Complete the medium Desert achievement diary
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| Complete the medium Desert achievement diary | |
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| Description | |
| Speak to Zahur in Nardah upon completion. | |
| Tier | Easy |
| ID | PBQG |
| RS Wiki page | Medium Desert achievements |
Contents
Overview
The following Skills and Quests are needed to complete the Medium Desert diary (11 Achievements):
- 45 Prayer;
- 3 Defence;
- 30 Woodcutting;
- 25 Summoning;
- 45 Mining;
- 33 Crafting;
- 49 Mining;
- 57 Herblore;
- 30 Agility;
- 37 Ranged;
- 19 Strength;
- Eagle's Peak;
- The Feud;
- Spirits of the Elid;
- A Fairy Tale II - Cure a Queen (Started);
- Missing My Mummy
You will also need the following items:
- Crossbow;
- Mithril grapple (this must be obtained as a drop, as it requires 59 fletching to craft);
- Dramen staff;
- Pyramid top;
- Molten glass;
- Clean harralander;
- Pouch (Summoning);
- 51 spirit shards;
- Blue charm;
- Potato cactus;
- Rope;
- 3 potions of dye / 3 cowhides / 3 snake skins / 3 grey wolf furs / 3 sheep shears if rune caskets from Ali Morrisane have not previously been unlocked
Achievements
| Name | Description | Levels/Quests Required | Notes |
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| Faster than a Speeding Bullet | Ride an eagle to the desert. | Eagles' Peak | Ride an eagle to the desert by using a rope on the Desert eagle inside the Eagles' Peak Dungeon. |
| So Su Me | Solve an easy runedoku casket | The Feud | Solve an easy Runedoku casket by choosing the "examine lock" option rather than force or pick lock. If either the force or pick lock option is chosen, the player will have to wait till daily reset to try again. |
| A Bridge Not Far | Cross the River Lum using a crossbow | *8 Agility *19 Strength | Cross the River Lum using a crossbow and mithril grapple. The shortcut from Lumbridge Swamp to Al Kharid is located south of the Lumbridge cemetery. Equip the crossbow and grapple and click "grapple" on the strong tree on the Lumbridge side of the river. |
| Heathen Idle | Pray at the Elidinis statuette in Nardah | Spirits of the Elid | Pray at the Elidinis Statuette in Nardah after the Spirits of the Elid quest. |
| Away with the Kalphites | Travel to the fairy ring near the Kalphite Lair | A Fairy Tale II - Cure a Queen (partial) | Travel to the Fairy ring that is located near the Kalphite Hive, by using the Fairy ring code BIQ. |
| All Square | Sell a pyramid top to Simon. | 30 Agility | Sell a pyramid top to Simon, which can be obtained by completing the Agility Pyramid, and choosing the 'Climb Climbing rocks' option on the west side of the doorway before finishing the course. |
| Goat Harralander? | Create a vial of combat potion from scratch in Nardah after killing a goat from the desert. | *36 Herblore *33 Crafting *Spirits of the Elid | Make a combat potion from scratch inside Nardah. Kill a goat south-west of Nardah to get a goat horn. Go to the fountain in the centre of the city, craft a vial from molten glass, and fill it from the fountain. Add a harralander to the vial, grind your goat horn, and finally add it to the unfinished potion. |
| Taken for Granite | Mine granite at the quarry south of the Bandit Camp. | 45 Mining | Mine granite at the desert quarry south of the Bandit Camp. |
| Unbeetleable | Create a spirit kalphite pouch at the obelisk south west of Pollnivneach. | 25 Summoning | Create a spirit kalphite pouch at the obelisk south-west of Pollivneach. The obelisk at Psamtik's shop in Menaphos also works. This is made with a blue charm, a pouch, 51 spirit shards, and a potato cactus. |
| An Teak | Attempt to cut a log from the teak tree near the Ruins of Uzer | 30 Woodcutting | Cut a log from the teak tree near the Ruins of Uzer. |
| Overcut | Boost your stats at Amascut's altar. | *45 Prayer *Missing My Mummy | Boost your stats at the Amascut's altar, which is located inside the Uzer Mastaba south of Uzer. |
Rewards
Upon completion of the achievements, talk to Zahur in the herb shop in the south-east corner of Nardah. He will give you an 8000xp lamp for a skill level 43 or higher (if you do not have a skill you can use it on, you must use it on the first skill that reaches 43, or destroy the lamp), and the Desert amulet 2, which has the following perks:
When worn:
- Reduced failure rate at the Agility Pyramid
When operated:
- Unlimited teleports to Nardah
- Convert 50 soda ash to molten glass per day, while in the desert
At all times:
- A second teak tree appears near Uzer;
- Mage Training Arena prices are lowered by 5%;
- Goats have a chance to drop noted desert goat horns;
- 20 potato cactus can be claimed once per day from the Weird Old Man;
- The Sceptre of the gods now has a charge cap of 20 charges
Notes
A Fairy Tale I - Growing Pains is required for this task, and some items to create the magic secateurs may be hard to obtain depending on previous tasks. Irit and Avantoe leaves can be cleaned by Zahur in Nardah without requiring Herblore training, although the level to do this is required for the task regardless. Nature talismans can be obtained from killing Abyssal Leeches in the abyss if that is unlocked, or as rare drops from Giant Rock Crabs or Wallasalki in Waterbirth Island if not.
While completion of A Fairy Tale II - Cure A Queen is not strictly required to finish this diary, you can complete it under taskman rules, as with any other quest a task requires you to start.
Crafting a Mithril grapple is outside of softcaps for the tier, as attaching a mithril grapple head to mithril bolts requires 59 fletching; the mithril grapple can instead be acquired as a drop, most easily from Dried Zombies at the Ullek plateau to the east of the Agility Pyramid. A shortcut can be created here by attaching a rope to the west of the plateau, letting you climb here from the Agility Pyramid; this does not require a task to do, but requires 40 agility to use.
