Hard Desert achievements

For an overview of all Desert achievements, see Desert achievements.

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Hard Desert
Release date								2 November 2020 (Update)
Type								Subcategory
Parent								Area Tasks
Achievements total								14
RuneScore total								210
Advanced data
ID								4773
Links								Achievement subcategories

Hard Desert is an achievements subcategory of the Area Tasks category. Prior to the release of this subcategory the achievements were part of the former Desert subcategory within the Exploration category.

Requirements

Hard achievement complete!

Requirements

Skill requirements are not boostable unless marked with a [B] for boostable. 70 Magic 67 Hunter 70 Fishing 50 Runecrafting 52 Fletching 58 Cooking 65 Slayer 55 Farming 70 Thieving 75 Dungeoneering A Tail of Two Cats Back to the Freezer Contact! Deadliest Catch Dealing with Scabaras Desert Treasure Dream Mentor Do No Evil Enakhra's Lament Gower Quest Smoking Kills 450 kills in the Dominion Tower

Items required

Items from the tool belt are not listed unless they do not work or are not automatically added. 1 astral rune, 1 fire rune, 2 death runes, and 7 water runes Dreadnips (450 kills in dominion tower) Face mask or full slayer helmet 2 empty waterskins Cactus seed Onion Bowl Light source Bucket of water Tomato Pot of flour Raw ugthanki meat Enchanted water tiara Either unfinished broad bolts and feathers or broad arrowheads, arrow shafts, and feathers (300 slayer points) Cramulet (including Monkeyspeak amulet, Ghostspeak amulet, Catspeak amulet, Cabbagespeak amulet, and Camulet) Keris dagger Any kind of staff or wand

List of achievements

There are 14 achievements in this group.

#	Name	Members	Description	Requirements	Notes
9	1001 Kharidian Spikes	Yes	Harvest spines from a cactus you grew yourself in Al Kharid.	55 Farming	Harvest spines from a self-grown cactus, which can be planted in the cactus patch in north-eastern Al Kharid using a cactus seed. Het's Oasis cactus patch does not count for this achievement. For six cadava berries, the player can have the nearby farmer, Ayesha, protect it from disease. A Supreme growth potion (leafy) can be used to expedite the process.	15
6	Drafty in Here	Yes	Kill a dust devil in the Smoke Dungeon.	65 Slayer Smoking kills	Kill a Dust devil in the Smoke Dungeon. It is recommended to wear a face mask, a slayer helmet, or a full slayer helmet to prevent them from lowering stats and dealing rapid damage to the player.	15
7	Enaqua	Yes	Fill a waterskin from the fountain in Enakhra's Temple.	Enakhra's Lament	Fill a waterskin from the fountain inside of the Enakhra's Temple. Use the lodestone to Bandit Camp. Run south west around the edge of the rock formation to find the entrance to Enakhra's Temple. There will be a square opening in the ground and to the east of it is the option to 'Climb-down Secret entrance'. Climb down the ladder and make your way to the middle room. Go up the ladder. The fountain is to the west.	15
10	Ice-Cold Killer	Yes	Freeze an enemy in the desert with Ice Burst.	70 Magic Desert Treasure	Cast the Ice Burst spell on an enemy in the Desert.	15
11	Ludikeris	Yes	Kill a scarab mage, locust rider or kalphite with the Keris dagger.	Contact!	Kill a scarab mage, locust rider or kalphite with the Keris dagger. Killing the scarab mage or locust rider in the Giant scarab fight in the Dominion Tower or killing scarabites in Ullek swamp will not count for the achievement.	15
3	More Fletcher than Sumona	Yes	Fletch some broad bolts or arrows in Sumona's house.	52 Fletching Smoking kills	Fletch some broad bolts or arrows in Sumona's house. To fletch broad bolts or arrows the ability to do so must first be bought for 300 slayer points, from any slayer master. 15 broad arrowheads and headless arrows are needed for the arrows or 10 unfinished broad bolts and feathers.	15
5	Nipped in the Bug	Yes	Use a dreadnip on the Kalphite Queen.	450 kills in the Dominion Tower	Use a dreadnip on the Kalphite Queen. Using it on the Exiled Kalphite Queen will not work. It is not necessary to kill the Kalphite Queen.	15
14	Open Sesame	No	Enter the Al Kharid Resource Dungeon.	75 Dungeoneering	Enter the Al Kharid Resource Dungeon, which is located in the mining site north of Al Kharid.	15
8	Say It, Don't Spray It	Yes	Hear one of Al the Camel's poems using a fully featured cramulet.	Enakhra's Lament Do No Evil A Tail of Two Cats Gower Quest Back to the Freezer	Listen to one of Al the Camel's poems using a cramulet. The cramulet must contain the ghostspeak amulet, monkeyspeak amulet, catspeak amulet (e), camulet, cabbagespeak amulet, and crocspeak amulet. The player can listen to Al the Camel's poems by selecting the second chat option: 'say something unpleasant', then choosing the 'this is just to say' option.	15
12	Security through Obscurity	Yes	Use the deposit chest near the Bedabin Camp.	Deadliest Catch	Use the deposit chest near the Bedabin Camp. It is not required to bank an item.	15
1	Skinful	Yes	Use Humidify to fill a waterskin while standing in the desert.	68 Magic Dream Mentor	Fill a waterskin with the use of the Humidify spell, while standing in the Desert.	15
4	Ug Thankee Kindly	Yes	Make an ugthanki kebab from raw ingredients in Nardah.	58 Cooking Spirits of the Elid	Make an ugthanki kebab from raw ingredients in Nardah, which can be bought from the Grand Exchange. To make ugthanki kebab the player will need the following ingredients: an onion, a tomato, an empty bowl, raw ugthanki meat, a pot of flour, and a bucket of water. All of the raw ingredients can be bought on the Grand Exchange.	15
13	Wake-Up Call	Yes	Open the sarcophagus in the level 61 room of Pyramid Plunder.	61 Thieving	Open the sarcophagus in the level 61 Thieving or fifth room of Pyramid Plunder.	15
2	Water on the Brain	Yes	Equip a charged enchanted water tiara while in the desert.	50 Magic 50 Runecrafting [B] Dealing with Scabaras	Equip a charged enchanted water tiara while in the desert. The enchanted tiara can be made by using 3 water runes on a water tiara for each charge.	15

Rewards

Hard achievement set complete!

Speak to Hakeem the Mayor, who is located in his house in Pollnivneach, to claim the rewards for the hard achievement set:

• An antique lamp granting 20,000 experience (in the skill of choice of level 60 or higher)
• 10–4,096 coins per achievement
• Desert amulet 3, which, in addition to Desert amulet 2's bonuses, grants the following bonuses:

Reward	When worn	When operated	At all times
Desert amulet 1	Successfully cutting a Kharidian cactus gives 2 units of water		Mage Training Arena prices are lowered by 2% Sparkly dung kalphites drop double loot A bag of lost items can be claimed once per day from any rug merchant
Desert amulet 2	Reduced failure rate at the Agility Pyramid	Unlimited teleports to Nardah Convert 50 soda ash to molten glass per day, while in the desert	A second teak tree appears near Uzer Mage Training Arena discount increased to 5% Goats have a chance to drop noted desert goat horns 20 potato cactus can be claimed once per day from the Weird Old Man (worth 32,080) The Sceptre of the gods now has a charge cap of 20 charges.
Desert amulet 3	Keris has improved passive effects against Kalphites and Scabarites: Hit chance bonus increased to 25% from 15% Chance of triple damage increased to 5% from 2.5%	100 soda ash can be converted per day	Mage Training Arena discount increased to 10% 30 potato cactus can be claimed once per day from the Weird Old Man (worth 48,120) The Al Kharid, Menaphos, and Het's Oasis cactus patches are now disease-free and always give double cactus spines and potato cacti when harvested Double charges provided when recharging pharaoh's sceptres and the sceptre of the gods Reduced chance of mummies and scarab swarms spawning in Pyramid Plunder The Sceptre of the gods now has a charge cap of 60 charges.
Desert amulet 4	Ability to reroll the Dominion Tower's reward chest 20% chance to create a 4-dose super antifire instead of 3-dose, while in the desert	150 soda ash can be converted per day Unlimited teleport to the Ruins of Uzer	Two phoenix feathers plucked at once from the Desert Phoenix The Clay golem will enhance the ancient staff, making it a tier 75 weapon with a prayer bonus Access to the Sophanem red sandstone mine, providing an additional 25 red sandstone per day Aligra Nite in the Quarry will buy granite for 20% of the Grand Exchange value 40 potato cactus can be claimed once per day from the Weird Old Man (worth 64,160) Pyramid tops will now sell for 10,000 at Simon Templeton The ability to see Mune in the Kharidian desert on Mondays and sometimes on Saturdays and/or Sundays if all Desert achievements have been completed and all the rewards have been claimed

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included—see here for how to help out!

• update 7 November 2022 (Update):
  • Automatically picking phoenix feathers from the Desert Phoenix will no longer require the completion of Hard Desert achievements.

• update 2 November 2020 (Update):
  • Added to game.