Guide to Desert Treasure

Ah yes, the infamous Desert Treasure. Hopefully in this guide we will quench your fears, and let you stride through this quest with the confidence to beat it! Although you should still take care, and be as keen as ever, as this is dabatebly the hardest quest in all of Runescape. But before I start the guide let me start out confirming the fact that two people worked on this guide:

(Me) Highimpact1~ (Wrote & Put Together)

Motocross 91~ (Wrote & Provided the Pictures.)

We planned on releasing this guide on two sites, Tip.It, and ours. Since our site is currently down, it will be unique to Tip It! :) Now, not to get your expectations up, but we pre-showed it to many-a-player and we have gotten good comments, so we hope it will be up to the Tip.It standard. Without further A-do, the Desert Treasure Guide. I realize there is already a Player Made Guide on this, but I have had many people tell me that mine is easier to understand.

Desert Treasure

Highimpact1 & Motocross 91

Description: Rumors abound throughout Varrock and Al-Kharid that an archaeologist has discovered some clues to a large hoard of treasure hidden somewhere deep in the desert south of Al-Kharid.

Anybody prepared to offer him assistance in his treasure hunting could well find themselves benefiting from a very large reward indeed...

PLEASE NOTE: This is an extremely challenging quest that will tax your battle prowess to the extreme.

Difficulty: Master

Length: Long

Requirements: Level 10 Slayer, Level 50 Firemaking, Level 50 Magic, Level 53 Thieving, A high agility level will be a distinct advantage and be able to defeat extremely tough enemies above level 150.

Quest Requirements: Digsite Quest, the Tourist Trap, Temple of Ikov, Priest in Peril, Waterfall Quest and Troll Stronghold.

Items Needed: Lots of Shantay passes, 650gp, 12 Magic logs, 6 Steel bars, 6 Molten glass, Ashes, Charcoal, 1 Blood rune, Regular bones, Cake, Super restore potions, [bleep]ed boots, Climbing boots (Only if you haven't completed Eadgars Ruse or if you have completed it but do not have a magic level of 61 or higher), Garlic, Many Lockpicks (Can be bought at the Rogue's Den) , 1 Silver bar, Spice, Pestle and mortar, Facemask, Tinderbox, Ice gloves (Only if wanting to use a weapon against Fareed), Waterskins, knife, and Energy potions. Food (Monkfish or Sharks suggested) and Prayer Potions are needed ALOT throughout the quest.

*Please note that I used only Monkfish throughout the quest, and anywhere that I suggest Sharks or anyother type of fish, that's just because most people have a spare cache of Sharks. Monkfish will work just as well, and I acually suggest them.

Quest Points Reward: 3

Reward: 20k Magic experience and Ancient Magicks

To Start: Speak to the Archaeologist in Bedabin Camp, south-west of the Shantay Pass

Stages:

1st: Ghostly Robes

2nd: Dessous (Blood)

3rd: Fareed (Smoke)

4th: Kamil (Ice)

5th: Damis (Shadow)

6th: Pyramid

Recommended Skills:

65+ Strength

60+ Attack

60+ Defense (Not that necessary, but it helps)

43 Prayer (A Must)

53 Magic (61+ Recommended)

65+ Hitpoints

Armor:

-Monk robes

-Staff (which one is stated later)

-Magic/Glory amulet

-Chaos Gauntlets with casting Chaos spells (saves money and does the same damage as death spells)

-You should look something like the picture below and the staff is what ever is stated for that daemon.

Ghostly Robes

Items needed:

-Lots of Lockpicks (These can be obtained by pick pocketing bandits, or bought in the RougeÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢s Den for 20gp each.)

-5 Anti-poison(4)

-400gp (Carpet Ride To Bedabin Camp)

-Rest of inventory filled with sharks (50-69hp) lobbies (70-99hp)

-North of Ardougne you find a man named Rasolo (Far West of the Fishing Guild in a fenced area).

-Speak to him and he will tell you that someone has stolen a gilded cross from him and that you have to get it back.

-Go to the Rogue's Den and stock up on at least 100-150+ Lockpicks.

-Go to the bandit camp south of where you started quest.

-Once you are inside the bandit camp, find a tent containing a locked chest. It's in the southern part of the camp.

*It is worth noting that you should not bring any God Clothing except Guthix, or all the bandits in the bar will attack you.

-Unlock the chest and take the gilded cross. You will need a Lockpicks. It can snap in the complicated lock and you can get poisoned, but don't worry. The bandits can be pick pocketed for new Lockpicks and Antipoison, or you can bring extra yourself. Picking the lock will take lots of time, and probably many, many lockpicks.

Killing Dessous

What To Bring:

-2+ pray pots

-Blessed silver pot with blood spices and crushed garlic

-Runes for casting around 50 air blasts

-Ring of life (optional)

-Teleport runes in case goes wrong (to seers, more room for sharks)

-Rest of inventory with sharks

-Druids Pouch; 5-10 should suffice (optional)

Getting to Dessous:

-Head to the Canifis bar, when you approach you should see a sequence where a Vampire called Malak collects blood from the bartender Roavar. He then calls you over. Tell him you are looking for the diamond and he will tell you who has it. This vampire named Dessous apparently has it in his possession. Malak tells you where he is and how to kill him. He wants you to kill Dessous so that he can own more land.

-Go to Draynor (glory amulet teleport is best) and go down either dungeon entrance trap door to find the man called Ruantan living in the sewers. One entrance to the sewers is by the Jail. Give him your Silver bar and he will make it into a Silver pot.

-Go to Entrana with your pot and get it blessed by the high priest in the chapel.

-Go back to Malak, tell him you have the items and he will drain some blood for you. Crush the garlic with a Pestle & mortar and add it to the blood. Also add the Spice.

How To Kill:

-Walk to graveyard (run, cause the ghasts might rot your food) and prepare for a battle (believe it or not, I used the most sharks here, this guy will always hit 10's in every 4 seconds, or less)

-Put on melee prayer and use your silver pot with the vampires tomb Dessous will jump out and attack you (be sure you have set auto-cast air blast, this is very effective against him)

-Eat when Hitpoints fall low, remember, he'll always Hitpoints 10's so make sure you know your Hitpoints (if prayer goes below drink dose of pray pot)

killing him shouldnÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢t be that hard, and if you killed him go to malak to get your blood diamond, bank it immediately.

*Please note now that you have your first diamond, at any point when it's in your inventory a level 92 Stranger with a Dd+ can appear and try to kill you.

Killing Fareed

What To Bring:

-ICE GLOVES! His temperature of his body makes you unweild your staff. Or you can not use auto-cast (if you don't have ice gloves then you can still fight him but you will have to keep clicking on the spell and fareed).

-1 pray potion

-8 energy pots (tops most likely wont use all) for running to torches

-Tinderbox for lighting torches

-Water staff and runes to cast 50 water blasts, or waves if you can

-200 gp (to go to north pollivinach)

-Rest of inventory with sharks

- Facemask

How To Kill:

-Go to well in desert, just west of pollivinach and equip your facemask before you go down the well!

-First you need to go to chest and try to open it.

it will say "light the pad", so light the torches

I recommend starting with most north east one

then south east, run to the north west then to finish with lighting the south west, keep on running and to light torches simply use tinderbox with torch

-If all are lighted go to chest (if you are not quick enough torches will go out and then you need to start all over, It will give you a message in your chat box saying they went out)

-If you are fast enough, you get an dust key, then go to the east of tunnel and use it with the gate (if you lose the key go back to the chest and get another without lighting the torches, If you leave the gate you do not have to get the key)

-Before opening it put on melee protection

-Fareed should not hit much to you but keep your prayer on. After killing him, be sure you have smoke diamond in inventory

Killing Kamil

First go with this to the ice gate:

-2 pray pots

-8 SUPER restore pots

-cake (donÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢t forget!!!!)

-rest lobs

Melee~ Armor: Full Rune, Climbing Boots, Dragon Weapon (You need to kill 5 trolls, kill level 124, cause there the easiest, weird but true)

Mage~ Armor: Fire Staff, Monk Robes, Climbing Boots. Runes: Enough for around 75 Fire Blasts.

~Mage is highly recommended

-When at gate talk to troll child and give him cake

he says his parents are frozen cause of a "stupid" diamond.

If you unfreeze them you get it.

-Now squeeze through ice gate and attack trolls with melee prayer on.

Watch Out: when you squeeze through ice gates every 10 seconds all your stats will be lowered by 1 (also cooking, agility, herblore, etc..)

so when strength/mage is low, drink 1 dose of potion - drink pray pot when prayer gets low.

*Only drink prayer pots when prayer really does get low; the Restore Pots acually boost your prayer more than a prayer pot does!

-After killing 5 trolls get back to falador and prepare for fighting Kamil. (Make sure the 5 trolls had full health when you first attacked them)

Fighting Kamil:

What to bring:

-Runes for casting 70 fire bolts. Fire staff

-3 pray pots

-8 super restore pots

-Rest of inventory with sharks/monkfish

-Climbing boots, [bleep]ed boots, and monk robes

-Teleport runes to Seers

Tip: Chaos Gauntlets help a lot here as you do not need as much doses of restore potions

How To Kill:

-When you get past the ice wolfs and see Kamil, put on melee prayer and start fire bolting him. He freezes you sometimes, you cannot attack him then, use that time to take super restore, food and pray pots (if necessary)

-Killing him should not be a problem.

-Use the path to get to the ice way.

-Wield your [bleep]ed boots and be ready to take damage (you will, not only for snow, also for falling you take 2 damage)

Tip: You can go back if you do not have enough food left, you wont need to kill him again.

-Follow path till ice blocks

-Smash them with your fire bolts or staff and after smashing both the block you will be taken to the ice gate, follow conversation between family and the troll child will give you ice diamond.

Go bank it quickly!

Killing Damis

This one is probably the hardest of the bunch.

What to Bring:

-5 pray potions

-Monk robes, Earth staff, about 200 earth spells

-Teleport runes to Camelot

-Rest of inventory sharks

-Ring of visibility

How To Kill:

-As told before, Damis is often called the hardest to kill, because he has 2 forms.

*However one good idea for the fight is to entangle or snare him.

-First form will attack you when you enter the room with skeletons and other monsters. Just put melee prayer on and earth blast him (first form does not drain prayer)

Tip: Be sure attack Damis, other monsters are attacking you to when you kill him. That will make you attack them and not him.

-When Damis level 104 is dead, a second, more powerful form will appear. He drains prayer quickly, from 4-6 even if he Hits 0ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢s.

-Just keep Maging him with earth spells and keep your prayer high, drink when prayer falls below 20 or 25

-Then keep on maging him till he is dead.

-After you killed him, pick up shadow diamond and teleport to Camelot, and then quickly bank diamond

Pyramid

What To Bring:

-Best Dragon hide amour you can wear

-2 Prayer Potions

-8 energy potions (4)

-4 Diamonds

-1 anti-poison potion

-Rest of inventory sharks

Getting Through The Pyramid:

-First open up the Tip.it's Pyramid Map.

-Talk to Eblis (inside the circle of mirrors)

-Use the Diamonds on the pillars around the pyramid

-Keep Running! Do not stop. Running almost reduces your chances to 0% of falling through the random appearing trap doors

-There are 4 floors of the pyramid, Keep running through the floors until you reach the end.

-Once you reach the end, talk to him, and you've completed the quest!

~After you get through the pyramid go talk to Elib with 80k. He will offer to sell you the Ancient Staff! You can buy it from him, or from other players. This is the only one he has and after that you can only get them from other players or from a very rare drop from the mummies in the pyramid.

~Now that you've done this quest, you can get Ghostly Robes in a small Mini Quest. You will learn about the Rise of Zamorak, and the creation of the Wilderness in this epic tale, as you sort out the troubles of old ghosts...

Once you have done the Ghostly Robes Mini Quest you will have access to another Mini Quest - The Shadow Sword.

I hope this guide has helped you, and good luck! If you liked this guide you might like another guide I made called ~Highimpact1's Guide to Fletching~.

I appreciate everyone's comments! :P

great guide! if i get members again i will use this for doing desert treasure.

there is already a dt guide... a uide thats called "best on the web" :wink:

Sorry, but I can't call this a good guide. it's nicely written and it has pictures. But there are just too many information missing, like the starting, a really important fact: face mask Routes and things.

Disappointing, I was expecting more....

Another guide that uses prayer to get by. :wall:

ok i'm a 20 def pure and I'm a member, but I want to know, do you think I can beat this quest with 60 att 60 str 43 pray, and 62 magic?

Great Guide =D> , Maybe make the pictures bigger, because I can't see the writing on half of them :( , Also, look at your order of things, like with the pictures of where they are : . Other than that its a great guide :thumbsup:

good but too many ppots wasted

great guide, ill try it out when im back to questing

May i make a suggestion? As i have completed Desert Treasure Myself.

You missed out what "mage" spell to use on damis, you just said to continue maging him. You should add that claws of guthix helps real good because of the week defence he has. You should also add for damis that you could bring a DDS and poison him, hide, when poison wears off, poison and hide again, which means you hardly (maybe for 5 secs) need to pray!

EDIT: i saw your earth spell thingy, soz. But claws of guthix Do work.

Sorry, but I can't call this a good guide. it's nicely written and it has pictures. But there are just too many information missing, like the starting, a really important fact: face mask Routes and things.

Major oops on my part, and many thanks for pointing that out. I have now made it a lot easier to see, and specified when to equip. As for the routes, the only one that you really need one at all is the pyramid & I have now added a link to the excellent tip.it pyramid map!

As for anything else, I am always open to concerns & corrections, so please tell me how I can make it a good guide for your standards!

Another guide that uses prayer to get by. :wall:

And you suggest?...? :-s

I can't fix the problem if I have no information to go by!

Not a bad guide, but I think the one already on Tip.it is better. I thought the pics of where to find Rasolo and the locked chest were good. I did notice one glaring ommission though. You never mentioned the Stranger!! It doesn't happen to everyone, but a lvl 92 Stranger can attack you with a dds if you are carrying one of the diamonds around. I wore a Ring of Dueling for all the fights and banked quickly at Castle Wars to minimize the amount of time I spent with a diamond in my invintory. The other thing I would suggest is that when you go to get the Gilded Cross from the4 bandit camp, there is no need to waste Sharks. The fact that you have (at least) 53 Thieving probably means you have a ton of cakes. Bring them instead as the chest can take a long time to open and there is no sense to using up 20k worth of sharks, or even a bunch of lobs where you don't need 1-bite food.

Not a bad guide, but I think the one already on Tip.it is better. I thought the pics of where to find Rasolo and the locked chest were good. I did notice one glaring ommission though. You never mentioned the Stranger!! It doesn't happen to everyone, but a lvl 92 Stranger can attack you with a dds if you are carrying one of the diamonds around. I wore a Ring of Dueling for all the fights and banked quickly at Castle Wars to minimize the amount of time I spent with a diamond in my invintory. The other thing I would suggest is that when you go to get the Gilded Cross from the4 bandit camp, there is no need to waste Sharks. The fact that you have (at least) 53 Thieving probably means you have a ton of cakes. Bring them instead as the chest can take a long time to open and there is no sense to using up 20k worth of sharks, or even a bunch of lobs where you don't need 1-bite food.

Well I have had some people tell me that they thought mine was easier to understand. I can't believe I forgot to mention the stranger! :wall:

I did note that you should always put the diamond straight in the bank right after you get it. As for the cake suggestion, good point. I personally was fishing at the Colony for monkfish right before I did this quest so that's why I have so many places for sharks. I used monkfish instead of sharks (At the beggining of the guide I said you could substitute) and so I just put sharks (Because most people prefer them) where I used monkfish. Your exactly right though, and I will put this advice in my guide now. I have added more information about this in my guide, thank you.

you say earth blast but if you can use earth wave is it worth using that if you have the cash to spend on the bloods?

you say earth blast but if you can use earth wave is it worth using that if you have the cash to spend on the bloods?

Dessous is weak to air spells...not Earth. Each monster has a weakness:

Dessous: Air spells

Damis: Earth Spells

Fareed: Water Spells

Kamil: Fire Spells

The four basic elemental runes....

Dessous is weak to air spells...not Earth. Each monster has a weakness:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dessous: Air spells

 

 

 

Damis: Earth Spells

 

 

 

Fareed: Water Spells

 

 

 

Kamil: Fire Spells

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The four basic elemental runes....

+1 nice one ive just got 53 theiving so im going to give it a go :ohnoes:

Dessous is weak to air spells...not Earth. Each monster has a weakness:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dessous: Air spells

 

 

 

Damis: Earth Spells

 

 

 

Fareed: Water Spells

 

 

 

Kamil: Fire Spells

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The four basic elemental runes....

Thanks, but he must be weak to Air & Earth because I used earth and went through him like a breeze. Never tried Air, but I'll take your word that it works just as well.

ye dessous = air. i air waved him and he died fast

and theres already a dt guide here.why make one on forums :?:

yes Dessous kill with air waves :D and you should put under items :P a friend who knows how to block the demons for the fights :) with a friend i killed Damis with a dose of p pot from th monsters attacking me ;)

Tyvm for this great guide!! :D It helped me alot more than the one that is AOW, this is the one that should be AOW!!

Hmm, I like the other guide here on tip.it better than yours. Yours didn't even explain how to start the quest!

Ok, but thres already a guide on this. Also, do not melee the ice trolls. That is one of the stupidest thinsg I ever heard, so I suggest you take that out of your guide, as it wont work unless you want to waste lots of time and supplies. Also, damis is easy if yo entangle or snare him. When I battled him he only hit me 6 times.

I'll try to break down my replies for a few comments:

~atronic92

Hmm, I like the other guide here on tip.it better than yours. Yours didn't even explain how to start the quest!

To Start: Speak to the Archaeologist in Bedabin Camp, south-west of the Shantay Pass

~pantim

Ok, but thres already a guide on this.

I realize there is already a Player Made Guide on this, but I have had many people tell me that mine is easier to understand.

Explained in the quote above ^.

Also, do not melee the ice trolls. I suggest you take that out of your guide, as it wont work unless you want to waste lots of time and supplies.

That is one of the stupidest thinsg I ever heard

Part of the reason I always welcome comments/suggestions, is because I can not catch everything. I know I don't know everything, as nobody else does. There is always room for improvement (within reason.) The occasional slip up in typing is bound to happen, as I am not a very experienced typer/writter. I am sorry I offended you, as I did not mean too.

Also, damis is easy if yo entangle or snare him. When I battled him he only hit me 6 times.