Quick guide for Smoking Kills

This quest has an in-depth guide here. It contains a more detailed description of dialogue, cutscenes, and storyline.

Overview

Start point	Talk to Sumona in Pollnivneach
Member requirement	Members only
Official difficulty	Intermediate
Official length	Short
Requirements	Skill requirements are not boostable unless marked with a [B] for boostable. Quests: Smoking Kills Icthlarin's Little Helper Diamond in the Rough Stolen Hearts Gertrude's Cat The Restless Ghost 35 Slayer 25 Crafting Recommended: 60+ Combat 40+ Prayer
Items required	Items from the tool belt are not listed unless they do not work or are not automatically added. Ranged/Magic weapon or spells (must kill skeletons without melee) Catspeak amulet Kitten, cat, overgrown cat, hellcat, wily cat, or lazy cat Ghostspeak amulet Earmuffs Face mask
Recommended	Ranged/Magic equipment and food Waterskins or an enchanted water tiara to survive the desert heat. Completing the Crocodile Tears quest grants immunity against desert heat. Player-owned house in Pollnivneach, Pollnivneach Teleport scroll or a few coins for Magic carpet rides Ring of slaying (for teleportation to Pollnivneach) Super energy potions Rope (if you haven't completed Dealing with Scabaras and have at least 40 Agility)
Enemies to defeat	Several zombies and skeletons 2x Mummy warrior (level 77) Mighty banshee (level 91) Banshee mistress (level 93)

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Starting out

Items needed: Catspeak amulet

• Teleport to Al Kharid and run south past Shantay's Pass.
• Ride to Pollnivneach using the magic carpet network.
• Speak to Sumona in Pollnivneach ( ✓)…

  ✓	[Accept Quest]

  (without a cat pet out).
• Equip your catspeak amulet.
• Run south to the well in the town centre.
• Attempt to climb down the well.
• Speak to the cat, finish all prompts.
  • If you do not wear a catspeak amulet or skip the conversation, you will be unable to open the sealed tomb door later in the quest.

Finding the tomb

Items needed: Bring all items needed for the next section
Items recommended: rope, waterskins, food for lower-level players

• Use the magic carpet network to get to Sophanem, and then run south-east to the swamp.
• Enter the swamp using the entrance at the south end of the swamp, by the seashore.
• Make your way to the north-west part of the swamp, "climb fallen pillar", and go up the stairs.
  • Optional: Go west, "climb low wall", use your rope "rock", jutting out over the edge - this will give you quicker access in the future.
• Walk north past the Archaeologist's fire, through the opening between the cliffs.
• Search the western wall for a sealed door to enter the dungeon.

Inside the tomb

Note: leaving the tomb or logging out may revert some of your progress in this section.

Items needed: Cat of any sort, catspeak amulet, ghostspeak amulet, combat gear (ranged or magic recommended), earmuffs, facemask
Items recommended: food for lower-level players

• Drop your cat, search the western "holey wall". Agree, and your cat will enter, opening the wall.
• Go west, kill the 3 skeletons to the south with spells or ranged abilities.
  • Alternately, you can ignore them.
• Destroy the broken door until you can walk through it.
• Search the west wall (not the odd markings on the east wall) twice to temporarily disable and pass two traps.
• Enter the door to the north.
• Kill the zombies and skeletons.
• After about 10-20 seconds, a level 77 mummy warrior will spawn. Kill it and take the Ranged path key.
• Use the key on the door to the east, pull the lever on the northern wall.
• Return to the starting room (traps on this side are now permanently disabled) to repeat steps on the other side.
• Run east, kill the 3 skeletons to the south with spells or ranged abilities (or ignore them).
• Destroy the broken door
• Search the east wall (not odd markings on the west wall) twice to disable and pass two traps.
• Enter the door to the north.
• Kill the zombies and skeletons.
• After about 10-20 seconds, a level 77 mummy warrior will spawn. Kill it and take the Magic path key.
• Use the key on the door to the west, pull the lever on the northern wall.
• Return to the starting room (traps on this side are now permanently disabled).
• Walk north, all traps have been disabled and can be ignored.
• Equip your Ghostspeak amulet and talk to Catolax.
• Use your Earmuffs on your Face mask to create Masked earmuffs.

The final fight

Items needed: Masked earmuffs, combat gear, food

• Return to Pollnivneach.
• Equip your masked earmuffs and combat gear.
• Enter the well in the town centre.
• Head north, kill mighty banshees until you get a Banshee voice (you might need to kill multiple).
  • Area loot will not pick up the banshee voice.
• Run all the way north to the large red barrier and enter it.
• After the cutscene, attack the Banshee Mistress. She is weak to bolts so using range is recommended if you're lower levelled.
  • Enable the Protect from Missiles prayer after she gets to 50% health.
• Finish the fight and watch the cutscene.
• Return to Pollnivneach (you can climb out of the well).
• Pick up your cat if you have not already done so.
• Talk to Sumona again to complete the quest.

Rewards

• 1 quest point
• New Slayer Master in Pollnivneach
• Ability to earn the full amount of slayer points that can be exchanged for slayer rewards
• Ability to construct slayer items
• Access to the Pollnivneach Slayer Dungeon and Tomb of Catolax
• 5,000 experience
• Access to the Desert Slayer Dungeon miniquest
• 2 Treasure Hunter keys (Ironman accounts will not receive these)
  

Music unlocked

• Cool for Ali Cats (When approaching the well in Pollnivneach)
• Under the Sand (After entering the sealed door in the desert tombs)
• Desert Smoke (When descending into Pollnivneach well)
• Slain to Waste (Facing the Banshee Mistress)

Required for completing

Smoking Kills is directly required for the following quests/miniquests:

• Desert Slayer Dungeon (miniquest)
• Do No Evil

It is therefore an indirect requirement for the following quests and miniquests:

• 'Phite Club
• Our Man in the North