Desert Treasure

The reward for this quest is access to the Ancient Magicks.

Details
Description: Rumors abound throughout Varrock and Al-Kharid that an archaeologist has discovered some clues to a large hoard of treasure hidden somewhere deep in the desert south of Al-Kharid. Anybody prepared to offer him assistance in his treasure hunting could well find themselves benefiting from a very large reward indeed...

Starting Point: The Bedabin camp south of Al-Kharid.

Difficulty:

Length: Long

Requirements: 10 Slayer, 50 Firemaking, 50 Magic, 53 Thieving.

Quest Requirements: Digsite, The Tourist Trap, Temple of Ikov, Priest in Peril, Troll Stronghold, Waterfall Quest.

Items Needed: 650 Coins, Ashes, Blood rune, Bones, Charcoal, 6 Molten glass, 12 Magic logs, 6 Steel bars, Chocolate cake, Spiked Boots (see Troll Stronghold), 4-5 Super restore potions, around 30 Sharks or better food, Armour, Weapon, plenty of combat runes, a few Law runes, Garlic, Silver bar, Spice, Pestle and mortar, Druid Pouches, Halberd (any type but Dragon halberd recommended)

Members: Yes

Walkthrough
Desert Treasure is currently one of the most challenging and dangerous quests in the game. Do not underestimate this quest, as several high level players (combat 100+) have been known to die. In most quests you can use prayer to get through the fights, in this quest, you will have to use that and a whole lot more.

It is strongly recommended that you have a high Magic level before attempting this quest, at least enough to cast snare at level 50. 60 Attack would be a significant help as well so that you can use Dragon weapons, and 43 or higher Prayer is essential too.

Items recommended are a single-click teleport such as the ectophial as well as copious amounts of Prayer Potions and Sharks.

Again, do not underestimate this quest, if the walkthrough calls for super restores, use them!

Enchanting the mirrors



 * Travel through the Shantay Pass south of Al-Kharid and then travel west either via the flying carpet or just run to the Bedabin camp. Talk to the archaeologist who is near the small water pool, he will give you a tablet to take to someone at the Digsite.
 * Travel to the Digsite east of Varrock and talk to the expert inside the building at the south end of the site. He will take the tablet, talk to him again to gain the notes to take back to the archaeologist.
 * Go back to the archaeologistm in the desert, taking some cash with you, 650 coins is enough.
 * Go south to the bandit camp - it's not far and talk to the barman there, buy a beer for 650 coins and find out about the 4 diamonds of Azzandra.
 * Talk to Eblis in the same camp, he will tell you that he needs various items to enchant some mirrors.
 * 1) Ashes
 * 2) Blood rune
 * 3) Bones
 * 4) Charcoal
 * 5) 6 Molten glass
 * 6) 12 Magic logs
 * 7) 6 Steel bars
 * Go back to the bank, and withdraw or collect necessary items, and then return to Eblis and give him the items he needs. You can give him the items noted.
 * Eblis will disappear and appear a little to the south-east on top of a hill. Go to him there and you will see 6 mirrors - look in all of them to try and find the location of the diamonds.  2 of the mirrors show other locations - the Bedabin camp and the Pyramid itself, but you need to acquire the diamonds from the other locations first.  You may attempt the diamonds in any order.

Blood Diamond
Items needed for this section: Garlic, Silver bar, Spice, Pestle and mortar, Sharks or better food, Prayer Potions, Druid Pouches, Halberd (any type but Dragon halberd recommended), Armour.


 * Travel to Canifis and talk to Malak in the pub. He tells you that he'll give you the diamond if you kill Dessous, and give you a list of items that you need.
 * Travel to Draynor Village, get garlic if you need it upstairs in a cupboard from one of the houses and take the garlic and a silver bar into the small dungeon just northwest of the bank. Talk to Ruantan in the dungeon and he will make you a silver pot
 * Take the pot to Entrana and get it blessed by the High Priest in the church.
 * Back to Canifis and talk to Malak again, he will fill the pot with blood (your blood!), you need to use a pestle and mortar with the garlic and add it to the pot, along with some spice - Ardougne spice stall is the best place to get this.
 * Travel through the swamps to the graveyard. You should take with you.
 * 1) Armour
 * 2) Halberd (preferably Dragon halberd)
 * 3) 10-20 Druid Pouches - see Nature Spirit quest.
 * 4) 3-4 Prayer potions
 * 5) Super set (optional)
 * 6) Emergency escape such as the Ectophial
 * 7) Sharks or better food.
 * Travel via the Myreque shortcut, across the bridge, then run east around the pools in the swamp, zig-zagging south and north.
 * Once you arrive at the graveyard, pour the blood on the tomb and Dessous will appear.
 * Run to the very edge of the fence, and use your halberd over the fence. Have protect from magic prayer on at all times.  When he teleports through the fence, run quickly to the other side and start halberding again.  He will not teleport through the fence while you are not attacking, giving you time to sip your prayer pots, eat your sharks and anything else you might need.  The only time you will be damaged is when he teleports through the fence, he does hit up to 30, but not very often.  This strategy (with all recommended items) uses around 1 prayer pot and 5 sharks.
 * Return to Malak in Canifis to claim the Blood Diamond.

Ice Diamond


Items needed for this section: Chocolate cake, Spiked Boots, 3-5 Super restore potions, Sharks or better food, armour and weapon, runes to cast a fire-based magic spell significantly below your level.

Because your magic level will be drained slowly whilst in the ice area, you do not want your spells to stop casting because your level has dropped below what you can cast. If your magic level drops below 25, you brought prayers instead of super restores, and you brought laws as a teleport out instead of the ectophial, you're dead. Take super restores and cast a fire spell below your level, and you'll find it easy. Well, easier maybe.
 * Teleport to Trollheim, climb down the hill and travel towards the thrower trolls, but before you get to them you should see a passage on your left. Go down this passage until you see a small child standing by an ice gate.  It should start to snow as you walk down the passage.
 * Talk to the child and he will start crying, give him the chocolate cake. He will then tell you that his mum and dad have been captured by a bad man.
 * BEFORE entering the ice gate, you should have the following: Super restore potions, armour, weapon and sharks.  Whilst you are in the icy area beyond the gate you will not be able to run, and every single stat will be reduced by 1 every few seconds, including hitpoints, magic and Prayer.
 * Enter the ice gate and kill 5 level 124 Trolls. Sip from a super restore potion and eat as required.  Once you have killed 5 the gate at the back should open.  Return to the bank and wait for your stats to recover, or simply suicide to get them restored quickly.
 * Now you have to go and kill Kamil. He uses the ice spells section of Ancient Magicks which freeze you when trying to attack.  For this, have
 * 1) Several super restore potions (4 or 5 is enough)
 * 2) The ectophial as a fast escape
 * 3) Sharks or better food
 * 4) Spiked boots - see the Troll Stronghold quest.
 * 5) Magic armour and staff, and runes to cast a fire spell that is significantly below your magic level.
 * Back to Trollheim and back to the ice gate. This time, go through the cave at the back and follow the path round until you come to an open area, where you will find Kamil.  Attack him with fire spells and have protect from melee prayer on at all times.  He drops fairly fast, but watch your health, your prayer points and your magic level.
 * Once he is dead, you need to follow a very hard to see path - on low detail it is all-but invisible. Travel west a little then north.  Then east, and north again until you can go no further, then west and south until you reach the edge of the ice ledge.
 * Put on your spiked boots and climb up the ledge. You will fall as you walk along the ice path and take damage.  Sipping a little super restore might help here, because you fall less often if your agility is higher.  Follow the ice path all the way to the top until you see the Troll's parents encased in ice.  Attack the cases with melee (they have 10 damage each) and free the trolls.  They will take you back outside the gate and give you the ice diamond.

Smoke Diamond
Items needed for this section: Facemask (buy from any Slayer master, Tinderbox, Ice Gloves (see Heroes Quest), 5-10 Energy or super energy potions, Armour, Weapon, and a small amount of food and Prayer potions may be required.
 * Take all of the items listed above and travel to the smoke well, just west of Pollivineach in the desert, fairly near to the quest start-point.
 * Enter the well, in each of the four corners of this dungeon there are torches that you need to light using your tinderbox. Plan your route through the dungeon first, but then run and light all the torhces, sipping energy potions as you run, and when all four are lit, go to the centre of the dungeon and open the Burnt chest that contains a key.
 * Once you have the key, there's no need to run any more. Stroll to the east part of the dungeon where there is a gate.  Use the key with the gate and Fareed will appear.
 * Fareed is ridiculously easy compared to the other 3 diamonds. Just pray on him and kill him in whatever way you choose.  In order to wield a weapon you will need to be wearing the ice gloves, but you may just as well use magic and water spells and watch him drop fast.
 * Once he is dead, he will drop the smoke diamond.

Shadow Diamond








Slightly less prayer, slightly more sharks here



Pyramid






Thanks to wv for this one, he couldn't figure out how to upload it properly!

The victims heroes depicted are (names slightly altered): Cubaan, Euc, Diamond, and Wv

Reward

 * 3 Quest Points
 * 20000 Magic experience
 * Ability to use Ancient Magicks