Regicide
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[edit] Details
| Official quest description: Continuing the Plague City series, the Regicide Quest takes you beyond the 'Well of Voyage' to a new realm.
King Lathas will employ you once again, this time for the grim task of deposing his brother. Once you have travelled to the realm you will find yourself surrounded by new and strange plants, animals and even a new race. Once there, you will see that everything is not as serene as it first appears. |
| Release date: 20 September 2004 |
| Start: Randomly receive a message from King Lathas' messenger (similar to a random event, but it should not take long) |
| Difficulty: ***** |
| Length: Long |
| Members only: Yes |
Requirements:
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Items needed:
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| Monsters to kill: Tyras Guard (level 110) |
[edit] Walkthrough
This is the whole map of Tirannwn with a useful legend and track. You should refer to the map above for reference to prevent getting lost.
Note: When doing this quest, be careful to make sure you have everything you need before setting out on a trip, as if you reach the Elven lands and realise you have forgotten something, it is a LONG way between the bank and the quest areas, even if you cut out the way back with teleports.
- After receiving the King's message, go to King Lathas. He will tell you to go through the Underground Pass again to the western Darklands. Note: you will not need to do anything from the underground pass quest again, you just need to go through the dungeon. You will need to shoot the rope to get through the bridge and go through the obstacles. But you do not need to collect the orbs again, neither make the doll again or kill the unicorn, and do not talk to the knights, as they will attack you. In other words, it will be significantly easier to get through than before. To get to the well of voyage, you need to go to the chamber where Iban was (don't worry, he isn't there any more).
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE TALKED TO KING LATHAS BEFORE ENTERING THE UNDERGROUND PASS EVEN IF YOU ARE SURE YOU HAVE ALREADY STARTED THE QUEST!
Before going into the Pass, make sure you have:
- 2 Ropes (One for the pass and one for the quest,Also bring 1 more in case you fail crossing in the pass)
- spade
- Bow and arrows
- Antipoison (or Prayer book from Great Brain Robbery Quest with blessed Holy Symbol)
- Good food (Monkfish+)
- Weapon to kill a Tyras Guard
- (Optional) Hatchet and Tinderbox for cooking food as barbarian firemaking does not work here. (Note that there is a fishing Spot at the River near the elf camp, where one can use Bait or Lure fishing along the river, and north-west of the elf camp is a Big Fishing net/harpoon spot for sharks).
- Pickaxe for mining Limestone (or just bring Limestone. Limestone bricks will not work here)
- Pestle and mortar
- If you are using Summer pie and Agility Potion bring these with you
Once there, you'll meet scouts of his. After that the scout will tell you something.
See the separate guide for instructions about how to get through the pass.
Once you're at Iban's temple, go in. Iban will no longer be there, so you can simply climb down the Well of Voyage. You'll find an altar and a summoning obelisk there.
[edit] Obstacles
Note: Traps can stop your forward motion. You fall right into them and take damage. However, simply clicking on the other side of the trap and then clicking house options or a skill interface will prevent triggering of the trap. This also works on many plank traps around RuneScape and the Underground Pass.
On the way, you will encounter four different obstacles:
Dense forest You need level 56 Agility to navigate through this. You cannot get through until later in the quest when an Elf Tracker teaches you how. Dense forest cannot be failed and it acts as a shortcut inside the forest. It's also the only way to reach some areas. If your agility is 51-55 and you are using summer pies/agility potions, there a few things that would come in handy:
- On the way into Tyras's camp, you will need to pot/pie up, but you won't on the way out
- And you only need the pot/pie for the first of the 3 dense forests, for example, you pot up to 56 and get through the first dense forest. Then your agility goes down to 55. You can still go through the second and third dense forests.
Leaf trap These look just like trees from above. You will see some leaves on the ground. If you step on them, you'll fall into a pit and lose 15hp. The trap has two sides: your side and the other side. Click "jump over" on the same side of the trap that you are. Still, You may fail.
Tripwire You will see two rocks very close together. There are also four miniature crossbows pointing at them. Move your cursor between the rocks to find a tripwire, then step over. If you trigger the trap, you'll be hit double 5s and get a 2-damage poison condition.
Stick trap You'll see some sticks on the ground in a formation similar to a hurdle. Right-click "pass" on them.You will almost always fail. If you do, you'll lose 8hp.
[edit] In Isafdar
- Go out the cave. You'll meet with Idris on your way westward, but Morvran and Essylt will quickly shoot him down. They will tell you to talk to Lord Iorwerth, who can be found at the camp in the north west corner of the forest.
- Make your way through the forest to the north west corner - the Elf Camp. Lord Iorwerth will tell you to talk to his Tracker after you tell him that King Lathas sent you.
[edit] Find Tracker
Go south-east of the camp until you find an Elf Tracker. He is due east of Tyras Camp in the map. He won't believe you since you're a human, so return to Lord Iorwerth to get a crystal pendant. Put it on and talk to the Tracker again. He will tell you to find the Tyras Camp.
[edit] Find Tyras Camp
Check the footprints to the west into the dense forest. If you are told that you see no way past then go back to the Elf Tracker and talk to him and he will tell you what you need to know to pass. You can now climb through if you have 56 agility. You need to see the tracks and follow them before you can continue. Examine the forest if you can't find the tracks.
Walk along the path, pass through the trip wire and dense forest and try to pass the dense forest to the Tyras Camp, a level 110 Tyras Guard will attack you, equipped with a steel halberd. He has a very high defence and hitpoints (comparable to Barrows) and can hit a maximum of 15 (sometimes through full Rune), but should be somewhat easy to defeat with Protect from Melee and a decent weapon or magic/Ancients. Be aware that there are not many "safe spots", and most of them his halberd can reach over.
After you've killed him, continue on to the Tyras Camp. Talk to General Hining. Be sure to grab a few barrels while you are in Tyras's Camp.
Please note that although you can charter a ship from Port Tyras, just south west of the Tyras Camp, unfortunately you cannot return to that port until completion of the quest.
[edit] Back to Elves
Then go back to Lord Iorwerth. He will give you the Big Book O' Bangs. Read it. You need to make an explosive compound.
Go south down to the Tyras Camp and take several barrels. Making the naphtha may prone to error and each time you start the process, you need a barrel of coal-tar. Remember to wear gloves or you will take damage. A regen bracelet prevents damage as well. Other bracelets may also prevent damage. A combat bracelet, though, does not.
Then go south of the Elf Tracker until you find a poison waste swamp. Use the barrels on the poison waste to get a Barrel of coal-tar. NOTE: it is common for players to not be able to take the sulphur and tar right away. If this happens to you, try moving around the area, you'll find it sooner or later Break off a chunk of sulphur, which surrounds the area and should catch your eye easily, and grind it with your pestle and mortar to make Ground sulphur.
[edit] Making the explosive!
Teleport out of the elf kingdom (or better, take the charter ship out of Port Tyras to save some time later on) and withdraw about 20 coal from the bank. Then go to the Chemist's House near Rimmington, in Biohazard quest. Talk to the Chemist with the Big book of bangs in your inventory.
First, Use the barrel of coal-tar with the Fractionalizing still.
Then, click the right side of the valve to the right twice, so the tar should be flowing at maximum. You should see the 'pressure' indicator on the left go up. When the indicator reaches the green region, click the right side of the valve on the left once to let out pressure. This should stall the indicator on the left. Now you can start adding coal. This will raise the indicator on the right. If it's below the green region, add more coal. If it's above, don't add coal until it gets lower. The bar on the bottom will start turning green, when it's full you can stop adding coal and close the window on the top right to get your barrel of naphtha.
Take an empty pot with you. While wearing gloves, use a bar of limestone on any furnace in RuneScape. Quicklime should be formed. Use the quicklime with the pestle and mortar to get a Pot of quicklime. If you heat the limestone without wearing gloves, you will take up to 8 damage. Note: This will cause 20 damage and 6 poison to you. Also, if you do not have a pot with you, you will take 6 damage!
Add the pot of quicklime to the naphtha. Then add the ground sulphur, this is the Barrel bomb. Use a strip of cloth on the bomb (if you didn't weave your four balls of wool yet, go to the loom at the farm north of Port Sarim and do so).
[edit] Back to the Elves again
Remember to take a tinderbox! Using barbarian firemaking will not work. If you forget a tinderbox, the Quartermaster at the Tyras Camp sells one.
Now that you have the barrel bomb, go to the Elven Kingdom through the Underground Pass. If you used the charter ship out of port Tyras you can just use a ship to get here again. Remember to bring a spade, ropes, bow, fire arrows, plank, and food. When you are in the elven lands, kill a rabbit in the area in which the Elf tracker is found, to get rabbit meat. Cook it on a fire in the Elven Camp or lit on the ground. Then go to the catapult outside the Tyras Camp. Give the cooked rabbit to the non-armoured Tyras guard near the catapult to distract him. Then use the barrel bomb on the front of the catapult (you do not need to light it first, but you 'do' need a tinderbox in inventory) to initiate a cutscene and destroy the whole camp!
Go back to Lord Iowerth. He will give you a letter to take to King Lathas, then give you access to the overground pass of Arandar. Make sure you have the letter before transporting away—or you will have to run the Underground Pass AGAIN!
[edit] Return in Triumph?
Take the overpass or teleport away, then go to Ardougne Castle. On the way, an elf named Arianwyn will break the magic seal on the letter and tell the player to read it.
In the letter, Lord Lowerth told King Lathas that Tyras was killed and that some dark lord could be resurrected to take over Camelot. Arianwyn further revealed the "path" being connected to Zamorak's realm, and recruits the player to their side instead. Even so, Arianwyn tells you to talk to Lathas first for your reward.
[edit] Reward
- 3 quest points
- 13750
Agility experience
- 15000 coins
- Access to the elven kingdom and the overpass of Arandar
- Access to Port Tyras by using charter ship
- Access/ability to wield the Dragon Halberd (buy for 325K from Tyras Camp), with 60 attack and 30 strength.
[edit] Music Unlocked
- Well of Voyage
- Elven Mist
- Breeze
- Forest
- Woodland
- Crystal Castle
- Everywhere
- Meridian
- Lost Soul
- Riverside
[edit] Trivia
- The word "regicide" means the deliberate killing of a monarch.
- When you receive the random message from the messenger, in one section it says "At last our magi has reopened the..."
- The name of the author of the Big Book O' Bangs is "Mel Achy", an anagram of "Alchemy".
- In the Big Book O' Bangs, it mentions a "digging compound based on nitroglycerin." This is a reference to the explosive the player makes in The Digsite Quest.
- Since 1 July 2008, after the Runescape HD Graphics Update, some players have had trouble with the Fractionalizing Still at the Rimmington Chemist. Whenever these players attempt to distill the Barrel of Coal-tar, turning valves and adding coal, no progress is made whatsoever. Jagex has yet to fix this bug. Anyone with this problem cannot complete Regicide. However, some players have been able to distill their tar without any problems. Some who couldn't distill their tar while playing in HD were able to do it by playing in the old detail modes.
- The substance in the barrel bomb has a real life parallel, Greek Fire, which ignites on contact with water and is very hard to put out once it begins to burn.
- Naphtha was used in Mongol Siege Warfare in the time of Genghis Khan. It is thrown by a catapult and it catches fire when airborne.
- After Arianwyn speaks to you, he may remain in that area for a short period of time. During this time if you speak to him, it says "Nothing interesting happens."
- After completion, reading the quest journal will reveal nothing but simply stating that the player has done the job.
- There is a glitch where 4 Arianwyns may spawn for one single player.
- The quest description mentions the word serene. This is a reference to the Elf Goddess, Seren.
[edit] Related Quests
[edit] See also
[edit] References
 
| Main series |
1. Plague City 2. Biohazard 3. Underground Pass 4. Regicide 5. Roving Elves 6. Mourning's Ends Part I 7. Mourning's Ends Part II 8. Within the Light |
| Related quests | |
