QUEST 90 · MEMBERS
Zombie pirates have arisen on Braindeath Island, and they don't look friendly! Production of 'rum' has stopped, and the pirate brewers are running scared. Can you overcome the horde of drunken, undead pirates? Can you even get to the island without getting a splitting headache?
Talk to Pirate Pete on the dock north of Port Phasmatys.
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| Captain Braindeath | |
| The jingle that plays while Pirate Pete speaks to Captain Braindeath. | |
Talk to Pirate Pete at the dock north-east of the Ectofuntus to start the quest. Pirate Pete claims to be a dispossessed nobleman who needs to reclaim his family sword in order to defeat his evil half-brother, who has stolen his lands and is now terrorizing the local lemon farmers. Agree to help him, after which he will warn you about his brother's dangerous ally, the demon Barrelor the Destroyer. Agree nonetheless; Pete will explain his half-brother has stolen most of his fortune, but he will gladly part with what remains for your help. Refuse the money he offers you. He will instruct you to pick up a diversion, knock you out and row you to a secret location.
A cutscene ensues in which Pete delivers you, tied up and unconscious, to a worried pirate captain, revealing that the entire story was fabricated. Upon awakening, you will find yourself in a small room with the captain, who will explain that you are in the brewery on the secret Braindeath Island. He introduces himself as Captain Braindeath, and explains that a week ago the island came under siege of a group of zombie pirates protesting. He needs to make some 'rum' in order to get the protesters' leader Captain Donnie drunk, after which Braindeath and his brewers can sneak out of the factory and set up a new brewery elsewhere. You will have to gather the ingredients to make the rum.
Braindeath will give you a seed in order to grow the first ingredient, blindweed. He explains the zombie swabs have trashed the previous blindweed patches, but that intimidation should be sufficient to get rid of them.
| Rum for the Dumb | |
| The jingle that plays as the cutscene pans to the protesting zombies. | |
If you don't have the rake and seed dibber yet, go down the ladder in the north-west corner of the building to the basement, and then head south-east past the spiders to find a cupboard. There, take the rake and seed dibber from the cupboard.
Leave the building by the southernmost stairway, towards the farming patches. You may be attacked by zombie swabs; walk out of combat and right-click to "Intimidate" them, which permanently stops them from attacking you. A picture of a kitten will be shown to censor your insults.
The only usable farming patch is the south-eastern one. Use your rake on the patch to remove the weeds and then plant the seed (requires 40 Farming). Note: If you have grabbed more then one seed by drop trick this will plant all of them in the stack, once planted you will be unable to get more. Wait a few minutes for the blindweed to grow; you will receive the notification "I wonder how my blindweed is coming along...". Harvest the crop. Note: Should you lose the blindweed after this, Braindeath will give you some he had in storage all along.
Return to Captain Braindeath, who will tell you to put the blindweed in the hopper upstairs. Use the south-eastern ladder to climb upstairs and then use the blindweed on the hopper in the north-western corner of the room. You can ignore the lever for now. Talk to Captain Braindeath for the next ingredient; stagnant water.
Braindeath will hand you a bucket unless you already have one. You will have to travel to a nearby volcano and fill the bucket with the stagnant water.
Leave the house via the south stairway again and exit the outside fence, then travel north-west to find 50% Luke guarding a small gate (you may equip the Ring of Charos(a) or use a tinderbox on him for some amusing dialogue). Pass the gate behind him and travel up the volcano to collect the stagnant water. Return to the house, pour the water into the hopper, and talk to Captain Braindeath.
Braindeath will give you a fishbowl tangled in a big net. Note: If you untangle the fishbowl and net, you have to use them on each other to re-tangle them. Head to the fishing spots near the farming patch you used earlier. You have to catch a total of FIVE (5) sluglings or karamthulhu and add them to the pressure barrel upstairs in the building, next to the hopper. Pull the lever, and the brewing control apparatus downstairs will start to spin and shake uncontrollably. Return to Captain Braindeath.
The captain will tell you that the controls for the brewery have become possessed, which "occasionally happens". He will give you a wrench in order to beat the controls with it, but remarks that it requires a blessing first for the possessing spirit to come out. Head to the west side of the house and get your wrench blessed by former priest Davey. He will only bless the wrench if you have 47 or more available prayer points. Note that this does not drain any prayer points.
Now, beat up the controls with the holy wrench. They are located directly south of Captain Braindeath. As soon as you hit the controls, a level 150 Evil spirit will appear and attack you. His attacks can be negated with Protect from Melee, or by using a safespot with Ranged, Magic, or a halberd.
Having defeated the evil spirit, Captain Braindeath will tell you that the final ingredient is the carcass of a diseased fever spider. You must complete the dialogue with him or the carcass will not drop!
Go down the nearby ladder into the basement and kill a fever spider. Be warned that fever spiders inflict disease on hit, even with Protect from Melee; you can circumvent this by using a safespot or having slayer gloves equipped, or using a cure such as Relicym's balm. Collect its carcass, use it on the hopper, and return to Captain Braindeath.
Note that killing the fever spider completes a medium Morytania Diary task.
Now that the 'rum' is complete, collect some with a bucket from the output tap at the south end of the machinery. Braindeath gives you a bucket if you don't already have one.
Head outside and find Captain Donnie near the farming patches to give him the unsanitary swill. He will smell the 'rum' and demand you hand it over, downing it as quickly as possible. He will then accidentally disclose the name of his boss, Rabid Jack. Return to Captain Braindeath to inform him of this. He will be shocked at Jack's name before pretending he had never heard of it before. He then thanks you for your help and announces the brewery is not going to be relocated, and they will keep the zombies too drunk to be a bother.
Congratulations, quest complete!
Use this when you already know the route. The full walkthrough above includes explanations and diagrams.
Take a rake and a seed dibber from the leprechaun if you haven't got one already.
Talk to Pirate Pete on the dock north-east of the Ectofuntus, decline the money.
Say: Yes! → Of course, I fear no demon! → Nonsense! Keep the money!
Finish talking to Captain Braindeath. Make sure you have at least one inventory space available to get the Blindweed seed (don't cancel the dialogue after the cutscene).
If you still do not have a rake and a seed dibber, go down the ladder in the north-west corner. Head south-east past the spiders, and search the cupboard there for the tools. Go back upstairs.
Leave the building to the south, down the stairs.
Go south past the zombies and plant the blindweed in the south-eastern-most patch.
Wait about 5 minutes (or a few seconds) for it to grow. (Warning: Nearby Zombie swabs can attack low and mid-levelled players. You can simply log out while waiting.) You'll receive an in-game message when it finishes growing. Pick the plant.
Talk to Captain Braindeath.
Climb-up the ladder in the south-east corner of the big room.
Put the blindweed in the hopper (next to the pressure barrel) in the north-west corner of the room.
Talk to Captain Braindeath. You will automatically get a bucket in your inventory if you don't have one.
Leave the building using the stairs to the south, head west to the bridge, and open the gate north of 50% Luke.
Head north to the water source on the map, and fill the bucket with stagnant water.
Return to the brewery and add the stagnant water to the hopper. (Ectophial and talking to Pirate Pete is faster than walking back.)
Talk to Captain Braindeath.
Fish 5 sluglings. Fishing spots can be found east, south-east, and west of the farming patch. (Note: do not untangle the Fishbowl and net, if you do then use one on the other to retangle.)
Put the sluglings in the pressure barrel by the hopper.
Pull the lever.
Talk to Captain Braindeath.
Talk to Davey in the room to the west, with all the bunk beds. (Note: He will only bless the wrench if you have 47 or more Prayer points)
Use the holy wrench on the shaking brewing control.
Kill the level 150 Evil spirit. (Can be safespotted)
Talk to Captain Braindeath. (Complete the dialogue or the fever spider corpse won't drop)
Climb down the nearby ladder.
Kill a fever spider (can be safespotted by standing north-west of the ladder)
Put its body in the hopper on the top floor.
Talk to Captain Braindeath.
Collect some 'Unsanitary Swill' from the output tap (south end of the brewing machine) using the bucket used for the stagnant water. (if you dropped the first one, he will give you a second one here)
Give it to Captain Donnie outside, amongst the protesters.
Talk to Captain Braindeath.
Congratulations, quest complete!
QUEST COMPLETE
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