The Tourist Trap/Quick guide (2024)

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Details[edit | edit source]

Start pointThe Tourist Trap/Quick guide (2) Speak to Irena by the Shantay Pass, south of Al Kharid. Show on map
Official difficultyIntermediate
Official lengthMedium
DescriptionSouth of Al Kharid a new desert pass has opened up, leading to the dangers of the Kharid desert.Equip your desert garb and make sure your waterskin is full before heading off into the trackless dunes in search of desert adventure.
Requirements
  • 10 Fletching (boostable)
  • 20 Smithing (boostable)
  • The ability to defeat a level 47 enemy
Items required

Note that all of the required items can be bought from Shantay at the Shantay Pass.

  • Full Desert clothing (shirt, robe and boots required). You will lose them. (Black desert robes, Black desert robe, and Black desert shirt does not work)
  • A hammer
  • 1 Bronze bar (recommended to bring at least 2 additional bars, 24-96% chance to succeed based on Smithing level)
  • 10 feathers (recommended to bring 30-50 feathers, 24-99% chance to succeed based on Fletching level)
  • Means to enter the desert. (Such as the Shantay pass, Desert amulet 2, Teleport tablet or scrolls, Fairy rings or the Pharaoh's sceptre)
Recommended
  • 20 Combat level
  • Inventory space to unequip all combat items at the start of the quest. This is required after the Mercenary Captain's death.
  • 1-2 full waterskins and a knife or slash weapon to refill them by cutting cacti. (They can also be refilled from the bowl of water at the desert camp)
  • Plenty of Stamina or energy potions.
  • Choosing the incorrect dialogue or getting caught in the mines during the quest will require:
    • 100 Coins to bribe the mine cart driver
    • Pickaxe if caught in the mine to mine 15 rocks to get out
Enemies to defeat
  • Mercenary Captain (level 47)
Ironman concerns

You need to unequip your armour and weapons, and require two empty slots in addition to that. Failing dialogue will require 15 empty inventory spaces.

Walkthrough[edit | edit source]

Getting started[edit | edit source]

  • Begin the quest by talking to Irena, located just south of Shantay Pass (fairy ring BIQ, then run north-east). (The Tourist Trap/Quick guide (7) 11211)

Getting into the camp[edit | edit source]

Recommended: Food and combat equipment.

  • Go to the Desert Mining Camp entrance (south of Irena).
  • Talk to the Mercenary Captain. (The Tourist Trap/Quick guide (8) 12221)
  • He will attack you. Kill him and get the key of the gate. (All damage can be dealt via recoil)

Warning: You will be arrested if you skip the dialogue and attack him, or sent into the desert without waterskins during which time heat damage can be queued instantly killing players with low health.

Note: A dwarf multicannon can be set up west of the gate and the mercenary captain can be lured to the edge of his roaming area where the cannon will be able to hit him.

  • Unequip any weapons AND armour and enter the gate.

Note: Graceful outfit does not get you jailed as long as its not worn in place of the desert clothing.

Warning: You will be jailed if you equip armour or weapons or unequip your slave clothing while inside the camp! Guards are also occasionally aggressive toward the player, so low-levels should be careful.

Getting into the mine[edit | edit source]

  • Talk to the Male slave on the east wall (not the south-east wall) when a guard is not nearby. (The Tourist Trap/Quick guide (9) 1211111) If you've already talked to him. (The Tourist Trap/Quick guide (10) 11) If they spot you attempting to break the slave's cuffs you will be sent to the jail. To escape the jail you must bend the bars on the window, climb out, then climb over the rock wall and cliff. Then enter through the gate again.
  • Equip the slave's clothes
  • Enter the mine to the north

Warning: There are aggressive NPCs in this mine be careful if you are low level

  • Follow the path until you reach a guarded cave entrance.
  • Talk to one of the guards until he mentions a Tenti pineapple. (The Tourist Trap/Quick guide (11) 222)
  • Run back to the surface, unequip ALL pieces of your slave robes and leave the desert camp through the front gate, or return to fairy ring BIQ.

Warning: You will be jailed if you don't unequip your slave robes before leaving the camp through the front gate OR if you exit the mine through the doors with them unequipped!

The plans[edit | edit source]

  • Talk to Al Shabim in the south tent in the Bedabin Camp (directly west of the Desert Mining Camp). You will be given a Bedabin key. (The Tourist Trap/Quick guide (12) 11)
  • Go back to the Desert Mining Camp. (Make sure to put on your slave outfit (and unequip anything else) before entering the gate. If you inadvertently dropped your slave outfit, you can get another one from a slave by repeating the earlier trade with the desert clothing.)
  • Go up the ladder in the jail building and search the southernmost bookcase on the western wall. A message should pop up stating "You notice several books on the subject of sailing."
  • In the same room, talk to Captain Siad. (The Tourist Trap/Quick guide (13) 1531)
  • Open the chest to obtain the technical plans. (Make sure you click continue, so the plans go to your inventory)
  • Go back to the Bedabin Camp and show Al Shabim the plans. (The Tourist Trap/Quick guide (14) 11)
  • Use the anvil in the northern tent. Following the plans, create a prototype dart.
    • Use a bronze bar to create a prototype dart tip.
    • Use 10 feathers on the tip to create the dart.
  • Take the dart to Al Shabim, who will in return give you the Tenti pineapple.

Finding Ana[edit | edit source]

  • Equip your Slave outfit and head back to the guards in the mine with your pineapple and give it to one of them.
  • Go through the cave entrance and head east until you're beside the mine cart.
  • Right-click search the nearby barrels to get a barrel. (The Tourist Trap/Quick guide (15) 1)
  • Get into the mine cart by right-click searching it. (The Tourist Trap/Quick guide (16) 1) (If you fail to start the cutscene redo this step)

Warning: Do not talk to Ana, she will alert the guards.

  • Take the west-north-west path and use a barrel on Ana (blonde hair at the end of the second north-western path).

Warning: Do not try to teleport with Ana in your inventory, the barrel will drop first.

Saving Ana[edit | edit source]

  • Head back to the mine cart. Put Ana in the mine cart, then take the cart yourself. (The Tourist Trap/Quick guide (17) 1)
  • Search nearby barrels to find Ana.
  • Put Ana on the winch bucket (north-west area of room).
  • Don't raise the guard's suspicions when he offers help. (The Tourist Trap/Quick guide (18) 11)

Warning: Do not remove clothes to go to jail. If you do, you will have to mine 15 rocks to get out.

  • Head back to the surface.
  • Operate the winch (south-west in the camp), then search the barrel west of the winch to find Ana. (Do not go through the gate)
  • Put Ana on the wooden cart at the centre of the Camp.
  • Talk to the mine cart driver. (The Tourist Trap/Quick guide (19) 22133312)
  • Get on the cart by searching it. (The Tourist Trap/Quick guide (20) 1)
  • Head back to Irena for your reward.
  • Congratulations, quest complete!

Rewards[edit | edit source]

  • 2 Quest points
  • 4,650 Experience in your choice of two skills (you may pick same skill twice): Agility, Fletching, Smithing, or Thieving.
  • The ability to smith darts.
  • 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

Required for completing[edit | edit source]

  • Desert Treasure I

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The Tourist Trap

NPCs
  • Irena
  • Al Shabim
  • Captain Siad
  • Ana
  • Mine cart driver
  • Male slave
  • Female slave
  • Escaping slave
Enemies
  • Guard
  • Mercenary Captain
  • Mercenary
  • Rowdy slave
Items
  • Rock
  • Tenti pineapple
  • Technical plans
  • Prototype dart tip
  • Prototype dart
  • Barrel
  • Ana in a barrel
Slave robes
  • Shirt
  • Robe
  • Boots
Keys
  • Cell door
  • Metal
  • Bedabin
  • Wrought iron
Locations
  • Desert Mining Camp
  • Bedabin Camp
Related

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The Tourist Trap/Quick guide (2024)

FAQs

How to get key from Tourist Trap? ›

The metal key is gained during the Tourist Trap quest. It is obtained by killing the Mercenary Captain outside the gate during the quest. It allows access to the main gate of the Desert Mining Camp. This key can be placed on the Steel key ring.

How do you start a Tourist Trap? ›

Getting started

Talk to Irena just outside the Shantay Pass. Ask her about her daughter until you offer to find her. After starting, unequip all of your metal armour, and put on your desert clothing. Since you're in the hot part of the desert, your character will grow thirsty and take a drink of water as time passes.

Where is Ana OSRs? ›

Ana
LocationDesert Mining Camp
GenderFemale
OptionsTalk-to
ExamineShe looks like a tourist.
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What is the key for the chest in the tourist trap? ›

A key to the chest in Captain Siad's room (Used in the Tourist Trap quest). The Bedabin key is a key used during the Tourist Trap quest to open a chest in Captain Siad's room. It can be obtained from the Bedabin Camp north-west of Pollnivneach.

How to get battered key RS3? ›

The battered key is a quest item used in Elemental Workshop I. It is made by using a knife on a battered book. Additionally, it can be found by searching the bookcase where the battered book was originally found, only after creating a slashed book for the first time.

How does the tourist start? ›

Series 1. An Irishman wakes up with amnesia in an Australian hospital. Seeking answers, he encounters a local woman who remembers him and volunteers to help him rediscover his identity. What few clues he can find hint that he has a dark past from which he must escape before it catches up with him.

What is a tourist trap example? ›

Examples of tourist trap in a Sentence

The street market is a tourist trap that mostly sells cheap souvenirs. That hotel is just a tourist trap.

How do I get more tourists? ›

One of the most effective ways to attract tourists is by promoting local attractions and experiences. Whether it's historical sites, natural beauty, cultural experiences, or entertainment venues, these are the main attractions that draw tourists.

How to get metal key back in OSRs? ›

If lost, another key can be retrieved by killing the Mercenary Captain (located outside the camp). Alternatively, if the quest is completed, another key can be obtained by searching one of the tables in the building located in the north part of the mining camp.

How to get steel key ring osrs? ›

It is given to players by the Guildmaster of the Champions' Guild during the Dragon Slayer I quest. (Should players lose it before completing the quest, they may return to the Guildmaster to claim another.) Can also be bought at the Legends' Guild. Provides access to the Desert Mining Camp.

Where to get new key osrs? ›

The new key is obtained during the Mourning's End Part II quest by talking to Essyllt in the basem*nt of the Mourner Headquarters in West Ardougne.

How to get into the Desert Mining Camp on Runescape? ›

A gate and troop of mercenaries bar the entrance to the camp. To enter, you need to have the metal key, which is obtained in Tourist Trap by fighting the Mercenary Captain.

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