The Altar
by Evin290
To begin this quest, speak to The Zamorak Mage in Varrock
Skill Requirements:
- 75 Runecrafting
- 70 Magic
- 50 Mining
- 50 Smithing
- 50 Crafting
- 46 Thieving
- 51 Herblore
- 50 Slayer
Quest Requirements:
- Rune Mysteries
- Lost City
- Lunar
Diplomacy
- Troll Stronghold
- Mourning’s
End Part 2
- Zamorak Mage Mini-Quest
- Elemental Workshop I
- Garden
of Tranquility
Item Requirements:
- Giant
Pouch
- Ring
of Charos (a)
- Swamp
Paste
- Holy Symbol
- Unholy Symbol
-Completed Unholy Book (Z)
OR
-Incomplete Unholy Book (Z) and
25 Bones and 5 Skulls
OR
-1,000 Chaos Runes and a Chaos
Talisman and 25 Bones and 5 Skulls
Other Suggestions:
- Horror From the Deep (If
you chose Zamorak)
Zamorak Mage: [you]! You’ve been using Abyssal Space, no?
[you]: Yes.
Zamorak Mage: How would you like to let in on a little secret?
[you]: Sure!
Zamorak Mage: The other followers of Zamorak and I have been working on a new type
of Rune Essence. And since you helped us so much in finding the Essence in the
first place, we thought you could help with this…
[you]: Definitely!
Zamorak Mage: Good. This new Essence is even more pure than Pure Essence. You see,
the reason we need it so much is because we’ve discovered an entirely new Rune
Altar, which we’ve accessed through Abyssal Space. Unfortunately, even Pure
Essence isn’t refined enough to craft runes there. We’ve no idea what sort of
magic spells can be cast with these new runes. We’re hoping they’re so powerful,
we can cause so much chaos that Zamorak will surely rise to power in Geilinor
again! MWAHAHAHA!
[you]: Right… I think I’ll be leaving now…
Zamorak Mage: No! Wait!! If you help us, you’ll be rewarded handsomely.
[you:] Handsomely, you say? Wait, what makes you think you need my help?
Zamorak Mage: You’re less conspicuous. If we Zamorak Mages go poking about in this
stuff, the followers of Saradomin will surely notice. And unfortunately, they’re
slightly more powerful than we are, as of late. But with this new magic we can
surely usher in a new era of Zamorak! Besides, do you want Saradominists to
have the upper hand? Aren’t you adventurer types fans of equality?
[you]: Well sure, but –
Zamorak Mage: NO BUTS! Will you help or not?
[you]: Sure. What do I need to do?
Zamorak Mage: First, you need to create a new type of pickaxe –
[you]: CREATE a pickaxe!?! No Way! That would ruin the delicate RuneScape
economy! JaGeX certainly wouldn’t allow that!
Zamorak Mage: Don’t worry… This pickaxe can only be used to mine Ultra-Pure
Essence.
[you]: I guess that’s okay…
Zamorak Mage: Of course it is! Anyway, my undercover associates in Seers’ Village
have uncovered a secret Smithing factory of sorts that was once called the
Elemental Workshop. Even a great adventurer such as yourself has probably
never even heard of an operation so clandestine as this particular workshop.
[you]: No, actually, I’ve been there.
Zamorak Mage: You mean you know how to smith elemental armour?!
[you]: I dabble.
Zamorak Mage: You are eerily perfect for this job of mine… You aren’t by chance a
SARADOMINIST SPY, are you?!
[you]: Certainly not!
Zamorak Mage: It certainly would explain why you’ve been so eager to help me all
along… How can I test your commitment to Zamorak?
There are three ways to test your commitment to Zamorak. The two simplest ones require
you to have completed Horror From the Deep and that you chose Zamorak. Here they
are in order from simplest to most complicated:
ask you to bring him 5 skulls and 25 bones. Head to the edge of the Wilderness and
bring 5 of those skulls to him. Also bring him 25 of any type of bone. He will burn the
5 skulls and 25 bones and give you a Zamorak Blessing. For your next hour of gameplay,
you will be skulled and your strength level will be raised by 5 and your defence level will
be lowered by 5.
in this case). He will then ask you for a lit torch. He will heat up the talisman and brand you
with it, which drains your prayer – it cannot be replenished at an altar or with prayer potions.
It will recharge slowly over time. He will then ask you to bring him 5 skulls and 25 bones.
Head to the edge of the Wilderness and bring 5 of those skulls to him. Also bring him 25 of
any type of bone. He will burn the 5 skulls and 25 bones and give you a Zamorak Blessing.
For your next hour of gameplay, you will be skulled and your strength level will be raised by
5 and your defence level will be lowered by 5.
Zamorak Mage: I see that you are truly committed to Zamorak and our cause.
[you]: (if you used the first method) I was committed to Zamorak all along. Looking into
my eyes should have been enough for you to see the chaos that dwells within me!
I’m sure it will be well worth my wait for His chaos to reign.
[you]: (if you used the second method) I was always committed to Zamorak. I hope my
skeletal offerings pleased Him. I’m sure it will be well worth my trouble.
[you]: (if you used the third method) I don’t see why I had to go through all that trouble
for you to believe me… Those chaos runes cost a lot of gp… I just hope it will be worth it.
Zamorak Mage: Yes, of course it will be worth it. Now back to the topic at hand. You
need to go to the elemental workshop and make an elemental pickaxe. Take this pickaxe handle.
And don’t try to make any other type of pickaxe. The handle is
magically programmed to explode and deal massive damage if touched by any
handle other than an elemental one.
[you]: Good. It would be just awful if the price of rune pickaxes dropped drastically,
sending the whole of RuneScape into an economic oblivion the likes of which
Geilinor has never seen since the time of the God Wars!
Zamorak Mage: Now that you mention it, that kind of chaos would be good for my lord
Zamorak. But I’ll save that project for another day. You – go to the Workshop.
[you] go to the Elemental Workshop and make an Elemental Pickaxe. You return to the Zamorak Mage
and show him your handiwork
Zamorak Mage: Splendid job! Now you need to travel to Rune Essence Mine and mine
12 samples of Ultra-Pure Essence with your new pickaxe. But you most certainly
need a way to conceal the Ultra-Pure Essence so that the mage who teleports you
doesn’t see that you have it. Aha! You can use a giant pouch from Abyssal Space.
[you]: Can’t I use more than one of the smaller pouches?
Zamorak Mage: Most certainly not! The Ultra-Pure Essence must be kept in extremely
close proximity to its own kind. Otherwise it might degrade into regular Pure Essence.
[you]: I see.
[you] go and mine the 12 Ultra-Pure Essences and put them in the Giant Pouch, and return to the Zamorak Mage.
Zamorak Mage: You’re doing a great service to his Master of Chaos!
[you]: Yep. Sure did.
Zamorak Mage: Now what I need you to do is go to the twelve altars of Runecrafting and
I need to you craft one Ultra-Pure Rune of each type. One Air, one Mind, one
Water, one Earth, one Fire, one Body, one Cosmic, one Chaos, one Astral, one
Nature, one Law, one Death.
[you]: Why don’t we just take the Essence to the new Altar and make runes?
Zamorak Mage: We need to make a Talisman for the new Altar first.
[you]: Made out of other runes?
Zamorak Mage: Yes
[you]: Alright, I’ll get those for you then.
[you] collect the runes. Be careful not to have all 12 of your Essences out when you go to
craft them at the altar. Make sure only one is in your inventory and the rest are in your
pouch so that you don’t accidentally create more than one Ultra-Pure Rune of the same
type.]
Zamorak Mage: Super! Now grind them up with a chisel.
[you]: GRIND THEM UP!?!?!
Zamorak Mage: Yes.
[you]: But I just worked so hard to make these!
Zamorak Mage: Pardon my French, but “c’est la vie…”
[you]: Okay…
[you] ground them up with a chisel.
[you]: Here they are!
Zamorak Mage: Good. Now, we need to find out how to make the talisman.
[you]: You mean you don’t know?!
Zamorak Mage: Not exactly, no.
[you]: Then how did you know to GRIND UP THE RUNES!?
Zamorak Mage: I knew that much. You need to find the following three wizards:
Sedridor, Distentor, and Cromperty. They each know part of what it takes to
make a talisman.
[you]: How, pray tell, will I get them to divulge this secret way to create talismans?
Zamorak Mage: With an Elixir of Charos , of course.
[you]: And how, might I ask, does one MAKE an Elixir of Charos?!
Zamorak Mage: I wouldn’t know! Ask a werewolf!!
[you]: A werewolf?!
Zamorak Mage: Yes, I know all about the Ring of Charos and how it makes werewolves
think you’re one of them and how it has the power of persuasion.
[you]: How do you know all of that?!
Zamorak Mage: The Old Man in Draynor is a close friend of mine. Go find a werewolf!
[you] should now head to the Werewolf Agility Course, located southeast of Canifis. Pick
the lock to get in. Speak to Murxyth, a werewolf standing outside of the entrance and ask
him about Elixir of Charos. Tell him that the Zamorak Mage sent you, and he’ll tell you how
to make it. You need Avantoe and Nettles (with a Vial of Water). You also need to wield an
activated Ring of Charos while mixing the Serum. You’ll need three of them. When you use
one on Sedridor, he will tell you that you’ll need an Elemental Disk, made from the dust of
Air, Water, Earth and Fire runes. When you use one on Distentor, he will tell you that
you’ll need a Wing of Worlds, made from the dust of Cosmic, Astral, Nature and Law
runes. When you use one on Comperty, he will tell you
that you’ll need a Wing of Life,
made from the dust of Mind, Body, Blood and Soul runes Bring this information to the
Zamorak Mage.
Zamorak Mage: That leaves the Glue of Power, made from Swamp Paste and the dust
of Death and Chaos runes! Perfect! Making one out of Ultra-Pure Runes will surely
create a talisman powerful enough to house the ability to craft runes from our new altar.
[you]: Surely… Now how do I make these parts?
Zamorak Mage: Mix the ingredients and heat them up to very high temperatures. Don’t
use a furnace or a range or a fire, though. Those environments are simply too uncontrollable…
[you]: But Comperty said I need Blood and Soul runes to make the Wing of Life… I
can’t craft these runes, let alone craft them out of your Ultra-Pure Essence.
Zamorak Mage: Oh, crud! I just knew something like this would happen… Why do these
things always happen to ME?!
[you]: Snap out of it!
Zamorak Mage: That’s it!
[you]: What’s it?
Zamorak Mage: I need to “snap out of it.” Of course…
[you]: You know you’re not making any sense, right?
Zamorak Mage: We need to coax the power that’s already within the runes to make them
Ultra-Pure.
[you]: YOU MEAN I COULD HAVE DONE THAT WITH ALL OF THE OTHER
RUNES?!
Zamorak Mage: Of course not, [you]. Only Blood and Soul Runes are powerful enough.
[you]: And how am I supposed to coax their true power out?
Zamorak Mage: Don’t ask me… You just need to find someone with unlimited chaotic
power.
[you]: Like Zamorak?
Zamorak Mage: BRILLIANT! Why didn’t I think of that before?
[you]: I can think of a few reasons.
Zamorak Mage: Go to the chaos altar through the abyss and place a blood and soul rune
on it. Then you need to make an offering to Zamorak.
[you]: What kind of offering?
Zamorak Mage: Well you need some evil blood, and a soul in torment.
[you]: Oh. How do I get that?
Zamorak Mage: I wouldn’t know. Ask someone skilled in slaying evil creatures.
[you] go see Chaeldar or Duradel and ask how to obtain what the Zamorak Mage asked for.
They will tell you to slay a Bloodveld while wearing a Holy Symbol to get the evil blood and to
slay a Tortured Soul while wearing an Unholy Symbol. After doing so, follow the Zamorak
Mage’s instructions and offer them to Zamorak at the Chaos Altar after having accessed it via
the Abyss. Then return to the Zamorak Mage.
[you]: Okay, I have all of the ingredients to make the Talisman. What do I do now?
Zamorak Mage: Like I said before, mix the ingredients and heat them up to very high
temperatures. You can’t use a furnace or a range or a fire because you need to
have utmost control.
[you] mix the ingredients and cast Superheat Item on them. Then put the parts together
with the Glue. You now have an Ultra-Pure Talisman. You show the talisman to
the Zamorak Mage.
Zamorak Mage: Wonderful! Now it just needs to be charged and we can see what these
new runes do for our fight! Go to the Abyss and talk to the Dark Mage. He’ll tell
you were the rift to the new altar is.
[you] go to the Abyss and speak with the Dark Mage. Follow his instructions to the new rift. Use the
talisman with the Altar of Life and it becomes a Talisman of Life. Return to the Zamorak Mage in
Varrock for your reward. He is fairly miffed that the new Runes are ‘Life Runes.’
Zamorak Mage: Giving Life isn’t chaotic at all! We’ll never have the upper hand! Here’s
a reward anyway!
Rewards:
-25,000
Runecrafting Experience
-10,000
Magic Experience
-4,000
Thieving Experience
-5 Quest
Points
-Talisman
of Life
-Ability to Create Life Runes (can
only be crafted with Ultra-Pure Essence)
at the Life
Altar (only accessible through Abyssal Space)
-Ability
to Use new Life Spells
-Ability
to Make Elemental Pickaxes
-Ability
to Mine Ultra-Pure Essence, which no longer needs a giant pouch
-Ability
to Make Ultra-Pure Runes, which can be traded in for twice as many
regular runes with the Zamorak Mage.
-Ability to Make Elixir of Charos
-Ability
to Create Talismans (using regular, not ultra-pure runes and
blessing them
at the altar of your choice. Only one uncharged
talisman can be in your
inventory at a time.)
-Ability
to make more Talismans or Tiaras of Life
70 Repair Pouch Fixes degraded pouches 5 Air, 1 Life
72 Heal Caster heals 10 damage 3 Air, 2 Water, 2 Life
75 Protect Your stats can’t be lowered, except HP, for 30 seconds 2 Air, 1 Earth, 1 Life
76 Reflect The next spell cast on you is reflected to the caster 3 Air, 1 Fire, 1 Life
79 Range Shell Range attacks don’t damage the caster for 15 seconds 5 Air, 1 Water, 1 Life
81 Barrier No damage is dealt to you for 5 seconds 10 Air, 2 Life
82 Magic Shell Magic attacks don’t damage the caster for 15 seconds 5 Air, 2 Earth, 1 Life
84 *Return Teleports to Lumbridge if HP goes below 10 1 Death, 1 Life
86 Melee Shell Melee attacks don’t damage the caster for 15 seconds 5 Air, 3 Fire, 1 Life
87 Prayer Regenerate Prayer Regenerates itself slowly until it has increased by 5 3 Blood, 2 Life
91 Blockade No damage is dealt to you for 10 seconds 15 Air, 3 Life
96 Secure Restores HP by 20, if it goes below 10 1 Soul, 1 Life
97 Fortification No damage is dealt to you for 15 seconds 20 Air, 4 Life
99 **Sudden Death Your
opponent’s HP goes to 1 1 Death, 1 Blood, 1 Soul, 1
Life
*This will only occur if health drops below 10
within 1 minute of the spell being cast.
**Sudden Death does not counteract the effects of the enemy’s Life Spells.
