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. [[image:Green party hat.PNG|14px]] 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. [[image:Green party hat.PNG|14px]] 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)

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. [[image:Green party hat.PNG|14px]] 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. --[[Image: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)

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)