Best Early Game Quests to Complete

By Expos.GG Team · 2026-01-29

Maximize your early game progress with these essential quests. Skip hours of training with strategic quest completion.

Why Quest Early?

Quests give massive XP rewards that skip early training. A few hours of questing can save 20+ hours of grinding.

Must-Do Quests

Waterfall Quest

Rewards: - 13,750 Attack XP - 13,750 Strength XP - Goes from 1 to 30 instantly!

Requirements: - None (but dangerous)

Tips: - Bring food (lobsters work) - It's doable at level 3 - Best quest to start with

Witch's House

Rewards: - 6,325 HP XP

Requirements: - Leather gloves

Tips: - Fight is safe-spottable - Good HP boost - Short quest

The Grand Tree

Rewards: - 18,400 Attack XP - 7,900 Agility XP - 2,150 Magic XP

Requirements: - 25 Agility

Tips: - Starts gnome questline - Unlocks gnome gliders - Good for travel

Tree Gnome Village

Rewards: - 11,450 Attack XP - Spirit tree access

Requirements: - None

Tips: - Do before Grand Tree - Spirit trees are amazing - Easy quest

Fight Arena

Rewards: - 12,175 Attack XP - 2,175 Thieving XP

Requirements: - Able to defeat lvl 63

Tips: - Can safe spot - Good early XP - Short quest

Magic XP Quests

Imp Catcher

Rewards: - 875 Magic XP - Amulet of Accuracy

Requirements: - 4 different bead colors

Tips: - Buy beads from GE - Instant completion - Good amulet early

Witch's Potion

Rewards: - 325 Magic XP

Requirements: - None

Tips: - Very quick - Good for level 3 - Simple fetch quest

Prayer XP Quests

The Restless Ghost

Rewards: - 1,125 Prayer XP - Ghostspeak amulet

Requirements: - None

Tips: - Starts in Lumbridge - Useful amulet - Quick completion

Priest in Peril

Rewards: - 1,406 Prayer XP - Access to Morytania

Requirements: - Must kill level 30 dog

Tips: - Opens huge area - Essential for content - Do early

Utility Quests

Lost City

Rewards: - Access to Zanaris - Dragon weapons

Requirements: - 31 Crafting - 36 Woodcutting

Tips: - Dragon dagger unlock - Fairy ring access - Important quest

Fairy Tale Part I

Rewards: - 3,500 Farming XP - Magic secateurs

Requirements: - Lost City

Tips: - Start Fairy Tale II for rings - Don't need to finish II - Huge travel upgrade

Suggested Quest Order

Day 1 1. Waterfall Quest 2. Witch's House 3. The Restless Ghost

Day 2 4. Tree Gnome Village 5. Fight Arena 6. Vampire Slayer

Day 3 7. Grand Tree (need 25 Agility) 8. Lost City 9. Fairy Tale I

After These Quests

Your stats should be: - 30+ Attack/Strength - 30+ HP - 13+ Prayer - Various utility unlocks

Quest Cape Journey?

These quests are just the beginning of 290+ quests.