Desert Diary
Requirements for each tier. The first list is what the tier's own tasks need; the second includes lower tiers and anything you must make along the way.
Easy
Skills for this tier
21Thieving
5Hunter
Including lower tiers and item making
Quests
None
- Started Icthlarin's Little Helper
Notable rewards
- Desert amulet 1: No benefits aside from cosmetic purposes
- Antique lamp worth 2,500 experience in any skill of at least level 30
- Pharaoh's sceptre will now hold up to 10 charges, up from 3
- Goat horns from goats are now noted
- Simon Templeton now also buys artefacts in noted form
Medium
Skills for this tier
36Herblore
35Woodcutting
30Agility
22Slayer
20Construction
Including lower tiers and item making
43Prayer
37Ranged
37Mining
Quests
- Started Icthlarin's Little Helper
Notable rewards
- Desert amulet 2: One daily teleport to Nardah
- Antique lamp worth 7,500 experience in any skill of at least level 40
- Pharaoh's sceptre will now hold up to 25 charges, up from 10
Hard
Skills for this tier
68Magic
68Smithing
60Firemaking
55Crafting
50Attack
10Defence
Including lower tiers and item making
Quests
- Defeat the Kalphite Queen
Notable rewards
- Desert amulet 3: No new benefits
- Antique lamp worth 15,000 experience in any skill of at least level 50
- Pharaoh's sceptre will now hold up to 50 charges, up from 25
- Free carpet rides throughout the Kharidian Desert, down from a fee of 75-200 coins per ride
- Ropes are now permanently secured once placed at the Kalphite Lair entrance and Queen's Lair
- Roughly 14% increased experience and 25% more marks of grace from the Pollnivneach Rooftop Course
- Camulet can now be rubbed to teleport to the entrance of Enakhra's Temple, aside from the inner sanctuary of…
- Zahur now also cleans grimy herbs in noted form, and offers her potion-making services
Elite
Skills for this tier
95Fletching
85Cooking
Including lower tiers and item making
Quests
- Defeat the Kalphite Queen and obtain her (tattered) head
- Open the Grand Gold Chest in the final room of Pyramid Plunder
Notable rewards
- Desert amulet 4: Unlimited teleports to Nardah, closer to the Elidinis…; Unlimited teleports to the entrance…
- Antique lamp worth 50,000 experience in any skill of at least level 70
- Pharaoh's sceptre will now hold up to 100 charges, up from 50
- Free passage through Shantay Pass and the similar pass at Ruins of Unkah, down from a fee of 5 coins
- Access to the crevice shortcut in the Kalphite Lair (with 86 Agility)
Check your progress
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