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QUEST 76 · MEMBERS

The Golem

Deep in the desert stand the ruins of the once great city of Uzer, where a lone survivor, an ancient clay golem, forever paces back and forth. It is badly damaged, and its mind cannot rest until it has completed the task for which it was created. It is up to you to uncover the secret of the lost city, and add the final chapter to a story started in the violence of the Third Age.

Difficulty
Intermediate
Length
Short
Quest points
1
Released
11 April 2005
START POINT

Talk to the clay golem in the ruins of Uzer, east of the Shantay Pass in the Kharidian Desert.

BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE BANK

Preparation

Requirements are gates. Recommendations are comfort and risk controls, not mandatory levels unless the game enforces them.

Requirements

  • 20 Crafting (boostable)
  • 25 Thieving (boostable)

Items required

  • Vial
  • Pestle and mortar
  • Papyrus (can be bought from Ali Morrisane for 10gp)
  • 4 soft clay (or a bracelet of clay and a pickaxe to mine north-west of the ruins)
  • Phoenix feather (can be obtained north-west of the ruins)
  • Means to enter the desert (such as the Shantay pass, Teleport tablets or scrolls, Fairy rings or the Pharaoh's sceptre)

Recommended

  • Protective clothing for the desert heat (Desert boots, Desert robe, Desert shirt)
  • Waterskins
  • Stamina or energy potions
  • Fast travel to several locations:
  • Uzer to start the quest plus one additional trip - necklace of passage to Eagles' Eyrie or fairy ring DLQ
  • Digsite (1 trip) - digsite pendant, Digsite Teleport or gnome glider
  • Varrock Museum (1 trip) - Varrock Teleport
  • Hammer and chisel to remove gems from the throne
  • Equipment to complete several optional Achievement Diary tasks:
  • A pickaxe for an easy Desert Diary task to mine clay
  • A woodcutting axe for a medium Desert Diary to cut a Teak tree with 35 Woodcutting
  • A bird snare for an easy Desert Diary task to catch a golden warbler with 5 Hunter

Enemies to defeat

None listed.

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 the quest

  1. 01

    Travel to the Ruins of Uzer via the necklace of passage teleport to Eagle's Eyrie and run south-east. You can alternatively use a fairy ring (DLQ) and go north-east.

  2. 02

    Pick up and read the Letter west of the broken clay golem

  3. 03

    Talk to the golem. Dialogue: Shall I try to repair you?

  4. 04

    Use four soft clay on the golem. If you chose to bring a pickaxe and a bracelet of clay, clay rocks can be found to the north-west, near the shore. The phoenix can be found there as well.

  5. Optional: Mine 5 clay for easy Desert Diary, and steal the Desert Phoenix's feather while nearby.

  6. Optional: Catch a Golden Warbler near the Desert Phoenix with a Bird Snare (requiring Level 5 Hunter) for an easy Desert Diary task

  7. 05

    Talk to the golem again. Dialogue: How do I open the portal?

The statuette

  1. 01

    Pick a black mushroom near the stairs east of the golem before heading down (or downstairs at your right).

  2. Use the black mushroom on the pestle and mortar to get black dye. You can do this later if you don't have your pestle and mortar.

  3. Note: Take an extra black mushroom if you plan on completing Shadow of the Storm soon afterwards.

  4. 02

    Climb down the stairs in the ruins.

  5. 03

    Take the strange implement from the north-western room.

  6. Note: Keep the strange implement if you plan on completing Shadow of the Storm soon afterwards.

  7. 04

    Speak to the Golem again Dialogue: How do I open the portal?

  8. 05

    Head to the most north-eastern part of the Digsite, near the large buried skeleton, and talk to Elissa. Dialogue: I found a letter in the desert with your name on. (make sure to read the letter if no 3rd option is seen)

  9. 06

    Head to the Exam Centre just south of the Digsite.

  10. 07

    Search the bookcase in the south-east corner and read Varmen's notes.

  11. Note: If you have not repaired the golem up to this point, or read Varmen's Notes the curator will not speak to you about the quest. Dialogue: Where is the statuette that Varmen took back from Uzer?

  12. 08

    Talk to Curator Haig Halen in the Varrock Museum about the statuette. Dialogue: I'm looking for a statuette recovered from the city of Uzer. → I want to open a portal to the lair of an elder-demon. (Dialogue: if Bone Voyage is started)

  13. 09

    Pickpocket him for the display cabinet key.

  14. 10

    Head upstairs, and open the second-most western case in the northern-most row. You will get a statuette.

The portal

  1. 01

    Return to the Kharidian Desert (fairy ring DLQ), or teleport to Eagle's Eyrie with Necklace of passage.

  2. If you still need the Phoenix feather, run north to the clay rocks east of River Elid and grab a feather from the Phoenix.

  3. 02

    Return to the ruins of Uzer where you started the quest and again go down the stairs.

  4. 03

    In the centre of the room will be four alcoves. Place the statuette in the empty one.

  5. 04

    Turn the statues until they all point north.

  6. 05

    Go north, through the double doors.

  7. 06

    Optional: Use your chisel and hammer on the throne for 2 sapphires, emeralds, and rubies.

  8. 07

    Otherwise, immediately go back through the south portal.

The golem

  1. 01

    Go back upstairs and talk to the golem.

  2. 02

    With an empty vial in your inventory, grind the black mushroom using a Pestle and mortar.

  3. 03

    Use the phoenix feather on the black dye to make a phoenix quill pen.

  4. 04

    Talk to the golem

  5. 05

    Use the phoenix quill pen on a piece of papyrus to get the golem program.

  6. 06

    Use the strange implement on the golem then quickly use the newly acquired golem program on the golem.

  7. 07

    Congratulations, quest complete!

QUEST COMPLETE

Rewards

  • 1,000 Thieving Thieving experience
  • 1,000 Crafting Crafting experience
  • 2 cut rubies, emeralds, and sapphires (collect these by using a chisel and hammer on the throne)
  • Unlock the carpet ride from Shantay Pass to Uzer

REVISION-PINNED EVIDENCE

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