My Arm's Big Adventure

1. ^ Needed to cut thatches and repair the fence for Tai Bwo Wannai favour, otherwise you will have to kill monsters spawned by other players (or nearby jungle spiders)

To start the quest, travel to the Troll Stronghold and speak to Burntmeat. He is found in the Troll kitchen, go south after going down the stairs. He has heard from another adventurer that humans can grow goutweed and wonders if you can help. You will see a short cutscene with this adventurer in a cooking pot, with his equipment strewn over the floor. Burntmeat wants his assistant, My Arm, to learn how to farm.

My Arm is at the back of the room; talk to him, and he will tell you he needs the goutweedy lump from the cooking pot on Death Plateau. Either talk to Burntmeat and follow his instructions to get to the Death Plateau or travel there via other means such as the games necklace.

When near Death Plateau, it is advisable to activate Protect from Missiles against the rock throwers and Protect from Melee while on the plateau. There, use a bucket on the cooking pot to get the goutweedy lump. There is a bucket spawn in a nearby hut if you forgot one.

Return to the Troll Stronghold and talk to My Arm again, who will promptly eat the goutweed. He will then guide you to his farm on the roof of the stronghold to show you what he had tried to grow. Speak with him there, and he will give you a farming manual that he asks you to read.

You now need to get the fertiliser for the goutweed: three buckets of Ugthanki dung and seven supercompost. There are two ways to obtain Ugthanki dung; using red hot sauce or the Camulet.

If you do not have the camulet, go to Pollnivneach and talk to Ali/Isma'il the Kebab Seller. Ask him for his red hot sauce. Then, head to Ali/Sami the Camel Man's store and use the red hot sauce on the trough. A camel nearby should eat it and produce dung. Use the empty buckets on the dung; picking it up will result in a humorous message.

If you do have the camulet, go to Al Kharid and ask a camel there (such as Al the Camel) to spare you a little dung. The camel may or may not agree to the request, so simply keep doing so until they agree to.

Once the camel dung is obtained, head back to the patch with a spade and seven supercompost (the bottomless compost bucket will not work!). Use them all on the patch My Arm made. With the patch set, now you just need the herb.

Having fertilised the patch, talk to My Arm again. He will want to venture with you to Tai Bwo Wannai, as goutweed supposedly originates from there. You'll see a short cutscene on the docks of Ardougne, followed by a scene on the ship. Once you arrive at Brimhaven, My Arm will have already run off towards Tai Bwo Wannai. You can find him just east of Jiminua's Jungle Store. Talk to him there.

With at least 60% favour talk to Murcaily. Note that doing this will subtract this percentage from your total favour, so you may first want to reach 100% for the diary. Murcaily will initially give you a single hardy gout tuber. Then, a cutscene will follow in which My Arm causes havoc around the village in search of the tubers, and Murcaily will give you lots of hardy gout tubers. You will then return to Ardougne.

During the cutscene, the inventory may automatically rearrange into a different order. Ultimate Ironmen should be aware of this.

Speak with My Arm again - he suggests you go back to the bank to get some food because of some "large birds" on top of the mountain. You will need to bring the required farming tools or ensure your tool leprechaun has them. You should also bring decent armour, weaponry and food. Magic combat gear is recommended.

Go back to the top of the Troll Stronghold where My Arm is. You can retrieve or purchase the tools from the nearby tool leprechaun nearby.

You'll need to give My Arm the materials to plant his tubers, as if you were planting them yourself. Give him the tools in the following order;

1. Rake (this may break - simply retrieve the head and combine it with the handle, then hand it back to My Arm)
2. The hardy gout tubers
3. Seed dibber
4. Supercompost or ultracompost before it fully grows, or plant cure after it becomes diseased (there is a chance for the plant to become diseased in the cutscene with the drunken dwarf so have a plant cure stored in the leprechaun just in case)

When the goutweed is planted in step #3, the Drunken Dwarf will appear before getting unceremoniously thrown off the roof of the stronghold by My Arm, and then eaten by an unnamed troll child.

After the goutweed finishes growing, a bird will swoop down and attack the goutweed - it is only a level 75 Baby Roc and defeating it should be fairly easy.

However, this will anger a far more dangerous level 172 Giant Roc, who will immediately attack you. It uses both Melee and Ranged attacks. The melee attack will also force you backwards unless your back is against a rock or wall. Its ranged attacks may be dodged, although this requires precise timing. It is recommended to fight with Protect from Missiles activated and eat when required. The Giant Roc is more resistant to Ranged or Melee damage compared to Magic damage as shown by the respective defence roll formulas: (100 Defence Level+9)×(0+64)=6976 for melee/ranged (the Giant Roc has 0 defence bonuses for all melee styles and ranged) vs (1 Magic Level+9)×(150 Magic defence bonus+64)=2140. With its lower defence roll against magic, it is advised to use Magic to damage it. My Arm will also attack the bird, but his attacks only tend to hit 1 to 3, so don't rely on this.

Once it has been defeated, talk to My Arm again. You will now need to give him a spade to dig up the goutweed. If you forgot the spade, climb down the ladder and back up for the leprechaun to reappear. My Arm will then tell you to speak with Burntmeat for your great reward - you guessed it, a full inventory of burnt meat!

Talk to My Arm one last time to complete the quest. He will offer you some better rewards.

Congratulations, quest complete!