OSRS How to Get Kudos Guide
Written by Andrew Hammel
You can earn Kudos in Old School RuneScape by helping the Varrock Museum. Kudos are needed to unlock Fossil Island and other content. The current max is 230 Kudos for members.
Clean Uncleaned Finds
Museum Ground Floor (After The Dig Site)
Wear gloves and leather boots
Grab a trowel, specimen brush, and rock pick from the tool rack
Use uncleaned finds on specimen tables
You need to find and display five unique items:
Pottery
Old Coin
Ancient Coin
Old Symbol
Ancient Symbol
Each gives 10 Kudos. Total: 50 Kudos.
Complete the Natural History Quiz
Basement Floor
Talk to Orlando Smith to start the quiz.
Each display case has questions about the creatures shown. Answering correctly gives 2 Kudos per exhibit.
There are 14 displays. Total: 28 Kudos.
Completing the quiz also gives 1,000 Slayer and Hunter XP.
Turn in Ancient Relics
Museum Ground Floor (Post-Below Ice Mountain)
Mine Barronite in Camdozaal, crush it, and you may get relics.
Give each unique relic to Curator Haig Halen:
Ancient globe
Ancient ledger
Ancient astroscope
Ancient treatise
Ancient carcanet
Each gives 1 Kudos and 200 coins. Total: 5 Kudos.
This is the only Kudos method for free-to-play players.
Complete Timeline Displays
Museum Second Floor
Talk to Historian Minas after finishing certain quests.
Each gives 5 Kudos, with Curse of the Empty Lord giving 10.
Some also reward XP lamps if you meet level requirements.
Quests include:
Demon Slayer
Rune Mysteries
Shield of Arrav
Temple of Ikov
Curse of the Empty Lord
And more
Total from quests: 75 to 80 Kudos depending on completion.
Fill Fossil Displays
Basement Level 2 (After Bone Voyage)
Clean fossils found on Fossil Island. Use them to complete displays.
Types of displays:
Small (14 displays, 2 Kudos each)
Medium (12 displays, 2 Kudos each)
Large and Plant (10 total, 2 Kudos each)
Each display also gives an XP lamp.
Total: 72 Kudos and 120,000 XP across all displays.
Final Blurb
Kudos are a mix of museum tasks, quests, and Fossil Island progress. If you're aiming for Bone Voyage or the hard Varrock Diary, you’ll need at least 153 Kudos.
Keep track by checking the information booth on the museum’s ground floor.
FAQ
Q: How many Kudos can you get total?
Up to 230 for members, 5 for free-to-play.
Q: How many Kudos do you need for Bone Voyage?
100.
Q: Where do you check your current Kudos?
Right-click the museum information booth.
Q: Do all quests give Kudos?
No. Only specific quests do when reported to Historian Minas.
Q: Can you get Kudos without doing quests?
Yes, but you need quests for the full 230.
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