micarina

I just finished this quest and had the same experience with the Dagannoth mother disappearing whenever I tried to get out of range. Protect from Range was very helpful in defeating this monster, and I second: bring prayer pots and food.

I just completed Hand in the Sand. There is a lot of travelling in this quest, but quite by accident I found one less trip to make, and it was actually because I misread the quest guide. When I visited Sandy the first time, I read the quest guide, and it says, "Search the desk", I thought I was supposed to search Sandy as well. The option came up to pickpocket him, and I did. So I obtained not only the rota but the pocketful of sand on that first visit. When I got to Betty in Port Sarim I read: 9. Talk to Betty again, and she will tell you to stand in the doorway with the lens. Walk over to the doorway, and stand on the inside. Then use the Rose Tinted Lens with the Counter. You will be given an incomplete Truth Serum. To complete it, you need something of Sandy's. 10. Now you will need to go back to Brimhaven and pickpocket Sandy. If you can't get the sand pickpocketed from him, investigate and examine him and try again. 11. Return to Betty with the sand. You will receive the completed Truth Serum. So what I am suggesting is that you can get the sand from Sandy the first time you visit him in Brimhaven, you don't have to go back and forth from Port Sarim to Brimhaven to get it. I am sorry I can't confirm with a pic, because as I say, I only did this by accident! Micarina

Yes, once you give one Relicym's balm to Uglug Nar, he will sell you the potion for 200 gp. He also sells cooked chompies (130 gp) and knives.

Other items needed include: Rogue's Purse and Snakeweed (gathered on Karamja -- see Jungle Potion), and vials of water to make Recilym's Balm. You will want this potion as soon as possible (after you talk to Sithik the second time you will be able to make them, as well as brutal arrows), because as soon as you enter the Zogre area, you'll be diseased by the Zogres and losing stat points. You can drink Restore pots to regain stats, but the only other way to cure it is to leave the area (away from Yanille and the Ogre areas, I stopped losing stat points). So you might want to take more Restore pots with you besides the two you are given. Also LOTS of food. I did this quest at combat 60 and hp 51, and after I defeated the monster I hiccuped and died because I was out of food and out of Recilym's. The Zogres mob you if you do this quest by yourself, plus the area above ground is multi combat, the best thing is just to run. They can't be easily killed until you have the composite bow and brutal arrows. I had a hard time just getting into the coffin because the Zogres kept attacking me and interrupting the dialog while I was searching and trying to open the coffin.