Beneath Cursed Sands/Speedrun guide
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| Start point |  Speak to Jamila in Sophanem. |
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| Official difficulty | Master |
| Official length | Medium |
| Description | When Sophanem was beset by a series of plagues, the gates to the golden city of Menaphos quickly closed. The city has been locked down ever since, with no one allowed to leave or enter. However, rumours have escaped of strange happenings inside Menaphos and there are stories of citizens mysteriously disappearing. These odd happenings need to be investigated, but few are willing to do so. Maisa, a spy from Al Kharid, has grown tired of inaction. She is determined to solve this mystery herself, but she won't be able to do it alone... are you up for the challenge? |
| Requirements |
These skills are given upon setting up the speedrun: |
| Items required |
These items are provided upon setting up the speedrun:
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| League notes | Desert |
Walkthrough
- Talk to Jamila. (
•) - Make your way to Maisa.
- Take the spade at the north side of the campsite.
- Search the camping equipment by the tent for a tinderbox.
- Talk to Maisa. ( )
- Talk to a citizen or Menaphite Guard.
- Inspect the blocked entry at the Jaltevas Pyramid.
- Fight the Head Menaphite Guard with Piety active. Do not use Protect from Melee.
- Run back to the campsite, grabbing a bronze pickaxe on the way.
- Talk to Maisa until she departs.
- South of the campsite, mine 2-3 iron ore and 1 coal.
- Use the coal and tinderbox on the furnace in the Ruins of Ullek. ( ) ( )
- Smelt the iron ore. There is a 50% chance to fail smelting them, in which case you will want to restart the speedrun if you fail to refine all of them.
- Search the well to receive a stone tablet. Read it.
- Head back down the stairs and head south to the southernmost ritual pillar. Dig on the south side of it.
- Open the chest with the passcode "1118513".
- Use the iron bar on the furnace.
- Go further north to the pillar, and insert the scarab emblem. ( )
- Rotate the scarab on the emblem so that it faces downward (pincers facing upward). A 90 degree rotation is 8 clicks.
- Climb down the stairs and defeat the two Scarab Mages with melee. Activate Protect from Magic and Piety during the cutscene to skip the dialogue.
- Climb down the stairs again.
- Avoid the projectiles and pull the levers on the north-east and south-east ends of the room.
- Go through the door west of the junction.
- Inspect the south-western plaque to get four emblems.
- Inspect the north-western plaque and read it.
| Emblem | God | Item |
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| Baboon | Companionship | Linen |
| Human | Health | Wine |
| Crocodile | Resourcefulness | Necklace |
| Scarab | Isolation | Carving |
- The solution to the puzzle is different for everyone. Refer to the table on the right to solve this puzzle. The emblems are listed in the same order they are in your inventory. The hints are arranged from north to south.
- [God 1] arrived just before [god 2]... – Place the emblem corresponding to god 1 in the northernmost urn and the emblem corresponding to god 2 in the centre-north urn.
- To the one that arrived first, he offered [item 1]. – Place the emblem corresponding to item 1 in the centre-south urn.
- The one that was offered [item 2] came from just south... – Place the emblem corresponding to item 2 in the southernmost urn.
- Pull the lever to the south-west and continue to the next area.
- Speak to the Spirit.
- Take the rusty key from the urn in the back of the room.
- Hop worlds to leave the dungeon instance quickly. Re-enter the dungeon and open the door on the upper level.
- Defeat the Champion of Scabaras with ranged, Protect from Magic, and Eagle Eye. Keep your distance, and destroy the Shadow Rift and Scarab Swarm as they appear.
- Talk to the High Priest of Scabaras.
- Hop worlds to leave the instance, or simply walk out of the dungeon.
- Go to Nardah.
- (Optional, but recommended) Resupply at the bank; you will no longer need ranged equipment.
- Talk to Maisa or Zahur in the building directly south of the fountain.
- Purchase a cooked meat from the Nardah General Store.
- You can buy a full inventory of cooked meat and use the extra to heal up from the previous fight.
- Head west to the island with the lily. Attempt to jump to the stepping stones, and throw the meat to the crocodile. ( )
- Pick the Lily of the Elid and use the item on Zahur.
- Warm up her chemistry equipment.
- Increase the middle bar 15 times, then increase the right bar 15 times, then decrease the right bar 2 times, then decrease the middle bar 2 times.
- (If it didn't work, keep decreasing the middle and right bars alternatingly.)
- Receive the cure crate from Zahur.
- Run south-west to the tent west of the Agility Pyramid, and enter the nearby rock to reach Sophanem quicker.
- Use the cure crate on the High Priest.
- Go to the necropolis and talk to Maisa, located directly south of the south-eastern gate of Sophanem by the bend in the path.
- At the end of the cutscene, defeat the Menaphite Akh. The Menaphite Akh attacks using melee, and will occasionally use special attacks.
- When she twitches, she will perform a lightning bolt attack and direct it in front of her. This attack can hit 70+ if not evaded. Always be prepared to walk behind or beside her to avoid this attack.
- During the fight she will also summon a Menaphite Shadow that attacks with ranged or magic. Run to attack it quickly (but still watch out for the lightning attack). If not killed promptly, the shadow can switch places with the Akh, and the player must attack the real one or suffer large amounts of damage.
- Go back to Sophanem and talk to Maisa or the High Priest to finish the quest.
Speedrun complete!
Rewards
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| Time | 45:00 | 36:00 | 30:00 | 27:00 | 22:00 |
| Points | 10 | 30 | 80 | 200 | 0 |
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