Requirements
- Completion of the following quests:
- Big Chompy Bird Hunting
- Jungle Potion
- Druidic Ritual
- You must be able to defeat a level 111 enemy.
- 4 Smithing (boostable)
- 8 Herblore (boostable)
- 30 Ranged
QUEST 80 · MEMBERS
Zogre Flesh Eaters
Run for your lives...the zombie ogres are here for your flesh! An ogre ceremonial dance area, used to communicate with ancient ogrish ancestors, has been overrun with diseased undead ogres. How could something like this have happened? And what sort of rewards could an enterprising adventurer gain from exploring the tombs of such a place?
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Length
- Short
- Quest points
- 1
- Released
- 17 May 2005
Talk to Grish in Jiggig, just south of Castle Wars.
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
- 5 free inventory spaces are needed to receive items near the start of the quest
- Knife (obtainable during quest)
- Combat equipment to defeat Slash Bash, who takes reduced damage from all sources other than:
- Any tier of brutal arrows with a comp ogre bow, which deals full damage
- Crumble Undead, which deals half damage
Recommended
- 45 Combat
- 40 Prayer for Protect from Missiles
- 1-2 Prayer potions to counteract Slash Bash's prayer drain
- 20+ Crafting to increase the chances of succeeding at drawing the Sithik portrait
- 10+ Strength (otherwise it is very difficult to open the chest below the stairs in the north-west corner. Strength boosts are useful here)
- Relicym's balm to cure disease from aggressive zogres and Slash Bash. Sanfew serum may be used instead to remain immune for 15 minutes; it additionally cures disease from Slash Bash faster.
- Vial of water, rogue's purse and snake weed to create one. Ability to do so is unlocked during the quest.
- A ring of dueling to teleport to Castle Wars and Ferox Enclave to restore your stats and cure disease with the pools.
- A Yanille Teleport
Enemies to defeat
- Slash Bash (level 111) (can be safespotted)
- Zombie (level 39)
Ironman notes
- Ogre comp bow and any tier of brutal arrows
- Fletching the comp ogre bow with 30 Fletching (boostable)
- Wolf bones
- Achey logs (obtainable during quest)
- Axe of your Woodcutting level
- Bow string
- Fletching brutal arrows
- Nails (the best you can fletch into brutal arrows)
- Hammer
- Feathers (4 per 1 brutal arrow)
- OR 39 Magic and runes to cast Crumble Undead.
- OR Any other form of combat equipment, though this may take much longer for low combat levels
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 off
- 01
Speak to Grish located in Jiggig west of the Gu'Tanoth and south of Castle Wars (east of fairy ring BKP) and offer to help. Dialogue: What do you mean sickies? → Can I help in any way? → Yes.
- 02
Speak to Ogre guard to the east, he will remove the barricade to gain access to the Zogre-infested area.
- 03
Climb over the crushed barricade and run east to a set of stairs going downwards, go down these stairs.
The cave
- 01
Run north-west to an area with a blackened floor, a short cut scene will begin.
- 02
Search the skeleton next to the broken lectern. A Zombie will appear and attack, kill it to obtain the Ruined backpack.
- 03
Open the ruined backpack to obtain a Dragon inn tankard, some rotten food and a knife.
- 04
Search the broken lectern for the Torn page (make sure you keep this).
- 05
Attempt to search the coffin west of the Skeleton, and then use a knife on it.
- 06
Attempt to open coffin (may take a couple of tries), search the coffin for the black prism.
Yanille
- 01
Go to the Dragon Inn in Yanille and use the dragon inn tankard on the bartender. The Minigame Teleport to Nightmare Zone can take you here quickly.
- 02
Speak to Zavistic Rarve in the Wizards' Guild in Yanille (if you don't have the required level to enter, ring the bell out front). (Dialogue: I'm here about the sicks...err Zogres if you have started Hand in the Sand)
Incriminating Sithik
- 01
Speak to Sithik Ints in his bed in the upstairs bedroom in the guest house north of the Wizards' Guild Dialogue: Do you mind if I look around?
- 02
Search the drawers, cupboard and wardrobe for Book of portraiture, Necromancy book, papyrus, charcoal, and a book of 'H.A.M'.
- 03
Read all three books.
- 04
Use all three books on Sithik.
- 05
Use Papyrus on Sithik.
- 06
Use portrait on Sithik.
- ↳
Note: He must appreciate the "honesty" of the portrait, not the "truth". More papyrus can be found in the drawers.
- ↳
Note: The portrait's examine text must say "A classic realist charcoal portrait of Sithik."
- ↳
Note: The odds of getting the correct portrait seem to be drastically reduced with a very low Crafting level (1-10). 20+ is recommend to speed up the process."
- 07
Go to the Dragon Inn in Yanille and use the Dragon Inn Tankard, then the portrait on the Bartender.
- 08
Speak to Zavistic Rarve while holding the Necromancy book, book of 'H.A.M', the tankard and the signed portrait. Dialogue: I have some items that I'd like you to look at. or if you have started Hand in the Sand.
- 09
Use the Strange potion on the Cup of tea on top of Sithik's drawers.
- 10
Go downstairs and back upstairs.
- 11
Speak to Sithik, obtain answers to all three questions in order to make Relicym's balm and Brutal arrows Dialogue: How do I remove the effects of the spell from the area? → How do I get rid of the undead ogres → How do I get rid of the disease → Sorry, I have to go..
Relocating the ceremonial grounds
- 01
Return and speak to Grish Dialogue: I found who's responsible for the Zogres being here.. He will give you an Ogre gate key to access the Ceremonial chamber.
- 02
Talk to Grish again "There must be an easier way to kill these Zogres" to learn how to equip Composite ogre bows Dialogue: .
- 03
Prepare to fight Slash Bash (level 111). If you are using an comp ogre bow instead of Crumble Undead, follow the "optional" steps below.
Making an ogre composite bow (optional)
- 01
Chop an Achey Tree for logs.
- 02
Use a knife on the achey tree logs with wolf bones in your inventory, and select box number (2) to create an unstrung comp bow.
- 03
String the bow with bow string to create the finished bow.
Making Relicym's balm (optional)
- 01
Either buy one from the Grand Exchange or make it yourself by adding Rogue's purse to a Vial of water and then add Snake weed. It is not needed for the quest but giving it to Uglug Nar will allow you to purchase Relicym's balm from his shop if needed in the future.
Making brutal arrows (optional)
- 01
Cut down Achey Trees for Achey tree logs.
- 02
Fletch the logs with a knife into Ogre arrow shafts.
- 03
Add feathers to the shafts.
- 04
With a hammer in your inventory use nails on the Flighted ogre arrows.
Fighting Slash Bash
- 01
Head back down into Jiggig.
- 02
Travel west until you reach two sets of doors.
- 03
Go through both doors and go down the stairs.
- 04
Follow the chamber to the end and search the stand.
- 05
Kill Slash Bash and collect the Zogre bones and Ogre artefact that he drops.
- 06
Return and speak to Grish. Dialogue:
- ↳
You can now sell the Black prism to Zavistic Rarve for 2000 coins or Yanni Salika for 5000 coins, after the quest.
- 07
Congratulations, quest complete!
QUEST COMPLETE
Rewards
- 3 ourg bones
- 2 zogre bones
- 2,000 Fletching experience
- 2,000 Ranged experience
- 2,000 Herblore experience
- Ability to make Relicym's balm
- Ability to fletch comp ogre bows and brutal arrows
- Ability to wear inoculation bracelets
- Give a 2-, 3-, or 4-dose Relicym's balm to Uglug to gain access to ~ Uglug's stuffsies ~
REVISION-PINNED EVIDENCE
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