Lovakengj/Historical

Kourend Favour was removed after an update. As the contents of this page no longer exist in Old School RuneScape, this article is preserved for historical purposes.

Earning favour with Lovakengj requires you to assist in the collecting of resources for blast mining and the creation of armour. Blast mining will allow players to get ores at an accelerated rate, but only if they choose to invest their time with Lovakengj.

To progress in the Architectural Alliance miniquest, players must gain 100% Lovakengj favour and speak to Lovada, who is found in the building just outside the blast mine.

Dynamite is used in the Lovakengj mining operations. It is created from volcanic sulphur, juniper charcoal, saltpetre and a pot, then using the resulting dynamite pot with a ball of wool. Adding the wool to the dynamite gives 0.1% favour.

To acquire the 20% favour required for The Forsaken Tower quest, you will need to make 153 dynamite. Alternatively, for a more simple method, an average of 606 Volcanic sulphur can be mined. Achieving 30% favour will require 226 dynamite, 301 for 40% favour to be able to complete an elite clue scroll step, and 564 for 75% favour. This can then be raised to 100% by delivering all five minecart control scrolls. Additionally, you may complete The Forsaken Tower (requires completion of Client of Kourend and 20% Lovakengj favour) for another 10% favour, lowering the amount of dynamite required to achieve 100% to 498.

Alternatively, one can mine 3031 sulphur to get from 0% to 100% favour.

Note: All calculations take into account the small amounts of favour gained for mining volcanic sulphur.

Volcanic sulphur (Level 42 Mining required), is found at the sulphur mine in the north-west part of Lovakengj. A gas mask, face mask or slayer helmet/(i) is required when mining here! If the player is not wearing one of these items, then they are told "You'll choke on the fumes if you try to mine without protection". Each volcanic sulphur mined has a 1 in 3 chance of yielding 0.1% favour. Make sure to bring food when mining large amounts of volcanic sulphur, as the sulphur clouds will still deal rapid damage when nearby, even through a gas mask or face mask. Jugs of wine are an especially cheap method of healing from the damage taken. Note: If you choose to only mine volcanic sulphur to get your Lovakengj favour, you will want to use the safespot and shift/drop. Volcanic sulphur is not a notable item, so they are only droppable manually.

Juniper charcoal is created by adding juniper logs gathered by cutting mature juniper tree (located by the saltpetre mines, and requires 42 Woodcutting to chop) to one of the charcoal burners on the beach next to the bank (max 60 per furnace) then light it and pay Smoggy 600 coins (per furnace) to watch over the process for you. This takes about 16 hours and 30 minutes, and when it is complete the player will receive 50 charcoal per log they put in the furnace, producing 3,000 juniper charcoal per furnace.

Saltpetre can be purchased in the Grand Exchange relatively cheaply. Otherwise, it is found in the area south of the Hosidius bank, and will spawn in one of five possible locations within the area, and moves once the deposit is depleted. A spade is required to gather saltpetre. A helpful tip is that Konoo, a saltpetre digger, will be located wherever the latest saltpetre deposit is located. It is also a possible reward from Wintertodt and Chambers of Xeric.

Empty pots can be purchased in bulk in Toothy's Pickaxes, a store next to the bank chest near the sulphur mine. Ball of wool can be purchased in Little Munty's Little Shop, north-east of the southern bank. Ironman can stockpile large quantities of Ball of wool by purchasing from Jofridr Mordstatter in Neitiznot. Alternatively, both of these components can be purchased from the Grand Exchange.

Once players reach 20% favour, they can start the Forsaken Tower quest. This quest requires completion of Client of Kourend, and completion of the quest will grant a Lovakengj favour certificate worth 10% favour.

Once players have 30% favour, they will receive permission to mine in the lovakite mine, where lovakite ore can be found. These ores along with 2 coal for each ore, are then smelted in the lovakite furnace, a special furnace south of the Blast Mine (or usage of the Superheat Item spell), making lovakite bars to smith Shayzien supply armour. Players require level 65 (boosts work) in Mining to mine lovakite, and level 45 Smithing to smelt the ore.

Players can smith various tiers of the supply armour depending on their Smithing level, and turn in the armour pieces to various armourers found throughout Lovakengj. Mining and Smithing experience will also be given as a reward.

However, by smithing a set of supply armour, consisting of a helm, platebody, greaves, gloves, and boots, players will gain larger amounts of favour by packing them into a Shayzien supply crate, found within drawers in the houses of armourers. It takes 11 bars to make one full set of armour.

The tier players are able to smith are dependent on their Smithing level and the amount of favour players have:

• At 30%, players can smith tier 1 supply armour for the armourer (tier 1). Handing in tier 1 supply crates earns 1.5% favour per crate turned in, instead of 1.1% for all individual pieces. Full set requires 53 Smithing.
• At 40%, players can smith tier 2 supply armour for the armourer (tier 2). Handing in tier 2 supply crates earns 3% favour per crate turned in, instead of 2.2% for all individual pieces. Full set requires 63 Smithing.
• At 50%, players can smith tier 3 supply armour for the armourer (tier 3). Handing in tier 3 supply crates earns 4.5% favour per crate turned in, instead of 3.3% for all individual pieces. Full set requires 73 Smithing.
• At 60%, players can smith tier 4 supply armour for the armourer (tier 4). Handing in tier 4 supply crates earns 6% favour per crate turned in, instead of 4.4% for all individual pieces. Full set requires 83 Smithing.
• At 70%, players can smith tier 5 supply armour for the armourer (tier 5). Handing in tier 5 supply crates earns 7.5% favour per crate turned in, instead of 5.5% for all individual pieces. Full set requires 93 Smithing.

Up to tier 3, if the player can not smith a full set, still make individual armour pieces from the highest tier possible. With access to tiers 4 and 5, do not make individual armour pieces as the full set from the tier below is always worth more favour per bar used.

With 73 - 82 Smithing, the best method for achieving 30 - 100% favour is to work through the tiers:

• 30-40% - 7 tier 1 supply crates (77 lovakite ore, 154 coal)
• 40-50% - 4 tier 2 supply crates (44 lovakite ore, 88 coal)
• 50-100% - 11 tier 3 supply crates (121 lovakite ore, 242 coal)

This takes a total of 242 lovakite ore and 484 coal.

To achieve 30 - 100% using a combination of making Shayzien supply armour & delivering minecart control scrolls, you can do the following:

• 30-40% - 7 tier 1 supply crates (77 lovakite ore, 154 coal)
• 40-50% - 4 tier 2 supply crates (44 lovakite ore, 88 coal)
• 50-77% - 6 tier 3 supply crates (66 lovakite ore, 132 coal)
• 77-100% - Deliver all five minecart control scrolls

This takes a total of 187 lovakite ore and 374 coal.

Once players reach 65% favour, they may speak to Miriam south of the southern Lovakengj bank to unlock the Lovakengj Minecart Network. Players must deliver five minecart control scrolls to five different locations throughout Great Kourend. Each scroll delivered grants the player 5% favour, with a maximum of 25% available.

• Mine Volcanic Sulphur to 65% favour
• Complete The Forsaken Tower quest to 75% favour
• Deliver minecart control scrolls to achieve 100% favour

• At 15% favour, players are able to access the city's stores, like Thirus Urkar's Fine Dynamite Store, which sells dynamite.
• At 65% favour, players are able to access the Lovakengj Minecart Network.
• At 100% favour, players are able to blast rocks in the Blast mine. Players require a chisel, tinderbox, and dynamite in order to blast hard rocks in the mine. The blast mine offers moderate Mining experience per hour and decent money per hour, depending on the player's Mining level.