Exploring the Great Kourend in Old School RuneScape

The Great Kourend is a city in the region of Zeah. To give you an idea of its vast expanse, it's actually bigger than Misthalin and Asgarnia combined. Players can access it by talking to Veos in Port Sarim. From there, they can choose to arrive at the Piscarilius House in the eastern area of the city, or at Land's End in the southwest. After visiting the city from Port Sarim once, they can use teleportation to instantly travel there.

It's a whole new region to explore and gather OSRS gold. Five houses exist in the city. These are the Arceuus, Hosidius, Lovakengj, Piscarilius, and Shayzien Houses. As long as you're in the region, the game will keep track of your favor with these five houses. Some features will unlock depending on how much favor you've gained.

What You Can Do in the Great Kourend

With favor, your potential activities become more varied. Here are the things you can do when you've gained 100% favor with all houses.

·         Arceuus House

Players can access Thyria's Wares, get the ArceuusSpellbook, make dark essence blocks, make magic tablets, and get the Arceuus signet. You'll also be able to access the Blood, Dark, and Soul Altars, and Regath's Wares. Get favor by assisting in their library, collecting dark manuscripts, and mining dense essence blocks. You're going to run often to gain favor, so wear light equipment or bring energy or stamina potions.

·         Hosidius House

You can steal fruit, plant a Spirit Sapling, plant grapes, enter the Woodcutting Guild, participate in a minigame, and use the kitchens. What you've planted in the allotment patches won't die of disease, too. More than that, you can make use of the Charcoal Burner, Saltpetre, and various shops. Gain favor by helping their production of food or preparing food for soldiers. Activities for the former include plowing fields, making fertilizer, cooking in the mess hall, and planting grapes.

·         Lovakengj House

With 100% favor in this house, you'll be able to buy dynamite through ThirusUrkar's Dynamite Store, access the LovakengjMinecart Network, and blast rocks in the Blast Mine. Among the other mines players can explore are the Sulphur Mine, Lovakite Mine, and the Lovakengj Mine. Collect favor by gathering resources for blast mining and creating armor. That means making dynamite, armor, and delivering minecart control scrolls.

·         Piscarilius House

Access Kenelme's Wares, buy things from Frankie's Fishing Emporium, train Thieving by stealing artifacts and catching anglerfish. There's also Tynan's Fishing Supplies and Leenz's General Supplies here. Favor gathering activities include repairing fishing cranes, taking fresh fish to Frankie, hunting sandworms, and the aforementioned stealing artifacts.

·         Shayzien House

100% favor gives you the chance to earn a tier 5 Shayzien armor set. Other weaker armor sets can be earned in earlier favor levels. You may also access Briget's Weapons and Briget's Armor. Helping out in the infirmary, killing Lizardmen, and tackling organized crime all increase your favor with this house. The last one is quite dangerous though, so take all the necessary precautions if that's what you want to do.

Warnings and Parting Words

If you want to keep your 100% favor, make sure you talk to the corresponding house's architect to lock it in. When you start gathering favor from other houses, that 100% will go down unless you do. Don't forget!

Outside of the areas within the Five Houses' control, there's also the Catacombs of Kourend, Kourend Woodland, Kourend Castle, Land's End, Settlement Ruins, Wintertodt Camp, and the Unmarked Grave to explore. Further out there's also the Chambers of Xeric, Kebos Lowlands, Lacerta Falls, Lizardmen Settlement and Caves, Mount Quidamortem and Cave, and Xeric's Shrine. There are many things to do in Zeah, so go and explore them all!

Have fun, and keep enjoying OSRS!