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The Muspah's True Form

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{{QG|The Tale of the Muspah}}

== Walkthrough ==
{{Quest details
|released = [[21 April]] [[2009]].
|update = Tale of the Muspah
|start = Talk to [[Erjolf]], who can be found north-east of [[Rellekka]], at a cave entrance halfway up the snow-covered mountain path
|wdifficulty=2
|difficulty = Novice
|length = Medium
|members = Yes
|requirements =
*Level 6 {{Skill clickpic|Firemaking}}
*Level 8 {{Skill clickpic|Mining}}
*Level 10 {{Skill clickpic|Magic}}
*Level 10 {{Skill clickpic|Woodcutting}}
|items=
*5 [[Coins]] (for [[Shantay Pass]])
*[[Knife]]
*[[Tinderbox]]
*[[Spade]] (The knife, tinderbox, and spade can be obtained from Erjolf during the quest.)
*8 [[Water rune]]s
*8 [[Cosmic rune]]s. (Eight [[Enchant Level 1 Jewellery]] magic tablets can be used.)(Note: You do not need to be on the regular spellbook for this quest.)
*8 (or 4, You can pick up the sapphires that you used on the awakening) [[Sapphire]]s (pre-cut, or mine up to 8 during the quest and cut them) (You will lose them at the end of the quest)
*[[Hatchet]]
*[[Pickaxe]]
*[[Chisel]] (required to cut sapphires if not bringing pre-cut sapphires)
*[[Dwarven army axe]] (optional, to replace the hatchet, pickaxe, chisel and tinderbox)

'''Recommended Items:'''
*[[Quest kits|Quest kit]] (contains several required items in a single inventory slot)
*To avoid dehydration in the desert south of Shantay Pass, at least one of:
:*400 coins for [[Magic carpet]] rides to and from [[Pollnivneach]] (200 coins each way) (a quest and a [[Ring of charos]] can reduce this to 75 gp each way)
:*[[Desert clothing]] (can be bought at Shantay Pass)
:*[[Waterskin]]s (can be bought at Shantay Pass) or [[Enchanted water tiara]]
:*[[Food]]
*each of these will lighten the load for longer runs:
:*[[Boots of lightness]]
:*[[Spotted cape]] or a [[Spottier cape]]
:*[[Penance gloves]]
:* the [[Explorer's ring]] and/or [[Energy potion]]s to recharge your run
*Teleport [[runes]] (although teleport tabs are provided they are not the most direct so you might want to save them for later)
*[[Dramen staff]] or [[Lunar staff]] can be used for quick access to the quest start via the [[fairy rings]]. (Fairy ring code D-K-S) '''(The staff is NOT required if you have completed Fairy Tale 3)'''
*[[Amulet of glory]] or [[Ring of duelling]]
*[[Enchanted lyre]] for quick access to [[Rellekka]]
to get to the desert you can use one of these
*[[Slayer ring]] (quick teleport to the desert)
* [[Broomstick]] (must be enchanted to teleport to the [[Sorceress's Garden]])
* A [[Ring of Kinship]] can also be used to teleport to Daemonheim (from there a boat can be taken to Al-Kharid)
* An [[Amulet of Glory]] can be used to teleport to Al Kharid
* A modified house tab can bring you to Pollnivneach (after Love Story quest)
}}

==Getting Started==
*Talk to [[Erjolf]] on the mountain Northeast of [[Rellekka]].
*Follow him into the cave.
*Click on the rock near him to cross the river.
*Enter the Cave.
*Talk to Erjolf.
*Ask him about his progress and offer to help.

==Rafts of Fire==
*Take some [[Driftwood]] and use a [[Knife]] on it.
*The cave is navigable by jumping on the flat rocks. Use a spade on a mound of snow by each cave water exit to block the east, west, and south streams. Use the spade again to unblock the streams. The lit rafts will melt the icicles when pushed near them.
**Below is a table to help complete the room.
{|class="wikitable"
!Side of frozen armour to melt
!Blocked streams
!Unblocked streams
!Notes
!Image
|-
|'''East side'''
|West and East
|South
|You have to set 5 rafts quickly alight '''from the northern stream''' of the cave, a few paces west of the northern flat rock. Light them on a spot that, when they float south, they end up across the east side of the frozen armour and are blocked from leaving the cave by a rock. Make sure the south stream is unblocked and the west/east streams are blocked.
|[[File:East raft.png|250px|The Eastern side of the mound being melted.]]
|-
|'''North side'''
|West and East
|South
|You have to set 3 rafts alight '''from the northwest edge''' of the cave. Light them on 3 spots that, when they float south, they end up on the north side of the frozen armour. Make sure the south stream is unblocked and the west/east streams are blocked.
|[[File:North raft.png|250px|The Northern side of the mound being melted.]]
|-
|'''South side'''
|East and South
|West
|You have to set 4 rafts quickly alight '''from the southeast edge''' of the cave. Light them on a spot that, when they float west, they end up across the south side of the frozen armour. Make sure to unblock the west stream. Block east and south streams.
|[[File:South raft.png|250px|The Southern side of the mound being melted.]]
|-
|'''West side'''
|West and South
|East
|You have to set 2 rafts alight '''from the western edges''' of the cave. Light them on 2 spots that, when they float east, they end up on the west side of the frozen armour. Make sure the east stream is unblocked and the west and south streams are blocked.
|[[File:West raft.png|250px|The Western side of the mound being melted.]]
|}
*Talk to Erjolf.

==The Monster in Ice==
*Exit the cave and go North.
*Climb the stairs and go North until the [[Natural historian (Trollweiss)|Natural historian]] is seen. Talk to him.
*Describe the monster by saying the following:
:1)It's yellow.
:2)It has four arms.
:3)It has no legs, like a snail.
:4)It has spikes, which run down its spine.
:5)It has a spiky tail, with vicious spines.
:6)It has pincers, like a crab.
[[File:Sand Pile Location.png|thumb|right|Location of the sand pile.]]
*Go North of [[Pollnivneach]] to a sand pile.
*Dig the sand pile.
*After [[Ali the Wise]] speaks, talk to him again and ask about the [[Muspah]].

==The Muspah's True Form==
*Head back to the muspah cave.
*Mine all the sapphire rocks in cave if you haven't already done so.
*Cross the raft bridge and right-click the ice block and click "bore sapphires" then enchant the sapphires.
*Talk to the Muspah.

==Hibernating==
*Talk to Erjolf just outside the chamber.
*Go to the Northwestern side of the [[Rellekka Hunter area]].
*Click on the log and make a canoe.
*Travel on the canoe.
*Go South and talk to [[Jhallan]].
*Go to the south-east path behind him and follow that to the end. Go West at the three-way then at the T-junction, go South.
*At the end of the path, talk to Jhallan.
*Bore the sapphires around him and enchant them.

==Finishing Up==
*Exit the cave and take the canoe back.
*Talk to Erjolf.
*Quest complete!
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