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{{Infobox Quest
| name = As a First Resort...
| image = [[File:As a First Resort.jpg]]
| aka =
| release = [[29 January]] [[2008]]
| update = As a First Resort...
| members = Yes
| series = Ogre
| difficulty = Experienced
| length = Long
| number = 130
| developer = Ingrid J
}}
'''As a First Resort...''' is an experienced quest where you agree to aid the ogresses of [[Oo'glog]] in expanding their hot springs into a proper resort. The quest was acclaimed amongst players as it unlocks the Oo'glog spa, where pools can improve performance by restoring prayer points above the capacity, give unlimited run energy for a period of time, etc.

== Official description ==
{{cquote2|After discovering the beneficial properties of some of the natural springs of the area, an enterprising human has convinced a primitive tribe of ogresses to transform their rustic encampment into a medicinal spa of sorts.

Before Oo'glog can open for business, though, the area must be prepared, a pest problem needs to be sorted and the ogres really ought to be reminded that bashing people with big clubs isn't a traditional health treatment.|[[Game Guide]]}}

==Development team==
*'''Developer:''' Ingrid J
*'''Graphics:''' Paul B
*'''[[Quality Assurance]]:''' Adam D
*'''[[QuestHelp]]:''' Gillan M
*'''Audio:''' Adam B, Dan A

== Walkthrough ==
{{Quest details
|released = [[29 January]] [[2008]]
|update = As a First Resort...
|start = Speak to [[Chief Tess]] in the centre of [[Oo'glog]]
|wdifficulty = 2
|difficulty = Experienced
|length = Long (60-90 min)
|members = Yes
|requirements =
{{Questreq|As a First Resort...}}
{{Skillreq|Hunter|48}} (Boosts are allowed)
{{Skillreq|Firemaking|51}}
{{Skillreq|Woodcutting|58}} (Boosts '''not''' allowed)
|items =
*[[Hatchet]]
*[[Box trap]]
*[[Bird snare]]
*[[Teasing stick]] (Unless you are buying the 8 [[larupia furs]] from the grand exchange)
'''Available just outside Oo'glog:'''
*8 [[achey tree logs]]
*At least 15 [[eucalyptus logs]] (If you don't make any mistakes in the logic section, 26 is enough)
*Four [[spears]] of the same type ([[Bone spear|bone]] and poisoned do not work; [[iron spear]]s are dropped by level 86, and 69 [[Ogress]]es to the west of [[Oo'glog]])
*2 [[raw chompy]] (available to be caught in the ogre chompy hunting area; if hunting, remember to bring a [[comp ogre bow|ogre comp]] or a plain [[ogre bow]], [[ogre arrows]] and [[ogre bellows]])
*8 [[stripy feathers]] (available from the [[tropical wagtails]] in the hunting area to the north of [[Oo'glog]])
*4 [[wolf bones]] (available from killing the level 64 [[wolves]] outside [[Oo'glog]])
*8 [[larupia furs]] (tatty or perfect, available from pit-fall hunting [[Larupia]] in the hunting area to the north of [[Oo'glog]])
*At least ten each of the following, suggested around 15 or so of each:
**[[Fever grass]]
**[[Lavender]]
**[[Primweed]]
**[[Stinkbloom]]
**[[Tansymum]]
*Some [[logs]] of any kind for traps
'''Recommended transport:'''
*Runes to teleport to [[Mobilising Armies]], (or [[Ring of Duelling]]) which is a short run from [[Oo'glog]]
*[[Fairy ring]] AKS is just north of [[Oo'glog]]
*[[Spirit Tree]] at [[Mobilising Armies]]
|kills= None
}}

[[File:oo'glog.png|center|A map of Oo'glog with positions of notable features]]

'''''The fastest way of reaching Oo'glog is by using the [[Mobilising Armies Teleport]], after which you can walk east to enter the city.'''''

===Bossy Human Lady===
Travel to [[Oo'glog]], directly south of [[Yanille]], and speak to [[Chief Tess]]. She tells you that she cannot open her business for customers until the "bossy lady" at the bank in Oo'glog allows her to do so. Offer to help, and the chief asks you to speak with [[Balnea]], the "human lady" in the ogre village's bank. Balnea has promised the ogres 'shiny pretties' in exchange for letting her set up her spa in the city.

Enter the bank, across the path from the chief's hut, and talk to Balnea. After a long dialogue filled with business-talk, Balnea asks you to help turn Oo'glog into a health spa.

Agree, and she sends you first to help the village's chef set up a spit and cooking fire. After agreeing to help Balnea, you can use the bank.

===Catering To Their Needs===
[[File:Resort Cook.png|thumb|Chargurr with her finished concessionary services.]]
'''''Items needed:''' 10 [[eucalyptus logs]], 8 [[achey log]]s, 4 [[spear]]s, 2 [[raw chompy|raw chompies]], and a [[tinderbox]].''

Speak to the ogre cook, [[Chargurr]], just north of the bank. She tells you she needs a big fire with lots of [[logs]] to cook chompy. Agree to get the logs for her. Give Chargurr eight [[achey logs]] and ten [[eucalyptus logs]]. Lay the logs in the pit to setup an unlit stove.

Speak with Chargurr again and she tells you that she wants big, long spears to cook chompies on. Give her four [[spear]]s to be used as spits. If you forgot to get the spears, the level-86 [[ogress]]es wielding spears, just outside the west entrance to the village, drop them.

Talk to Chargurr, and tell her you would like to give her the four spears. You hang them in the trees, over the logs. Again, speak with Chargurr, who now needs 2 chompy birds. Fetch her the raw chompy birds and stick them onto the spears. Talk to her again, and now she instructs you to light the fire. Use a [[tinderbox]] on the stove to light it. Speak to Chargurr one last time to finish the first task and setup catering services for the resort.

===Relax, There Are No Bedbugs Here===
[[File:Resort Snurgh.png|thumb|Snurgh with the "comfsy pillows for little, softy human heads."]]
'''''Items needed:''' 8 [[stripey feather|stripy feathers]] or a [[Bird snare]]''

Speak to Balnea in the bank. She asks you to help [[Snurgh]], the hotel manager in the building in the south-east corner of the village.

Speak to Snurgh, who informs you that the pillows in the hotel are made of raw meat, the softest thing that she could find. Advice her to use feathers instead of the meat. She agrees and asks you to get her some stripy feathers. Give her eight [[stripy feather]]s from [[Tropical Wagtail]]s so that she can make the pillows.

Return to Balnea for the next task.

===Solidifying Kringk's Assets===
[[File:Resort Goblin.gif|thumb|Kringk's first customer; a [[goblin]].]]
'''''Items needed:''' 8 [[larupia fur]]s (tatty or regular), 4 [[wolf bones]] (If you need to trap the larupias, bring a [[teasing stick]], [[knife]], and [[hatchet]].)''

Have another jargon-laced conversation with [[Balnea]]. She says your next task is to help [[Kringk]] in the hair salon just east of the bank. She asks how can she do hair with no tools. Tell her you will help. Take four [[wolf bones]] and eight [[larupia fur]]s to Kringk. Talk to her again, and give her the four "wolfsie bones" and eight "Lup-Lup furses" to complete this task.

===Pushing The Envelope===
'''''Items needed:''' 16 [[Eucalyptus log]], 7 each of the five types of herb - this is the maximum number you may need if you follow the method below; a few more of everything only if you make mistakes.''

Speak to Balnea a fourth time. She wants you to help [[Seegud]], who is in the hut north-east of the bank.

Talk to [[Seegud]]. She tells you she needs to clear [[flying bugs]] from the five [[spa]] pools by lighting fires in the fire pits next to each pool. For each type of bug, you need to burn eucalyptus logs and a specific plant to keep the swarm away. Seegud has placed stones beside each fire pit to help her remember what to burn.

{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 300px;" class="wikitable"
| style="text-align: center;"|'''Rock type'''
| style="text-align: center;" colspan="2" rowspan="1"|'''Corresponding plant'''
|-
|Long brown
|[[File:Eucalyptus logs.png]]
|[[Eucalyptus log]]
|-
|Green gumdrop
|[[File:Fever grass.png]]
|[[Fever grass]]
|-
|Red sphere
|[[File:Primweed.png]]
|[[Primweed]]
|-
|Yellow egg-shaped
|[[File:Tansymum.png]]
|[[Tansymum]]
|-
|Orange squarish
|[[File:Stinkbloom.png]]
|[[Stinkbloom]]
|-
|Purple tall
|[[File:Lavender.png]]
|[[Lavender]]
|}

You will need to collect the plants from outside of Oo'glog, if you haven't done so already, and combine them with eucalyptus logs to light the fires. Go north-west from Seegud, and examine the pile of stones between the salt-water spring and the fire pit. In your chat window, you see a description of the stones.

Place the logs and the plants that match the stones in the fire pit, and light them with a tinderbox. You quickly notice something is not right: the bugs are still hovering over the pool and a mischievous ogre child is laughing. Return to Seegud, and speak with her. She says the ogre children must have mixed up the stones. You now need to discover which plants the mixed-up stones represent.

Talk with [[Snarrl]], an ogre child just north-west of Seegud and by the salt-water spring. She recommends you start with the thermal bath. Head north-east of Seegud to the thermal bath.

[[File:Resort Spa.gif|right|frame|A player jumping in a spa.]]
Which stones match which plants is different for each player. Discover their new relationships through a process of elimination. Grab a pencil and paper, and as you learn which stone represents which plant, write the match down so you do not have to figure it out again.

*Examine the pile of stones next to the thermal bath. Place the logs and one of the plants in the fire pit, and light them. If you get the message, "The fire has a pungent aroma, but it doesn't seem to have any effect on the insects," add more logs and a different plant to the fire pit and light them. Note that you need to use logs each time.

If you get the message, "The pungent smell makes the insects disperse", write down the stone colour that corresponds to the correct plant.

'''There is a pattern that can be used to easily find the correct combination:'''
* Start with the ''thermal bath''. Figure out which plant out of the five is required to disperse the insects. Keep track of this plant.
* Next, move to the ''mud bath''. One of the two plants '''will be''' be the same as the last pool. Keep using a second plant out of the four you have left until you get the combination correct. Keep track of the secondary new plant that was used for this pool, as it will be used for the salt-water spring.
* Move to the ''salt-water spring''. Be sure to use the secondary plant you kept track of from the last pool for the primary plant for this one. Keep trying combinations using the three herbs you have left until you get the correct one. Keep track of the new plant you just used.
* Now make your way to the ''sulphur spring''. Use the new plant you used for the salt-water spring for the primary plant for this spring. One of the two herbs you have left will be the secondary plant, so try them both. Keep track of this new plant you just used.
* Lastly, make your way to the ''Bandos pool''. There are three plants required here, but you should have worked out what all the stones mean by now (there will be one new stone, but you should only have one unused herb). Just look them up on your piece of paper and use them.

''An example combination set would be: (Notice the pattern)''
# ''Thermal bath'' - fever grass
# ''Mud bath'' - fever grass + stinkbloom
# ''Salt-water spring'' - stinkbloom + lavender
# ''Sulphur spring'' - lavender + tansymum
# ''Bandos pool'' - tansymum + ''random from the previous 3:''stinkbloom and ''last plant left:''primweed

Finally dispersing all the bugs, speak to Seegud and then return to Balnea.

===Accelerate The Action Point ===
Talk to Balnea to learn about the "one last outstanding matter." If you do not have 48 hunter, take your hunter potion now or you will not be able to continue. She asks you to trap the creatures wandering around the village. She suggests they may not be as easy to trap as you might think and recommends you talk to [[Chief Tess]] to learn how to catch the creatures.

Talk to Chief Tess. She tells you the animals in the area are clever so you have to be sneaky to catch them. You need to burn "stuffs" to lure the animals to the traps.

====Kebbit, Kebbit====
[[File:Luring diseased kebbits.png|thumb|Luring the diseased kebbits.]]
'''''Items needed:''' [[Knife]], tinderbox, [[logs]], a few [[fever grass]].''

To catch the [[diseased kebbit]]s, set [[hunter#Deadfall_Trapping|deadfall traps]] on the boulders to the east and west of the salt-water spring. Catch two from one side and two from the other, as they will not follow you very far.

Bait the trap by using [[fever grass]] on the deadfall trap. Then light another fever grass and run around to lure a kebbit to the trap. The smouldering grass turns to ashes after about 30 seconds, so have a few in your inventory before starting. The smouldering method uses the weapon slot, so remove any weapons you are wielding before starting.

Note that diseased kebbits become aggressive if you burn [[tansymum]] nearby and may transmit [[disease]] if they attack. Also, If you try to set more than one trap at once, an ogre child scolds you: "Hey, you, human! You no allowed to clutter up Oo'glog wiv traps. You only set one at a time here."

====Is It A Bird? Is It Wimpy?====
'''''Items needed:''' [[Bird trap]], [[tinderbox]], a few [[tansymum]].''

To clear Oo'glog of the [[wimpy bird]]s, set a [[bird snare]] in the area west of the bank. Light a [[tansymum]] flower using a [[tinderbox]] and run around to attract the birds to the snare. There are 5 wimpy birds. You need to catch all 5 of them.

Wimpy birds become aggressive when you burn [[fever grass]]. Burning [[lavender]] will make them peck you.
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====Home Improvement====
'''''Items needed:''' [[Box trap]], [[tinderbox]], a few [[lavender]].''
[[File:Releasing playpus.png|thumb|Releasing the platypodes into the swamp.]]

Rid Oo'glog of the [[Platypus|platypodes]] by laying a [[box trap]] and then burning [[lavender]] in the area west of Chief Tess, by the sulphur spring. Platypodes have poison spurs. Do not burn [[fever grass]] as it may cause them to attack with their "webbed feet of doom".

Once you catch one, check the shaking box to put the platypus in your inventory. After you have caught the whole family ([[Patrick]], [[Peanut]], [[Penelope]], and [[Peter]]), go to the north-east corner of the village, by the coast within Oo'glog (see the "baby platypus" part in the map above), and release the platypodes near the platypus holes. Each released platypus gives you a [[casket]] or an [[oyster]].

[[File:Varrock_Herald.png|thumb|150px|Oo'glog is open for business.]]

===Cutting The Ribbon===
Once you have caught all the creatures, return to Balnea one last time. You see a [[cutscene]] of the grand opening of the spa and the [[Wise Old Man]] taking the waters.

'''Congratulations, quest complete!'''
== Rewards ==
[[File:As a First Resort Reward.png|As a First Resort Reward|center]]
* 1 [[Quest Point]]
* 15,000 {{Skill clickpic|Firemaking}} experience
* 15,000 {{Skill clickpic|Hunter}} experience
* 15,000 {{Skill clickpic|Woodcutting}} experience
* A mixture of 4 items, either [[casket]]s or [[oyster]]s
* Access to the [[Red sandstone mine]]
* Access to [[spa]] facilities
* Access to [[Oo'glog]] hunter area
* Access to [[platypus]] summoning pet (level 10 [[Summoning]]). If you release your pet in the spot you released the others during the quest you will receive another casket or oyster
* Access to [[Fresh Meat]]
* Ability to travel to [[Oo'glog]] using the [[Charter ship]]s
* Ability to create [[Robust glass]]
* 2 extra spins on the [[Squeal of Fortune]]

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="left" widths="150">
Ribbon Cutting.png|The fairies cutting the ribbons
Flirtinoldman.png|The [[Wise Old Man]] enjoying a spa.
Oo'glog Resort.png|Oo'glog has become a bustling resort spa!
</gallery>

==Music unlocked==
[[Music]] tracks unlocked:
*[[Bish Bash Bosh]]
*[[Hot 'n' Bothered]]
*[[Shaping Up]]
*[[Spa Bizarre]]

== Trivia ==
*On the first day of release, when a player clicked to see spoilers it said: "The ogresses' customer relations has not yet incorporated this information into their incentivised pre-warning development plans. Please return when they have re-envisioned their interfacing and fed back to us."
*Balnea's name comes from the Latin word for public bath, ''balnea.''
*During the final cutscene, the [[Wise Old Man]] says "Sat Sapienti," which means "sufficient for a wise man" in Latin.
*When finished with the quest, the adventurer's log says "''Balnea’s entrepreneurial spirit turned Oo'glog into a successful holiday resort for weary adventurers, if you like mud...''"
*There is a glitch where a wimpy bird might not be attracted or repelled by any grass or flowers. If this happens, switch worlds and attempt to lure it again.
*When Balnea asks you to go to the hotel manager, she uses the word Positivewise. This is a reference to Newspeak, from the book ''1984'' by George Orwell.

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