• 1.0 - Introduction
• 2.0 - The Questions
• 3.0 - The Stronghold
•   3.1 - The Vault of War
•   3.2 - The Catacomb of Famine
•   3.3 - The Pit of Pestilence
•   3.4 - The Sepulchre of Death
• 4.0 - The Monsters & Sceptre

The Stronghold of Security is one of the first free to play releases by Jagex since RuneScape II. It is a fairly simple game, with interesting rewards. The rewards include new emoticons, a bit of money, and unlocking new training areas, with a few new monsters. Each level of the dungeon changes in degree of difficulty as you go lower - this is noticed in the monster's levels; not the questions.

Before setting out to play this mini game, you should prepare yourself. Bring some form of armour and weapon, as well as a little bit of food if you plan to go all the way through the dungeon. When you believe you're ready, head to the middle of Barbarian Village, by the coal and tin mine.

Here you will find Litara, whose brother, an explorer, disappeared down in the dank, dark dungeon some time ago. She will ask you to keep your eyes open for him. Unfortunately, when you enter the dungeon after climbing down the entrance hole, you find the explorer's skeleton rotting away by the first Gates of War. Search the skeleton to find her brother's notes on the Stronghold of Security.

The objective of this mini-game is to simply learn more about what you should be doing to make sure your account is secure, and remains secure.

Below is a table showing the questions asked within the Stronghold of Security, as well as the answers. Note that you may oftentimes go through even if you fail the question; sometimes you may be asked another question as well.

The stronghold is an interesting dungeon, with its different themes on each floor, and each lower floor becoming slightly more difficult. This dungeon is a great place to train for free players. When first entering a level, you will notice a glowing yellow portal. This portal allows you to teleport to the reward room of whichever floor you are on, as long as you have completed that level already.

This level contains goblins (level 5 & 16), wolves (level 14 & 11), and the new Minotaur (level 12 & 27). The reward room for this level is in the middle of the eastern-side. You will have to pass through a number of Gates of War, answering questions concerning account and computer safety to continue. If you climb up the chains scattered throughout this level, you will find yourself back at the start of the level.

When you reach the rewards room, open the Gift of Peace chest, and you will receive 2,000gp and the flap emoticon. To advance to the next level, climb down the ladder in this room. To leave, climb up the ladder.

This level contains zombies (levels 30, 44 & 53), giant rats (level 26) and new Flesh crawlers (levels 28, 35 & 41). The reward room for this level is located in the middle of the area. On this floor, most monsters are aggressive toward you, so they can placate their hunger. If you climb up the ladders scattered throughout this level, you will find yourself back at the start of the level.

When you reach the rewards room, search the Grain of Plenty, and you will receive 3,000gp and the slap head emoticon. To advance to the next level, climb down the ladder in this room. To leave, climb up the ladder.

This level contains poison scorpions (level 59), giant spiders (level 50), spiders (level 24) and new Catablepon (levels 49, 64 & 68). The Catablepon are magical beasts, and if provoked, will attack you until you leave. Catablepon just cast weaken up to 10% of your strenght. It is not worth wearing mage protective armour, because if you use strength potion you get weakened immediately. The reward room for this level is located in the middle of the area. If you climb up the ladders scattered throughout this level, you will find yourself back at the start of the level.

When you reach the rewards room, open the Box of Health, and you will receive 5,000gp and the idea emoticon. All your stats will also be restored to their normal levels. To advance to the next level, climb down the ladder in this room. To leave, climb up the ladder.

This is the final, and most difficult level of the stronghold. This level contains ghosts (level 76), skeletons (level 68) and the new, Ankou (level 86) The reward room for this level is located in the middle of the area. If you climb up the ladders scattered throughout this level, you will find yourself back at the start of the level.

When you reach the rewards room, search the Cradle of Life, and you will be able to choose from fancy or fighting boots, and will also get the stamp foot emoticon. The stats of the fancy boots are shown below. Note that you can swap your choice for the other type whenever you want to. Climb the chain to leave.

Fancy boots	Fighting boots	Attack Bonus		Defence bonus
		Stab: +0	Magic: -3	Stab: +1	Magic: +0
		Slash: +0		Slash: +2
		Crush: +0	Range: -1	Crush: +3	Range: +0

The skull sceptre is a unique item to free players, allowing the bearer to teleport to barbarian village five times by invoking the magic held within. Use the divine feature of the sceptre and you will find out how many charges remain on your sceptre. When the sceptre runs out of charges, it will disappear and you will have to re-collect the pieces of the sceptre. Each of the new monsters will drop one part of the sceptre as an uncommon drop. The stats of the skull sceptre are shown below:

Skull Sceptre	Attack Bonus		Defence bonus
	Stab: +0	Magic: +4	Stab: +2	Magic: +4
	Slash: -1		Slash: +3
	Crush: +7	Range: +0	Crush: +3	Range: +0
	Other Bonus		Strength: +3

Below are the monsters you must kill in order to attain the Skull Sceptre. These new monsters are also very good training for free players, whether it be range, melee or mage training.

Picture	Information
	Name	Minotaur
	Level	12 and 27
	Drops	Skull right half, bones, coins, noted tin ore(1), noted copper ore(1), noted rune essence(5), bronze arrows, iron arrows, bronze full helm, uncut gems, mind rune(1), cooked meat, bronze spear, noted pure essence(15), clue scroll (lvl 1), bronze dagger.
	Tactic	Good training for lower level free players. There are plenty of safe spots where the Minotaurs are found, and as such, make them good for training mage and range.
	Notes	Minotaur are the fiercest warrior-beasts in mythology. However, they are shown as weaklings in the Vault of War level of the Stronghold of Security.
	Name	Flesh Crawler
	Level	28, 35 and 41
	Drops	Sceptre bottom, coins, ashes, noted iron ore(4-6), nature runes(5), fire runes(42-48), body runes(4-7), iron ore(1), uncut gems, silver bar, herbs, dust runes(4), nature talisman, rune javelins(5), herbs, half keys, shield left half.
	Tactic	These are fairly good training for low-mid level free players. They spawn very quickly, and have a low attack and strength level, so you should be able to kill them efficiently.
	Notes	Flesh Crawlers are the result of starved creatures, turned to feeding on bypassing players for sustenance. Despite this, they are fairly easy to defeat. For members, flesh crawlers are very good for herb collecting.
	Name	Catablepon
	Level	49, 64 and 68
	Drops	Sceptre top, bones, coins, noted rune essence(15), cooked trout, water runes, fire runes, law runes, uncut gems, mithril arrows, noted coal(5), eye of newt, herbs, noted pure essence(15), adamant med helm, unlit torch, Clue scroll (level-2), Shield left half
	Tactic	Wear armour that gives magical a solid defence bonus if training on these, as they can cast weaken.
	Notes	Catablepon are like small bulls, with magical abilities. They have a high magic defence. It is wise not to provoke them if you do not wish to be attacked.
	Name	Ankou
	Level	75, 82 and 86
	Drops	Skull left half, coins, bones, death runes(10), law runes(2), adamant arrows, noted mithril ores(4-7), black robes (top), uncut ruby, blood runes(5-11), noted pure essence(15), black knifes, herbs, weapon poison, fried mushrooms, bass, nature talisman, watermelon seeds, Clue scroll (level-3), Shield left half.
	Tactic	These ethereal beings are very powerful, so meleeing them is not advised. There are a few safe spots in their lair however, where you can freely range or mage them without being attacked.
	Notes	They are surrounded by aggressive Skeletons.