Demonic Pacts League/Areas/Kharidian Desert

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Guides

The Kharidian Desert area covers the entirety of the Kharidian Desert.

The Emir's Arena minigame will not be available during this league, although the building itself is accessible.

Instances of areas in the Kharidian Desert and underground areas with an entrance in the Kharidian Desert will also be included.

Overview of area

Notable settlements

Restricted travel

The following travel options are restricted unless the appropriate area is unlocked:

The gate north-west of Al-Kharid leading to Lumbridge
The grapple shortcut across the River Lum to Lumbridge
The stepping stone north-west of the Kalphite Lair leading to the Lumbridge Swamp

Notable combat-related activities

Bandits
Kalphite Queen
Smoke Dungeon
Tombs of Amascut
- Tombs of Amascut has 2 new invocations, which means max raid level can go up to 1000.
- At 500 invocation level and above, the chance of getting a unique item is significantly buffed. If a unique is rolled for any player, everyone in a team will receive a unique item.
The Leviathan
Tempoross

Players may create private instances to fight the Kalphite Queen.

Notable non-combat activities

Agility Pyramid
Mage Training Arena
Guardians of the Rift
- A portal to Guardians of the Rift will be located near the Mage Training Arena.
Giants' Foundry
Elidinis Statuette in Nardah
Pollnivneach blackjacking
Pollnivneach house portal
Pollnivneach Rooftop Course
Pyramid Plunder
Fire Altar
Mining in the Bandit Camp Quarry
Sandstone grinding with the Sandstorm
Sorceress's Garden
Zahur's Herblore services in Nardah

Notable shops

Unlocks

The following quests and achievement diary tasks are automatically completed after unlocking the area.

Quests

Achievement diary tasks

Automatically completed diary tasks upon area unlock
	Desert Diary
Easy Tasks	None
Medium Tasks	Travel to the Desert via the eagle transport system
Hard Tasks	Slay a dust devil in the desert cave with a Slayer helmet equipped Refill your waterskins in the Desert using Lunar spells
Elite Tasks	Bake a wild pie at the Nardah clay oven Speak to the Kalphite Queen head in your player-owned house^[1]

^ This task will automatically complete when you receive a Kq head or Kq head (tattered) drop.

Combat achievements

The following Combat Achievements are automatically completed:

Notable drops

These items are highlighted as key drops from the area which are affected by the boosted drop rate granted by passive relics.

Item	Source	Base Rarity	2x Drop Multiplier	5x Drop Multiplier
Kq head	Kalphite Queen	1/128	1/64	1/25
All unique rewards^{[d 1]}	Tombs of Amascut^{[d 2]}	1/50	1/25	1/10
Pharaoh's sceptre^{[d 3]}	Pyramid plunder	1/63	1/31	1/12
Dragon chainbody	Kalphite Queen	1/128	1/64	1/25
Dragon pickaxe	Kalphite Queen	1/400	1/200	1/80
Dragon chainbody	Dust devil	1/32,768	1/16,384	1/6,553
Dragon 2h sword	Kalphite Queen	1/256	1/128	1/51
Dust battlestaff	Dust devil	1/4,000	1/2,000	1/800
Venator ring^{[d 4]}^{[d 5]}	The Leviathan	1/768	1/384	1/153
Soulreaper axe pieces^{[d 6]}	The Leviathan	1/768	1/384	1/153
Virtus robes^{[d 7]}	The Leviathan	1/768	1/384	1/153
Awakener's orb	The Leviathan	1/53	1/26	1/10
Fish barrel	Tempoross	1/400	1/200	1/80
Tackle box	Tempoross	1/400	1/200	1/80
Tome of water	Tempoross	1/1,600	1/800	1/320
Dragon harpoon	Tempoross	1/8,000	1/4,000	1/1,600
Abyssal needle	Guardians of the Rift	1/300	1/150	1/60
Abyssal lantern	Guardians of the Rift	1/700	1/350	1/140
Abyssal dye	Guardians of the Rift	1/1,200	1/600	1/240

^ The listed rarity is an approximation at 150 raid level.
^ Drop rates at 500 Raid Level or above are further boosted. At this level, if any player receives a unique drop, all members of the party will get a unique as well.
^ The listed rate is the cumulative rate from fully completing one run of Pyramid Plunder at 91 Thieving. See Pyramid Plunder#Sceptre for more information.
^ To receive the Venator ring, the player must roll an invisible 1/256 drop on the tradeable unique table. The first two rolls will cause a gold ring to appear and increment a hidden variable; when the third such roll occurs, the ring is dropped and the variable is reset.
^ Drops as a completed item
^ In contrast to the main game, during leagues every Desert Treasure II boss will drop all pieces of the Soulreaper axe. Players will not receive duplicate pieces of the axe until a full one has been created.
^ With the 5x droprate multiplier, the droprate for a specific virtus outfit piece is ~1/461

References

[1] This task will automatically complete when you receive a Kq head or Kq head (tattered) drop.

[2] The listed rarity is an approximation at 150 raid level.

[highInvo-3] Drop rates at 500 Raid Level or above are further boosted. At this level, if any player receives a unique drop, all members of the party will get a unique as well.

[4] The listed rate is the cumulative rate from fully completing one run of Pyramid Plunder at 91 Thieving. See Pyramid Plunder#Sceptre for more information.

[5] To receive the Venator ring, the player must roll an invisible 1/256 drop on the tradeable unique table. The first two rolls will cause a gold ring to appear and increment a hidden variable; when the third such roll occurs, the ring is dropped and the variable is reset.

[com-6] Drops as a completed item

[7] In contrast to the main game, during leagues every Desert Treasure II boss will drop all pieces of the Soulreaper axe. Players will not receive duplicate pieces of the axe until a full one has been created.

[8] With the 5x droprate multiplier, the droprate for a specific virtus outfit piece is ~1/461

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