Dealing with Scabaras Quest Guide Corrections

[SaidinWoT]

Please post any corrections for the quest guide http://tip.it/runescape/index.php?rs2quest_id=182.

 

 

 

Thanks.

[kingmickez25]

If u bring a dragon dagger super poised and poison Giant Scarab (Level 206)

 

You can continue to the next room and let the poison kill the Giant Scarab (Level 206) If you are a lower combat this is a big realif

 

 

 

or

 

 

 

Using dragon hide with melle weapon with prayer to melle while he mages u is a good way to beat Giant Scarab (Level 206) with no problem

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are 20 pages to sell the book to the archaeologist

[hart4heisman]

Well the front page said comments also so...

 

 

 

I really like how the guide has the bank notices. Helps alot and I think most of the guides should be done like this, if not all! :D

[MooseHole]

I brought a yew log to the furnace but it said I need 80 firemaking to use it. I also brought a maple log, but it did the same damage to the scarab as the teak log did, so it may be just as good as the teak.

[7arevan7]

You might want to put how you get a water tiara and it takes 3 water runes for 1 charge. You can put as many charges as you want on it and when you destroy it you get the remainder for your water runes back.

 

 

 

p.s. I like that you have the items you need from the bank thing it is really helpful

 

:thumbsup:

[Elfmammy]

After the quest Simon will ask u to do him a favor. You do it and he will reward you accepting noted artifacts from pyramid plunder (except for gold)

[lordkafei]

After completing the Scabarite research book by collecting notes, you can collect an additional 10K coin reward from Abigail. You will also retain a copy of the research for your POH bookshelf.

 

 

 

The notes are dropped by a variety of Scabarite denizens, however, two pages are hidden in chests underground that must be looted.

[StGerolf]

you can always use the bracelet of inoculation against the desease

[Belial]

Just thought I'd submit that there is a glitch, where if you use a poisoned weapon against the High Priest boss, when he talks to you again, he will get hit for 1 poison damage and die, leaving bones, and leaving you in an empty room with nothing to do but leave and come back in and try again.

 

Though somewhat amusing, it means going back out and potentially dying via the mass of mages/rangers just outside the door.

 

Perhaps add a warning in the guide saying not to use poison weapons?

[jettrider]

From the section ancient puzzles:

 

 

 

Fuel

 

• 
   
  [*:o35yh544]The required level to burn logs in the furnace is 20 levels above normal - Yew logs require 80, maples require 65, and so on.
   
  [*:o35yh544]Allotting highest power to the scarab room hits 105 damage, second highest 70 damage. I'm unsure of either of the other power levels. However, the more power you allot it, the weaker it becomes and the less it hits.

 

 

 

For the puzzle, thieving level along with power affects how many tries you get. With my thieving level of 70, the puzzle was unsolvable on the lower power levels, while friends with higher thieving did fine with it on the lower levels.

 

 

 

 

 

This section is from tips, tricks, and notes:

 

 

 

While on the plateau with Abigail, you can head west, over a low wall, and attach a rope to the rock. This allows you to use that as a shortcut to and from the plateau at any point later, but remember that you're going to have to walk through a crowd of Mummies (Level 125) known to hit up to 23 damage.

 

 

 

To clarify:

 

• 
   
  [*:o35yh544]This doesn't mention the other side of the shortcut. Its east of Simon Templeton, on the same level as the agility pyramid. Continue east along the south side until you get to the overhanging rocks.
   
  [*:o35yh544]You must place the rope from the top point first, after that you can go up or down as you wish.
   
  [*:o35yh544]I killed a few mummies after the quest and was hit a 24 by one. The max might be slightly higher but I can confirm 24.

[rmhermen]

The rope shortcut requires level 40 agility (Disease got me down to 38 and I couldn't use it till I recovered.) Sanfrew serum works better than Relicym's because its easy to get poisoned as well as diseased down there. I had the same problem with the High Priest - don't use a poisoned weapon.

[ddaanniiellh]

Someone in Blogscape reported that Keris also works on the Scarab, and seems to be extremely vulnerable to stab type attacks.

 

~Ddaanniielh

[quantumkik]

Besides Relicym's balm you also need antipoisons here (or only Sanfrew's, that cures both disease and poison).

 

 

 

You can only get diseased if you walk through a trap (or fail to disarm it), or if you get attacked by the scarabite mages. Would be nice if the guide has a map with the path you should take to avoid most of the traps and mages.

[quantumkik]

I've made a very crude map, that also shows the location of the 2 chest with notes in it. It's easiest just to put run on (pray and eat along the way), go to both chests first and then go to the high priest. There you can drink all pots needed and eat before talking.

 

 

 

 

For the other notes you only need to kill the scarab rangers and lancers (no need to kill the mages). It took me hours to get the last notes. The reward of 10k gp isn't worth that trouble, but I have a feeling the collection of notes might be important for a followup quest (that uses the strange doors upstairs).

 

 

 

Some other tips:

 

- There is a spring next to the archeologists. You can fill your waterskins there.

 

- Nathila's Bake stall (east part of town) sells filled waterskins.

 

- The embalmer (soutwest corner of town) sells antipoison.

 

- Next to the embalmer is a camel, who you can ask for camel dung (talk to her from south side of fence). I couldn't reach the dung inside the fence, but maybe you can get it with telegrab (I didn't try that, cause I found this camel after quest).

 

- The fastest way to Simon and the rope shortcut: climb through the hole east of the bank building. That takes you to a rock northwest of Simon. You can use the rock to get back too (and also save yourself the irritating talk to the guard at the gate).

[essiw]

one tips and trick:

 

use water runes on a water tiara to make an enchanted tiara, 3 water runes means the same as a water skin (1) (and it says 1 charge then) but lookout while using the water runes on your tiara it will take all your water runes in your invetory

[ultigamer]

to the north of the swamp there are 5-6 scarab creatures, you can kill these also for the remaining pages, instead of the one in the dangerous dugeon, i don't think there were mages there but i can't remember that well

[LJoker]

After completing the Scabarite research book by collecting notes, you can collect an additional 10K coin reward from Abigail. You will also retain a copy of the research for your POH bookshelf.

 

 

 

The notes are dropped by a variety of Scabarite denizens, however, two pages are hidden in chests underground that must be looted.

I got 4 from killing skeletons while doing the quest and got 2 form the chests.

 

Does this 6 make them all?

 

I woundering coz i already had money on my inventory when I talked to Abigail.

[budgirlcrt]

It takes 33 pages if you count them when you open the "my notes" to receive the 10k reward from archeologist woman by the spring. I received most of mine from the creatures in the swamps, but also received two notes from mummies, one from lancer where the priest is and 4 from the zombies. I think which creature you receive the notes from is random. You do need the notes from the two chests in the area where the high priest is and you need to make sure he gives you his notes which are added to the book when you speak to him. I got 32 pages and then nothing would drop them so I went down and killed about 4 lancers where the high priest is and got the final one so don't give up! The reward isn't much, but you get a copy of the notes so it is possible those will be needed later on. Happy Questing, Bud

[Foooman]

Artefact Request

 

5. Exit Sophanem through the gate in the southeast corner of the city and head east past the level 96 crocodiles until you enter the swampland. Any path except the southernmost one will work, simply head North until you get to the stairs, pushing through any reeds that block your path.

 

 

 

 

The Crocodiles are level 89

 

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From the section ancient puzzles:

 

 

 

Fuel

 

• [*:yvjh81mt]Allotting highest power to the scarab room hits 105 damage, second highest 70 damage. I'm unsure of either of the other power levels. However, the more power you allot it, the weaker it becomes and the less it hits.

 

Puting the 3rd highest power on the scarab room reduced his health by 35

[jahwhatever]

the golden trinkets of pyramid plunder u can buy/trade off other players or the exchange

[Foodfight13]

It would be helpful to add that when talking to the High Priest click "Conversion, Eh?" and then "I will submit to your authority." over and over until he finally gives in. Note that second line isn't exactly correct.

[buzzboybrown]

The scarabs poison you so it might be worth mentioning to bring anti-poison pots into the suggested items

[sirtiskool]

Just a pointer for the note collecting:

 

 

 

There are 24 notes in TOTAL:

 

- 4 from the quest.

 

- 17 from drops. (Kill the Scabarites in their lair, just inside the entrance. Go after the Rangers and Lancers.)

 

- 2 from the chests.

 

- 1 from the High Priest of Scabaras. (Run into his room, close the door and kill off any Scabarites that are in the room, then talk to the Priest.)

 

 

 

You CAN get the same note more than once if you haven't added it to your book. Once you add a note to your book, you can't get that note again.

 

 

 

Below is the text from the completed book, word for word. A new double-page is denoted by //, a separation between those pages is denoted by /. This is to make it easier to check your pages.

 

 

 

[hide=Complete Book]/Notes donated by the

 

archaeologists:

 

 

 

's notes: The

 

archaeologists theorise that

 

Sophanem was built by

 

the refugees fleeing Ullek.

 

The disaster that befell

 

Ullek left in its wake a

 

large number of undead

 

creatures in the area.

 

//There is some debate

 

between the two

 

archaeologists as to

 

whether these undead are

 

the result of vile sorcery

 

or simply the results of

 

the use of this area as a

 

graveyard. Initial findings

 

seem to suggest that the

 

area was once heavily

 

forested, in stark contrast

 

/to its current desert

 

state. Abigail seems

 

convinced this is due to

 

humans chopping down all

 

the trees, but Kerner is

 

of the opinion that trees

 

regrow so quickly as to

 

make such deforestation

 

impossible.

 

 

 

 

 

//Notes found in the

 

depths:

 

 

 

The foresters are most

 

incompetent of late. Their

 

claims that sources of

 

wood are becoming scarce

 

smacks of laziness. I shall

 

have them flogged if

 

quotas are not fulfilled.

 

The furnaces must

 

/remain lit.

 

 

 

Another setback. The

 

deliveries of timber we

 

were expecting have

 

arrived, but are in the

 

form of bank certificates.

 

While we could burn

 

them, I fear it wil not be

 

much use. For now, I

 

have had them stored with

 

//the other certificates.

 

 

 

It appears as if Elidinis

 

has forsaken us. Armies,

 

led by vile misbelievers,

 

are smiting the northern

 

settlements, Uzer is

 

under siege and it cannot

 

be long before we are

 

also under assault. The

 

outside areas may fall,

 

/but we should be secure

 

in the tunnels beneath

 

Ullek.

 

 

 

It has come to retreat. I

 

can only blame myself

 

for the next revelation I

 

must make to the

 

survivors. We are low on

 

timber and the ventilation

 

will ultimately fail as a

 

//result. The vast stocks of

 

dried dung, in which I

 

had placed faith for fuel

 

in such an emergency,

 

are soaking wet...

 

 

 

...and infested with some

 

sort of giant maggot.

 

That's bad for both

 

morale and health. I fear

 

this is simply a reflection

 

/of our current dire

 

situation. I only pray we

 

are not forced to

 

starvation and the dire

 

choices that would entail.

 

 

 

Icthlarin has not taken

 

us, after all. Though

 

many died in these

 

stinking warrens, we few

 

have survived. We will

 

//now travel to the village

 

of Sophanem and hope

 

there are other survivors

 

there. I have vowed to

 

pay for a temple to be

 

built there, in honour of

 

the deities who saved

 

us...that is, if our

 

currency is of any value

 

in this new world order.

 

 

 

/As Scabarite custom

 

dictates, the outer

 

gateways have been

 

sealed. No disturbances

 

will now occur and we

 

may worship in peace.

 

The fortuitous discovery

 

of a large stock of ordure

 

may even allow some of

 

the less pious worshippers

 

to breed.

 

//

 

The relaxation of

 

breeding rules may have

 

been something of a

 

mistake. More of the

 

young seem to believe

 

that we should leave the

 

darkness and seek to

 

explore the outer areas,

 

where odd noises have

 

been heard. I shall pray

 

/for guidance, even though

 

answers from Scabaras

 

are clearly unlikely.

 

 

 

Although he did not reply

 

directly, I have been

 

seized by visions of some

 

sort. A female with a red-

 

sheened carapace and

 

antennae spoke to me,

 

sending disquiet through

 

//my soul. Could it really

 

be that only the

 

destruction of all other

 

life will allow us the

 

isolation we crave?

 

 

 

I am convinced. We will

 

break through to the

 

surface and ensure these

 

noises are quieted. Silence

 

shall be ours! Both the

 

/chasm and the outer

 

areas are currently

 

under investigation, by

 

those dedicated enough to

 

accept pollution of their

 

souls for the greater

 

good.

 

 

 

The chasm has proven to

 

be a dead end to us, for

 

the moment. The external

 

//trek has been useful,

 

though. We discovered

 

some large creatures, not

 

wholly unlike us, with the

 

capacity to leap great

 

distances. Some have

 

been captured for

 

research. There were

 

other creatures, too -

 

dead but moving. Could

 

this kind of existence

 

/provide the ultimate in

 

solitude?

 

 

 

A breakthrough, of sorts!

 

The leaping creatures

 

have enabled us to send

 

warriors up through the

 

chasm to explore. They

 

report a large area of

 

tunnels which they are

 

now securing with traps.

 

//Traps that should be

 

effective against the soft-

 

skinned humans we can

 

even now smell.

 

 

 

Contact! We have slain

 

several human warriors,

 

after emerging into the

 

outer areas of a surface

 

settlement. I am, hoever,

 

worried that this contact

 

/might be sullying the

 

forces. I have instructed

 

that more traps be used

 

so that pollution does not

 

occur.

 

 

 

The red-tinged female

 

reappeared and urged for

 

a more active destruction

 

of the surface-dwellers.

 

The dreams come

 

//evermore and my mind is

 

torn. She speaks for

 

Scabaras and I shall

 

follow, but I have not had

 

such communication in

 

years and the toll upon

 

me is telling. Everything

 

is blurring.

 

 

 

Now, I realise, there are

 

two minds within me...and

 

/neither is strong enough.

 

To be cursed so, with no

 

chance to be alone, even

 

within myself. I must

 

control my thoughts...or

 

should that be 'we'?

 

 

 

Paralysed by indecision

 

or firm in the face of

 

adversity; aloof or

 

apathetic; violent or

 

//strong; merciful or weak?

 

There is no difference

 

within me. What will be

 

the ultimate fate?

 

 

 

The High Priest seems to

 

be wandering in his mind,

 

so we follow his last

 

instructions as Scabaras

 

would wish us to. The

 

outsiders will be

 

/destroyed. We slew one

 

in the upper chambers

 

and set our largest

 

guardian to guard the

 

area where he was found

 

- all too close to the

 

chasm.

 

 

 

A setback. The scarab

 

guardian we left by the

 

chasm was slain! Although

 

//no penetration has been

 

made into the nest via

 

this route, we have

 

increased the number of

 

perimeter traps and are

 

considering a full assault

 

upon the settlement

 

known as Sophanem.

 

 

 

We have had reports of

 

an intruder in the vaults

 

/before the doors - an

 

area not yet fully set

 

with traps! I have had

 

visions of Scabaras in the

 

guise of a female with red

 

chitin. Now, I know what

 

we must do: destroy

 

everyone, for ultimate

 

peace and solitude.

 

 

 

 

 

//Notes made when talking

 

to the High Priest of

 

Scabaras:

 

 

 

's notes: The High Priest

 

of Scabaras has a view of

 

the genesis of Scabaras

 

that differs from my own.

 

In his opinion, the three

 

dreams giving rise to the

 

other minor deities were

 

/ultimately unsatisfactory

 

to Tumeken. Thus, on

 

the fourth night of

 

dreaming, Scabaras was

 

brought into being, the

 

most perfect of the deities

 

and the most pleasing to

 

Tumeken. The most

 

important part of the cult

 

precepts seems to be that

 

solitude is the ideal

 

//circumstance for self-

 

improvement and an

 

untroubled existence.

 

 

 

's notes: Most orthodox

 

teachings of Scabaras rely

 

on the worshipper

 

meditating in silence, with

 

interaction frowned upon

 

due to being likely to

 

pollute the mind. The

 

/recent events have

 

reinforced this view as far

 

as the High Priest is

 

concerned.The pollution

 

of the Devourer's words

 

led to the recent

 

depredations of the

 

Scabaras cult. Obviously,

 

the Devourer was able to

 

convince the High Priest

 

that solitude could only

 

//be guaranteed by killing

 

non-Scabarites. After

 

turning away from the

 

influence of the

 

Devourer, it is, perhaps,

 

quite flattering that he

 

should choose to talk to

 

me at all.

 

 

 

's notes: Although this

 

pollution is now driven

 

/from the mind of the

 

High Priest, the

 

perversion of Scabaras's

 

teachings has driven

 

many of the Scabarites

 

permanently insane.

 

Slaying them is thus an

 

act of mercy in the

 

opinion of the High

 

Priest. In any case, these

 

deranged beings will not

 

//be a threat to any but

 

those who approach them.

 

Sophanem is safe.

 

 

 

's notes: When I

 

questioned the High

 

Priest of Scabaras as to

 

the origins of the

 

Scabarites, I gained few

 

useful facts. Apparently,

 

their physical form is a

 

/blessing for generations

 

of loyal service to

 

Scabaras. Many of them

 

live in the dark places

 

beneath the soil, though

 

gatherings such as I have

 

seen are very rare

 

indeed.[/hide]

 

Good luck!

[Shepherdman7]

When attempting the agility room's pipe, it may be helpful to drop all your heavy items (armour, even food, etc.) while you cross and pick them up on your way back out. You don't need to fear losing them, as a fall probably won't kill you (minimal damage if any, I can't remember).

 

 

 

Take a strength pot dose before attempting the lever in that room.

 

 

 

I suggest closing the door once you're inside to talk with the Scarabas High Priest. There was a ranging unit outside trying to take me down.