Training / Skilling

Tuesday 10 March 2009

Slayer

Firemaking

Fletching

Smithing

Thieving

Slayer 15.160 to level 65

1. Finish Smoking Skills Quest

I talked to Ali Cat and he warned me of terrible perils. I must explore an ancient tomb, east of the Agility Pyramid, in order to talk to a spirit. The spirit should enable me to survive combined assaults from banshees and smoke. Ali Cat suggested that I take my cat with me to help, but warned that the spirit's ghostly from will make conversation tricky.

Finding Catolax

Before you leave the bank for this next step, make sure you have the following items:

Amulet of Ghostspeak, Amulet of Catspeak, Cat (or Kitten), and equipment for long-range combat (runes to cast attack spells and/or ranging equipment). Food is optional for lower levels (85-95 combat). If you have not done Dealing with Scabaras, bring a rope to set up a handy shortcut.

Either take the magic carpet ride to Nardah (or Sophanem), or walk to the Pyramid. Go to where you placed a rope from the Dealing with Scabaras quest. Go up the rope, cross a low wall and travel until you will arrive at a platform with two archaeologists and a water source.

Walk through the path north of the archaeologists. Be careful of the level 115 skeletons. Enter the first dungeon you see on your left.

In The Tombs

You will be in a tomb with a few doors and traps. Search the tomb near the entrance for a Steel pickaxe - you'll see it in the wall. Click the little hole in the wall either to the left or right, and your cat will help you navigate through.

Once that's over, go through the door on either the east or the west. Beware, level 31 (Range)/ 53 (Mage) Skeletons are on a platform out of reach on both paths. On the west path, the skeletons use range and are most vulnerable to magic. On the east path, the skeletons use magic and are most vulnerable to range. Either way, 3 opponents firing at once will whittle your hit points, so turn off Auto retaliate and focus on killing them one by one to reduce incoming fire. Prayer may be a good idea at first, unless you have lots of food or extremely high Defence. Once they are dead, destroy the door to the north with your pickaxe. An alternative is to run in and break the door as the skeletons notice you, this will require leaving and re-entering the room (at least twice).

North of the destroyed door, look at the walls to the side. There are traps! To avoid being hit up to 17 hitpoints, you'll see the 'search wall' option - not the' search markings' one next to it. Mouse over carefully to find it. You can pass the traps once you have searched the wall.

Once you have passed two sets of traps, you will come to a room with some zombies and skeletons. They have varied combat levels, and no individual monster is a serious threat. On the other hand, the level 69 zombies hitting at least to 10, and there's the potential to be caught in a crossfire with their missile or magic-throwing skeleton companions. Kill them until the tomb in the center opens, bringing out a level 54 Mummy Warrior. Kill him and pick up the key - it will either be a Magic path key or a Ranged path key, depending on which path was chosen. Use the key to open the door and pull the lever. Walk back to the center. You will not set off traps on this side any more after you have pulled the lever.

If you did the ranged side, now it's time to do the mage side! Or vice-versa. Don't forget about the traps!

Once the levers on both sides have been pulled, the traps in the center pathway are disabled too. Walk through the center and speak to Catolax. He's not a talkative sort, but he will give you the knowledge you need to make the masked earmuffs.

The Banshees in the Well

Go to the bank and get your supplies, then make your way back to the well. Put on your masked earmuffs and go down the well. DO NOT GO WEST, or else you will go into the Smoke Dungeon from Desert Treasure. Go north instead; kill a level 90 Mighty banshee to get a Banshee voice. If you don't get it the first time, keep trying, as it is not a rare drop. As the Mighty Banshees appear to use a magic-based melee attack, fighting them in black dragonhide seems more successful than, for example, dragon armour. Use Protect from Melee prayer if required. Use the Banshee voice on the glowing red barrier directly to the north.

The Banshee Mistress

You will see a cutscene where there are level 141 Insectoid Assassins and a level 111 Banshee Mistress. Shortly, the mistress will attack you. The mistress mainly uses melee, but she also uses Water Blast, so Protect from Melee with good magic defence armour like dragonhide armour is suggested. She is easy at the beginning, but she calls the assassins to help her with Ranged attacks when she has less than half health.

WARNING: If you die when fighting the Mistress, you will not be able to go back to your gravestone and get your items back!

Turning OFF auto-retaliate is useful here, so that you will not attack the guards. A Dragon dagger(p++) may prove useful. Magic or range is not suggested since there are few safe spots but if you are high range or mage don't be put off using it as it is quite possible. A Dragon halberd may be used to kill her as well. (Note: the Banshee mistress will occasionally sound an acoustic attack which may deal up to 13 damage and lay you down.) Good food, preferably Sharks or above, is suggested. It has been tested and proved that you can hurt her but it will be a lot harder at level 85. Your skill levels will have to be at least 65 attack, 70 strength, 64 defence, 53 range and 66 hitpoints

The only safe spot in the room is the far south east corner, you must enter the barrier from this point. The banshees will attack you cornering you, and once she gets to low health, the Assassins can't reach you.

If you are a high combat level, the easiest way to kill her is to use melee and put on Protect from Range so that her guards can't hurt you

IMPORTANT: Once the Banshee Mistress calls on her assassins, they will attack at the same time and their combined attacks can hit up to around 72 total damage (max hit of 18×4) give or take. It is vital that you use Protect from Range before the Mistress calls on the Assassin's first attack, or you are likely to receive heavy, if not fatal, damage!

After you kill the mistress, Catolax will speak to you. Go back to Sumona and talk to her. She will insist that you put your cat (or kitten) in your backpack before she will talk to you. Congratulations! Quest Complete!

After finishing the quest, I will resume my slayer assignments. The latest one is 38 dagganoth.

Dagganoth: I will attack those under the lighthouse near my POH. I will use Ancient Magicks spell Blood Burst and take Smoke Devil familiar with scrolls. I may have to runecraft more deaths and chaos runes and purchase bloods.

149 Aberrant Spectres: Use melee against these. Wear nose peg, Guthix vestment cloak, holy symbol, abyssal whip (dragon scimitar), holy book, proselyte armour, white boots, rfd gloves (combat bracelet), ring of wealth. Carry macaw familiar, prayer potions and foods. NOTE: macaw requires green charm, 78 shards and guam leaf.

65 Slayer reached. Next assignment from Sumona: 175 hellhounds!