Smoking Kills

Start: Begin by speaking to Sumona
Skills: Level 25 Crafting, Level 35 Slayer, Level 85 Combat.
Quests: The Restless Ghost, Icthlarin's Little Helper.
What You Need: A Catspeak amulet, Equipment for Ranging or Magic (including a weapon), Ghostspeak Amulet, Earmuffs, Facemask, About 4 Waterskins and a Kitten, Cat, Overgrown Cat, Wily Cat or a Lazy Cat.

Recommended Skills: High combat and 40+ Prayer level.
Recommended Items: Armour, Some food, A Prayer Potion, Fish for your Cat (if he's hungry).
Quest-Received Items : A Steel Pickaxe, Voice of Banshee

Scroll down to the end of the guide to find a 'Fast Quest Walkthrough'.


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Sumona and Ali Cat

Begin by talking to Sumona in northern Pollnivneach. She will say that her sister is down the well in the center of city and is in need of rescuing. Of course that means you. Go to the well in the center of the city and try to climb in. A cat will stop you, preventing you from going in. (Note: If you don't have your Catspeak amulet equipped, you will not be able to understand him.)

Once you are able to understand him he will tell you that there are many dangers in the well. You cannot survive without Earmuffs down there because of the Banshees and smoke. So you need a Facemask and Earmuffs equipped at the same time. Though, it's impossible. Or is it? Ali Cat will tell you that you need to find a spirit that can teach you how to survive down in the well. The spirit had once climbed down the well, but ended up dying there, he did find a way to combine the two items though.

You can find the spirit in a tomb south from Nardah and east from the Agility Pyramid. Now take your Catspeak and Ghostpseak amulet and your ranging or magic equipment. It is advised you take food, the monsters you encounter on the way are quite aggressive. Use this map to find your way to the tomb:


When you arrive at the swamp be wary of level 89 Crocodiles, they are aggressive and appear from the ponds. To pass through the swamp you will need to push through the reeds, a suggested passage is shown on the map above.


When you are at the Fallen Pillar, climb over it and go upstairs. You will see some Archaeologists and a spring that allows you to refill your waterskins. Head north and be sure to have your cat with you. Open these sealed doors:


Getting to Catolax

Note: If you log out in the tomb, next time you log in you will be outside the tomb.

You will find yourself inside the tomb. Take off the pickaxe from the tomb to the left from the entrance. If you had your cat in your inventory then he will climb out. He will tell you that the middle path is full of traps, but there are two small holes in the walls. Those are worth checking.


Now search the holey wall and your cat will want to go and check if that hole is a good place for taking a nap. Well it isn't because both side walls of the room will collapse and you will discover two rooms.


Equip your ranging/magic equipment and go inside one of the rooms. One room has some Ranger Skeletons throwing rocks at you and other one has Skeletons casting battle spells on you.


Go inside the room with Ranger Skeletons and kill them all. Destroy the door by clicking on it and run through the tunnel, but beware of the traps. They will hit some damage on you and cannot be evaded. Open the next door and kill the four monsters. This will make the level 54 Mummy Warrior climb out of his sarcophagus, so kill him too.


Pick up the key he dropped and use it with the doors to the east. Go inside and pull the lever there. You disabled the traps in the both tunnels, but not in the middle one yet. Go to the other room with the Skeletons that cast magic on you. Kill them too and destroy the doors. Run through the tunnel to the other doors and open them. You will see more four monsters. Kill them all and another Mummy Warrior will appear. Kill him and pick up the key. Now unlock the doors to the west and pull this lever.


Congratulations, you have disabled the traps in the middle tunnel. Go through the middle tunnel and talk to Catolax (with your Ghostspeak amulet equipped, of course). He will help you understand that you can combine the Facemask with Earmuffs. So use your Facemask on the Earmuffs and you will get Masked Earmuffs. Equip your armor, Masked Earmuffs and take some food. Now head for the well in Pollnivneach.

The Smokey Well

When you have everything you need (and your Masked Earmuffs equipped), climb down the well and go north until you find a Wavering Mystic Barrier. It looks like this:


Now kill the Banshees until one of them drops an item called Banshees voice. When you have got it, pass the barrier and you will see a cut-scene.

Attack the level 111 Mistress Banshee. If you want, use Protect from Magic prayer. When she is low on HP then the Rangers will start attacking you too, so it is suggested to use your Protect from Missiles prayer then.


When Mistress Banshee dies, there will be another cut-scene of the sister of Sumona killing the rangers and then she will teleport away. You will hear Catolax talking to you. He will say that you freed him because you killed the Mistress Banshee. Go back to Sumona and...

QUEST COMPLETE!


Rewards

5,000 Slayer experience
Access to a new Slayer Master - Sumona
Access to a new Slayer Dungeon below the well in Pollnivneach.
Slayer Rewards - An ability to exchange your points you get from slaying, for some really useful rewards.
Four new music tracks: Cool for Ali Cats, Under the Sand, Desert Smoke and Slain to Waste.
1 Quest Point
Slayer Rewards

After you finish this quest you can use something like a rewards shop at any Slayer Master you like. The fastest way to open it is by right-clicking on the slayer master you chose and clicking "Rewards". In the shop you can buy things, learn things and you can do things with your assignments. The currency in these shops is "Points". You gain them by slaying. Each master gives different amount of points for your assignment.

Points for one assignment:

Mazchna - 1 Point
Vannaka - 4 Points
Chaeldar - 10 Points
Sumona - 12 Points
Duradel - 15 Points
You will also receive bonus points for every ten and fifty tasks you complete. Now this is what you can get in the Reward Shops:

Things to Buy:

Buy Slayer XP - 400 Points
Buy Ring of Slaying - 75 Points
Buy Runes for Slayer Dart - 35 Points
Buy Broad Bolts - 35 Points
Buy Broad Arrows - 35 Points
Things to Learn:

Learn how to fletch broad bolts/arrows at level 55 fletching - 300 points
Learn how to craft Rings of Slaying at level 75 crafting - 300 Points
Learn how to craft Slayer Helmets at level 55 crafting - 400 points
Note: A slayer helmet combines the black mask, facemask, nosepeg, earmuffs and spiny helm in one.

Assignments:

Cancel your current task - 30 Points
You will never get the monsters of your current assignment again in an assignment* - 100 Points
With 50 quest points you can block one task, with 100 you can block two tasks, with 150 you can block three tasks and with 200 you can block four tasks.
*You can cancel this, so you can get these monsters in an assignment again. But you wont get your points back.

Desert Slayer Dungeon

After you complete this quest, you can enter the dungeon below the well, whenever you want. It has two floors. When you climb down the well, you arrive in the top floor. It is full of level 90 Mighty Banshees. The level below this floor has different monsters. You can find level 61 Basilisks, level 85 Turoths, level 96 Abberant spectres, level 106 Kurasks and level 138 Cave Crawlers there. Remember that you need your Masked Earmuffs or Slayer Helmet to survive in this dungeon.