Icthlarins Little Helper
Starting Point: Speak with the wanderer in southern al-Kharid, north of the new city.
Description: In the deep south of the desert, unrest is brewing... The cities of the Menaphites have barred their gates to all. An unsettling desert wanderer may know of a secret entrance, though, to Sophanem - the city of the dead.
But by entering will you become Icthlarin's Little Helper? Enter into a titanic struggle for the soul of the high priest of Icthlarin in a land where the cat is top dog.
Requirements:Completed Gertrude's cat, and have a cat. Also the ability to defeat a level 80 boss(it was level 91 for me(I'm level 88))
Difficulty:Medium-Hard
Items Needed:Cat, 2 buckets, knife, food(cake will do), and 1 willow logs(bring these), and amulet of Ghostspeak.
Reward:4000 thieving experience, 4500 woodcutting exp, and 4000 thieving exp. Also catspeak amulet
Ok, to start the quest talk to the wanderer with you cat behind you. Give her the tinderbox and the waterskin(it must be full). You will notice that the wanderer has red eyes(she tells you to look in them). Suddenly, you will appear in the city.
Talk to the Sphinx. Ask him everything possible(you can't talk to him without a cat).(If you can't find the sphinx, just look north part of the big pyramid.)
Touch the entrance to the pyramid(it should be close.). You will have a flashback. You will have proceed through the entire temple now, and you will encounter level 82 mummies, and level 91 scarabs(scarabs poison, so run away from them). Here are some pics of how to go through the first two traps. The rest of the pyramid is like this. When you have the option to jump the big pit, don't go further, just jump the pit. If you fail, or don't follow the directions in the second picture, you will get dealt damage, and be sent to one of two places in the pyramid.
Once you are past the pit, try to open the east door. You will be faced with a puzzle. If you click, a radius of 1 square around you will flip. The point is to get all of them to flip. Once you are done you will appear outside the temple again.
You will appear outside the pyramid again. Talk to the sphinx, and when posed with a question the answer is 9(if there are 6 brothers, 1 sister(each brother has 1 sister), and husband and wife, it ads up to 9). Talk to the high priest(just south-west of here), and he will tell you to replace the jar.
Go back into the pyramid(this time right click the door, then say open), and do everything all over again. When you try to jump the pit this time, your guy will go into another flashback. Go through the door he's(or she) facing, and try to steal all 4 jars(the jar you steal is different for each person). You will have a fight with a random person(the level of him depends on your level). The highest i've seen is level 80 something.
Now, talk to the high priest again, and he will tell you to go and talk to the carpenter and the embalmer for the ceremony. Talk to the embalmer, and he will ask for salt and sap. Talk to the carpenter, and he will ask for willow logs. Give these to him.
Now, teleport to Fallador, then head to the evergreen trees just west of barbarian village. If you don't have a knife and a bucket with you, get one, else just head to the evergreen trees and use your knife with them. You will get sap. If you don't have another bucket, get one, then go all the way back to the wanderer.
Now, go south of the wanderer, to the city gate, then head north up the path. Use your bucket with the water(there is a certain part you can use it with). Go inside the city(open the gates), and go to the mirror thing(indicated on map.). Use your saltwater on that, to get salt. Talk to the embalmer, and he will tell you that he told the high priest. Talk to the high priest, then talk to the carpenter to get a holy symbol. Go into the pyramid for one final time.
Go to the end, and when you try to go over the pit, you will be in another flashback. Go to the west room, and use the unholy symbol in your inventory with one of the sarcophagus's at the back. You will be back in normal mode again. Jump the pit, and go to the room that you just placed the unholy symbol.
Now, watch the cutscene, then when you are ready fight the final boss. He uses magic, so use protection from magic, then attack him with anything. If you are a lower level and can't use that prayer, then wear mage armour(DON'T wear rune or any normal armour). When you are done, go back out of the pyramid, and talk to the high priest to finish the quest.
If you don't understand what is happening, you can talk to your cat, and he/she will tell you. You must have amulet of catspeak equipped. Also, if something isn't working, I'm not sure if you have to do this, but talk to the ghost with the Ghostspeak amulet equipped.
CONGRATULATIONS! QUEST COMPLETE!
Quest guide written by Solinent.