The Branches of Darkmeyer

Dark, feral shapes have been seen stalking the outskirts of Burgh de Rott with terrible, unnatural swiftness, and rumours abound that Vanstrom Klause himself is at large once more. Veliaf and the rest of the Myreque have taken note of these ill signs and fear an imminent attack. Safalaan has been pre-occupied of late and, outnumbered and ill-equipped as they are, the Myreque must turn to you for assistance once again.

To do this, you must enter the baroque streets of Darkmeyer; the vampyre city. With help from an unexpected source, you must infiltrate the upper echelons of vampyric society to locate the last remaining blisterwood tree, which lies heavily guarded in the city’s dark heart and whose branches are the bane of even the most powerful Vyrewatch.

Once you have done so, you’ll be able to create weapons that will end this looming threat before all is lost, and will put the Myreque in a better position to end their war once and for all. You may defeat the foe that lurks in the shadows, and the rewards may be great, including experience tomes, new weapons and an item that teleports its bearer to the Barrows, among other places, but will the end really justify the means?

How to start

Speak to Veliaf in Burgh de Rott.

Requirements

Legacy of Seergaze
Legends' Quest
76 Woodcutting
70 Fletching
70 Magic
67 Slayer
64 Crafting
63 Agility
63 Farming

Mod Ana

In other news...

The silver sickle (both ordinary and blessed), the Rod of Ivandis and the Ivandis Flail have been improved to make them more effective against vampyres.
You’ll notice new atmospheric sounds as you descend into many of the major dungeon networks, particularly those beneath Edgeville, Lumbridge and Varrock. Listen out for burning torches, flowing water, dripping stalactites and ambient sounds that develop as you delve deeper.
For the first time, we're releasing a walkthrough for today's quest. This will be available the day after the release at the bottom of the quest page.
The list of spells available through the Borrowed Power spell now includes the following: High Alchemy, Bones to Peaches, Teleport to House, Vulnerability, and Magic Dart.

Patch notes for this update: (Click to View)

The following small fixes and adjustments have now been made to the game. If you spot any further bugs in-game, please use the Bug Report feature ('Submit a Bug Report' under the 'Help' drop-down menu of the website).

Graphical


The Spirit Tree's nose has been altered.
The Ivandis Flail special attack animation has been updated.
The undead lumberjack's ‘climbing out of swamp’ animation has been updated.
A mysterious fence in the Lumbridge Swamp has been removed.
The runecrafter robes no longer stretch when resting.
Several flickering issues have been fixed in the Temple of Light.
Player-owned house mahogany bookcases no longer show certain types of wall through the back.
Flickering issues during Enakhra's Lament have been fixed.
Teak shelves in a player-owned house are now attached to all kinds of walls.
Port Phasmatys bank booths are all now on the same floor level.
Several flickering issues in the Spirit Realm of Summer's End have been fixed.
Some flickering issues on the basalt rocks near the Lighthouse have been fixed.
Some logs in the recently reworked free area now block walking.
The Grand Exchange bankers are no longer clipping through their bank booths.
Shadows have been removed from certain plants and guards in a Clan Citadel.
It is no longer possible to remove a greegree while traversing agility obstacles.
Beams of light near Goblin Village no longer have shadows.
Skeleton leggings no longer stretch when fishing.
Sitting while wearing an Armadyl plateskirt no longer causes players’ knees to disappear.
Some puzzle pieces from hard Treasure Trails have had their colour restored.
The mirror from Nature Spirit is no longer tiny.
Hild's house in Burthorpe is no longer partially sunk.
The amulet animation in Ghosts Ahoy, after commanding Necrovarus, now stops at the correct point.
A roof in Ardougne has been made level with the other roofs.
The stall on Ape Atoll is now using updated scimitar graphics.
Some flickering issues inside the Penguin Outpost during Cold War have now been fixed.



Quests


The Monkey Madness glider puzzle has been updated to alter tiles that were too similar.
Multiple places now check for the correct completion state of Goblin Diplomacy.
The Rat Catchers music interface no longer has holes filled in where they shouldn't be.
The Task System's tooltip no longer appears in the Blood Pact cutscene once the side interface has been hidden.
The Adventurer's Log now reports In Aid of the Myreque and Underground Pass quest states correctly.



Minigames & Distractions


The Sceptre of the Gods is now one-handed.
The mouse-over on the Great Orb Project’s reward interface now states the correct items on the master runecrafter gear.
Text no longer overlaps on the Lunar Farm rewards interface for the Protect a Patch For Me! wish.
The correct chathead now appears after evading several Temple Trekking events.
The ‘Store’ option on familiars no longer removes the bait side-interface in Fish Flingers.



Miscellaneous


The bank worker who never seemed to open his bank booth in Catherby has now been fired.
The pet Jad is now listed in the Summoning skill advance guide.
Master runecrafter robes are now allowed onto Entrana.
The text colour on entering a Daemonheim dungeon has changed to make it more visible in fixed-screen mode.
Dungeoneering hunter traps can no longer be laid through tables.
Jadinko Lair herb drops are no longer un-noted when using a macaw.
The Titan’s Constitution scroll no longer works with the spirit cape.
Demonic ashes now have the correct custom cursor.
The new lunar spells from Lunar Farm now use the correct filters on the magic interface.
The Dwarven Army Axe now functions correctly when passing through the jungle between Shilo Village and the Kharazi Jungle.
The Varrock tanner now has a right-click ‘Trade’ option.
Punching monkey guards and eating no longer increases the amount of time before you can punch again.
Mazchna no longer tells players to train with Kuradal before they are able to.
Using feathers to fletch now remembers which type of feather you used, should you have multiple feathers in your inventory.
The Smithing interface in Dungeoneering on complexity 3 no longer gives invisible options.
Chompy birds now work correctly with the bonecrusher.
The teleport option on a lava titan has been updated to state exactly where the player is going.
It is no longer possible to play several animations while sat on a chair.
The urn teleport sound now plays after the correct duration.
A typo has been fixed in dialogue with Assassin in Temple at Senntisten.
Speaking to Bob in Bob's Brilliant Axes no longer refers to buying an axe.
The wooden Fishing Guild gate now sounds like a wooden gate.
It is no longer possible to type in the ‘World Full’ lobby dialogue box.
The Adventurer's Log now reports the correct champion killed when you have killed a human champion.
Using a gem bag on uncut gems now works correctly.
It is now possible to retain your Mobilising Armies titles when leaving the Mobilising Armies area.

Epic quest. Epic reward. Best quest to come out of Jagex in a long time.

It's actually awesome to see a quest released that requires a bit of skill to complete. It seems the majority of the quests lately have been low-medium level content, so it's such a relief to finally see some content for more advanced questers.

I've completed the whole quest besides the boss fight and was very impressed. I'll attempt the boss fight later when I find a decent method of doing so - seems even some higher levels have had to have a few attempts at the boss.

I hate missing out on the updates, I come back to members completely clueless

liked this quest very much and the boss wasnt much of a challenge for me
loved the exp reward and all the stuff to do with it
10/10 jagex

Excellent! A new quest! And a good one I see.

urgh a boss fight, think i'll leave that quest for another couple of years :S

I was so hyped when I learned there was gonna be a new Vyre quest.

And guess what, it's my favorite quest in RS <3!

The boss was rather easy in my opinion. You can hit over 800 on him... I hitted something in the 900's too if I remeber right.

The reward is awesome, free 150k rc anyone?
The weapon (polearm) is awesome too, since near the bank there's a altar and many vyre spawns. It rocks hard on them, I hitted a 727 on them. They also drop lots of runes and some coins. I even got 4 grimy ranarrs and a splitbark body!

100/100 satisfaction, thank you Jagex <3

^ I know where I'll be getting my SW cutoff

urgh a boss fight, think i'll leave that quest for another couple of years :S

The main rewards from the quest (the teleports, the new city and the anti-vyrewatch weapons) are all unlocked during the quest before the boss fight. The only thing you get afterward is a gargantuan xp bonus.

The new weapons are great. At least the melee/ranged weapons are. The ranged weapons are like darts and seem to hit pretty well, and I saw myself hit 750+ using turmoil/extremes with the melee weapon. I didn't try any magic, but I'm sure it's pretty good too.

I also see that Vyrewatch are listed as slayer assignments given by Chaeldar and all of the the higher slayer masters. Should be a nice assignment, considering the new vyrewatch have drops in addition to the corpse as well as a nearby prayer altar and a bank.