OSRS Temple Trekking Guide: Rewards & Lumberjack Outfit

Deep in the foreboding swamps of Morytania lies the Temple Trekking minigame, a challenging activity where you must guide a vulnerable follower from the beleaguered town of Burgh de Rott to the safety of Paterdomus.

While it's a piece of older content, Temple Trekking is still the one and only place to get the highly valuable Lumberjack Outfit. This guide will show you how to navigate the trek and get your hands on this essential skilling gear.

Getting Started

  • Quest: You must have completed the In Aid of the Myreque quest to start.
  • Location: You can start a trek by speaking to either Rolayne in Burgh de Rott or Hiylik in Paterdomus.
  • Recommended Gear: Bring decent combat gear (melee is recommended), a weapon for each attack style, food, and an axe/tinderbox for certain events.

The Gameplay: Escorting Your Follower

The core of the minigame is to escort one of three followers—an easy, medium, or hard companion—along one of three paths.

  • The Goal: Your follower has a health bar and can be attacked by monsters. Your job is to protect them and help them overcome various skill-based obstacles.
  • The Paths: There are three paths of increasing difficulty. The harder the path and the harder the follower, the more challenging the events will be, but the greater your reward will be at the end.
  • The Events: Each trek consists of a series of randomly generated events. These can be:
    • Combat Events: Ghasts, Vampyres, or Swamp Snakes will attack your follower.
    • Obstacle Events: You may need to cut down a tree, repair a bridge, or navigate a puzzle to proceed.

Strategy for Fast Treks

If your only goal is to get the Lumberjack Outfit, your strategy should be to complete treks as quickly as possible.

  1. Choose the Easy Follower: The easy follower is the least likely to get into trouble, making the treks much faster.
  2. Choose the Hard Path: The difficulty of the path has a greater impact on your reward potential than the difficulty of the follower.
  3. Optimize for Speed: Bring stamina potions and gear that helps you quickly deal with the combat and obstacle events. A high Agility level is also very helpful.

The Rewards: The Lumberjack Outfit

The reason players still run these haunted trails today is for the exclusive rewards. Upon successfully completing a trek, you will receive a reward token. You can exchange these tokens for a random reward.

  • Lumberjack Outfit: This is the grand prize. It is a four-piece set (hat, top, legs, boots). Each piece provides a small bonus to Woodcutting XP, with the full set granting a 2.5% XP boost. This is a must-have for any player serious about training Woodcutting.
  • Other Rewards: You can also receive experience tomes for various skills, resources like bowstrings, and unique cosmetic items.

Getting the Full Set: The outfit pieces are a rare reward. You will likely need to complete anywhere from 10 to 30 treks to get all four pieces. An efficient player can usually get the full set in 2-4 hours.

Conclusion

Temple Trekking is a unique and engaging minigame that offers a refreshing break from typical skilling or combat grinds. The challenge of protecting your follower through the dangerous swamps of Morytania is a fun experience, and the Lumberjack Outfit is an essential piece of gear for any aspiring woodsman.

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