Quick guide for The Void Stares Back

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

Overview

Start point	Speak to Captain Korasi at the Falador Park
Member requirement	Members only
Official difficulty	Grandmaster
Official length	Long
Requirements	Skill requirements are not boostable unless marked with a [B] for boostable. Quests: The Void Stares Back A Void Dance Quiet Before the Swarm Imp Catcher Wanted! 33 quest points Recruitment Drive The Lost Tribe Goblin Diplomacy Priest in Peril Enter the Abyss Rune Mysteries Druidic Ritual 80 Magic 78 Attack 78 Strength 71 Firemaking 70 Construction 70 Crafting 70 Smithing 55 Summoning 25 Defence None of the skills can be boosted.
Items required	Items from the tool belt are not listed unless they do not work or are not automatically added. All items can be obtained during the quest. Hard leather (obtainable during quest) Limestone brick (obtainable during quest) Logs (obtainable during quest) 8 free inventory spaces
Recommended	High level food Armour and a weapon (for killing the pests) (two different combat style weapons if not using melee, for fighting the torcher pest) Prayer potions
Enemies to defeat	Torcher (level 70) Brawler (level 70) Defiler (level 49) Shifter (level 70) Spinner (level 70) 2 Elite defilers (level 91) - suggested not to kill them, but evade them Pest Queen (level 599)

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Getting started

Items needed: 3 free inventory spaces

• Talk to Korasi in Falador Park. ( ✓)…

  ✓	[Accept Quest]

Infiltration

Items needed: 5 free inventory spaces, limestone brick, hard leather, and bugged black armour
Items recommended: Food, armour, and a melee weapon

• Go to the Black Knights' Fortress north-west of the Edgeville Monastery (with 5 free inventory spaces).
• Equip the Black armour (bugged) and enter. Commander Colby will yell at you and teleport you.
• Of note:
  • Once you finally get to the storage room, your helmet will be taken.
  • If you leave the room at any point (including disconnect), or once your helmet is taken, you will no longer be able to use the Black Knights' Fortress to return to the storage area.
  • Instead, enter Via the Black Knights' Base inside the Taverley Dungeon.
    • Inside the Black Knights' Base enter the door south from the conquest map table. (found in the middle of the floor)

Room 1

• Talk to Captain Gilroy.
• Attempt to take an item from any crate.
• After talking with Gilroy, take a block out from each of the five crates.
• Speak to Gilroy. ( 3)…

  3	I think I've got it, sir.

• Give him the blocks in the indicated order. ( 3•1•5•2•4)…

  3	actually weigh 4
  1	are of weight 2
  5	should be labeled 6
  2	really weigh 3
  4	need to be marked 5

  .
• Balance the scale on the wall to the south, arrange the weights to make 15 on each side. (Top: 3-5-3-4 and Bottom: 2-2-5-6)
• Proceed to the next room.

Room 2

• Kill the enemies in the room and pick up the security blocks that are dropped.
• Talk to Gilroy. ( 2)…

  2	What do we do now?

• Exit the room north and head north-west to a tiny forge. (icon on minimap)
• Search the crate in the south-west corner of the forge room for a limestone brick.
• Head directly east to the jail and search the crate for a piece of hard leather.
• Search a crate in the kitchen for some logs, just north of the jail.
• Return to the forge and repair it.
• Use the logs on the forge to fuel it.
• Light the forge.
• Use the broken block on the forge to repair it.
• Go back into the room with Gilroy and place the blocks in the western wall.
• Proceed to the next room.

Room 3

• Click on the control panel on the western wall. ( 2)…

  2	Search the panels for magical traps.

• Open the panel.
• Drag the tiles into the panels so that a horizontal line is going across all three panels, while filling the empty spaces. Press confirm once completed.

A possible solution

• Proceed to the next room.

A Little Game

• Reveal yourself and explain the danger to Lord Daquarius. Accept the allegiance. ( 1•3•1)…

  1	Yes, sir.
  3	Explain the danger in calm, logical terms.
  1	Okay, I'll do it.

• Talk to Korasi.
• Talk to Commodore Tyr. ( 1)…

  1	I'm ready.

• Enter the portal and watch the cutscene. ( 1)…

  1

  You bet!

• A game of modified conquest must be played and won.

• Spinners are very powerful but do not heal like in Pest Control.
• Ravagers have the movement range of Scouts and the damage rate of a Knight.
• Shifters are less of a threat than other units and can be tanked if need be.
• Torchers are similar to Mages.
• Defilers are similar to Archers.
• Splatters will explode and deal 100 life points of damage to any adjacent unit that is within 1 square.

• Win the game and proceed to the next room.

The Pest Queen

• Sacrifice either Korasi or Jessika.
• Speak to Valluta before stocking for the fight or Sir Tiffy won't teleport you back.
• Make all necessary preparations to fight the Pest Queen. Korasi's sword will be the primary weapon during the fight and its Special attacks will be used a lot.
• Kill the Pest Queen.

• Use the special attack "Disrupt" to stun the Pest Queen when she raises her head and starts shaking for several seconds.
• Kill the spawning Elite defilers to defend Void Knight archers.
• More in-depth strategies can be found here.

Finishing up

• Talk to Korasi or Jessika. Decide who to let deal with Wizard Grayzag. ( ~)…

  ~	[Any option]

• Talk to Commodore Tyr.
• Quest complete!

Rewards

• 1 quest point
• 20,000 experience
• 20,000 experience
• 20,000 experience
• 20,000 experience
• 20,000 experience
• 20,000 experience
• 2 Book of Equilibrium (can be stored in bank) - 50,000 experience each in any combat skill level 75 or higher (except Constitution)
• Korasi's sword and the ability to use Jessika's sword
• Elite void knight top. Its colour will depend on how you answered several psychological questions/decisions in the void quests. Examining it will reveal its type: white for Guardian, grey for Justiciar, and black for Executioner, and it can be changed by talking to Commander Tyr and paying 100,000 coins.
• The ability to upgrade your Void Knight armour for its elite version at the cost of 100 Void Knight commendation points.
• 2 Treasure Hunter keys (Ironman accounts will not receive these)
  

Music unlocked

• In Security
• Precarious Void
• Mystery Revealed
• Give it Your Pest Shot
• The Void Stares Back
• Who Are We to Judge?

Required for completing

The Void Stares Back is directly required for the following quests/miniquests:

• Nomad's Elegy
• Full completion of The World Wakes

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

• Full completion of Azzanadra's Quest
• Full completion of Battle of the Monolith (miniquest)
• Children of Mah
• City of Senntisten
• Full completion of Curse of the Black Stone
• Desperate Measures
• Full completion of Desperate Times
• Dishonour among Thieves
• Extinction
• Eye of Het I (miniquest)
• Eye of Het II (miniquest)
• Fate of the Gods
• Full completion of Heart of Stone
• Full completion of Hero's Welcome
• Kindred Spirits
• Mahjarrat Memories
• Full completion of Missing, Presumed Death
• Once Upon a Time in Gielinor: Finale
• Full completion of Once Upon a Time in Gielinor: Fortunes
• One of a Kind
• Sins of the Father
• Sliske's Endgame
• Tales of Nomad
• The Light Within
• The Mighty Fall
• Twilight of the Gods