Rum Deal

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Contents 1 Details 2 Walkthrough 2.1 Setting out 2.2 Brewing 'Rum' 2.2.1 Blindweed 2.2.2 Stagnant water 2.2.3 Sluglings 2.2.4 Evil Spirits 2.2.5 Fever Spider 2.3 Captain Donnie 3 Reward 4 Trivia 5 Music

[edit] Details

Official quest description: Zombie pirates have arisen on Braindeath Island, and they don't look friendly! Production of 'rum' has stopped, and the pirate brewers are running scared. Can you overcome the horde of drunken, undead pirates? Can you even get to the island without getting a splitting headache?

Release date: 31 October 2005

Start: Pirate Pete, at a dock due north of Port Phasmatys.

Difficulty: *****

Length: Short/Medium

Members only: Yes

Requirements: Completed the following quests: Priest in Peril Zogre Flesh Eaters Have the following skills: 40 42 42 47 50 The ability to kill a level 150 monster

Items needed: Slayer gloves Armour and weapons to defeat a level 150 melee base monster Optional: Ectophial: for easy teleport Ecto-tokens: to use the bank near by if you haven't done Ghost Ahoy

Monsters to kill: Evil Spirit (level 150) Fever spider (level 49)

[edit] Walkthrough

[edit] Setting out

Before you leave it would be wise to have full prayer in addition to slayer gloves and any armour or weapons you will need to kill the level 150 Spirit. You will not be able to get your wrench blessed if you don't have at least 47 points of prayer. You are able to do this entire quest without needing to leave the island if you are properly prepared.

Once prepared talk to Pirate Pete at the dock north of Port Phasmatys. After listening to a lengthy story about a demon, agree to help him, and refuse the money he offers you. He will then club you over the head with what he calls his magical teleporting bottle and then you will see a cut scene before waking up on Braindeath Island.

Upon waking, you will find yourself in a small room. Talk to Captain Braindeath and a cut scene will shortly follow then continue talking to Captain Braindeath and he will tell you that he needs to make some 'rum' in order to get Captain Donnie drunk. You will have to gather the ingredients to make the 'rum'. The Captain will give you some seeds in order to grow the first ingredient.

[edit] Brewing 'Rum'

[edit] Blindweed

The first ingredient is Blindweed. Go down the ladder in the north-west corner of the building and then head south-east to find a cupboard. Take everything from the cupboard (this is equipment for you to farm your seed) and return to the main floor. there is a sink right by Captain Braindeath that you can fill your watering can. Leave the building by the southernmost opening and stairway. Walk south until you find some farming patches. The majority of them will be unusable; the south-eastern one will still be available, however and this will be indicated on your mini map with the farming icon. Rake away the weeds and plant your blindweed seed. Wait for the blindweed to grow (about 5-10 minutes), you will get the message "I wonder how is my Blindweed weed coming along?" when it is fully grown, and pick it. During this time you may be attacked by Zombie Swabs; find a convenient safe spot, such as the other side of the fence, and choose the right-click option "intimidate" to stop them from attacking you. You only have to scare each swab once. Return to Captain Braindeath and he will tell you to put the blindweed in the hopper. Head to the south-eastern ladder and go up one floor (Note: The ladder on the mini map is a bit hard to see). The hopper is in the north-west corner of the 2nd floor next to the pressure barrel. Sometimes the hopper cannot be seen when playing in low detail. Use the blindweed with the hopper. Return to Captain Braindeath to find the next ingredient.

[edit] Stagnant water

To get stagnant water() you will have to travel to a nearby volcano and fill a bucket which the Captain may give you or there is a bucket respawn one on the floor by him. Leave the house via the south stairway again and travel north-west (make sure you're on the outside of the fence first) to find 50% Luke guarding a small gate. (You can open the gate without talking to him however if you want to hear a rather gruesome story ask him what happened to him.) Open the gate and walk through - you will automatically make a diversion for the guard. Travel up the volcano and collect some stagnant water. Now head back down the mountain to the gate where 50% Luke will be upset you are on that side of the gate and you will then walk through. Return to the hopper on the upper floor of the house again and put the water in the hopper and then head back downstairs to talk with Captain Braindeath.

[edit] Sluglings

The Captain will give you a fishbowl tangled in a big net and tell you to fish five sluglings. Don't untangle the bowl and net! If you do, use one on the other to "re-tangle" them. Head to the farming patch you used earlier; the fishing spots are close by. Catch five fish; there is a chance you will get fish other than the sluglings, but it doesn't matter which fish you get. Return to the house but instead of putting the sluglings in the hopper you will have to "pressurise" them; put them in the pressure barrel and pull the lever. Then return and speak with Captain Braindeath.

[edit] Evil Spirits

This next step involves a fight so get yourself equipped if you forgot to bring your combat gear. You can return to Port Phasmatys by speaking with Pirate Pete at the dock northeast of Captain Braindeath. Captain Braindeath will tell you that the controls for the brewery have become possessed. He will give you a wrench in order to beat the controls with it. Head to the west of the brewery to the adjacent bunkhouse and get your wrench blessed by Davey - he will only bless the wrench (making it a Holy Wrench) if you have 47 or more prayer points, not just level 47 in prayer. Now beat the controls with them and a level 150 Evil Spirit (pun intended) will appear. Kill it.

[edit] Fever Spider

*Equip your slayer gloves!* Captain Braindeath will tell you that the final ingredient is a Fever spider body. Go downstairs and kill a Fever spider - be warned that if you do not wear slayer gloves, they will hit 10's repeatedly on you and you will become diseased.

However, if you are using magic or ranging the spiders, you can hide behind the ladder and attack one, you will not become diseased or damaged if you do this. Collect its carcass, use it with the hopper and talk to Captain Braindeath.

[edit] Captain Donnie

Now that the 'rum' is complete, collect some from the "output tap" at the south end of the machinery to get a bucket of unsanitary swill. Head outside, to the farming patches. Find Captain Donnie and give him the 'rum'. After some dialogue he will tell you that Rabid Jack's the name of his boss. Return to Captain Braindeath to claim your reward. If you haven't done so yet to get any supplies you may have needed you can return to Port Phasmatys by speaking with Pirate Pete at the dock northeast of Captain Braindeath.

[edit] Reward

• 2 Quest Points
• 7000 Farming experience
• 7000 Fishing experience
• 7000 Prayer experience
• Holy wrench - gives extra Prayer point(s) when drinking a prayer or super restore potion.

[edit] Trivia

• When talking to one of the Brewers in the 'Rum' Factory he quotes Monty Python's Hungarian Phrasebook with the line 'My hovercraft is full of eels'.
• Part of Davey's Blessing is "Romanes Eunt Domus" (bad Latin, means 'Romans go home'), which is a reference to Monty Python's Life of Brian.
• Examining the Boss you get 'The pun was intended'.
• The other type of fish you can catch besides sluglings is called "Karamthulhu". This is another in-game reference to H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu, who is described as having tentacles as a main physical feature.
• The hopper cannot be seen unless your graphics settings are set to All. If it's set to Current, you can still use things on it (even though you cannot see it).
• Brain-Death Island is not shown on the main world map but is added as a 'dungeon map'. This could be to stop you from finding out where the island is, as they even knock you out when you travel there.
• When you have Davey bless your wrench, the camera will zoom in on your character. Once that happens, your character will hold up the wrench and say "Groovy." This is a reference to the 1981 film Evil Dead.
• When you use the holy wrench on the brewing controls the player yells "The power of Guthix compels you". This is a reference to the line, "The power of Christ compels you!" from the film The Exorcist.
• When examining the 'Unsanitary swill' you get "Sorry, I mean a bucket of 'rum'".
• When the Blindweed is done growing, a little text will pop up in your chatbox, saying: "I wonder how my Blindweed is coming along?"
• The title of the track Blistering Barnacles is a favourite expression used by Captain Haddock in The Adventures Of Tintin comics.
• It is possible that 50% Luke saying it all started with an albatross is a reference from the ballad "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
• The music track unlocked during the quest called Aye Car Rum Ba is a Spanish exclamation of shock. This is also one of Bart Simpons catchphrases.

[edit] Music

• Aye Car Rum Ba
• Blistering Barnacles

v • d • e Pirate quest series
Main series	1. Pirate's Treasure. 2. Rum Deal. 3. Cabin Fever. 4. Freeing Pirate Pete. 5. The Great Brain Robbery. 6. Rocking Out.