The short version
30-second read- Split the 20 food into 7, 7 and 6. Rotate the three types without repeating one back to back, and take food out of sacks or baskets first.
- Get Cyrisus standing before leaving the cave. His health needs to be at 70% and spirit at 72% or higher, so pick the most positive answers.
- The Inadequacy is the real fight. Ignore its Doubts, keep health above 30 and use special attacks like the dragon dagger on its 180 HP.
- Safespot The Everlasting west of the lectern. The Untouchable works from the same lectern, but using it to restock means fighting every boss again.
Overview
Dream Mentor is a Master Fremennik quest on Lunar Isle. To start it you need combat level 85 and two finished quests, Lunar Diplomacy and Eadgar's Ruse. You nurse a scared adventurer called Cyrisus back to health with 20 pieces of food, pick his armour out of his bank, brew a dream potion, then fight four bosses in a row inside his dream with prayers disabled.
All four dream bosses have 0 magic defence, so the Wiki recommends Magic: a trident of the seas, Iban Blast, a warped sceptre or Blood Rush all work. The Inadequacy (level 343) is the hard one. The Everlasting and The Untouchable can both be safespotted next to the lectern, and The Illusive only hits 8.
The dream is a dangerous death. You lose items the normal way, you always lose your Seal of Passage, and a hardcore ironman loses their status. The lectern at the north of the arena is the only way out; teleports, the ring of life and escape crystals do nothing there.
The reward is seven extra Lunar spells (Spellbook Swap, Plank Make and Humidify among them), 15,000 Hitpoints XP, 10,000 Magic XP and a lamp worth 15,000 XP in a combat skill. Dream Mentor is also required for Dragon Slayer II and While Guthix Sleeps.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | Master |
| Length | Medium |
| Quest points | 2 |
| Quest number | 125 |
| Released | 15 May 2007 |
| Starting point | Talk to the fallen man in the small cave in the Lunar Isle mine. |
| Members | Yes |
| Updated / fact checked | 2026-10-12 |
Requirements and Prerequisites
Combat level 85 is the only level requirement, and it is checked when you start. There are no skill levels to hit beyond that. If Lunar Diplomacy is still open on your account, our Lunar Diplomacy guide covers the whole Moon Clan quest first.
| Skill | Level | Boostable? |
|---|---|---|
| Combat | 85 | No |
Quest prerequisites:
- Lunar Diplomacy, which needs The Fremennik Trials, Lost City, Rune Mysteries and Shilo Village (which needs Jungle Potion)
- Eadgar's Ruse, which needs Druidic Ritual and Troll Stronghold (which needs Death Plateau)
The Wiki also lists one soft requirement: being able to kill four powerful monsters back to back without prayer.
Items to Bring
The food is where most people go wrong. Cyrisus needs 20 pieces across at least three different foods, fed in rotation, and the Wiki suggests 7, 7 and 6. Sacks of cabbages, potatoes or onions and fruit baskets save inventory space, but take the food out first or a full sack only counts as one piece. Drinks other than wine and Guthix rest are refused.
Required
- A Seal of Passage
- 3 different kinds of food: 7 of two types and 6 of a third, 20 pieces in total (sacks of cabbages, potatoes or onions and fruit baskets work once you take the food out)
- Goutweed
- An astral rune
- A tinderbox
- A hammer or Imcando hammer
- A pestle and mortar
- A strong weapon (a trident of the seas is the Wiki's pick, since the bosses have no magic defence), good armour, good food such as sharks, and super potion sets
Recommended
- Runes for Astral Contact (level 67 Lunar spell: 2 air, 1 cosmic, 1 astral) so you can ask Cyrisus whether his armour is right
- A dose of divine battlemage or super defence before you enter the dream
- A halberd if you want to safespot The Everlasting and The Untouchable with melee
- A stamina potion if you plan to kite
Goutweed comes from growing a gout tuber or from the storeroom under Burntmeat's kitchen in the Troll Stronghold, the one used in Eadgar's Ruse. Take two if Dragon Slayer II is next, because that quest asks for one as well.
Where to Start
Starting location: Talk to the fallen man in the small cave in the Lunar Isle mine.
Moonclan Teleport and Lunar Home Teleport both drop you at the entrance to the residential area of Lunar Isle. Without the Lunar spellbook, take Lokar Searunner's boat from the westernmost dock in Rellekka to Pirates' Cove, then ask Captain Bentley on the pirate ship to sail on.
The mine is north-east of the bank. Once inside, crawl through the passage to the south-east; it shows as a red line in the wall on your minimap.
Walkthrough, Stage by Stage
Have your 20 food and the Astral Contact runes on you before you crawl in. Halfway through you walk to the bank for his armour, and Astral Contact lets you check the set before you walk back.
- 1
Helping the fallen man.
Travel to Lunar Isle.
- 2
Enter the mine in the north-east area of Lunar Isle.
- 3
Crawl through the cave entrance (marked with the quest icon on the minimap).
- 4
Speak with the fallen man, follow the dialogue and close the status interface when it appears.
- 5
Feed him 4 food, starting with a type you have seven of, and keep cycling through your foods.
Never use the same food twice in a row.
- 6
Speak with him again.
(dialogue: Just don't worry. → Of course.)
- 7
Feed him 4 more food the same way.
- 8
Speak with him and keep reassuring him with positive answers until he sits up (cutscene).
- 9
Feed him 6 more food.
- 10
Talk to him several times with positive answers until he stands up (cutscene), then once more after he stands.
- 11
Speak with 'Birds-Eye' Jack in the Lunar Isle bank.
(dialogue: Cyrisus in the mine)
- 12
Pick Cyrisus's armour from his bank.
If your combat level comes from melee: dragon med helm, abyssal whip, Ahrim's robetop, Ahrim's robeskirt and ranger boots. If it comes from Magic: Robin Hood hat, dragon chainbody, black d'hide chaps, infinity boots and ancient staff. If it comes from Ranged: splitbark helm, Karil's leathertop, Torag's platelegs, adamant boots and magic shortbow.
- 13
Cast Astral Contact on Cyrisus to check the set before walking back.
- 14
Return and talk to Cyrisus for a cutscene.
(dialogue: Talk about the Armament)
- 15
Use food on him until his health is at 100%.
- 16
Talk to him several more times with positive answers until a cutscene plays.
If it does not trigger, feed him a couple more pieces.
- 17
Dream potion.
Speak with the Oneiromancer at the Astral Altar for a dream vial. (dialogue: Cyrisus.)
- 18
If you will use standard or Ancient spells in the fight, switch spellbook now; praying at the Astral Altar puts you back on the standard book.
- 19
Fill the vial with water (the nearest source is the house west of the bank) and add the goutweed.
- 20
Use your hammer on an astral rune, then grind the shards with a pestle and mortar.
- 21
Add the ground astral rune to the vial to finish the dream potion.
- 22
Prepare for 4 fights.
Prayers and emergency teleports will not work. Do not bank your Seal of Passage; even 'Birds-Eye' Jack will not serve you without it yet.
- 23
Dreamland.
Light the ceremonial brazier in the Dream Hall, the large building on the west side of the island.
- 24
Speak with Cyrisus.
(dialogue: Yes, let's go!)
- 25
During the fight you can leave at any time through the lectern, but you will have to beat every boss again.
- 26
Defeat The Inadequacy (level 343).
- 27
Defeat The Everlasting (level 223).
Stand directly west of the lectern on the north side to safespot it.
- 28
Defeat The Untouchable (level 274).
It can be safespotted at the lectern as well, with Magic or a halberd.
- 29
Defeat The Illusive (level 108).
- 30
Return to the Oneiromancer with your Seal of Passage.
(dialogue: Cyrisus.)
- 31
Finish the closing dialogue to complete the quest.
If you die in the dream, your Seal of Passage is gone. Get a new one from Brundt in the Rellekka longhall before you sail back, or every islander will teleport you away when you talk to them.
Cyrisus: Food, Spirit and Armour
Cyrisus's status screen has three bars you raise in a fixed order: health, spirit, then armament.
| Bar | How to raise it | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|
| Health | Use food on him, rotating through at least three types | He refuses a food you used recently, and a sack used whole counts as one piece |
| Spirit | Talk to him and pick the most positive answers | Wrong answers only cost time. Have him standing, with health at 70% and spirit at 72% or higher, before you leave the cave |
| Armament | Pick a helmet, top, legs, boots and weapon from his bank through 'Birds-Eye' Jack | The right set matches your own main combat style. Astral Contact lets you ask him before you make the trip back |
You can feed him a single food type if you log out between each piece, but carrying three types is far quicker.
Boss Fights
The four bosses come in a fixed order, and you cannot pray. Stats below are from each boss's Wiki page. All four attack with crush, and all four have 0 magic defence.
| Boss | Hitpoints and max hit | Attacks with | What decides the fight |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Inadequacy (level 343) | 180 HP, 18 melee, 20+ ranged | Melee, and ranged only when you are outside melee range | The hardest fight by far. It summons Doubts; ignore them and burn the boss down. Keep your health above 30 and use special attacks such as the dragon dagger. |
| The Everlasting (level 223) | 230 HP, max hit 24 | Melee | Safespot directly west of the lectern on the north side. You cannot walk through it, so do not get pinned against the arena wall. It can also be kited. |
| The Untouchable (level 274) | 90 HP, max hit 26 | Melee | Low health. Safespot it at the lectern with Magic or a halberd, or kite it. |
| The Illusive (level 108) | 144 HP, max hit 8 | Melee | Barely a threat. It burrows and pops up elsewhere after you hit it twice, so you spend the fight chasing it. |
Gear that works
Magic hits reliably even with negative magic attack, so wear strong melee armour to soak hits and cast from it. Add a shield with high ranged defence for The Inadequacy's ranged attack and fill the rest of the inventory with high-healing food.
With Ancient Magicks, the quick guide suggests autocasting Blood Burst and manually casting Ice Burst to freeze. The bursts clear the Doubts around you, and Blood Burst heals you if food runs low.
After The Everlasting dies, the next boss can spawn where it reaches your safespot. Step out during the death animation so The Untouchable spawns further away. Cyrisus fights next to you, a Courage bar tracks him, and he sometimes casts Vengeance Other on you. Anything you drop in the arena is gone when you leave.
Rewards and Unlocks
The spells are the reason most accounts do this quest, with Spellbook Swap and Plank Make the ones you will use most.
| Reward | Detail |
|---|---|
| Quest points | 2 |
| Experience | 15,000 Hitpoints XP and 10,000 Magic XP |
| Lunar spells | 7 new spells: Monster Examine, Humidify, Hunter Kit, Stat Spy, Dream, Plank Make and Spellbook Swap |
| Dreamy lamp | 15,000 XP in a combat skill of your choice, apart from Attack and Prayer |
| Banking | 'Birds-Eye' Jack lets you use the Lunar Isle bank without a Seal of Passage |
| Nightmare Zone | The Untouchable, The Everlasting and The Inadequacy become available |
Dream Mentor is required for Dragon Slayer II, While Guthix Sleeps, the hard Desert and hard Kourend & Kebos diaries, and the elite Varrock diary.
Common Mistakes and Warnings
Most failed attempts come down to the food rotation or a thin inventory for The Inadequacy.
- Trying to start under combat 85.
- Using a whole sack or basket on Cyrisus. Take the food out first or it counts as one piece.
- Feeding the same food twice in a row. He rejects it.
- Leaving the cave before he is standing with health at 70% and spirit at 72% or more.
- Going into the dream on the Lunar spellbook when you planned to cast standard or Ancient spells.
- Banking the Seal of Passage before the final talk with the Oneiromancer.
- Using the lectern to top up supplies mid-run. You have to fight every boss again.
Ironman Notes
Irons get goutweed by sneaking past the troll guards in the storeroom under Burntmeat's kitchen. Gout tubers only turn up now and then from Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup, so the storeroom is the practical source, and one visit can cover this quest and Dragon Slayer II.
Irons short on good food can hop to a PvP world inside the Dream Hall before starting so blighted food works. The Wiki calls meeting a PKer there extremely unlikely, but a normal shark inventory is the simpler plan.
FAQ
Can you boost the 85 combat requirement?
No. Combat level is worked out from your real levels, so potions do not move it. You need a real 85 when you talk to the fallen man.
Where are the Dream Mentor safespots?
Stand directly west of the lectern on the north side of the arena for The Everlasting. The Untouchable can be safespotted by the same lectern with Magic or a halberd. The Wiki lists no safespot for The Inadequacy or The Illusive.
What gear should I use for Dream Mentor?
Melee armour, a shield with good ranged defence, a magic weapon such as the trident of the seas, and sharks or better. All four bosses have 0 magic defence, so even a negative magic attack bonus lands hits.
Which armour does Cyrisus want?
It matches your main combat style. Melee accounts give him a dragon med helm, abyssal whip, Ahrim's robetop and robeskirt and ranger boots. Magic and Ranged accounts use the sets listed in the walkthrough. Astral Contact confirms it before the walk back.
How much food does Cyrisus need?
Twenty pieces across three different food types, plus a few more if the final cutscene does not trigger.
Is Dream Mentor harder than Lunar Diplomacy?
In combat terms, yes. Lunar Diplomacy's dream ends with a level 79 fight in a safe area. Dream Mentor stacks four bosses with no prayer, and a death there costs items.
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Bottom Line
Hit 85 combat, bring 20 mixed food, and mage the four bosses in melee armour with a real food inventory.
If The Inadequacy keeps winning, our quest service can finish Dream Mentor for you.
Sources
Numbers and mechanics on this page come from these 11 OSRS Wiki pages:
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