The Wise Old Man can assign various tasks on member worlds and give small rewards in return.

The most common tasks are to fetch between 3 and 15 of one of the following items (this list may not be exhaustive). They can be brought in more than one load. The Wise Old Man doesn't accept bank notes, as they have no use to him.

Item delivery [ edit | edit source ]

Easy task items [ edit | edit source ]

Hard task items [ edit | edit source ]

Letter delivery [ edit | edit source ]

Some tasks require the player to deliver a letter to one of the following NPCs. In these cases the recipient will reward the player, rather than the Wise Old Man. The player can read the letter before delivering it.

The thing under the bed [ edit | edit source ]

Finally, the Wise Old Man will occasionally ask the player to investigate the thing under his bed; the player must then defeat it in combat.

Upon completing an item or delivery task, the player will receive either Prayer experience or a random reward from the lists below.

Prayer experience is rewarded 43.75% of the time, and ranges either between 185 and 215 experience (for an easy task), or 370 and 430 experience (for a hard task). This requires level 3 Prayer. The task reward for killing the thing under the bed is 250-300 Hitpoints experience.

An easy task will reward 185-215 coins, and a hard task will award 990-1020. If the player has less than level 3 Prayer, the rate for coins is 9/16.

Item Quantity Rarity Price High Alch Coins 180–220 2/16 180–220 180–220 Coins 990–1,020 2/16 990–1,020 990–1,020

The gem table is rolled 6.25% of the time.

The runes table is rolled 12.5% of the time. An easy task will reward 10 sets of runes, and a hard task will award 25. A "set of runes" consists of one of the following: 1 chaos, 1 nature, 1 law, 1 fire, 2 mind, 2 body, 2 earth, 2 water, 3 air runes. Each set is equally likely.

The herb table is rolled 12.5% of the time. An easy task will reward 3 herbs, and a hard task will award 10 herbs.

The seeds table is rolled 12.5% of the time.