The Tourist Trap

Rewards 2 quest points, The ability to smith dart tips and Full slave robes.

MembersIntermediateMedium2 quest points

Before you start

Intermediate · medium · 2 quest points

2 things to clear first, and it needs membership. Work through the list below before you travel.

Starting out: Talk to Irena by the Shantay Pass, south of Al Kharid.

There is no written introduction to this one yet. The walkthrough, requirements, items and rewards below are complete.

1
Go through the Shantay Pass south of Al Kharid and speak to Irena. Her daughter Ana is missing.
2
Follow the footprints south to the mercenaries at the west gate of the Desert Mining Camp and talk to the captain. A fight starts straight after the dialogue.

1
Before entering the camp, unequip everything except desert clothing. Ammunition is allowed.
Carrying weapons or armour gets you jailed. Escaping means bending the window bars, climbing out, then rocks, cliff and rocks again — and you may lose your waterskins.
2
Hopping worlds the instant the gates open is the alternative if you would rather not strip down.
3
Inside the mine, keep the slave robes equipped at all times. Being seen without them means mining 15 rocks to get free.

1
At the winch area doors, ask a guard to mine somewhere new. He wants a tenti pineapple.
2
Al Shabim, in the southern circular tent of the Bedabin Camp, trades it for weapon plans and gives you a key.
3
Back at the camp with no armour or weapons, climb the ladder in the northern building to Captain Siad. Search the south-west bookcase to learn he sails, then work the conversation round to it.
4
Make the plans yourself: a bronze bar on an anvil with a hammer, and feathers for the flights.
- Hammer
Bring spare bronze bars and plenty of feathers. Both steps can fail depending on your Smithing and Fletching.

1
Give the pineapple to the guard, then head east in the winch area to a mine cart and take a barrel from beside it.
2
Ride the cart across — failing costs 1 to 4 damage — and find Ana at the end of the north-west path. Use the barrel on her.
3
Send Ana in a barrel down the track on the cart, then follow in the cart yourself and search an empty barrel on the far side to get her back.
4
Do not leave the mine yet. Use Ana in a barrel on the north-west winch bucket and accept the guard's help.
When he suspects Ana said something, tell him you were calling him gregarious. If the guards are alerted, log out and back in and try again.

4,650 Experience in your choice of two skills (you may pick same skill twice): Agility, Fletching, Smithing, or Thieving.
The ability to smith dart tips.
The wrought iron key - allows access to a special door inside the Desert Mining Camp, which has several higher tier ores inside, including mithril ore and adamantite ore.
Full slave robes
6 bronze darts
The ability to hire Ex-Captain Siad as a crewmate with .

Completing The Tourist Trap is a prerequisite for the following.

Unlocks the Ancient Magicks spellbook, including Ice Barrage — the most important Magic unlock in the game.

Skills

Desert shirt, robe, and boots (black versions do not work)
A hammer
One bronze bar (recommended to bring at least 2 additional bars, 24-96% chance to succeed based on Smithing level)
Ten feathers (30-50+ recommended at lower Fletching levels)
Means to enter the desert, such as the Shantay pass, desert amulet 2, teleport tablets or scrolls, fairy rings or the pharaoh's sceptre

4 items

Combat equipment to defeat a level 47 Mercenary Captain, and the inventory space to unequip it immediately afterwards
1-2 full waterskins and a knife or slash weapon to refill them by cutting cacti
Stamina or energy potions
Pickaxe if caught in the mine to mine 15 rocks to get out

Not required to finish the quest — these are what make it go smoothly.