The Varrock Museum is home to various displays and artifacts that display Old School RuneScape’s history.
However, it also gives players the chance to earn experience lamps and unlocks other areas through the use of its Kudos system. Kudos are essentially “brownie points” that are rewarded to the player for completing certain activities that help build their reputation with the Varrock Museum.
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There are multiple ways to earn Museum Kudos within Old School RuneScape, some of which are much more straightforward than others.
While the available Kudos to earn can be displayed from the Kudos checker on the ground floor of the Varrock Museum, you may need to go out of your way to learn how to earn them yourself.
You can get Museum Kudos for the Varrock Museum in OSRS by completing certain quests, taking the Natural History quizzes, cleaning uncleaned finds at the Specimen Benches, turning in any Ancient Relics you find, and turning in cleaned fossil sets from Fossil Island.
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How to Get Museum Kudos in OSRS
Museum Kudos in Old School RuneScape allow players to judge their performance with the Varrock Museum.
Completing tasks and activities that directly aid the Varrock Museum will earn players more Kudos and experience lamps that they can use on skills of their choice.
There are multiple ways to earn Museum Kudos, with some earned through general account progression.
Completing Quests
The most common method of earning Kudos is completing specific quests within Old School RuneScape.
While not every quest in the game rewards you with Kudos, there are plenty that involve the Varrock Museum and will earn you enough Kudos to earn at least the first tier of rewards.
- A Tail of Two Cats – 5 Kudos
- Curse of the Empty Lord – 10 Kudos
- Defender of Varrock – 5 Kudos
- Demon Slayer – 5 Kudos
- Hazeel Cult – 5 Kudos
- In Aid of the Myreque – 5 Kudos
- Making History – 5 Kudos
- Merlin’s Crystal – 5 Kudos
- Observatory Quest – 5 Kudos
- Priest in Peril – 5 Kudos
- Rune Mysteries – 5 Kudos
- Shield of Arrav – 5 Kudos
- Temple of Ikov – 5 Kudos
- The Grand Tree – 5 Kudos
- What Lies Below – 5 Kudos
Once you complete one of the listed quests, you can talk to Historian Minas at the Varrock Museum to tell them about what you have experienced in exchange for Kudos.
Natural History Quizzes
By talking to Orlando Smith in the Varrock Museum, you can hear his lecture about the different displays in the Museum and take quizzes on what you have learned.
After passing each of his tests, you will be rewarded with Kudos, as well as experience in both Hunter and Slayer. In total you can earn up to 28 Kudos and enough experience to reach both 9 Hunter and Slayer.
Cleaning Uncleaned Finds
After completing the “The Dig Site” quest, you can clean the uncleaned finds from the Dig Site itself.
To accomplish this, you will need to have all the appropriate tools equipped and/or in your inventory (Leather Boots, Gloves, Trowel, Rock Pick, Specimen Brush).
Continue to clean from the specimen rock pile in the Varrock Museum until you obtain the five different artifacts that can be found here:
- Ancient Coin
- Ancient Symbol
- Old Coin
- OId Symbol
- Pottery
After you take the finds to one of the workers, they can be displayed in their associated cases, and you will be rewarded with 10 Kudos each.
Finding Ancient Relics
After completing the “Below Ice Mountain” quest, you will be able to mine from the various Barronite deposits within the Ruins of Camdozaal. These ruins can uncover an Ancient Relic while you are mining them.
Each Ancient Relic can be turned into Curator Haig Halen in the Varrock Museum in exchange for 5 Kudos and 1k coins in total.
While this doesn’t reward many Kudos overall, it is still required to maximize your standing with the Varrock Museum.
Turning in Completed Fossils
Once you complete the “Bone Voyage” quest, you can unlock Fossil Island and start obtaining the Fossils randomly found there.
Fossils have a variety of uses. However, they can be cleaned and completed in exchange for Museum Kudos.
While you are cleaning Fossils, they can be stored in a Fossil Storage Crate, where you can see which of the sets you have completed (Small, Medium, Large, or Plant).
With a full set, you can take them to the Varrock Museum, where they can be put on display.
There are 36 different displays that can be completed, each rewarding you with either 2k, 3.5k, or 5k experience in a chosen skill. When completing all of the display cases, you will also earn upwards of 72 Museum Kudos.
Museum Kudos Rewards
While Museum Kudos are often considered when determining the requirements for certain quests, there are also other rewards and benefits to taking the time to earn them from the Varrock Museum.
- 51 Kudos – Rewarded with 1k Mining experience.
- 100 Kudos – Able to complete the “Bone Voyage” quest.
- 101 Kudos – Rewarded with 2.5k Crafting and 3.5k Mining experience.
- 150 Kudos – Able to participate in the Volcanic Mine minigame on Fossil Island.
- 151 Kudos – Rewarded with 4k Crafting, Hunter, Prayer, Slayer and Smithing experience.
- 153 Kudos – Able to use the Workman’s Gate entrance to the Dig Site.
That is how to get Museum Kudos in Old School RuneScape!
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