Nomad's Requiem/Quick guide

This is the quick guide for the quest Nomad's Requiem; for the more in-depth version click here.

Walkthrough

Start point:	Speak to Zimberfizz at Soul Wars.
Members only:	Yes
Official difficulty:	Grandmaster
Description:	None
Length:	Medium
Requirements:	Quests: King's Ransom Camelot training room File:Activity icon.png Soul Wars tutorial, and completed one game. 75 Magic 70 Prayer 66 Mining 65 Hunter 60 Construction Temporary boosts do not work for any skill requirement. Must have fully completed the Soul Wars tutorial. Must have completed at least one game of Soul Wars (win, lose or draw). Recommended: 76 Constitution or the ability to frequently boost your life points. (To survive Nomad's 750 damage attack, which is sometimes unavoidable) Having very high (85+) stats in all combat disciplines, unless you're particularly good at combat. Use high defence armour when fighting Nomad.
Items required:	A pickaxe (may be obtained during the quest) Runes for several Fire waves (7 fire, 5 air, and 1 blood per cast) Good armour Good food Optional: Many Saradomin brews One third of the brews of Super restore potions Or many Rocktails Store/heal summoning pouches Proselyte armour (full, for prayer bonus) Ruby bolts (e) (for the Decaying avatar and Nomad) Dwarf multicannon with about 300 cannonballs (for the decaying avatar) Amulet of glory (Charged) Beast of Burden Spirit Kyatt with 100 Ambush scrolls NOTE: An amount of Ascendancy mines from the Dominion Tower can hurt Nomad for 2000 life points of damage. As such, if one has the time and has tried to battle him before but failed, it may be worth bringing some of them. Beware though as they do not appear at your gravestone at death. But since you respawn next to your gravestone, it is advised to make them one of the three kept items.
Enemies to defeat:	Decaying avatar (Level 525) Nomad (Level 699)

Getting Started

• Talk to Zimberfizz in the Soul Wars lobby.
• Inspect Nomad's tent.
• Climb down the trap door.

The Hidden Temple

• Talk to Nomad.
• Go up the ladder.
• Talk to Zimberfizz.

Disabling the Power

Doorway One

Water

One possible combination. (Click to enlarge)

• Head to the Southwest room.
• Go up the ladder in the Southeast corner and pull both levers.
• Go up the ladder in the Northeast corner and push both pillars over the drains.
• Go back down and make sure that water is flowing to the Southern channel. If it is not, operate the levers until it is.
• The water flow must be directed, using the symbols on the top of the pillars to determine flow direction.
• Complete the puzzle.

Elementals

Recommended spots to drop the fuel. (Click to enlarge)

• Head to the second floor of the water rooms.
• Mine the rubble in the East channel and pull the South lever.
• Head to the Southeast room.
  • Note: There should be a waterfall. If water is only dripping, the levers were not operated properly.
• Take some Elemental fuel out of the fuel hopper.
• Lure an Elemental creature out of the device and into the waterfall by placing the food.
• Do the above step a total of three times.

Doorway Two

Vines

• Head back to the arcane door and go in.
• Go to a door in the West wall.
• Go West until the first room is found.
• Try to attack the roots.
• Go West, following the vines.
• Destroy four of the individual roots and head back to the power room.
• Kill the Decaying avatar.
  • Strategies can be found here.

Smoke

Note: Runes for Fire Wave are needed for this section and Prayer boosting gear is strongly recommended.

• Head back to the arcane door.
• Go through a door in the East wall.
• Talk to the Dying knight.
• Turn on Piety (optional to avoid damage and stat reduction) and enter the East room.
• Take the five stone slabs from around the room and use them to build a bridge across the central pool.
• Cross the bridge and use fire wave on the explosive barrels.
• Return to the arcane doorway.

Nomad

• Make any necessary preparations to fight Nomad and enter the doorway.
• Kill Nomad.
  • Strategies can be found here.

Finishing Up

• Talk to Zimberfizz.
• Quest complete!