What Lies Below

Start
Rat Burgiss is on road between Varrock and Lumbridge, by the crossroads to the Digsite.

Talk to rat and he will tell you he was mugged on the way to Varrock by some outlaws, some pages of research were stolen from him, he gives you a folder to put them in. Go and kill 5 of the outlaws, (by the spirit tree north west of Varrock) you will then get a message in your chat window telling you to return to rat, do so.

Surok Magis
Rat will thank you and write a letter for you to take to Surok Magis, a wizard in Varrock's Library. Go to the Surok who will ask you to get him a bowl, and gives you a wand and a book. Search the library for a book that will tell you how to use the chaos altar without going through the wilderness the book is called "Dagon'hai History", take it and read it.

Chaos Altar
Now take the wand, 15 chaos runes; or pure essences to make 15 chaos runes, a chaos talisman or tiara, to the chaos altar and use the wand on the altar, you now have an infused wand(talismans are consumed tiaras are not). (if using pure essences craft 15 chaos runes before using the wand on the altar.) As an alternative to the normal methods to reach the chaos altar (Abyss or using the wilderness entrance and traversing the maze), it is already possible to use the shortcut path at this stage of the quest. See the reward section below for more details.

The Plot
Go back to Surok, he will give you a letter to take to rat, if you read the letter it will expose a plot to install a new king of Varrock. Talk to rat, who will tell you to talk to Zaff in the staff shop in Varrock who has a counter mind control spell for the king. Zaff gives you a summoning ring and some instructions, you must fight the king, and use the ring to summon Zaff when the king is low on hp, who will lift the mind control spell.

The Fight
Go to Surok in Varrock palace and place him under arrest, he will then cast the spell on the king, who will attack you (level 47), when he is almost dead you will get a message in your chat window telling you to summon Zaff, now operate the ring, and Zaff will appear. He will cure the king and imprison Surok, who we now know to be the evil leader of the "Dagon'hai". Go and see Rat south of Varrock who will reward you.

Reward

 * 8000 Runecrafting
 * 2000 Defence experience
 * 1 quest point
 * the Beacon Ring
 * access to shortcut to the chaos altar.

The shortcut is east of Varrock, north on road near sawmill. Anna will give you a bronze pick. Excavate the statue. talk to the three guys inside; then go to end and use the portal to get to Chaos Altar. You go down the ladder, then down a middle ladder to get there. If you exit with the normal chaos altar portal you will appear in the wilderness as usual; however, if you exit using the portal in the tunnel of chaos, you will return to the tunnel.



Trivia

 * The outlaw monster released during the quest is the first new free monster since the Stronghold of Security

Music

 * Alternative Root - Chaos Altar shortcut