The Golem/Quick guide

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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. Use dlq via a fairy ring and run North East
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	Medium
Requirements	20 Crafting (unknown) 25 Thieving (boostable)
Items required	A vial A pestle and mortar Papyrus (can be bought from Ali Morrisane for 10gp after a small talking sequence and agreeing to meet his cousin, Ali can be found east of gem trader in Al Kharid) 4 soft clay (or a bracelet of clay and a pickaxe. Note: Jugs or buckets of water evaporate in the desert heat so bring more than 4 if using those.) 2 Shantay passes to enter the desert (can be bought at the desert entrance), or other means of entering the desert such as the Pollnivneach house teleport, Fairy ring teleports, or the Pharaoh's sceptre teleports. Phoenix feather (can be obtained during quest when mining your own clay) A strange implement (obtained during quest)
Recommended	Protective clothing for the desert heat (Desert boots, Desert robe, Desert shirt) Waterskins (about 3 full should do) Some energy potions Lumbridge teleports, Amulet of glory or Ring of dueling to teleport to Al Kharid Digsite pendant/Digsite teleport/Gnome glider 2 Varrock teleports Dramen or Lunar staff Necklace of passage for Eagles' Eyrie teleport A hammer and chisel to remove gems from throne
Enemies to defeat	None

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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
• 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).
  • Note: Take an extra black mushroom if you plan on completing Shadow of the Storm soon afterwards.
• Climb down the stairs in the ruins.
  • Use (Don't eat!) the black mushroom on the pestle and mortar to get black mushroom ink. You can do this later if you don't have your pestle and mortar.
• 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 north-eastern part of the Digsite 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 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 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. (don't eat it!).
• Use the phoenix feather on the black mushroom ink 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
• Black Mushroom Ink (Made during Quest, used to paint desert clothing black for Shadow of the Storm)

Required for completing

• Shadow of the Storm