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The Desert Diary is an Achievement Diary whose tasks revolve around areas within the Kharidian Desert, such as Pollnivneach, Nardah, and Sophanem.

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. Tasks may be done in any order, but the previous tiers of a diary must be completed to claim rewards of the next tier.

Overview

Skill requirements
Attack
Hitpoints
Mining
Strength
Agility
Smithing
Defence
Herblore
Fishing
Ranged
Thieving
21
Cooking
Prayer
Crafting
Firemaking
Magic
Fletching
Woodcutting
Runecraft
Slayer
Farming
Construction
Hunter
5
Sailing
Combat level
Total level
56+
Additional requirements
Started Icthlarin's Little Helper

Skill requirements
Attack
Hitpoints
Mining
37
Strength
Agility
30
Smithing
Defence
Herblore
36
Fishing
Ranged
37
Thieving
37
Cooking
Prayer
43[nb]
Crafting
50[nb]
Firemaking
45
Magic
39
Fletching
Woodcutting
35
Runecraft
Slayer
22
Farming
Construction
20
Hunter
47
Sailing
Combat level
Total level
497+
Quest requirements
Eagles' Peak
Enakhra's Lament
The Golem
Spirits of the Elid
Additional requirements
Started Icthlarin's Little Helper

Skill requirements
Attack
50
Hitpoints
Mining
60[nb]
Strength
Agility
70
Smithing
68
Defence
40[nb]
Herblore
36
Fishing
Ranged
40[nb]
Thieving
65
Cooking
Prayer
43[nb]
Crafting
61[nb]
Firemaking
60
Magic
68
Fletching
10
Woodcutting
55[nb]
Runecraft
Slayer
65
Farming
Construction
20
Hunter
47
Sailing
Combat level
85
Total level
873+
Quest requirements
Contact!
Desert Treasure I
Dream Mentor
Eagles' Peak
Enakhra's Lament
The Feud
The Golem
Spirits of the Elid
Additional requirements
Defeat the Kalphite Queen

Skill requirements
Attack
50
Hitpoints
Mining
60[nb]
Strength
Agility
70
Smithing
68
Defence
40[nb]
Herblore
36
Fishing
Ranged
40[nb]
Thieving
91[nb]
Cooking
85
Prayer
85[nb]
Crafting
61[nb]
Firemaking
60
Magic
94
Fletching
95
Woodcutting
55[nb]
Runecraft
Slayer
65
Farming
Construction
78
Hunter
47
Sailing
Combat level
85
Total level
1194+
Quest requirements
Contact!
Desert Treasure I
Dream Mentor
Eagles' Peak
Enakhra's Lament
The Feud
The Golem
Spirits of the Elid
Additional requirements
Defeat the Kalphite Queen and obtain her (tattered) head
Open the Grand Gold Chest in the final room of Pyramid Plunder

Easy

Task Requirements
1. Catch a Golden Warbler.
2. Mine 5 clay in the north-eastern desert.
3. Enter the Kalphite Hive.
4. Enter the Desert with a set of Desert robes equipped.

Note: Not to be confused with the desert outfit, which doesn't count for this task. You also cannot use the black desert shirt or black desert robe.

5. Kill a Vulture

Note: These are found north of Menaphos or Sophanem.

6. Have the Nardah Herbalist clean a Herb for you.

Note: You have to talk to Zahur to complete this task. Do not use the grimy herb on her to clean it.

7. Collect 5 Potato Cactus from the Kalphite Hive.

Note: You can bring a single potato cactus to the lair, then drop and pick it up five times.

8. Sell some artefacts to Simon Templeton.

Note: The pyramid top from the nearby Agility Pyramid does not count.

9. Open the Sarcophagus in the first room of Pyramid Plunder
10. Cut a desert cactus open to fill a waterskin.
11. Travel from the Shantay Pass to Pollnivneach by Magic Carpet.

Rewards

Medium

Task Requirements
1. Climb to the summit of the Agility Pyramid.
2. Slay a desert lizard.
3. Catch an Orange Salamander.
4. Steal a feather from the Desert Phoenix.
5. Travel to Uzer via Magic Carpet.
6. Travel to the Desert via Eagle.

Note: You'll unlock travel from the Eagles' Peak Dungeon after the required quest.

7. Pray at the Elidinis statuette in Nardah

Note: Requires you to have less than full Prayer points.

8. Create a combat potion in the desert.
9. Teleport to Enakhra's Temple with the Camulet.
10. Visit the Genie.

Note: This task is automatically completed during Spirits of the Elid.

11. Teleport to Pollnivneach with a redirected teleport to house tablet.

Note: Ironmen must instead enter their house via the Pollnivneach house portal.

12. Chop some Teak Logs near Uzer.

Note: Teak trees are found north-east of the oasis.

Rewards

Hard

Task Requirements
1. Knock out and pickpocket a Menaphite Thug.
2. Mine some Granite.[d 1]
3. Refill your waterskins in the Desert using Lunar magic.

Note: The spell must be cast outside of a desert settlement.

4. Kill the Kalphite Queen.
5. Complete a lap of the Pollnivneach agility course.
6. Slay a Dust Devil in the desert cave with a Slayer helmet equipped.
7. Activate Ancient Magicks at the altar in the Jaldraocht Pyramid.
8. Defeat a Locust Rider with Keris.

Note: This weapon only has to be equipped as it dies, allowing you to deal damage with other weapons. Keris partisan and its variants also work for completing this task.

9. Burn some yew logs on the Nardah Mayor's balcony.

Note: He lives directly east of the central fountain.

10. Create a Mithril Platebody in Nardah.

Note: The anvil is found in the westernmost building.

  1. ^ Mining granite at the Cape Conch mine in The Great Conch will also complete this task.

Rewards

Elite

Task Requirements
1. Bake a wild pie at the Nardah Clay Oven.
2. Cast Ice Barrage against a foe in the Desert

Note: The spell must be cast outside of a desert settlement, and must successfully hit.

3. Fletch some Dragon darts at the Bedabin Camp.
4. Speak to the KQ head in your POH.

Note: The Kalphite Queen has a 1/128 chance of dropping her head on death, and is guaranteed to drop a tattered head on the 256th kill, both of which can be used to create the KQ head.

5. Steal from the Grand Gold Chest in the final room of Pyramid Plunder.
6. Restore at least 85 Prayer points when praying at the Altar in Sophanem.

Rewards

Changes

Date Changes
8 May 2024
(Update)
  • Removed Hard diary requirement to use the Al Kharid Palace window agility shortcut.
  • The Hard diary completion now gives increased experience and marks of grace in the Pollnivneach rooftop course.
26 October 2022
(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.

15 June 2022
(Update)

Clicking out of the Agility Pyramid's completion dialogue will no longer prevent the associated diary task from completing.

25 November 2020
(Update | poll)

The permanent ropes at both the Kalphite Lair and the Kalphite Queen tunnel entrances will now appear with the Hard Diary

26 March 2020
(Update | poll)

The Nardah Teleport will now drop you inside the temple at Nardah with the Elite Diary

12 November 2015
(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.

2 July 2015
(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.

30 April 2015
(Update | poll)

The ropes used to access the Kalphite Queen will stay permanently for players that have completed the elite desert achievement diary.

16 April 2015
(Update)

Pollnivneach is now spelt correctly on the Desert task list.

16 April 2015
(Update)

Murky Matt will only decant Pharaoh's sceptres with the amount of charges you have unlocked from the desert diary.

Trivia

  • When a player who has completed the hard Desert diary downgrades their Ironman status to a main account, the Pollivneach house task is marked as incomplete. However, the diary as a whole remains in the state of rewards having been claimed. The task does not need to be completed again to receive the benefits from the hard or elite tiers.

References

  1. ^ Jagex. Mod Lykos on Discord. Screenshot. 21 July 2025. Archived from the original on 7 March 2026. Mod Lykos: "for the Pollnivneach and Rellekka courses, there is a 1/3 chance to have the timer be two minutes if you've completed the hard tier of the respective diary"

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