Phoenix feather



Phoenix feathers can be grabbed from the Desert phoenix near the clay mine in the north-eastern Kharidian Desert. One feather at a time can be plucked from the bird's tail, but the player may fail, in which case the phoenix stuns the player and does ten life points of damage. Players do not kill the bird when plucking feathers. When a feather is successfully plucked, the player earns 26 Thieving experience points.

A phoenix feather is used in The Golem quest, where it is used on Black mushroom ink to turn it into a Phoenix quill pen.

It is an item used with an Antifire at level 85 Herblore, to make a Super antifire potion, which renders the user completely immune to dragonfire for a short period of time.

Location
The Desert phoenix inhabits the north-eastern Kharidian Desert, in the northern part of the Uzer Hunter area where the Golden Warblers are found.

Collection
To collect more than one phoenix feather you must complete The Golem quest. If you don't, you'll have to drop the feather every time you pick one, before you can pick another. Also if you have a feather in your bank, you can't pick another one. If you did The Golem quest, you can keep picking feathers and banking without having to drop them.

Recommended equipment:
 * Water source to negate the Desert heat. Wearing Enchanted Water Tiara or wielding a Steam Battlestaff with astral runes and waterskins in the inventory works well. (Humidify)
 * Desert clothing to lessen the need for water.
 * Ardougne cloak 3 and Gloves of silence to increase chances of thieving the feather.
 * Weight-reducing clothing to lessen depletion of run Energy.
 * Means of teleporting to and from desert for fast banking (detailed more below).
 * Using the special effect of Enhanced excalibur to heal after taking damage from the phoenix.

There are several ways to get to the phoenix. From quickest to slowest (approximately), they are:
 * With a Rope in inventory, summon a Spirit larupia. Teleport to Feldip using the larupia and run north-west to the eagle cave to use the Eagle transport system. (Eagles' Peak quest must first be completed and the Feldip eagle cave must first be made accessible.) Use the rope on an eagle to go to the Eagle's Peak eagles; then use the rope on a desert eagle to go to the desert. The cave exits at the phoenix's region. For fast banking, use a Ring of duelling to teleport to Castle Wars and then use the larupia to repeat the process. (Alternatively players can use the Ring of Kinship for free banking.)
 * Use Fairy ring DLQ and run due north to the northern Uzer Hunter area. For fast banking, use an Amulet of glory to teleport to Edgeville or a Ring of duelling to teleport to Castlewars to bank. Then, teleport to the Slayer Cave using a Ring of slaying so that you can use the fairy ring there. This method takes about 15 seconds longer to get to the desert phoenix than the Eagle method, but it's possible to burn 27 logs on the long stretch running north to the desert phoenix, therefore using your time in the most efficient way.
 * Teleport to Sumona in Pollnivneach using a Ring of slaying (obtainable via Slayer reward points), run north-east to the northern Elid bridge over the river to the east. Cross and run further north to the northern part of the Uzer Hunter area. For fast banking, use a ring of duelling to teleport to Castle Wars and then use the ring of slaying to repeat the process.
 * Teleport to the Sorceress garden with a Broomstick (requires completion of the Swept Away quest). Run to Shantay Pass, through the gate, and use the Magic carpets to fly to the ruins of Uzer. Run north-west to the northern part of the Uzer Hunter area. For fast banking, use the broomstick to return to Shantay Pass and the bank chest there.
 * Teleport to the Sorceress garden with a broomstick. Run to Shantay Pass, through the gate, and south-east to the northern bridge over the River Elid. Cross and run further north to the northern part of the Uzer Hunter area. For fast banking, use the broomstick to return to Shantay Pass and the bank chest there.

Notes: Using the Shantay Pass requires a 5 coin payment. Using the magic carpet requries a 200 coin payment (reduced if the player has done part of the Rogue Trader activity and/or is wearing a Ring of charos).


 * Tip: Plucking the feathers can be combined with actions that have a waiting time, like gathering papayas with Fruitfall from a Fruit bat. This is a way to earn money while gathering feathers.

Trivia

 * Messages to the spam filter when trying to gather phoenix feathers were added on 9 November 2009.
 * Beasts of Burden cannot carry any feathers since they are untradeable.