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A Fairy Tale Part III-Battle at Orks Rift Quest Guide

2010-05-16T14:25:00.000-07:00

A Fairy Tale Part III - Battle at Orks Rift Quest Guide
Difficulty: Experienced
Length: Medium
Members only: Yes
Reward:

* 2 quest points
* 11,000 Farming experience
* 11,000 Thieving experience
* 11,000 Magic experience
* 1,000 Summoning experience
* 1,000 Crafting experience
* Magic watering can
* Free access to Zanaris market
* Ability to use the Fairy ring network without a Dramen or Lunar staff
* Hidden rewards - found in Extra Info at bottom of page

Start:

Use any fairy ring and speak to Fairy Very Wise.
Needed skills:

* 59 Magic
* 54 Farming
* 51 Thieving
* 37 Summoning
* 36 Crafting
* Ability to defeat a level 180 foe

Needed quests:

* A Fairy Tale Part II - Cure a Queen
* Wolf Whistle

Needed items:

* A Dramen or Lunar Staff
* A bucket or a bucket of milk
* Good armour and weapon
* Good food

Walkthrough
A Plea For Help

1. Use any fairy ring and your teleport will be interrupted and instead you arrive at the Sparse Plane. Fairy Very Wise then asks you to help the fairies reclaim Zanaris from the orks. She will then offer you a one time teleport to Resistance HQ. Accept it and go further into the HQ to speak to the Fairy Queen.

2. Speak to the Fairy Queen and she will ask for your help. Once you’ve accepted she’ll direct you to the Tooth Fairy. Now turn on the projector to the east of the map table to learn about tooth magic. The Tooth Fairy can be questioned for more details. After speaking to her again, turn on the projector receive your briefing.

3. The Tooth Fairy needs you to retrieve her wand from her house. To do this you must first make a tooth extractor by using a hammer with a pair of secateurs. Both the hammer and secateurs can be found on top of the crates in the depot northwest of the Tooth Fairy.

4. Use the fairy ring to return to Zanaris and then go northwest to find the Tooth Fairy’s house. It is the house just north of the bank with Gnarly inside. Use the tooth extractor with the door to pick the lock, then go inside. Talk to Gnarly and keep on praising him until he asks for milk. If you only brought a bucket there is a dairy cow just east of the wheat field. Give him the milk then pick him up so he can take the want to the Tooth Fairy. To get back to the Tooth Fairy use the fairy rings AIR, DLR, DJQ and AJS in that order.

A Toothy Affair

5. Speak to the Tooth Fairy to give her Gnarly and her wand and then turn on the projector to receive another briefing. For this mission you’ll need to extract a tooth from each of the three ork generals. But first you must have a tooth replaced and receive a dossier containing information about the whereabouts of the generals. Stand on the yellow flowers south of the Tooth Fairy and wave to let her know you’re ready to have your tooth replaced.

6. Now you must find the three generals and extract a tooth from each.

* General Bre’egth can be found just north of the fairy ring in Zanaris, by the windmill. Ask her what’s happened to her mouth and she will tell you that she lost it in a battle with K’Chunk. Speak to any of the normal orks and ask them about K’Chunk and they’ll reveal that they forced him through one of the fairy rings. Speak to Fairy Fixit by the fairy ring and she will tell you he went through the DIP fairy ring. Use the fairy ring DIP and then ask K’Chunk about the tooth he knocked out to find out where he’s keeping it. Now pickpocket him to receive the tooth.

* General Gromblod can be found in the Enchanted Valley, accessed by the fairy ring BKQ. Try to speak to him but he won’t tell you anything. Speak to either the Wood Dryad or the centaurs about Gromblod and then speak to Gromblod again. He tells you that he’s looking for mangos. Speak to the Wood Dryad and she will cast a spell allowing you to use the fairy ring to the Mango trees. Use the code CLR to get to the Mango tree and pick a mango. Now return to the Enchanted Valley. Give the mango to Gromblod who will lose one of his teeth as he bites into it causing him to throw the mango away. The mango can be found in the ground to the south. Use the tooth extractor on it to receive the tooth.

* General Shredflesh can be found in the Gu’Tanoth area, accessed by the fairy ring ALP. Ask him if you can help with anything then choose all the options in order. Convince him that it won’t hurt much to get his tooth pulled out and once his convinced use the tooth extractor on him to get his tooth. Now return to the Tooth Fairy.

The Final Battle

7. Speak to the tooth fairy and she’ll have another briefing for you. Turn on the projector to watch the instructions for the final battle. Now prepare for the battle. The following items are needed:

* Fairy Wand (acts as a dramen or lunar staff)
* The three teeth from the generals

Suggested Items:

* Good armour and weapon
* Good food
* Prayer potions
* A familiar to hold extra food and potions
* A teleport

8. Once ready, use the fairy codes BIR, DIP, CLR and ALP. Look through the fairy tree and then speak to the tooth fairy who’ll explain what you have to do. Now squeeze through the fairy tree. Put on the Protect from Melee prayer and then plant the teeth in the farming patches in the southern end of the room. Now focus on killing the orks and generals. Occasionally one of the generals will attack the farming patches but this can be prevented by attacking the general. If the attack damages the patch, wield the fairy wand to heal it. When the teeth are fully grown they will spawn ivory replicas of the generals, aiding you in battle, they can be healed when wielding the fairy wand. The ivory orks will only be able to destroy the Fairy Godfather’s shields once all the generals and their orks have been killed. When all his shields are down you can attack him and he will surrender, then speak to him.

9. A short cutscene ensues where the Fairy Godfather is sucked into the rift and the rift explodes despite the attempts by the fairies to close it. The Fairy Queen teleports everyone back to Resistance HQ and gives you a magic watering can and the ability to use fairy rings without a staff. She then offers to teleport you to Martin the Master Gardener in Draynor Village. Speak to him to complete the quest.

Quest completion scroll of A Fairy Tale Part III - Battle at Orks Rift

Extra Info

* The magic watering can acts as a normal watering can but never needs to be filled. When used on allotment and flower patches it lowers the chance of them getting diseased for their current stage of growth. The magic watering can may also be stored with tool leprechauns which allows you to get another from the Fairy Queen.

* The Zanaris market is where the dragon daggers and longswords are sold. You are now exempt from paying the fee of one uncut diamond to enter.

Hidden Rewards

* After completing the quest speak to Martin the Master Gardener to find out that as thanks for your help, the gardeners at every farming patch are willing to rake your patches. To enable this talk to any gardeners by a farming patch.

* Mine the rubble north of the fairy ring ALP to unlock a shortcut to Jiggig.

* The mushrooms southeast of the fairy ring ALP can be searched to find free herbs. It required 85 herblore and you will receive 7 grimy ranarr, 7 grimy cadantine, 7 grimy dwarf weed, 2 ranarr seeds, 2 dwarf weed seeds, and 3 cadantine seeds.

* A shortcut to the Ape Atoll agility course can be unlocked near the CLR fairy ring by unblocking the log to the east.

* A shortcut to Mos Le'Harmless can be made by fixing the bridge on the island where K'Chunk was (fairy ring DIP) and the bridge on the Mos Le'Harmless side. A hammer, 8 normal planks and 16 nails of any type are needed to complete the repairs.

* An eternal fire can be lit on the island where K'Chunk was (fairy ring DIP). It requires 85 Firemaking and 8 willow logs.

* The Tooth Fairy will now buy Suqah teeth from you for 2000 GP each. She also buys other teeth for lower prices.

* You can receive a Milk Tooth Creature pet providing you give the Tooth Fairy the following teeth:
o A Human tooth - found searching the bunk beds in Gertrude's house, west of Varrock.
o Kebbit teeth - gotten by hunting Sabre-toothed kebbits northeast of Rellekka. 51 Hunter, a knife and logs are needed.
o Monkey dentures - can be bought from Tutab on Ape Atoll for 10 gp. You must be wielding a monkey greegree.
o Old tooth - found by digging at the Digsite east of Varrock. A Rock pick, trowel, specimen jar, and specimen brush is required.
o A Suqah tooth - gotten as a drop from killing Suqahs on Lunar Isle.

Note that the Milk tooth creature is fed using buckets of milk.

Buyers and Cellars Quest Guide (Thieving Guild)

2010-04-28T11:55:00.000-07:00

Buyers and Cellars (and Thieves Guild) Guide

Requirements
Items needed:
Logs

Guide
1.)Speak to Darren Lightfinger In the house north of Lumbridge Furnace. Hes in the trapdoor by the house.
2.) Run South back to lumbridge castle grounds and speak to Chief Robin who located on the South wall of Lumbridge castle.
3.)Go south into the Lumbridge swamp and find Father Uhrney in his hut that's just west of the mine.
4.) Go back to the Lumbridge castle and talk to Chief Robin again. Robin the tells you to distract Father Uhrney by setting a fire outside of his window.
5.)So go back to Father Uhrneys house light a fire under a window then go in and talk to him. Say Nice Chalice. THen choose the Fire Fire! option. Then pickpocket him
6.) Grab the chalice and take it back to Darren North of Lumbridge Furnace.
Quest Complete

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Been So busy

2009-12-28T12:15:00.001-08:00

Sorry for the lack of updates, but I've been extremely busy with school, work, and the family. I shall be updating soon soo keep looking out. I'm coming up with updated Boss guides, a Barrows Guide, Some Skill guides, and some other random guides. I also found a pretty cool website you should check out. It's not the greatest but it's just starting out. Gamewisdom Features Xbox360 Cheats, Gaming news, trailers,screenshots, and reviews. Anyways Happy scaping and keep comin over to look for new guides.. See ya

Runescape Halloween 2009 Event Guide

2009-10-26T11:34:00.000-07:00

I'm not a big fan of the Holiday events and this is one of the worse I've seen yet. Plus the Queen spider is a racist:

Requirements: Nothing
Rewards: A Cape made of Spider Webs (lame)
and Eek The Spider (bah)

Guide:
1.) Teleport to Falador and go out the southern entrance and keep going south until you see the portal. Enter It.
2.) Talk to the Grim Reaper in the center of the main room and he will tell you he has a spider in his tub.
3.) Find the stairs and go up them and then go talk to the spider in the tub.
4.) The spider will tell you the Queen Spider sent him there.
5.) Go talk to the Grim Reaper, He will open a portal to the Queen spider's world.
6.) You will enter the portal and be taken to a sort of spider maze. Here Everyones path is different. It will help if you keep a map as you try to get through the maze. Because if you fail you will be brought back to the beginning
7.) Once you reach the staircase you will be brought to a different part of the maze.. This i don't think you can fail so just keep exploring until you get to another ladder.
8.) Here you will find the Spider Herald. Say death sent you and he will send you upstairs to talk to the queen.
9.) Talk to the queen and she will give you Eek The spider to Help you Web up the Grim Reapers House.
10.) Head back to the grim reaper and speak to him.
11.) Now go room by room webbing everything up.
12.) in one room y ou will encounter a skeleton dog. When you click on him try to entertain him. Then after entertaining him show Eek The spider to him and then you should be able to web the room.
13.) After webbing all the rooms speak to the Grim reaper. Then enter the portal and you will be sent back to the queens room. Speak to the queen she will give you the cloak and then Eek will say he wants to go with you. Congrats you finnished another lame Event!

Hello

2009-09-04T11:46:00.001-07:00

Sorry for the lack of updates, I've been really busy plus I'm about to re-locate this to a better site, with better guides and organization.

Fur 'N' Seek Quest Guide

2009-08-10T19:51:00.000-07:00

Fur 'n' Seek
Difficulty Level: Medium

Start Location: Talk to the Odd Old Man near the Limestone Mine west of Paterdomus.

Required:
Quests: Rag and Bone Man
Skills: 25 Slayer and a combat of around 50
Items: Tinderbox, 8 Logs, 9 Bags of Salt, Mirror Shield

Suggested:
Items: Antipoison Potion, Varrock Teleport/ Kharyrll Teleport/ Digsite Teleport, Camelot Teleport/ Enchanted Lyre Teleport

1. Speak to the Odd Old Man by teleporting to Varrock and walking towards Paterdomus, use an enchanted Ruby Necklace to teleport to the Digsite or a Kharyrll teleport to teleport to Canifis. Agree to helping the Odd Old Man out.

2. The Odd Old Man tells you that there is a Fremminik fur display he wants to have filled and he wants to include these furs:

Adult Black Unicorn - North of the Swaying Tree .
Adult White Unicorn - West of the Golden Apple tree, above the Log Balance.
Hobgoblin - Inside of Relekka, in the northern area near the docks.
Fox - Along the river near the bridge to Rellekka.
Fenris Wolf - Near the bridge to Rellekka, just west of the path.
Adult Grizzly Bear - Along the river near the bridge to Relekka.
Cockatrice - Requires Mirror Shield - Slayer Dungeon
Cave Crawler - May poison - Slayer Dungeon
Stuffed Rock Crab - Just south of the Snowy Hunter Grounds.

3. Now it is time to collect all of these items. Luckily for you they are all around the Rellekka area!

4. Once you have collected the nine hides, you must use a bag of salt on all the items to received salted items and a rock crab carcass.

5. Now that you have all the salted/ scrubbed pelts, furs and carcasses you must tan them. Bring your items to the rag and bone man. Click "Adds-Logs" on the fire pit and then "Stretch-Skin" on the massive ribs. Then light the fire on with your tinderbox.

6. Once you do this with all of the furs (minus the Rock Crab Carcass), give them to the Odd Old Man and he will tell you about the extension quest and give you your reward.

Quest Points: 2
Reward:

2,500 Hitpoints Experience
2,500 Slayer Experience
1,500 Prayer Experience
500 Crafting Experience
500 Firemaking Experience

Tips, tricks & notes:

If you can use a Terrorbird, it will speed things up as it may hold items for you and can restore you energy 33% by using just one scroll!
You may kills any of these animals in Gieilinor, not just the ones around Relekka (i.e., a white unicorn south of Varrock or black unicorns in the Wilderness north of Edgeville).

Fur 'n' Seek Guide Coming Soon!

2009-08-10T09:25:00.000-07:00

The Odd Old Man is again in need of a hand, but this time it’s not all going to be about bones. Apparently, he has new needs that will require adventurers to seek the hides, pelts and skins of creatures commonly found in the Fremennik Province.

Players will be able to allow the Odd Old Man to take his plan fur-ther. More experienced players will then be able to help him the rest of the way, getting extra rewards and uncovering the truth behind one of RuneScape’s most guarded secrets – just what is in that mumbling bonesack?

Mod Maylea
RuneScape Content Developer

Summary:

Where to start Fur 'n' Seek:

Speak to the Odd Old Man near his shack between Varrock and Paterdomus.

Requirements to complete Fur 'n' Seek:
25 Slayer
An advised combat level of 50
Must have completed Rag and Bone Man (the quest, not the wish list)

In other news...

For those of you who might have missed it last week, we reintroduced some features to the Grand Exchange section of the website, including a 30-day average line to the graphs.

Berserker ring can now be imbued by Mobilising Armies officers, just like the other Fremennik rings.

King Black Dragon Guide

2009-08-02T13:08:00.000-07:00

TEAM KILLING

Part 1 - General Information
Part 2 - Specializations
Part 3 - Equipment
Part 3.1 - Meléers with One-Handed Weapons
Part 3.2 - Meléers with Two-Handed Weapons
Part 3.3 - Rangers with One-Handed Bows
Part 3.4 - Rangers with Two-Handed Bows
Part 4 - How To Get There
Part 5 - Other
Part 5.1 - If a Revenant Ghost turns up!
Part 5.1.1 - Catching Sight of a Revenant Ghost
Part 5.1.2 - If You Get Attacked By a Revenant Ghost
Part 5.1.3 - If a Team Mate Gets Attacked By a Revenant Ghost
Part 5.2 - Something missing?
Part 6 - FAQ
Part 7 - Credits

Part 1 - General Information

The King Black Dragon is a dangerous trip. Many people of prowess have been slain by this beast. It's poison, ice and fire-y breaths are what make it the king of all black dragons, the 50+ hits are the ones you must look out for.

Part 2 - Specializations

Location: King Black Dragon Lair ~ The entrance is located in level 38 wilderness.
Combat: 276
Hitpoints: 257
Attacks: Melee, Magic and DragonBreath.
Classification: Animal/Dragon.
Major Drops: This beast drops the formidable Draconic Visage. This sells for huge profits! If you get it towards the end of the trip with less of you, well, cha-ching, free monies. The original dragon item, the Dragon Med Helm, is also dropped by this monster, the first to do so, these are no longer shared as they are worth little. It would be silly to have 20k each!
Special Notes: He has three heads. These hit in turn but each has a different ability. These are:
Fire; this hits very hard and has a chance to lower your stats. If you are wearing a Dragonfire Shield, you will absorb this into your shield.
Ice; this freezes you to the spot for around five seconds, and hits medium damage. On occasions it stuns you, reducing your stats slightly.
Toxic; this heavily poisons you. The poison starts by hitting 8s and slowly decreases (Like Regular Poison). This hits low to medium damage.

Part 3 - Equipment

Part 3.1 - Meléers with One-Handed Weapons

Best to Worst:

Code:

H:  Helm of Neitiznot     / Berserker Helm      / Proselyte Helm    / Rune Full Helm   /
B:  Karil's Body          / Black D'hide Top    / Proselyte Body    / Rune Platebody   / Initiate Body
L:  Black D'hide Legs     / Proselyte Legs      / Rune Legs         / Initiate         /
G:  Barrows gloves        / Rune Gloves         / Adamant Gloves    / Black Vambraces  /
B:  Dragon Boots          / Rune Boots          / Climbing Boots    /                  /
S:  DragonFire Shield     / AntiFire Shield     /                   /                  /
MW: Whip                  / Dragon Scimitar     / Dragon Mace       / Dragon Battleaxe /
W2: Dragon Dagger (p++)   / Dragon Mace         / Dragon Halberd*   / Dragon Battleaxe /
R:  Ring of Life          / Beserker Ring       / Ring of Duelling  /                  /
N:  Amulet of Fury        / Amulet of Strength  / Amulet of Glory   /                  /
C:  (Trimmed) Skill Cape  / Obsidian Cape       / Ava's Accumulator / Any Other Cape   /

* Whilst using a Dragon Halberd, your DragonFire Shield will UN-EQUIP. Make sure you use your specials (It will double hit the KBD) and re-equip the shield as fast as possible! You must make sure you also put mage prayer on whilst you are using the dragon halberd; this will slightly combat the fire breath if you get hit. Also, make sure your HP is above 60 at all times whilst using a dragon halberd.

Tips

If you are on a slayer task, you can wear a black mask! The extra damage will mean your entire group takes less damage.
As a meléer, you will be the common member of the group as only one or two people range. If Loot Share is not activated, you will frequently be beaten to the drop because of other meléers unleashing special attacks from their weapon onto the King Black Dragon.
Pot up outside the lair with your super set and super anti-poison and enter with mage prayer active, once you have killed it once, you can remove prayer and never use it again because of the armor you will be using. Pot up every time one of your combat levels drops back to what it was originally.
If the KBD spawns in a different place to normal, get out from underneath as soon as you can to make the KBD stay where it should be so everyone does not go out of place.
Unleash specials when you have 50% (or 60% if you are using a dragon halberd) energy in your bar not 100%. You will hit just as hard as if you were using 4 specials because you frequently hit 0-0 using specials, plus, you use it more often in effect.
If you want, use chivalry, piety, or a group of prayers to help you if you are running out of food and want to use up your remaining prayer potions. If you wish to use it constantly, bring at least 3 prayer potions, maybe 4.

Part 3.2 - Meléers with Two-Handed Weapons

Best to Worst:

Code:

G:  Barrows gloves        / Rune Gloves         / Adamant Gloves    / Black Vambraces  /
B:  Dragon Boots          / Rune Boots          / Climbing Boots    /                  /
S:  None**                /                     /                   /                  /
W2: None*                 /                     /                   /                  /
R:  Ring of Life          / Beserker Ring       / Ring of Duelling  /                  /
N:  Amulet of Fury        / Amulet of Strength  / Amulet of Glory   /                  /
C:  (Trimmed) Skill Cape  / Obsidian Cape       / Ava's Accumulator / Any Other Cape   /

* You might want to bring along a dragon halberd or another dragon item to use special attacks on the King Black Dragon if your weapon has no special.

** You will have a Two-Handed Weapon.

As you can see I have not included the Weapon, Helmet, Body or Leg slots. This is because you now have a massive choice on what to pick!
The Godsword set allows you to mix and match what you can afford, the ones at the top are the best, going down to the worst at the bottom.
The Barrows set, however, you must use all of the ones on a row, so you cannot mix and match, although, you should be able to have worked out why for yourselves.

Godsword Set

Code:

Sara Godsword    / Karil's Top      / Black D'hide Legs / Helm of Neitiznot
Armadyl Godsword / Black D'hide Top / Proselyte Legs    / Beserker Helm
Bandos Godsword  / Proselyte Body   / Initiate Legs     / Proselyte Helm
Zamorak Godsword / Initiate Body    / Granite Legs      / Initiate Helm
Dragon Halberd   / Granite Body     / Dragon Platelegs  / Dragon Full Helm
Dragon Two-Hand  / Rune Platebody   / Rune Platelegs    / Rune Full Helm

Barrows Sets

Code:

Dharok's Axe   / Dharok's Body    / Dharok's Legs / Dharok's Helm
Verac's Flail  / Verac's Brassard / Verac's Legs  / Verac's Helm
Guthan's Spear / Guthan's Body    / Guthan's Legs / Guthan's Helm

Godsword Special Attacks

Armadyl Godsword

The Judgment

Bandos Godsword

Warstrike

Saradomin Godsword

Healing Blade

Zamorak Godsword

Ice Cleave

Tips

This is EXTREMELY dangerous. It is best to have knowledge of the King Black Dragon before you attempt this.
As you have a Two-Handed Weapon, you have no AntiFire/DragonFire shield! This means that you MUST have mage prayer on the whole time the King Black Dragon is spawned.
Pot up whenever your attack, strength OR defense levels return to it's permanent level.
Always watch your health very carefully, you can get hit big because you have no AntiFire/DragonFire shield.
Regularly check your Prayer Points, it drops very quickly if you do not pay attention, this means no prayer, no shield; you can get hit up to 65.
If you are on a slayer task, you can wear a black mask! The extra damage will mean your entire group takes less damage.
This is the best way to kill the King Black Dragon solo. But remember, you only have 2-5 minutes to return to your gravestone if you do attempt this!

Part 3.4 - Rangers with One-Handed Bows

Best to Worst:

Code:

H:  Archer Helm       / Robin Hood Hat       / God Coif           / Coif            / Skill Cape Hood
B:  Karil's Top       / Black D'hide Body    / Prosylete Body     / Initiate Body   / Red D'hide Body
L:  Black D'hide Legs / Prosylete Legs       / Dragon Legs        / Initiate Legs   / Red D'hide Legs
G:  Barrows Gloves    / Rune Gloves          / Black Vambraces    /                 /
B:  Ranger Boots      / Snakeskin Boots      / Dragon Boots       / Rune Boots      /
S:  DragonFire Shield / AntiFire Shield      /                    /                 /
MW: Rune Crossbow **  / Bone Crossbow º      / Rune Crossbow ºº   /                 /
W2: None*             /                      /                    /                 /
R:  Archer's Ring     / Ring of Life         / Ring of Wealth     /                 /
N:  God Stole         / Amulet of Fury       / Amulet of Accuracy / Amulet of Glory /
C:  Ava's Accumulator / (Trimmed) Skill Cape / Obsidian Cape      / Any other Cape  /

* You will not need a second weapon as both the bone crossbow and rune crossbow (with enchanted bolts) will have special attacks.

** With (adamant) ruby bolts (e). These will hit like normal adamant bolts but the special will sometimes hit, causing 20% of the monsters hp to hit. On the King Black Dragon this can be up to 48.

º Bone Bolts. Special reduces defense of the monster.

ºº With any un-enchanted bolts. Try to get them over Mithril if you can.

Tips

As a ranger, you would expect to try and sit as far from the King Black Dragon as possible, but you want to get into melée range. This is so it uses more melée attacks and less breaths so you use less potions. This is because it's melee attack is weaker then it's magic attack.
Pot up outside the lair with your ranger potion and super anti poison and enter with mage prayer active, once you have killed it once, you can remove prayer and never use it again because of the armor you will be using. Pot up every time one of your combat levels drops back to what it was originally.
If the KBD spawns in a different place to normal and you are under it, get out from underneath as soon as you can to make the KBD stay where it should be so everyone does not go out of place.
If you have a bone crossbow, the special attack uses 80% of the bar. Only use it straight after the King Black Dragon has spawned because of the defense lowering ability.
If you want, use hawk eye to help you if you are running out of food and want to use up your remaining prayer potions. If you wish to use it constantly, bring at least 3 prayer potions, maybe 4.
If you are using Ruby Bolts (e), you will notice you have no special bar. This will automatically hit at a random time, dealing 20% of the hitpoints of the monster.

Part 3.3 - Rangers with Two-Handed Bows

Best to Worst:

Code:

H:  Archer Helm       / Robin Hood Hat       / God Coif           / Coif            / Skill Cape Hood
B:  Karil's Top       / Black D'hide Body    / Prosylete Body     / Initiate Body   / Red D'hide Body
L:  Black D'hide Legs / Prosylete Legs       / Dragon Legs        / Initiate Legs   / Red D'hide Legs
G:  Barrows Gloves    / Rune Gloves          / Black Vambraces    /                 /
B:  Ranger Boots      / Snakeskin Boots      / Dragon Boots       / Rune Boots      /
S:  None**            /                      /                    /                 /
MW: Dark Bow          / Crystal Bow          / Seercull Bow       / Magic Shortbow  /
W2: None*             /                      /                    /                 /
R:  Archer's Ring     / Ring of Life         / Ring of Wealth     /                 /
N:  God Stole         / Amulet of Fury       / Amulet of Accuracy / Amulet of Glory /
C:  Ava's Accumulator / (Trimmed) Skill Cape / Obsidian Cape      / Any other Cape  /

* Sometimes, rangers using bows without a special will bring along a dragon halberd or another dragon item to use special attacks on the King Black Dragon (More in Tips).

** You will have a Two-Handed Bow.

Tips

As you have a Two-Handed Bow, you have no AntiFire/DragonFire shield! This means that you MUST have mage prayer on the whole time the King Black Dragon is spawned.
If you can, stay within melée range. Seems odd does it not? The key to this is, as you have mage prayer on, it will want to melée you, but, you have good defense against his melée armour, so you get hit less, because his mage attack is stronger even with your huge mage defense!
Keep your range level at least 5 above your permanent level at all times.
Always watch your health very carefully, you can get hit big because you have no AntiFire/DragonFire shield.
Regularly check your Prayer Points, it drops very quickly if you do not pay attention, this means no prayer, no shield; you can get hit up to 65.

Part 4 - How To Get There

This is generally done in three different ways, although, there is a slightly easier one for those going alone to join halfway through a trip.

Fixed Wilderness Teleports - The easiest way to go, sometimes takes a while to get to the Level 44 one though. If you get to the level 50 one, teleport fast, revenants and the Chaos Elemental have parties here. You can lure the revenant into and out of teleports too so you can escape. If you get split from the group, just keep trying to get to level 44.
Walking - Very easy. Very likely to meet revenants however, this is the traditional SoDB route.
Ice Plateau Group Lunar Teleport - If one person is on Lunars they can use this. Sometimes not everyone will have Accept Aid On, this should be told though. Not much chance of meeting a revenant.
Ardougne Teleport Lever - Pass Chaos Elemental. Pass 3 revenant paths. It screams 'Kill Me', although it is fast.

Generally, you meet at Edgeville, go to the monastery, get prayer points, and go to the ditch.

Make sure your group leader has specified a back-up world (make sure it has Loot Share if you are using it) in case someone catches sight of Revenant Ghosts or there is a Revenant Ghost.

Tell everyone to turn Loot Share on at this time if you are using it and make sure everyone is now talking solely in Clan Chat.

Once ready, follow your group leader into the wilderness. Some rules on 'If A Revenant Ghost Turns Up' are after the 'How To Get There' section of this guide. SoDB's main method of traveling is by walking directly. Please refer to 'How To Get There' for more information.

On arrival of the gate, just before the greater demons behind the gate, your leader will tell you to use your potions. If you are a ranger, these would be Range Potion and Super Anti Poison. If you are a meléer, these would be your Super Set and Super Anti Poison. You should then proceed to put Mage Prayer on and enter.

You will go down a ladder within the Greater Demons into a small room, surrounded by walls and lava and poison spiders. If you did not drink any Anti-Poison, you will be poisoned, if you did drink some, good. There is a small lever which you need to pull - this takes you straight to the KBD lair.

You should have mage prayer activated and have used the necessary potions, if you have not, do so now. Kill the King Black Dragon as quickly as possible, if you are recording loot, record it.

Get into a position around the King Black Dragon, as shown. Use landmarks (Such as the Sapphire spawn and the Gold Ring spawn) to find out where to stand.

You are now at the King Black Dragon with your group and should be killing it with ease!

Part 5 - Other

Part 5.1 - If a Revenant Ghost turns up!

Part 5.1.1 - Catching Sight of a Revenant Ghost

Tell your team to put range prayer on, keep walking but just avoid it.

Part 5.1.2 - If You Get Attacked By a Revenant Ghost

Turn on RANGE prayer instantly.

Lure them behind a rock and just run away. They are not very smart.

If you have been Tele-Blocked, continue as above but stay with the poison spiders until it wears off.

Part 5.1.3 - If a Team Mate Gets Attacked By a Revenant Ghost

Tell them to turn on RANGE prayer if they already haven't. They freeze with their range attacks.

Tell the entire team to turn run ON and get to the KBD lair as soon as you can.

Part 5.2 - Something missing?

If there is anything missing to go towards this guide, all you have to do is simply message me with what is missing, and what needs to go into it. I will add it into the appropriate section of the guide (or even make a new one!) and add you into the credits.

Part 6 - FAQ

Q: What would be the best choice of armor if I'm new to KBD?
A: The best thing to start off with is a one-handed weapon, as you can use the dragon fire shield. It is the safest way, and the least complicated. Alternatively, if you are a ranger, you can start with a 1-handed bow. It is also very safe. Ranging with a 2-handed bow is not hard, but mistakes can be costly. Meleeing with a 2-handed weapon should only be done if you are very experienced, and if your team knows what to do in that situation.

Q: What level should I be before I go to the KBD?
A: Preferably, you should be level 60+ with a good team. You can really go at any level as long you have any gear listed, have over 30 hitpoints, and have started Dragon Slayer.

Q: How many people is too many to take?
A: 1 more then the server can hold!

Q: How come the King Black Dragon isn't the toughest dragon, if he is the king?
A: He is the King of Black Dragons. If you have a point against that, something exploded somewhere near the Barbarian Outpost so now there is a whirlpool and some Mithril Dragons were a part of this explosion and they are very strong indeed because they got created from a massive explosion. I like the word explosion...

Q: What level should I be before I start soloing?
A: Ok, if you want to solo melée, you will need to be 100+ at the bare minimum with buckets of experience. If you are a ranger, you will need at least 80 range and 75 defence and to know how the KBD 'works'. But remember, this guide does not give you tips for soloing, so please do not use it if you plan to solo!

Q: How is it possible that this guide is so awesome?!?!
A: Because I am awesome?!?!

Part 7 - Credits

Writer: Ca2theone
Quality assurance: Fredz, Superson & Ca2theone
Small extras:

Thanks to everyone who has read this guide and I hope you like it!

The Curse of Arrav Guide

2009-07-28T09:14:00.001-07:00

Here You are =P

Description: The icy waste to the north of the troll country is as mysterious as any land in RuneScape, no less because of the interest the Mahjarrat take in it. Ali the Wise thinks that he might have found a way for you to discover more about this strange area to the north. Uncover more of the mysteries of the Mahjarrat and learn about the dark magic that was used to enslave Arrav for these last few millennia.

Difficulty: Master

Length: Medium

Quest Requirements:
Defender of Varrock
Shades of Mort'ton
Troll Romance
Tale of the Muspah, The
Missing My Mummy

Skill/Other Requirements:
Level 37 Slayer
Level 41 Summoning
Level 61 Agility
Level 64 Ranged
Level 64 Mining
Level 64 Strength
Level 66 Thieving
Must have restored Senliten to 100%.

Items Needed at Quest Start: None.

Items Needed to Complete Quest: Any type of Pickaxe, Sacred oil(1), 3 Dwellberries, Ring of life, any type of Crossbow, Mith grapple, Macaw pouch, Insulated boots, Climbing boots OR Trollheim teleport runes.

Items Recommended for Quest: Weapon and Armour, Prayer Potions, Food, Amulet of glory(4), Varrock Teleport runes, and about 1k coins for transportation.

Items Acquired During Quest: Base key, Base plans, Code key, Decoder strips, Empty canopic jar, Full canopic jar, Heart in a canopic jar, Notes (a-j), Notes (k-z), Granite tablet, Shale tablet, Slate tablet, Stone tablet, Oil in a canopic jar, and Oil and berries in a jar.

Quest Points: 1

Reward: 1 Quest Point, 30k Mining XP, 14k Thieving XP, 9k Ranged XP, 9k Agility, 9k Strength XP, 4k Summoning XP, and 2.5k Slayer XP.

Start Point: A house on the northern edge of the town of Nardah.

To Start: Talk to Ali the Wise.

Instructions:

1. Speak to Talk to Ali the Wise in the house at the north end of Nardah to start the quest. He'll tell you that a contact of his has found some caves on Trollheim mountain, but wasn't able to excavate them.

Ali the Wise

2. Walk or teleport to Trollheim, and head northwest of the teleport location until you get to the Icy Gate. Just northwest of that is a cave entrance. Go in through the cave entrance and make your way through the caves. This area is populated with Ice Trolls (level 120+), so Protect from Melee is recommended.

Ice Cave Entrance

3. Head through the crevice at the end of the tunnel, then continue east and go through the next cave entrance.

Rubble Cave Entrance

4. In here, there are some piles of rubble which need to be cleared for you to get through. You will only be able to mine the rubble one time each, on the north, south, east and west sides. There are several kinds of rubble piles:
* Solid pillar - cannot be removed at all
* Rubble with large pile of stones on top - after you mine it, more rubble will fall in front of you
* Rubble with small pile of stones on top - needs to be mined twice
* Rubble with cracks in - only needs to be mined once

5. Go north and mine the small pile of rubble there twice. Then go back south, and then west; again mine the rubble. Lastly, head north then east and mine the rubble here. You can now continue through the caves.

Pile of Rubble

6. Make your way through the rest of the tunnels until you're able to get to the cellar in the southeast corner. Once there, search the short bookcase beneath the stairs to get Notes (a-j).

Bookcase

7. Go up the stairs and you'll see Arrav. Speak to him, and he'll attack. Attack him back. Before he can kill you, he will be be called away. He will then tell you to search behind the tapestry in the room to the south. Go to the southern room and search the tapestry to receive the Base key and Base plans.

Tapestry

8. Return to Ali the Wise in Nardah and update him on your progress. After a cutscene, you need to go to speak to Senliten, the pharaoh queen, just south of the Ruins of Uzer. She will give you an Empty canopic jar, and explain how to fill it. You will need Sacred oil(1), 3 Dwellberries, and a Ring of life. Use the Sacred oil(1), followed by the Dwellberries and the Ring of life, on the Empty canopic jar to prepare it. You will then receive a Full canopic jar.

Pharaoh Queen

9. Return to Ali the Wise in Nardah and show him the jar. He will give you advice on infiltrating Zemouregal's base which is located in the Wilderness under the Chaos Altar. You will need to bring Insulated boots, a Mith grapple, any type of Crossbow, the Base key, and a Macaw pouch with you.

Ali the Wise (Base Plans)

10. Zemouregal's base is located under the Chaos Altar in the low level wilderness, just to the northeast of Varrock. Teleport to either Edgeville using your Amulet of glory(4), or Varrock using runes, and walk to the altar.

Chaos Altar

11. Go under the Chaos Altar and follow the path until you reach a metal door.

Metal Door

12. Go east, following the path once again, until you reach a small room that contains a range. On the southern wall of that room, there is a pipe. Equip your Insulated boots and enter it.

Pipe

13. Follow the path until you reach another pipe. Once there, you need a way to remotely see if there are any patrolling zombies on the other side of the pipe, so summon your Macaw.

Macaw Pipe

14. Once your Macaw has been summoned, interact with it and click the "Remote view" option. It will then go in the pipe for you and scout the area, and then you will climb through the pipe. You will now be inside Zemouregal's base.

15. Once inside, run to the south room and search the tables for Decoder strips and Notes (k-z). Then, pick the lock on the nearby chest for the Code key.

Table

16. Run to the north and then to the east. You will see a Metal door and a keypad. Interact with the keyboard, and try to solve the puzzle code. If you fail, the room will become filled with gas, and you will become unconscious and be sent back to the beginning of Zemouregal's base.

Note: The combination key and final code are different for every player.

17. Once the latch is open and you enter the Metal door, equip your Crossbow and Mith grapple. Grapple the pipes to bypass the fire trap. Once on the other side, search the pedestal and take the heart. You will now have a Heart in a canopic jar.

Pedestal

18. Teleport out of Zemouregal's base and head back to Ali the Wise. Talk to him, and he will take the Heart in a canopic jar and give you your reward.

Congratulations! Quest Complete!

Quest Complete

The Curse of Arrav | Guide Coming Soon!

2009-07-21T10:08:00.001-07:00

The Curse of Arrav

In your adventures you may have heard of an unusual gathering in the north - a gathering of powerful and dangerous creatures called the Mahjarrat. Ali the Wise has received news from one of his contacts of a tunnel underneath the area where the Mahjarrat are supposedly gathering. It’s not a natural cave, either: someone deliberately made it. But who? What connection did they have to the Mahjarrat now gathering above? Have they left any clues behind? Some exploring may be in order!

This quest is a continuation of the Mysteries of the Mahjarrat quest series. It’s also a sequel to a previous quest I wrote - Defender of Varrock. I’m glad that I got to expand on some of the themes I started in the previous Arrav-based quest. There is more to come, though…

Paul
RuneScape Content Developer

Summary:
Where to start The Curse of Arrav:
Speak to Ali the Wise in Nardah.

Requirements to start The Curse of Arrav:
37 Slayer
41 Summoning
61 Agility
64 Ranged
64 Mining
64 Strength
66 Thieving
Must have completed Defender of Varrock
Must have completed Shades of Mort’ton
Must have completed Troll Romance
Must have completed The Tale of the Muspah
Must have completed Missing my Mummy
Must have completely restored Senliten

In other news...

We've improved the behaviour in the Mobilising Armies waiting rooms to start more games with the required 20 players, rather than just one at a time.

Faruq's Tools for Games Update

2009-07-15T09:00:00.000-07:00

Knowing that many of RuneScape's adventurers sometimes like to kick back and enjoy time with their friends and clan-mates, Al Kharid's newest resident, the mysterious entrepreneur Faruq, has brought to market a selection of curiosities to help pass the time between grand escapades.

If your clan needs fair ways of making decisions, then Faruq has something for you. If you want to have a race without any cheating or need something to mark the route, he can help. Whether you’re planning a scavenger hunt, a race, a seeking game or any kind of adventure within the adventure, Faruq asks only that you look at his wares, because he might have just what you need.

To peruse Faruq’s Tools for Games, check out the stall he has set up next to Ali Morrisane in Al Kharid market.

This is an unusual update for us, because, unlike just about everything else in RuneScape, we haven’t planned out what you should do with it. During development, we thought of things you could do, of course, but I’m eager to see what else you can come up with yourselves.

To make the tools, we sought suggestions from the forums, fan sites and various corners of Jagex. It all helped shape the project, and some of the players who made suggestions when the developer blog went out should find certain objects very familiar: congratulations on making your mark on the game!

Mod Hew
RuneScape Content Developer

In other news...

You can once again walk out of Edgeville’s bank using the minimap when heading north-east!

We’ve removed a small selection of items from the Grand Exchange to improve offer matching. For example, all but the (8) and (1) charged variants of the games necklace have been removed. The removed items can still be traded; they just no longer show up on the Grand Exchange.

Mobilising Armies | Guide Coming Soon

2009-07-08T09:10:00.001-07:00

Mobilising Armies is a new multiplayer combat minigame, but instead of controlling your avatar you’ll be controlling a whole battalion, deploying your squads with tactical precision and trying to second-guess the intentions of your opponents. There are four different scenarios to play in: Conflict, Siege, Hoard and Rescue. Each presents its own set of challenges, such as building catapults, collecting resources and stealing from your opponents, to name just a few. Don’t worry about finding three other players, though: when you turn up at the command centre the officers will arrange your match for you.

As we all know, war isn’t cheap, so with Mobilising Armies we are introducing a commodity-exchange system. If, after training a skill, you’re left with a lot of commodities that you don’t need yourself (e.g. a surplus of jewellery after training Crafting), you’ll be able to trade them in at the command centre for investment credits, which can then be exchanged for squads and special units, such as cannons, barricades or exploding chinchompas. You can also choose to stake investment credits in an impending battle for a larger payout of reward credits, which can in turn be spent on additional items.

There are a variety of rewards for victorious commanders, including quest kits that let you hold much-needed questing tools in one inventory slot, resource locators that’ll teleport you directly to resources such as mining spots and trees, and “spoils of war”, which are a selection of resources, gold and items that will allow you to train your skills further

Good luck, and enjoy!

Mod Tim, Lead Content Developer, and Mod Maz, Content Developer and Queen of the Squirrels

(For a look at some of the technical challenges we've faced in developing this minigame, take a look at this recent blog post from Andrew, titled Mobilising Armies.)

Summary:
Mobilising Armies can be found south of the Feldip Hills and west of Oo’glog. You can get there using any of the following:

* Spirit trees
* The Mobilising Armies Teleport spell in the standard spellbook
* The Ring of Duelling

There are no requirements to start playing, but to keep playing you’ll need tradeable commodities.

In other news...

We’ve added the ability for you to make notes. To access this new feature, click on the Notes icon at the bottom-right of the screen. This remarkably simple system enables you to leave up to 30 notes for yourself, each of which can be up to 50 characters long.

On a related note, any invalid player names saved in your Friends/Ignore lists have been marked with a *. From now on, you will only be able to add valid player names to your Friends/Ignore lists.

We’ve also moved the Summoning interface’s functionality to the Summoning icon next to the minimap – simply right-click on this icon for all your pet/familiar needs. We’re aware this leaves a blank ‘stone’ on the interface; there is another new feature planned to go in that space.

We've added an alternative sitting position when you rest. You can toggle how you sit by clicking rest again to choose your preferred pose.

Zanik's crossbow can now be used with many more varieties of bolts. It seems that it only used a small selection beforehand.

The filter for the quest list will no longer remove quests you've already started.

Summoning scrolls should no longer interfere with special attack energy replenishing.

You can no longer use fairy rings while you are tele-blocked. This seemed a bit inconsistent with other areas of the game.

You can now take familiars over the bridge towards Zamorak in the God Wars Dungeon, so you don't have to dismiss them and then summon them again after crossing.

Extended Agility courses

2009-06-23T15:45:00.001-07:00

"If you are serious about Agility, it’s likely you've not been to the Gnome Stronghold or Gunnjorn's barbarian course for some time. This week, that could change, as these Agility trainers have spent long hours constructing new routes around the courses that only the most agile players should attempt.

These extended courses will not only give you a chance to show off your most agile moves, but will also reward you with weight-reducing clothing, should you complete enough laps.

With the addition of these extended courses, the cave goblins of Dorgesh-Kaan have made some changes to their Agility course, too. They’ve decided to make the course a little less unforgiving, so you should find that you fail less often. The other main change is that the entry requirement for the existing course has been increased from 70 Agility to 80 Agility, while the two extended courses have entry requirements of 85 and 90 Agility, respectively.

Mod Chris L
RuneScape Content Developer

In other news...

We've added a right-click option that will let you quick-start your circus performances, as long as you've been to the circus at least once in the past.

We've now added a new song to the Wilderness Volcano area called Eruption. Check it out when you have a chance!"

Missing My Mummy | Quest Guide

2009-05-19T14:57:00.000-07:00

Start: Speak to Leela in Draynor Village

Difficulty: *****

Length: Medium

Members only: Yes

Requirements:

Prince Ali Rescue
The Golem
Icthlarin's Little Helper
Level 35
Level 35
Level 35
Level 35
Level 35

For total completion:

Garden of Tranquility
Level 25
Level 45
Level 45
Level 50
Ability to kill or defend against various creatures from level 41 - 74.

Items needed:

Willow log
Knife (obtained during the quest)
Hammer (obtained during the quest)
Saw (obtained during the quest)
Jug of wine
Spice
Grain
Pot
20 Fire runes (dropped by Bandit looter)
Ring of charos(a) (required for total completion)
Al kharid flyer (required for total completion)

Recommended Items:

Teleports
- Dramen staff or Lunar staff to get to Uzer by fairy rings (code D-L-Q)
- Charged Amulet of glory or ring of duelling
- Slayer ring (quick teleport to the desert) or broomstick (must be enchanted to teleport to the Sorceress's Garden)
Desert equipment
- Enchanted water tiara or waterskins
- Desert robes
Some food, or a healing familiar (e.g. Bunyip)
Prayer potion, or a Falador shield (not needed if you have above 70 Prayer).
Weapon or familiar with a Crush attack style (otherwise you'll have to fight unarmed)

Monsters to kill:

3-6 Skeleton looters (level 41)
Golem Guard (level 45)
5 Tumeken's shadows (level 41 - 74)

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

edit Walkthrough

Talk to Leela about a pyramid in the region of Uzer. She wants to resurrect a mummy in a region south of Uzer in a pyramid called the "Uzer Mastaba".
Go to the pyramid (Fairy ring D-L-Q) and go inside (Another option is to go through the shanty pass and take a carpet to Uzer, total cost of 205gp). Pick up the Tattered bag" on the ground. (They currently have no use at the moment).
Rummage skeletons to turn them into Skeleton looters. They will turn agressive and attack. Kill all of them. One of them will drop the Scroll of the Dead.
Return to Leela and she will tell you that you need to reconstruct the body to 75% as well as find out her identity and reform her shadow.

[edit] Collecting objects

Talk to the Golem to the east.
Talk to the Golem Guard guarding the door and then kill him with crush attack style.
Descend down to the second level.
Make sure you pick up the Mummy's hand and the Canopic Jars.
Go into first the west offshoot to the tunnel and collect the jars. Then, head east and get the jar and the Mummy's body with no hands.
Combine this with the Mummy's hand to get Senliten's Mummy.

[edit] Floor Puzzle

The floor puzzle.

Find a way over the Floor Puzzle to the Tomb. This puzzle is different to every player and changed with every visit.

Stepping on a	blue stone rises the red tiles. Not dangerous.
	red stone rises the green
	green stone rises the yellow
	yellow stone rises the blue

The easiest way is to try and find a path of blue & green blocks or red & yellow blocks all the way through as this will result in no damage.

Stepping from	green to red triggers a trap. Players can take damage.
	red to blue
	yellow to green
	blue to yellow

[edit] Restoring the Tomb

A player restoring the statue of Apmeken.

Right-click the Pyramid Journal or the Scroll of the Dead and select the Check progress -option, this shows the percentage of completed actions and the quantity of remaining actions. The quest completion requires 75% complete, though continuing beyond that rewards more experience.

Place the Mummy's body back into the sarchophagus.
Place the Canopic Jars onto the empty shelves to the west.
Pray at each of the statues to restore them. Restoring all statues drains a total of 70 prayer points and gives a total of 6,500 Prayer experience.
Note: Amascut's altar will boost your prayer at the cost of some health; the other altars restore prayer normally.
Repair the table with a hammer and a saw. This rewards 2,100 Construction experience.
Make some spiced wine by adding spice into a jug of wine. Put the spiced wine onto its space.
Put a pot of grain (not pot of flour) onto its space. This rewards 2,100 Cooking experience.
Go into the eastern chamber and kill the level 41 Tumeken's shadow.
Note: Each brazier requires 5 fire runes to light. The required Magic level starts at 20, and increases by 5 for each brazier.
Light the southern brazier, requiring level 20 Magic. Tumeken's shadow appears again, with a combat level of 50. Kill the shadow to receive 600 Magic experience.
Light the northern brazier. The shadow (now level 55) appears again. Kill it to receive 900 Magic experience.
Light the western brazier. A level 64 spirit will spawn. Kill it to receive 1,200 Magic experience.
Finally, light the eastern brazier. Tumeken's shadow appears for the last time, being level 72. Kill it to receive 2,000 Magic experience.
Build the statue with some Willow logs and a knife.
Create the statue of the queen and then click improve twice to complete the body double section.
You can return to Leela and complete the quest after being 75% complete.

[edit] Total completion

To complete the name of the Queen, go to Ali Morrisane. He says he can make a copy of the original. Get him a spring sq'irk by doing the Sorceress's Garden minigame. After you gave him the sq'irk, he will give you a copy of the name. You will recieve Theiving experience. Next time you talk to him with your Ring of charos(a) equipped, he will give you the original.
Travel to Reldo in the Varrock Palace. He says he needs an Al kharid flyer, which you can get from Ali the Leaflet Dropper between Varrock and Al Kharid. Bring him the flyer and he will give you a scroll of praise. Bring the scroll of praise and Mummy's name papyrus (original and copy) to the queen for 100 percent completion.

edit Rewards

Missing My Mummy Quest| Guide Coming Soon

2009-05-19T12:59:00.000-07:00

Today comes a new adventure in the desert.
"19th May 2009 - Missing My Mummy

There are many secrets hidden in the depths of the desert. Forgotten tombs of forgotten rulers from a forgotten time, when the world was a very different place...or at least they were forgotten. The spread of human civilisation, however, means that many of the hidden corners of the world are being uncovered, often by treasure-hunters with little regard for preserving the sanctity of these ancient places.

Recently, one such tomb, near Uzer, was discovered by treasure-hunters. Leela of Al Kharid does care about the sanctity of this particular place, and she wants your help to recover information that is of great importance to her.

Mod Newmatic
RuneScape Content Developer

Warning – Mild Spoilers

Please note that we haven’t forgotten about your request to not start too many new quest series until we have continued with, and finished, a few of the existing ones. While it might not seem like it initially, this quest is actually part of the same quest series as Tale of the Muspah; this one just approaches things from a very different direction, so it’s probably not entirely clear how things fit together yet.

We’ve been calling this quest series Mysteries of the Mahjarrat here in the Jagex office. It is going to be tying together a few loose ends from various quests, and hopefully bringing more cohesion to parts of the Runescape mythology and storyline. While we’re starting the quest series with low-level requirements, later quests will have progressively higher requirements as we draw in the different existing storylines. Additionally, Missing My Mummy also ties into some of the ongoing desert storylines.

Paul

Summary:
Requirements to start Missing my Mummy:
35 Cooking
35 Construction
35 Crafting
35 Magic
35 Prayer
Must have completed Prince Ali Rescue
Must have completed The Golem
Must have completed Icthlarin’s Little Helper

Requirements for total completion:
25 Thieving
45 Crafting
45 Prayer
50 Magic
Must have completed Garden of Tranquillity

In other news...

We have improved Low and High Alchemy so that if you don't time your clicks correctly, it'll still return you to the spellbook after your inventory. Hopefully you'll find this useful when you’re going about your daily alching! You can also queue up one to cast while the current spell is being performed.

We have added an activity bar to the Soul Wars minigame. If you've been taking part in the game the bar should remain green, but if you don't take part the bar will slowly turn orange, and eventually run out, at which point you'll be removed from the game.

You'll find that after killing someone in a Bounty or PvP world you'll have a bit of time to pick up drops before potentially being whisked away for a random event."

I TOLD YOU SO =P

2009-05-06T09:34:00.000-07:00

A couple post ago I informed you that bounty hunter was being re-released and you should invest in prayer pots and sharks etc.. and Look what happened:

"This week’s update introduces Bounty Hunter ‘Wilderness-only’ PvP worlds (or ‘Bounty Worlds’). Our aim was to get something that feels as close to the original Wilderness as we can manage, and to add another thrill with the Bounty Hunter mechanic. The new worlds are limited to the Wilderness, and use the old ‘who can attack who’ levels.

Bounty Worlds are basically a mix of 3 previous PvP games. It has the best bits we can reuse from Bounty Hunter, PvP worlds, and the old Wilderness. In short, we’ve increased the chance to get your opponent’s items and we added the thrill of hunting a bounty within the Wilderness while surrounded by hundreds of potential PKers.

Here’s how it works:

You can attack anyone within the level range determined by the Wilderness level, starting with 1 just above Edgeville to 56 at the top of the map. If you kill someone who isn’t your bounty target, it is considered a ‘rogue kill’. There is no penalty for rogue kills any more. It will add 1 to your ‘rogue kills’ highscore, and you will get a drop based on the ‘drop potential’ mechanic from PvP worlds (see here for more details). We have, however, made it so that, when drop potential is converted to items, it is 3 times more likely to give you items your target was carrying, as opposed to generated items. The average size of the rewards is based on your drop potential the same as in PvP worlds.

After you have spent 30 minutes in a dangerous area on a Bounty World, the system will start looking for suitable ‘bounty targets’ for you. After 60 minutes, the chance of being assigned a target increases further. (Note: this doesn’t have to be all in one go, and isn’t reset by leaving.) Your target will always be a similar level to you. To make things even more interesting, you will also be their target! If you kill your target, it will add 1 to your ‘bounty kills’ highscore, and you will receive a generous boost to your drop: the average size of these drops is boosted by an extra hour of drop potential (just as if you’d spent an hour in a hot zone), on top of the drop you would receive normally. In addition to this, we’ve made it more likely that you’ll get items from your opponent’s actual inventory for killing your target – this also applies to rogue kills and in normal PvP worlds, but at a lower rate.

To make sure you have a chance of getting to the rewards, there are a couple of extra rules. Firstly, if your bounty target is fighting someone else in a single-way combat area, you will be able to attack your target, and their original foe will be locked out. Secondly, if you are fighting your enemy but do not inflict enough damage to count as the ‘hero’ (in the same way as drops are awarded when fighting monsters), your target will remain your target. Basically, your bounty target will remain your bounty target until one of you kills the other, or one of you leaves the Wilderness for more than ten minutes.

It isn’t all about the rewards, of course: it’s also about the thrill of trying to hunt someone down in an environment where the levels are well-matched. That’s why we brought back the old Wilderness levels, and restricted the action to the old Wilderness area. You can only fight in the Wilderness, and the only other area available is Edgeville, where you can restock and prepare for battle. You have to be in one of those areas before you can log into a Bounty World. So, head to Edgeville, switch to a Bounty World, and see if you can work your way up the Rogue/Bounty Hunter highscore tables.

Andrew
Lead Developer

In Other News…

Thirsty adventurers should head to the poll to take part in our latest vote: Guaranteed Content – Name a Pub. We have made a shortlist of your very best pub suggestions, and now we need you decide which one is your favourite. The winning idea will be added to the game in the coming months. You can find the poll under the 'Community' drop-down tab above.

Similar to the changes we made to the way PvP worlds work to prevent people from using fun weapons or low-level spells, we have updated the system to detect other ways of fighting without taking any risks. Now, if you see anyone in single-way combat who is fighting without taking any apparent damage over an extended period of time, you can jump in and teach them how fighting works.

The lilies of the valley have finished blooming, and have been removed from the game. Any you might have had lying around have been whisked away.

Leprechauns can now convert clean herbs to banknotes for you. Previously, if you'd accidentally cleaned the herb, the leprechaun wouldn't accept the herb.

The in-game skill guides now link to an appropriate page in the Game Guide if you wish to find out more information."

Insight into the Future of Runescape

2009-05-04T16:33:00.001-07:00

I found This very Interesting. It is Jagex Mod Andrew answering some interesting Questions

Bounty Hunter Being Released again!

2009-05-03T10:55:00.001-07:00

Last week I made a post talking about a new pvp being released. Well after much snooping around I figured out what they were doing. Jagex is releasing Bounty Hunter Specified Worlds. Now I'm guessing it's not going to work like the old bounty hunter. It will probably have a drop system similar to that of the new wilderness. Anyways , I just thought I'd keep you updated. =P

New Runescape PvP to be Released

2009-04-27T11:22:00.000-07:00

That's Right! Within the next couple of weeks Runescape is releasing a new PvP aspect to the wilderness. Unfortunately, that's about all I've been told about it. I don't know the exact date this will be released and I don't know exactly how it will work. But I do know this is a great oppurtunity for Runescape Guides Reader's to make a bit of money. Since this update will involve player killing you can invest in items that are used in pking. For example: Sharks. With new updates come a splurge of people. Since this will be an update aimed at PVP you can expect food to start soaring. Everyone is going to buy sharks and eventually they will sell out causing them to rise. That's why you should start buying sharks NOW. Currently they are in the 800-900's range. I expect when this update is released it will soar to over 1k ea. thats around 200 profit ea. You buy 1k you make 200k profit. You buy 10k You make 2M Profit. Another good idea would be investing in Prayer Potions, ranars, ranarr seeds. Consumables that will be used in pking are the most assured things to rise. But, there is potential for other items to rise too. Such as Whips, Dragon Daggers,Dragon Boots/Rune Boots/Climbing boots. Pretty much just ask yourself: "What gets used alot for Pking?" The things you can think of, are the things that will raise.

So Start investing NOW!!!!

and don't forget where you heard this news first=P

Tale of Muspah Guide | Walkthrough

2009-04-21T15:09:00.000-07:00

Here is the Runescape Quest Guide for Tale of Muspah.

To start the quest you must first talk to Erjolf, who can be found on the mountain to the north-east of Rellekka. Fairy ring code D-K-S can be used for quicker access. He is excited about finding a new cave.
Follow him as he leads you into the cave.
Talk to him again and he’ll tell you that he thinks he might have spotted some armour frozen in ice which he thinks will help him to complete The Fremennik Trials.
Ask him about his progress with the trials and he’ll ask for your help to get the armour from the ice. Offer to help him, and he’ll tell you that you need to build a raft by using a knife with the driftwood.

(A knife, tinderbox and spade may be obtained from Erjolf by telling him that you need some tools to melt the ice.)

Use the spade on a mound of snow by the cave water exits, to block the south and west streams to make the water run towards the east. Set 4 fire rafts to melt the small icicles then repeat the same strategy for the other sides.

NOTE: It does not matter what order you do these, when you are finished, Erjolf will have you come speak with him.

North side

To melt the icicles on the north side , block the west stream and east stream, leaving the south stream unblocked. Then set 5 or 6 fire rafts to line up along the north edge of the iceberg to melt the icicles there. To do this you need to go on north edge and line yourself up so you see the corner of the north side on the left and set the fire raft on fire. Step a square to the right and do this again, keep going until you see the ice melt. Set them off quickly or they will disappear.

East side

Block both the East stream and the West stream, have the South stream unblocked. Go to the North stream, On the West side go 2 steps to the west from the flat rock, then walk 2 steps to the south, that is perfect. Now set off 5 or 6 fire rafts.

South side

To melt the icicles on the south side, block the east and south streams. Leave the west and north stream unblocked. Let 5 or 6 rafts go at once from the south-east so that they pile up on the rocks and line up against the south side of the island.

West side

Finally, Block the West stream and block the South stream. Stand on the Northwest side where the snow points south on the West stream, stand in the middle and set 1 Fire Raft off, it will hit on the northern side of the West side. Jump the flat rock and cross over. Going just to the Southwest side of the West stream, stand in the pushed up part of that side and set off another 1 raft. That will now finish off the West side (the south side of that West side)

Finishing up

Once you have melted all the icicles the child will ask you to come talk to him. you will then see a frozen monster inside the ice. After some talk he will then say you have to find an outlander in the Trollweiss hunting area.

The monster in ice.

This outlander is a natural histories expert. He is up on the platform above the normal birds area. From there, go north all the way, then east, to find the historian. He will, after some conversation, ask you to describe the creature

the monster is yellow,
has four arms,
has no legs like a snail,
a spiky head
Spikey tail,
and crab claws.)

The outlander is called ‘Natural Historian’ and he is located in the kebbit area of the Trollweiss hunter area, around the back of the big ice block, to the north-east. He’ll tell you it looks like a mythical beast and to find a statue of the monster in the desert mining camp.

Once you have described it for him he will tell you that you must find a statue in the Kharidian desert east of the mining camp, and north of Pollnivneach.

The statue is far east of the mining camp along the large eastward bend in the river. It will appear as a sand pile, and you must dig it using the spade you were given earlier.

Ali the Wise will appear and talk to you. When he is done talk to him again and ask him about the Muspah. He will say you need 4 cut sapphires, 4 water runes and 4 cosmic runes and a knife.

If you ask him if he could take you back to the cave, he will give you a Camelot teletab.

Head back to the Muspah cave and mine 4-8 sapphires, then cut with a chisel. The eight sapphire rocks in the cave may only be mined once.

Do as Ali the Wise told you to, bore the sapphires onto the ice and enchant the sapphire. Then the ice will melt, revealing the Muspah inside. The same sapphires may be used for freezing and unfreezing later in the quest, so it’s possible to keep 4 sapphires at the end of the quest.

Erjolf will run away as the Muspah starts to move. Talk to the Muspah to find that he is actually Jhallan, one of the shape-shifting Mahjarrat that accidentally transformed to the Muspah while he dreamed of it in his nightmare, and it consumed much of his energy.

Jhallan will ask you to repeat the process, so he could return to his hibernation, only this time he will choose a place safer.

Go and find Erjolf, who is just outside the cave. Ask him and he will tell you that the only way to get to the other side of the cave is by canoeing. He will tell you to meet him at the West Trollweiss hunting area, before the snow. Remember to bring a hatchet.

Meet him at the west hunting area. He will point you to the great log that you can carve a canoe from. Press the log and your player will do a bit of “crazy-slashing” on the log, creating a crude canoe.

Take the canoe and once you reached, enter the cave that is right in front of you.

Go to the centre area to find Jhallan, already weakening, he will ask you to find him a cave that is dark, no water flow, not too warm and not in the middle of a tunnel.

The only spot suitable is the furthest south-west cave. Items needed: knife, hatchet, 4 sapphires, 4 water & 4 cosmic runes

Before you enchant the Sapphire, you will scare Jhallan into eventually giving you a fake Muspah tail.

Take the canoe back to Erjolf, and you will give him the tail.

Congratulations, Quest complete!

Rewards

Tale of the Muspah Guide| Coming Soon

2009-04-21T12:58:00.000-07:00

The Guide for this quest can be found here Tale of the Muspah Guide

This was Taken from the Runescape Home Page. A Tale of the Muspah Quest Guide Will be uploaded as soon as possible. =P

"Experienced adventurers will be familiar with Fremennik rites of passage, and the difficulties they present. It’s little wonder, then, that Fremennik children are always on the lookout for an easier path to adulthood, and Erjolf is no exception. Full of enthusiasm but short on skills, Erjolf will need your assistance if he is going to impress his kinsfolk.

Join him in his quest for a trophy, unravel the puzzling story behind a curious corpse, and discover the dark secrets of one of the most fearsome races to ever walk in Gielinor. You may find one or two useful allies along the way, who are willing to lend a helping hand.

It’s been great to work on a quest that involves one of RuneScape’s most mysterious races, and develop a plotline that’s been around since the early days of RuneScape. This is the first part of a new quest series, and paves the way for following quests.

Mod Roderick
RuneScape Content Developer

Summary:

Where to start Tale of the Muspah:

Talk to Erjolf, north-east of Rellekka, at a cave halfway up a snow-covered mountain path.

Requirements to begin Tale of the Muspah:
10 Magic
10 Woodcutting
8 Mining
6 Firemaking
20 Crafting would be an advantage

In Other News…

Picking from a tree or bush has been sped up.

Several items that previously damaged you when used can no longer kill you. Don't worry, though - you can still use them to reduce your Hitpoints if you want to.

The Easter 2009 update has now been removed, and the associated music unlocked for all."

Splitting Heirs: Runescape 2009 Easter Event Guide

2009-04-08T14:50:00.000-07:00

Splitting Heirs Guide

Quest start: South of Falador, due North-West of Rimmington Mine, Talk to Easter Bunny

Requirements: None

Recommendations: Energy enhancing items

Step 1: A Real-Burrow Load of Mess...

Talk to the Easter Bunny, and he will say that there has been (yet another) problem this year. He went away on a little holiday, as he's now too old for egg delivery, so he left his son in charge of the egg factroy, which is now in bits due to his son's laziness.

Ask how can you help, and he will explain that you need to help repair the Egg Plant. After agreeing to help, go down the bunny hole, and you will be transformed into a small rabbit. (See picture) Head North, then West, then North, then West again, then finally straight North, until you come to another bunny hole in the wall. Upon going through this hole, you will be returned to normal form. head north straight through the workshop, through the North-Eastern exit, then haid straight West and talk to Easter Bunny Jr. and ask him why he is't fixing the factory, and he'll reply in a rather "spoilt brattish" fashion. Following through the dialogue, he'll tell you that there is a to-do list in his father's office. Head East into the office, and look at the notice board. The tasks you need to complete are:

Feed the Egg Bird
Round Up the Implings
Fix the Incubator
Retrain the squirrels

I think that these need to be done in this order, as when I tried it on my pure, I found I had to follow the same order.

Step 2: Feeding the Egg Bird:

Step 2A: Fine Food....

Go and talk to the Egg Bird. It's in the center of the main room, and looks like a massive cartoon Parrot. Blow a Raspberry at it, to startle it awake. Upon talking to it again, it will squawk, and demand that you feed it. It will then give you a clue as to which seed it would like to eat. Im assuming these are random, and the seed bags are on the eastern side of the room, directly east of the Egg Bird. Search each bag to find the correct food you need. from North to South these are:
Poppy; Sunflower; Cracker Bits; and Worm Chunks.

Use the food on the Seed bowls situated either side of the Egg Bird. If you make a mistake, simply right click and "Empty" the Seed bowl.

Step 2B: ...And Claret Wine...

Now you must get the Bird some water. Head North of the Bird, and you will see a water tank. click on it and you'll

recieve a bucket of water.(See Picture)Simply use this on the Water Bowl, and then talk to the Bird once more. Follow through the dialogue.

Step 3: Impetuous Implings...

Talk to Easter Bunny Jr who is next to the Bird. Follow through the dialogue, and say that the Bird is a highly intelligent life form producing profit through chocolate. He will then complain about the Implings roaming around A.W.O.L, and also give you the tip of the nets his dad uses to catch them. Head back to the Easter Bunny's office. Grab 5 impling jars from the spawn points on the South side of the office, (See Picture) and the net in the North East corner. Wield the net, and head out the East exit of the Workshop. Run around these tunnels, catching all the Implings you can find.

They are in the following locations, represented by a blue dot on the map:

Now head back into the main Workshop, and look at the Egg Painting Machine. Easter Bunny Jr will appear and complain again about the noise, and the Implings will be rather sarcastic. You must compliment the Implings' work, by saying that an impling painting an egg twice it's own height is pretty cool. Again, he will disappear, being rather lazy.

Step 4: Upon Eggzamination of the Incubator...

Talk to the Impling worker next to the Incubator, which is in the North of the Workshop. He will explain that the blueprints are hidden somewhere in Easter Bunny Jr's room. The blueprint is on the North side of his room, under the shelf (See picture). Read it to see where the parts should go. Search around the Workshop for crates. In them you will the items you need to repair the Incubator. In each box that contains the items, there are two items. Not all the boxes have the things you need. Using the blue print, repair the machine accordingly. First, use the Cog on the Incubator, then use the Pistons on the same. Next use the Chimney on the Incubator. Use the Sooty pipes on the coal supply, the wet pipes on the water supply, and finally the clean pipe on the controls. Now that the machine is complete, talk to the Impling Worker again, then finally Easter Bunny Jr. Again, you have to sell it to him, call the machine "One of a kind." He'll now ask you to sort out the "fluffy tailed rodent" on the Nut Machine.

Step 5: It Costs Peanuts to Train Squirrels...

Go over to the nut machine, and click it, then select "Talk to Big Ben." He'll introduce himself as the big nut of the machine, and will also remind you in a charming cockney accent, not to give them trouble, or you'll be sucking peanut mash through a straw for a while. You'll eventually tell him you need him to get back to work, and he'll say that'll cost you. You'll then state the exact amount of cash you have in Gold Pieces in your bank (In case you didn't read that last bank statement), and he'll reply they don't gold, they want.... Nuts! Go for a 20% cut, and you'll haggle for a while. You'll finally settle on a 25% deal. He makes a comment on your poor easter puns, and makes a yolk himself, and also, mentions that they kinda somehow sorta maybe have forgotten the ability of possibly... sorting nuts? You make another eggsellent pun, and then you'll have to get to work, training them squirrels. When you see these nuts in this red area:

Click the red button. If you make a mistake, you'll go down by one nut. This can take quite a while to do, around 10 minutes. When you've done 10 nuts, click the button that appears to stop training squirrels.

Follow through the dialogue, including the passing of insults. Once more, compliment the workers, by saying they are "highly trained defect detectors".

Step 6: A Carrot and Stick Situation...

Finally, meet the Easter Bunny Jr in his dad's office. He will say he is ready to take on the factory. A short cutscene will ensue, where he dresses up as a pink bunny, and asks you to call on his father. Run back out through the bunny warren, the same way you came in, and once more, you will be bunnified. In case you forgot, the directions are: South, East, South, East, South. Now talk to the Easter Bunny, and follow through the dialogue. Another short cutscene follows with him stepping out of his suit. You will be rewarded with a Large Carrot, which is a fun two-handed weapon:

And the "Round the World in Eggty Days":

Congratulations You have finished Runescapes Splitting Heirs Quest for the 2009 Easter event.

Splitting Heirs :Guide Coming Soon

2009-04-08T14:48:00.000-07:00

The Easter Bunny seems to have been around forever. Or has he? What makes him seem immortal? This Easter, calamity has once again befallen his factory, and he needs your help to solve the problem. As well as giving you the chance to fix some impressive machinery, and deal with some colourful (but less than helpful) characters, Splitting Heirs will also give our free players a taste of what it’s like to catch implings.

This event revisits the past, so if you’ve played previous Easter events you’ll recognise the incubator from 2008 and the Easter Bird from 2006. Find out what makes the Easter Bunny tick, and you could also earn yourself a new fun weapon. So what are you waiting for? Go seek out the Easter Bunny!

Mod Maz
RuneScape Developer
Queen of the Squirrels

Where to start Splitting Heirs:
Speak to the Easter Bunny, south of Falador.

Requirements to complete Splitting Heirs:
None.

In Other News...

The layout of the welcome screen has been changed slightly to allow us to add further information to it in the future.

Pyre logs now have a ‘Make-X’, and code for this has been significantly reworked. Also, any bonus experience gains from the All Fired Up quest rewards should now properly apply.

The April Fools’ cabbages have now been removed from the game, and seagulls have been removed from the Hunter skill.

The speed at which your prayers activate should now be back to normal, without the delay some players have been experiencing.

Glorious Memories Quest Guide

2009-04-01T19:09:00.000-07:00

Glorious Memories quest guide/ Walkthrough

Written by: Senug5
Credits: Alfawarlord, Koanga, GenralJamie, Lanka

Description:

Start point: Fremennik Long Hall

Requirements

Skills:
Level 57 Magic
Level 50 Agility
Level 43 Herblore
Level 41 Hunter
Quests:
Royal Trouble
The Fremennik Isles
Mountain Daughter
Other:
You should be able to defeat a level 156 opponent who attacks in a variety of ways, and survive in a multi-way combat area with foes of around level 90

Items needed to complete: Plank, Pole, Pickaxe (any kind), Seal of Passage, Pestle and Mortar, Enchant Diamond runes, Irit

Items recommended: Food, Armour, Weapon, Prayer potions, Dramen or Lunar Staff

Items acquired during quest: Herb pouch, Yeti Hair, Neil's throwing axe, Directions, Diamond root

To Start: Talk to Manni the Reveller

Length: Medium

Difficulty: Medium

Quest points: 1

Rewards: 1 Quest point, 10,000 magic xp, 5,000 herblore xp, Tome of Glorious Deeds, which is an xp book of 3 chapters, each chapter gives 5,000 xp to a combat skill of your choice (excluding magic and summoning), unfinished astral rune, which can be taken to Baba Yaga on Lunar Isle in exchange for a prophecy tablet and an xp lamp.

1. Talk to Manni the Reveller. He will tell you that he is arranging a surprise party for Brundt but he wants you to invite Mawnis in Neitiznot and King Vargas of Miscellania.

2. Speak to either of these people and you will find out that they won't go to the party as they are angry with Brundt. Go back to Manni and tell him. Speak to Brundt and he will tell you a story of what happened and give you the 1st set of instructions to the cave where the yeti from the story was (shown in a cutscene). You will encounter around 4-5 cutscenes during this quest, so be patient

3. Speak to King Vargas. He will tell you his part of the story in that war and give you the 2nd set of directions. Go and talk to Mawnis in Neitiznot and he will tell you his set of the story and give you the last part of the directions.

4. Now go to the ice hunting area (Code DKS if using fairy rings) and go all the way north, up the steps to the tracking area. You will find some footsteps. Keep investigating them and following them till it eventually ends up at a blocked cave. Mine the cave out and go through it.

BEWARE: There are a lot of lvl 83s here. They use ranged. If you are a low levelled player, you are advised to bring prayer potions and protect from range, or wear range defensive armor (if you dont have 40 prayer) and bring food. Keep going north to the next cave. There is a lvl 156 yeti here. In fact this yeti has been transformed from a person called Neil. Kill him and get all the items he drops. YOU WILL NEED THEM, EVEN THE HAIR.

5. Once you got the items, teleport or walk out. Go to Jatizso to speak to Mawnis' sister Freygard who is found north-west of the city walls. She will tell you to go and talk to the king of Jatizso because of the tax she pays too much.

6. Speak to the king of Jatizso and persuade him to leave Freygard alone so she can move to Neitiznot to her brother. She will want you to give her something of Nials to remember him by before she goes, so give her the throwing axe.

7. Go to Neitiznot and tell Mawnis that his sister will move there. He will come to the party now.

8. Now that you have persuaded Mawnis to come, it is time for King Vargas. He wants you to turn him back to a human otherwise he won't come.

9. Go to the Mountain Camp. Pick up the pole found in the tent where the goats are to the entrance of the path. Go to the middle of the path and climb up the tree. Use the pole with the rocks in the water and you will jump across. Then use a plank with the stones on the side of the rocks to cross that island. Talk to the shining pool and Asleif's spirit will come up. She tells you to fill the vial with the water on the spring, so do that. Add an irit leaf and the enchanted and grunded diamond root. Diamond root is found in the herb pouch so Asleif tells you to open it. Open it, get the root out, crush it with a pestle and mortar and enchant it. Add this to the vial too. After that, add the yeti hair. You now have a yeti cure potion.

10. Talk to King Vargas and give this to him. He will now turn to a human and say that he will be coming to the party too.

11. Go back to Relekka and talk to Brundt the Chieftain about his birthday feast. He will now remember the person who stole the tablet.

Quest completed!

Glorious Memories Quest: Guide Comming Soon!

2009-04-01T08:35:00.000-07:00

1st April 2009 - Glorious Memories

When you've settled all the conflicts you can find, and brought together warring nations across the northern seas, it's time to kick back and have a party, right?

If only it were that simple. Peace between sovereign states is one thing, but Manni the Reveller still can't bring everyone together for Chieftain Brundt's birthday feast.

See old friends in new ways as you delve into the mysteries of the past, and help them resolve the problems of the present. To save the chieftain’s birthday celebrations you’ll have to uncover the secrets they can’t remember, and confront a monster they want to forget.

Glorious Memories is my first quest and it has been a real joy to write and develop. I know a lot of you are big fans of the Fremennik peoples (so am I), and I hope that you have as much fun as I did uncovering the history of these fascinating characters.

Mod Hew
RuneScape Content Developer

Where to start Glorious Memories:

Speak to Manni the Reveller in the longhall in Rellekka.

Requirements to begin Glorious Memories:

Level 57 Magic
Level 50 Agility
Level 43 Herblore
Level 41 Hunter
Must have completed Royal Trouble
Must have completed The Fremennik Isles
Must have completed Mountain Daughter
You should be able to defeat a level 156 opponent who attacks in a variety of ways, and survive in a multi-way combat area with foes of around level 90

In Other News...

The logic governing the behavior of items kept on death has been fixed for certain circumstances involving stacks of items, such as coins. If in doubt about what is at risk, double check your Items Kept on Death interface.

There is a new button on the bank interface to allow you to set your PIN more easily, if you don't already have one.

It should now take you less time to switch your prayers on and off, due to code shuffling.

If the cabbages are annoying you, just turn Accept Aid off.

The Chosen Commander Guide

2009-03-18T12:21:00.001-07:00

Here is a Guide I found for The Chosen Commander Quest:

Reward

- 3 Quest Points
- 20,000 Agility XP, 20,000 Strength XP, 20,000 Thieving XP.
- Zanik's Crossbow.
- Ability to fight Bandos' follower statues
- Access to the Bandos Throne Room

Start Point

Speak to Captain Undak in Dorgesh-Kaan

Members Only

Difficulty:

Length:

Requirements

Skill: 46 Agility, 46 Strength, 46 Thieving.
Quest: Land of the Goblins
Item: Lantern, H.A.M. robes (provided during quest)

Recommendations

Skill: 85+ Combat
Item: Ardougne teleport runes, Energy restoring items

Zanik the cave goblin has vanished, throwing the city of Dorgesh-Kaan into turmoil. Where has she gone? Uncover the truth behind Zanik’s disappearance and save the city of Dorgesh-Kaan in The Chosen Commander, the conclusion of the Dorgeshuun quest series.

Part 1:
Investigating the Illness

Step 1
Speak with Captain Undak
Investigate nursery
Speak with children
Question vendors
Reveal the corrupt vendor

Items needed: Lantern

Make your way to Dorgesh-Kaan and speak with Captain Undak. Undak gives you a short explanation about how the children are raised within the city. He then goes on to say that many children have been getting sick recently in the nursery, and that he suspects the H.A.M. organization is behind it. Since you've dealt with the likes of them before, he asks for help with investigating this problem. Accept his proposal to start the quest.

Go slightly north and head up the stairs nearby. Walk into the building where all the little goblins are roaming around. Locate a goblin named Mernik and speak with her (Picture). Mernik doesn't know much, so she tells you to speak with her assistant Torzek outside. Speak with her and tell her to calm down. Next, ask her if the children have eaten anything strange lately. Torzek will instruct you to ask the sick children what they had eaten. Question the sick children outside and find out what they had eaten. You'll need to find out which two foods caused the sickness, so pay attention to similarities between what the children say. Once you have it figured out, Undak will suggest that you should speak with the food vendors downstairs. He explains that the vendors have recently been buying exotic spices from humans, so if the two vendors are using the same spice, then they can locate the human selling it to them.

Go downstairs and head south to the marketplace. Speak with the various vendors on the east and west walls until you find the one selling the poisoned food. Ask them who they obtained their ingredients from and they will give you two names. There should be one name that's the same when asking the two vendors about it. Once you have the name, head south and speak with the suspected merchant. Upon telling Undak to arrest him, the merchant should reveal himself and call you a traitor. If you're merchant was incorrect, then you will have to pay a 5,000gp compensation. Question the merchant on why he would poison the goblins and he'll explain that the goblins are poisoning society with their Godless ways (Picture). Attack him and a portal will emerge behind the merchant. From the portal will emerge Zanik, and she will start helping you fight the merchant. After the merchant is arrested, Zanik will tell you where she's been.

Part 2:
Zanik Returns

Step 2
Navigate the statues
Obtain the crossbow/pendant
Speak with council
Find Zanik

As Zanik explains where she's been, you will be able to control her (Picture). Go west and climb on top of the goblin statue that's standing next to an ork statue (Picture). Hop along the statues until you're finally on the ourg statue; a cutscene will play out. Hop along the north statues until you arrive on a balcony. Pick up the crossbow that's nearby. Grapple across the spear of the southern statue and pick up the pendant sitting on the throne. The statue with the scrying pool will bend down for you to gaze into it. Do so and you will see the cutscene of yourself speaking with the merchant. Head west and the mob of statues will open a pathway for you to go through (Picture). Enter the portal nearby to come back into control of your character.

Zanik suggests that you should speak with the council, so head north and climb the stairs (Picture). A cutscene will play out and the Council will explain that they're going to ship the H.A.M. agent off to jail. Zanik will disagree suggesting that he should face the death penalty. Since they do not practice such acts, Zanik kills him herself and runs off. Undak suggests that she probably ran to the caves at the southern end of the city.

Run south and climb the stairs on the eastern wall (on the first floor). Go south until you come to a giant set of stairs, the ones that lead you to the agility arena; climb them (Picture). Climb down the ladder and follow the tunnel south and you should see Zanik sitting at the end of it. Sit down next to her and continue to say nothing. Eventually she will explain to you why she commited the act (Picture). Ask her what she wanted and go on to say that wants a world filled with peace. Finally, Zanik will give in and go back to see the council. After a lengthy talk, the Council will come to the conclusion that she must be banished from Dorgesh-Kaan until they see fit (Picture).

After exchanging goodbyes with Zanik, Undak says that he has another task for you. He wants you to infiltrate the H.A.M. base and find out what Sigmund is planning. Accept the job and he will give you a set of H.A.M. robes to wear inside.

Part 3:
Infiltrate the H.A.M.

Step 3
Seek out Johanhus
Infiltrate the hideout
Release Grubfoot
Defeat Sigmund

Items needed: H.A.M. Robes

Go to Lumbridge and run north-west of the castle. Equip the robes and pick the lock on the trapdoor (Picture). Navigate south and go down the south-eastern most tunnel. Speak with Johanhus Ulsbrecht and ask about what the plans are for the cave goblins. He will say that he isn't the one planning an attack, but Sigmund is. Ask him about joining Sigmund's group and he will give you the location and the required password to get in.

Teleport to Ardougne and walk to the windmill to the north. Speak with Milton the Miller and tell him the password to gain entry inside (Picture). Climb down the trapdoor, but make sure to equip your robes back on before proceeding any further. Open the door nearby and open the door on the southern wall. Squeeze through hole on the eastern wall to appear on the other side (Picture). Click on both doors nearby to unlock them. Speak with the guard nearby to learn that you must obtain a signed letter to interrogate the prisoner. Ask him for the day of the week and match it up with the noticeboard pinned to the wall (Picture). Go back to the main room and pickpocket the guy who's name was on the noticeboard. Return the pickpocketed letter to the guard to gain access into the jail room. Pick up the cell key on the floor and open the cell door.

Speak with the prisoner and he will reveal himself to you as Grubfoot. Tell him that you'll distract the guard, so that he can make a break for it. Stand north of the guard so that his back is facing the southern wall. Speak with him and Grubfoot will sneak into the next room while he's distracted (Picture). Talk to Grubfoot again and instruct him to wait at the west door while you distract the guard. Climb through the hole in the wall to break a few plates. This will distract the guard while Grubfoot sneaks into the next room. Speak with Grubfoot and instruct him to follow you. Finally, exit out the east door and escape through the wooden ramp.

A cutscene will ensue of Zanik and some goblin fighters facing off against the H.A.M. members. Sigmund will begin attacking you, so attack him back. With the help of Zanik, you will be able to beat him. After the battle, Sigmund will try escaping, but Zanik cuts off his hand that contained a ring of life(Picture). After killing Sigmund, Zanik will begin attacking you (Picture). You will have to continue killing her while selecting the positive responses that's given. Eventually Zanik will come to her senses and remove her pendant. Another goblin will pick up the pendant and a Bandos avatar will control him. He explains that the cave goblins have defied him and they they must be stopped. Zanik will then teleport you away from him.

Step 4
Save Zanik
Speak with Juna
View the obelisk
Speak with Undak

Walk to the other end of the cave and a group of rocks will fall from the cave ceiling, seperating you and Zanik in the process. Clear the rocks and go towards Zanik on the other side (Picture). Tell her to grapple the rock next to you. She'll miss a few times, so instruct her which way to aim. After she grapples up go west and exit the cave room. Speak with Juna nearby and she'll explain how Zanik has strayed from her destiny.

Head back to Dorgesh-Kaan by following the Lumbridge Dungeon tunnels north. Ask Kezgar to escort you to the mines and then enter the city. Go inside the center of the city to speak with Undak. He says that the War God came through here earlier and planted an obelisk in the middle of the city. The council is having a meeting to discuss it, so head there.

Part 4:
Securing Memories

Step 5
Obtain the artifacts
Bury time capsule
Retrieve components
Prepare for battle

Upon arriving, the council will give you the translation to the text residing on the obelisk (Picture). The letter says that the cave goblins have defied their god, so they will be destroyed if they do not comply. Zanik suggests that they should fight, and she also asks you to join in. Accept it and you'll be instructed to speak with the scribe in the council chamber.

The scribe wants to make a time capsule to preserves the artifacts in case something happens to their race in the battle. He suggests that you should speak with Tegdak to assemble them. Climb down the stairs and go south-east into the second hallway. Speak with Tegdak to obtain a box of artifacts and take it back to the scribe (Picture). He will then give you a time capsule and instructs you to give it to Mistag. Walk down the stairs again and enter the door on the most north-eastern hallway. Give the time capsule to Mistag and he'll suggest that Oldak may have something for you to do.

Go back to Dorgesh-Kaan and enter the most north-western hallway to enter Oldak's room. Oldak has a plan to combine his technology with Grubfoot's magicial abilities. This will prevent the War God from using his regenerative abilities. In order for this to work though, he needs some things from Turgall. Go back to the Dorgesh-Kaan caves run south. Climb down the stairs and ask Turgall for the machine parts (Picture). Return to the place where you fought the merchant and return the parts to Oldak. Give the crossbow to Zanik and she'll tell you to speak with Mernnik in the nursery.

Speak with Mernik and she requests you to speak with Ambassador Alvijar. She wants to see if Keldragrim will take in the children as refugees in the time of battle. Go north and speak with him. Alvijar refuses, so go back and speak with Mernik. She commends your efforts and then tells you that Zanik is waiting for you at the portal.

Part 5:
Defying the War God

Step 6
Weaken Bandos avatar
Gather crossbow fragments
Defeat Bandos avatar

Before progressing any further, it would be wise to outfit yourself in the best melee gear possible. Also, super potions, prayer potions, and high healing food are suggested as well. The fight approaching can be tough for anyone who isn't prepared.

Speak with Zanik and tell her you're ready to fight. You will then enter the portal and face off against the Bandos avatar. The avatar will focus all his attacks on Zanik, so you won't need to be cautious. After beating him Zanik will try to fire at him with the crossbow, but the avatar will smash it onto the ground. Now you must pick up the pieces of the crossbow that lay scattered. As you do this though, statues will attack you. You must defeat them before proceeding to pick up the next piece. After obtaining all the pieces, combine them to make the bow. Unfortunately though, the avatar kills Zanik. Begin fighting him and turn on the protect from magic prayer to force him into melee. Once he has no health, use the special of Zanik's crossbow to finish him off for good (Picture).

Pick up the pendant and sit down with Zanik. Say nothing and suddenly Zanik will wake up. She destroys the pendant and urges you to follow her out of the portal. Sit back, enjoy the cutscene, and the quest is complete!

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How can I return to the Bandos Throne Room?

A: Speak with Oldak and he'll allow you to buy teleport spheres that can take you there. An alternative way to enter the throne room is by using the fairy ring code B-L-Q to go to Yu'biusk. From there you head to the chest where Zanik fell in from the quest, Land of the Goblins. There you open it and go in where you will find yourself in the throne room.

Source: http://www.zybez.net/quests.php?id=160&runescape_chosencommanderthe.htm

The Chosen Commander Update

2009-03-17T09:31:00.000-07:00

Taken From Runescape.com--- Guide Available Shortly

Ever since Dorgesh-Kaan made contact with the surface, the cave goblin adventurer Zanik has helped to defend the city from Sigmund's villainous plots. Now Zanik has disappeared, her fate and whereabouts unknown, and Dorgesh-Kaan is more vulnerable than ever.

Captain Undak of the Dorgeshuun guard is responsible for the city's defences, and he needs your help to investigate a possible HAM attack - but this will only be the start of your adventure. The mystery of Zanik's disappearance will be resolved, and the truth behind a goblin prophecy will be revealed, as events move inexorably towards the realisation of Zanik's destiny. Your adventures will include the discovery of a new Agility course, learning more about the history of the Dorgeshuun, and uncovering the plots of the Big High War God.

The Chosen Commander is the conclusion of a quest series that began with The Lost Tribe. I've had enormous fun working on this storyline over the last few years, and I've tried to give what I think are the best elements of the previous quests a final outing here. I hope you enjoy it.

Mod John A
RuneScape Content Developer

Summary:
Where to start The Chosen Commander:
Speak to Captain Undak in Dorgesh-Kaan.

Requirements to complete The Chosen Commander:
Level 46 Agility
Level 46 Strength
Level 46 Thieving
Must have completed Land of the Goblins
Must be able to defeat several foes up to level 125

To be reminded of what’s happened so far in this quest series, start the quest and then log in to the QuestHelp system – you’ll find a complete summary of all the earlier quests, from The Lost Tribe to Land of the Goblins.

To go along with the quest we're releasing a new Knowledge Base article, History of the Goblins, which is in the Miscellaneous Guides section of the Knowledge Base. We're also releasing a developer forum post looking back over the quest series, which can be found in the forums under Recent Updates. If you enjoy the goblin quests you may also want to read the newest Lores and Histories story, The Chasm of Lights.

In Other News...

To mark the end of the Dorgeshuun quest series, we’re releasing a limited-edition zip-up hoodie on the Jagex store. It’s a limited run of only 2,000, so click here to get yours now!

If you’re logged in to RuneScape and navigate away from the game screen, you will now have to click on a confirmation box to confirm that you want to navigate away from the page. This is to make sure that you don’t accidentally lose your game window.

We've made a couple of changes to the party room due to concerns about abuse by real-world traders. Firstly, drop parties are now available only on two worlds (131 and 152). Secondly, players must now enter their bank PIN (if they have one) before putting items into the drop chest. We're sorry we have to do this, but we can't let real-world traders ruin the party.

We've added a wave-counter interface that will pop up at the start of each round in the TzHaar fight caves. This means you should now find it much easier to track which wave you're on.

Male ogres have been graphically reworked and improved to bring them in line with the recently-updated female ogres. They look tougher and stronger than ever, but don't worry; they're still not the smartest creatures around!

Players will no longer increase their drop-value potential on PvP worlds if they repeatedly cast the basic strike spells.

We've reduced the likelihood of your getting Random Events if you're burning incense in your house, or if you're in building mode. We've also reduced the likelihood that you’ll get Random Events in the Chaos Tunnels and on the Dorgesh-Kaan agility course.

Email registration for new accounts is now optional, although we would still advise you to enter your email address when registering, so that we can help you if you need to recover your password

Ultimate Ork Afk Training[Defense]

2009-03-15T18:49:00.000-07:00

So you want 99 Def huh? And you're lazy right? Well Good, Cause here is the ultimate defense training guide where you can sit back and watch your levels climb up.

Requirements/Gear/Inventory:
Gear:

Invetnory:

Guthans
Decent Combat Level
Holy Symbol/Unholy Symbol
Saradomin/Zamorak Cape
Ring of Life
Tele Tab
and Some food

Getting There:Well By now you should all know how to get to the god wars dungeon. So either Tele to Trollheim and enter the dungeon or make that long walk and enter the dungeon. When In the Dungeon Run Near the Bandos Part of the GWD and Stand where I am in the picture with the Orks lined up like so.
The Spot:

Now that you're There you can stay until your guthans dies. *Special Tip: If you're on a loot share world you can leave for hours and you will not log out or get randoms. BUT BE CAREFUL PEOPLE LIKE TO LURE ALL THE ORKS ONTO AT ONCE WHICH COULD KILL YOU.(Thats what the Ring of Life is for BTW) You can make changes to the inventory. Bring more super pots food or whatever you feel you need. ---Another Guide Brought to you by Runescape-guides-2008.blogspot.com. Sit back and Enjoy Getting your 99 DEF Cape =P

Raising the Range

2009-03-15T18:31:00.000-07:00

This is a Range Training Guide for Runescape. It is directed for the more experienced player and the wealther player.Without further ado here it is, enjoy :

Alright Guys,

Heres the deal everyone. It's becoming increasingly apparent that range is a more and more powerful and efficient way to kill, PK, and train. So because of this, as I have done in the past, I'm making a guide to help everyone "Raise the Range"! The following is a combination of simple economics, math, and a sort of "Goal Making" that is important in whatever you do on this game... Let's get started! It's gonna be a long post, so stick with it and it'll benefit you greatly!

For Starters

Lets be honest, theres a MILLION different ways to train range, from iron knives to red chinchompas, theres a bunch of combinations that you can utilize to train this cool stat! Here they are:

The Ways

The Right Way- This is the best way that accomplishes everything you're aiming for. This can be the fast way, or the cheap way, but it's up to you.
The Fast Way- Money is not an object, you just want the damn levels NOW.
The Cheap Way- You're a gyp. You'd rather spend 100 times less cash and take 1000 times longer.
The Easy Way- AFKing somewhere and just waiting around for the levels to come to you.

Establishing Goals

Basically you need to figure out what your primary goal is. If you want to train range ASAP, drop a buttload of cash and do it. Read no further. But for most of us that aren't made of Phats and 'Old' money, theres two "Slower" ways that are either Long, Boring, and reliant on drops... or the cheap slow ways using crappy gear. Right? Wrong. I introduce to you the "Best Way".

The Best Way

Ideally we all want something that is cheap and affordable, as well as fast, and most times they don't come at the same time. This is where you utilize a slow money-making economical way, combined with the fast ways to train at an accelerate rate while spending very little in the way of money. This applies to all skills as well!

The Best Way To Range

Alright lets start with a simple concept... Everyone loves to make money! What's possibly the best way to make money while ranging? Metal Dragons of course! Here are the common drop tables for Iron and Steel Dragons!:

Steels

Draconic Visage: 1/10,000
Dragon Legs/Skirt: 1/250

Irons

Draconic Visage: 1/10,000
Dragon Legs/Skirt: 1/500

What That Means

Basically, if you want a visage, kill the Irons. But for our purposes, both a visage AND d-legs will help us along our way.. SO. We want a combination of both. Lets see how we're gonna do it!

The Gear

There ya have it, that's what I'm using, but most of you won't have Armadyl. Heres the goals in how you gear yourself. (The bolts are Addy Diamond (e).):

Maximize your Range Attack Bonus
DO NOT USE A DFS- It is -5 Range Attack
DO NOT USE A FURY- You dont need one, they're both +10 to range, and the glory holds a teleport.

WTF you crazy bastard! Diamond Addy Bolts! Those are Expensive! How will I ever afford it?????
The answer is simple.

The Effectiveness of this style relies heavily on your personal patience, as well as a bit of luck. Basically each trip you take to the dragons will net you a considerable amount of experience, and may appear costly, however EXCLUDING ALL RARE DROPS, the trip will pay for itself. Here's a sample trip I did, including a set of legs and a skirt. Keep in mind I rotate between a steel and an iron every other kill, this keeps up your effective killing time, while at the same time upping your chances for a rare drop by a small margin. Here Goes!

That's the loot after the trip, without selling the rare drops, and I ended up with a total of 1298k Cash, and 750 bolts. That means I broke even and had some spending money! The beauty of this style, is that I actually gained about 150k-200k experience in the time I was down there. Time for the good stuff...

After All That...

You'll be able to buy roughly 1700 chinchompas with all that extra stuff! This means that every 2 dragon drops you get 3400 Chins!. I average about 222k an hour there, heres my invent:

*Note: I forgot to include an Anti-poison.

Compare And Contrast

Heres the Math that even PROVES it to be a better style, using another common method of obtaining cash, with an ideal "Trip":

The Other Way

Runecraft for 3 Hours = 1.5m (Ish) = 1700 Chins --- 0 Range Exp

- After 6 hours you will have enough for a chinchompa trip, which will take 2 hours, averaging about 190k-200k an hour.

Total Process = 3m Cash = 3400 Chins --- 400k Range exp --- 8 Hours = 50k an hour overall

The Runecape Guides Way!

Dragons for 3 hours with 1 DLegs drop = 1.5m cash = 1700 Chins --- 150k Range exp

-After 6 hours with 2 dragon drops (Again ideal) You'll have enough for a chin trip, averaging again 190k-200k an hour.

Total Process = 3m Cash = 3400 Chins = 700k range exp --- 87.5k an hour

Another Alternative place To Chin is At the lvl 104 Mummies in The Chaos Tunnels outside of edge. Here you make about the same experience and you get many rune/ Ancient staff drops.

Runescape Update: Soul Wars

2009-02-10T08:12:00.000-08:00

Guide Will be coming soon...
Jagex have just updated runescape and released soul wars, it looks like it will be good although I won’t know til tomorrow when I get a chance to check it out as I’m heading off to bed after this post. :( I like the mini updates as well, the timing with Bert use to get annoying when trying to get the daily sand from him. The free access to brimhaven dungeon for level 3 gloves looks good too, saves a inventory space per trip :) It will be interesting to see what else has been updated to the seers village diary rewards. I’m not all that interested in the quick chat update as I never use it anyway. I’ll let you guys know how I go tomorrow with soul wars. Have fun. :)

A mystical portal has opened in Edgeville, leading to the lands beyond Tirannwn’s western shore. Any players who venture through will find themselves at the site of Soul Wars - a new, members-only minigame involving fierce combat, territory control and your Slayer skills!

If you’ve played Castle Wars you will be on familiar ground with Soul Wars. Like Castle Wars it’s a quick, fun, team game that you can play on any server…but it’s three times the size! Soul Wars is also a safe game, so you don’t have to worry about losing any of your favourite gear.

Once you enter the Soul Wars area you will meet Nomad, who controls the battlefield with his unfortunate minion Zimberfizz. He will show you the workings of the Soul Obelisk, how the giant avatars function, and the basics of territorial domination. Being something of an adventurer, Nomad is prepared to give rewards to players who get involved: sharing his charm collection, offering combat and Slayer training, and even bringing back the souls of Slayer creatures you may have found on your travels.

Mod Rathe and Mod Chris L
RuneScape Developers

Summary:
Where to start Soul Wars: Enter the portal in Edgeville and speak to Nomad.

Requirements: None, but decent combat levels and Slayer are recommended!

In other news…

You can now collect sand from Bert at the same time every day. The 24-hour restriction has been shortened slightly so you won’t have to go later each time

The rewards for the Seers’ Village Achievement Diary have been tweaked and increased; for details, please read the original article.

The hard reward for the Karamja Achievement Diary will now grant free access (when worn) to the Brimhaven Dungeon.

Additions have been made to Quick Chat that should make it easier for players to converse with Player Moderators, and ask any questions they may have.

New Runescape PVP Armour to be Released.

2009-01-27T09:32:00.001-08:00

Recently some acquaintances of mine were asked to test out a new adjustment they are going to make to PVP armours. What is special in this armor is that it changes your existing armor to make it look more scary or dangerous.

So we took this oppoturnity and tested it out. We were told not to take any screenshots or leak this out but... Well. I did anyway.

So here they are:

---Notice The Skull on the Ranger gear.

--- and now the skull on the Prayer Cape

The idea is that the more kills you get the better the icon is. They only had coded the normal skull to appear on armor yet which comes from 10 kills. Next step would be 50 kills, then 100 and so on. Not sure what the gap is after 100 but is said to be something better.

Stay tuned for more info

End of Flower/an Alternative. Other Updates

2009-01-27T09:26:00.000-08:00

Have you ever wanted to teleport to a location you haven't been to for a while, only to find yourself looking through every icon to find the one you need? Our latest upgrade will put an end to this. The magic interface has a new feature that will enable you arrange your spells by category, and display either combat spells or teleport spells at the top of the interface. The default order will be the current, level-based one. This applies to all magic spell books.

The "you are here" button will now mark where you are on the world map, which you can open by clicking on the globe next to the minimap in the top-right-hand corner. This should make it easier for you to plan your journeys, as you’ll have a much clearer idea of your starting point.

One idea that came from the forums was to add a new teleport option to the ring of duelling so that it takes you to the Fist of Guthix minigame, and also to make the ring react more quickly when it has been activated. So we did exactly that! Thanks for the idea.

We’ve also made a small change to PvP worlds, so now the Teleport Block spell will be available to all players, not just members (although its level and rune requirements will stay the same).

Finally, it is now easier to ask gardeners to chop down trees for you, the LootShare radius is larger (and more symmetrical) than before, and Pikkupstix can now enchant the Slayer helmet for use as a Summoning headdress.

The full list of this week’s patches and fixes is available in the Recent Updates forum.

Enjoy these upgrades, and let us know what you think.

Mod Fetzki
RuneScape Content Team Leader

In other news...

You can now refill your plant pots from Farming patches even if you have a crop growing on the patch.

If you need crushed gemstone, such as in the Fairy Tale Part I quest, you can now get it by smashing opals, jade and red topaz with a hammer.

If you completed the Hazeel Cult quest by supporting Hazeel but have lost the Mark of Hazeel, you can now get another one from Clivet.

The "Empty" option on pots of bonemeal has been placed below the "Use" option, so that you don't accidentally empty them quite so often.

Players are no longer allowed to sit around Fletching and alching things while they're meant to be participating in the Great Orb Project.

It seems that some players have been wielding 'fun' weapons in single-way PvP to increase their drop potential. We've changed this so that any players with 'fun' weapons no longer increase their potential.

Ever tried to find a world to play on in the US and not known which would be suitable? Well, now we’ve added several of the states in which RuneScape is most popular to the world-select page. Even if your state isn’t on the list, why not log in to one of the others? This change doesn’t affect the world numbers available, and there’s nothing to stop you from playing on whichever world you choose.
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Even though Flowering is now not available there are other ways to kill swap. The easiest way would be do the same thing you did while flowering except this time put on as much negative mage bonus as possible and use wind strike.

Seer's Achievement Diary Guide

2009-01-20T09:46:00.000-08:00

Easy Tasks

Items needed: 5 Pots, 5 Cider, 3 coins, Big net, Milk, 3 Jute seeds, a few Camelot teleports (recommended).

Task	Quests Started / Required	Other Requirements
Pick 5 Flax.	None	The flax field is located south of seers' village.
Walk clockwise around the mysterious statue.	None	The statue is located east of the bank. Must walk around using four clicks.
Have Sir Galahad make you a cup of tea.	None	Sir Galahad may be found in his house west of McGrubor's Wood.
Take the poison chalice to King Arthur.	Dwarf cannon	Poison chalice may be obtained from Stankers at the mine near the dwarf cannon.
Spin 5 Bow strings.	None	10 Crafting
Fill five pots with flour from Sinclair Mansion	Murder Mystery	In the kitchen in Sinclair Mansion empty the Flour to reuse pot.
Give five locals a glass of Cider in the Foresters' Arms.	None	Can be bought in the underground bar in Miscellania after Royal Trouble quest.
Plant a Jute seed	None	13 Farming
Use the churn in Sinclair Mansion garden	None	None
Buy a candle from the candle maker.	None	3 coins needed. Candle shop is in Catherby.
Pray at Seers' Village altar.	None	None
Catch a Mackerel.	None	16 Fishing. A Big net is needed to catch a mackerel.Catch the Mackerel in Catherby fishing spot.

[edit] Easy task tips

To save time pick the 5 Flax and spin them straight after.
You can buy cider from the bar under Miscellania(After Royal Trouble quest)
It is required you plant the Jute first.

[edit] Rewards

Seers' headband equipped.

Seers' headband 1
Ability to get 30 free flax a day from Geoff.
Ability to cut one or two more regular logs when woodcutting.
1k Experience Lamp

[edit] Medium Tasks

Items needed: Pickaxe, Camelot Teleport, Big fishing net, Longbow, Pyrelord pouch/Forge regent pouch, Battered key, fishbowl, seaweed,10 coins (for tiny net)

Task	Quests Started / Required	Other Requirements
Use the Sinclair Mansion to Fremennik agility shortcut.	None	48 Agility.
Talk to Thormac the Sorceror about making mystic staves.	Scorpion Catcher	None
Transport a full load (120 pieces) of coal to Seers' Village.	None	30 Mining if you choose to mine the coal yourself
Find the highest point in Seers' Village.	One Small Favour	None
Defeat each type of elemental in the Elemental Workshop.	Elemental Workshop I	Defeating the Earth Elemental from mining it first will not count
Teleport to Camelot.	None	45 Magic (Camelot teleport tablets do not work for this task).
Kill one guard on each tower of the Ranging Guild using a longbow.	None	40 Ranged/Must use Wood Longbow, and apropriate ammo (Iron arrows, best)
Have the Ranging Guild competition judge congratulate you for acquiring over 1,000 archery tickets.	None	40 Ranged - bring some cash for the entrance fee(200gp/game)
Buy something from the ticket exchange in the Ranging Guild.	None	40 Ranged
Use a familiar to make a fire from maple logs within Seers' Village.	Wolf Whistle	46 Summoning, 45 Firemaking
Get a pet fish from Harry.	None	Tiny net (achieved from Harry if you talk to him while you have a filled fishbowl with a seaweed used on it in your inventory)
Catch and cook a Bass in Catherby.	None	46 Fishing(to catch the bass) and 43 Cooking (to cook it)

[edit] Medium task tips

Killing archers in the tower will only update the diary if the player is using a longbow made of regular wood.
It's possible to bring the coal from seers village bank to the closest coal truck, if you already have 120 coal. This will save you time mining the coal.
You can buy or have a friend trade you 1,000 archery tickets. Once you have done that talk to the Ranging Guild competition judge.

[edit] Rewards

Seers' headband 2
Ability to get 60 flax a day from Geoff.
Ability to get more experience from cutting maples when wearing Seers' headband 2.
5k Experience lamp.

[edit] Hard Tasks

Items needed: Combat Bracelet, Axe, Knife, Dramen staff/Lunar staff, Tinderbox, Magic Logs, Harpoon, 5 Unpowered orbs, Mith grapple, Crossbow

Task	Quests Started / Required	Other Requirements
Teleport to the Ranging Guild	None	None
Cut five sets of yew logs	None	60 Woodcutting
Fletch a magic shortbow in the Seers' Village Bank	None	80 Fletching
Enter the Seers' Village courthouse with your Piety prayer turned on	King's Ransom and Knight Waves Training Grounds	70 Prayer
Use the fairy ring in McGrubor's Wood	A Fairy Tale Part II - Cure a Queen	Fairy ring code ALS, but only works from woods to zanaris
Burn a magic log in Seers' Village	None	75 Firemaking
High Alch a magic shortbow in the Seers' Village bank	None	55 Magic
Catch five sharks in Catherby	None	76 Fishing
Cook 5 sharks in Catherby using the Cooking gauntlets	Family Crest	80 Cooking
Charge five water orbs in one go	None	56 Magic
Use the grapple shortcut to get from the water obelisk island to Catherby shore	None	22 Strength, 36 Agility, 39 Ranged Do this after charging 5 orbs.

[edit] Rewards

Seers' headband 3
120 flax a day from Geoffrey.
Players are able to spin flax at a slighter faster rate.
Players may gain bonus experience when cutting maples trees.
10k Experience lamp.
Players may talk to the Lady of the Lake with Excalibur in inventory to upgrade to the Enhanced excalibur.

It will be upgraded to the same stat as rune longsword and with a new special attack heal 4HP 5 times each 2 seconds and boost defence greater than before.

Seer's Achievement Diary

2009-01-20T09:43:00.000-08:00

How far can you see into the future? The seers in their village foresee mountains of flax, adventurers fishing, cooking and cutting wood, and many other challenges in and around Seers’ Village. Are you virtuous enough to use the Piety prayer? Gather your axe and knife (and bring your best flax-picking fingers), and go see what’s in store for you.

Explore the area and discover all the things you hadn’t noticed before. From Catherby to the Ranging Guild, and as far north as the coal trucks and Sinclair Mansion, this diary should keep you busy, and remind you why this is one of the most popular areas in the members’ world.

When you’ve satisfied the seers with your knowledge of the area, you’ll be rewarded with some handy bonuses: Geoffrey will give you some of his glorious...er...flax, maple trees will reveal some of their secrets to make you that little bit wiser, and you’ll discover a new nimbleness in your fingers when using the spinning wheel.

Mod Maz
RuneScape Developer
Queen of the Squirrels

Summary:

Where to start the Seers’ Village Achievement Diary:

Speak to any seer in the Seers’ Village, Stankers by the coal trucks, or Sir Kay in Camelot.

In other news...

Players can now right-click on previously sent private messages to send another message to the same person. This applies whether split chat is on or off.

The alchemy values of the crystal bow and shield have been reduced. We suggest that you check your ‘items kept on death’ interface before PvPing or entering dangerous areas with combinations of these items, just in case it's not quite what you're expecting if you were to die.

The Slayer ring, combat bracelet and the skills necklace have had their 'delays' removed when operating them.

Armies of Gielinor

2009-01-16T10:43:00.000-08:00

Armies of Gielinor (AoG) is a turn-based strategy game for up to 8 players, and the first FunOrb game to be based on our massively multiplayer adventure game, RuneScape (Gielinor being an alternative name for RuneScape's world). All players start out with a lowly barbarian chieftain and must capture structures, teleport in new units and battle with their enemies to control the mightiest army on Gielinor.

There are a lots of different units, each aligned to the various gods of Gielinor. Some units are very powerful, while others have special abilities that can affect the landscape or introduce various different strategies for you to employ. Can you balance your army's strengths to take on any opponent and emerge victorious?

1. What is a turn-based strategy game?

You and your opponents take it in turns to move and attack with your armies, with the ultimate aim of meeting the victory conditions and winning the game.

2. What do free players get?

Free players can access neutral units and the starting units affiliated to Saradomin, Guthix and Zamorak. Unrated multiplayer games can be played on the standard map. Not all units are available to free players, but the game has been designed to give members more choice in the units they can control, rather than them simply having better units than free players.

3. What do members get?

Members earn runes by playing Rated games, allowing them access to Bandos, Seren and Menaphite units, and all other units in the game. Runes are used on the 'Player Setup - Unit Selection' screen. Members can play on the Misthalin map (standard, temperate terrain), the Kharidian Desert (open space and little vegetation) and the Frozen Wastes (snow, lots of mountains and dense forests). AoG's Achievements can only be earned in Rated games, and some of them unlock items for your coat of arms.

4. How many units are there in the game?

There are 76 units in the game. Each of the six gods offers 11 units, there are 9 neutral units, and all players start each game with a lone barbarian chieftain. If you were wondering, the 9th neutral unit is a red dragon, which only becomes available if another player has already brought in the King Black Dragon (KBD). Free players have access to 27 units, including the barbarian chieftain and KBD.

5. Any tactics or tips you can tell us about?

Here are some tips for playing AoG:

Try to capture a portal first...
...and don't leave it unprotected!
Capturing structures gains you Victory Points and Mana, and is the key to victory. Placing units on structures heals them and grants them a defence bonus, so capture as many as you can, as quickly as you can.
Only barbarians can capture structures, so try to have lots of them at the beginning of each game.
Use your barbarian chieftain wisely, as he can capture structures faster than normal barbarians.
When units die they become a pile of bones - useful if you have a necromancer...
Use terrain to your advantage. Look for choke points and remember what units can move through what terrain.
Helper units and those with special abilities can dramatically affect the battle.
Make your move quickly, as ending your turn early awards you with bonus Mana.
Occupying an enemy-controlled structure reduces how much Mana an opponent earns from it. Obviously, this works both ways.
Some units are better at fighting one enemy type than another.
Play graciously and, above all, have fun!

6. Where is Gielinor, and what exactly is RuneScape?

RuneScape is another name for Gielinor, the world on which this game is set. It is also the name of Jagex's fantasy-based, massively mutliplayer adventure game. If you haven't heard of it before, or haven't checked it out for yourself yet, why not head over to the RuneScape website by clicking here.

Your FunOrb login and password can be used to access RuneScape too and, as with FunOrb, you can play some of the game for free. We offer a combined RuneScape/FunOrb subscription package, should you wish to become a member of both RuneScape and FunOrb.

7. Will playing Armies of Gielinor affect my RuneScape character?

Other than taking its inspiration from there, AoG is not linked to RuneScape in any way. Playing Armies of Gielinor will have absolutely no impact upon your RuneScape character, and vice versa.

8. When in RuneScape history is Armies of Gielinor set?

Technically, AoG is not set in a specific time period in RuneScape history, but it could be considered to have taken place at some point during the God Wars. It might seem strange to see Saradominist and Zamorakian forces fighting on the same side, but this was a chaotic time in RuneScape history. As such, it is not impossible that enemy factions formed temporary alliances for some greater purpose.

9. Why were specific units chosen? Why didn't you use...?

The units chosen for AoG were carefully considered, based on many factors. We couldn't have included every RuneScape creature AND have had a balanced and fun game. If there are creatures you'd have preferred to see, well...for now, they're still in RuneScape, and we are planning to update Armies of Gielinor at some point in the future, so feel free to tell us what other units you'd like to see. If they fit the game, they may well be included at some point.

10. There are some units in AoG that don't yet exist in RuneScape. Is this a hint that they will?

The short answer is no. Our main aim was to make AoG both balanced and fun, so rather than 'fudge' a match between a special ability in AoG and an existing RuneScape creature, we decided to create some new creatures instead, which fit within the RuneScape universe. There is a chance that these creatures will find their way into RuneScape, but only if and when there is an appropriate opportunity.

11. Is Armies of Gielinor the same thing as Mobilising Armies (a RuneScape minigame)?

No. Armies of Gielinor and Mobilising Armies are, and have always been, two completely separate games.

12. What are the minimum specifications for this game?

The minimum specifications we recommend for this game are:

1.0 GHz
128 MB RAM

The recommended specifications for getting the most out of this game are:

1.5 GHz
256 MB RAM

Below is an explanation of the terms in our technical specifications.

Megahertz (MHz) / Gigahertz (GHz) is a measure of how fast your computer's processor is. This affects how quickly you can run things like games and applications.

Megabytes (MB) are used to measure how much memory your computer has. This affects how quickly your computer runs when using large programs such as games, or when you run a lot of programs at once.

Click here to get the latest version of Sun Java.

Development Team

Development: Brian C, Stacy S, Mark T, Thomas D
Graphics: Adam S, Anthony A, David H, Kristian F, Peter S
Audio: Adam B, Ian T
Quality Assurance: Joe C, Ken W L, Sally R, Alex P
Editing: Ian D, Stephen R, Mark O

Zamorak Godwars Guide

2009-01-11T17:35:00.000-08:00

1. Get kill count north of the rope.
2. Once prayer is 0, go north and swim across the water.

3. Go south east until you reach the zamorak gate.

Real Name: K'ril Tsutsaroth
Hit points: 255
Difficulty (1-4): 2
Level Required: 70 Hitpoints
Time for kill count: 10-15 minutes
Danger level at spawn: 5

7A. The Inventory

The Best:

Efficient:

Helmet: Veracs Helmet > Torags Helmet > Helm of Neitizot > Beserker Helmet.
Amulet: Amulet of Fury > Amulet of Glory > Zamorak Stole.
Arrows: N/A
Top: Armadyl Chesplate > Karils Top > Torags/Dh/Guth Top > Rune Platebody.
Bottom: Armadyl Plateskirt > Veracs Skirt > Karils Leatherskirt > Rune legs.
Weapon: Armadyl Godsword > Bandos Godsword > Whip > Dragon Long.
Shield: Dragonfire shield > Obby Shield > Zamorak Book.
Boots: Dragon Boots > Rune Boots.
Gloves: Barrows Gloves > Spiked Vambraces > Vambraces.
Ring: Ring of Wealth > Beserker Ring > Warrior Ring.
Cape: Zamorak Cape.

Recommended Stats:
70+ Attack
70+ Strength
70+ Hitpoints [Required]
70+ Defense

7B. The Kill Count

1. Go down the rope.
2. Go north and kill zamorak mosters that are being attacked by Bandos monsters.
3. If no Bandos monsters seem to be attacking any Zamorak, pray melee and kill monsters such as Zombies, Bloodvelds, and Werewolfs.

4. When your prayer hits 0, go north, and swim across the water.
5. Go east and kill the imps, there are 5 spawns in the area, for the rest of the kill count.

7C. The Procedure

______The Charge______
1. Everybody pots outside.
2. Person with highest defense and defense bonus enters with melee prayers.
3. Everybody enters with mage pray on.

______The Rest______
1. Await the spawn as so.

2. Pray melee when it spawns, NOT before.
3. Whoever it attacks, prays melee, everybody else changes to mage prayer.
4. Kill the K'ril Tsutsaroth.

5. Whoever the small guys attack prays mage.
5. Kill the Tstanon Karlak, then Zakl'n Gritch, and then Balfrug Kreeyath. Range -> Melee -> Mage.
6. Share food and re-pot if needed.
7. Assume the positions along the wall.

In Pyre Need Guide new quest

2009-01-06T09:30:00.000-08:00

In Pyre Need Walkthrough =P

Start: Speak to the priest of Guthix Outside a cave south-west of the Piscatoris Fishing Colony

Difficulty: Easy

Length: Very Short

Members only: Yes

Requirements: Level 55 Firemaking, Level 53 Fletching, Level 52 Crafting (51 slayer for fighting the bird again after Quest)

Items needed: Knife, Tinderbox, Secateurs (The items can be obtained from the priest at the start point)

Rewards:

1 Quest Point
14,400 Firemaking XP
12,500 Fletching XP
11,556 Crafting XP
5 Phoenix Quills (which can be used to make a Phoenix Summoning pouch; Level 72 required)
Access to the Phoenix Lair
The ability to ‘challenge’ the Phoenix once every day

Monsters to kill: None

Step 1: Start with talking to the priest Brian Twitcher. He is at a cave entrance, south-west of the Piscatoris Fishing Colony. He is north-west of and very close to the AKQ fairy ring location.

Step 2: Obtain the items you will need from him (Secateurs, Knife and Tinderbox).

Step 3: Enter the cave.

Step 4: Cut the branch from the tree in the first room, use a knife on it to fletch it.

Step 5: Do this for the other four rooms.

Step 6: After going through the last cave, you’ll see the Wounded Phoenix, use the fletched branches with the pyre, and a cutscene will start.

Step 7: Light the pyre. The phoenix will crawl on the pyre, light it with your tinderbox to ‘revive’ it.

Step 8: Now talk to the phoenix, she will explain everything and thank you.

She will give you 5 Phoenix Quill and the ability to challenge her someday.

Step 9: Talk to the priest for your reward.

Step 10: QUEST COMPLETED, WELL DONE!

Reward

14,400 Firemaking XP
12,500 Fletching XP
11,556 Crafting XP
5 Phoenix Quills (which can be used to make a Phoenix Summoning pouch; Level 72 required)
Access to the Phoenix lair
The ability to ‘challenge’ the Phoenix once every day

Dagannoth King Guide

2009-01-05T19:18:00.000-08:00

'The Dk Guide'
The entrance: yes it does look like vig.

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Don't forget your Rune ThrownAxe.

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Recommended Stats:

Level 100+ Combat.
80+ in all combat stats.
80+ Range (if you're ranging).
80+ Magic (if you're maging).
37+ Prayer.

Possiblity of loot.
-RuneScript- *** [ DROPS ]: Top Drops for "Dagannoth supreme": Rune kiteshield, Rune 2h sword, Rune battleaxe, Clue scroll (level-3), Dragon med helm, Shield left half, Dragon axe, Seercull, Archer ring, Archer helm |

-RuneScript- *** [ DROPS ]: Top Drops for "Dagannoth prime": Clue scroll (level-3), Dragon med helm, Shield left half, Dragon axe, Mud staff, Seers' ring

(19:10:33) -RuneScript- *** [ DROPS ]: Top Drops for "Dagannoth rex": Clue scroll (level-3), Dragon med helm, Shield left half, Dragon axe, Berserker ring, Warrior ring, Dragon spear |

Gear that you are going to need.
Hybrid gear #1

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Hybrid Gear #2

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Mage Gear #1

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The monster you will face down there...

Spinolyp:

Attacks with: Range and Magic
Max hit: 11
Level: 76

These, surprisingly, will do you the most damage when at the King's (unless you do something incorrect, like use protect from range when Prime is around). It's advised you leave them alone, as they respawn quickly so there's really not much point in killing them unless you're using guthans on them to heal. These also poison you for 6, hence why you should bring a super antipoison potion with you.

Dagannoth Prime:

Attacks with: Magic
Weakness: Range
Max hit: 60
Level: 303

If Prime is around, have magic prayer on!

Dagannoth Rex:

Attacks with: Melee
Weakness: Magic
Max hit: 28
Level: 303

Can cause trouble if he isn't dealt with correctly by the mage, otherwise he's harmless. He doesn't stick to 1 spot and wanders the whole thing, that's why it's important for the magician to attack him as quickly as possible so that he doesn't wander into the range/melee hybrids and hassle them.

Dagannoth Supreme:

Attacks with: Range
Weakness: Melee
Max hit: 30
Level: 303

Not too much trouble caused by him, if you've placed yourself correctly he'll just wander about by himself not attacking anybody.

Behind the Scenes

2009-01-05T16:33:00.000-08:00

A new year often brings with it a sense of change or new adventure. For some, this rebirth is a nice, friendly affair, involving a new haircut and a resolution or two. For others, it means complex nesting rituals and a fiery demise...or perhaps a new beginning? Could we be talking about the legendary phoenix?

Our first update of the year is actually one we have been talking about for a while – the new Summoning familiar you voted for during the Summer. Of course, we could have just produced a simple Summoning creature to follow you around and do the occasional funky trick, but we decided that a legendary creature such as the phoenix deserved the full treatment. So, it will have its own tutorial-style quest, in which you learn how to deal with the unusual nesting habits of the giant, fire-drenched beast, AND a repeatable challenge you can take on every day, should you wish.

Once you’ve helped the phoenix you’ll be able to summon a smaller phoenix familiar to help you in battle, just as you would with any other Summoning familiar. Not only will it be able to fight alongside you (dealing Magic damage), it will also have the ability to fire ashes at your opponents, temporarily blinding them and making it harder for them to attack. On top of this, the phoenix will be able to be reborn from the ashes, leaving nearby nasties scorched by the accompanying flames.

We will also be releasing the next of our Achievement Diaries this month – this time set in the peaceful Seers’ Village and its surrounding woods and castles. As always, the intention of the Achievement Diary is to introduce some of the hidden or 'non-quest' activities associated with an area, so expect to be learning all about coal carts, the Piety prayer, forgotten sorcerers, poisoned chalices, pet fish and bullseyes! Rewards include additional experience when cutting down maple trees, and a handy flax picker (similar to Bert, who collects buckets of sand for you after the Hand in the Sand quest).

Another of the changes prepared for January is a great suggestion from our forums – the ability to re-order your spell list. Now, don’t worry, this is totally optional (and the default will still be the 'level order' setting you're currently used to), but you’ll be able to set up the list with the combat spells first, or the teleport spells first, etc. This is all managed via a handy series of buttons at the bottom of each of the three (normal, lunar and ancient) spellbooks. We’re making this change because we feel it could be useful, but if you think it could be even MORE useful, we’d like to know how - please let us know what you think.

Hopefully, you’ll have already read the Behind the Scenes 2009 newspost written by Mod Vince, the new Head of RuneScape. As he said, we intend to spend a lot of time this year reviewing older content, making it more useful and user-friendly, and ensuring that yesterday’s content is of the same standard as tomorrow’s. The changes we plan to make cover all aspects of the game - this month we’ll be increasing the length of the auto-logout timer from the current 90 seconds to about 5 minutes, and a ‘You are here’ arrow on the world map. We’re even looking back over our old word lists, to remove words accidentally starred-out in chat.

Last but not least, we’ll be bringing you a new players’ gallery and the letters from Postie Pete’s January postbag.

Enjoy!

Mod Mark
Lead Designer - RuneScape

Saradomin God Wars Guide

2008-12-30T14:26:00.001-08:00

Introduction

This is my guide on Zilyana, the Saradomin God Wars Dungeon boss. She is my favorite boss, and arguably one of the most difficult bosses to kill. What I love most about The Saradomin boss is, unlike all the other GWD bosses, there are many different methods to use at Zilyana. Some are better then others, but all are fun and effective. Even now, nearly 5 months after I started going to sara, I am still perfecting my methods, refining my invo. That's what I love about the entire thing; developing the methods/gear/invos and perfecting them to a forumla lol Requiring level 70 agility and decent range, melee, prayer, and hp levels depending on the method used. Her melee attack hits mid 20s and is as fast as darts. Her mage attack can hit double, like a dds, if not prayed against. But her rewards are some of the best in all of God Wars Dungeon.

Sections
1) Introduction, History of Commander Zilyana, Killcount
2) Godsword Recommendations
3) Solo Methods
4) Duo Methods
5) Team Methods
6) A word on Drop Rates and The Drop System
7) General Tips, Credits, Testimonies

A brief History of Commander Zilyana, by Soma2035
28 August 2007 - God Wars Dungeon -

QUOTE ("Soma2035")

Release date of God Wars Dungeon and Link to the news post on Runescape home page. Almost instantly, players recognized Zilyana as the deadliest of the four bosses.

But it wasn't long before players found a winning strategy. Unlike other aggressive multi way area bosses, the bosses in God Wars Dungeon were focused. They would target someone, and not change unless they were struck several times while unable to reach their victim. 2 people could block the bosses path, while 2 more attacked the boss from a distance.

Well, this was widely used on all the bosses, and Jagex discovered and removed it fairly quickly. Her melee attack is so deadly she cannot be meleed head on. Her mage defense is so high ancients and magic is not feasible. A hit and run method is developed using either veracs or a god sword, or a rune crossbow.

Still not satisfied, some people developed the hit-and-duck method. Using the alcove in front of the door, they would step out, strike zil, and step back in, thereby nullifying her overwhelming speed. Even with this technique she caused massive amounts of damage, and many deaths. Soon enough, a very small group of people discovered a new method. They would lure Bree to the door alcove, trapped north of it an unable to hit anyone in the alcove. Growler would be trapped similarly, south of the alcove. Zilyana would be trapped in the same spot as Bree. Starlight would be lured into exactly the right position, and the killer would use chinchompas on starlight, splashing and hitting Zilyana. Because of the way Chinchompas functioned, it would utilize Starlight's defense only, making Zilyana very easy to kill.

Well, of course this trick didn't last very long either. The Bandos safespot was discovered, and when Jagex removed it, they decided also to remove the door alcove. Unknowingly, they put an end to this technique as well.

A few months later, a safe spot was found. Zilyana and star light could be lured onto a slanted corner and ranged; only taking hits from Bree the ranger. The group known to have found it concealed it for several months. However, after 3 months, several more discovered it and were more willing to spread it. Within a week, the amount of people using it rose from under 10 to several dozen, and pictures were circulated. The safespot was finally revealed to the public, and Jagex modified the safe spot. Zilyana can still get stuck on the walls, but after 2-3 hits she walks out. This is where the solo method and duo method come into play.

Apparently, Jagex had a hard time removing the slanted corner. The unusual AI was a temporary fix, and several weeks later, Jagex removed the wall for good, modifying the wall so not to mess up the rest of the dungeon, and removing any safe spots for good. That leaves us back on square one, with the hit and run method.

The Kill Count
This kill count is pretty straight forward. Kill 40 Saradomin NPCs, preferably ones in combat. If using lootshare, it is a good idea to use it for the kill count. Lootshare splits the kill count evenly, this helps ensure everyone finishes at the same time. There are 3 three levels to the Saradomin camp, if one level is busy try the next.

Far too often I hear "I don't have 83 slayer, I can't go to sara GWD" or "I don't have 83 slayer, the killcount will take so long." This is a huge mistake, 83 slayer makes little to no difference, speeding up the kc by maybe 3-4minutes.

If you are ranging the kill count, the melee NPCs can be blocked by things like Sara mages (some times at least) and by pretty much all the Zamorak NPCs in the area.

If you get a drop and want to keep it, like rune or d boots, you have two options. If you do not have a familiar, brew to max hp then sip a rest. Drop the brew and get the drop. Should you need to pick up another drop, drop the restore next.

The second option is for players using a familiar (all players should have some kind of familiar, to be honest). Drop a potion, then get the drop. Continue picking up and re-dropping the potion every minute or so, to stop it from dissappearing. Once you have 40 kill count and are ready to enter the boss room, drop the potion on the bottem level, summon the familiar, then pick up the potion again. THis way you lose no supplies and keep the drop from before.

You will always need a saradomin and a zamorak item for this kc. Good god items to use are-
Bracers
Sara/Zammy d'hide top and chaps
Holy and Unholy Symbols
God Capes and Treasure Trail God Capes
Stoles
God Swords

Godsword Recommendations
While the primary method to kill the Saradomin boss is with range, the Godswords can be very effective weapons when used correctly. Here, I will briefly explain how to use each Godsword in the most effective manner.

The ultimate Godsword for Saradomin GWD is without a doubt the Zamorak Godsword. This weapons special attack has the chance to freeze your opponent for 20 seconds. This is especially usefull at the Sara boss, as the main idea here is to avoid being meleed by the boss all together. A successful hit with this spec allows you and your team 20 seconds of free reign on Zilyana.

The best Godsword to use with the Zamorak godsword is the Armadyl Godsword. If one or more team members has a Zamorak Godsword, use the Armadyl Godsword spec after the Zamorak Godsword has frozen Zilyana.

The Bandos Godsword would be used the same way the Armadyl Godsword is used :P

Possibly the second best Godsword to use for Sara GWD is the Saradomin Godsword. This weapons special attack restores half the damage done to your hp and a quarter to your prayer. This spec is best used on minions, and with piety.

Solo Method
First, I want to give a warning to anyone looking to solo. When picking a world, always make sure it is not a lootshare world. Soloing in a lootshare world is asking to get crashed.

There is one effective way to solo Zilyana. It requires you to constantly run away from Zilyana, avoiding her melee, while ranging her.

Solo Running Method
With this method, you are continually running away from Zilyana to avoid her melee, while still shooting at her.

Setup

Torag or Verac helm is fine. Sara d hide top can be used as well, just take a zammy item to compensate.
Archer Ring > ROW > ROL
Df > Granite/Obby > Rune Kite
Barrows Gloves > Vambs > Rune Gloves

Invo With Unicorn Stallion

Invo With Spirit Terrorbird

You will need 3 extra pouches for-
One for summoning a new familiar at the boss door.
One for when the first runs out in the boss room.
One for extra, incase one of the terrorbirds die.

While you can take a familiar down the entrance rope into GWD, you can not take a familiar past the two ropes into the Saradomin area. To work around this, get the kill count in the upper area. Once you have the killcount, dismiss the terrorbird at the first rope. Run to the boss room door and drop 12 items. Run back to where you dismissed the terrorbird and pick up the items it dropped. Run back to the boss door and summon the terrorbird and fill up it's invo. To see this best, watch the short video below.
How to take a Beast of Burden to Zilyana

Invo With no Familiar

You can take 3-4 sharks/tuna tators/manta rays if you find yourself sipping brews before you need to sip restores.

The Battle
The whole idea here is to stay out of Zilyana's melee range. Once you have the killcount, head to the boss room entrance. Pot up to full Hp and prayer, and range pot.

When Zilyana is near that spot, put on protection from magic prayer, eagle eye, and enter. Start shooting at Zilyana, running away after every 1-2 shots. If you are new to this, you may want to start with longrange, swapping to rapid when you get better.

Continually run around the room, following the walls, while turning back and shooting at her when you can. Make sure you watch your run energy very closely, walking away from Zilyana is a death wish. Be conservative with your range pots, try to sip just one or two times per kill.

When Zilyana is dead, run to the north wall. Standing on the north wall will get Starlight to stop attacking-

Kill Bree from here, then Starlight, then Growler if you have time.

Solo Running Video
Solo Zilyana Run Method

Duo Method
I do not include a duo melee method in this guide. I have not found anyway way to duo melee sara that can compete with duo range. Duo range allows for over twice the kills per trip.

Duo range Range gets an average of 30-40 kills a trip for expierenced players.

I recommend 85+ range, 75-80+ def, 60+ prayer, 75+ Hitpoints.

Duo Range Setup

This setup is very similar to the solo setup. Prayer bonus is very important here.
Verac Helm > Torag
Stole > Fury > Glory
Ranger Boots > Snake Skin > Dragon Boots > Rune
Archer Ring > ROL
Df > Granite/Obby/Crystal/Dragon Square

Do not take a ring of wealth in any situation you will be using lootshare. According to Jagex, the ring of wealth does not effect lootshare drops.

QUOTE (Knowledge Base)

Does the ring of wealth work with LootShare?

No, the ring of wealth does not improve your chances of getting a good drop while you are LootSharing. The ring only works when you are fighting by yourself.

Link- http://www.runescape.com/kbase.....cle_id=636

Duo Range Invos

I only recommend two familiars for duo; the level 88 summoning Unicorn Stallin and the Level 52 summoning Spirit Terrorbird. If I had to choose between the two, I'd pick the Spirit Terrorbird. The Beast of Burden effect allows you to take 12 more items, and the scrolls restore energy for virtually no cost.

Invo No Familiar

Invo With Stallion

In order to get by with no summoning pots, when your summoning points hit about 12, dismiss the familiar and summon a new one. You now have that familiar for its full length of time (you don't need summoning points to have a familiar out, only to summon it).

Invo With Spirit Terrorbird

While you can take a familiar down the entrance rope into GWD, you can not take a familiar past the two ropes into the Saradomin area. To work around this, get the kill count in the upper area. Once both you and your partner have the killcount, dismiss the terrorbird at the first rope. Run to the boss room door and drop 12 items. Run back to where you dismissed the terrorbird and pick up the items it dropped. Run back to the boss door and summon the terrorbird and fill up it's invo. To see this best, watch the short video below.
How to take a spirit terrorbird to Zilyana

In order to get by with no summoning pots, when your summoning points hit about 12, dismiss the familiar and summon a new one. You now have that familiar for its full length of time (you don't need summoning points to have a familiar out, only to summon it).

The Battle
This method uses range to avoid Zilyana's melee attacks. Combined with her AI for movement, it is a very effective method. In general it allows for about 30 kills a trip, up to 40 if you are expierenced.

Once you and your partner have the kill count, meet at the door and take a sip of your range pot and put on magic protection prayer. One person should enter first. This person will have Zilyana on them and should run in a square around the room, hugging the walls. The other partner enters and starts ranging Zilyana. When Zilyana stops focusing on the first partner, you will both have to range her, keeping her in the center of you both. If she starts to get close to you, take a few steps back and let her wander away. If you wait too long and she gets close enough to melee, run in a square around the room. When done right, she will stay in the center of you both, kind of wandering around.

If you have a Zamorak Godsword (highly recommended) use the spec at the start of each boss.

If you have a spirit terrorbird with you, you will have to summon a new one at least once during the trip. You should do this when Zilyana is dead. If you have to, dismiss your current one a minute or two early to make sure you have a source of energy for the boss.

When Zilyana dies, both of you should go to the north wall and range Bree. When hugging the north wall, Starlight will not attack you-

Range Bree, then Starlight, then Growler if you have time.

Duo Range Video

Three Man+ Team Method
There are two main ways to team Zilyana- Melee and Range.

Range is great option, and probably the better way to kill Zilyana. Zilyana's range defense is fairly low, and her AI for movement is in great favor for the ranger.

The big difference between the two methods is melee will get you faster kills per trip, while range will get you more kills per trip. So do you want to stay at Zilyana longer? Or do you want to kill her faster but less times a trip? It's up to you.

Team Range Method
I recommend 80+ range, 70+ def, 70+ Hitpoints, and 50+ prayer.

General Range Setup

God Dragon Hide > Karils > Black Dragon Hide
Verac Skirt > Chaps
Stole > Fury > Glory
Archer's Ring > Ring Of Life
Verac's Helm > Torag's Helm > Other Barrows > Neitiznot
Dragonfire Shield > Granite/Obby/Dragon Square/Crystal Shield > Rune Kite
Veracs Helm is best here, as you are trying to get the most out of your trip and need to keep prayer for as long as possible.

Do not take a ring of wealth in any situation you will be using lootshare. According to Jagex, the ring of wealth does not effect lootshare drops.

QUOTE (Knowledge Base)

Link- http://www.runescape.com/kbase.....cle_id=636

You can also take guthans with range. Instead of verac helm and skirt, take guthans with the spear and plate in invo. Guthans is NOT necessary if you have the unicorn stallion familiar.

Void Setup

This is only for one or two players in a large team of 5+, otherwise you'll get owned with the low def of void, and the low prayer will drain fast.

Team Ranger Invos
These invos will vary depending on a few factors such as def level, range level, GWD expierence, Sara boss expierence, etc. However these are good invos to start with and go from there.

I do not recommend taking fighter familiars for this method. Fighter familiars only fight other npc's if you are being attacked. Most of the time you will not be under attack and your fighter will simply follow you around. Furthermore, Beasts of Burden and Healers have a much larger effect.

Invo no Familiar

Range pots are optional here, if you are over level 90 range they really are not necessary.
If using guthans, include the spear and plate. Take 4-6 less brews. The amount of brews you take depends greatly on your expierence at sara.

Invo With Stallion
Beginner Invo-

Expierenced Invo-

Only go with no brews if you are very expierenced, take more if you are not sure or have not been before. Try to use less populated worlds for slower respawns. This will allow the spec for the familiar to regenerate between spawns.

Invo with Beast of Burdens
I will include every invo you can use with a beast of burden. Which one you should use depends on your summoning level.

While you can take a familiar down the entrance rope into GWD, you can not take a familiar past the two ropes into the Saradomin area. To work around this, get the kill count in the upper area. Once you and your team have the killcount, dismiss the Beast of Burden at the first rope. Run to the boss room door and drop the same amount of items the Beast of Burden was holding. Run back to where you dismissed the familiar and pick up the items it dropped. Run back to the boss door and summon the Familiar and fill up it's invo. To see this best, watch the short video below.
How to take a Beast of Burden to Zilyana GWD

War Tortoise Invos
Plain invo (level 67 sum)-

War Tortoise and Healing Titan (level 79 sum)-

War Tortoise and Bunyip (level 68 sum)-

War Tortoise and Guthans (level 67 sum)-

Spirit Terrorbird Invos-
The great thing about spirit terrorbird is not only do you get the beast of burden effect, but you also get the virtually free energy restore.

Plain Invo (lvl 52 sum)-

Spirit Terrorbird and Bunyip (level 68 sum)-

Spirit Terrorbird and Healing Titans (level 79 sum)-

Spirit Terrorbird and Guthans (level 52 sum)-

Invo with Healing Titans

Healing Titans alone (level 79 sum)-

Healing Titans and Guthans (level 79 sum)-

In order to get buy with a low number of summoning pots, simply sip a pot when you need to summon a new familiar

It should be noted that range pots are optional here. When I do 3 man trips, I only have players take them if they are below 90 range. With 5+ players you don't need them at all if over 85 range.

The Fight
Well there are only one or two tricks here. The team should meet at the door, pot up, pray mage and eagle eye, and enter at the same time. As soon as you enter, it is very important to spread out. Keep your distance from Zilyana and stay spread out between your partners. The easiest way to keep Zilyana from focusing on a player is to stay nice and spread, making it hard for her to choose who to focus on. When you get good at it, you can kill Zilyana without her focusing on a single player, taking no damage from her.

With three people, it is best to create a triangle, with 4 a square, etc. the main goal is to have Zilyana in the center of all of you. When you do this she will spin around in the center, unable to choose a target.

Where to stand when Zilyana spawns

Getting it right-

Occasionally, Zilyana will walk towards a player. When this happens, quickly run in the other direction. She has not focused on you, but if you let her get close she will. You should understand what this means after seeing it a few times in game or in my videos.

If you do allow Zilyana to focus on you, run in the other direction. When you are running, hug the walls and run in a square around the room. Watch your hp, prayer, and run%. By the time you run along two walls she should no longer be focused on you.

If you have a Zamorak God Sword, use the spec when you first enter, then use it when Zilyana spawns each time after. If someone is taking a Zamorak Godsword and you have an Armadyl Godsword or Bandos Godsword, use the specs after Zilyana is frozen.

If using guthans, equip the plate and spear and heal on minis when Zilyana dies. If in a team of 5 or more, heal when ever needed.

If you are in a very large team of 6+, you may want to have the highest level ranger, or even the two highest rangers, wear void. Since you are staying for so long, d bow spec is not a bad idea either, guarenteed 16 every Zilyana kill. Dragon arrows would be recommended.

Once Zilyana has been killed, the person getting the last hit will have every minion on him/her. To fix this, that person should run to the very south wall, this gets Bree to focus on another player. Whoever Bree focuses on should then pray range. Meanwhile, the rest of the team should run to the north wall and stand on it. This wall gets Starlight to focus on no player. From here, range Bree, then Starlight, then kill Growler. This is very helpfull to save food. To better see this, watch the video below.

Range Team Videos
Team Range Zilyana
Team Range Zilyana 2

Team Melee Method
I recommend 80+ to all melee stats, 80+ Hitpoints, and 60+ prayer.

Melee Setups

Verac's Setup

Berserker or Warrior
Fury > Glory > Stole
Fire Cape > Skill Cape (T) > Skill Cape > Obby Cape
Dragon Boots > Rune Boots > Bandos Boots

God Sword Setup With Guthans

Any Godsword works here, sgs or ags is best for the specs.
Guthans > All
Warrior or Berserker
Fury > Glory > Stole
Dragon Boots > Bandos > Rune Boots

Do not take a ring of wealth in any situation you will be using lootshare. According to Jagex, the ring of wealth does not effect lootshare drops.

QUOTE (Knowledge Base)

Link- http://www.runescape.com/kbase.....cle_id=636

Guthans is a must if you use a Godsword. If you don't have a Godsword, wear veracs.

Team Invos
I do not recommend taking fighter familiars for this method. Fighter familiars only fight other npc's if you are being attacked. Most of the time you will not be under attack and your fighter will simply follow you around. Furthermore, Beasts of Burden and Healers are much more effective.

Beasts of burden work excellent for team melee. If taking a beast of burden, load it with brews and super restores in a similar ratio of that in your invo. It is not necessary to take a Spirit Terrorbird, you will not use a great deal of run energy, so take a higher level Beast of Burden if you have the level.

The only healer I recommend is the Unicorn Stallion. I find that the War tortoise beast of burden is far more usefull then the bunyip healing effect.

Verac's Team Invo
With Beast of Burden-
With Stallion-

Guthan's Team Invo
With Beast of Burden-

For the Beast of Burden-
While you can take a familiar down the entrance rope into GWD, you can not take a familiar past the two ropes into the Saradomin area. To work around this, get the kill count in the upper area. Once you and your team have the killcount, dismiss the Beast of Burden at the first rope. Run to the boss room door and drop the same amount of items the Beast of Burden was holding. Run back to where you dismissed the familiar and pick up the items it dropped. Run back to the boss door and summon the Familiar and fill up it's invo. To see this best, watch the short video below.

How to take a Beast of Burden to Zilyana

In order to use just one or two summoning pots, when your familiars time runs out simply take a sip of summoning potion and then summon a new familiar.

The Battle
This method uses a "hit and run" technique. If Zilyana is focused on you, run away from her, hugging the walls around the foom. Meanwhile, the rest of the team continues to melee her. Once she swaps and focuses on another player, that player then runs.

Once everyone has the killcount, meet up at the door. Pot up, turn on mage protection prayer and piety. The player that enters first will have Zilyana focused on them, and should start running. The rest of the team enters right after and starts to melee Zilyana. Be prepared to run as soon as she changes focus to another team member, standing and letting her melee you is a fast death.

Keep an eye on your familiar as well, when it runs out it will drop all items it is holding. Make sure you summon a new familiar and load it before the items dissappear.

When Zilyana dies, the person getting the last hit will have all of the minions on them. This person should run all the way to the south and north walls. This wil get Bree and Starlight off them and on another player. Those players should pray melee or range accordingly.

If using guthans, take it out at any time and heal on minis.

Once all minions are dead, each team member should stand along the south wall. Once Zilyana spawns, flip on your prayers and start it all over.

Myths of the White Lands Guide

2008-12-16T11:03:00.000-08:00

Walkthrough

1. Start by talking to Explorer Jack in Lumbridge.

2. Ask ALL of the options available until you get a text box saying a phrase 'Ectosum Glissendo' (this is the same for everyone).

3. Head over to the Wizard's Tower and talk to Isidor. He can be found in the lower level of the Wizard's Tower (near Sedridor).

4. Speak to him and he will teleport you to the Land of Snow.

5. To get to the caves, you need to play a sort of 'Ice game' where you will slide around and only stop when you reach an obstacle. To get to the cave from the start, you need to go (in this order!).

Note: You are also able to move diagonally;

South
North-East
East

6. Enter the cave. You will enter another one of these puzzles.

East
North-West
East
South-West
East

7. When you enter the next cave, you will find yourself in a THIRD puzzle room. From the start, you should go (it is possible to clear the wall on the risen platform with a Hammer/Chisel and study it to gain 2k crafting xp). This can be solved by the following steps;

South
East
North
East
South
East
North
East

8. When you pass through the cave, you will find yourself in the fourth puzzle room;

North
East
South
West
North
East
South
East

9. After this, you will find yourself in a fifth cave room. Following this, it is easy (it is possible to climb the roots onto the risen platform and study the wall for 10k agility xp, but you need Agility Lvl 55 to do so);

CAN U STOP EDITING IT AND TELL US THE REALL PATH?

East
South
East
North
West
East

10. After all this...more puzzle rooms. Following this, this will get you past the sixth one;

East
South
East
North
South-east
North
East

11. For the seventh puzzle room, follow these steps;

East
North
East
South
South
East
South
Push Block West
South-west
North
East
Push Block North
North
West
North-east
Push Block East
East
North
West
South
South-east
South
East
Push Block North
West
South
South
East
North
Push Block East
East
South
East
Push Block North
North
East
North
Push Block West
South
West
Push Block North
North-east
North
Push Block West
South-west
West
North-east
Push Block North
West
South

12. After pushing the two snow blocks into place, make your way back into the previous room and go to the crevice (North, West, North, East). Go east and squeeze through the second crevice (next to the crevice is a wall which can be cleared with an axe at level 80 Woodcutting and studied to gain 20k woodcutting xp).

Still alive, but not dangerous anymore.

13. Study the nearby wall. The option on the pipe should now say 'shout-in'. Click this to shout down the pipe. The yeti should faint.

14. Squeeze back through both crevices and go back to the seventh room. Simply walk east into the eighth room. Pick up the stones.

15. Backtrack through all of the caves, or alternatively, right click and select 'Exit-cave' on archway.

16. Let the imps enchant the 'riches' (now yeti dung).

17. Head back to Explorer Jack (it is safe to teleport after they have been enchanted).

18. Choose 'carry on with the imps prank' or 'come clean and tell Jack'. Nothing is affected by your choice, par how the conversation goes.

Quest complete!

NB: While the directions explained above are the simplest ways of navigating the caves, you can always move diagonally, which opens up a lot of path choices, making it much easier.

[edit] Reward

Myth of the White Lands Reward

1 Quest point

Antique lamp (500exp)

5000 coins, if you talk to Jack later on. The Ice Amulet

Extra Rewards:

2,000 Crafting Experience (if minimum level of 30 Crafting is fulfilled)

10,000 Agility Experience (if minimum level of 55 Agility is fulfilled)

20,000 Woodcutting Experience (if minimum level of 80 Woodcutting is fulfilled)

Christmas Event and Quest

2008-12-16T10:49:00.000-08:00

The festive season is upon us, and to celebrate we’re presenting you with the result of your Guaranteed Content Christmas poll, in the form of this years’ Christmas event. We’ve also got an appropriately wintery quest for you in Myths of the White Lands. We hope you have lots of fun, and enjoy your Christmas adventures!

Merry Christmas!

A number of slippery ice patches have been spotted in Gielinor, and there is growing concern that someone, or something, is trying to ruin everybody’s Christmas. With so much ice around, the safety of the inhabitants of RuneScape is at stake, and as if that wasn’t enough, disappointed children have been reporting a lack of presents in their stockings! According to imp emissaries from the Land of Snow, the problem originated in their homeland…those of you who remember the result of your Guaranteed Content Christmas poll may have an idea of what lies at the centre of the mystery!

Meanwhile, in Lumbridge, Explorer Jack has heard tales from a chatty snow imp of mythical riches in the Land of Snow. Of course, he leaves the adventuring to younger explorers these days, but he could be talked into rewarding someone willing to fetch these riches for him. In Myths of the White Lands, you will discover what lies at the heart of snow imp lore, and the creatures that accompany it. You will need ingenuity, skill and quick reflexes to succeed in this particularly puzzling quest, which more experienced players may find contains a few extra rewards.

Myths of the White Lands will be available to all players for two weeks, after which it will be available only to members. The Christmas event will be available to all players for two weeks only.

This is the first quest (and event) I have written, and it’s exciting to finally have something I made released. I really hope that you like them both, and that you have at least as much fun playing them as I had writing them. Merry Christmas, everybody!

Mod Maylea
Runescape Content Developer

Summary:

Where to start the Christmas event:

Speak to one of the snow imps north of Lumbridge, Rimmington or Falador
Requirements: None

Where to start Myths of the White Lands:

Talk to Explorer Jack in Lumbridge
Requirements: None

In other news…

We've made several changes and additions to the QuickChat system. There are now extra options and phrases for various activities, from boss fights to minigames, some general chit-chat, and much more!

To help you keep track of your membership and manage your subscription, we've added a feature called Credit Card Expiry Notification. From now on, if your credit card is about to expire while you have active membership, we'll notify you with an advance reminder. Additionally, those of you on a lower subscription price will be given useful information regarding the grace period, so you don’t accidentally let your subscription lapse!

The necklace of minigames and ring of duelling have undergone a bit of fine-tuning, which should make your life a little easier. These items now take less time to use, which will speed up your everyday adventuring.

The Balance Elemental has become wise to your tricks, and will now fight as originally intended, varying his attack styles with your prayers. Make sure you're fully prepared before you attempt to engage this foe.

Because of the large selection of items Diango can look after, there's now a quick right-click option for retrieving your lost holiday items. You can speak to him in the Draynor marketplace.

Falador Achievement Diary Guide

2008-12-10T15:32:00.000-08:00

Introduction

Your Achievement Diary will be available to you at all times. To access it, simply look at your Control Panel and choose the Quest Asterisk symbol.
In the top-right corner of the quest list, there is a small green star. Click on it to find your Achievement Diary. While on the Achievement Diary list, click the blue star to go back to your quest list. There is a picture of the icon below.

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Starting

The Falador Achievement Diary contains tasks that can be completed by low, medium, and high level players.

What to wear is for you to decide, using your best judgement. Only selected tasks directly involve combat, so armour will not be necessary except for very low levels, who may want defence against ordinary monsters that exist around the towns. If you were going to fight a monster you would want armour and weapons. However, if you do not plan to do anything involving fighting and will be in a safe area, then lightweight clothing is suggested. (For more information on monster fighting, view the guides in our Monster Hunting guides.)

The Explorer Ring 3 reward from the Lumbridge Achievement Diary will be a big help in this diary, since the Cabbage Teleport brings you to Falador's farm and a convenient walk to Port Sarim.

Before you can begin fulfilling your Achievement Diary, you need to talk to any one of three NPCs. The following list shows the three NPCs and their locations:

Redbeard Frank: Port Sarim, outside the pub
Chemist: Rimmington, house on the coast west of the town
Squire: Falador, courtyard of the White Knight's Castle

Once you've spoken to one of them, your Diary won't look any different. However, the first time you complete a task in the diary, the entry will turn yellow (showing that you've started the Diary, similar to the quest list.) If you click on the Diary, it pulls up a parchment list in your main game window. You can scroll through it to see the complete list of tasks.

Every time you finish a Diary task, you will get a message in your chat window stating that you've completed a task and it's been recorded in your Achievement Diary. Open the Diary and you'll see a red line has been marked through that task.

Once you've started the Diary, you can perform the tasks in any order and at any level (Easy, Medium or Hard) that you wish. In order to help players plan effectively, a map showing the location for each task is available. It shows a code number for each task, which matches the lists in this guide. Check the map, bring what you need, and you're on your way!

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Easy Tasks

Easy tasks follow this criteria:

Easy-ranged quest requirements.
Easy-ranged skill requirements.
Easy to medium level of difficulty.

EASY TASKS
Map Code	Task	Quest Requirements	Other Requirements
E1	Buy a Farming amulet from Sarah on the farm north of Port Sarim	None	200 gp
Go to farming shop in the farmhouse south of Falador. An Explorer ring 3 cabbage teleport is handy to get there.
E2	Buy a stat-boosting beer from a waitress in the Rising Sun tavern.	None	3 gp
Talk to any waitress in the Falador pub to buy any of the beers they sell.
E3	Buy a black chainbody from Wayne's Chains, and try it on in the shop	None	1440 gp, 10 Defence
Wayne's Chains is on the south wall of Falador, next door to the spinning wheel.
E4	Climb to the top of the White Knights' Castle.	None	None
Climb the western tower of the White Knights' Castle in Falador.
E5	Discover your family crest from Sir Renitee.	None	16 Construction
Go to the eastern end of the White Knights' Castle in Falador, and up one floor. There is also a hard task (H2) here, so you may want to do that at the same time (costs 5000 gp, requires 70 prayer). Be aware that any change in your crest will change all decorations in your house.
E6	Enter the mole’s lair under Falador Park.	None	Spade, light source
Use a spade on one of the many mole mounds in Falador Park, which is in the middle of Falador. Be sure your lantern is lit. The exit is at the south end of the lair (bringing you out near the chainmail shop, another task!), so if you'd prefer to avoid the Giant Mole, bring a teleport. You do not need to go anywhere near the Giant Mole to cross off this task, but if you'd like information about it, check our Giant Mole Hunting Guide.
E7	Feed Ridgeley, the hairdresser’s pet.	None	Cheese
Use a piece of cheese on the treadmill in the hairdresser's shop north of the Falador's west bank.
E8	Fill a bucket from the pump north of the west Falador bank.	None	Bucket
Walk to the pump and use your bucket on it.
E9	Heal an elemental wizard by casting an appropriate elemental spell on him (air, water, earth, fire).	None	Runes
Elemental wizards hang out with Malignius Mortifer, south of Falador near the crossroads leading to Rimmington.
E10	Kill a duck in Falador Park.	None	Mage or Range supplies
Use a spell or a ranged weapon to kill a duck in Falador park.
E11	Kill a highwayman on the road south of Falador.	None	Weapon
Highwayman (level 7) can be found near the crossroads south of Falador's south gate. Save his cape drop for a later task.
E12	Make an air tiara.	Rune Mysteries	1 air talisman, 1 tiara
Bring air talisman and silver tiara to the Air Altar south of Falador's walls. Use your talisman on the Mysterious ruins (for the exact spot click here). Inside, use the talisman on the altar to make an air tiara.
E13	Pop a party balloon.	None	may need 1000 gp
Go to Party Pete's castle in northeast Falador. If nobody is already having a party, it costs 5000 gp to pull the lever to make the balloons drop.
E14	Recharge your Prayer points at the altar south-west of Port Sarim.	None	None
Go to the chapel and click on the altar. If your prayer is already full, turn on a prayer to reduce it a bit first.
E15	Take the boat to Entrana.	None	Bank space for all your combat items
To take the boat, speak to any Monk of Entrana on the dock south of Port Sarim pub. They will not transport you if you are wearing any combat gear, so no armour, no weapons (nothing you can wield in weapon slot), no gear that has stat boosting value.

For information about the rewards for this set of tasks read below.

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Medium Tasks

Medium tasks follow this criteria:

Medium-ranged quest requirements.
Medium-ranged skill requirements.
Medium level of difficulty.

MEDIUM TASKS
Map Code	Task	Quest Requirements	Other Requirements
M1	Craft a fruit basket using the loom at the farm north of Port Sarim.	None	6 willow branches, 36 Crafting
Use willow branches on the loom located in the southeast corner of the Falador farmhouse.
M2	Crawl under Falador’s south wall.	None	26 Agility
The agility shortcut is on the wall south of Falador's gem shop.
M3	Grapple up, and then jump off the north Falador wall.	None	mithril grapple, crossbow, 11 Agility, 19 Range, 37 Strength
Must be done from outside Falador's north wall.
M4	Increase your reputation with the White Knights by killing a black knight.	Wanted!	weapon, armour
Black Knights can be found various places. The easiest is probably the one wandering south of Draynor's bank. They are found in greater numbers at the Black Knight fortress on Ice Mountain, Taverly Members' Dungeon, Level 30-32 wilderness, and the wilderness Lava Maze.
M5	Kill an ice giant in the Asgarnian Ice Dungeon.	None	weapon, armour
The level 53 Ice Giant is found in the Ice Caves dungeon located south of Rimmington, east of Thurgo the dwarf, and just north of Mudskipper Point. You might want to bring a pickaxe and mine a blurite ore while you are here.
M6	Light a bullseye lantern in the chemist’s.	None	Bullseye lantern, tinderbox, 49 Firemaking
The chemist is located west of Rimmington. If your bullseye lantern (made from a steel bar and a glass lantern lens) does not have oil in it, bring a swamp tar to make oil at the chemist's lamp still. Use your tinderbox on the full lantern to light it.
M7	Pickpocket a Falador guard.	None	40 Thieving
Right-click a Falador guard to pickpocket him.
M8	Place a scarecrow to protect your sweetcorn as it grows in the patch north of Port Sarim.	None	23 Farming, scarecrow, 3 sweetcorn seeds, seed dibber
If you do not have a scarecrow, make it from a bronze spear, a sack of hay and a watermelon. Plant sweetcorn in one of the allotment patches, then use the scarecrow on the flower patch.
M9	Salute Sir Tiffy while wearing full initiate armour.	Recruitment Drive	Initiate armour, 20 defence, 10 prayer
Sir Tiffy Cashien sits on a bench in Falador Park, west of the tree patch. Armour consists of Initiate sallet, Initiate hauberk, and Initiate cuisse or tasset (skirt).
M10	Smith some blurite crossbow limbs on Thurgo’s anvil.	Knight's Sword	10 Mining, 13 smithing, pickaxe, 1 blurite bar, hammer
Mine one blurite ore in the Ice Caves dungeon. Smelt it at a furnace (or use Superheat spell) to make a bar. Use the bar on Thurgo's anvil while carrying a hammer and make one crossbow limbs.
M11	Travel from Port Sarim to Musa Point for free (with a little help from Charos).	Garden of Tranquillity	Ring of Charos(a)
Go to Port Sarim docks east of the Fishing shop. Talk to Seaman Lorris, Seaman Thresnor or Captain Tobias. Wearing your Ring of Charos(a), use the charm option in the dialog box to get a free trip to Karamja.
M12	Visit the Port Sarim rat pits.	Rat Catchers	None
Climb down the Manhole north of Port Sarim's Fishing Shop.

For information about the rewards for this set of tasks read below.

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Hard Tasks

Hard tasks follow this criteria:

Higher-ranged quest requirements.
Higher-ranged skill requirements.
Higher level of difficulty.

HARD TASKS
Map Code	Task	Quest Requirements	Other Requirements
H1	Ascend the Dark Wizards' Tower while wearing full proselyte armour.	Slug Menace	30 defence, 20 prayer, full proselyte armour
Armour consists of Proselyte sallet, Proselyte hauberk, and Proselyte cuisse or tasset (skirt).
H2	Change your family crest to the Saradomin symbol.	None	16 Construction, 70 prayer, 5000 gp
Go to the eastern end of the White Knights' Castle in Falador, and up one floor. Talk to Sir Renitee. Be aware that changing your crest will change all decorations in your house.
H3	Craft 196 or more air runes simultaneously.	None	66 Runecrafting, 28 rune essence, air or omni tiara or staff, or abyss access
Take 28 rune essence to the Air Altar south of Falador, using whatever means needed to enter (air tiara or staff, omni tiara or staff, or using the abyss). Click the altar to craft the runes. Players report that assist does not work.
H4	Cut down a yew or magic tree that you grew in Falador Park.	None	60 Farming, 60 Woodcutting, axe
Visit your yew or magic tree in Falador Park tree patch. Paying the farmer to cut it down will not accomplish this task.
H5	Dial to the fairy ring on Mudskipper Point.	A Fairy Tale Part II - Cure a Queen	Dramen or Lunar Staff
Use fairy ring code A I Q.
H6	Dye a cape pink with dye from Betty in Port Sarim.	Hand in the Sand	20 gp, an ordinary cape
Get an ordinary cape (black, red, blue, green, yellow, orange, purple). Buy pink dye from Betty in the Port Sarim rune shop for 20 gp. Use the dye on the cape.
H7	Enter the Mining Guild.	None	60 Mining
The entrance to the Mining Guild is in the courtyard south of Falador's East Bank.
H8	Kill a mogre at Mudskipper Point.	None	32 Slayer, 1 Fishing Explosive, weapon, armour
Use a fishing explosive on the Ominous Fishing Spot (bubbling water) on the west coast of Mudskipper Point to lure a level 60 mogre out of the water. Kill it however you wish. You must have unlocked mogres by doing some things for Skippy (see the Mogre entry for detailed information) before you can kill mogres.
H9	Kill a skeletal wyvern in the Asgarnian Ice Dungeon.	Jagex recommends Elemental Workshop I	72 Slayer, Elemental or Mind or Dragonfire shield, slash weapon, armour and combat supplies
The level 140 Skeletal Wyvren resides in the Ice Caves east of Thurgo the dwarf. Wielding an Elemental or Mind shield is essential, it hits in the 50s otherwise. The Dragonfire shield will work, but not an Anti-dragonbreath shield.
H10	Summon an ibis in the Port Sarim fish store.	None	56 Summoning, Ibis pouch
Go to the Port Sarim fishing shop and activate an Ibis summoning pouch. If you need to make the pouch at an obelisk, you'll need a blank pouch, a green charm, 107 shards and a harpoon.

For information about the rewards for this set of tasks read below.

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Rewards

After touring the Falador metropolitan area, what is the reward? An upgradeable shield with prayer effects! All three shields restore some prayer once a day!

All Easy Tasks complete

After completing all the easy tasks speak to Redbeard Frank to receive Falador Shield 1. Left-Click "prayer-restore" restores 1/4 of your prayer points but can only be used once per day. This shield gives a +3 prayer bonus as well. When you operate the shield, you can do a special shield emote. You also get an experience lamp worth 1000 xp.

Falador Shield 1
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	Attack					Defence						Other
	Stab	Slash	Crush	Magic	Range	Stab	Slash	Crush	Magic	Range	Summon	Strength	Prayer
	0	0	0	-8	-2	17	19	18	-1	18	10	0	3

All Medium Tasks complete

After completing all the Easy and Medium tasks, take your Falador Shield 1 and speak to the Chemist west of Rimmington so he can give you an upgraded Falador Shield 2 with more abilities! Left-Click "prayer-restore" restores 1/2 of your prayer points but can only be used once per day. This shield gives a +5 prayer bonus as well. Wielding this shield allows you to earn more farming experience from the Falador farm patch (allotments, flowers and herbs). Operate the shield to do the special shield emote. You also get an experience lamp worth 5000 xp.

Falador Shield 2
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	Attack					Defence						Other
	Stab	Slash	Crush	Magic	Range	Stab	Slash	Crush	Magic	Range	Summon	Strength	Prayer
	0	0	0	-8	-2	18	22	20	-1	20	20	0	5

All Hard Tasks complete

After completing all the easy, medium and hard tasks, take your Falador Shield 2 and speak to the Squire in the courtyard of the White Knights' Castle in Falador so he can give you the final upgraded Falador Shield 3. Left-Click "prayer-restore" restores 100% of your prayer points but can only be used once per day. This shield gives a hefty +7 prayer bonus. Wielding this shield allows you to trade mole skins and claws to Wyson the gardener for White lily seeds. The shield has the benefits of the two lower shields as well (emote, farming xp). You also get an experience lamp worth 10,000 xp.

Falador Shield 3
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	Attack					Defence						Other
	Stab	Slash	Crush	Magic	Range	Stab	Slash	Crush	Magic	Range	Summon	Strength	Prayer
	0	0	0	-8	-2	27	31	29	-1	29	30	0	7

Congratulations on completing the Achievement Diary for Falador!

Varrock Achievement Guide

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Varrock Achievement Guide

Written By Damaged500
Special Thanks To Hawk, Thomas154321, Pig, Vaskor, Zephyr 2755, Sofee, Cahmstr, Stupidnoob92, Dawesbr, Damaged500, Moneylover

This Achievement Diary is the second diary to be released by Jagex. The following are requirements for all three difficulties of this particular Achievement Diary. To view the requirements for a certain difficulty, simply scroll down to that section.

Start Points: Talk to Rat Burgiss in the south of Varrock, Reldo in the Varrock Library or Vannaka in the Edgeville Dungeon.
Required Skills: 15 Mining, 51 Agility, 66 Crafting, 40 Construction, 20 Fishing, 49 Magic, 40 Thieving, 70 Farming, 73 Smithing, 32 Cooking, 57 Woodcutting, 40 combat and at least 32 Quest Points, and 153 Kudos.
Required Quests: Rune Mysteries, What Lies Below, Tree Gnome Village, Gertrude's Cat, Garden of Tranquillity, A Soul's Bane, Enlightened Journey, Dragon Slayer, Demon Slayer, The Dig Site, The Grand Tree, Hazeel Cult, In Aid of the Myreque, Making History, Merlin's Crystal, Observatory Quest, Priest in Peril, Shield of Arrav, A Tail of Two Cats, Temple of Ikov, Family Crest, Desert Treasure, and partial completion of A Fairy Tale Part II - Cure a Queen, and Rat Catchers.
Required Items: At least 75,955gp, any Pickaxe, some Logs, a Hatchet, Bones, two Soft Clay, Earth Tiara or Earth Talisman, Fly-Fishing Rod and some Feathers, Red Spider Eggs, Limpwurt Root, a full Rat Pole , Ring of Charos(a), a Digsite Pendant or a Ruby Necklace with enough runes to enchant it (1 cosmic and 5 fire), Tiara, Chaos Tiara or Chaos Talisman, a Pet Cat, one Poison Ivy seed, two Dashing Kebbit Furs, one Adamantite Bar, a Hammer, a Wild Pie, three Cosmic runes, one Unpowered Orb, one Battlestaff, at least two sets of Varrock Teleport Runes (1 law, 1 fire, 3 air), Family Crest Gauntlets (any variety), Paddewa Teleport runes (2 laws, 1 fire, and 1 air), and a Skull Sceptre with at least one charge.

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Getting Started Easy Tasks Requirements Map of Locations The Tasks Rewards Medium Tasks Requirements Map of Locations The Tasks Rewards Difficult Tasks Requirements Map of Locations The Tasks Rewards

Getting Started

To begin the Varrock Achievement Diary, you must first talk to one of three people:

Rat Burgiss

Rat is located south of Varrock at the crossroads northwest of the Al Kharid mine.

Reldo

Reldo is in the Varrock Castle in the large room on the first floor to the north.

Vannaka

Vannaka is one of the Slayer Masters and is in the Edgeville dungeon in the northeast corner of the southern half of the dungeon.

When you have a choice of what to ask them, choose the option that asks them what the Achievement Diary is. Once they finish explaining, you may start on any task.

Easy Tasks

Requirements

Required Skills: 15 Mining, 13 Agility, 8 Crafting, 10 Construction, 10 Mining, 20 Fishing.
Required Quests: Rune Mysteries.
Required Items: At least 5,050gp, any Pickaxe, some Logs, a Hatchet, Bones, Soft Clay, Earth Tiara or Earth Talisman, Fly-Fishing Rod and some Feathers.
Recommended Items: Charged Glory Amulet, at least 5 sets of Varrock teleport runes or tele tabs.

Map of Locations

The Tasks

Quickest Ways of Completion:

Start: Edgeville (Amulet of Glory)
Do the tasks in this order: 11, 5, 10, 17, then teleport to Varrock and do 8, 1, 2, 13, 18, 12, 15, 19, 4, 7, 14, 16, 3, 6.
Teleport to Varrock
Do the tasks in this order: 8, 1, 2, 13, 18, 12, 15, 19, 4, 7, 14, 16, 3, 6, then teleport to Edgeville with a Glory Amulet and then do 11, 5, 10, 17

1. Have Thessalia show you what outfits you can wear - Talk to Thessalia in her clothing store just west of the General Store and select the 'change clothes' option by right clicking.

2. Have Aubury teleport you to the essence mine - Travel to Aubury's Rune Shop in southeast Varrock, right-click and select the 'Teleport' option. Requires completion of Rune Mysteries quest.

3. Mine some iron ore in the Mining spot, south-east of Varrock - Walk out of Varrock by the east entrance, then walk south until the city wall ends, enter the mine area and mine some Iron ore.

4. Make a plank at the sawmill - Bring either a plain set of Logs, or Oak, Teak, or Mahogany logs and at least 100gp to the Sawmill Operator northeast of Varrock. Plain logs are the cheapest plank to make with their price of only 100gp per plank.

5. Enter the second level of the Stronghold of Security - Travel to the Stronghold of Security under the Barbarian Village and descend down to the second level. Refer to the Stronghold of Security dungeon guide for detailed maps.

6. Jump over the fence, south of Varrock - Jump over the break in the fence west of Rat Burgiss, south of Varrock.

7. Chop down a dying tree in the Lumber Yard - Climb over the fence and chop down a dead tree. There is one as soon as you get in that you may cut.

8. Buy a copy of the Varrock Herald - Buy the Newspaper from Benny in Varrock Center for 50gp.

9. Give a stray dog a bone - Find one of the stray dogs in Varrock and use a set of bones with it.

10. Make a bowl on the pottery wheel then fire it in the pottery oven, all in the Barbarian Village - Use Soft Clay with a pottery wheel, then fire it in the oven. You must make and fire it in Barbarian village or it will not count.

11. Enter Edgeville Dungeon using the entrance to the south of Edgeville - Simply enter the Edgeville Dungeon to the south of the Edgeville bank.

12. Move your player-owned house portal to a different location using the Varrock estate agent's - Bring at least 5,000gp and talk to the Real Estate Agent just east of Varrock Castle to move your house to a different location. You must have already bought a house to move its location. If you don't have one yet, buy it now.

13. Speak to Haig Halen after obtaining at least 50 kudos - Talk to the Museum Curator Haig Halen on the Varrock's Museum ground floor once you have at least 50 kudos.

14. Enter the Earth Altar using an earth tiara or talisman - Simply enter the Earth Altar while either wearing an Earth Tiara or having an Earth Talisman in your inventory.

15. Have Elsie tell you a story - Elsie is waiting for you on the second floor of Varrock's church. You must bring her a Cup of Tea to hear one of her stories. You may steal a cup of tea from the Tea Stall southeast of the east bank.

16. Mine some limestone near Paterdomus, the temple to the east of Varrock - Exit Varrock by the east entrance and walk northeast, through a gate and keep going until you see a path leading north. Here is where you can mine Limestone.

17. Catch a trout in the river to the east of Barbarian Village - Fly-fish in the river east of the Village until you catch a Trout. Make sure to bring more than one Feather as you may not catch a Trout on your first try.

18. Venture through the cobwebbed corridor in Varrock Sewers - Once you have entered the Sewers, take the northeastern passage to the end, then go north and around the curve to the west. Head down the passage to the south, slash the web, and then walk just beyond the web's remains to complete the task. See the Varrock Sewer guide for a map.

19. Find the highest point in Varrock - Walk up the main staircase just inside Varrock Castle's main entrance, walk up the ladder to the east, then go up the next set of stairs to reach the highest point. You can also climb to the Church's third floor one floor above Elsie to reach the other highest point in Varrock. There is also a third highest point up Varrock Castle's northwestern tower.

Rewards

After completing every Easy task, you can return to Rat Bugiss to get rewarded for your achievements.

If you ever lose your armour, simply talk to Rat to get it back again.

Rat will give you the Varrock Armour 1.
While wearing the armour there will be cheaper buying and higher selling prices from certain Varrock stores (see charts below).
When smithing at the furnace in Edgeville and wearing the armour you have the chance of smelting two bars at once up to and including Steel Bars.
When you mine while wearing the armour, you get the chance to mine two ores at once up to and including Coal.
An Antique Lamp which will give 1,000 experience to the skill of your choice when rubbed.

Below are charts of the price decreases:

Note: These prices were taken at the store's default and may vary slightly.

Lowe's Archery Emporium:

Picture	Item	Price
Lowe's Archery Emporium
	Bronze Arrows	7gp
	Iron Arrows	20gp
	Steel Arrows	46gp
	Mithril Arrows	76gp
	Adamant Arrows	172gp
	Bronze Bolts	3gp
	Shortbow	42gp
	Longbow	68gp
	Oak Shortbow	85gp
	Oak Longbow	136gp
	Willow Shortbow	170gp
	Willow Longbow	272gp
	Maple Shortbow	340gp
	Maple Longbow	544gp
	Crossbow	59gp

Horvik's Armour Shop:

Picture	Item	Price
Horvik's Armour Shop
	Bronze Chainbody	51gp
	Iron Chainbody	178gp
	Steel Chainbody	637gp
	Mithril Chainbody	1,657gp
	Bronze Platebody	136gp
	Iron Platebody	476gp
	Steel Platebody	1,700gp
	Black Platebody	3,264gp
	Mithril Platebody	4,420gp
	Iron Platelegs	238gp
	Studded Body	722gp
	Studded Chaps	637gp

Varrock Sword Shop:

Picture	Item	Price
Varrock Swordshop
	Bronze Sword	22gp
	Iron Sword	77gp
	Steel Sword	276gp
	Black Sword	530gp
	Mithril Sword	650gp
	Adamant Sword	1768gp
	Bronze Longsword	34gp
	Iron Longsword	119gp
	Steel Longsword	425gp
	Black Longsword	816gp
	Mithril Longsword	718gp
	Adamant Longsword	2,720gp
	Bronze Dagger	8gp
	Iron Dagger	29gp
	Steel Dagger	106gp
	Black Dagger	204gp
	Mithril Dagger	276gp
	Adamant Dagger	680gp

Zaff's Superior Staffs:

Picture	Item	Price
Zaff's Superior Staffs
	Battlestaff	6,510gp
	Staff	12gp
	Magic Staff	170gp
	Staff of Air	1,275gp
	Staff of Water	1,275gp
	Staff of Fire	1,275gp
	Staff of Earth	1,275gp

The Varrock Armour 1 does not affect the prices of the following stores:

The Varrock General Store
Thessalia's Fine Clothes
Aubury's Rune Shop
The Fancy Clothes Store
The Construction Supplies Store

Medium Tasks

Requirements

Required Skills: At least 32 Quest Points, 21 Agility, 49 Magic, 40 Thieving, and at least 40 combat.
Required Quests: Stronghold of Security mini-game, What Lies Below, Tree Gnome Village, Gertrude's Cat, Garden of Tranquility, Enlightened Journey, Dragon Slayer, and partial completion of Rat Catchers, A Fairy Tale Part II - Cure a Queen, and A Soul's Bane.
Required Items: At least 30,105gp, Red Spider Eggs, one Limpwurt Root, a full Rat Pole , Ring of Charos(a), a Digsite Pendant or a Ruby Necklace with enough runes to enchant it (1 cosmic and 5 fire), Tiara, Earth Talisman, Chaos Tiara or Chaos Talisman, Varrock Teleport Runes (1 law, 1 fire, 3 air), and a Pet Cat.

Recommended Items: Charged Glory Amulet, at least 5 sets of Varrock teleport runes or tele tabs.

Map of Locations

The Tasks

Quickest Way of Completion:

Start: Teleport to Edgeville with a Glory Amulet
Do the tasks in this order: 21, 15, 6, 9, 13, 17, 5, 3, 16, 12, 10, then teleport to Varrock(14) and do 1, 2, 8, 19, 20, 11, 7, 4.

1. Have the Apothecary in Varrock make you a Strength potion - Bring a limpwurt root, red spider eggs and 5gp to the Apothecary southwest of the general store and ask him to make you a Strength Potion.

2. Enter the Champions' Guild - Walk to the Champions' Guild southwest of Varrock and enter it. You must have at least 32 Quest Points to enter.

3. Take the Dagon-Hai shortcut to the chaos portal - Bring a Chaos Tiara or Chaos Talisman and enter the hole in the statue northeast of Varrock. Follow the passage north until you reach a portal and then go through the portal. You must have started What Lies Below to use this shortcut.

4. Get a full complement of rats on your rat pole - Start Rat Catchers and have your cat catch 6 rats after you have been given the Rat Pole. Once your cat catches 6 mice and you have added them to your Pole, the task will be complete.

5. Escape from the spider lair in Varrock Sewers with some red spider eggs - Venture into Varrock's sewers, head toward the large room in the west past the cobwebs, take some Red Spider Eggs and then either teleport or walk out.

6. Use the spirit tree north of Varrock - Just a little ways northwest of the Varrock Castle wall agility shortcut is the Spirit Tree. Teleport using the tree to complete this task.

7. Perform the four emotes from the Stronghold of Security - Do the 'Idea', 'Stamp', 'Flap', and 'Slap Head' emotes. You must have claimed the rewards from all levels of the Stronghold of Security to do all of them.

8. Select a colour for a new kitten - While wearing your Ring of Charos(a), buy a new cat from Gertrude for 100gp and if you select the Charm option while speaking with her, you will be able to choose your kitten's color.

9. Use the shortcut under the west wall of Varrock Palace - Walk over to the west wall of the Varrock Palace and about halfway to the end of the wall is a shortcut that goes under the wall.

10. Enter the A Soul's Bane rift - Leave Varrock by its east entrance and then walk northeast like you are going to Canifis. Once you are just past the gate, head slightly southwest to reach the rift. If you haven't already started A Soul's Bane quest, you will need a Rope to enter the rift.

11. Teleport to the Digsite using a digsite pendant - Rub your Digsite Pendant. You will appear somewhere to the north of the site where you might see a boat under construction to be used in an upcoming update.

12. Craft an earth tiara on the Earth Altar - Go to the Earth Altar northeast of Varrock and use your tiara with the Altar to fuse it with you Earth Talisman and turn them into an Earth Tiara.

13. Pickpocket a guard in the Varrock Palace courtyard - Just pickpocket any guard in the Varrock Castle courtyard (the area just before the castle).

14. Use the Teleport to Varrock spell - Use the Varrock Teleport spell. Teleportation tablets will not work for this task.

15. Get a Slayer task from Vannaka - Talk to Vannaka in the Edgeville Dungeon and tell him you need a new assignment.

16. Buy twenty mahogany planks from the Sawmill Operator in one transaction - Go to the Sawmill northeast of Varrock and bring twenty mahogany logs and 30,000gp. Let the Sawmill Operator convert your logs into planks to complete the task. Make sure have exactly twenty before buying the planks or you will have to repeat it again.

17. Pick a fruit from the White Tree - Go to the Garden of Tranquility on the east side of Varrock Castle and pick a fruit off of the White Tree.

18. Use the hot air balloon to travel from Varrock to somewhere else - After completing Enlightened Journey, use the hot air balloon southeast of Varrock to travel anywhere else the balloon can go.

19. Get a cat training medal from Gertrude - Have your pet kitten or pet cat kill 100 rats, then speak with Gertrude. If you have already gotten the Cat Training Medal, you will need to raise a new cat and kill 100 rats with your new pet to complete this task. It's recommended to raise a kitten into a cat since cat's have a much higher percentage of catching rats.

20. Dial to the fairy ring west of Varrock - Use any one of the fairy rings to transport to the ring south of the Edgeville canoe station. Its code is DKR.

21. Browse through Oziach's Armour Shop - Teleport or walk to Edgeville and trade with Oziach in his house just west of Edgeville.

Rewards

After completing every Medium task, you can return to Reldo to get rewarded for your achievements.

If you ever lose your armour, simply talk to Reldo to get it back again.

Reldo will give you the Varrock Armour 2.
When smithing at the furnace in Edgeville and wearing the armour you have the chance of smelting two bars at once up to and including Mithril Bars.
When you mine while wearing the armour, you get the chance to mine two ores at once up to and including Mithril Ore.
An Antique Lamp which will give 5,000 experience to the skill of your choice when rubbed.

Hard Tasks

Requirements

Required Skills: 70 Farming, 51 Agility, 73 Smithing, 32 Cooking, 66 Crafting, 40 Construction, 25 Magic, 57 Woodcutting, and 153 Kudos.
Required Quests: Demon Slayer, The Dig Site, The Grand Tree, Hazeel Cult, In Aid of the Myreque, Making History, Merlin's Crystal, Observatory Quest, Priest in Peril, Rune Mysteries, Shield of Arrav, A Tail of Two Cats, Temple of Ikov, What Lies Below
Required Items: At least 40,800gp, one Poison Ivy seed, two Dashing Kebbit Furs, one Adamantite Bar, Hammer, a Wild Pie, three Cosmic runes, one Unpowered Orb, one Battlestaff, Soft Clay, one set of Varrock Teleport Runes (1 law, 1 fire, 3 air), Family Crest Gauntlets (any variety), any hatchet, Paddewa Teleport runes (2 laws, 1 fire, and 1 air), and a Skull Sceptre with at least one charge.

Recommended Items: Charged Glory Amulet, sets of Varrock teleport runes or tele tabs.

Map of Locations

The Tasks

Quickest Way of Completion:

Start: Teleport to Varrock
Do the tasks in this order: 2, 8, 5, 4, 10, 3, 1, 6, 13, 12, 11, 7, 9.

1. Pick poison ivy from your bush Farming patch in Varrock - Plant a Poison Ivy bush in the Varrock farming patch. Let it grow and then pick from it. Requires level 70 Farming.

2. Use the pipe shortcut in Varrock Sewers, near the moss giants - With level 51 Agility, crawl through the Obstacle Pipe in the Varrock Sewers to get into Edgeville Dungeon.

3. Trade furs with the Fancy Dress Seller for a spottier cape - Bring two Dashing Kebbit Furs and 800gp to the Fancy Dress Shop east of Varrock's smaller bank. You do not need Hunter level 66 to make this, as all it asks you to do is simply make the cape and the furs can be traded from another player.

4. Smith an adamantite medium helm on the south-east anvil in Varrock, next to Aubury's Rune Shop - Bring one Adamantite bar and a hammer to the anvils next to Aubury's Rune Shop and Smith an Adamantite Medium Helm with level 73 Smithing. You may use a Smithing stat booster and complete the task, however the Assist System doesn't work.

5. Speak to Orlando Smith when you have achieved 153 kudos - Go to the Varrock Museum after you've completely completed the Varrock Museum mini-quest and talk to Orlando Smith downstairs in the Museum.

6. Talk to Romily Weaklax and give him a wild pie - Bring a Wild Pie to Romily Weaklax, the pie seller in the Cooks' Guild. The pie can be made, or traded from another player.

7. Craft an air battlestaff - Bring an Unpowered Orb, a Battlestaff, and 3 Cosmic runes to the Air Obelisk in Edgeville Dungeon and craft an Air Battlestaff.

8. Give your player-owned house a fancy stone or tropical wood finish at the Varrock estate agent's - Talk to the Varrock Estate Agent and change your Player-Owned House a fancy stone or tropical finish. The fancy stone finish costs 25,000gp and the tropical finish costs 15,000gp.

9. Make a Varrock teleport tablet on a mahogany lectern - Bring some Soft Clay and one set of Varrock Teleport runes to a mahogany lectern in a Player-Owned House and create a Varrock teleport tablet.

10. Obtain a new set of Family Crest gauntlets from Dimintheis - Complete Family Crest to receive the gauntlets, or if you have already completed the quest and have the gauntlets, destroy them and get a new set from Dimintheis.

11. Make a waka canoe near Edgeville - Bring any hatchet to the Edgeville canoe station and cut yourself a Waka Canoe with level 57 Woodcutting. See the Canoe guide for more details.

12. Use the Home Teleport spell in the Ancient Magicks spellbook to teleport to Edgeville - Complete Desert Treasure, and have the Ancient Magicks spellbook instead of the regular Magic spellbook. Simply use the Home Teleport Spell and you will get teleported to Edgeville. This spell requires no runes.

13. Use the skull sceptre to teleport to Barbarian Village - Use the Skull Sceptre to teleport to Barbarian Village. It is made out of four different pieces which are each a monster drop on all four levels of the Stronghold of Security.

Rewards

After completing every Hard task, you can return to Vannaka to get rewarded for your achievements.

lf you ever lose your armour, simply talk to Vannaka to get it back again.

Vannaka will give you the Varrock Armour 3.
When smithing at the furnace in Edgeville and wearing the armour you have the chance of smelting two bars at once up to and including Adamant Bars.
When you mine while wearing the armour, you get the chance of mining two ores at once up to and including Adamant Ore.
You get access to the bank area within the Cooks' Guild. The armour can be worn into the Cooks' Guild instead of the usual Chef's Hat.
An Antique Lamp which will give 10,000 experience to the skill of your choice when rubbed.

Dragon Claws

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Dragon Claws were released with the While Guthix Sleeps quest. Players need 60 Attack to wield these. They have a special attack, Slice and Dice, which hits four times and uses 50% special power which means a player can hit 8 times in two hits. This is especially notable because Rune Claws also have a special attack, making claws the only type of weapon where both the Rune and Dragon versions have a special attack.

It should be noted that the special attack of dragon claws does not consist of four disjoint hits; the four hits, when summed together, cannot hit for more than twice of the player's maximum hit. The second, third, and fourth hits are much weaker than the first.

The formula for the special seems to be that the first hit is split as close to half as possible, i.e 35 split into 17 and 18, and one of those two will be the second hit. The third and fourth hits are equivalent to the other hit, i.e if you hit 35, 17, you would hit two 9s for the last two hits, or if you hit 18 instead of 17, you would hit 9 and 8.

They are obtained after the quest While Guthix Sleeps by killing Tormented Demons.

Note: You DO NOT need to complete While Guthix Sleeps to wear these and be able to perform the special attack.

Dragon claws special attack

Bonuses _{Hover over image for type}
Attack bonus

+41	+57	-4	0	0
Defence bonus

+13	+26	+7	0	0	0
Other bonuses

+56			0
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While Guthix Sleeps Release

2008-11-26T09:26:00.000-08:00

Ancient book in front of him. His hand, acting almost like a separate entity, scratched spidery notes onto parchment. He knew who V was, but the references to the stone intrigued him. Fragmentary thoughts were gathering, forming up together into something important – but something was missing, some key detail. With trembling fingers he turned the yellowed page.

“The stone was clearly not of this world...”

A triumphant scratch of Movario's quill tore through the parchment. That was it! After all this time his research was finally bearing fruit!

The antiquated surroundings of the temple afforded little warmth, and the only luxury was the lone, guttering candle by which he read. The chill still reached inside, but it did not register for Movario as his unyielding research ground on through the days.

Mod Tytn
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Summary:

Where to start While Guthix Sleeps
Speak to Radimus Erkle at the Legends’ Guild

Requirements to start While Guthix Sleeps

Level 23 Summoning
Level 55 Hunter
Level 60 Thieving
Level 65 Defence
Level 65 Farming
Level 65 Herblore
Level 75 Magic

Defender of Varrock
Dream Mentor
Hand in the Sand
King’s Ransom
Legends’ Quest
Mourning’s Ends Part II (The Temple of Light)
Path of Glouphrie
Recipe for Disaster
Summer’s End
Swan Song
Tears of Guthix
Zogre Flesh Eaters

Be eligible for entry to the Warriors’ Guild
Have defeated Bork in the Chaos Tunnels
270 Quest Points (yes, that’s all of the points currently available!)

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Investigating the Illness

Step 1
Speak with Captain Undak
Investigate nursery
Speak with children
Question vendors
Reveal the corrupt vendor

Part 2:
Zanik Returns

Step 2
Navigate the statues
Obtain the crossbow/pendant
Speak with council
Find Zanik

Part 3:
Infiltrate the H.A.M.

Step 3
Seek out Johanhus
Infiltrate the hideout
Release Grubfoot
Defeat Sigmund

Step 4
Save Zanik
Speak with Juna
View the obelisk
Speak with Undak

Part 4:
Securing Memories

Step 5
Obtain the artifacts
Bury time capsule
Retrieve components
Prepare for battle

Part 5:
Defying the War God

Step 6
Weaken Bandos avatar
Gather crossbow fragments
Defeat Bandos avatar

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