Spirits of the Elid/Quick guide

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This quest has an in-depth guide.
It contains a more detailed description of dialogue, cutscenes, and storyline.

Details

Start pointMap icon Talk to Awusah the Mayor in Nardah. Show on map
Official difficultyIntermediate
Official lengthShort
DescriptionThe people in the desert village of Nardah have a problem. Their town well has dried up and any water they try to bring back to the town from the river mysteriously disappears before they can get it back. The villagers suspect they have been cursed in some way. Can you unravel what is going on and save the village?
Requirements
  • Magic 33 Magic [boostable] [not required to start]
  • Ranged 37 Ranged [boostable] [not required to start]
  • Mining 37 Mining [boostable] [not required to start]
  • Thieving 37 Thieving [boostable] [not required to start]
  • Ability to defeat three level 75 golems
Items required
Recommended
Enemies to defeat
League notes

Desert Desert✓ — location requirement

Walkthrough

Players must be on the standard spellbook to complete this quest (or have Spellbook Swap available).

Getting started

Items required: Tele Grab runes, needle and thread.

  • Head to Nardah, south of fairy ring DLQ, and talk to Awusah the Mayor. (Chat 1•2•1)
  • Head to the house to the north and talk to Ghaslor the Elder. Make sure to receive ballad. (Chat 1•1)
  • Head to the building north of the fountain and west of Ghaslor's house.
  • Search the north-west cupboard for a torn robe top and bottom. Click here to continue when searching or you must search it twice.
  • Use a needle and thread on the torn robes (make sure you grab both top and bottom) and equip them
  • Telegrab the ancestral key on the table in the east side of the building.

The Golems

Items required: Ancestral key, Robes of Elidinis, Rope, Pickaxe, ranged weapon and ammo OR runes for magic, crush, slash and stab weapon.

The location of the waterfall on the map.
The waterfall.
  • Follow the river north until you reach a dungeon's cave opening with a waterfall coming out of it. (Alternatively: Necklace of passage Eagle's Eyrie teleport and go south-west)
    • Alternatively, take the carpet ride ride back to Shantay Pass, head east, cross the bridge, and follow the River Elid north to the red exclamation point.
    • Pluck a Phoenix feather from a desert phoenix for a medium task in the Desert Diary. It is also used in The Golem.
  • (You can find bronze arrows and a bronze pickaxe south of the cave entrance and a shortbow to the east)
  • Use your rope on the root which overhangs the cave.
  • Equip the robes of elidinis and use the ancestral key on the door.
    • Note: If the door will not open, make sure you have both the robes on also you may have to talk to Ghaslor the Elder and attempt to open it again afterward.
  • Head east to the three doors.
  • Kill the white golem to the south which is weak to stab.
  • Enter the room and clear the water channel via Thieving.
  • Kill the Grey golem to the east which is weak to slash.
  • Enter the room and clear the water channel with a pickaxe.
  • Kill the Black golem to the north-east which is weak to crush.
  • Enter the room and clear the water channel by attacking the target on the other side with Ranged or Magic (37 ranged required even if using Magic).
  • Go through the north door and talk to one of the spirits. (Chat 4•1)
  • Head back to Nardah.
  • Note: It is possible to be bugged when exiting the cave. To get out of the bug, simply use the Home teleport spell

The Genie

Items required: Light source, Knife, Rope

  • Talk to Awusah the Mayor.
  • Take the shoes by his door and use a knife on them whilst outside of the house to obtain sole.
  • Head west from the Nardah General Store to a crevice. Make sure you have a light source.
  • Use a rope on it and head through the door to the north.
  • Talk to the Genie to the north (Chat 1•1•3). Visiting the Genie is a Medium task in the Desert Diary.
  • Talk to Genie again.
  • Head back to Nardah and use the statuette on the plinth in the Shrine to Elidinis north of the fountain.
  • Congratulations, quest complete!

Note: Praying at the Nardah Shrine is a Desert Medium Achievement Diary Requirement. You must not have full prayer points to get credit.

Rewards

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