Desert Diary

Desert Diary
Released		5 March 2015 (Update)
Area(s)		Kharidian Desert (not including Al Kharid)
Members		Yes
Item reward		Amulet
Lamp XP rewards		2,500 7,500 15,000 50,000
Taskmaster(s)		Jarr
League region		Desert✓

The Desert Diary is a set of achievement diaries whose tasks revolve around areas within the Kharidian Desert, such as Pollnivneach, Nardah, and Sophanem. <mapframe align="left" text="Jarr's location" plane="0" width="250" y="3122" x="3302" height="250" zoom="2" mapID="0">

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</mapframe> Several skill, quest and item requirements are needed to complete all tasks. Unless stated otherwise, temporary skill boosts can be used to meet the skill requirements.

Rewards can be claimed from Jarr in the Shantay Pass. Note that the previous tiers of a diary must be completed to claim rewards of the next tier.

Overview

Skill requirements 21 5   48+

Quest requirements Gertrude's Cat

Additional requirements Started Icthlarin's Little Helper

Skill requirements 34 30 36 37 37 43 50 45 39 35 22 20 47   485+

Quest requirements Eagles' Peak Enakhra's Lament The Golem Spirits of the Elid

Additional requirements None

Skill requirements 50 45 70 68 40 31 40 65 61 60 68 10 55 65   85 737+

Quest requirements Contact! Desert Treasure I Dream Mentor The Feud

Additional requirements Defeat the Kalphite Queen

Skill requirements 15 20 10 40 91 85 85 50 94 95 78   675+	Quest requirements Desert Treasure I	Additional requirements Kalphite queen head Started Icthlarin's Little Helper

Easy

Items required
400 coins Shantay pass (can be purchased at the Shantay Pass Shop) Bird snare Any pickaxe 2 Ropes Knife or any slash weapon Desert shirt Desert robe Desert boots Any grimy herb Any Pyramid Plunder artefact Empty waterskin Weaponry, preferably Ranged or Magic Recommended: Necklace of passage Nardah teleport Stamina potion(4) Food and antipoison, unless you already have a potato cactus

Skills needed
5 Hunter 21 Thieving

Quests required
Started Icthlarin's Little Helper Gertrude's Cat

Task	Requirements
1. Catch a golden warbler.	5 Hunter Bird snare Recommended: Necklace of passage to Eagle's Eyrie
2. Mine five clay in the north-eastern desert.	Any pickaxe Recommended: Necklace of passage to Eagle's Eyrie Note: There are clay rocks near the golden warbler spawn.
3. Enter the Kalphite Lair.	Rope
4. Enter the Desert with a set of desert robes equipped.	Desert shirt, robe, and boots The desert robes from Rogue Trader and the black desert robes cannot be used
5. Kill a vulture (can be found north-west of Agility Pyramid).	Weaponry to kill it, preferably Ranged or Magic.
6. Have the Nardah herbalist (Zahur) clean a herb for you.	Any grimy herb and 200 coins Recommended: Nardah teleport
7. Collect 5 Potato Cactus from the Kalphite Hive. You can drop and pick up the same cactus five times inside the lair.	Rope Food and antipoison are recommended if not bringing your own cactus
8. Sell some artefacts to Simon Templeton. Note: The golden artefact from the top of the Agility Pyramid does not count.	Any Pyramid Plunder artefact (e.g. Stone scarab)
9. Open the sarcophagus in the first room of Pyramid Plunder.	Started Icthlarin's Little Helper 21 Thieving
10. Cut a desert cactus open to fill a waterskin.	Knife or a slash weapon, and an empty waterskin
11. Travel from the Shantay Pass to Pollnivneach by magic carpet.	200 coins (5 more coins to buy a Shantay pass if entering the Desert via the pass)

Rewards

• Desert amulet 1
• Antique lamp worth 2,500 experience in any skill above 30
• Pharaoh's sceptre can hold up to 10 charges
• Goats will always drop noted desert goat horn
• Simon Templeton will now buy your noted artefacts too

Medium

Skills needed
37 Ranged 50 Crafting 45 Firemaking 43 Prayer 39 Magic 37 Mining 30 Agility 22 Slayer 47 Hunter 37 Thieving 36 Herblore 35 Woodcutting 20 Construction

Quests required
The Golem Enakhra's Lament Spirits of the Elid Eagles' Peak

Task	Requirements
1. Climb to the summit of the Agility Pyramid (you must speak to Simon Templeton first).	30 Agility Recommended: Waterskins and desert clothing or circlet of water
2. Slay a desert lizard.	22 Slayer Ice cooler
3. Catch an orange salamander.	47 Hunter Rope and a small fishing net
4. Steal a Phoenix feather from the Desert phoenix.	25 Thieving
5. Travel to Uzer via magic carpet.	Completion of The Golem 200 coins (or 100 coins and a Ring of charos)
6. Travel to the desert via the Eagle transport system.	Completion of Eagles' Peak Rope
7. Pray at the Elidinis Statuette in Nardah (requires less than full Prayer points).	Completion of Spirits of the Elid
8. Create a combat potion in the desert (outside of desert cities).	36 Herblore Harralander potion (unf) and goat horn dust
9. Teleport to Enakhra's Temple with the Camulet.	Completion of Enakhra's Lament Camulet
10. Visit the genie (achieved during Spirits of the Elid).	Rope and light source
11. Teleport to Pollnivneach with a redirected teleport to house tablet.	20 Construction Scroll of redirection and a house tablet Ironman only: You must instead enter your house via the Pollnivneach house portal.
12. Chop some teak logs near Uzer (the northern tree, south-east of the ruins).	35 Woodcutting Any axe

Rewards

• Desert amulet 2
  • One teleport to Nardah per day
• Antique lamp worth 7,500 experience in any skill above 40
• Pharaoh's sceptre can hold up to 25 charges

Hard

Items required
Any blackjack Any non-filled waterskin Means to cast Humidify (an astral rune, a fire rune and 3 water runes) Weaponry Slayer helmet Keris or Keris partisan 5 mithril bars Yew log Tinderbox Hammer Any pickaxe Any light source

Skills needed
10 Fletching 40 Ranged 31 Herblore 85 Combat level 60 Mining 55 Woodcutting 70 Agility 68 Magic 65 Thieving 65 Slayer 61 Crafting 50 Attack 40 Defence 60 Firemaking 68 Smithing

Task	Requirements
1. Knock out and pickpocket a Menaphite Thug.	Partial completion of The Feud 65 Thieving Any blackjack
2. Mine some granite.	45 Mining Any pickaxe
3. Refill your waterskins in the Desert using Lunar spells (outside the desert cities).	Completion of Dream Mentor 68 Magic and means to cast Humidify ( 1 3 1 ) A non-filled waterskin
4. Kill the Kalphite Queen.	Weaponry to kill it
5. Complete a lap of the Pollnivneach Rooftop Course.	70 Agility
6. Slay a Dust devil in the desert cave with a Slayer helmet equipped.	Started Desert Treasure I 65 Slayer(boostable) and 10 Defence Slayer helmet
7. Activate Ancient Magicks at the altar in the Ancient Pyramid.	Completion of Desert Treasure I
8. Defeat a locust rider with Keris.	Partial completion of Contact! 50 Attack Keris (or Keris partisan) and any light source Note that the Keris only needs to be equipped during its death animation, allowing you to deal damage with other weapons
9. Burn some yew logs on the Nardah Mayor's balcony.	60 Firemaking Yew log and a tinderbox Note: Awusah the Mayor's house is directly east of the central fountain. The Spirits of the Elid quest starts there too and is marked on the world map.
10. Create a Mithril platebody in Nardah.	68 Smithing 5 mithril bars and a hammer

Rewards

• Desert amulet 3.
• Antique lamp worth 15,000 experience in any skill above 50.
• Pharaoh's sceptre can hold up to 50 charges.
• Camulet receives an additional teleport location to the entrance of Enakhra's Temple on top of its initial teleport location inside the temple.
• All carpet rides are free.
• Zahur will create unfinished potions for 200 coins per potion from a vial of water and a clean herb. Items can be noted or unnoted.
• Zahur will now clean noted grimy herbs for 200 coins each.
• Ropes placed at both the Kalphite Lair entrance and the Kalphite Queen tunnel entrance become permanent.
• Increased experience on the Pollnivneach Rooftop Course.

Elite

Items required
15,000 coins if you don't yet have a Skill Hall in your house Raw wild pie Means to cast Ice Barrage (2 blood runes, 4 death runes and 6 water runes) Dragon dart tip Feather Stuffed kq head 2 mahogany planks 2 gold leaves Saw Hammer

Skills needed
15 Agility 10 Herblore 50 Firemaking 40 Ranged 20 Smithing 78 Construction 85 Cooking 95 Fletching 94 Magic 85 Prayer 91 Thieving

Task	Requirements
1. Bake a wild pie at the Nardah clay oven.	85 Cooking Raw wild pie
2. Cast Ice Barrage against a foe in the Desert (outside of desert cities). It must not splash.	Completion of Desert Treasure I 94 Magic (can be boosted from 85 with a forgotten brew or imbued heart) and means to cast Ice Barrage ( 6 2 4 )
3. Fletch some Dragon darts at the Bedabin Camp.	95 Fletching Dragon dart tip and a feather.
4. Speak to the Kq head in your POH.	Completion of Priest in Peril 78 Construction Stuffed kq head or stuffed kq head (tattered), 2 mahogany planks, 2 gold leaves, a saw and a hammer 15,000 coins are required if the player hasn't yet built a Skill Hall in their house
5. Steal from the Grand Gold Chest in the final room of Pyramid Plunder.	Started Icthlarin's Little Helper 91 Thieving(not boostable)
6. Restore at least 85 Prayer points when praying at the altar in Sophanem.	Started Icthlarin's Little Helper 85 Prayer(not boostable)

Rewards

• Desert amulet 4
  • Unlimited teleports to Nardah and the Kalphite Cave
  • The Nardah teleport now takes players directly inside the Elidinis shrine
  • 100% protection against desert heat when worn
• Antique lamp worth 50,000 experience in any skill above 70
• Pharaoh's sceptre can hold up to 100 charges
• Free pass-through of the Shantay Pass and the Ruins of Unkah
• Access to a crevice shortcut, requiring 86 Agility, in the Kalphite Lair from the entrance to the antechamber before the Kalphite Queen boss room.

Changes

Date	Changes
[[{{#explode:8 May 2024| |0}} {{#explode:8 May 2024| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:8 May 2024| |2}}]] (update)	Removed Hard diary requirement to use the Al Kharid Palace window agility shortcut. The Hard diary completion now gives increased xp in the Pollnivneach rooftop course.
[[{{#explode:26 October 2022| |0}} {{#explode:26 October 2022| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:26 October 2022| |2}}]] (update)	The Hard Desert Diary Task requiring a player to kill a locust rider now only completes upon killing a locust rider rather than any monster in the general area.
[[{{#explode:15 June 2022| |0}} {{#explode:15 June 2022| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:15 June 2022| |2}}]] (update)	Clicking out of the Agility Pyramid's completion dialogue will no longer prevent the associated diary task from completing.
[[{{#explode:25 November 2020| |0}} {{#explode:25 November 2020| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:25 November 2020| |2}}]] (update | poll)	The permanent ropes at both the Kalphite Lair and the Kalphite Queen tunnel entrances will now appear with the Hard Diary
[[{{#explode:26 March 2020| |0}} {{#explode:26 March 2020| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:26 March 2020| |2}}]] (update | poll)	The Nardah Teleport will now drop you inside the temple at Nardah with the Elite Diary
[[{{#explode:12 November 2015| |0}} {{#explode:12 November 2015| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:12 November 2015| |2}}]] (update)	The easy desert achievement diary task to mine 5 clay in the north-eastern desert now includes all of the clay rocks in the vicinity.
[[{{#explode:2 July 2015| |0}} {{#explode:2 July 2015| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:2 July 2015| |2}}]] (update | poll)	The agility shortcut unlocked as a reward from the Elite Desert achievement diary now takes you from the very start of the Kalphite Lair directly to the entrance of the Kalphite Queen boss room.
[[{{#explode:30 April 2015| |0}} {{#explode:30 April 2015| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:30 April 2015| |2}}]] (update | poll)	The ropes used to access the Kalphite Queen will stay permanently for players that have completed the elite desert achievement diary.
[[{{#explode:16 April 2015| |0}} {{#explode:16 April 2015| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:16 April 2015| |2}}]] (update)	Pollnivneach is now spelt correctly on the Desert task list.
[[{{#explode:16 April 2015| |0}} {{#explode:16 April 2015| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:16 April 2015| |2}}]] (update)	Murky Matt will only decant Pharaoh's sceptres with the amount of charges you have unlocked from the desert diary.