► Romeo & Juliet (F2P Quest Guide)

Official quest description: Romeo and Juliet are desperately in love, but Juliet's father doesn't approve. Help them to find a way to get married and live happily ever after.

Release date: 4 January 2001

Start: Speak to Romeo in Varrock square

Difficulty: *****

Length: Short

Members only: No

Requirements: None

Items needed: One bunch of cadava berries.

Monsters to kill: None

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Romeo can be found in or near Varrock square. Speak to him and he asks you to talk to Juliet.

Speaking To Juliet

Talk to Juliet, she is located in the second floor of the house(usually standing on the balcony or sometimes in her bedroom) directly out of Varrock west gate, just west of the bank. She will give you a letter to give to Romeo.

Father Lawrence

Romeo reads the letter and doesn't know what to do. He suggests going to Father Lawrence, who is located in the church north of Varrock's east bank. After a bit of an argument, he mentions a cadava potion, and asks you to speak to the Apothecary just west of Varrock's south gate. He is in a little house, with the symbol of a purple potion, right at the back of the sword shop.

Juliet's final moments.

The Potion

Speak to the Apothecary and he will tell you he needs cadava berries. They can be found near the Varrock East Mine. You will need to pick them from the bushes with the pink berries. The red berries are redberries, and cannot be used for the quest. Alternately, you can grow a cadava bush and pick berries off it. You may also purchase them on the Grand Exchange. When you have them, return to the Apothecary and he will give you the potion. Drinking this potion will result in temporarily knocking yourself out.

The Plan

Now, head back to Juliet and give her the potion. You will now see a cut scene of her "dying", though she really falls into a coma. Go back to Romeo and tell him that he must rescue Juliet from the crypt. Apparently, he needs someone to accompany him.

Romeo seeing Juliet.

To The Crypt

You will now see another cut scene of you entering with Romeo. When he sees Juliet's cousin, Phillipa, he forgets all about Juliet and falls in love with her. You have now completed the quest!

Reward

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5 Quest Points.
a vial if you drink the potion and give another berry to Apothecary

Trivia

Romeo & Juliet was one of the 6 quests available during RuneScape's launch.
After the release of Defender of Varrock, Juliet's father (Draul Leptoc) will enter the cutscene where she drinks the Cadava potion.
Before, there was no cutscene, the quest would end with Juliet dying.
This quest has a reward of 5 Quest Points, the third most possible for a quest, exceeded only by the 6 from Merlin's Crystal and the 10 from Recipe for Disaster. However, it is extremely easy compared to other quests that have the same reward.
It is tied with Goblin Diplomacy for the largest amount of quest points that can be gotten for a reward from a Free to play quest. It is also the only quest that only gives quest points.
After the quest you will see that Juliet is still in the house, but she will yell at you.
This is the first ever quest released in the History of Runescape.
Juliet's father, Draul Leptoc, is actually an anagram of Lord Capulet, who was Juliet's father in Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet
If you talk to Romeo after the quest, when he says he is with Juliet's cousin, a heart will appear on top of him.
During the quest, Romeo will tell you that Father Lawrence bores the 'Carrockian vitizens', as opposed to Varrockian citizens. (Spoonerism)
When you go to the Apocethary, he will mention the ingredients "Wing of Rat, Tail of Frog, Ear of Snake, and Horn of Dog." None of these animals actually have these body parts, possibly because Apocetharies all over RuneScape have removed them.
In the crypt, the pillars, when right clicked, read "pillar" (not capitalized)