Elemental Workshop I

This quest has a quick guide. It briefly summarises the steps needed to complete the quest.

Elemental Workshop I (#53)
Released		2 June 2004 (Update)
Members		Yes
Quest series		Elemental Workshop, #1
Lead developer(s)		Dylan C

Elemental Workshop I is a quest in which you find a mysterious book in Seers' Village, guiding along the rediscovery of the eponymous workshop and the lost magical elemental ore.

Start point	Search the bookcase in the house immediately south-west of the Seers' Village bank. Show on map
Official difficulty	Novice
Official length	Very Short
Description	Hundreds of years ago, a mineral was found that had the ability to change the property of Magic. The magicians, fearing the effect this may have on their profession, sealed this Workshop forever; or so they had hoped. See if you can rediscover the lost knowledge of elemental ore.
Requirements	20 Mining [boostable] [not required to start] [t 1] 20 Smithing [boostable] [not required to start] 20 Crafting [boostable] [not required to start]
Items required	Knife (obtainable during the quest) or a slash weapon (e.g. dagger or scimitar) Pickaxe Needle (obtainable during the quest, Costume needle does not work) Thread Leather (obtainable during the quest) Hammer 4 coal (4 more for each additional bar you would like to produce)
Recommended	15 Combat level Camelot teleport Combat equipment for lower levels
Enemies to defeat	Earth elemental (level 35)
Ironman concerns	30 Mining [boostable] (if mining the coal)

Head to Seers' Village and into the house immediately south-west of the bank, indicated by the quest start icon. Search the bookcase on the east wall to receive a battered book. Read it to start the quest.

The book details the discovery of a new ore in the Fifth Age, and the workshop erected to work the new material. After the true power of the unique ore was realised, the workshop was closed and bound under lock and key. The book hints that the secret to entering the workshop lies within it.

After reading it, use a knife (one spawns in the house north of the church) or slash weapon on the book to get a battered key, turning it into a slashed book in the process. Do not drop the slashed book.

Enter the northern building with the anvil icon, and use the key on the odd-looking wall with the strange crack. Climb down the stairs you find there to enter the workshop.

Skills needed: 20 ^[boostable] to fix the bellows, 20 ^[boostable] to mine an elemental rock

In the northern chamber is an inactive water wheel, with two water controls to the west and east of it. Turn the east water control and then the west one to change them both to green (this must be done in order, turn the west one back if you turned it first). After this, pull the lever next to the water wheel. The water wheel should now be spinning.

Next you will need to repair the bellows, found in the eastern chamber. If you did not bring leather and a needle, they may be found in a crate in the north-western part of the central room, and a stacked crate in the western room respectively.

Fix the bellows with a spool of thread and leather ( 20 ), then pull the lever next to it. The bellows should begin pumping air.

Head into the western cavern and attempt to mine an elemental rock ( 20 ). The rock springs to life, yells, and attacks you. Kill the earth elemental, and pick up the elemental ore that it drops. The elementals walking around do not count; it must be an elemental awoken by an attempt to mine them.

Tip: Kill two more if you want to save time for Elemental Workshop II, or three more if you also want a Mind shield after completing that quest.

Tip: You may choose to kill one of each elemental in the workshop to complete an easy Kandarin Diary task. You must kill a regular earth elemental for this, not the ones that are mined first.

Finally, head back to the central chamber. Search the boxes north-east of the hatch to obtain a stone bowl. Fill it with lava from the lava trough in the southern chamber, then use it on the furnace to the east in the same chamber. The inside of the furnace should now glow orange.

Skills needed: 20 ^[boostable] to smith elemental metal and elemental shield

Proceed to use the elemental ore, along with four coal, on the furnace to obtain an elemental metal ( 20 ). If this does not work, ensure that you used the elemental ore on the furnace rather than the coal, and that both the water wheel and bellows were successfully activated in the previous steps.

With the slashed book in your inventory, use the elemental metal on the workbench in the centre to make an elemental shield ( 20 ). If you are unable to craft the shield, destroy the slashed book and obtain a new one from the bookcase.

Congratulations, quest complete!

Tip: You may choose to create more shields after the quest, returning with the battered key, slashed book and 4 coal to smelt with the elemental ore. The shield may also be sold on the Grand Exchange for 2,813 gold, costing 568 to create.

• 1 Quest point
• 5,000 Crafting experience
• 5,000 Smithing experience
• Access to the Elemental Workshop
• An elemental shield, as well as the ability to make and wield them

Completion of Elemental Workshop I is required for the following:

• Elemental Workshop II ^{(Quick guide)}
• An easy task in the Kandarin Diary (partial completion required)