by Berry O'Neill

Created on: July 23, 2009

The Ernest the Chicken quest is one of the harder quests on Runescape. It takes place in Draynor Manor, and is open to both members and non-members. It requires no special skills or the completion of any other quests. Furthermore, you do not need to obtain any special supplies before starting.

This quest can be completed in sixteen steps. They are as follows:

1. Go to Draynor Manor, which is north of Draynor Village. Talk to Veronica, who should be wandering around near the gate. Veronica will say that she needs your help to find her fianc, Ernest, who is inside the manor.

2. Walk north along the path to the house. Go inside. Walk up the first set of steps, and then climb the staircase to reach the third floor.

3. Talk to the odd-looking scientist in the room, who is called Professor Oddenstein. The professor says that he has accidentally turned Ernest into a chicken, and that, in order to change him back, he needs you to get a pressure gauge, a rubber tube, and an oil can for his machine.

4. Go back down to the second floor. You should see a box of fish food on the floor opposite the other stairs. Pick it up.

5. Go down the stairs to the first floor. Walk through the northern door and into the kitchen in the west. You should see a small room with a bottle of poison. Pick it up.

6. From the kitchen, you should see a room with a checkered floor. Go into this room and pick up the spade in the corner.

7. Leave the mansion and walk around the sides of the premises until you reach a compost heap. Use the spade to dig in the compost until you get a key.

8. Use the poison with the fish food. You now have poisoned fish food.

9. Walk to the southern part of the grounds, and you should see a fountain filled with piranhas. Put the poisoned fish food in the fountain.

10. When the fish are all dead, search the fountain to find the pressure gauge.

11. Go back into the manor and walk past the staircase. You should see a closet. Use the key with the door to open it, and pick up the rubber tube that is inside.

12. Leave the closet and find the room with a pink floor. When you search the bookcase on the opposite wall, you will find a secret door. Enter the other room.

13. Climb down the ladder into the basement. You should see a series of levers, which you need to open in the correct sequence to get the oil can.

14. All of the levers are identified by a letter. First, pull down lever A and lever B. Then, go through the open door and pull down lever D. This should open two more doors. Walk through these and pull up levers A and B. Go back through the door you just exited, and then go through the two newly opened doors. Pull down levers E and F, and then go out through the two newly opened doors. Pull down lever C, and then go back through the two doors you just came through. Pull up lever E and then leave the rooms.

15. The door to the room with the oil can should now be open. Pick up the can.

16. Go back up the ladder and through the secret door. Go up the two flights of stairs until you are back with Professor Oddenstein. Give him the parts that you have collected. He will fix the machine and return Ernest to his original human state. This is the end of the quest.

Congratulations! You have finished the Ernest the Chicken quest. As a reward, you get four quest points and 300 coins.

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