Varrock Diary
Varrock Diary
Diary
The Varrock Achievement Diary includes area in and around Varrock, including Barbarian Village and Edgeville. The rewards are claimed from an NPC named Toby who can be found in centre of varrock.
The Varrock Diary covers Varrock, Barbarian Village and Edgeville, including the Grand Exchange, Lumber Yard, Stronghold of Security, Digsite, Champions' Guild and Varrock Palace. Toby, behind the Varrock General Store, claims the rewards. The easy tier is cheap and gives immediate daily profit. It is also a favourite for skillers because of the mining and smithing bonuses from the Varrock armour, and for anyone who wants Zaff's discounted battlestaves each day.
The Varrock armour 1 to 4 is the reward. Each tier raises the chance of mining two ores and smelting two bars at the Edgeville furnace, from gold and steel up to any ore and bar at elite. It also increases Zaff's daily battlestaves from 15 to 120, raises skull sceptre charges from 14 to 26, and adds a Varrock Teleport toggle to the Grand Exchange at medium. Hard lets the armour replace a chef's hat at the Cooks' Guild, while elite lets it act as a prospector jacket for clues and the Mining XP bonus.
Prioritise easy and medium for the daily Zaff battlestaff profit and the teleport toggle, then hard for the Cooks' Guild bank and range. The elite tier is a long grind requiring 95 Cooking, 90 Herblore, 89 Smithing and 86 Magic, but the double-ore chance now includes amethyst and the armour counts as a prospector jacket. Ironmen value Zaff's battlestaves as a steady source of Crafting and Magic XP.
What the Varrock Diary unlocks
- EasyVarrock armour 1
- MediumVarrock armour 2
- HardVarrock armour 3
- EliteVarrock armour 4
Requirements
easy tier
Skills
Items
- • 150 coins
- • Any pickaxe
- • 1 set of logs
- • Any axe
- • 1 set of bones
- • Soft clay
- • Earth talisman/tiara
- • Rune essence/pure essence
- • Fly fishing rod
- • Feathers
Quests
Other
- • Reach 50 kudos with the Varrock Museum
Tasks
0/14 done
| Task | Requirement | |
|---|---|---|
| Browse Thessalia's store. | ||
| Have Aubury teleport you to the essence mine (right-click to Teleport). | Completion of Rune Mysteries | |
| Mine some iron in the south-east Varrock mine. | 15 MiningAny pickaxe | |
| Make a normal plank at the Sawmill. | 100 coins and a regular log | |
| Enter the second level of the Stronghold of Security. | Food is recommended | |
| Jump over the fence south of Varrock. | 13 Agility | |
| Chop down a dying tree in the Lumber Yard. | Any axe | |
| Buy a newspaper. | 50 coins | |
| Give a dog a bone! | Bones | |
| Spin a bowl on the pottery wheel and fire it in the oven in Barbarian Village. | 8 CraftingSoft clay | |
| Speak to Haig Halen after obtaining at least 50 Kudos. | Various requirements, see Varrock Museum Activities for ways to earn Kudos | |
| Craft some earth runes. | 9 RunecraftRune or pure essence, and an earth talisman, earth tiara or access to the Abyss | |
| Catch some trout in the River Lum at Barbarian Village. | 20 FishingFly fishing rod and some feathers | |
| Steal from the tea stall in Varrock. | 5 Thieving |
Rewards
4 unlocks
- ★Varrock armour 1 - 10% chance of mining 2 ores at once up to gold ore (also works for clay with or without bracelet of clay). Does not work when mining sandstone. Experience is granted for both ores mined. - 10% chance of smelting 2 bars from 2 ores simultaneously up to steel when using the Edgeville furnace. Experience is granted for both bars.
- ★Antique lamp worth 2,500 experience in any skill above 30
- ★Zaff will sell 15 battlestaves every day for 7,000 coins each
- ★Skull sceptre will now hold up to 14 charges. - Individual skull sceptre parts now give 1 extra bone fragment, adding together for combined parts.
Requirements
medium tier
Skills
Items
- • 30,105 coins
- • Limpwurt root
- • Red spiders' eggs
- • Ring of charos (a)
- • Digsite pendant
- • 1 law rune
- • 3 air runes
- • 1 fire rune
- • 20 mahogany logs
- • 10 willow logs (1 if the Balloon transport system route to Varrock is unlocked)
- • 1 log
Quests
Other
- • Own a Jagex Account, or set up the older RuneScape Authenticator
- • Reach 50 kudos with the Varrock Museum
Tasks
0/13 done
| Task | Requirement | |
|---|---|---|
| Have the Apothecary in Varrock make you a Strength potion. | Limpwurt root, red spiders' eggs, and 5 coins | |
| Enter the Champions' Guild. | 32 Quest points | |
| Select a colour for your kitten. | Completion of Gertrude's Cat and partial completion of Garden of TranquillityRing of charos (a) and 100 coinsNote that you can only have one kitten at a time. If you already have one, either wait for it to grow up or shoo it away. | |
| Use the Spirit tree in the north-eastern corner of Grand Exchange. | Completion of Tree Gnome Village | |
| Perform the 4 emotes from the Stronghold of Security. | Having enabled the RuneScape AuthenticatorCombat gear | |
| Enter the Tolna dungeon after completing A Soul's Bane. | Completion of A Soul's Bane | |
| Teleport to the digsite using a Digsite pendant. | Completion of The Dig SiteDigsite pendant or a mounted digsite pendant | |
| Cast the teleport to Varrock spell. | 25 Magic and means to cast Varrock Teleport (3 Air runes, 1 Fire rune and 1 Law rune ) | |
| Get a Slayer task from Vannaka. | 40 Combat level | |
| Make 20 mahogany planks in one go (at the Lumber Yard). | 20 mahogany logs and 30,000 coins. | |
| Pick a white tree fruit. | Completion of Garden of Tranquillity25 Farming | |
| Use the balloon to travel from Varrock. | Completion of Enlightened Journey30 Farming40 FiremakingOne set of logs depending on the chosen destinationIf the starting point in Varrock has not been unlocked yet, an additional 10 willow logs are needed to first fly towards it from Entrana | |
| Complete a lap of the Varrock Rooftop Course. | 30 Agility |
Rewards
5 unlocks
- ★Varrock armour 2 - 10% chance of mining 2 ores at once up to mithril (also works for lovakite and sandstone). Does not work in the Motherlode Mine. - 10% chance of smelting 2 bars from 2 ores simultaneously up to mithril when using the Edgeville furnace.
- ★Antique lamp worth 7,500 experience in any skill above 40
- ★Zaff will sell 30 battlestaves every day for 7,000 coins each
- ★Ability to toggle the Varrock Teleport and Varrock teleport (tablet) destination to the Grand Exchange by right-clicking on either icon.
- ★Skull sceptre will now hold up to 18 charges. - Individual skull sceptre parts now give 2 extra bone fragment, adding together for combined parts.
Requirements
hard tier
Skills
Items
- • 25,800 coins
- • 2 dashing kebbit fur
- • Any axe
- • 2 law runes
- • 1 fire rune
- • 1 air rune
- • Skull sceptre
- • Tinderbox
- • Yew seed or sapling
- • Spade
Quests
Other
- • Own a Jagex Account, or set up the older RuneScape Authenticator
- • Reach 153 kudos with the Varrock Museum
Tasks
0/10 done
| Task | Requirement | |
|---|---|---|
| Trade furs with the Fancy Dress Seller for a Spottier cape and equip it. | 66 Hunter2 Dashing kebbit fur and 800 coins. | |
| Speak to Orlando Smith when you have achieved 153 Kudos. | Various requirements, see Varrock Museum#Activities for ways to earn Kudos | |
| Make a Waka canoe near Edgeville. | 57 WoodcuttingAny axe | |
| Teleport to Paddewwa. | Completion of Desert Treasure54 Magic and means to cast Paddewwa Teleport (1 Air rune, 1 Fire rune and 2 Law runes ) | |
| Teleport to Barbarian Village with a Skull sceptre. | Skull sceptre | |
| Chop some yew logs in Varrock and burn them at the top of the Varrock church. | 60 Woodcutting60 FiremakingAny axe and tinderbox.Note: there is a yew tree located next to the church. | |
| Have the Varrock estate agent decorate your house with Fancy Stone (complete the dialogue). | 50 Construction25,000 coins | |
| Collect at least 2 yew roots from the tree patch in Varrock Palace. | 68 Farming (to dig up two roots)60 WoodcuttingYew sapling, any axe and a spadeRecommended: 10 cactus spines to pay the gardener | |
| Pray at the altar in Varrock Palace (2nd floor) with Smite active. | 52 Prayer | |
| Squeeze through the obstacle pipe in Edgeville Dungeon. | 51 Agility |
Rewards
6 unlocks
- ★Varrock armour 3 - 10% chance of mining 2 ores at once up to adamantite. - 10% chance of smelting 2 bars from 2 ores simultaneously up to adamantite when using the Edgeville furnace. - Can be worn in place of a chef's hat to access the Cooks' Guild.
- ★Antique lamp worth 15,000 experience in any skill above 50
- ★Zaff will sell 60 battlestaves every day for 7,000 coins each
- ★Access to the Cooks' Guild bank.
- ★Skull sceptre will now hold up to 22 charges.
- ★Individual skull sceptre parts now give 3 extra bone fragment, adding together for combined parts.
Requirements
elite tier
Skills
Items
- • Super attack (4)
- • Super strength (4)
- • Super defence (4)
- • Torstol
- • 20 nature rune
- • 40 astral rune
- • 300 earth rune
- • 21,000 coins
- • 20 mahogany logs
- • Raw summer pie
- • Runite bar
- • 10 feathers
- • Hammer
- • 25 rune essence
Quests
Other
- • Own a Jagex Account, or set up the older RuneScape Authenticator
- • Reach 153 kudos with the Varrock Museum
Tasks
0/5 done
| Task | Requirement | |
|---|---|---|
| Create a Super combat potion in Varrock West Bank. | Completion of Druidic Ritual90 HerbloreSuper attack (4)super strength (4)super defence (4)a torstol | |
| Use Lunar magic to make 20 mahogany planks in the Varrock Lumber Yard (inside the fences). | Completion of Dream Mentor86 Magic and means to autocast Plank Make twenty times ( 300 Earth runes, 40 Astral runes and 20 Nature runes )21,000 coins and 20 mahogany logs | |
| Bake a summer pie in the Cooking Guild. | 95 CookingRaw summer pie and either a chef's hat, Varrock armour 3 or cooking cape. | |
| Smith and fletch ten rune darts within Varrock. | Completion of The Tourist Trap89 Smithing81 FletchingRunite bar, 10 feathers and a hammer | |
| Craft 100 or more earth runes simultaneously from essence. | Completion of Rune Mysteries78 Runecraft25 rune, daeyalt or pure essence and an Earth talisman, earth tiara or access to the Abyss |
Rewards
5 unlocks
- ★Varrock armour 4 - Can be worn in place of a prospector jacket for clue steps and the experience bonus (also provides the set bonus when worn with rest of the full outfit) - While worn, 10% chance of mining double of any ore, as well as various other minerals (experience granted for both minerals) - While worn, 10% chance of smelting 2 bars at once, of any kind, when using the Edgeville furnace (experience granted for both bars)
- ★Antique lamp worth 50,000 experience in any skill of at least level 70
- ★Zaff will sell you 120 noted battlestaves as a single stack every day for 840,000 coins
- ★The skull sceptre will now hold up to 26 charges, up from 22
- ★Individual parts used to make the skull sceptre now give four extra bone fragments per component when chiselled
Varrock Diary FAQ
01What are the Varrock Diary rewards?
Every completed tier of the Varrock Diary unlocks permanent rewards. The signature reward is the Varrock armour (tiers 1-4): daily discounted battlestaves from Zaff, noted drops, and the hard tier's edge on mining and smithing. Each tier also grants an antique lamp, and the elite tier adds the strongest region bonuses. Rewards are claimed from Toby.
02How do I upgrade the Varrock armour?
The Varrock armour upgrades through the four diary tiers: Easy unlocks tier 1, Medium tier 2, Hard tier 3, and Elite tier 4. Complete every task in a tier to claim its upgrade from Toby. Higher tiers keep the lower tier bonuses and add stronger effects.
03What is the Varrock armour 4 reward?
Varrock armour 4 gives a 10% chance to mine double of any ore and smelt double of any bar at the Edgeville furnace, can be worn in place of a prospector jacket for clue steps and the Mining XP bonus, and lets Zaff sell you 120 noted battlestaves daily.
04How many battlestaves does Zaff sell per Varrock diary tier?
Zaff sells 15 noted battlestaves for the easy tier, 30 for medium, 60 for hard, and 120 for elite, all at 7,000 coins each and as a single stack per day.
05Do I need Desert Treasure for the Varrock diary?
Yes. The hard tier requires Desert Treasure I so you can cast Paddewwa Teleport (54 Magic), and the elite tier also uses Ancient Magicks-locked content such as Super combat potions and Plank Make.
06What are the requirements for the Varrock Diary achievement diary?
Each Varrock Diary diary has four tiers — Easy, Medium, Hard, and Elite — with higher tiers requiring higher skill levels, more quests, and tougher combat encounters. Expand each tier on this page to see the exact skill and quest requirements before you start.
07What are the rewards for the Varrock Diary diary?
Every completed tier unlocks permanent rewards: the Easy tier grants basic utility, Medium upgrades your diary gloves, Hard improves teleport access and drop rates, and Elite grants the strongest bonuses in the region. Use this checklist to see every reward as you complete tiers.
08Which Varrock Diary diary tier should I aim for first?
For most accounts the Medium tier is the first big milestone — the diary gloves upgrade saves inventory space and the teleports make future training much faster. Ironmen should prioritise diaries early because gloves, lamps, and teleport unlocks are account-wide and never require trading.
09Do achievement diary rewards matter for ironmen?
Yes. Diary rewards are some of the best account-wide unlocks in the game for ironmen: gloves, free daily teleports, clue scroll rewards, and the elite bonus drops. Most ironman progression guides schedule diaries early for exactly this reason.