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. Catspeak amulet Kitten, cat, overgrown cat, hellcat, wily cat, or lazy cat Ghostspeak amulet Earmuffs Face mask Rope (if you haven't completed Dealing with Scabaras and have at least 40 Agility)
Recommended	Ranged/Magic equipment and food Multiple waterskins (or an enchanted water tiara) 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
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

• Speak to Sumona in Pollnivneach. ( ✓)…

  ✓	[Accept Quest]

• Equip your catspeak amulet and then attempt to enter the well to the south. NOTE: You will be unable to open the sealed tomb door later in the quest if you do not speak to the cat with the catspeak amulet equipped.

Finding the tomb

• Travel to the desert swamp, south of the agility pyramid. Refer to the picture on the right for help.
• Make your way to the north-west part of the swamp, climb over the pillar and go up the stairs.

Optional: Go west, climb over a small rock wall, and use your rope on a piece of rock jutting out over the edge, this will give you quicker access in the future.

• Walk north of the archaeologists through the opening in the cliffs (you can refill your waterskin(s) at the spring before you proceed).
• Click to search the sealed door of the western cliffs and enter the dungeon.

Inside the tomb

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

• Drop your cat, search the hole on the west wall. Your cat will enter.
• Once inside there are 3 skeletons to the south that will attack, they can be defeated with spells or ranged abilities. Next, break down the broken door (You will need to turn auto-retaliate off by right-clicking the icon just to the left of the adrenaline bar).
• Once you have broken down the door, step through it, but do not run any further - there are traps!
• Searching the wall (not the odd markings) temporarily disables the traps.
• Once you have passed two sets of traps, open the door at the end of the hall and enter the room.
• Kill the zombies and skeletons, then wait about 10–20 seconds.
• Kill the level 77 Mummy Warrior and take his Ranged Path key.
• Use the key on the door to the east then pull the lever on the northern wall.
• Go back to the starting room (traps on this side are now permanently disabled).
• Repeat the previous steps on the eastern half of the tomb (after returning to the main room run straight through to the eastern door and enter).
• 3 skeletons will begin attacking you, continue north.
• Enter through the door and kill the zombies and skeletons, then wait about 10–20 seconds.
• Kill the level 77 Mummy Warrior and take his Magic Path key.
• Use the key on the door to the west then pull the lever on the northern most wall.
• Once both levers have been pulled return to the starting room and run north, all traps have been disabled (search the sticks and pass two times to reach Catolax).
• Equip your Ghostspeak amulet and talk to Catolax.
• Use your earmuffs on your facemask.

The final fight

• Return to Pollnivneach and equip your masked earmuffs and combat gear, then enter the well in the centre of the town.
• Head north, kill a Mighty banshee for a Banshee voice (you might need to kill multiple).
• Run north and use the Banshee voice on the largest (and northern most) red barrier.
• After the cutscene, attack the Banshee Mistress, she is weak to bolts but most attack styles work.
  • Enable the Protect from Missiles prayer before she gets to 50% health.
• Finish the fight and watch the cutscene.
• If you haven't already, pick up your cat then return to Pollnivneach. Talk to Sumona.
• Quest complete!

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 Desert Slayer Dungeon and Tomb of Catolax
• 5,000 experience
• Access to the Desert Slayer Dungeon miniquest
• 2 Treasure Hunter keys and 2 Hearts of Ice
  

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
• Do No Evil

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

• 'Phite Club
• Our Man in the North