Zogre Flesh Eaters

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Items recommended: some food, ring of duelling, Restore potion, teleport runes to Watchtower, weight reducing equipment.


 * Begin by speaking to Grish, located a short run south of the Castle Wars entrance or somehwat northeast of the Fairy ring (BKP). He will talk about Zogres (Zombie ogres) coming from the ground and making people sick.  Ask if you can help, and progress through the conversation.  Grish will give you two Super restore potion 3(s) and three Cooked chompy birds.  If you have other food, you may wish to get rid of the Cooked chompy birds quickly as they are quite heavy.
 * Talk to the Ogre guard to the east. After mentioning Grish, he will remove the barricade to allow you inside the Zogre-infested area.
 * Turn run on, jump the barricade and attempt to avoid the Zogres while running east to a set of stairs going downward. Take these stairs.

Note: ''You may now (or have already) become diseased. Unless you are 85 combat or higher, make sure you carry restore or super restore potions with you! The disease will temporarily reduce a random skill by up to 10 levels, striking another random skill about every 18 seconds with gradually diminishing effects until it finally fades out. You may also use Relicym's Balm to cure disease; it takes 3 doses for it to cure while the disease is at full strength.''

The cave

 * Proceed North-west to an area with a blackened floor. There will be a short cutscene.
 * Search the skeleton. A zombie will attack.  Kill it to obtain a ruined backpack.
 * Open the ruined backpack to obtain a dragon inn tankard, some rotten food and a knife. Discard the food.
 * Search the broken lectern. You will find a torn page that contained a spell.
 * Search the coffin next to the skeleton, then use the knife on it. The lock should unlock.  Try opening the coffin (it may take a couple of tries). When the coffin is open, search it to obtain a black prism.
 * The player may now proceed to Yanille to begin your investigation of the objects. As it's not necessary to talk with Grish to do so, it's better to simply teleport out of the cave to avoid becoming diseased again on the run back out.

To Yanille

 * Go to the Dragon Inn and use the dragon inn tankard on the bartender. The bartender will explain that the tankard belonged to Brentle Vahn, a not-so-moral customer who had been seen with a shady wizard.
 * Talk to Zavistic Rarve in the Magic guild. If the player doesn't have the required level to enter the guild, ring the front bell and Rarve will appear outside.  After seeing the black prism and torn page, Rarve will tell you to talk to Sithik Ints in the guest house north of the guild.

Incriminating Sithik

 * Proceed to the top floor of the guest house. Sithik is in the west bed.  Talk to him, and he will deny any connection to the Zogres.  Sithik will challenge the player to find facts, and they respond by deciding to search the room for evidence.
 * Search the drawers, the cupboard and the wardrobe. You will find a Book of Portraiture, a Necromancy book, papyrus and charcoal, and a Book of 'h.a.m.'.  Read all three books.  Use the Book of Portraiture on Sithik Ints.[[Image:Sithik ints quest.png|thumb|right|Sithik doesn't look as rude once he's been caught.]]
 * Draw a portrait of Sithik by using the papyrus on Sithik. When done, use the 'sithik portrait' on Sithik.  If Sithik appreciates the "truth" of the portrait, then the portrait isn't realistic enough and you should try again.  Search the drawers for more papyrus and sketch him again.  With an accurate portrait, Sithik will appreciate the "honesty" of the portrait.
 * Use the 'sithik portrait' on the bartender. The bartender will recognize Sithik and will return it as a 'signed portrait'.
 * Talk to Zavistic Rarve about Sithik. He will go through the evidence automatically, starting with the Necromancy book, followed by the Book of 'h.a.m.' and the dragon inn tankard, and finishing with the torn page.  However, what will tip him over the edge will be the 'signed portrait'.  This will be enough evidence for him to give you a 'strange potion'; he will instruct you to use it on Sithik and to leave the house.
 * Use the potion on the cup of tea on top of Sithik's dresser. Go down the ladder and go back upstairs.  Sithik will have turned into an ogre.
 * Talk to Sithik, and he will confess. Obtain answers to all three questions: how to cure disease, how to defeat the undead, and what needs to be done to relocate the sacred area of the Ogres.

Optional: Making Relicym's Balm and Brutal Arrows
Obtaining the answers unlocks a player's ability to make items that are tremendously helpful for finishing the quest - Relicym's balm, the Ogre Composite Bow, and Brutal arrows. However, none of the items are absolutely necessary.

More importantly, the quest can be sped up quite a bit by purchasing these items from the Grand Exchange and elsewhere prior to beginning it. While obtaining the ingredients for each can take a substantial amount of time, the finished items are quite often readily available.

Relicym's Balm

Relicym's Balm cures the disease given by the Zogres. It requires 3 doses to do so when the disease is at full strength. To make it requires Rogue's purse, which can be mixed with a vial of water to create a Rogue's purse potion(unf). The unfinished potion can then be mixed with Snake weed to create the Balm. Both Snake weed and Rogue's purse are untradeable items located in different parts of Karamja and take some time to obtain.

Brutal arrows

When fired from an Ogre Composite Bow, Brutal arrows are the only ranged ammunition that will do any damage to Zogres. To make them, use a knife on an Achey tree log to produce anywhere between 2-6 arrow shafts, then fletch them with feathers. This creates Flighted ogre arrows. Use nails on the flighted ogre arrows with a hammer in inventory to create Brutal arrows.

Note that there is no Ranged level requirement to equip or use Brutal arrows, so the only limitation on ammunition is what the player can fletch or obtain through the Grand Exchange. Thus, if a player has level 77 Fletching and Rune nails they can make Rune brutal arrows even before the quest is completed.

Relocating the Ceremonial Grounds
''Items recommended: Ring of duelling, Relicym's balm, Prayer potion and/or Super restore potion(s), 5 Lobsters or better (substantially more if not using Protect from Ranged), weapons and armour to kill Slash Bash.


 * Bank, preferably at Castle Wars. Pick up the lobsters or better food, 1-2 Relicym's balm potion(s) and/or coins to buy more from Uglug Nar, 1-2 Restore potions or better, 1-2 Prayer potions if not using Super restores, and either maging gear or good ranged armour along with the Ogre Composite Bow and Brutal arrows.
 * Return to Grish and tell him what Sithik told you. Grish will give you an 'ogre gate key' to obtain access to the ceremonial chamber.  Following that, ask him if there is a more effective way to kill Zogres; he will show how to make an Ogre Composite Bow.  While the player can make one prior to this, only after this conversation can they wield it.
 * Go down the stairs in the east, and head west, running past any Zogres. On the western end of the south wall there are two successive locked doors.  Proceed through these and descend the stairs.  Go past the Zogres in the eastern part of the room and proceed to the western end to a large area filled with skulls.  Look for a stand, but do not search it yet.
 * Find a safe spot for maging or ranging to run back to, and turn on the Protect from Ranged prayer. Search the stand.
 * A level 111 Zogre named Slash Bash will come out from behind the skulls and attack.
 * Retreat to the safe spot. If using ranged, fire off the Ogre Composite Bow; it should take about 30-40 Mithril brutal arrows to kill him. If maging, cast Entangle or Snare followed by Crumble Undead or a wave attack.  Meleeing Slash Bash is not recommended, as he is resistant to most melee damage and switches rapidly between melee and ranged attacks.
 * In both cases, prayer will randomly drop 10 or more points several times, so make sure to have a Prayer potions or Super restore potions handy. Don't take too long to kill this Giant Zogre, or he will get bored and disappear.
 * Once Slash Bash is dead, he drops 2 Zogre bones and 3 Ourg bones along with the Ogre artefact. (Remember to save a Zogre bone for Rag and Bone Man).
 * Run or preferably (to prevent disease) teleport out. Return to Grish for your reward.  Congratulations, quest complete!

Reward

 * 1 Quest Point
 * 3 Ourg bones which reward 140 prayer experience each
 * 2 Zogre bones which reward 22 prayer experience each
 * 2,000 Fletching experience
 * 2,000 Ranged experience
 * 2,000 Herblore experience
 * Access to Jiggig
 * Ability to make Relicym's balm (AKA cure disease potion)
 * Ability to fletch Composite ogre bow and brutal arrows
 * BONUS: Take a bottle of Relicym's balm to Uglug Nar to open up his shop.
 * BONUS: Take the black prism to either Zavistic Rarve for 2000 coins, or take it to Yanni Salika in Shilo Village for 5000 coins.

Trivia

 * The name of the quest, Zogre Flesh Eaters, is a play on the 1980 film Zombie Flesh Eaters
 * Taking the signed portrait back to Sithik and using it on him prompts him to first remark that he has a common face, then to offer a 2 million coin bribe. However, if the player tries to accept the bribe, Sithik will retract the bribe and insult the player.