The Sunken Road
Category: medium
Prerequisites: complete lost_survey_party
The Road That Was
Wren unrolls a century-old chart: a trade road ran north past Gloomwood before the wilds swallowed it. "Reopen it and the Lodge reaches the true frontier." Start by cutting bridge timber from the mahoganies.
Objectives:
- CHOP: Mahogany Logs ×150
Rewards:
- ✨ 45,000
Woodcutting XP
Spikes and Fittings
A road over marsh needs adamant spikes by the barrel. Mine the ore.
Objectives:
- MINE: Adamantite Ore ×125
Rewards:
- ✨ 12,500
Mining XP
The Field-Forge
Smelt the adamantite into bars at the roadhead forge.
Objectives:
- SMELT: Adamantite Bar ×50
Rewards:
- ✨ 6,000
Smithing XP - 9,000 gp
Feed the Road Crew
Fifty hungry labourers won't swing a hammer on empty stomachs. The river runs thick with swordfish.
Objectives:
- CATCH: raw_swordfish ×125
Rewards:
- ✨ 100,000
Fishing XP - 8,500 gp
Foreman’s Armour
The marsh stretch is bandit country. Forge an adamant platebody for the road foreman.
Objectives:
- SMELT: Adamantite Platebody ×2
Rewards:
- ✨ 2,400 Smithing XP
- 💎 35 gems
Decking the Causeway
The causeway over the sunken stretch needs a forest of mahogany decking. Fell more.
Objectives:
- CHOP: Mahogany Logs ×175
Rewards:
- ✨ 52,500 Woodcutting XP
Helmets for the Crew
The labourers need tough working gear for the marsh stretch. Forge a run of adamant helmets at the roadhead forge.
Objectives:
- SMELT: Adamantite Helmet ×10
Rewards:
- ✨ 4,800 Smithing XP
- 9,500 gp
Smoke the Catch
Cook the swordfish hauls so the road camp eats through the week.
Objectives:
- COOK: raw_swordfish ×125
Rewards:
- ✨ 127,500
Cooking XP - 9,000 gp
The Deep Seam
The causeway anchors need runite. Mine the deep seam under the marsh.
Objectives:
- MINE: Runite Ore ×100
Rewards:
- ✨ 13,000 Mining XP
Quills for the Guard
The road guard burns through arrows holding off the marsh raiders. Fletch them a stock of adamant.
Objectives:
- CRAFT: Adamant Arrow ×1500
Rewards:
- ✨ 160,000
Fletching XP - 10,000 gp
Runite Anchors
Smelt the runite into anchor bars and sink them into the causeway bed.
Objectives:
- SMELT: Runite Bar ×50
Rewards:
- ✨ 7,000 Smithing XP
- 💎 45 gems
The Quarry Skimmers
The road's quarry crew — Golo's miners — have been selling fittings on the side. Recover what they've pocketed.
Objectives:
- THIEVE: miner ×150
Rewards:
- ✨ 15,000
Thieving XP - 10,500 gp
Mileposts
Every mile of the new road needs a yew milepost, carved and set. Cut them.
Objectives:
- CHOP: Yew Logs ×150
Rewards:
- ✨ 60,000 Woodcutting XP
The Marsh Raiders
The bandits make one last push to stop the road before it opens. Break them at the causeway.
Objectives:
- KILL: kill bandit_1 ×75
Rewards:
- 11,000 gp
The Road Reopens
The last runite spike goes in and a Lodge wagon rolls the full length of the Sunken Road for the first time in a hundred years. Wren laughs like a girl. "The frontier's open. And the road crew turned this up in the marsh mud — yours."
Objectives:
- MINE: Runite Ore ×150
Rewards:
- ✨ 19,500 Mining XP
- 15,000 gp
- 💎 55 gems
Clue Scroll (Uncommon) ×1