The Curse of Zaros

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The Curse of Zaros

Release date	26 July 2005 (Update)
Members	Yes
Quest series	Mahjarrat quest series
Developer(s)	James B
Age	Fifth Age

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The Curse of Zaros is a miniquest following the events of Desert Treasure, allowing the player to obtain a set of ghostly robes.

Miniquest Details

Start point	Talk to the Mysterious ghost (Valdez) near Glarial's tombstone.
Member requirement	Members only
Official difficulty	None
Official length	Medium-Long
Requirements	Skill requirements are not boostable unless marked with a [B] for boostable. Quests: The Curse of Zaros Started Desert Treasure The Dig Site Priest in Peril Temple of Ikov The Tourist Trap Troll Stronghold Death Plateau Waterfall Quest Started The Restless Ghost 31 Prayer (If Dhalak is at the Monastery) 15 Agility (If Viggora is in Edgeville Dungeon)
Items required	Items from the tool belt are not listed unless they do not work or are not automatically added. Ring of visibility Ghostspeak amulet or Cramulet (Note: After you have completed Morytania tasks, you can speak with the ghosts without the amulets.) 3-5 energy potions would help Recommended: Weapons to defeat some enemies which are aggressive in Wilderness.
Enemies to defeat	None

Walkthrough

This miniquest will take people into dangerous parts of the Wilderness. Beware of player killers and that you can not teleport after level 20 wilderness. If you are using a Cramulet it is advisable to disassemble it and use only the ghostspeak amulet, as obtaining the parts again (particularly the monkeyspeak amulet) can be troublesome if you die in the wilderness.

• All of the Mysterious ghosts appear at all three of their possible locations, but only one of the three will give you their piece of the set.

Valdez the Explorer

Valdez.

• Make sure you are wearing your ring of visibility and your ghostspeak amulet.
• Teleport to Ardougne lodestone. Go to Glarial's tombstone northwest of The Fishing Guild. The ghost will not appear as a dot on the minimap.
• When you speak to Valdez he will introduce himself and relate his part of the story. He will then give you a Ghostly robe top.
• He requests you to find another ghost named Rennard.
• This ghost will give you one of three clues which determine your entire route, which we will label Sequence 1, Sequence 2 and Sequence 3
• Sequence 1 - He mentions pirates and a shipwreck.
• Sequence 2 - He mentions the thief being northeast of there.
• Sequence 3 - He mentions the thief being southeast of there.

Now there are three possible sequences of ghosts you need to visit:

Number	Ghost	Sequence 1	Sequence 2	Sequence 3	Item given in thanks
1	Rennard	Near the shipwrecked ship west of the Pirates' Hideout (Level 55 Wilderness)	Bandit Camp (Wilderness)	Bandit Camp (Kharidian Desert) Inside the bar.	Ghostly gloves
2	Kharrim	At the Chaos Temple (hut) altar (Level 38 Wilderness)	Graveyard of Shadows	End of the Lava maze inside the second fenced in area	Ghostly boots
3	Lennissa	In the church on Entrana, in front of the altar	Port Sarim docks near the Void Squire	Just south of the Gnomeball field	Ghostly robe bottom
4	Dhalak	On the ground floor of the Wizards tower	Upstairs in Edgeville Monastery by the altar	Upstairs in the Falador Party room	Ghostly hood
5	Viggora	Upstairs in the Rogues' castle in level 52 Wilderness	Upstairs in Slayer tower in Canifis (SE)	Edgeville dungeon near Earth Warriors	Ghostly cloak

Rennard the Thief

Rennard.

• He will tell you where to find Rennard. The location of all the subsequent ghosts is randomised but is hinted by the previous ghost. Rennard will be in one of the following places. If you go to the wrong location, a ghost will be there but you will have a meaningless conversation with it.
  • Shipwrecked ship up in level 53 Wilderness (between Wilderness Agility Course and Pirates' Hideout)
  • Bandit Camp (Wilderness), he can be found outside Fat Tony's pizza shop. You need to be skulled or the bandits will attack you.
  • Bandit Camp (Kharidian Desert), he can be found in the Bar.

When you find him he will just be called 'Mysterious Ghost' again (as with the rest of the ghosts). He will give you a pair of Ghostly gloves.

It is recommended that you use the Drop Trick for extra gloves, because getting deep into the wilderness takes time.

• He wants you to find Kharrim now.

Kharrim.

Kharrim the Messenger

Kharrim will be in one of these locations:

• Inside Chaos Temple (hut) Altar in (far west side of) level 38 Wilderness, North of The Forgotten Cemetery. (Rennard will say near Dareeyak)
• Graveyard of Shadows (Wilderness, Carrallangar); if you get this location, the zombies and ghosts will be aggressive and will interrupt your conversation. It may take a while to get your conversation finished.
• End of the Lava Maze (Wilderness) you will need a knife or other sharp object to cut through web.

Special note: If you go to a different location than the one Rennard tells you, you will NOT get the boots and instead you will have a normal conversation and nothing to do with the story. Head to this location and talk to Kharrim. He will give you some Ghostly boots and ask you to find Lennissa.

Lennissa.

From him you learn that Zamorak was a mortal Mahjarrat, and that what he did with the Staff of Armadyl caused the "other gods" to banish him, although Saradomin must have had foreknowledge of the mysterious event.

Lennissa the Spy

Lennissa may be in:

• Entrana church (Kharrim will say she will have went to a large Church of Saradomin)
• Port Sarim at the Lady Lumbridge (Hard to see against the dock)
• Gnomeball field, near the southern viewing platform.

Once at one of these places, look for Lennissa and speak to her. She will give you the Ghostly robe bottom and ask you to find Dhalak.

Dhalak.

Dhalak the Magician

Dhalak may be in:

• Wizard's Tower ground1^st floor^[UK], the room with bookcases (Lennissa will say he will be researching in a library)
• 1^st2^nd floor^[UK] of the Edgeville Monastery (31 Prayer required) by the altar (Lennissa says he needed to lift a curse)
• Falador Party Room, 1^st2^nd floor^[UK] (Lennissa will say that he needed to lift his spirits up)

Once found, talk to Dhalak. He should give you the Ghostly hood and tell you to find the last ghost, Viggora.

Viggora the Warrior

Viggora.

Viggora will be found at one of these locations:

• Rogues' Castle in the Wilderness, 1^st2^nd floor^[UK] in the small easternmost room with a bronze square shield spawn (beware of the Chaos Elemental and pkers). Dhalak will say a rogue flocks to his own kind.
• Canifis Slayer Tower - "...has returned to his castle in the Dark Lands" (Near the southeast stairwell by the entrance to the Aberrant Spectres on the 1^st2^nd floor^[UK])
• Paddewwa - Edgeville dungeon (near Earth warriors, level 15 Agility required)
  • The earth warriors can be extremely annoying, seeing as there aren't many places to trap them, but with some luck, you CAN trap the Earth warriors behind the ghost, with you on the other side, you must talk to Viggora as soon as this happens and click through the first dialogue window to make this effect permanent for the whole chat. If you are unable to successfully trap the earth warriors, you will need to wait about 10 minutes until they become tolerant and no longer attack you, thus you will need bring armour and food that you will be willing to lose. It is not possible to speed through the chat until you are safe from attacks, as the final dialogue is extremely long.
  • Beware of Pk'ers. Because of the agility obstacle, you will not have a chance to escape. Hop worlds before you cross to the other side.

Listen to what he has to say and then he will give you the final robe piece, the Ghostly cloak.

Reward

• Ghostly hood
• Ghostly robe top
• Ghostly robe bottom
• Ghostly gloves
• Ghostly boots
• Ghostly cloak

Upon completion, you can talk to Historian Minas on the 1^st2^nd floor^[UK] of the Varrock Museum and receive 10 kudos and an antique lamp which gives 10,000 experience in any skill above 50.

A male player wearing the ghostly robes.

Achievement

• Desert-ed Ghosts ( 15) - Uncover the ghostly backstory around Desert Treasure.

Dialogue

This article on a miniquest has an associated dialogue page. Click here for a transcript of possible conversations encountered throughout the miniquest.

Trivia

• If you speak to any of the ghosts without a Ghostspeak amulet, your character may say "all your base are belong to us", as well as some other quotes. These are references to famous translation errors in the game Zero Wing.
• When speaking to Rennard, your player says "I ain't scared of no ghost," a reference to "I ain't afraid of no ghost" from the Ghostbusters theme song.
• When speaking to Dhalak, he says "Be you some mighty sorcerer to bind me so?" if a player has 99 magic they will answer "Well, I don't mean to brag, but I guess I am with my level 99 magic..." otherwise they will respond with "Um, not really...".