Talk:Desert Treasure

Ok done, that took some time to write!

There's bound to be a few broken links in there.

Can someone look at it in another resolution other than 800x600 to see if it looks ok? 800x600 is alright but the smoke diamond section needs pushing about a bit maybe.


 * For me, it now looks OK in all views except 800x600 in Firefox. Green party hat.PNG Hyenaste talk 23:33, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Looks ok in Internet explorer at 800x600, doesn't look so good at same res in firefox. Still think we need a break all tag after Fareed, otherwise is sort of ok.  Maybe remove the safe-spot image too, it's just messing things up. --Eucarya 23:37, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * The safe spot does cause problems but it's a useful picture. On the other hand, the altar picture causes some problems and is not essential. I don't see a need for a break all after Fareed but it probably couldn't hurt. Green party hat.PNG Hyenaste talk 23:42, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I'll play with it tomorrow, i'm off to bed for now --Eucarya 23:55, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks to all who agreed to be photographed during the quest, the victims volunteers were Eucarya (that's me), Diamond6660, Cubaan3, and Wvbattosaivw who provided the quest completion pic. --Eucarya 23:02, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Cannon
It's possible to use a dwarf cannon to kill dessous and kamil. Tried and tested myself, I dont recommend it as your only way of killing them, but as backup for some extra damage. Both bosses took about 20 shots before dying, with me maging alongside. Sol Levante 06:38, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Featured Article?
I nominate this for featured article status. Shadowdancer 15:02, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm honoured, someone check my grammar and spelling first lol --Eucarya 15:49, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Rewrite?
We should rewrite this to remove "you" and replace with third-party references, i.e. "the player". Shadowdancer 23:12, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Just looked at it, and it's going to be tougher than the usual 'you cleansing' since it uses a lot of understood you's that my browser can't pick up. Green party hat.PNG Hyenaste talk 23:16, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
 * What? Shadowdancer 23:17, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
 * You, you're, your, etc. Derivatives, I think. Oddlyoko 23:27, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Made all the damis's link to damis, so now you don't have to search for the one that has it linked.Dark0805 04:48, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Spiked boots?
In the walkthrough there is a mention to Spiked boots, but there isn't article for it. I was wondering, did you mean Climbing boots? I didn't (and certainly won't) do the quest, but that's just a guess. EMG Blue 14:22, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Spiked boots is correct, they're climbing boots with er, spikes on them, talk to the guy in ne burthorpe who gives you the law talisman with climbing boots and an iron (?) bar in your inventory. --[[File:Smithingimg.PNG]] Eucarya Talk 14:29, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
 * It's an iron bar. Spiked climbing boots are useless for climbing on non icy surfaces. Dtm142 18:12, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
 * This has been fixed. And boy, was I confused...every help site I went to didn't say anything more than "see some other quest," and none of those quests said anything about them :).

Azzandra/Azzanadra
Azzanadra is used in this article only but is the correct spelling according to Kang227. I always used Azzandra, and as far as I'm aware so does everyone else. Discuss? Or somewhere could just do the quest and prove it (I don't think the name is ever mentioned outside of the quest). JalYt-Xil-Vimescarrot 17:58, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I think the Wise Old Man of Draynor Village talks about him. You could try that. Dtm142 23:46, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

List of monsters in Desert Treasure
As Desert Treasure is such a combat oriented quest, would it be worth it making a list of all the monsters, their levels, and tips to defeat them? it could also be put in the desert treasure article itself. this would be useful in seeing whethere you're ready to try it.--Andy mci 17:13, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * This information is already contained in the appropriate sections in the guide, but it could also be added to the respective monster articles (e.g. Dessous, Kamil, Damis, Fareed.) Dtm142 18:10, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Magic Loggs
The quest guide says you need 12, but other guides say only 6, why is this?


 * Because theyre a bunch of bulls*** ^^. --Whiplash 20:36, 1 May 2007 (UTC)


 * O....k?
 * Whoa, 5-50 picklocks!? Oh, but Christine tells me ya only need 6 magic logs =P Wha's up with that then? 00:00, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Believe who you want, I got info off other sites. 00:01, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll start buying picklocks then -.-; 00:09, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Runehq.com says 12, I followed the wiki guide and it was correct, so I think it's 12. As for the picklocks, it personally took me about 45 picklocks before I opened that chest.  So yeah, start buying :)
 * You can pickpocket them off of Bandits in the camp right then and there, but you should still buy a bunch beforehand and pickpocket after you run out. Dtm142 01:41, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * ... Kosu! -.-; (hopefully Sacre will be the only one who knows what that means)01:47, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Definitely 12 magic logs, and I guess I must have been lucky with the lockpicks, I only used 5--Andy mci 06:33, 17 July 2007 (UTC)


 * It took me 40 lockpicks, and yes, it's 12 logs (may have been different at one point, but it's 12 now) 21:45, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * it took me 16 picklocks, and i had to badit brew to do it-- 01:21, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

About the prayer thing.....
Just out of curiosity, is it possible to complete the quest WITHOUT getting 43 prayer? I dont feel like wasting time to raise my prayer up to that level. Also, why do you need to complete the temple of ikov and have 50 firemaking? Is it possible to bypass these requirements?--71.253.97.210 03:28, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * You need to finish Temple of Ikov just to start (for the storylines and stuff). I think you need 50 firemaking to light the torches in Fareed's dungeon.  The quest is possible without 43 prayer, but I wouldn't recommend it. Dtm142 16:46, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * It would be extremely challenging without 43 prayer, though it is not a requirement. Some form of entangle/combat spell combo would help if you didn't have the required prayer level, but it would be very challenging. --Eucarya Talk 17:55, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Doing it without 43 prayer would be near impossible. All the bosses hit over 20 with melee, and on Damis even if you got a friend to stand between you and him you would need it for defending against the other creatures.

Ancienting
Anyone run into the guys with ice barrage at CS a ton? *rolls eyes*

Damis
The section on Damis is a mess, I'll try and fix it. I'll make a guide in userspace and post it here, see what people think.--Andy mci 17:25, 17 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I thought Damis was relatively simple, he was the first one I fought, (haven't finished yet, so I'll be able to compare him to the others soon). I used prayer and prayer pots to stay alive.  I wore Monk robes, used a mystic lava staff and cast Earth spells at him.  Just had to make sure that I watched my prayer level.  With the lvl 174 form of him, I think I went through 7 prayer pots (4 dose).  As long as I watched my prayer, sipped a few times when i got low, and made sure I was attacking Damis and not the skeletons and dogs that were trying to hit me, I did jsut fine.  It wasn't too hard, but I can see where the problem could come if a player isn't calm and relaxed.  21:42, 29 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I did similair, except I wore initiate and use a whip (I couldn't be bothered buying more runes, I was pretty pissed off for dieing and losing Ahrims hood the last time). Anyway, yeah, it's pretty easy if you're calm.  I was just saying the section about it was written up by several editors who only skim read the rest, and thus was a complete mess.  oh well, fixed now.--Andy mci 20:17, 10 September 2007 (UTC)


 * I thought of all of them, the hardest was getting the Ice gem. Even that wasn't too bad, I just wasn't paying attention and stupidly got myself killed fighting the Trolls (Embarrasingly, I walked in without prayer, meaning to have it on just forgot, and got hit 3 times, died so fast it wasn't funny).  Over all though, the Quest wasn't as difficult as I was thinking it would be.  20:47, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

I'm just wondering if it really is necessary to know about magic PKing to know how to use Entangle and Earth Wave. I mean, it's not exactly rocket science. 72.240.210.91 20:59, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Boosts for Shadow diamond
I noticed the change about how Bandits brew won't work for unlocking the chest on the path for the shadow diamond. Is it that it won't let you even attempt to try unlocking the chest, or do you just fail? If it's just a failure, keep in mind that I had the correct thieving level required to unlock it, but it took me 47 tries to get it unlocked. If it says something about your thieving level being too low, then you're right, it doesn't help, but if all you do is fail, you've at least made an attempt to do it, and in that case it DOES help. 16:01, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I've heard people say that it doesn't work at all (it won't even let you try). I haven't experienced it myself.

It's hard enough anyway if you actually have the level. If you have to spend 650gp every time you need to attempt... Dtm142 23:08, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Final Pyramid
It seems that speed matters a lot there in order not to trigger the random traps. I first tried without running all time and failed like 5 times. Then I went there with no armor (well, essentially prayer gear : monk top and skirt, holy symbol, wolfbane dagger), with a total weight of 0kg (spotted cape, boots of lightness) and always running (inventory = 9 energy pots, 3 prayer pot, 4 monkfish, 1 super antipoison) => I triggered a trap once on third floor, then succeeded (total pots used : 3 energy(4) + 1 dose of prayer). So my advice, if you have decent prayer lvl (mine was 54) +/- agility (mine was 65, if yours is lower you'll just need more energy pot), is to go there without armor and always run and use melee protect prayer when needed. 14:02, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Demis
I had trouble finding Demis the second time (having died ignominiously the first - I'm only level 69!). Is there a specific trigger?

Also what happens if you lose the diamonds?

Rich Farmbrough, 18:03 31 December 2007 (GMT).
 * I happened to lose Demis too, not by dying but by running too far away (he teleported away)... I came back to the area where I first found him, ran around a few minutes and he eventually reappeared. 09:55, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
 * It seems to be time based but it could be the particular spot. Frustrating to use resources waiting for him to appear...  I just need to negotiate the pyramid now. Again higher levels make light of lvl 103 mummies... Rich Farmbrough, 13:14 2  January 2008 (GMT).

I killed Demis with fire blast and 10 prayer potions, and a few sharks when I didnt have prayer on looking for him. -- Fofo   04:49, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Damis safe-spot
I think I found a safe-spot for maging Damis. He didn't hit me or drain my prayer while I was there. I only used 2 doses of prayer potion getting him there. I'm posting a screenshot of the safe-spot so that someone else can confirm it. --Nequillim 11:10, 5 August 2008 (UTC) I just killed Damis (13 August 2008) but couldn't get him to follow me to the safe spot. He just stood at the edge of the room but wouldn't come out. I heard Jagex recently got rid of the Damis safe spots. Did you just use this spot? Horsehead 17:56, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

I used the spot right next to it about three days ago, (visible on the right by the multi-way combat symbol between the torch and rock.) 13:50, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I used this spot to kill Damis and his second form. He did not attack me at all in this spot, so I am assuming it is a safe-spot. --Nequillim 02:46, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

It is a safe spot as 1-square sized monsters are programmed to move east-west before moving north south, however if Damis cannot be reliably gotten to this spot that would make it a less than 100% safe spot. Can anyone describe how they got Damis into that position? 05:49, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

To get Damis into that spot, I lead him in through the south-east corridor (on the screenshot). Once in the position that I am in the screenshot, I attacked him with magic, causing my character to turn around and hit him with magic from the diagonal. It also occurs to me now that there is a skeleton to the east of Damis in the screenshot - and hence the situation I was in - which did not allow Damis to move. Don't know if it's relevant. --Nequillim 10:23, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

I recently did DT and I found another safe-spot for Damis...well it kept me safe. I thought it was so cool so I screenied it. Does anyone want me to post a pic? (if you look at the pic already in this section, I was about a square away from the skeleton to the north)  Andy-360 *talk*   09:08, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

I killed damis by earth blasting him. It was so easy. Only used 3 sips of prayer pot. I was lvl 86 back then! I was at a safe spot north of him. Nothing could attack me so i suggest that people should try it.In fact i dont know if i safe spotted him cuz there was no rocks or anything but nothing attacked me so it must be one. 11:18, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Ice Diamond Map
I've created and added a map of places of importance for the Ice Diamond section. Tell me if it's appropriate for this article or not. Any other comments are welcome. -- 13:26, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

I quite like, I find it better than most other fansite's since it actually uses the back root to avoid the trolls on Death Plateau, as well as the Thrower trolls. 13:41, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but is there anything i could or should improve on? 23:15, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Run in Pyramid
When I was doing dt, I found i got chucked out of the pyramid when my run dipped below 80~%, Any use? Lmc169 13:17, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
 * My energy was below 80% for most of my run through the pyramid, so I doubt it affects ejection probability.  13:43, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

How many tries will pyramid take? at 49 agility

Is it worth it?
The only reason I would use ancient magicka is training mage in fist of guthix. Is t really worth all the hassle. Non-biased answers please


 * Ancients, in the right condition can be used to gain more that 200k mage xp an hour so theres something its worth.

82.46.61.17 20:54, 13 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Desert Treasure is one of the requirements for the Culinaromancer battle (Recipe for Disaster), and Recipe for Disaster is one of the requirements (I think) for While Guthix Sleeps. --70.139.50.3 01:12, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Putting Diamonds in and leaving
Im planning on waiting for my friend to catch up with me in the catch to complete it. Would I be able to put the four diamonds in the obelisks and then leave and come back later to finish? --Daggerslice2 23:22, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes. Once the diamonds are in, you can enter the pyramid at will. Dtm142 23:27, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Safe-spotting Kamil, confirmed and tested!
I was able to safe-spot Kamil using the Icy Rocks around the area. It is quite the recommended way of killing him! Wejer   15:11, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

3rd Hardest Quest????
Ive heard this is the 3rd hardest qest in rs.
 * However I was able to beat it at lvl 62(im not a pure) with 43 prayer and 60-61 mage (got i up when fighting kamil =b.)
 * Also I had an extremely easy time with the quest and find it hard to believe that people 100+ died doing it.
 * I didn't even use any safespots.
 * However i DO understand the importance of 43 prayer and how doing the quest without it would be VERY hard.
 * Post al ur comments =b--Airplane04 23:45, 23 March 2009 (UTC)


 * In my opinion, people mainly die in this quest from underestimating it (i.e. "Oh, I can kill a Black Dragon, that's level 227; Damis is way lower level, it'll be easy")....and then being killed (myself being evidence of this). 00:29, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Requierments
At the bottom of the skill requierments it says "(Note: The skill requirements are not needed to start the quest)" and also at the bottom of the page it says:

FaQs/Information.

Q) Help! the archeologist wont let me start the quest!

A)"If you talk to the archaeologist without having all the quest requirements, you will see a message stating, "he is lost in his own thoughts"

What is this????

-- 14:41, 15 April 2009 (UTC)


 * It means that, if you try to talk to him, it won't work. It will only say "He is lost in his own thoughts." 14:45, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Ranging Dessous
In the article there is a piece about ranging Dessous, the recommended weapon is a rune crossbow with emerald bolts(e). Though when I tried that, there was a short come it was just too slow to kill him, even with addamant bolts, after poison of emerald bolts(e). Then I tried with mithril knifes, it worked quiet well. You don't hit as hard, but you'll hit often and not bad either. I think I would shoot about once between eating with a crossbow, and 3 times with the knifes. I used about 22 lobsters and 1 dose of prayer potion to kill him, no poison. My food supply was all gone. Might this be a better method for killing him?

My stats are: ranged: 64, prayer: 49, defence: 51 and magic: 61 My equipment was: weapon: 80 mithril throwing knifes armour: full red dragonhide + standard coif+ rune kiteshield and fancy boots amulates: power and explorer ring inventory: 1-click, 1 prayer pot, the pot with blood, druid pouch and 22 lobsters recommended changes:taking a better shield, something with better magic bonus, sharks instead of lobsters


 * This is just me, but I used a rune crossbow with runite bolts(p++); they do much more damage than the emerald bolts (e)--which are the equivalent of mithril bolts--I also barely used half an inventory of monkfish. Mithril knives might be effective, but clearly adamant or runite knives would be much more so. 00:33, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Able to do it?
I have all the rquirnments, but I am worried about the bosses. Here are my Stats: Attack:66 Strenghth:65 Defence:61 Hitpoints:63 (Close to leveling) Magic:58 Ranged:52 Prayer:47 Combat:83 Leave a message on my talk page, and I need help of suggestions from those who completed the quest. Thanks, -- 20:17, 26 April 2009 (UTC)Spence751-- 20:17, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

w00t
Picked the lock in 9 tries! -- 23:42, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Personal progress thingy
Remove if needed

Picked the chestlock in about three lockpicks (probably used up all my luck, had 53 thieving) Dessous killed in 33 Wind Waves, full Mystic with Legends cape and Air staff, Glory, Bacon Ring, Broodoo Shield. Fareed killed in 21 Water Blasts + prayer, same equipment as before + facemask and Ice Gloves. Damis killed in 37 Earth Blasts over both forms, Method Eight (corner trick).

Overally, I find it kind of disappointing up to this point.

Waterskins for Fareed?
Do you need to have waterskins for the smoky well part, if you just use magic carpet rides to get there?
 * You do not. Although you'll likely take a bit of damage from the heat effect (this happens when you use the carpets), it will be minimal since the well isn't very far from southern Pollnivneach.  The desert effect ends once you enter a dungeon, so you won't need to worry about it there.  You may wish to bring one full waterskin (it won't hurt you in any way), but that should be all you need. Dtm142 02:35, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Cannoning damis
Is it possible to cannon damis? As there is no referance on the article (yes im a cannon noob ;) 08:23, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Hard to believe 100+ have died
I finished the quest all with the very similar methods. It was simply protect from melee while casting Air Wave on Dessous, Water Wave on Fareed, Earth Blast on Damis, and Fire Bolt on Kamil. I only drank 5 full doses of prayer potions and only ate 8 tuna potatoes. I was only level 90 at that time, however removing the stats that weren't used during the quest, it is very easy to finish this quest with only 70 magic, 43 prayer, and a decent hitpoints level. This is like how Monkey Madness sounds like only extremely high levels can finish it.--Moneypony 07:18, November 23, 2009 (UTC)