Desert Treasure

[Tom Byen]

I'd like to hear from those who have finished the desert treasure quest... What combat level were you when you finished it? I'm about to become a member in around 10 days or so and I'd like to get an idea... Right now I'm 85 combat... 70 att 70 str and 66 def... will this work? I want to get ancient magiks for barrows :-p

[Magex]

Pfft consider yourself lucky. Im going to do dt with 45 defence and only 43 prayer =X

You should be able to do it, if your prayer is 43+.

[Pirate]

I'm in the middle of it now, died once from some kind of glitch fighting ice trolls but it is long and hard . Att 77, Str 77, Def 74

[Tom Byen]

Can you guys let me know how it turns out?

[Pirate]

^^ Sure, Im gonna try to finish this weekend

[Glory Devil]

I got member at 84..wtf >.<

I did arround 95, had some problem with the ice guy, splitbark armour is helpfull.

Medium-High mage lvl is good..

[Tom Byen]

Medium-High mage lvl is good..
I've got 59 mage. Should I train that more or is that good?

[Glory Devil]

That's enough i guess... Use the best fire magic you can use agianst kamill (ice guy) and bring all the items needed.. splitbark agian, is highly recommanded if you have it, because he hit hard and often. Bring 1-click teleport.

[vrunewise]

I just started it too. Got one diamond so far (shadow one). I am 76/75/75. It took sooo long to pick lock that chest.... I stocked up with antipoisons for many days ahead, lol :-)

[Kjeldoran90]

i am gonna do it on my mage pure...will i be able to do it? 1att 1 str 20 def and 68 mage right now

[Pirate]

I got member at 84..wtf >.<

I did arround 95, had some problem with the ice guy, splitbark armour is helpfull.

Medium-High mage lvl is good..

how much is split bark armour selling for ??
Is the ice guy the hardest?

[Kjeldoran90]

how much is split bark armour selling for ??
Is the ice guy the hardest?
um i think this is off topic a bit but i do believe it is anywhere fomr 200-300k for full

[vrunewise]

All right, I am done with the quest. So, I confirm that 95 combat can do it :-)
Stats which were involved: Att/Str/Def - 76/75/75, Magic - 74, Prayer - 62.

Basically I meleed everybody. The only exception was Ice Trolls near the cave entrance (used magic there), but thinking back I could melee them just as well.

Potions I spent:
12 prayer pots
2 super attack and super strength pots
1 super def pot
15 energy pots
7 restore pots (avoided using super restores)
I also earned 10 full antiposions along the way, lol

Food: 25 sharks

Notes about 4 diamods:
1. Diamond of Shadow
First of all, I spent so much time opening that cursed chest!!! Broke 30 lockpicks. Good that I was able to steal them from Bandits easily.
Damis was quite difficult to kill. I was wearing my best melee outfit (granite body, warrior helm, rune legs and kite, had whip and dragon dagger). Initially I though I can keep my prayer up during the fight, but within a minute all 4 prayer pots I had with me were gone and Damir was barely injured. Plus it was multicombat zone and skeletons were attacking me too. I stepped out into the tunnel and seriously considered teleporting out and thinking it over. But I still had 10 sharks, so I made another try without prayer. Drank my super def pot, killed skeleton and dog nearby and lured Damir into the tunnel, so we would be alone. Poisoned him and, suprisingly , he died just fine. I even had 1 shark left at the end.

2. Diamond of Blood
This one turned out to be the hardest for me.
The Vampire appeared to be a formiddable foe. My first attempt (in the same melee outfit) failed and I had to tele out. Then I realized that I don't really need all these heavy armor pieces, as I was going to use protect from melee anyway. I needed to worry about magic attacks instead. So I wore black dragonhide armor and it turned out fine. Potted up with protect from melee, whip and black dragonhide I killed him. Still wasn't easy - at the end I ran out of food.

3. Diamond of Ice
Wasn't that hard, but still quite hard and long. As I said I maged Ice Trolls while having protect from melee on (it was annoying, as I had to drink my restore potions all the time, to keep the spell working - I do seriously think that melee might be easier there). After that I teleported out and restocked with restore potions and sharks. Walked by the dogs with prayer on and killed Kamil. It was easy. I used the same tactic with black dragonhide armor, protect from melee, dragon dagger and whip. I spent just a few sharks on him.
But then there was this ridiculos ice walk - I nearly died there, had to eat a lot. Plus at the end I spent some time crashing the ice cubes. I was glad that i had dagger with me, as whip can't be used there (beware!).

4. Diamond of Smoke
Easiest of them. Very fast and easy. Same armor and tactic. I didn't get ANY damage from Fareed.

Finally Pyramid.
The key is to have protect from melee on and have full load of energy pots. You need to run all the time, so you won't fall into a hole. I ended up falling twice.

That's it. Good luck!

[Tom Byen]

I don't know... looks as if I'm severely lacking in the combat area for this quest... any suggestions on monsters I can level up on relatively easy? I've been working on lessers for quite some time now as that's probably the best in f2p... But I'm planning on becoming member soon...

[Pirate]

Wow Vrunewise
nice post and description of you journey through the quest. I have gone thru 18 lockpicks so far and still havnt opened chest. Isn't there a lockpick respawn somewhere so you dont have to steal from bandits?

[vrunewise]

I don't know... looks as if I'm severely lacking in the combat area for this quest... any suggestions on monsters I can level up on relatively easy? I've been working on lessers for quite some time now as that's probably the best in f2p... But I'm planning on becoming member soon...

Pest Control minigame is the fastest way to raise combat stats for members.

Wow Vrunewise
nice post and description of you journey through the quest. I have gone thru 18 lockpicks so far and still havnt opened chest. Isn't there a lockpick respawn somewhere so you dont have to steal from bandits?

I don't believe there is... You might buy them from players though.