Old School RuneScape Wiki
Register
Advertisement
Instruction manual
This quest has a quick guide found here.
It briefly summarises the steps needed to complete the quest.

Details[]

Start point Go to Gertrude's house which is just west of Varrock. Go to Gertrude's house which is just west of Varrock.
Official difficulty Novice
Description Gertrude has lost her cat Fluffs and desperately wants to find her. Can you help bring her home?
Length Short
Requirements None
Items required

Recommended:

Enemies to defeat None

Walkthrough[]

Gertrude chathead

Starting out[]

Items required: 100 coins

Speak to Chat head image of Gertrude, File:Gertrude chathead Gertrude (located in her house west of Link to Varrock Varrock; south of the Link to Cooks' Guild Cooking Guild), and she will tell you that she has lost her cat, Chat head image of Fluffs, File:Fluffs chathead Fluffs. Gertrude will ask you to go and speak to her two children, Chat head image of Shilop, File:Shilop chathead Shilop and Chat head image of Wilough, File:Wilough chathead Wilough, who can be found in Link to Varrock Square Varrock Square near the newspaper stand.

Note: Before you leave Gertrude's house, pick up some doogle leaves (if you don't have a seasoned sardine already) from behind her house to save time later on.

Make your way to the Varrock Square and talk to either of the two boys. They will tell you about their secret playground. However, they will not give you the location until they get something in return. Players must then give them 100 Coins 1 coins to not only get the location, but in order to be able to progress any further.

Head for the Link to Lumber Yard Lumber Yard, which can be found north-east of Varrock. Don't forget to bring a Item image of %7B%7B%3Araw+sardine%7D%7D, File:raw sardine raw sardine, and a Item image of %7B%7B%3ADoogle+leaves%7D%7D, File:Doogle leaves doogle leaf OR a Item image of %7B%7B%3Aseasoned+sardine%7D%7D, File:seasoned sardine seasoned sardine and a Item image of %7B%7B%3Abucket+of+milk%7D%7D, File:bucket of milk bucket of milk.

Gertrudes cat mother

Fluffs, located on the 1st floor[?] in the Lumberyard.

The secret playground (Lumber Yard)[]

Items required: Item image of %7B%7B%3ABucket+of+milk%7D%7D, File:Bucket of milk Bucket of milk, Item image of %7B%7B%3Araw+sardine%7D%7D, File:raw sardine raw sardine and Item image of %7B%7B%3Adoogle+leaves%7D%7D, File:doogle leaves doogle leaves (OR Item image of %7B%7B%3Aseasoned+sardine%7D%7D, File:seasoned sardine seasoned sardine). Item image of %7B%7B%3ALumberyard+teleport%7D%7D, File:Lumberyard teleport Lumberyard teleport (optional), and Item image of %7B%7B%3AVarrock+teleport%7D%7D, File:Varrock teleport Varrock teleport (optional).

Once you are at the Link to Lumber Yard Lumber Yard, climb over the fence near the south entrance. Head to the middle of the yard and climb up a ladder. You will find Gertrude's cat, Chat head image of Fluffs, File:Fluffs chathead Fluffs. First, try to pick up the cat. She will hiss at you. Then, use your Item image of %7B%7B%3Abucket+of+milk%7D%7D, File:bucket of milk bucket of milk on her. Try to pick her up again. She will still refuse to move. Use the Item image of %7B%7B%3Adoogle+leaves%7D%7D, File:doogle leaves doogle leaves that you have picked up earlier on the Item image of %7B%7B%3Araw+sardine%7D%7D, File:raw sardine raw sardine. This will give you a Item image of %7B%7B%3Aseasoned+sardine%7D%7D, File:seasoned sardine seasoned sardine. Give Fluffs the seasoned sardine.

Now, go down the ladder and search through the nearby crates. You should see the yellow "Mew" above them. These crates will be highlighted as yellow opposed to blue when right clicking them. Don't just walk around the middle building surrounded by meow-ing crates, walk around the whole lumber yard and look out for yellow highlighted crates. Go through every nearby yellow crate until you find Item image of %7B%7B%3AFluffs%27+kitten%7D%7D, File:Fluffs' kitten Fluffs' kitten. If the kitten does not appear, try logging out and logging back in to trigger the event. Don't drop the kitten as you normally would to place a pet. It will run away and you will have to find it again. Once the kitten is in your inventory, go back up the ladder and use her on Fluffs. After doing this, you will get a message saying the kitten has run off with its mother to Chat head image of Gertrude, File:Gertrude chathead Gertrude. Return to Gertrude to complete the quest. Congratulations!

Note for ironmen: save the chocolate cake from the quest reward. It is needed for the quest Link to A Tail of Two Cats A Tail of Two Cats. Otherwise you will need to bake a chocolate cake.

Rewards[]

Gertrude's Cat reward scroll

Required for completing[]

Completion of Gertrude's Cat is required for the following:


Advertisement