The Depths of Despair/Quick guide

This quick guide has an in-depth guide here.

It contains a more detailed description of dialogue, cutscenes, and storyline.

Details

Start point	Speak to Lord Kandur Hosidius at his home in Hosidius, north-west of the Vinery.
Official difficulty	Intermediate
Description	Artur Hosidius has gone missing, and Lord Kandur Hosidius needs your help to find his son and bring him home.
Official length	Short
Requirements	Completion of the following quests: Client of Kourend X Marks the Spot 18 Agility (not boostable) 20% Hosidius favour Ability to kill a level 36 Sand Snake
Items required	None
Recommended	15 Combat level Skills necklace to teleport to Woodcutting Guild Xeric's talisman Super energy/Stamina potions A weapon Food (if low level) An Arceuus Library Teleport Dramen/Lunar staff for fairy ring teleport to Arceuus, Ardougne cloak 1's monastery teleport brings you close to a fairy ring as well as the amulet of glory to Edgeville then running east to the grand exchange fairy ring. Alternatively, if you haven't completed the Ardougne easy diary, a Games necklace to teleport to Wintertodt.
Enemies to defeat	Sand Snake (level 36)

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Walkthrough

• Speak to Lord Kandur in the house west of the Vinery. ( 2•1)…

  2	Anything I can help you with?
  1	Yes.

• Speak to Chef Olivia in Lord Kandur's kitchen.
• Head to the Arceuus Library (Fairy ring code CIS, costs 80,000 to unlock prior, or Games necklace to Wintertodt) and speak to Galana. (north-east wing, ground floor^[UK]1^st floor^[US])
• Speak to Galana again. She will tell you where to find the Varlamore envoy book. This is random for everyone.
• Read the Varlamore envoy book.
• Enter the Crabclaw Caves south of the Woodcutting Guild marked by the icon. Kill a sandcrab for easy diary while here. (Rada's blessing, Skills necklace teleport, Xeric's Talisman to Xeric's Look-Out, or Veos ship to Land's End)

This fight takes place in an instanced area.

On death, all unprotected items will be moved to a grave outside the instance. Any items left on the ground will be lost.

• Navigate to the end of the caves and climb down the tunnel at the end.
• Speak to Artur Hosidius.
• Kill the Sand Snake (level 36).
• Search the chest.
• Return to Lord Kandur Hosidius and talk to him.

Congratulations, quest complete!

Rewards

• 1 Quest point
• 1,500 Agility experience
• 4,000 coins
• Hosidius favour certificate. Reading it grants 10% Hosidius favour.
• A page for Kharedst's memoirs, 'Lunch by the lancalliums'. It teleports players to just east of the Hosidius Kitchen.