"Back to my Roots" Quest Guide(YOUTUBE MAZE SOLUTION ADDED)

[Orpheus]

"Back to my Roots" quest guide

 

 

 

Use your Slayer skills to battle out of control vegetation with an attitude, cultivate your wits and stretch your Agility to solve a cunning maze - all to make a gardener's day. Do you have what it takes to cut this quest down to size?

 

 

 

Stats/quests needed:

 

Fairy Tale part 1

 

Hand in the Sand

 

One Small Favour

 

Tribal Totem

 

Level 55 Agility

 

Level 53 Farming

 

Level 59 Slayer

 

Level 72 Woodcutting

 

Must be able to defeat a level 167 foe

 

 

 

Supplies:

 

Pot lid, Secaturs, Spade, Armor, Food, Prayer pots/super restores, Machete, Pot, Plant Pot with compost in it, Trowel, DO NOT BRING A STRONG WEAPON, IT WILL NOT HELP AGAINST THE BOSS IN THIS QUEST.

 

Optional: Super Set, Antipoison strongly recommended, because most enemies poison in this quest.

 

 

 

Enemies: Various, from lv 60 ants to lv 88 wasps, lv 167 Wild Jade Vine

 

 

 

Notes:

 

Handelmort Mansion is north of Ardoughne Castle, where you stole from in the "Tribal Totem" Quest.

 

 

 

1. Talk to Horacio. He will say that he is having a problem growing a vine, and needs your help, by talking to Wizard Cromperty about a device that will help with preserving the root's life.

 

 

 

 

2. Talk to Wizard Cromperty in the northeast corner of Ardoughne. He needs some help with the R.P.D.T at the Ardoughne Docks. They will say a package cannot be delivered because the label is ruined and they cannot read it. You'll be allowed to open the package, so open it to find a wizard's sliced hand! Report to Cromperty immediately.

 

 

 

 

3. Upon returning to him, he will say that his specialist equipment you'll need is broken by the R.P.D.T, again and he needs a pot lid. Go make him one, then report back to him.NOTE: You cannot make the pot lid beforehand, you must make it after he instructs you to.

 

 

 

4.Cromperty says you'll need to see Garth in Karamja for supplies. Garth is at the Fruit tree patch, near the boat to Ardoughne.

 

 

 

5. Garth says you can cut the sapling, but you need the appropiate gear. Get your combat gear, spade, secaturs, supercompost, and machete, and head out of Shilo and head toward the nature altar, then go southeast of there, along the north wall, until you see a vine you can climb.

 

 

 

 

6. Complete the maze until you find a spot where you can dig near the roots. Dig and try to set it successfully. When you succeed, use the pot with the lid on the plant and you will seal it. Teleport out and return to Horacio.

 

MAZE SOLUTION HERE, BY ME.

 

 

 

ADDED: text solution, by NekoNegde

 

Path trough maze:

 

 

 

Start North East of Shilo village, near nat altar

 

Climb-Up Vine

 

East Climb-up Vine

 

E,S,E, Climb-down Vine

 

W,N,W, Climb-down Vine

 

S, Cut Vines, Crawl-through Cut vines

 

S, Squeeze-through Vines

 

S,W, Climb-up Vines

 

S, Climb-up Vines

 

S, Climb-up Vines

 

 

 

Here is Karmajan Jungle eagle

 

 

 

E, Climb-down vines

 

Look for Swing-on vine to east

 

N, Climb-down Vine

 

E, Climb-down Vine

 

S, Cut Vines, Crawl-through Cut vines

 

S, Squeeze-through Vines

 

S, Climb-Up Vine

 

E, Climb-Up Vine

 

E, Cross Vine (Bridge)

 

E, Climb-down Vine

 

N,E,S, Climb-down Vine

 

S, Cut Vines, Crawl-through Cut vines

 

E, Climb-Up Vine

 

S,W, Climb-Up Vine

 

W, Climb-down Vine

 

N, Climb-Up Vine

 

W, Cross Vine (Bridge)

 

W,S,E, Climb-down Vine

 

E,S,W, Climb-down Vine

 

Dig Loose soil (End)

 

 

 

You need machete to cut vines

 

 

 

E=East

 

W=West

 

S=South

 

N=North

 

 

 

 

 

7. Get your full combat gear and trowel and get ready for a fight. Talk to Horacio and he will want you to plant the rootling. Plant it, and make sure you have your axe and secateurs, then engage it.

 

 

 

 

8. She is tough, but not hard, and you must use a woodcutting axe to kill it. It poisons also, so be ready to eat or pray.

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. After defeating the plant, talk to Horacio about a reward.

 

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Any questions/comments?

 

 

 

User Input Info

 

 

 

Pretty good guide, covered all the major points to the quest.

 

Although maybe you could do a step by step walkthrough the maze? That would help a load of people cause that maze can be confusing. And I recommend bringing an anti or 2 when you go there cause its pretty easy to get poisoned. For the fight melee defence I'd recommend melee defence and some monks.

 

 

 

Oh and if you bring the sliced hand to Zaristic Revere (guy who comes when you ring the Mage Guild bell - don't remember his name all that well) you get some dialogue about interring wizards, a lot of corny hand jokes but no reward.

 

 

 

reward for body parts:10k mage exp (ye... i needed that...) 100 laws and 200 bloods.

 

 

 

One remark:

 

I heard from a friend about the pot lid, but it doesn't work: you need to make it AFTER you talked with the wizard about it. (he says something about it getting smaller over time)

 

 

 

That eagle on the upper level of the vine maze looked very familiar to me and indeed I discovered it is part of the transportation system from Eagles Peak. I went straight to the Eagles Peak quest end and found the Karamja Eagle there, used a rope on it and was flown to the vine maze. Not sure if you can go both directions yet or if you have to go to Eagles Peak first for the initial flight.

 

 

 

here is the body parts you need to collect:

 

 

Torso, Right & Left arm, Right & Left leg and foot.

[shadow_00083]

Wow, great guide, hopefully once I get the levels, I should be able to do it pretty easy.

 

 

 

Nice Job :)

[Orpheus]

Wow, great guide, hopefully once I get the levels, I should be able to do it pretty easy.

 

 

 

Nice Job :)

 

 

 

thanks :P

[mario_tpop]

grr, this guide came out literally 10 mins after i finished :P

 

 

 

anyways, anyone know the reward for getting and returning all the pieces of the dead wizard from hand in the sand?

[Madder_Atkha]

Pretty good guide, covered all the major points to the quest.

 

Although maybe you could do a step by step walkthrough the maze? That would help a load of people cause that maze can be confusing. And I recommend bringing an anti or 2 when you go there cause its pretty easy to get poisoned. For the fight melee defence I'd recommend melee defence and some monks.

 

 

 

Oh and if you bring the sliced hand to Zaristic Revere (guy who comes when you ring the Mage Guild bell - don't remember his name all that well) you get some dialogue about interring wizards, a lot of corny hand jokes but no reward.

[mario_tpop]

I know, but the monsters in the maze drop the other body pieces so you can return them all for a reward, i'm wondering if its worth my time and effort to collect all the pieces.

[crow]

One remark:

 

I heard from a friend about the pot lid, but it doesn't work: you need to make it AFTER you talked with the wizard about it. (he says something about it getting smaller over time)

[Freakmau]

Nice guide but the vine plant wasnt hard. Didnt eat once, used chivalvy and dragon axe and it was like 15 hits and she was dead.

[compens]

Excellent, but how do you find the proper spot in the maze? I spent hours there going in circles.

 

 

 

Anyone have a hint on this part?

 

 

 

Thanks!

[bonus_malus]

2nd hand knowledge:

 

 

 

The hand uncovered from the parcel and the body parts recovered from the ants in the maze can be exchanged for xp (cant remember which) when handed over to the wizzard (forgot his name, starts with a Z) in the mage tower in Yanille

[Orpheus]

I thank you all for the info. I have added a section: "User Added Info" for your input. The youtube video is almost uploaded BTW.

[mario_tpop]

reward for body parts:10k mage exp (ye... i needed that...) 100 laws and 200 bloods.

[badham94]

Wow, this is awesome, thanks for commenting on mine! =)

 

 

 

I couldn't describe the maze bit too well also, it's very hard to explain.

[hatebringer]

amazing that you got the guide up so fast. Very good job, with great pictures aswell.

 

 

 

Im starting it as we speak

[Orpheus]

I took notes in a notepad and took pictures with screenshot pilot as i did the quest :wink:

[superson]

Is it possible to boost up to 72 woodcutting? Or do I have to get that last level =/?

[gspbeetle]

how many body parts are there?

 

 

 

edit: got them all anyway, they are hand (given), left arm, right arm, torso, right leg, left leg, feet

 

 

 

not sure monkeys and wasps drop them or not, but frog, spider, worker and soldier ants all drop them...

[hatebringer]

Im in a glitch in the quest...

 

 

 

If you fall off the top part near the big netting thing, you fall into an area with no exit hole or vine. Anooying as ever, i have to start over :( :( :(

[Orpheus]

Is it possible to boost up to 72 woodcutting? Or do I have to get that last level =/?

 

 

 

get the last level, you cant circumvent it.

[Chartres]

I posted this in the update thread but thought you might want it for your guide.

 

 

 

That eagle on the upper level of the vine maze looked very familiar to me and indeed I discovered it is part of the transportation system from Eagles Peak. I went straight to the Eagles Peak quest end and found the Karamja Eagle there, used a rope on it and was flown to the vine maze. Not sure if you can go both directions yet or if you have to go to Eagles Peak first for the initial flight.

[tuttle43]

Does anyone know the amount of time required for the jade vine to grow (after the quest)?

[Headnazgul]

In step 5 you tell us to go east out of Shilo, but then in step 6 you were adamant about us NOT going east out of Shilo, and instead going north...? Wouldn't it be simpler to just say it's southeast of the Nature Altar?

[5150kid]

Is it possible to boost up to 72 woodcutting? Or do I have to get that last level =/?

 

 

 

while you cant pot up 1 lvl

 

 

 

there is a way to gain up to a 6 lvl boost i believe

 

 

 

evil daves stew from rfd can possibly give you + 6 wc lvls but you need to search around in the rs kb for which spice you need and that could take forever

[Orpheus]

In step 5 you tell us to go east out of Shilo, but then in step 6 you were adamant about us NOT going east out of Shilo, and instead going north...? Wouldn't it be simpler to just say it's southeast of the Nature Altar?

 

 

 

Small overlook on my part, ill edit that in.

[Roxy_Coldfire]

You can up your wc by 1 with axeman's folly brew. If you drink an Axeman's folly (m) you will get 2 wc lvls. Either of these lasts for a short time.

 

 

 

Thanks for the maze vid, made my life a whole lot easier :)