Smoking Kills

Walkthrough

 * Speak to Sumona in the house marked by the quest icon northeast of Pollnivneach. She will tell you that her sister, Damsel, is caught by a monster and trapped under the well in the center of the town. Accept her request on helping.


 * Try to climb down the well, a cat called "Ali Cat" will stop you in a cutscene. Equip a Catspeak Amulet to speak to the cat. It will warn you about the dangers of the well, which require wearing earmuffs and face mask at the same time.


 * Ali Cat will tell you to find a dead slayer master called Catolax and have a talk with him. It gives you hints that he is buried at the Ruins of Ullek, the Agility Pyramid.


 * Either take the magic carpet ride to Nardah or walk to the Pyramid. Go southeast from the agility entrance to the Pyramid, you will find a swamp. Be aware of the locust, scabara monsters and crocodiles here. Turn on the Protect from Melee prayer if necessary.


 * Make your way to the northeast part of the swamp by pushing through the reeds (it is a short distance), go up the pillar and stairs, you will arrive at a platform with two archaeologists and a water source. If you've already set up the rope shortcut from the agility pyramid up to the zombies (near the archeologists ... during Dealing with Scabaras perhaps) it makes a quick shortcut here as well.


 * Go into the passage near the adventurers. Be careful of the 115-combat level skeletons. Enter the first dungeon you see on your left.


 * You will be in a tomb with a few doors and traps. Search the tomb near the entrance for a Steel pickaxe. Click the little hole in the wall to either the left or right and then your cat will help you navigate through.


 * Once that's over, go through the door on either the east or the west. Beware, level 51 skeletons are at a platform out of reach. On the east path, the skeletons use range and are most vulnerable to magic. On the west path, the skeletons use magic and are most vulnerable to range. Once they are dead, destroy the door to the north with your pickaxe. An alternative is to run in and break the door as the skeletons notice you, this will require leaving and re-entering the room though.


 * Over north above the destroyed door, look at the walls to the side. There are traps! To avoid being hit up to 17 hitpoints you'll see the 'search wall' option next to the' search markings' one. mouse over carefully to find it. You can pass the traps once you have searched the wall.


 * Once you have passed two sets of traps, you will come to a room with some zombies and mummies. They have varied combat level but they are weak. Kill them and the tomb in the center will open bringing out a level 54 Mummy Warrior. This monster is weak as well so kill him and pick up the key (it will either be a magic path key or a range path key).


 * Use the key to open the door and pull the lever. Walk back to the center. You will not set off traps on this side anymore after you have pulled the lever.


 * Repeat this for the other side. Once the levers on both sides have been pulled, the traps in the center pathway are disabled. Walk through the center and speak to Catolax. He will give you the knowledge you need to make the masked earmuffs.


 * Go to bank get you food and armour from Nardah bank, then make your way back to the well. Put on your masked earmuffs and go down the well. DO NOT GO WEST or else you will go into the Smoke Dungeon. Go north instead, kill a Mighty banshee (level 90) to get a Banshee voice. If you dont get it the first time keep trying it doesn't take long. Use it on the barrier to the north.  It's possible the Mighty Banshees use a magic based melee attack and fighting them in black dragonhide seems more successful than, for example, dragon armor.


 * You will see a cutscene where there are scarabs monsters and a Banshee Mistress (level 111). Shortly, the mistress will attack you. The mistress mainly uses melee but she also uses water blast so Protect from Melee with good magic defence armour like dragonhide armour or white knight armour is suggested. She is easy at the beginning, but she calls the scarabs monsters to help ranging when she has less than a half of hitpoints. Turning off auto-retaliate is useful here so that you will not attack the guards. A poisoned dragon dagger (p++) may prove useful. Magic or range is not suggested since there are few safe spots but if you are high range or mage don't be put off using it as it is quite possible. Note that the banshee mistress will occasionally sound an acoustic attack which may deal up to 13 damage and lay you down. Good food, preferably Sharks or above, is suggested. The only safe spot in the room is the far south east corner, you must enter the barrier from this point, and the banshee will attack you cornering you, once she gets to low health the assassins can't reach you. If you are a high combat level the easiest way to kill her is to use melee and put on protect from range so that her guards can't hurt you. When she dies the cutscene will start and you will have only had to deal with her.


 * After you kill the mistress, Catolax will speak to you. Go back to Sumona and talk to her. She will insist that you put your cat or kitten in your backpack before she will talk to you.

'''Congratulations! Quest Complete!'''

Reward



 * 1 Quest Point
 * New Slayer Master in Pollnivneach
 * "Slayer Rewards"
 * Ability to construct slayer items
 * Access to new slayer dungeon
 * 5,000 Slayer experience

Slayer Rewards
After this quest, a player earns slayer reward points for each slayer assignment completed. More for assignments from higher level masters. Points add up until used, or until a task is changed. Slayer reward points may be exchanged for:
 * Slayer Experience
 * Broad arrows
 * Ability to fletch broad arrows and broad bolts.
 * Slayer ring
 * Slayer helmet
 * Skip a task without penalty
 * Skip a task and permanently remove it from your task list!

Smoky Dungeon
After the quest it is possible to navigate the dungeon below the area of the giant banshees. Take the east or west corridor and go down the stairs. This dungeon layer consists of a large central area with aberant spectres. There are four connected dungeons protected by a mystic barrier. Crossing the barrier starts a boss fight. After the boss fight the area can be used to slay higher level slayer monsters of the same breed as the boss. The four boss fights are: Killing all four bosses gives an additional 5000 slayer experience reward.
 * Kurask boss (combat level 240). Use Protect from melee and attack with slayer dart.
 * Giant cave crawler (combat level 180). Bring Anti-poison potion (around 2 pots will do) and use Protect from Range. Normal melee combat is good.
 * Basilisk boss (combat level 240). Protect from magic and melee works.
 * Turoth boss (mightiest Turoth, combat level 180). Protect from Melee and slayer dart works.

Music
Music unlocked:
 * Cool for Ali Cats
 * Desert Smoke
 * Slain to Waste
 * Under the Sand

Trivia

 * On the day of release, the spoilers said, "We're having to cut a deal with Sumona in order to access the rewards scroll. Please check back tomorrow. "


 * The title of the quest seems to be telling the fact that "smoking cigarettes kills", however the developer later posted on the forums that this was merely a pun, and had no intentional meaning. This was also confirmed by Mod Emilee


 * When you contact your slayer master with your Gem during a task you were assigned prior to this update, a higher level master (or Duradel always?) will tell you 'We seem to have lost your records in our recent reshuffle', and you are unable to determine your progress in your task.


 * This was the second quest that had a required minimum combat level(85) to complete (after Dream Mentor released on 15 May 2007).


 * Upon the release of this quest, almost all the slayer monster's graphics changed, leaving a small amount unchanged.