Desert achievements

Desert achievements

Release date	21 January 2013 (Update)
Area	Kharidian Desert
Members	Yes
Reward	Desert amulet
Lamp rewards	2,000 8,000 20,000 160,000
Taskmasters	Grand Vizier Hassan, Zahur, Ali the Mayor, Clay golem
Levels required Total level: 1687  78  —  81  78  80  70  65  85  70  60  91  70  45  89  51  80  52  58  75  77  65  70  67  55  75  —  — 160 275 —

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The Desert Tasks are the tasks relating to Kharidian Desert and its surrounding area, added on 21 January 2013. To complete all of the tasks, players will need the stats shown to the right. These members tasks, like all other members' task sets, have four difficulties ranging from easy to elite. Please note you must do the easy tasks first in order to claim rewards from medium, hard or elite. Two higher level requirements for the elite tasks include 91 Thieving and 89 Crafting. Some of the tasks include riding a magic carpet, mining granite and looting the engraved sarcophagus in Pyramid Plunder. They also include tasks from the Agility Pyramid and the Mage Training Arena.

The rewards include a Desert amulet, hefty experience rewards, new daily rewards and rerolls for the Dominion Tower. The amulet also provides some useful benefits for Mining, Crafting and Herblore and unlimited teleports to Nardah.

Easy tasks

Items Required
Desert clothing Bird snare Coins for magic carpet Knife Waterskin Rune essence Progress hat for Mage Training Arena Fire talisman or equivalent Recommended Items
A ring of duelling for getting to the Duel Arena. Wicked hood to quickly teleport to the fire altar. A lockpick for getting through the rooms in Pyramid Plunder faster. Runes for gaining pizazz points at the Mage Training Arena, if you do not have any pizazz points yet.

Skills Needed
5 Hunter 14 Runecrafting 22 Thieving 7 Magic

Quests required
Diamond in the Rough Stolen Hearts One Piercing Note

Task	#	Description	Quest(s) needed	Skill(s) needed	Notes
Assassin's Feed	1	Eagle-dive into a hay cart after completing Diamond in the Rough.	Diamond in the Rough	None	Start by taking the stairs to the first floor of the Craft Store or go to the roof of Al Kharid Palace. You need to make your way to the roof of the Al Kahrid bank. Stolen Heart
Touring Gear	2	Equip a full set of desert clothing while standing in the desert.	None	None	You can buy the set from Shantay at Shantay Pass.
Memento Mori	3	View the Duel Arena scoreboard.	None	None
Fool's Gold	4	Catch a golden warbler.	None	5	These are found west of Uzer.
Don't You Dare Close Your Eyes	5	Use any of the magic carpets in the desert.	None	None
Slash Fund	6	Get water from a cactus in the desert.	None	None	You will need an empty waterskin.
Kookookachat	7	Talk to Khoochak about a quest.	Stolen Hearts	None	The parrot in the throne room of Al Kharid castle.
Fire at Will	8	Craft a fire rune at the fire altar.	None	14	Using a wicked hood to both enter the altar and take essence from is a fast method.
Seems Legit	9	Obtain five artefacts from Pyramid Plunder and sell them to Simon in one go.	None	21	When selling the artefacts to Simon, they cannot be noted. Save time by opening the sarcophagus in the level 61 room (#5) and final room for both a hard and elite task.
Extra Cheese	10	Exchange pizazz points at the Mage Training Arena.	None	7	A Cosmic rune is the cheapest to purchase.
I Like to Watch	11	Attempt to spectate on a match at the Dominion Tower.	None	None	Climb the stairs. Choose 'other fights'.
Wiggle Room	12	Perform the troubadour dance emote near the dancers outside the Citharede Abbey.	One Piercing Note	None

Walkthrough

1. Use a ring of duelling to reach the Duel Arena. View the scoreboard.
2. Go north to the Mage Training Arena. Earn some pizazz points if necessary and spend them.
3. Go out of the Duel Arena main gate and slightly north. Enter the fire altar and craft some fire runes.
4. Run south, or use the lodestone, and go through the east gate, go past the strykewyrms and do the troubadour dance near the Citharede Abbey musicians.
5. Use the Al Kharid lodestone to return to the city. Go the the emir's palace, speak to Khoochak in the palace.
6. Ascend to the roof, slide by rope to the banks, then jump (or Go east and north to the start point of the roof course (crafting shop) and follow it round to the hay cart).
7. Go south to the Shantay Pass. Purchase and equip some desert clothing. Also purchase an empty water skin.
8. Take the carpet to Uzer.
9. Fill the waterskin from a cactus.
10. Run west and use a bird snare to catch a golden warbler.
11. Run west to the Dominion Tower and attempt to spectate a match inside.
12. Run across the river and south to Pollnivneach. Take the south carpet to Sophanem. Get five artefacts from Pyramid Plunder, exit the city and take them to Simon Templeton, near the Agility Pyramid to the east.

Easy task complete!

Easy task set complete!

Rewards

Speak to Hassan in Al Kharid Palace to receive the Desert amulet 1 and an antique lamp, giving 2,000 experience in any skill over level 29).

• When worn:
  • You receive double water from cacti.

• At all times:
  • Mage Training Arena prices are lowered by 2%.
  • A second Teak tree appears near Uzer.
  • Sparkly dung kalphites drop double loot.
  • Speak to any rug merchant daily to receive a bag of lost items.

Medium tasks

Items Required
Crossbow Mithril grapple Dramen staff or equivalent (If required to access fairy rings) Pyramid top Molten glass Clean harralander Pickaxe Pouch (Summoning) 51 spirit shards Blue charm Potato cactus Hatchet Rope (obtainable during task) (3 pots of dye or 3 cowhides or 3 snake skins or 3 wolf skins or 3 sheep shears if no option for task 2)

Skills Needed
45 Prayer 35 Woodcutting 25 Summoning 45 Mining 33 Crafting 36 Herblore 30 Agility 37 Ranged 19 Strength

Quests required
Eagles' Peak The Feud Spirits of the Elid Missing My Mummy

Task	#	Description	Quest(s) needed	Skill(s) needed	Notes
Faster than a Speeding Bullet	1	Ride an eagle to the desert (use a rope on Desert Eagle).	Eagles' Peak	None	Rope is found in the desert eagle cave. To get to the Eagles Eyrie fast, use the Book of Char teleport or any Eagle Transport.
So Su Me	2	Solve an easy runedoku casket.	The Feud	None	Speak to Ali Morrisane (ask to have a look at his selection of runes, select small casket and select 'Examine lock'. If you do not see an examine option speak to Aubury in the Varrock Rune Shop and select the option about Ali Morrisane, then Siamun).
A Bridge Not Far	3	Cross the River Lum using a crossbow.	None	8 19 37	If you have built a hidey-hole you will not need a mith grapple or crossbow.
Heathen Idle	4	Pray at the Elidinis statuette in Nardah.	Spirits of the Elid	None	North of the fountain.
Away with the Kalphites	5	Travel to the fairy ring near the Kalphite Lair.	Started Fairy Tale II - Cure a Queen	None	Fairy ring code B-I-Q
All Square	6	Sell a pyramid top to Simon.	None	30	You can get a pyramid top on top of the pyramid by completing the agility course.
Goat Harralander?	7	Create a vial of combat potion from scratch in Nardah after killing a goat from the desert.	Spirits of the Elid	36 33	The following MUST be done in Nardah to count: killing a goat, crushing the goat horn, creating the vial from molten glass, filling the vial with water (do not use Humidify spell!), adding the harralander to the vial of water, adding the crushed goat's horn to the harralander potion (unf). Doing any of this outside of Nardah will not count. NOTE: Crushing the goat's horn standing at the goats doesn't work. Walk inside Nardah before doing so. Steps may be done in any order. i.e. if you forgot to make the vial, but made the potion anyway, just bring molten glass and make a vial. The task will then be complete.
Taken for Granite	8	Mine granite at the quarry south of the Bandit Camp.	None	45	Take the best pickaxe you have for fastest completion.
Unbeetleable	9	Create a spirit kalphite pouch at the obelisk south west of Pollnivneach, past the river, west of the mine.	None	25	You will need an empty Pouch, 51 spirit shards, a blue charm and a potato cactus.
An Teak	10	Attempt to cut a log from the teak tree near the Ruins of Uzer.	None	35	South-east of Uzer near the shore.
Overcut	11	Boost your stats at Amascut's altar.	Missing My Mummy	45	Use fairy ring code D-L-Q and run east. The statue is inside the pyramid, in the room with the Pharaoh Queen.

Walkthrough

1. Use the Book of char to go to Eagle's Peak. Bring a rope. Take the desert eagle to the desert using a rope on it.
2. Home teleport to Al Kharid. Run north to Ali Morissane and do an easy runedoku.
3. Home teleport to Lumbridge.  Run south through the graveyard and cross the river.
4. Home teleport to the Bandit Camp and run southwest to the quarry. Mine some granite.
5. Home teleport to Yanille and run north to the fairy ring. Go to B-I-Q. Enter the kalphite lair and run round to get a potato cactus for later. Beware of Kalphite Soldier, bring antipoison.
6. Go out of the lair and take the fairy ring to D-L-Q. Go East through the Uzer Mastaba and pray at Amascut's altar.
7. Exit the mastaba and go N.E. to the teak trees on the shoreline of the Ruins of Uzer and attempt to cut a log.
8. Run south to Nardah. Pray at the Elidinis statue.
9. Get a goat horn. Do not crush it yet. Go to the fountain and do all the steps there.
10. Run west from Nardah to the summoning obelisk. Make the kalphite pouch.
11. Go to the Agility Pyramid and traverse its edges to get the gold top.

Rewards

Medium task complete!

Medium task set complete!

Speak to Zahur in the potion shop in Nardah for a Desert amulet 2 and an Experience lamp, giving 8,000 experience in the skill of your choice.

• When worn:
  • Reduced failure rate at the Agility Pyramid.
  • 50 Molten glass per day (Make Glass Desert Amulet option - soda ash is required).
• At all times:
  • A second Teak tree near Uzer.
  • Unlimited teleports to Nardah.
  • Goats have a chance to drop noted Desert goat horns.
  • 5% cheaper items at the pizazz store.
  • 20 noted potato cactus from the Weird Old Man once a day.

Hard tasks

Items Required

1 Astral rune, 1 Fire rune, 2 Death runes, and 7 Water runes Dreadnips (450 kills in dominion tower) Face mask or Full slayer helmet 2 empty Waterskins Cactus seed Onion Bowl Light source Bucket of water Tomato Pot of flour Raw ugthanki meat Enchanted Water Tiara Either Unfinished broad bolts and feathers or broad arrowheads, arrow shafts and feathers Cramulet (Full version, complete with Monkeyspeak, Ghostspeak, Catspeak, and Camelspeak amulets) Keris dagger

Skills Needed
70 50 52 55 65 55 61 75 160

Task	#	Description	Quest(s) needed	Skill(s) needed	Notes
Skinful	1	Use Humidify to fill a Waterskin while standing in the desert.	Dream Mentor	68	Using the Lunar Isle lodestone is quick method to change to Lunar spells if you need to do that.
Water on the Brain	2	Equip a charged Enchanted water tiara while in the desert.	Dealing with Scarabas	50	Use water runes (3 per charge) on a water tiara to make the Enchanted water tiara.
More Fletcher than Sumona	3	Fletch some Broad bolts or arrows in Sumona's house.	Smoking kills	52	You will need to unlock the ability to do so for 300 Slayer points. You can buy the arrowheads or unfinished bolts from Sumona.
Ug Thankee Kindly	4	Make an Ugthanki kebab from raw ingredients in Nardah.	None	50	All of the items can be purchased on Grand Exchange. Purchase an onion, a tomato, an empty bowl, raw Ugthanki meat, pot of flour, and a bucket of water.  Create the kebab mix in Nardah by using first the onion then tomato on the bowl. Be sure to "use" them on it so you don't eat it.  Use the pot of flour and the bucket on each other to create the pitta dough. Cook both the Ugthanki meat and the pitta bread in the clay oven. Use the three pieces on each other. Note: Using a pot of flour on a water source doesn't work. The dough must be made with a bucket, jug, or bowl of water.
Nipped in the Bug	5	Use a Dreadnip on the Kalphite Queen.	None	160	You need 450 kills in the Dominion Tower and have a dreadnip to release. This only works on the regular Kalphite Queen, not the Exiled Kalphite Queen.
Drafty in Here	6	Kill a Dust devil in the Smoke Dungeon	Smoking kills	65	You must have a Face mask, a Slayer helmet, or a Full slayer helmet equipped. It is recommended to use a crushing weapon to cover their weakness.
Enaqua	7	Fill a Waterskin from the fountain of Enakhra's Temple.	Enakhra's Lament	None	Must have started Enakhra's Lament.
Say It, Don't Spray It	8	Hear one of Al the Camel's poems using a fully featured cramulet.	Enakhra's Lament, Do No Evil	None	2nd option - say something unpleasant, then "this is just to say". If not working, combine M'speak amulet, Ghostspeak amulet, Catspeak amulet (or Catspeak amulet (e)) and Camulet.
1001 Kharidian Spikes	9	Harvest spines from a cactus you grew yourself.	None	55	You can have the nearby farmer, Ayesha, protect it from disease for six cadava berries.
Ice-Cold Killer	10	Freeze an enemy in the desert using Ice Burst.	Desert Treasure	70	Task is completed even if spell deals no damage. Spellbook swap does not work. Must be on Ancients.
Ludikeris	11	Kill a scarab mage, Locust rider or Kalphite with the Keris dagger.	Contact!	None	This does not work on Scarabites in Ullek swamp. It does work in the dungeon under the bank in Sophanem.
Security through Obscurity	12	Use the Deposit chest near the Bedabin Camp	Deadliest Catch	None	Northwest of the camp, near the shore.
Wake-Up Call	13	Open the sarcophagus in the level 61 room (#5) of Pyramid Plunder	None	61	Combining this with the easy task to collect 5 artefacts from urns and opening the sarcophagus in room 8 for an elite task is a good idea.
Open Sesame	14	Enter the Al-kharid resource dungeon.	None	75	Cannot be boosted.

Walkthrough

1. Activate Lunar spells, get several Water runes, Death runes, a Fire rune and an Astral rune, and buy 2 empty waterskins and some feathers. A Steam battlestaff would help greatly!
2. Buy an onion, tomato, empty bowl, pot of flour, and bucket of water.
3. Home teleport to Al-Kharid.
4. Talk to Al the Camel by the bank with a full-featured Cramulet on.
5. Harvest spines from your cactus, and enter the Al-kharid resource dungeon.
6. Home teleport to the Bandit Camp.
7. Equip a charged Enchanted water tiara.
8. Use a waterskin on the fountain in Enakhra's Temple, exit, and cast Humidify on the other waterskin.
9. Get Ancient Magicks and head to Smoke Dungeon while killing a Ugthanki camel with Ice Burst en route.
10. Kill a Dust devil inside said dungeon. Don't forget to wear a Face mask or Slayer Helm!
11. Go to Sumona's house in Pollnivneach, and fletch some Broad bolts or Broad arrows, which can be bought unfinished from her.
12. Take a Magic carpet ride or walk to Nardah, and make the Ugthanki kebab there.
13. Take a magic carpet or walk to Sophanem, gear up with the Keris dagger, and kill a Scarab mage or Locust rider in the Sophanem Dungeon below.
14. Play Pyramid Plunder and open the sarcophagus in the level 61 room (#5).
15. Gear up with some Dreadnips for the Kalphite Queen, teleport to the Bandit Camp lodestone and deposit something in the Bedabin Camp deposit box.
16. Deploy a dreadnip on the Kalphite Queen.

Rewards

Hard task complete!

Hard task set complete!

Speak to Ali the Mayor in Pollnivneach for a Desert amulet 3 and an Experience lamp giving 20,000 experience in the skill of your choice.

• When worn:
  • Goats have a chance to drop noted Desert goat horns.
  • Reduced failure rate at the Agility Pyramid.
• Operate
  • Unlimited teleports to Nardah.
  • 100 Molten glass, once per day
• At all times:
  • The cactus patch in Al Kharid will be protected from disease and always provides double spines.
  • Double charges on the Pharaoh's sceptre and the Sceptre of the gods.
  • Reduced chance of Mummies and Scarabs spawning in Pyramid Plunder.
  • Keris has a greater chance of scoring a vicious blow.
  • 10% cheaper items at the pizazz store.
  • 30 noted potato cactus from the Weird Old man a day.

Elite tasks

Skills Needed
77 89 91 Cant be boosted 80 81  85

Quests required
Smoking Kills Desert Treasure One Piercing Note Restless Ghost Diamond in the Rough Do No Evil As a First Resort... Have all achievements in Dominion Tower completed

Task	#	Description	Quest(s) needed	Skill(s) needed	Notes
Staff of Stryke	1	Kill a Desert strykewyrm wearing a fully charged slayer helmet and wielding an ancient staff.	Smoking kills, Desert treasure	77 55	The slayer helmet must be charged with scrolls of any kind (50 scrolls are required) (howl scrolls being easiest to obtain). Doesn't have to be the full slayer helmet. It may be recoloured. The staff cannot be borrowed. Anything can be used to kill the wyrm, as long as the staff and helm are equipped. When all requirements are met, having the strykewyrms as a slayer task isn't required to kill one. Don't use a familiar, it will draw the Stykewyrm's attention and cause it to stop fighting, "It's not after you..."
Room Service	2	Open the sarcophagus in the final room of Pyramid Plunder.	None	91	You must have the required level - boosts cannot be utilised.
Sun Shade	3	Plant the Dominion marker in the desert, with all its achievements complete, including killing Sunfreet.	See the Dominion Tower article.	None	It really doesn't matter where you plant it, as long as it is outside.
A, B, Cithara	4	Play the Holy Cithara while standing in the Citharede Abbey.	One Piercing Note, Restless Ghost, Desert Treasure	None	To complete the task, make sure your Cithara isn't sheathed. Otherwise, it cannot be played. If you need to reclaim your Holy Cithara, this can only be done with the following conditions: While wearing a ring of visibility, a cramulet, and 6 saradomin-associated items. Have 100% run energy, full prayer points (no more, no less), be on the standard/Lunar spellbook, and be on normal prayers (not curses).
Ankle Support	5	Wear the ankh and the Scabaras mask while in the desert.	Diamond in the Rough, Do No Evil	80 80	Must be equiped within the desert. Entering the desert with the items equiped does not complete the task.
I'm Super	6	In Nardah, make a Super antifire flask - making both the flask and the potion from scratch.	As a First Resort...	89 85 81	While in Nardah, use the phoenix feathers on the antifire potions to make two 3-dose Super antifire potions. Next, blow the robust glass into a potion flask and use the potion flask on one of the super antifire potions to make a full dose Super antifire flask.

Rewards

Elite task complete!

All elite tasks complete!

Talk to the Clay golem, in the remains of the ruined city of Uzer, to receive Desert amulet 4 and Experience lamps - total of 160,000 experience - 2 lamps of 30k xp and 2 lamps of 50k xp, the latter which requires 93 in the desired skill to be used - in the skills of your choice (boosts cannot be used).

• When worn:
  • 150 Molten glass per day.
  • Opportunity to re-roll your Dominion Tower chest rewards.
  • 20% Chance to create 4-dose Super antifire potions instead of 3-dose.
• At all times:
  • Two feathers at once from pickpocketing the Desert Phoenix.
  • The Ancient staff can be enhanced upon request from the Clay golem. This increases the staff's accuracy to that of a level 75 weapon (from 704 to 2384), gives it a +2 prayer bonus, and also adds a small cosmetic effect.
  • A new red sandstone rock on the Sophanem coast of which holds up to 25 red sandstone per day.
  • Aligra Nite in the Desert Quarry will buy granite from you (price depends on rock size) for 20% of the Grand Exchange value, that can be counter to mine/drop ores.
  • 40 noted potato cactus from the Weird Old Man.

Art

Concept art for the easy reward from the Desert Tasks

Concept art for the medium reward from the Desert Tasks

Concept art for the hard reward from the Desert Tasks

Concept art for the elite reward from the Desert Tasks

A banner released with the desert tasks

Cultural references

• The easy task "Assassin's Feed" is a pun on the video game "Assassin's Creed." The task involves doing an "eagle jump", which is also done in the game.
• The easy task "Don't You Dare Close Your Eyes" refers to the lyrics from "A Whole New World", featured in Disney's animated film Aladdin.
• The easy task "Kookookachat" is a reference to The Beatles song "I am the Walrus". Kookookachat is a play on words of the lyric "Goo, Goo, G'joob", which is often missheard as being pronounced Koo, Koo, Ka'choo.
• The easy task "Seems Legit" is a reference to the internet meme "Seems Legit."
• The easy task "Fire at Will" refers to the military order that means soldiers should fire at their own pace, rather than waiting for orders from an officers.
• The easy task "Memento Mori" refers to the ancient motto that means "remember to die", referring to the catholic belief that your life in the afterlife depends on you live now.
• The medium task "Away with the Kalphites" is a play on the phrase "away with the fairies".
• The medium task "Faster Than A Speeding Bullet" is either a reference to the Desert Eagle handgun or Superman.
• The medium task "Heathen Idle" is a play on the word "Idol", a religious statue where in some religions people pray at.
• The medium task "Goat Harralander" is more than likely a refrence to "Got Blunt" from the film "How High".
• The medium task "A Bridge Not Far" is a reference to the film A Bridge Too Far.
• The medium task "An Teak" is a play on the word "antique".
• The medium task "Taken for Granite" is a play on the phrase "taken for granted".
• The medium task "Unbeetleable" is a play on the word "unbeatable".
• The medium task "So Su Me" is a play on the phrase "so sue me".
• The hard task "Nipped in the bug" is a play on the saying "to nip something in the bud", meaning to stop something before it gets bigger.
• The hard task "1001 Kharidian Spikes" is a pun on the famous book "Tales of 1001 Arabian Nights."
• The hard task "Ludikeris" is a pun on the word "Ludicrous".
• The hard task "Enaqua" is a pun on the name of Enakhra, and Aqua, meaning water.
• The hard task "Open Sesame" is a reference to the tale of Ali Baba and the 40 bandits, one of the tales from 1001 Arabian Nights.
• The elite task "I'm Super" is likely a reference to the song "I'm Super (Thanks for Asking)" from the movie, South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut

Trivia

• The reward pendants colors align with the basic 4 gems:
  • Easy = blue (sapphire)
  • Medium = green (emerald)
  • Hard = red (ruby)
  • Elite = white (diamond)
• The jingles are renditions of music tracks relating to the task area, as usual. The easy jingle is a rendition of Violinsanity, hard of Breaking In and elite of Final Showdown.

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