Contact!/Quick guide

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Details

Start point	Talk to the High Priest of Icthlarin in Sophanem. Show on map
Official difficulty	Experienced
Official length	Short
Description	The High Priest of Icthlarin has problems again - this time with the inhabitants of Menaphos. Sophanem is recovering from the plague, yet most of its citizens are still trapped on the other side of the river. Diplomacy has failed and subterfuge beckons. Clearly, this is the sort of job that a shifty adventurer could excel in.
Requirements	Completion of the following quests: Prince Ali Rescue Icthlarin's Little Helper Gertrude's Cat
Items required	A light source (Kandarin headgear, Firemaking cape, Abyssal lantern, or a bruma torch are strongly recommended as they can't be extinguished by traps in the dungeon). If you don't have one, the Sophanem guard under the temple of the lesser deities will sell you an unlit torch for 200 coins. A tinderbox (unless you have a non extinguishable light source such as Kandarin headgear, Firemaking cape, Abyssal lantern, or a bruma torch). If you don't have one, the Sophanem guard will sell you one for 50 coins.
Recommended	70 Combat level 50 Agility 50 Thieving 40 Prayer for using Protect from Missiles against the Giant Scarab boss if ranging or maging, otherwise the fight may prove very difficult. Melee users should pray Protect from Melee instead, requiring 43 Prayer. Antipoison potion Combat equipment Food Prayer potions The Pharaoh's sceptre or a Nardah teleport (to get to Sophanem) 3 Nardah teleports to get to Nardah An emergency escape teleport Desert robes Waterskins A ring of dueling or amulet of glory (to quickly return to Al Kharid) ~800 coins (if using Magic carpet transportation) A Shantay pass (entry to the Kharidian Desert)
Enemies to defeat	Giant Scarab (level 191) Summoned by the Giant Scarab: Locust rider (level 68) - Ranged and melee Scarab Mages (level 119 & 66)
League notes	Desert✓ — location requirement

Walkthrough

Talk to the High Priest in Sophanem. ( 1•4)…
1 Sounds like a quest for me; I can't turn that down!
4 Is there any way into Menaphos from below?
Go to the most north-eastern building in Sophanem and talk to Jex. ( 2)…
2 Better get down there.
Climb-down the ladder in the building, then the trapdoor.
Follow the red line on the map to the ladder and/or use the provided tile markers for guidance. Protection from magic is recommended. It is also recommended to turn off auto-retaliate in the combat tab.
You will encounter one scarab trap via this path. BE HIGHLY CAUTIOUS as triggering it would drop you to a multi combat lower level.

The provided tile markers give a short route that is as safe as possible to the ladder required for the quest.

Green markers indicate the correct direction to travel when the path forks.
Yellow markers indicate the correct tiles to stand on carefully, when dealing with traps or other threats.
Red markers contain other warnings.

The markers additionally indicate when specific other actions should be performed (e.g. swapping protection prayers or right clicking on particular tiles).

A map of the Sophanem Dungeon.

Tile markers
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Tile markers guide • Data

Image	Description
	Floor trap: Search floor to pass. Walking over them will deal 10% of current hitpoints, rounded down, plus 10 damage
	Wall trap: Search the wall to pass. Walking past them will deal 10% of current hitpoints, rounded down, plus 10 damage
	Crusher Blocks: Move diagonally between them or use the minimap to automatically navigate (Note: This may sometimes fail). Failure will hit 8 damage.
	Sand pits: Avoid by walking around the pit. If you step on these, the ground will crack open and a Scarab swarm will come out.
	Scarab trap: Avoid standing directly under these. Otherwise a pit will appear, dropping you to the lower level.

Search Kaleef's body.
Read the parchment.
Talk to Maisa to the west. ( 2•3)…
2 Draynor Village
3 Leela
Speak to Osman in front of the Al Kharid palace. ( 2•3)…
2 I want to talk to you about Sophanem
3 It would drive a wedge between the Menaphite cities.
Travel to Sophanem and speak to Osman again outside the gates. ( 3)…
3 I know of a secret entrance to the north.

This fight takes place in an instance.

On death, all unprotected items will be moved to a grave outside the instance. Any items left on the ground will be lost.

Navigate the tunnels to the ladder again.
Kill the level 191 Giant scarab.
- If you decide to mage the Giant Scarab, it can be safespotted by standing near Kaleef's body, use Protect from Missiles. Note: The Giant Scarab can still spawn mages and riders that can attack you which you should be highly careful of. The Giant Scarab CAN extinguish bullseye lanterns; bring a tinderbox.
Talk to Osman.
Pick up Keris if you wish (needed for Desert hard diary).
- (Tip: Do not teleport out if you wish to complete a task for Desert hard diary, instead return to the maze and kill a Locust rider with the Keris.)
Return to Sophanem and talk to the High Priest.
Congratulations, quest complete!

Rewards

1 Quest point
7,000 Thieving experience
Bankable Combat lamp granting 2 x 7,000 experience in Attack, Strength, Defence, Hitpoints, Ranged, or Magic
The Keris dagger
Access to Sophanem's shops including: bank, Blades by Urbi., Nathifa's Bake Stall., The Spice Is Right.
The music track Back to Life and The Spymaster

Unlocks:

Giant scarab accessible in the Nightmare Zone.

Required for completing

Completion of Contact! is required for the following:

Beneath Cursed Sands
Hard tier of the Desert Diary

Contact!

NPCs

	High Priest Coenus Menaphite Guard Jex Maisa Osman The man who is not Osman Kaleef
Enemies	Scarab Mage Scarab Swarm Giant Scarab Locust rider

Items

Music

1	Sounds like a quest for me; I can't turn that down!
4	Is there any way into Menaphos from below?

2	I want to talk to you about Sophanem
3	It would drive a wedge between the Menaphite cities.

2	Draynor Village
3	Leela

Source site	Old School RuneScape Wiki
Canonical source	Contact!/Quick guide
Content license	CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
License status	declared
Picture	Instruction manual · file details