The Dig Site/Quick guide

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Walkthrough

Starting out

• Go to the Exam Centre.
• Ask an examiner about an exam. ( 1)…

  1	Can I take an exam?

• Go to the Varrock museum and talk to Curator Haig Halen. He will give you a Sealed letter. ( 1)…

  1	Have you any interesting news?

  • (Optional) Steal a cup of tea from the tea stall if you don't have one already. (This is a Varrock easy diary requirement)
• Go back to the Exam Centre and talk to an examiner. The chat options do not matter; you will fail the exam regardless.

Lost and found

• North of the exam centre at the hilltop with the blue urn, search the second bush to the east of the blue urn to find a teddy bear.
• Take the panning tray.
• Use the cup of tea on the nearby panning guide.
• Pan the water at the panning points until you find a Special cup (browse through dialogue if stopped – referred to as "Shiny Cup" in dialogue). If you need an opal continue panning until you get one.
• Steal from the workman near the panning points until you get an animal skull and specimen brush.
• Run north to the female student with blonde hair and pigtails on the north-west end of the dig and give her the "teddy" by talking to her twice.
• Run east to the student with a beard and a reddish-orange shirt and give him the Special cup by talking to him twice.
• Run south to the student in a green shirt and give him the Animal skull by talking to him twice.

Exams

• Return to an examiner. ( 1•1•3•2)…

  1	Yes, I certainly am.
  1	The study of the earth, its contents and history.
  3	All that have passed the appropriate Earth Sciences exam.
  2	Gloves and boots to be worn at all times; proper tools must be used.

  – You should receive 'Level 1 Certificate'
• Talk to all 3 students again.
• Return to an examiner to take the second exam. ( 1•3•1•2)…

  1	I am ready for the next exam.
  3	Samples taken in rough form; kept only in sealed containers.
  1	Finds must be carefully handled, and gloves worn.
  2	Always handle with care; strike cleanly on its cleaving point.

  – You should receive 'Level 2 Certificate'
• Talk to all 3 students – the female student will demand an opal (can be obtained by panning). Talk to her two times.
• Return to an examiner for the final exam. ( 1•1•1•3)…

  1	I am ready for the last exam...
  1	Samples cleaned, and carried only in specimen jars.
  1	Brush carefully and slowly using short strokes.
  3	Handle bones very carefully and keep them amay from other samples.

  – You should receive 'Level 3 Certificate'
  • Save all of your certificates to hand in to Curator Haig Halen at the Varrock Museum in exchange for a fruit blast, a required item for Recipe for Disaster subquest Another Cook's Quest or a chocolate cake.

Helping the expert

• Back at the Exam Center, go in the western room and search the cupboards on the north and south walls to get a rock pick and a specimen jar, respectively.
• If you haven't already, steal a specimen brush from the Digsite workman.
• Use the trowel on the soil in either level 3 digsite until you obtain an ancient talisman. Note: This step can take several minutes depending upon luck.
• Talk to Terry Balando in the exam centre.
• Use the invitation on any Digsite workman except the one by the western winch.
• Use a rope on the western winch, then climb down.
• Pick up one of the arcenia root in the room, search the bricks to the east, then climb back up.
• Walk north-east to the northern winch, use the rope on the winch, and climb down.
• Talk to Doug Deeping about the rocks. ( 4)…

  4	How could I move a large pile of rocks?

  Climb up the rope.

Explosives expert

• Walk to the tent to the south (marked with the orange vial), unlock the chest with the Chest Key and search to obtain chemical powder.
• Use the trowel on the closed barrel to the west of the tent.
• Use a vial on the barrel to get an unidentified liquid. If dropped, it will deal 25 non-fatal damage, and destroy the vial requiring you to re-open the barrel and collect more.
• Grind the charcoal with your pestle and mortar.
  • If you don't have charcoal, search the tray a few steps north.
• Return to the exam centre and use the chemical powder and the unidentified liquid on Terry Balando (Note: make sure you right-click the liquid otherwise you'll empty it).
• Mix the nitroglycerin and ammonium nitrate together to create mixed chemicals, then add ground charcoal and finally arcenia root to produce chemical compound.
• Climb down the western winch.
• Use the compound on the bricks (not the rocks).
• Use your tinderbox on the bricks.
• Enter the large chamber, take the stone tablet. Low-levels should be wary of Level 22 skeletons.

Finishing up

• Use the tablet on Terry Balando.
• Congratulations, quest complete!

Rewards