Dimension of Disaster

Dimension of Disaster is RuneScape's 200th quest. It features an where the player character never existed, changing the course of history in Gielinor. It has no requirements to start, and is based in alternate Varrock, during year 170 of the Fifth Age. It consists of five subquests similarly to Recipe for Disaster. These include an introductory quest and "twisted" versions of existing quests, namely Shield of Arrav, Demon Slayer, Defender of Varrock and The Curse of Arrav, with the latter requiring completion of all the former to start.

Players cannot bring any of their own items into the quest, and there is no bank or Grand Exchange, meaning players will have to create or purchase their own equipment to complete the quest. Like Broken Home, it is replayable, with some additional rewards available for doing so.

Official description
Have you ever stopped to think what would happen if you did not exist? In a pocket dimension of Varrock - an alternate reality - you were never born, the Sixth Age never happened, and the villains you would have defeated rule with impunity.

In this reality, Varrock has suffered greatly over the past year; its citizens massacred when the demon Delrith was summoned by Denath. Shortly thereafter, the city was conquered by the Mahjarrat necromancer Zemouregal's horde of armoured zombies.

Zemouregal has since corralled Delrith behind a demonic ward in the south-east corner of the city, and raised any Varrock citizens who are still reasonably intact as zombies.

Can you find your way into this dimension and overthrow the villains once more?

Coin of the Realm
The quest may be started by speaking to Gypsy Aris in her tent in Varrock Square. This will start a short introductory subquest, which is required to complete all other subquests.

New Varrock


After completing the first subquest, you will arrive in New Varrock, an alternate version of Varrock under the control of the Mahjarrat Zemouregal. It is wholly separate from the rest of the game, and you cannot bring any items in. Thus, you will have to make most items yourself, either using items gathered or bought in shops with zemomarks, the currency of New Varrock. Alternatively, you can trade with other players.

During the quest, a new task set, the New Varrock Tasks, may be completed for Tiny Zemouregal for additional rewards. These are saved between quest resets.

Subquests
Four subquests must be found and completed in order to finish the quest.

After completing Curse of Arrav, you will have freed New Varrock from Zemouregal's control and will be returned to standard Varrock. Speak to Gypsy Aris, and she will congratulate you, tell you some statistics, and give you some additional rewards.

Congratulations, quest complete!

Complete rewards



 * 10 total quest points
 * 139,600 total experience
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 * The ability to replay Dimension of Disaster
 * The ability to wear cosmetic overrides in New Varrock
 * 10 silver penny in Gypsy Aris's reward shop, and 5 for subsequent completions
 * 12 total Treasure Hunter keys and 12 total Hearts of Ice

Music unlocked

 * Evil Spirit
 * Exorcism
 * Grave Parade
 * Medi-Evil
 * Misadventure
 * Soiled
 * Undead Army II

Trivia



 * The quest's location and the inclusion of twisted Shield of Arrav were the result of two Player Power polls. Gertrude's Cat also won the same Player Power poll, but was added to a task set unique to alternate Varrock. It was originally supposed to be its own quest, but lack of time (and connection to the main storyline) prevented this from happening.
 * Other titles for the quest included The Edge of Disaster, Nothing Interesting Happens, City of Villains and A World without Heroes, while New Varrock's originally suggested names were all based on Zemouregal's name.
 * The quest may be a reference to, an episode of the British sci-fi series Doctor Who, where a gypsy teleports the Doctor's companion to a similar alternate universe where the Doctor does not exist any more, due to an earlier defeat.
 * The quest has a lot of references to Recipe for Disaster.
 * The word "disaster" in quest names.
 * Both of them were released to celebrate respectively the 100th and 200th quest.
 * Gypsy Aris plays a minor role in both quests.
 * Both quests are made of smaller sub-quests.