Dimension of Disaster

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Dimension of Disaster (#200)

Also called	DoD, 200th Quest
Release date	23 March 2015 (Update)
Members	Yes
Voice Over	No
Official difficulty	Special
Quest series	None
Age	Sixth Age
Developers Main developer(s) Stuart W, Stephen R, Daniel R Writing David O, Stephen R, Stuart W, Tim F Editing William D Code review Daniel R, David O Walkthrough Michelle-Louise J Graphics Characters Damian C, Zoltan H Environments Joe R, Alex R Animation Hing C Concept Yann B Quality Assurance Core (Project Lead:Sarah J) Stacey N, Andrew Y, Lewis R Release Thomas H, Kristina S, Mantas J Audio Composition Adam B, Ian T

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Dimension of Disaster is RuneScape's 200th quest. It features an alternate universe where the player character never existed, changing the course of history in Gielinor. It has no requirements to start, and is based in alternate Varrock, during year 170 of the Fifth Age. It consists of five subquests similarly to Recipe for Disaster. These include an introductory quest and "twisted" versions of existing quests, namely Shield of Arrav, Demon Slayer, Defender of Varrock and The Curse of Arrav, with the latter requiring completion of all the former to start.

Players cannot bring any of their own items into the quest, and there is no bank or Grand Exchange, meaning players will have to create or purchase their own equipment to complete the quest. Like Broken Home, it is replayable, with some additional rewards available for doing so.

Official description

Have you ever stopped to think what would happen if you did not exist? In a pocket dimension of Varrock - an alternate reality - you were never born, the Sixth Age never happened, and the villains you would have defeated rule with impunity.

In this reality, Varrock has suffered greatly over the past year; its citizens massacred when the demon Delrith was summoned by Denath. Shortly thereafter, the city was conquered by the Mahjarrat necromancer Zemouregal's horde of armoured zombies.

Zemouregal has since corralled Delrith behind a demonic ward in the south-east corner of the city, and raised any Varrock citizens who are still reasonably intact as zombies.

Can you find your way into this dimension and overthrow the villains once more?

Walkthrough

Start point	Speak to Gypsy Aris in Varrock
Member requirement	Members only
Official difficulty	Special
Official length	Long
Requirements	Skill requirements are not boostable unless marked with a [B] for boostable. Quests: Dimension of Disaster The Curse of Arrav Defender of Varrock Demon Slayer Family Crest Garden of Tranquillity Creature of Fenkenstrain Priest in Peril The Restless Ghost The Knight's Sword Shield of Arrav Temple of Ikov What Lies Below Missing My Mummy The Golem Icthlarin's Little Helper Diamond in the Rough Stolen Hearts Gertrude's Cat The Restless Ghost Shades of Mort'ton The Tale of the Muspah Troll Romance Troll Stronghold Death Plateau Senliten fully restored Shadow of the Storm Demon Slayer The Golem
Items required	Items from the tool belt are not listed unless they do not work or are not automatically added. 1 coin 652 zemomarks beforehand to purchase items listed below for all subquests Must be on the standard spellbook and prayerbook Obtained during quest: 2 zemomarks Cabbage Rotten tomato Beer glass 90 Zemomarks or Black hood Black robe top Black robe bottom Black mushroom Empty vial Dog hair 500 zemomarks or Zombie mask Zombie shirt Zombie trousers Zombie gloves Zombie boots Empty vial 3 tin ore or 60 zemomarks 4 fire runes (or a fire staff) 1 nature rune or 372 zemomarks 2 vials of water Raw onion Ring of life or 582 zemomarks
Enemies to defeat	Jonny the beard (if the Black Arm Gang is joined) Animated book (level 32) Agrith Naar Armoured zombie x3 (level 42) Sharathteerk (level 98) Zemouregal (level 98)

Coin of the Realm

Main article: Dimension of Disaster: Coin of the Realm

The quest may be started by speaking to Gypsy Aris in her tent in Varrock Square. This will start a short introductory subquest, which is required to complete all other subquests.

New Varrock

Main article: New Varrock/Guide

After completing the first subquest, you will arrive in New Varrock, an alternate version of Varrock under the control of the Mahjarrat Zemouregal. It is wholly separate from the rest of the game, and you cannot bring any items in. Thus, you will have to make most items yourself, either using items gathered or bought in shops with zemomarks, the currency of New Varrock. Alternatively, you can trade with other players.

During the quest, a new task set, the New Varrock Tasks, may be completed for Tiny Zemouregal for additional rewards. These are saved between quest resets.

Subquests

Four subquests must be found and completed in order to finish the quest.

Icon	Subquest	Start point	Required quests	Required items
	Shield of Arrav	Orlando Smith, in the Varrock Museum	Shield of Arrav and Coin of the Realm	2 zemomarks (optional)
	Demon Slayer	Gypsy Aris, in her tent	Shadow of the Storm and Coin of the Realm	Cabbage Rotten tomato Beer glass Black hood Black robe (top) Black robe (bottom) Black mushroom Empty vial Dog hair
	Defender of Varrock	Reldo, in Varrock Castle	Defender of Varrock and Coin of the Realm	Zombie mask Zombie shirt Zombie trousers Zombie gloves Zombie boots Empty vial 3 tin ore 4 fire runes 1 nature rune
	Curse of Arrav	Arrav, in the Varrock Castle garden	The Curse of Arrav and all previous subquests	Must be on the standard spellbook and prayer book. Zombie mask Zombie shirt Zombie trousers Zombie gloves Zombie boots Lockpick Mith crossbow Mith grapple Darklight Vial of purple mist (or Empty vial, Vial of water, Delphinium flower) Vial of orange mist (or Empty vial, Vial of water, Raw onion) Ring of life (or gold ore, diamond, 10 earth runes and 1 cosmic rune) 11 Raw undead beef

Subquest complete!

After completing Curse of Arrav, you will have freed New Varrock from Zemouregal's control and will be returned to standard Varrock. For replays, do not select "complete" from the right-click option when talking to Gypsy Aris as this will result to obtaining zero silver pennies. Speak to Gypsy Aris, and she will congratulate you, tell you some statistics, and give you some additional rewards.

Congratulations, quest complete!

Complete rewards

• 10 quest points

• 139,600 total experience

• 100 experience lamp
• 5,000 experience lamp
• 5,000 experience lamp
• 15,000 experience lamp
• 10,000 experience lamp
• 15,000 experience lamp
• 10,000 experience lamp
• 2,000 experience lamp
• 30,000 experience lamp
• 14,000 experience lamp
• 9,000 experience lamp
• 9,000 experience lamp
• 9,000 experience lamp
• 4,000 experience lamp
• 2,500 experience lamp

• The ability to replay Dimension of Disaster
• The ability to wear cosmetic overrides in New Varrock
• 10 silver pennies in Gypsy Aris' Reward Shop, and 5 for subsequent completions
• 12 total Treasure Hunter keys and 12 total Hearts of Ice
  

Music unlocked

• Evil Spirit
• Exorcism
• Grave Parade
• Medi-Evil
• Misadventure
• Soiled
• Undead Army II

Post-Quest FAQ

• Read the Post-Quest FAQ here.

Trivia

Zemouregal, king of Varrock

Delrith's circus, unused tentative concept art

• The quest's location and the inclusion of twisted Shield of Arrav were the result of two Player Power polls. Gertrude's Cat also won the same Player Power poll, but was added to a task set unique to alternate Varrock. It was originally supposed to be its own quest, but lack of time (and connection to the main storyline) prevented this from happening.
• Other titles for the quest included The Edge of Disaster, Nothing Interesting Happens, City of Villains and A World without Heroes, while New Varrock's originally suggested names were all based on Zemouregal's name.
• The quest may be a reference to Turn Left, an episode of the British sci-fi series Doctor Who, where a gypsy teleports the Doctor's companion to a similar alternate universe where the Doctor does not exist any more, due to an earlier defeat.
  • The episode is also an allusion to It's a Wonderful Life, which popularised the formula of an alternate universe where the main character does not exist.
• The tramp, who throws rotten tomatoes at the locked-up adventurers, occasionally says "Shut up, Meg!" This is a reference to Family Guy in which Peter Griffin often says this to his daughter, Meg. It may also be referencing the same dialogue option in player-owned ports.
• The quest hosts an assortment of references to the quest Recipe for Disaster:
  • Both quests were released to celebrate respectively the 100th and 200th quest.
  • Gypsy Aris plays a minor role in both quests.
  • In both quests the character asks Gypsy Aris "what the flipping hippo is going on?" In Dimension of Disaster, when the player asks this, they comment afterwards that they have gone over this before, in the Recipe for Disaster quest.
  • Both quests are made of smaller sub-quests.
• "Bring your friends. Stay a while. Stay forever. Journey to the Dimension of Disaster" is a reference to the quote "Another visitor. Stay awhile. Stay forever!" found in the game Impossible Mission, which plays when the player first starts the game.
• If the player suggests another coin might be required to the Gypsy, she replies "Your lack of faith disturbs me", a reference to the Star Wars quote by Darth Vader: "I find your lack of faith disturbing."
• There are two references to If You're Happy and You Know It:
  • Katrine mentions she is being taunted by the Phoenix Gang via singing it after her arm was taken.
  • Using the Scrying pool on the Demon Camp will cause Evil Dave to sing "If you're evil and you know it, clap your hands..."
• In the hallway leading to Arrav's heart, the statues of Zemouregal examine "Fire walk with me". This may be a reference to the Twin Peaks film by the same name.
• "Blue-fang" technology mentioned in the Scrying pool manual is a parody of the wireless technology Bluetooth.
• Inside the Blue Moon Inn, the penguins Ping and Pong paraphrase lines of the song "God Gave Rock and Roll to You" by the British band Argent. Pong's rock costume is a reference to the attire of Gene Simmons of Kiss, who at one point performed a substantially modified version of this song.
  • Ping's pop costume references Freddie Mercury of the band Queen, whose song "Bohemian Rhapsody" the penguins also make reference to.
• When trying to open the sealed manhole that leads to the sewers a possible message states "The sewer cover is sealed with a pink, sticky goo." This could be a reference to the pink mood slime in the Ghost Busters movie.