The Hand in the Sand/Quick guide

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It contains a more detailed description of dialogue, cutscenes, and storyline.

Details

Start point	Talk to Bert in Yanille, near the sand pit. Show on map
Official difficulty	Intermediate
Official length	Short
Description	Bert the Sandman in Yanille is in a spot of bother. A mysterious severed hand has appeared in his sand box. Help find out whose hand it is and, more to the point, how it got in Bert's sand box.
Requirements	17 Thieving ^{[not boostable]} ^{[required to start]} 49 Crafting ^{[not boostable]} ^{[required to start]}
Items required	Beer (obtainable during the quest) About 150 coins 1 empty vial Redberries (purchasable during the quest from the Food Store in Port Sarim) White berries Lantern lens 5 earth runes (can be bought from Betty for 20 gp) Bucket of sand (obtainable during quest if you bring a bucket)
Recommended	1 extra vial to pay for fast travel to Port Sarim Fast travel to Yanille (Yanille teleport, Watchtower teleport, Nightmare Zone Minigame Teleport or House teleport if your house is in Yanille, or Fairy Ring to CIQ) Fast travel to Brimhaven (Brimhaven teleport, Teleport to House if your house is in Brimhaven, via a charter ship or via Captain Barnaby's ship from Ardougne using the Ardougne teleport or Ardougne cloak) Fast travel to Port Sarim
Enemies to defeat	None
Ironman concerns	The player briefly visits Entrana. A method to acquire White berries: 59 Farming ^[boostable] and a whiteberry seed Spawn on the Lava Dragon Isle in the Wilderness Spawn in Isadfar, north of the Elf Tracker (requires partial completion of Regicide) 1/25.6 drop from cave crawlers (requires 10 ) 1/25.6 drop from the Chaos druid warriors in the Yanille Agility Dungeon (requires 40 )
League notes	Unlocking Kandarin✓ will auto-complete the quest

Walkthrough

Sandy Hand

Items needed: A beer (obtainable for 2 gp)

Talk to Bert in Yanille, in the house next to the POH Portal to get a Sandy hand. ( 2•1)…
2 Eww a hand, in the sand! Why haven't you told the authorities?
1 Yes.
Go to the Dragon Inn pub south of Bert's house. Buy a beer from the bartender (if you don't have one) and give the beer to the Guard Captain.
Ring the bell at the Wizards' Guild (outside near eastern doors), or enter the guild with 66 Magic, then talk to Zavistic Rarve, who will take the Hand. If started Zogre Flesh Eaters: ( 2)…
2 I have a rather sandy problem that I'd like to palm off on you.

Sandy the Slavedriver

Talk to Bert to get Bert's rota.
Travel to Brimhaven and find Sandy in a small house south of The Shrimp and Parrot restaurant and north-west of the pub.
Search Sandy's desk to get Sandy's rota.
Pickpocket Sandy until you get sand.

Truth Serum

Items needed: 2 vials, a lantern lens, Bert's rota, Sandy's rota, redberries and white berries, sand

Travel back to Yanille and talk to Bert to receive a magic scroll.
Ring the bell just outside the Wizards' Guild and talk to Zavistic Rarve again to receive a magical orb.
Talk to Zavistic Rarve again. He will offer to teleport you to Port Sarim. ( 4•1)…
4 Can you help me more?
1 Yes, that would be great!
(( 2•4•1)…
2
4
1
if started Zogre Flesh Eaters)
Talk to Betty in Port Sarim Magic shop for a bottled water. ( 1)…
1 Talk to Betty about the Hand in the Sand.
First add redberries, then white berries to the bottled water in order to get a pink dye.
- Redberries can be bought at the food store in southern Port Sarim.
Dye the lantern lens to get a rose-tinted lens.
Talk to Betty again so she puts the vial on the counter. ( 1)…
1 Talk to Betty about the Hand in the Sand.
Go stand in the doorway and "use" the lens on the counter to get a truth serum.
Talk to Betty one last time with sand in your inventory. ( 1)…
1 Talk to Betty about the Hand in the Sand.

Sandy Truth-Be-Told

Items needed: magical orb, truth serum

Travel to Brimhaven and talk to Sandy.
- Select an option until you distract him, and use the truth serum on Sandy's Coffee Mug. ( 1•2•3)…
  1 There's a herd of huge mutant herring about to drop from the sky!
  2 But the pygmy shrews have eaten all the sand!
  3 A small parrot with a pink banana is sitting outside your window!
Activate the magical orb and talk to Sandy again. Be sure to click every option. ( 1•1•1)…
1 Why is Bert's rota different from the original?
1 Why doesn't Bert remember the change in his hours?
1 What happened to the wizard?

And Sandy said, "Drat-foiled again!"

Items needed: 5 earth runes and a bucket of sand

Travel to Yanille and Ring the Bell at the Wizards' Guild to talk to Zavistic Rarve.
Talk to Zavistic Rarve again to get a cut scene.
Travel to Entrana and talk to Mazion at the sandpit to get a Wizard's head.
Return to Yanille, ring the bell and talk to Zavistic Rarve.

Congratulations, quest complete!

Rewards

1 Quest point
1,000 Thieving experience
9,000 Crafting experience
Ability to buy pink dye from Betty
A secret reward from Bert - He simply loves sand, and wasn't in the job for the money. He will ship 84 buckets of sand to your bank if you talk to him after the quest. This can be done once per day (UTC). Asking Bert to take sand to your bank is also an Ardougne Medium task.
Access to the Wizards' Guild rune store

v t e The Hand in the Sand
NPCs	Bert Guard Captain Zavistic Rarve Sandy Betty Mazion Clarence
Items	Sandy hand Beer soaked hand Bert's rota Sandy's rota Sand A magic scroll Magical orb Magical orb (a) Bottled water Redberry juice Truth serum Pink dye Rose-tinted lens Wizard's head
Scenery	Sandy's Coffee Mug
Related	Quick guide Sandy's Sand Corp Transcript

2	Eww a hand, in the sand! Why haven't you told the authorities?
1	Yes.

1	There's a herd of huge mutant herring about to drop from the sky!
2	But the pygmy shrews have eaten all the sand!
3	A small parrot with a pink banana is sitting outside your window!

1	Why is Bert's rota different from the original?
1	Why doesn't Bert remember the change in his hours?
1	What happened to the wizard?

4	Can you help me more?
1	Yes, that would be great!

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