Spirit of Summer

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Find the ghost of the little girl who is found just north-east from the north gates of Varrock. She will teleport you in the wilderness in a pker-free zone. Follow the spirit. (As you walk toward the spirit, she will disappear and reappear a short ways away. Continue to walk toward her until you get the message...)

You get a message: *You feel as if something is pulling at your consciousness. Do you allow it to drag you away?* Agree to enter the Spirit Realm.

### Emote communication

You see a man (later known as Erik Bonde) who traps the girl in 5 rings. Equip the Ghostspeak amulet and talk to the man.

He doesn't speak but rather answers with an emote. The emote responses are different for each player. Use the *Think* emote to get him to repeat his emote.

* Use the opposite emote that he uses:

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 Cheer | Yes, Bow/Curtsy, Wave

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NOTES:

* You cannot repeat an emote. For example for 'Cheer' you can have 'yes, bow, wave'. If you choose 'Wave', you cannot choose it again, even if you get 'No' as an emote.
* If you are having trouble determining the correct response, watch the two other spirits (Jallek Lenkin and Meranek Thanatos) nearby who are having an emote conversation. The spirit with the staff leads and the spirit with the sword responds.

Each time the correct emote is performed, one of the 5 rings around the girl will disappear. If you respond with an incorrect emote, all the rings reappear, and you must start over.

After all 5 rings are gone, speak to the spirit girl. You will find her very hard to understand. She wants to meet you at a village near the mountains to the West. Continue speaking to her and she will take you to the village.

### Spirit's wishes

**Items needed:**

The items needed for this section can be found around the ruins in the real world, though it can be faster to buy all the items on the Grand Exchange.

* Limpwurt seed - found in a crate in the north-west building
* a rake - spawns just outside the north east building
* a seed dibber - spawns in the north east building
* a bucket - spawns in a building west of the farming patch
* a watering can - not necessary but saves some time, does not respawn anywhere in the Wilderness
* a hammer - a few hammers spawn in the south east building (with the anvil)
* 4 steel nails - most spawn in the south east building (with the hammer and anvil), there is also a steel bar in the same building which you can smith the steel nails with if you wish
* 2 planks - a few of them spawn around the ruins

**It may be a good idea to talk to the spirit and plant your limpwurt seed in the real world now so you will save time. You will also need your Ghostspeak Amulet for this section.**

**While picking up items, be sure to grab the mushrooms on the hollowed log in the real world. You will need them later.**

Speak to the Spirit when you have collected the items above. She can be found just a little east of the flower patch. Directly north of the anvil.

#### Washing her face

Talk to the spirit again. She will again not talk properly and mention something like "being stuck", "a beast", "washing something" and "a barrel" (indicating the barrel located next to her).

The girl wants to clean her face. Next to her there is an empty barrel, which is filled with water in the real world. Empty the barrel in real world by using a bucket on it. There is a bucket spawn in the building west of the farming patch. This will fill up the barrel in the spirit realm.

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Now, enter the spirit world again, and the girl will be able to wash herself now. (The way to return to the real world is by running toward the outer edges of the spirit world. It will ask if you want to leave, and simply say yes. You can also ask the spirit to take you back. In order to return to the spirit world, talk to the spirit.)

#### Eating mushrooms

She now wants something to eat. Go back to the real world, west of the patch near the statue, and pick the hollow log to get Button mushrooms (need at least 3 empty inventory spaces, although the mushrooms are not needed and can be dropped). This will cause mushrooms to grow in the spirit realm. Return and the girl will eat that.

#### Changing clothes

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The girl then wants you to get some clothes out of the wardrobe she is standing near. Back in the real world, use a plank on the wardrobe with another plank, 4 steel nails and the hammer in your inventory. This will destroy the wardrobe in the spirit realm. Go back to the spirit world and you will see her using the wardrobe.

* **Note:** If you cannot find steel nails, use a Steel bar found south of the girl (in the real world) with the anvil nearby to smith 15 steel nails (34 Smithing is required). Plank, hammer, and nail spawns are in the buildings to the southwest and southeast corners of the ruins.

#### Retrieving the doll

Next, she wants to retrieve her doll which is buried under the diseased Limpwurt plant. Once again, go back to the real world. Take the rake next to the building to the north-east. Rake up the weeds, then search the nearby crates for a limpwurt seed (or bring your own). If you need a Seed dibber, there is one located in the building to the north-east.

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Plant and wait for it to grow (watering makes it faster). It will take around 25 minutes. The patch won't become diseased, so don't be afraid to do something else while it grows.

Once it is fully grown, the plant in the spirit realm will disappear. Go back to the spirit world, where during the cutscene, the spirit girl will get her doll. **Do not pick the limpwurt plant**, otherwise you will have to grow one all over again! The plant can be picked after the doll is retrieved.

* This can be assisted. You and a partner will both need to enter the wilderness and go to the ruins in the North-West. Get assisted by your partner and plant the limpwurt seed. You should quickly leave and travel back to Summer outside the wilderness. You can then enter the spirit world, and the limpwurt will be there.

### Activating the altar

**Items needed:** 1 skull, 5 normal bones *Note:* A skull spawn is found just east of the farm (Note farm, where you emoted with her father--this can be found in the spirit world and does not require leaving and going into the wilderness.), as well as in the northern part of the farm, both in the normal and the Spirit realm. Bones spawn in the normal realm throughout the farm. (Use the teleport spot for traveling between the two worlds.

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After the spirit girl finds her doll, she will begin to speak normally and introduce herself as Summer. She will ask you to go with her to the farm. You will have the option of teleporting there if you decide to go immediately.

Once you are there, talk to Summer. She will tell you about an altar that you need to activate to get rid of the Spirit Beast. Before following her down the steps you should take the skull east of the farm (if you don't have one already).You will be led to a ladder (in a building on the east side of the farm) which you can climb down to reach the altar.

You need to place offerings on the altar to feed it. Use the skull and bones on the altar. Summer will tell you that you must use the power of spirits along with the power of the discs in order to trap the Spirit Beast.

### The power of spirits and discs

**Items needed:** A few Spirit wolf pouches, Desert wyrm pouches, Spirit scorpion pouches and food (for lower-levelled players).

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**WARNING** If you are experiencing lag, you will not be able to dismiss your familiar quick enough to avoid being devoured.

At the northeast corner of the spirit farm (just north of where you just followed Summer, not the farmhouse) will be a disc with a picture of a Spirit wolf on it. Stand on the east side of the disc (outside) and summon your Spirit Wolf to lure the Spirit Beast. **Your familiar needs to be on the disc.**

The beast will approach the first disc from the west. As the beast steps onto the disc, quickly dismiss the Spirit Wolf. If you are successful, a short cutscene will show a new disc appearing just to the west of the first disc. If the beast devours your familiar quickly summon another and then immediately dismiss it again (make sure you have dismiss set as the left click option); keep doing this until you are successful.

Repeat this with the new disc, only this time, summon a Desert Wyrm. Again a cutscene will show a new disc appearing if you are successful. Summon a Spirit scorpion for the third disc, located at the north-west corner of the farm which is quite a distance from the other two disks. Remember, **your familiar needs to be ON the disc when it is dismissed, or it will not work.**

In each case, you must dismiss your familiar as soon as the beast is on the disc. Take care because if your familiar is not dismissed fast enough, the beast will devour it, requiring you to get another pouch. It may be a good idea to get several of each pouch beforehand. Therefore, it is helpful to try to position yourself between the beast and your familiar.

The Spirit Beast won't attack you, so food isn't necessary, but if you get too close to him, you will be hit for low damage (30-70 lifepoints).

**Tip:** Turning the left-click option on the summoning icon to "Dismiss Follower" is practically necessary as it allows you to skip the confirmation screen significantly speeding up the dismissal.
**Tip:** The beast will approach from the west for first disc, the east on the second disc, and from the north on the third disc. Keep that in mind as you "place" your familiar in a safe area (when the beast arrives from the west, put your familiar to the east of the disc). If you leave and the beast disappears, when you summon your familiar again, the beast will come to the disc from the same direction every time. Don't forget however, **your familiar needs to be ON the disc.**
**Tip:** Calling a familiar confuses the beast and causes it to start wandering around in search of the familiar. Repeating the call a few times gives time to position the familiar correctly with respect to the beast.
**Tip:** The shock is delivered based on the tiles, not the disc graphic. You should dismiss your familiar once the beast is standing on at least one tile that includes part of the disc, as by the time it takes the extra step onto the disc itself it may be too late.
**Tip:** On occasion, the moment you dismiss the familiar, the Beast will devour it. As long as it is shocked, this doesn't matter.
**Tip:** As you approach the beast, it will start to follow you, but always stop at a distance of about 5-7 tiles. This can be used to your advantage. If you get too close, a message will pop-up saying "The Beast is not interested in fighthing you and shoves you away." and you will take minor damage (30-70 lifepoints).

### Finishing up

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After the Beast has had three shocks from the 3 different familiars, three spirits (Meranek Thanatos, Erik Bonde, and Jallek Lenkin) appear and seal it at the last disc.

Talk to one of the spirits that have trapped the beast to finish the quest.

**Congratulations. Quest Complete!**

## Quest Rewards

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* 1 Quest point
* 7,500 Template:Skill clickpic experience
* 5,000 Template:Skill clickpicexperience
* 2,000 Template:Skill clickpic experience
* 1,000 Template:Skill clickpic experience
* Jennica's ring
* A new Spirit Realm for you to explore.
* Access to the alternative Axe Hut, in which axeless level 42 Ghostly warriors can be fought without the need of a lockpick.
* Access to the Cursed Magic Tree
* Access to a Goth leprechaun in level 26 wilderness, as well as the flower patch he guards.

## Extra Rewards

Main article: Spirit Realm

**Note:** All of the following experience awards require at least level 50 in that particular skill. If you do not possess level 50 in the particular skill, the experience can be gained at a later stage after achieving level 50.

* By operating the ring on the portal in the Western ruins, 15,000 Farming experience will be acquired.
* By operating the ring on the portal near the magic axe hut (North-East of the Ardougne-Wilderness lever inside the wilderness), 11,250 Attack experience will be acquired. (Take a lockpick if you wish to open the hut doors.)
* By operating the ring on the portal in the Forgotten Cemetery, 15,000 Prayer experience will be acquired.

* There are also weak portals that can only be used after completing the sequel to this quest - Summer's End.

## Music unlocked

* Shining Spirit
* Troubled Spirit

## Required for completing

Completion of Spirit of Summer is required for the following:

* Summer's End

## Trivia

* On the day of the release, the spoilers said, "Woo... wooo...". The quest was not yet on the Quest List, but was added 10 minutes later.
* The Spirit Beast in the quest is level 717, which surpassed TzTok-Jad as one of the strongest monsters in RuneScape, though the Spirit Beast cannot be fought in this quest. In Summer's End, it can be fought, where he is level 752.
* After the quest was announced, and before it was released, when walking through the Ruins, you would get the message "Woo... Woo... Wooo!" in your chatbox. While wearing an Amulet of Ghostspeak, the message would be somewhat along the lines of "Help... Somebody, please!"
* This is the first quest that requires a Summoning level to complete. It is also the first to give Summoning experience, excluding the introductory quest to Summoning, Wolf Whistle.
* This is the first quest that is started and set in the Wilderness.
* A bug exists during the quest that would cause your character to still "have a familiar" after it has been dismissed. This is fixed by logging out and in.
* A bug existed so that if your familiar holding items disappeared in the Spirit Realm, you would be unable to pick the items up.
* Items cannot be dropped in the Spirit Realm: *As you place your object on the ground, it starts fading into nothing, so you must quickly pick it up again to avoid losing it.*
* To return to the real world from the Spirit Realm:
	+ Speak to the Spirit girl and select "Can you take me back, please?" File:Stretch.png
	+ Walk to the boundary of the ruins: "Are you sure you want to go back to the real world?"
		- *Yes.*
		- *Yes, and don't ask me again.*
		- *No.*
	+ With the ring equipped you can operate it while standing on the portal to go through it to the real world as the portal works in both directions.
* During the beginning when you first talk to the spirit girl you will see that her chat head has the stretchy glitch. (Picture to the right)
* During the Future PVP Updates BTS Update, it was announced that Jagex was planning on releasing a sequel to this quest. Summer's End was the result.
* North of the farm ruins, there is a three-part cave with the bodies of the spirits buried at the end.
* During the quest, if the player is in the Spirit Realm while the limpwurt plant in the real world reaches its final stage of growth, the plot does not progress until the player returns to the real world and reenters the Spirit Realm, even though the plant in the Spirit Realm should have disappeared already.
* This is a reference to the Spirit of Summer from the Tower of Druaga, a video game, where the monsters would weaken for a certain period of time.
* There is a bug that exists when starting the quest and talking to Erik Bonde using emotes: when the final ring gets removed Summer's head suddenly shoots up and stretches. This is similar to when the quest Smoking Kills was released; if players wore the earmuff facemask and did an emote they seemed to stretch.
* When this quest was released, it had another meaning; the emotion, energy, etc. from Summer (the season) in real life as it was released in July.
* After the quest, when walking away from the ruins, the screen will rumble and you will hear the roar of the Spirit Beast, but only if you have the requirement to start Summer's End.
* After starting the quest if you wander north of the farm in the spirit world you can see the spirit beast. If you get to close to it you will get the message "The Beast isn't interested in fighting you, and shoves you out of it's way." and you will get pushed back while a certain amount of damage is dealt.
* After completing the quest, if you talk to Juna, your character will say, "...I trapped the spirit beast and the family could talk again, but they said I had only made the beast more powerful." to which she replies, "I have heard of that spirit beast. You did very well to even survive the encounter with it."
* This quest follows the storyline of the movie "The Poltergeist". Both in the movie and the quest, there is an evil spirit known as "The Beast" that keeps the spirits from going on to the afterlife.
* Currently, no one can finish the quest, as two trees blocking the final plateform stop the spirit beast from coming close enough to it.
* The quest is completable by luring the beast between the gap in the trees to the north and making it face to the east while it is still walking south towards the final platform.

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