Where Can I Get A Hard Clue Scroll OSRS?

If you’re hunting hard clue scrolls in 'Old School RuneScape', the good news is that they’re everywhere — just rare. I usually treat them as a sweet RNG bonus to whatever I’m already doing in-game. Hard clues primarily drop as rare loot from monsters and sometimes from skilling or other random event tables, so the simplest approach is to pick activities that let you get a lot of kills or interactions per hour. That means slayer tasks are your best friend: you’re killing nonstop, often at good speed, and many slayer monsters share the general clue drop table. I like stacking tasks where I can blast through hundreds of kills (high XP/hr tasks) because every kill is another tiny chance at a hard clue. It’s slow but steady — think of it like buying lottery tickets with combat XP as the side benefit.

If you want more variety than straight slayer, there are a few other reliable ways to increase your odds. Huntering implings in and around Puro-Puro sometimes nets clue scrolls, and certain pickpocket or thieving activities can randomly hand you a clue. Bossing and mini-bosses sometimes include clue scrolls on their rare drop tables, so if you already boss for profit, you’ll occasionally pick one up. The key is volume and speed: fast, repeatable tasks that you enjoy will yield the most clues over time. Personally I rotate between slayer, a little monster farming (things I can kill quickly in bulk), and the occasional impling run to keep things fresh.

Practical tips that helped me: always carry the usual clue-solving kit (spade, rope, sextant/chart if you’re into doing the navigation steps quickly, teleport tabs), and bring gear that lets you clear tasks fastest. If you’re planning to do a focused clue grind, do it when you can mass-clear monsters (like using AoE or multi-spot training), and consider using slayer tasks that let you stay in one place — less downtime equals more kills equals more chances. Also remember that clues are RNG — you won’t get one every hour, so patience and consistent playwin out. If you want precise drop rates and which monsters have what weights, the 'Old School RuneScape' Wiki has a comprehensive list of clue drop tables and which activities can yield each tier. I check it when I’m optimizing a route.

Finally, treat hard clue hunting like a long-term side project rather than a guaranteed grind to wealth. The rewards from hard clues can be charming and sometimes very profitable, but the thrill for me is the variety — a random clue leads to a little puzzle, a map, or an odd emote step that breaks the monotony of pure grinding. It’s always a nice surprise to get one mid-task, and when that casket finally opens it feels like an actual payoff for patience. Happy hunting — I still get a proper kick when a hard clue pops into my inventory during an otherwise ordinary grind.