Learning the Ropes
NoviceFree-to-playVery ShortOSRS TCG Learning the Ropes — Old School RuneScape quest card mapping
Start: talk to Quest Guide.
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Learning the Ropes is a free-to-play Old School RuneScape quest rated Novice. The OSRS TCG Learning the Ropes card list covers 1 of the items and monsters involved, including Giant rat. This page pairs the quest with those cards and with the open player trades for them; the OSRS Wiki remains the authority on requirements and the walkthrough itself.
Full quest guide on the OSRS Wiki →Beta: quest cards are matched to the best of our current knowledge and may include some mismatches — we're still working through the data. If something doesn't look right, please submit feedback.
The quest and minigame card relationships on this page are maintained by OSRS Card Exchange. Whether a related item or monster currently appears as a card, and its displayed OSRS TCG rarity, are legacy compatibility fields derived from the referenced OSRS TCG catalogue snapshot. OSRS Card Exchange is independently operated and is not affiliated with or endorsed by OSRS TCG or its developers. View OSRS TCG attribution and licence information.
Required items & monsters
Items you need to bring and the monsters you'll fight, paired with their OSRS TCG cards. See the wiki for the full requirement list.
Monsters you'll fight
Walkthrough overview
A brief summary of the quest, noting where each card is used. The OSRS Wiki has the full, authoritative walkthrough.
- 1
Customise your character and choose your familiarity with Old School RuneScape, then talk to the Gielinor Guide to learn basic movement and interface controls.
- 2
Visit the Survival Expert to fish shrimp, chop a tree and light a fire, then the Master Chef to make bread.
- 3
Speak to the Quest Guide about the quest list, then the Mining Instructor to mine tin and copper, smelt a bronze bar and smith a bronze dagger.
- 4
Learn combat and equipment from the Combat Instructor, banking and account features from the Account Guide, and prayer from Brother Brace.
- 5
Finish with the Magic Instructor by casting Wind Strike on a chicken, completing the tutorial and unlocking travel off Tutorial Island.
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OSRS TCG Learning the Ropes — frequently asked
- Which OSRS TCG cards are linked to Learning the Ropes?
- 1 catalogue cards map to Learning the Ropes: Giant rat. They are the quest's items and the monsters you fight that exist as cards in the Old School RuneScape TCG. The mapping is maintained by OSRS Card Exchange; whether something is a card, and its rarity, come from the OSRS TCG catalogue.
- Is Learning the Ropes members only?
- No, Learning the Ropes is free-to-play. It is rated Novice.
- What is the rarest card from Learning the Ropes?
- Giant rat at Common, which packs land on about 37.34% of the time. Rarity comes from the card's OSRS TCG score, not from the quest.
- How do I get the OSRS TCG Learning the Ropes cards?
- Pull them from packs in the OSRS TCG RuneLite plugin, or trade for them. Open exchanges for this quest's cards are listed further down this page, and the trade itself happens in the plugin's own Trade window in game.
- Does this page tell me how to complete Learning the Ropes?
- It gives a brief walkthrough overview and maps the quest to its OSRS TCG cards — the items and monsters involved, and who is trading them. For the complete requirements, detailed steps and rewards, the OSRS Wiki link on this page is the authority.
Related cards
Cards that come up around Learning the Ropes but that you don't actually need for it — NPCs mentioned in passing, scenery, or items suggested only for convenience.
Resource
Useful for catching small fish.
Given by the Survival Expert on Tutorial Island to catch shrimp; provided in the tutorial, not brought.
Resource • Weapon
A woodcutter's axe.
Handed over during the Survival Expert's woodcutting lesson, not a required item you supply.
Resource
Useful for lighting a fire.
Provided for the firemaking lesson on Tutorial Island; a tutorial handout.
Resource • Consumable
There is flour in this pot.
Given by the Master Chef to make bread; supplied during the tutorial.
Resource • Consumable
It's a bucket of water.
Given alongside the pot of flour for the cooking lesson; a tutorial handout.
Resource • Weapon
Used for mining.
Given by the Mining Instructor to mine tin and copper; provided, not brought.
Resource • Weapon
Short but pointy.
Smithed during the mining lesson as a tutorial step, not a supplied requirement.
Resource • Weapon
A razor sharp sword.
Given by the Combat Instructor along with a shield; a tutorial handout.
Resource • Clue • Barrows
Lovely money!
Twenty-five coins shown in the starter bank by the Account Guide, not an item you bring.
Resource • General
Bones are for burying!
Used in Brother Brace's prayer lesson; handled during the tutorial, not a requirement.