Phoenix Lair

The entrance to the Phoenix Lair.

File:Phoenix Chathead.png

Phoenix Lair is part of Distractions and Diversions and was released on 6 January 2009 along with the quest In Pyre Need. Players must have completed the quest to do Phoenix Lair. Players are able to complete this once per day resetting at 00:00 UTC, similar to killing Bork in the Chaos Tunnels: The Hunt for Surok. This activity requires 51 Slayer.

In the Phoenix Lair, players must navigate through a series of caverns and fight against massive, magma-filled 'reborn' monstrosities. There are three types of guardians, each covering one side of the combat triangle and have levels ranging up to 128. The cavern is filled with aggressive monsters and will most likely kill players who are not properly prepared.

In each of the first five caverns, players can collect a twig from the tree in that cavern, which will later need to be cut into ribbons and are then used to build the phoenix's pyre in the last cavern.

In the final cavern, the player uses the ribbons to construct a nest in the pyre area. This will then call the Phoenix to battle.

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Location of the Phoenix Lair.

The Phoenix has Combat level of 84, her main attack is Magic-based, and she is weak to Arrows. She also has an unblockable dust attack, which lowers Attack, Ranged, and Magic level by approximately 50 percent for a few seconds, nullifying stat boosting potions.

When the Phoenix has been defeated, she crawls onto the pyre. The player can light the pyre to set it alight. The Phoenix is consumed by the flames and is then reborn. Once she reappears, the player can talk to her to receive the reward.

Be warned that the Reborn monsters will "melt" or teleport to your location. This is only if they are close to one of their other Reborns being attacked. There will be random amounts of Greater and Lesser Reborn variants in each cavern.

Summoning creatures inside the place can be used. BoBs are very useful, as you can let them carry items that you would want. Combat familiars can also help you fight through the caverns, but be forewarned, some of the blocking monsters you will have to fight yourself (the monsters that teleport around, a combat summon can fight freely). When heading for the next cavern, any damage your familiar took will be completely healed.

Cavern effects

The caverns have some strange effects that seem to hinder some abilities:

• Some players have reported not being able to teleport out of the caverns. If this happens, a player can right-click a cavern doorway and choose 'Escape cavern'. This option must be chosen from the final cavern if a player is looking for a phoenix eggling.
• High Level Alchemy cannot be used in the Cavern.

Location

Phoenix Lair is near the Piscatoris Fishing Colony. Players can get to the area by walking or by one of these faster methods:

• Take the rowboat near the Eagle's Peak lodestone, west of the Tree Gnome Stronghold.
• Use Fairy ring AKQ - Kandarin: Piscatoris Hunter area - (requires partial completion of Fairytale II - Cure a Queen). The closest bank is northwest of the master fairy ring in Zanaris.
• Teleport to the Piscatoris Hunter area using a Spirit kyatt's ability (requires Summoning level 57 and a Spirit kyatt pouch).
• Use the Phoenix Lair Teleport scroll obtained from any level Clue Scroll. It takes you to the entrance of the lair, and is very cheap at 523 coins.

Maps of the lair

The order of the dungeons are different for each visit. However, the order of the trees is the same. An example of the possible maps is shown below:

Phoenix Lair

Phoenix Lair Cave 1 - Cinnamon.png

Cave 1, Cinnamon Tree

Phoenix Lair Cave 2 - Sassafras.png

Cave 2, Sassasfras Tree

Phoenix Lair Cave 3 - Ailanthus.png

Cave 3, Ailanthus Tree

Phoenix Lair Cave 4 - Cedar.png

Cave 4, Cedar Tree

Phoenix Lair Cave 5 - Mastic.png

Cave 5, Mastic Tree

Phoenix Lair Cave 6 - Shrine.png

Cave 6, Pyre and Shrine

There are danger zones in each of the caverns, before some of the blocking monsters. In these zones several of the monsters can attack simultaneously, and could become a serious threat to success in the cavern entry. These should be avoided (or at least other areas entered first to reduce the population of the cavern) to reduce the possible damage a player will receive.

Preparations

The reborn monsters will not respawn. Higher-levelled players may choose to kill them all on each level for the experience or fun of it. The reborn monsters though, drop high amounts of coins, seeds, and other items, making it fun to get some extra profit.

Suggested Requirements

The recommended minimum stats/equipment for going there are:

• 60 Magic or 60 Ranged or 60 Attack and 60 Strength and level 60 weapons. (Ranged or Magic recommended)
• 50 Defence and level 50 armour for the style of weapon you're using.

The recommended inventory for players with the minimum stats:

• 1 Stat boosting potion set for your style of combat.
• About 10-15 pieces of medium healing food such as Lobster or Swordfish.
• 5 empty inventory slots (for the branches).

It is possible to get through the caverns only killing one or two reborn monsters, but since they are easy enough to take out, it is recommended to just kill what is in your path.

The phoenix is weak to Arrows. Melee will be somewhat ineffective, so it is recommended to bring Magic or Ranged if only for this part of the fight.

File:A player slaying the phoenix.png

A player fighting the Phoenix.

Tips

• Make your combat preparations before you enter the first cavern: drink any potions, turn on prayer, turn on run, etc.
• When you reach the phoenix's cavern, you can turn off prayer while you get ready for the final battle. The phoenix will not appear until you prepare the pyre. It is not effective to drink super attack potions here, though, as the phoenix's dust attack will lower your attack for a few seconds, which then resets to its normal level.
• Logging out, using an "Escape", or teleporting before the Phoenix's pyre has been lit will require you to start over, even if you have already finished the battle and the phoenix is wounded.
• The shrine in this cavern is not an Altar and so you cannot recharge prayer points here. If you will use prayer against the phoenix, make sure you pot up with a prayer potion if you are low on points.
• If you forget to talk to the phoenix before exiting the cave, the next time you enter the cave system you will be in her cave and be able to obtain your quills.
• You can complete this activity once during each 24 hour window starting at 0:00H. You may wish to try doing 2 kills by finishing the lair a few minutes before 0H, and redoing it a few minutes later. Note that it's the EXIT time for the activity that determines if you can go in again, not the ENTRANCE time. For example, if you enter at 23:40 and finish at 23:55, you have plenty of time to recharge and replenish supplies for another entrance at 0:00 (which in RuneScape is the next day, but to you it's only 5 minutes later). This will appear on your Adventurer's Log as "two Phoenices".

Monsters

The reborn can travel via pools of lava that are scattered in each cavern.

• Greater reborn mage
• Greater reborn warrior
• Greater reborn ranger
• Lesser reborn mage
• Lesser reborn warrior
• Lesser reborn ranger
• Phoenix

Drops

Note that the Phoenix does not drop anything, but she will give 5 Phoenix quills when talked to after the battle.

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	1–2,550	Common	1–2,550
	Ashes	1	Always	95
	Unpowered orb	1	Common	724
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Rare	Not sold
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	Very rare	Not sold

Food

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Curry	1	Common	203
	Lobster	1	Common	141

Ranging Equipment

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Adamant arrow	10	Unknown	510
	Adamant bolts	1	Unknown	113
	Adamantite limbs	1	Unknown	3,048
	Bowstring	3 (noted)	Unknown	1,149
	Crossbow string	1–3 (noted)	Unknown	1,911–5,733
	Maple shortbow (u)	1	Unknown	149
	Mithril bolts	1	Unknown	74
	Mithril limbs	1	Unknown	830
	Rune arrow	1	Unknown	151

Herbs and ingredients

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Grimy cadantine	1	Common	4,322
	Grimy guam	1	Common	709
	Grimy ranarr	1	Common	1,860
	Red spiders' eggs	5; 7 (noted)	Unknown	7,025–9,835
	White berries	1	Unknown	4,019
	Grimy dwarf weed	1	Unknown	8,476

Seeds

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Avantoe seed	1	Unknown	375
	Cadantine seed	1	Unknown	1,438
	Dwarf weed seed	1	Unknown	822
	Evil turnip seed	1	Unknown	121
	Irit seed	1	Unknown	1,018
	Kwuarm seed	1	Unknown	12,857
	Onion seed	1	Unknown	242
	Potato seed	1	Unknown	244
	Snapdragon seed	1	Unknown	293
	Toadflax seed	1	Unknown	9,872
	Tomato seed	1	Unknown	204
	Watermelon seed	1	Unknown	3,590
	Lantadyme seed	1	Unknown	726

Runes and Talismans

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Chaos rune	10–15	Unknown	1,520–2,280
	Death rune	1; 3	Unknown	232–696
	Law rune	1; 2	Unknown	570–1,140
	Chaos talisman	1	Unknown	1,923
	Fire talisman	1	Unknown	209
	Nature talisman	1	Unknown	1,473

Ores and Gems

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Adamantite ore	2	Unknown	454
	Gold ore	3; 4	Unknown	1,761–2,348
	Silver ore	4 (noted)	Unknown	552
	Uncut emerald	1	Unknown	2,555
	Uncut ruby	1	Unknown	1,842
	Uncut sapphire	1	Common	809
	Uncut diamond	1	Unknown	4,843

Charms

• Gold charm
• Green charm
• Crimson charm
• Blue charm

Potions

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Ranging potion (1)	1	Unknown	974
	Ranging potion (2)	1	Unknown	1,395
	Super attack (1)	1	Unknown	1,603
	Super attack (2)	1	Unknown	2,995
	Super defence (1)	1	Unknown	2,604
	Super defence (2)	1	Unknown	4,780
	Super strength (1)	1	Unknown	4,796
	Super strength (2)	1	Unknown	9,433
	Super ranging potion (1)	1	Unknown	7,104
	Super ranging potion (2)	1	Unknown	13,843

Weapons and Armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Adamant mace	1	Unknown	2,758
	Adamant sq shield	1	Unknown	5,225
	Mithril mace	1	Unknown	1,504
	Mithril kiteshield	1	Unknown	3,726
	Shield left half	1	Unknown	64,399

Rewards

A player receiving a phoenix egg

Reward for completing the Phoenix's "challenge" each time:

• 7,500 Firemaking experience
• 3,000 Fletching experience
• 1,000 Crafting experience
• 500 Slayer experience (NOTE: 5,000 Slayer experience is only awarded the first time the Phoenix is defeated.)
• 5 Phoenix quills
• A chance to receive a phoenix egg. A Cute phoenix eggling can be hatched by clapping to the egg. A Mean Phoenix Eggling can be hatched by kicking the egg. You can have one of each variation. Level 72 Summoning is required to hatch the egg within the cavern; however, you may obtain the egg without the required Summoning level. (It is possible to get more than one of each, but this is extremely rare.)
• And, any items you collected from the first five caverns.

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