For many Old School RuneScape (OSRS) players, the Quest Cape is one of the most prestigious achievements in the game. It signifies mastery over some of the toughest, longest, and most obscure challenges the game has to offer. From slaying demons to navigating mazes, solving cryptic puzzles, and enduring brutal boss fights, every quest completed is a step toward that coveted cape.

But while most players take months — or even years — to earn it, I set out on an insane mission: to get the fastest Quest Cape in OSRS history. This is the story of how I did it, the strategies I used, and the lessons I learned along the way.

The Inspiration: Beating the Records

Like many others, I grew up watching YouTube legends like Framed, Settled, and Soup tackle insane grinds and speedruns. When I stumbled upon a forum thread discussing Quest Cape speed records, a thought hit me: What if I could break it?

At the time, the fastest publicly recorded Quest Cape speed was hovering around 140 hours total playtime. It was a grueling challenge, but one I was determined to beat.

Planning the Route

The first thing I realized was that doing quests in a random order wastes precious hours. I spent a full week mapping out a questing route optimized for efficiency, experience stacking, and item overlaps.

Key priorities:

Stack quests that required similar skill levels or unlocks.

Plan teleport routes and bank runs to minimize downtime.

Pre-buy every quest item and stack them in labeled tabs.

Use XP rewards from early quests to unlock skill requirements for later ones.

I created a detailed spreadsheet, listing quest order, skill requirements, needed items, and teleport methods for each quest. Every minute counted.

Day 1: Zero to Hero

I started on a fresh Ironman-style account but with access to trading (as per speedrun standards). My first 12 hours were a carefully planned sprint of low-requirement quests:

Cook’s Assistant

Sheep Shearer

Romeo & Juliet

Ernest the Chicken

While seemingly trivial, these quests provided critical early GP, free XP, and easy teleport unlocks. By the 4-hour mark, I had already completed over 20 quests, unlocked Varrock and Lumbridge teleports, and stacked enough early combat XP to push toward key requirements like 10 Magic, 20 Agility, and 25 Thieving.

Midgame Grind: Skill Gating & Dangerous Fights

By the second day, the challenge turned brutal. The major bottlenecks in a fast Quest Cape run aren’t just combat — it’s the grind-heavy skill requirements like 50 Firemaking, 53 Thieving, and 43 Prayer.

To stay ahead:

I power-trained Firemaking at Wintertodt, risking hardcore deaths for huge XP drops.

I boosted Thieving at the Ardougne stalls and Pyramid Plunder using stamina potions and the Rogue’s outfit.

For Prayer, I camped at the Chaos Altar with dragon bones from the Wilderness for double XP, dodging PKers at every turn.

The biggest midgame hurdle was Monkey Madness I. Fighting the jungle demon with mid-tier stats was a nightmare — a single misclick meant disaster. I used safe spots, prayer flicking, and a Rune crossbow with Broad Bolts to bring it down.

Final Push: The Quest Gauntlet

The last stretch of a Quest Cape run is a relentless test of both efficiency and mental stamina. You’re juggling high-risk boss fights with stamina-draining puzzles like Mourning’s End Part II, known for its infamous light puzzle.

Song of the Elves and Dragon Slayer II were my final two bosses. Both required near-maxed stats, but I boosted combat requirements using temporary potions, diary unlocks, and boss-specific safespots to shave off precious hours.

Vorkath was especially brutal. With borderline gear and stats, I used precise prayer switches, anti-fire potions, and expert timing to avoid its one-shot attacks.

The Record Breaker

On the evening of Day 6, at 130 hours and 22 minutes of in-game time, I completed Song of the Elves and claimed my Quest Cape — shattering the previous record by nearly 10 hours.

I immediately screen-capped the moment, submitted it to the speedrun community, and uploaded the run log. The recognition from fellow RuneScape veterans and speedrun fanatics was surreal.

Lessons from the Grind

Chasing a record like this taught me a few key lessons about both the game and myself:

Planning is Everything: I spent more hours preparing my quest route and item lists than I did actually questing. The payoff was huge.

Efficiency Over Comfort: I had to abandon fun activities and socializing in-game to maintain pace.

Mental Endurance Matters: By day 4, I was exhausted. Powering through 10+ hours of questing a day requires discipline most players underestimate.

Final Thoughts

Breaking the Quest Cape speed record was one of the most grueling, rewarding, and outright insane gaming feats I’ve ever attempted. It wasn’t about flexing — it was about proving to myself I could plan and execute one of RuneScape’s toughest long-form challenges.

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