sail repaired by Artima( 2•1)…

  2	I was hoping for some help.
  1	Go on then.

• Go back to the Trader Crewmember and talk about the suspicious man again( 3)…

  3	So, about that man with the case

• Head to Port Sarim talk to Trader Stan or any of the Trader Crewmembers who are located at the most south dock( 3)…

  3	Have you seen a grey-haired man with a case?

• Talk to Betty in the runeshop in north-west Port Sarim( 2)…

  2	Have you seen a grey-haired man with a case?

• Read the note you receive
• Talk to Curator Haig Halen in Varrock Museum about Xerna's Diadem( 1)…

  1	I'm looking for Xerna's Diadem.

  - Option 2 if Bone Voyage is complete
• Pickpocket him for the storeroom key.
• Open the storeroom in the north-east part of the museum and search the crates.
• Go back and talk to Haig Halen selecting option 1 to begin the scene( 1)…

  1	I found Xerna's Diadem...

  - Option 2 if Bone Voyage is complete
• Select options that will shame Haig Halen
• Return to the Grand Museum in Civitas illa Fortis and talk to Curator Herminius to complete the quest( 4)…

  4	About that empty display...

Rewards

• 1 Quest point
• 6,000 Thieving experience
• 5,000 coins