To complete What Remains Is Written in RuneScape: Dragonwilds, speak to Abraxus the Eternal in Coalridge Pass while wearing the complete necromancer outfit. You must first recover five books from Silverthorn Keep and the surrounding ruins, return them to Abraxus, then collect three scrolls connected to Razlem the Deranged, Ulgo the zogre, and Blightscale. Return to Abraxus in the necromancer outfit after both collection stages to receive the Abraxus Ring trinket and its recipe.
The two most important limitations are access and item identification. You need enough progress in Withering Heights to enter Fellhollow, plus enough progress in Restless Ghosts to obtain the Ghostspeak amulet. If Abraxus keeps asking for books after you believe you have everything, verify the names of all five books and all three scrolls individually. A quest item from Restless Ghosts can be mistaken for one of Abraxus’s items.
What Remains Is Written Quest Checklist
| Stage | Objective | What you need |
|---|---|---|
| Preparation | Reach Abraxus and begin the quest | Partial Withering Heights progress, partial Restless Ghosts progress, Ghostspeak amulet, full necromancer outfit, and good food |
| Book search | Recover Abraxus’s stolen books | The Pride of the Avernic, The Importance of Chaos, Aetheric Fundamentals, a Primordial Primer, The Wrath of Baba Potterington, and Leonard the Bound |
| First return | Give the five books to Abraxus | Wear the necromancer crown, robe top, and robe bottom when speaking to him |
| Scroll search | Recover the three stolen scrolls | Eventide - A New Spawn, Coclear Malificarum, and The Binding of Ib |
| Final return | Complete the quest | Bring the three correct scrolls back while wearing the complete necromancer outfit |
| Reward | Collect the quest reward | Abraxus Ring trinket and Abraxus Ring recipe unlock |
Prepare Before Entering Fellhollow
What Remains Is Written is a secondary quest based in Fellhollow, but you cannot simply walk to Abraxus at the beginning of a new game and complete it. Partial completion of Withering Heights is required for access to Fellhollow. You also need partial completion of Restless Ghosts, because that quest provides the Ghostspeak amulet required here.
Prepare these items before approaching Abraxus:
- Necromancer’s crown
- Necromancer’s robe top
- Necromancer’s robe bottom
- Ghostspeak amulet
- Good food
The three necromancer pieces form the disguise that makes Abraxus treat you as an apprentice. Wear the entire outfit when you first speak to him. Keep it available for both return conversations as well; simply owning the pieces is not the same as speaking to him while dressed correctly.
Good food is listed among the required supplies because the quest route crosses hostile parts of Fellhollow. The documented enemies include multiple Rotsworn, Skeleton Archers, and Skeleton Warriors, followed by Razlem the Deranged, Ulgo the zogre, and Blightscale. The supplied quest information does not establish a mandatory weapon, combat style, or exact food quantity, so choose combat supplies appropriate to your character rather than relying on an unsupported fixed loadout.
Start What Remains Is Written at Coalridge Pass
Find Abraxus the Eternal in Coalridge Pass, just north of the fork in the road. Equip the necromancer’s crown, robe top, and robe bottom before initiating the conversation.
Abraxus assumes that the outfit marks you as one of his apprentices. He explains that locals ransacked his library and scattered his valuable books throughout the eastern sub-regions. Your first assignment is to recover five named books from Silverthorn Keep and nearby ruins.
Before leaving, note the exact objective count: this stage requires five books. Scrolls and spell-related objects from other quests do not satisfy that objective, even if their icons or names make them look relevant.
Find the Five Missing Books Around Silverthorn Keep
The books are distributed across the Silverthorn Keep region rather than stored in a single library room. Search the named structures and landmarks carefully. The supplied research does not establish a required pickup order, so use whichever sequence fits your approach to the region.
The Pride of the Avernic
Enter Silverthorn Keep and reach its second level. The Pride of the Avernic is beside a scene containing an archery target.
Use the floor level and archery setup together as your identifiers. Searching the exterior ruins or ground floor will not match the documented location. Once you reach the second level, inspect the space immediately around the target rather than treating the target itself as the objective.
The Importance of Chaos
Travel northwest of the ominous gateway. Look for a gateway ruin with a small tower and a slight incline along its southern side. The Importance of Chaos lies at the southwestern end of that ruin.
Several similar pieces of broken stonework can make this description easy to misread. Anchor your search on all three details: northwest of the ominous gateway, south of the small tower, and at the ruin’s southwestern end.
Aetheric Fundamentals, a Primordial Primer
Inside the Silverthorn Keep area, cross the stone bridge associated with the curse fragment location. Aetheric Fundamentals, a Primordial Primer is on the far side of that bridge.
A green dragon can spawn next to this book. Arrive with enough food and combat readiness to deal with danger around the pickup. The presence of the dragon is also a useful confirmation that you are searching the documented bridge area rather than another crossing elsewhere in the keep.
The Wrath of Baba Potterington
Look for a crumbled stone house near a nature grove north of the “sil” portion of the Silverthorn Keep map label. The Wrath of Baba Potterington is located at that ruined house.
The nature grove and collapsed building are more useful at close range than the map text alone. Use the map label to reach the general northern area, then inspect the nearby ruined houses instead of searching open ground.
Leonard the Bound
Go northwest of the ominous gateway to the ruins forming the transition between the Lake of Lost Souls and Silverthorn Keep. Leonard the Bound rests on a pedestal on the western side of the gate.
The book is elevated on top of the gate structure rather than lying at ground level. Skeleton Hoplites and Skeleton Archers occupy this area, so clear or avoid the immediate threats before concentrating on the pedestal.
Return the Five Books to Abraxus
Check your inventory against the complete five-book list before making the return trip. Similar-looking quest objects are not substitutes, and the objective will not advance just because you possess five items that appear book-like or magical.
Equip the necromancer’s crown, robe top, and robe bottom again, then speak to Abraxus in Coalridge Pass. He accepts the recovered library collection and introduces the second half of the quest: three scrolls were also taken from him.
This hand-in is a distinct stage. If he continues asking for his books, do not begin troubleshooting the scroll bosses yet. First establish which of the five named books is missing or which unrelated item was counted by mistake.
Recover the Three Stolen Scrolls
The second collection contains exactly three named scrolls. Each is associated with one of Abraxus’s enemies, but defeating an enemy is not the same as confirming that the relevant scroll has been collected. Check the nearby desk, hoard, bones, or clearing described for each objective.
Eventide - A New Spawn from Razlem
Find Razlem the Deranged wandering through a small ruin directly east of the ominous gateway. Defeat Razlem, then inspect the desk in the ruin. Eventide - A New Spawn is on top of that desk.
The scroll is tied to the location as well as the enemy. If you defeat Razlem and immediately leave, you can miss the item sitting in the surrounding ruin. Confirm the scroll’s name in your inventory before marking this branch complete.
Coclear Malificarum from Ulgo
Travel to Coalridge Pass and locate Ulgo the zogre north of the “Coalridge Pass” label on the map. After dealing with Ulgo, search the hoard. Coclear Malificarum is beside the chest there.
Do not stop at the chest itself. The documented scroll position is next to the chest in Ulgo’s hoard, so inspect the adjacent ground and objects until you can verify that Coclear Malificarum has been collected.
The Binding of Ib from Blightscale
Locate Blightscale, a green dragon on the eastern side of Fellhollow. The current landmark description places Blightscale south of the path that climbs toward Silverthorn Keep, on the southern side of the cliffs and northeast of the ominous gateway. Look just beyond willow trees and a small group of ruins.
The clearing contains a spectral door. The Binding of Ib is near bones within that clearing. Defeat Blightscale, then search the clearing itself rather than assuming the scroll entered your inventory automatically.
Older videos or maps may point toward a different green dragon near the upper castle or cursed-statue area. Player reports in the supplied research specifically describe that older location as incorrect after the dragon’s placement changed. Use the eastern Fellhollow landmarks—below the route into the keep, near ruined stonework, willow trees, a spectral door, and bones—to distinguish Blightscale’s area from an unrelated dragon spawn.
Finish the Quest and Claim the Abraxus Ring
Once you possess all three named scrolls, return to Abraxus in Coalridge Pass. Before starting the final conversation, equip all three pieces of necromancer clothing again.
Confirm that your inventory includes:
- Eventide - A New Spawn
- Coclear Malificarum
- The Binding of Ib
Speak to Abraxus with the correct scrolls and disguise. He acknowledges your work and completes the quest. The documented reward is one Abraxus Ring trinket plus the recipe unlock for the Abraxus Ring.
The Abraxus Ring reward icon.
The supplied sources disagree about an additional objective involving an owner of a sinister text: one structured database lists that step, while the fuller quest walkthrough ends after returning the scrolls. Because that discrepancy is unresolved in the supplied material, this walkthrough does not present the extra objective as a confirmed requirement.
Fix Common What Remains Is Written Progress Problems
Abraxus Still Asks for Five Books
If Abraxus continues asking for his books even though your inventory appears full, compare every item against the five exact titles:
- The Pride of the Avernic
- The Importance of Chaos
- Aetheric Fundamentals, a Primordial Primer
- The Wrath of Baba Potterington
- Leonard the Bound
A documented player report describes carrying three scrolls and five apparent books without advancing. The cause was an item associated with Restless Ghosts that had been mistaken for one of the required objects. Recounting categories is therefore not enough; check each title separately.
Also verify that you are wearing the complete necromancer set during the conversation. Equip the crown, robe top, and robe bottom together before speaking to Abraxus again.
Blightscale Is Missing from an Old Guide Location
Do not use the green dragon beside the upper castle or cursed-statue area as your only reference. Search east in Fellhollow, south of the path leading up to Silverthorn Keep and northeast of the ominous gateway. The correct area includes willow trees, small ruins, a spectral door, and bones in the clearing.
This distinction matters because a different green dragon also appears near the book found across the Silverthorn Keep stone bridge. That dragon helps identify the Aetheric Fundamentals book area, but it is not automatically the Blightscale encounter required for The Binding of Ib.
A Defeated Enemy Did Not Seem to Drop a Scroll
The documented scroll positions require a location search after the associated encounter:
- Razlem’s scroll is on a desk in the small ruin.
- Ulgo’s scroll is beside the chest in the hoard.
- Blightscale’s scroll is near bones in the spectral-door clearing.
Inspect those fixed landmarks and verify the item name in your inventory. The supplied research contains a player report of a missing scroll after all three bosses were defeated, but it does not provide a verified universal reset procedure. If the correct item is genuinely absent from its documented location, do not substitute a different quest object and assume the stage is complete.
The Final Conversation Does Not Complete the Quest
Separate the two hand-in stages before diagnosing the final conversation. The first return requires all five books; the second requires the three named scrolls. For both conversations, wear the full necromancer outfit.
Use the objective wording to determine which stage is still active. If Abraxus asks for books, recheck the five-book collection. If you have advanced to his enemies and scrolls, verify Eventide - A New Spawn, Coclear Malificarum, and The Binding of Ib individually. This title-by-title check addresses the confirmed inventory mix-up without inventing a workaround unsupported by the available research.