Requirements
- 42 Thieving (boostable)
- 40 Ranged - bypassable
- The ability to defeat a level 84 enemy with Ranged
QUEST 28 · MEMBERS
Temple of Ikov
A mysterious stranger called Lucien asks you to go on a mission deep under the Temple of Ikov in central Kandarin. He wants you to retrieve an artefact known as the Staff of Armadyl. After you retrieve it, the quest doesn't stop there... Are you on the side of good or evil?
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Length
- Medium
- Quest points
- 1
- Released
- 17 June 2002
Talk to Lucien at the Flying Horse Inn in the north-western corner of East Ardougne.
BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE BANK
Preparation
Requirements are gates. Recommendations are comfort and risk controls, not mandatory levels unless the game enforces them.
Items required
- Any bow capable of firing ice arrows (yew bow or better) or any thrown weapon
- 20 unnoted limpwurt roots
- A method of reducing your weight to at least -1kg temporarily:
- Boots of lightness (can be obtained during the quest with a light source and slash weapon, such as a lit candle and knife)
- Other forms of weight-reducing clothing such as the graceful outfit
Recommended
- 45 Combat
- 43 Prayer and prayer potions for protection prayers
- Food if low level or without Protect from Melee and Protect from Magic
- Ranged armour
- Ava's accumulator
- Fast travel to several locations
- The entrance of the Temple of Ikov (skills necklace to the Fishing Guild, combat bracelet to the Ranged Guild or Fairy Rings to BLR)
- Ardougne (Ardougne teleport or Ardougne cloak)
- Edgeville (amulet of glory to Edgeville, ring of wealth to Grand Exchange or Fairy Rings to DKR)
Enemies to defeat
- Fire Warrior of Lesarkus (level 84)
- Guardian of Armadyl (level 43) (Safespottable) - only if siding with Lucien
- Lucien (level 14) - only if siding with the Guardians of Armadyl
Ironman notes
- 20 unnoted items need to be delivered at once.
- A method of defeating the Fire Warrior of Lesarkus:
- 40 Ranged and access to a Yew longbow or better. Yew longbows can be obtained as a rare drop from young implings.
- OR Darts or Throwing knives to bypass the Ranged requirement.
ACTION CHECKLIST
Walkthrough
Nested rows are alternatives, dialogue selections, or substeps under the action above them. Recheck the pinned source after a game update.
Starting
- 01
Speak to Lucien in the Flying Horse Inn in the north-west corner of East Ardougne. Dialogue: Why can't you get it yourself? → Yes.
The temple
- 01
Enter the temple directly south of the Ranging Guild by climbing down the ladder.
- 02
Go west down the stairs, slash the web, and take the boots of lightness (light source and knife or slash weapon required).
- 03
Go back upstairs, then through the north gate with the pendant of Lucien equipped.
- 04
Cross the lava bridge wearing the boots of lightness (weight must be -1 kg or less or you will not be able to cross and take 20 damage from falling), open the Large door, and take the lever.
- 05
Cross the lava bridge again and attach the lever to the lever-bracket on the wall a bit west of the ladder you climbed to enter the dungeon.
- 06
Pull the lever after attaching it. You will receive the prompt: "You hear the clunking of some hidden machinery."
- 07
Go through the south gate and follow the path.
- 08
Search chests along the icy path to obtain ice arrows. 16 with Ava's device and 60+ Ranged is enough.
- ↳
Note: It is possible for the arrows to be in the same chest multiple times in a row. It is therefore recommended to search the chest again right after getting an arrow loot.
- ↳
Note: You must search every chest after finding arrows to reset the chests, hopping worlds at 1 chest no longer resets them.
Killing the Fire Warrior
- 01
Go back through the north gate with the pendant of Lucien equipped.
- 02
Continue straight north to a small room containing a lever.
- 03
Right-click the lever and search for traps. (Requires 42 Thieving) Then pull the lever.
- 04
Go west then north through the doors.
- 05
A Fire Warrior of Lesarkus will spawn in the room upon attempting to enter the second door.
- 06
Kill him with your ice arrows.
- ↳
Use protect from magic to take no damage.
- 07
Give Winelda 20 unnoted limpwurt roots all at once. She will teleport you to the other side of the lava.
- ↳
Ultimate Ironmen should be extremely cautious if juggling items here. As soon as you hand in the limpwurt roots, Winelda will teleport you across the lava. You will NOT be able to turn around or get back to her.
- 08
Optional: follow the path to its end and take the shiny key to access this dungeon from McGrubor's Wood.
- 09
Push the wall to the north leading to a room full of Guardians of Armadyl.
- 10
Pick the good or evil path.
Good path
- 01
Remove your pendant of Lucien and talk to a Guardian of Armadyl. Dialogue: I seek the Staff of Armadyl. → Lucien will give me a grand reward for it! → You're right, it's time for my yearly bath. → Ok! I'll help!
- 02
Enter the building west of the Grand Exchange wearing your Armadyl pendant and kill Lucien (level 14).
Evil path
- 01
Take the Staff of Armadyl from the table, you may have to kill a level 43 Guardian of Armadyl.
- ↳
The guardian can be easily safespotted behind a chair.
- ↳
Make sure to take the staff.
- 02
Enter the building west of the Grand Exchange and give Lucien the Staff of Armadyl.
- 03
Congratulations, quest complete!
QUEST COMPLETE
Rewards
- 10,500 Ranged Ranged experience
- 8,000 Fletching Fletching experience
- Armadyl pendant (if you sided with Lucien, you must kill Guardians of Armadyl to obtain it)
- Pendant of Lucien, which grants access to a door in the Temple of Ikov
- Optional; Boots of lightness
- Optional; Shiny key, for a shortcut between the Temple of Ikov and McGrubor's Wood
- Completing this quest awards the player with 5 kudos which can be claimed by talking to Historian Minas in the Varrock Museum
REVISION-PINNED EVIDENCE
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