The Golem/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	Talk to the clay golem in the ruins of Uzer, east of the Shantay Pass in the Kharidian Desert.
Official difficulty	Intermediate
Description	Deep in the desert stand the ruins of the once great city of Uzer, where a lone survivor, an ancient clay golem, forever paces back and forth. It is badly damaged, and its mind cannot rest until it has completed the task for which it was created. It is up to you to uncover the secret of the lost city, and add the final chapter to a story started in the violence of the Third Age.
Official length	Short
Requirements	20 Crafting (boostable) 25 Thieving (boostable)
Items required	Vial Pestle and mortar Papyrus (can be bought from Ali Morrisane for 10gp) 4 soft clay (or a bracelet of clay and a pickaxe to mine north-west of the ruins) Phoenix feather (can be obtained north-west of the ruins) Means to enter the desert (such as the Shantay pass, Desert amulet 2, Teleport tablets or scrolls, Fairy rings or the Pharaoh's sceptre)
Recommended	Protective clothing for the desert heat (Desert boots, Desert robe, Desert shirt) Waterskins Stamina or energy potions Fast travel to Uzer (Necklace of passage to Eagles' Eyrie or Fairy ring to dlq) Fast travel to the Digsite (Digsite pendant, Digsite teleport or the Gnome glider) Fast travel to the Varrock Museum (Varrock teleport) Hammer and chisel to remove gems from the throne
Enemies to defeat	None

{"requirements":"* <span class=\"scp\" data-skill=\"Crafting\" data-level=\"20\">[[File:Crafting icon.png|21x21px|link=Crafting|alt=Crafting]] 20 [[Crafting]]</span> ^{(<span title=\"This requirement is boostable\" style=\"cursor:help; text-decoration: underline dotted;\">boostable</span>)}\n* <span class=\"scp\" data-skill=\"Thieving\" data-level=\"25\">[[File:Thieving icon.png|21x21px|link=Thieving|alt=Thieving]] 25 [[Thieving]]</span> ^{(<span title=\"This requirement is boostable\" style=\"cursor:help; text-decoration: underline dotted;\">boostable</span>)}","desc":"Deep in the desert stand the ruins of the once great city of Uzer, where a lone survivor, an ancient clay golem, forever paces back and forth. It is badly damaged, and its mind cannot rest until it has completed the task for which it was created.\n\nIt is up to you to uncover the secret of the lost city, and add the final chapter to a story started in the violence of the Third Age.","difficulty":"Intermediate","kills":"None","name":"The Golem/Quick guide","start":"Talk to the [[clay golem]] in the ruins of [[Uzer]], east of the [[Shantay Pass]] in the [[Kharidian Desert]].","length":"Short","items":"* [[Vial]]\n* [[Pestle and mortar]]\n* [[Papyrus]] (can be bought from [[Ali Morrisane]] for 10gp)\n* 4 [[soft clay]] (or a [[bracelet of clay]] and a [[pickaxe]] to mine north-west of the ruins)\n* [[Phoenix feather]] (can be obtained north-west of the ruins)\n* Means to enter the desert (such as the [[Shantay pass (item)|Shantay pass]], [[Desert amulet 2]], [[Teleport tablets]] or [[Teleport scrolls|scrolls]], [[Fairy rings]] or the [[Pharaoh's sceptre]])"}

Walkthrough

Starting the quest

• Travel to Uzer in the far east of the Kharidian Desert (north-east of fairy ring DLQ).
• Pick up and read the Letter west of the broken clay golem
• Talk to the golem. ( 1)…

  1	Shall I try to repair you?

• Use four soft clay on the golem. If you chose to bring a pickaxe and a bracelet of clay, clay rocks can be found to the north-west, near the shore. The phoenix can be found there as well.
  • Optional: Mine 5 clay for easy Desert diary, and steal the Desert Phoenix's feather while nearby.
• Talk to the golem again. ( 1)…

  1	How do I open the portal?

The statuette

• Pick a black mushroom near the stairs east of the golem before heading down (or downstairs at your right).
  • Use the black mushroom on the pestle and mortar to get black dye. You can do this later if you don't have your pestle and mortar.
  • Note: Take an extra black mushroom if you plan on completing Shadow of the Storm soon afterwards.
• Climb down the stairs in the ruins.
• Take the strange implement from the north-western room.
  • Note: Keep the strange implement if you plan on completing Shadow of the Storm soon afterwards.
• Head to the most north-eastern part of the Digsite, near the large buried skeleton, and talk to Elissa. ( 3)…

  3	I found a letter in the desert with your name on.

  (make sure to read the letter if no 3rd option is seen)
• Head to the Exam Centre just south of the Digsite.
• Search the bookcase in the south-east corner and read Varmen's notes.
  • Note: If you have not repaired the golem up to this point, or read Varmen's Notes the curator will not speak to you about the quest.
• Talk to Curator Haig Halen in the Varrock Museum about the statuette. ( 3•1)…

  3	I'm looking for a statuette recovered from the city of Uzer.
  1	I want to open a portal to the lair of an elder-demon.

  (( 4•1)…

  4
  1

  if Bone Voyage is started)
• Pickpocket him for the display cabinet key.
• Head upstairs, and open the second-most western case in the northern-most row. You will get a statuette.

The portal

• Return to the Kharidian Desert (fairy ring DLQ), or teleport to Eagle's Eyrie with Necklace of passage.
• If you still need the Phoenix feather, run north to the clay rocks east of River Elid and pickpocket it from the Phoenix.
• Return to the ruins of Uzer where you started the quest and again go down the stairs.
• In the centre of the room will be four alcoves. Place the statuette in the empty one.
• Turn the statues until they all point north.
• Go north, through the double doors.
• Optional: Use your chisel and hammer on the throne for 2 sapphires, emeralds, and rubies.
• Otherwise, immediately go back through the south portal.

The golem

• Go back upstairs and talk to the golem.
• With an empty vial in your inventory, grind the black mushroom using a Pestle and mortar.
• Use the phoenix feather on the black dye to make a phoenix quill pen.
• Talk to the golem
• Use the phoenix quill pen on a piece of papyrus to get the golem program.
• Use the strange implement on the golem then quickly use the newly acquired golem program on the golem.

Quest complete!

Rewards

• 1 Quest point
• 1,000 Thieving experience
• 1,000 Crafting experience
• 2 cut rubies, emeralds, and sapphires (collect these by using a chisel and hammer on the throne)
• Unlock the carpet ride from Shantay Pass to Uzer

Required for completing

• Shadow of the Storm