The Void Stares Back/Quick guide

This is the quick guide for The Void Stares Back. For a more in-depth version, click here.

Walkthrough

Start point	Speak to Captain Korasi at the Falador Park
Member requirement	Members only
Official difficulty	Grandmaster
Official length	Long
Requirements	Skill requirements are not boostable unless marked with a [B] for boostable. Quests: The Void Stares Back A Void Dance Quiet Before the Swarm Imp Catcher Wanted! 33 quest points Recruitment Drive The Lost Tribe Goblin Diplomacy Priest in Peril Druidic Ritual 80 Magic 78 Attack 78 Strength 71 Firemaking 70 Construction 70 Crafting 70 Smithing 55 Summoning 25 Defence None of the skills can be boosted.
Items required	Items from the tool belt are not listed unless they do not work or are not automatically added. All items can be obtained during the quest. Hard leather Limestone brick Logs 8 free inventory spaces
Recommended	High level food Armour and a weapon (for killing the pests) (two different combat style weapons if not using melee, for fighting the torcher pest) Prayer potions
Enemies to defeat	Torcher (level 70) Brawler (level 70) Defiler (level 49) Shifter (level 70) Spinner (level 70) 2 Elite defilers (level 91) - suggested not to kill them, but evade them Pest Queen (level 98)

Getting started

• Talk to Korasi in Falador Park.
• Take the mission.

Infiltration

• Go to the Black Knights' Fortress northwest of the Edgeville Monastery (with 5 free inventory spaces).
• Equip the bugged Black armour and enter.
• Commander Colby will yell at you and teleport you.

Room 1

• Talk to Captain Gilroy.
• Search a crate.
• After talking with Gilroy, take the blocks out of the crate
• Speak to Gilroy. Choose "I think I've got it."
• Give him the blocks in the indicated order: Chat options: 3-1-5-2-4
• Balance the scale on the wall, arrange the weights to make 15 on each side. (5-2-4-4 and 2-2-5-6)
• Proceed to the next room.

Room 2

• Kill the enemies in the room and pick up the blocks that are dropped.
• Talk to Gilroy.
• Exit the room and head northwest to a forge.
• Search the crate in the southwest corner of the forge room.
• Head east to the jail and search the crate.
• Search a crate in the kitchen which is the most northeastern room.
• Return to the forge and repair it.
• Fuel the forge with the logs.
• Light the forge and put the broken block in it.
• Go back to the room with Gilroy and place the blocks in the Western wall.
• Proceed to the next room.

Room 3

• Click on the control panel on the Western wall.
• Search it for MAGICAL traps.
• Open the panel.
• Drag the tiles into the panels so that a horizontal line is going across all three panels, while filling the empty spaces. Press CONFIRM once completed.

A possible solution

• Proceed to the next room.

A Little Game

• Talk to Korasi.
• Talk to Commodore Tyr.
• Enter the portal.
• A game of modified conquest must be played and won.
  • Note:
    • Spinners are very powerful but do not heal like in Pest Control.
    • Ravagers have the movement range of Scouts and the damage rate of a Knight.
    • Shifters are less of a threat than other units and can be tanked if need be.
    • Torchers are similar to Mages.
    • Defilers are similar to Archers.
    • Splatters will explode and deal 100 LP of damage to any adjacent unit that is within 1 square.
• Win the game and proceed to the next room.

The Pest Queen

• Sacrifice either Korasi or Jessika.
• Make all necessary preparations to fight the Pest Queen.
  • Note: Korasi's sword will be the primary weapon during the fight and its Special attacks (Possibly changed due to Evolution of Combat.) will be used a lot.
• Kill the Pest Queen.
  • Strategies can be found here.

Finishing up

• Talk to Korasi or Jessika.
• Decide who to let deal with Wizard Grayzag.
• Quest complete!