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The Golem/Quick guide

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Details

Start pointMap icon Talk to the clay golem in the ruins of Uzer, east of the Shantay Pass in the Kharidian Desert. Show on map
Official difficultyIntermediate
Official lengthShort
DescriptionDeep 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.
Requirements
  • Crafting 20 Crafting [boostable] [not required to start]
  • Thieving 25 Thieving [boostable] [not required to start]
Items required
Recommended
Enemies to defeat None

Walkthrough

Starting the quest

The statuette

  • Pick a black mushroom near the stairs east of the golem before heading down (or downstairs at your right).
  • Climb down the stairs in the ruins.
  • Take the strange implement from the north-western room.
    • Note: Keep the strange implement if you plan on completing Shadow of the Storm soon afterwards.
  • Speak to the Golem again (Chat 1)…
    1How do I open the portal?
  • Head to the most north-eastern part of the Digsite, near the large buried skeleton, and talk to Elissa. (Chat 3)…
    3I found a letter in the desert with your name on.
    (make sure to read the letter if no 3rd option is seen)
  • Head to the Exam Centre just south of the Digsite.
  • Search the bookcase in the south-east corner and read Varmen's notes.
    • 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. (Chat 3)…
      3Where is the statuette that Varmen took back from Uzer?
  • Talk to Curator Haig Halen in the Varrock Museum about the statuette. (Chat 2•1)…
    2I'm looking for a statuette recovered from the city of Uzer.
    1I want to open a portal to the lair of an elder-demon.
    ((Chat 4•1)…
    4
    1
    if Bone Voyage is started)
  • Pickpocket him for the display cabinet key.
  • Head upstairs, and open the second-most western case in the northern-most row. You will get a statuette.

The portal

  • Return to the Kharidian Desert (fairy ring DLQ), or teleport to Eagle's Eyrie with Necklace of passage.
    • If you still need the Phoenix feather, run north to the clay rocks east of River Elid and grab a feather from the Phoenix.
  • Return to the ruins of Uzer where you started the quest and again go down the stairs.
  • In the centre of the room will be four alcoves. Place the statuette in the empty one.
  • Turn the statues until they all point north.
  • Go north, through the double doors.
  • Optional: Use your chisel and hammer on the throne for 2 sapphires, emeralds, and rubies.
  • Otherwise, immediately go back through the south portal.

The golem

Rewards

Required for completing

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