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

Items needed: 3 free inventory spaces

• Talk to Korasi in Falador Park. ( ✓)…

  ✓	[Accept Quest]

Infiltration

Items needed: 5 free inventory spaces, and bugged black armour
Items recommended: Food, armour, and a melee weapon

• Go to the Black Knights' Fortress north-west 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.
• When you get to the storage room your helmet will be taken. At this point you can't use the Black Knights' Fortress to return to the storage area. If you leave the room at any point you will have to go through Taverley Dungeon and enter the double doors in the Black Knights' Base which is south from the conquest map table in the middle of the floor.

Room 1

• Talk to Captain Gilroy.
• Attempt to take an item from any crate.
• After talking with Gilroy, take a block out from each of the five crates.
• Speak to Gilroy. ( 3)…

  3	I think I've got it, sir.

• Give him the blocks in the indicated order. ( 3•1•5•2•4)…

  3	actually weigh 4
  1	are of weight 2
  5	should be labeled 6
  2	really weigh 3
  4	need to be marked 5

• Balance the scale on the wall to the south, arrange the weights to make 15 on each side. (3-5-3-4 and 2-2-5-6)
• Proceed to the next room.

Room 2

• Kill the enemies in the room and pick up the security blocks that are dropped.
• Talk to Gilroy. ( 2)…

  2	What do we do now?

• Exit the room north and head north-west to a tiny forge.
• Search the crate in the south-west corner of the forge room for a limestone brick.
• Head directly east to the jail and search the crate for a piece of hard leather.
• Search a crate in the kitchen for some logs, just north of the jail.
• 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. ( 2)…

  2	Search the panels 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

• Reveal yourself and explain the danger to Lord Daquarius. Accept the allegiance. ( 1•3•1)…

  1	Yes, sir.
  3	Explain the danger in calm, logical terms.
  1	Okay, I'll do it.

• Talk to Korasi.
• Talk to Commodore Tyr. ( 1)…

  1	I'm ready.

• Enter the portal and watch the cutscene. ( 1)…

  1

  You bet!

• A game of modified conquest must be played and won.
  • 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 life points 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.
• Speak to Valluta before stocking for the fight or Sir Tiffy won't teleport you back.
• Make all necessary preparations to fight the Pest Queen.
  • Korasi's sword will be the primary weapon during the fight and its Special attacks will be used a lot.
• Kill the Pest Queen.
  • Use the special attack "Disrupt" to stun the Pest Queen when she raises her head and starts shaking for several seconds.
  • Kill the spawning Elite defilers to defend Void Knight archers.
  • More in-depth strategies can be found here.

Finishing up

• Talk to Korasi or Jessika.
• Decide who to let deal with Wizard Grayzag. ( ~)…

  ~	[Any option]

• Quest complete!

Rewards

• 1 quest point
• 20,000 experience
• 20,000 experience
• 20,000 experience
• 20,000 experience
• 20,000 experience
• 20,000 experience
• 2 Book of Equilibrium (can be stored in bank) - 50,000 experience each in any combat skill level 75 or higher (except Constitution)
• Korasi's sword and the ability to use Jessika's sword
• Elite void knight top. Its colour will depend on how you answered several psychological questions/decisions in the void quests. Examining it will reveal its type: white for Guardian, grey for Justiciar, and black for Executioner, and it can be changed by talking to Commander Tyr and paying 100,000 coins.
• The ability to upgrade your Void Knight armour for its elite version at the cost of 100 Void Knight commendation points.
• 2 Treasure Hunter keys and 2 Hearts of Ice
  

Music unlocked

• In Security
• Precarious Void
• Mystery Revealed
• Give it Your Pest Shot
• The Void Stares Back
• Who Are We To Judge?