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- Other Requirements: Able to defeat a lvl 58 monster
- Start this quest by going to Camelot Castle and asking King Arthur for a quest. He will tell you about Merlin being trapped in a crystal. He tells you to go talk to the guards.
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Talking w/ the Knights: You will learn about the Sorceress who imprisoned Merlin in a crystal. You will also learn how to stow away on a boat to reach Keep Lefaye.
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Stow Away: To stow away on the merchant's boat, go to Catherby, find the boat, and have a friend distract the merchant.
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Find the Sorceress: Fight your way up through the keep filled with lvl 51 Renegade Knights (). Attack a lvl 58 Sir Mordred (
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)
(found on the third floor of the keep) and fight him until the
Sorceress appears. She asks you to spare her son's life (lvl 58 Sir
Mordred), and if you
do she will tell you how to free Merlin from the crystal. She then
tells you that you need to find the closest pentagram to the crystal,
place some bat bones in the pentagram, then burn a black candle to summon the demon
Thrantax. Use the magic words found on the chaos altar at
lvl 12 Wilderness to bind him, then shatter the crystal with the sword
Excalibur. Now you can leave the keep by using the ladder. -
Find Excalibur (
):
This can only be done after talking to the sorceress. Go find the Lady
of the Lake on the piece of land that juts out into the lake SE of Taverley.
She tells you that you must prove yourself worthy of wielding
Excalibur. To do this you must enter the Jewelry shop in Port Sarim. -
Enter the Shop: Go to Port Sarim. You will need to give a loaf of bread (
) to the
beggar outside of the shop to gain entry into the shop. If you give
the bread to the beggar, he will transform into the Lady of the Lake. She will give you
Excalibur! -
Making a Black Candle (
):
Get a bucket (
)
from the merchant in Catherby, then search the houses until you find insect repellant
(
). Now head to the beehives
(
), use repellant spray
on the beehive, then use the bucket with the beehive to get some wax (
). Go to the
candlemaker in Catherby and ask him to make a candle for you. Take the
black candle he makes. -
Magic Words: Go to the Chaos Altar located at lvl 12 Wilderness N of Varrock. Memorize the magic words (Snarthon Candtrick Termanto). Now to find some bat bones.
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Bat Bones
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Go find a lvl 32 Giant Bat (.gif)
)
and kill it. Pick up the bones that it drops. -
Free Merlin: Head towards Camelot Castle. You will find the pentagram (
)
under the pavilion to the East of the castle, but still on the castle
grounds. Place the
bones onto the pentagram, then light the black candle (
) by
using a tinderbox (
)
with the candle. This
will summon the demon Thrantax (.gif)
) to you. Now
choose the correct string of
magic words to bind the demon. Now tell the demon to make it possible
to shatter the crystal that Merlin is trapped in. Go to the crystal (E
tower) and use Excalibur with the crystal. Merlin is free! He thanks
you for freeing him. -
Getting the Reward: Go talk to King Arthur after freeing Merlin.
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Reward: 6 Quest Points; the Excalibur sword; become a Knight of the Round Table