Desert Phoenix

The Desert Phoenix is a bird that can be found flying along the west bank of the River Elid in the Kharidian Desert, north of the bridge to the Dominion Tower and the northeastern part of the desert. It is located in the area where the river flows through a small gorge.

The Phoenix feather should not be confused with a Phoenix Quill, a tertiary component for Phoenix pouches. The feather of the desert phoenix is untradeable even to a familiar.

During The Golem quest, players must steal one of its feathers and use it with Black mushroom ink to create a phoenix quill pen.

Before completing The Golem, it is only possible to collect one Phoenix Feather at a time.

Stealing a feather grants a player 26 Thieving experience.

The phoenix feather is a component in Super antifire potions. Herbalists may find it worth while completing the Quest The Golem in order to stock up on the Feathers for training Herblore.

One way to get to the phoenix quicky is to use Fairy Ring code DLQ (after Fairy Tale III or Fairy Tale II with a Lunar Staff) and run north.

The Five Finger Discount aura and Gloves of silence can be used to increase your chance of pickpocketing feathers and help speed up feather collection.

Trivia

 * Until 1 November 2011 the desert phoenix could be found wandering near the clay mine north of Uzer.
 * The examine text of the desert phoenix could possibly be referring to the examine text of a chicken: Yep, definitely a chicken.