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Lost City Walkthrough

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What you need: Level 36+ Woodcutting, the capability to kill a level 101 enemy with ranged attacks, and level 31 Crafting. A decent Fletching level is recommended so that you can make the bow and arrows, otherwise you must fight with just an axe.
The Quest Reward: The ability to enter Zanaris (the Lost City), making Dramen Staffs, Being able to buy and wield the Dragon Longsword and Dagger and 3 Quest Points. (also a requirement for the Heroes' Quest)

For the reward, this quest is quite easy. Since there is a good spot to range the level 101 enemy you will not need too high of a ranged level to defeat it. I took the tree spirit down with level 20 ranged. The problem lies in that you can't get any weapons onto the island of Entrana, but we'll cover that a little later.

You can start this quest by going south of Lumbridge, into the swamp. Bring a wood cutting axe of any kind along with you. In the northwest of the area, you'll see a small camp. Speak to the warrior. He's an idiot who's giving up the rest of the camp's secret: to find Zanaris. Ask him who that is and he'll tell you that it's actually a city. Ask him how he plans to find it if it's so well hidden and he'll reveal that there is a leprechaun who knows its location, but he is hidden somewhere in the swamp.

Finding the leprechaun is easy. Just west of the camp there is a tree you can 'Chop Tree' instead of the usualy chop down tree. Chop the tree and the Leprechaun will run out. Chase after him, running if you need to. He doesn't try very hard to get away from you, fortunately. When you've caught him, he'll tell you how you need the Dramenwood staff to enter Zanaris.

Now for the harder part. Get up the following supplies: 5 tanned leather, a needle, several spools of thread, an unstrung bow of the best type you can use (at level 20 ranged, I used a willow shortbow) and one bow string. Bring also plenty of the materials you'd need to make a good arrow. Bring a large number (around 150) of arrow shafts, feathers (bought in port sarim's fishing store) and tips (arrow tips can be bought in Catherby if you can't smith them). You can't take arrows onto Entrana, but you can take the materials to make them. If you're high enough in crafting you could bring two sets of steel studs with you, as well (the leather I mentioned is for crafting armor once on the island). Finally, you'll probably want to bring some food because you will be doing some fighting on the island. Finally, taking teleportation runes or a ring of dueling is recommended to get off the island quickly.

Get up all the unfinished items you need and head to Port Sarim. South of the bar, on the Pier, you'll see the Monks of Entrana. Talk to one, and after a thorough search for weapons and armor, you'll be taken to Entrana.

Once you're on the island, start making your items. String your bow, craft your armor and fletch your arrows. Once done, head to the northern part of Entrana where you'll see an exclamation point on your mini-map.

Climb down the ladder there and you'll find yourself in a cave. Head around the bend to the east, where you'll see some zombies. stand behind the mushrooms and kill them until one drops a woodcutting axe. Don't forget to collect your arrows if this takes a while, as you'll need them to fight the tree spirit.

Once you've got an axe, head to the south, then take the southern fork past the greater demons. There you'll find the dremen tree.

Chop it, and a tree spirit will attack you. Quickly run to the western side of the room and get behind the mushrooms, where it should be safe to attack it with your bow. If the spirit manages to get around the mushrooms to attack you, lead it across the room by running and try to get behind the mushrooms again. Also, if you run out of arrows you could use this tactic to run out and grab some during the fight. Use your food as it's needed, but preferably stopping to eat it in safety.

When the spirit is dead you can freely chop branches from the tree. Fill up your inventry with them, although you only need one. It would be a pain to come back here at any time if you ever lost your staff. Teleport out, then head to the nearest bank smf your knife. Use it on the branches to make them into staffs.

You only need one of the staffs you made to go into Zanaris. Head back to Lumbridge Swamp, then southeast of the warrior who told you about the city to find the shack. If you're wearing the staff when you open the door to the shack, you'll be taken to Zanaris and have completed the quest.

In Zanaris you can buy Dragon Longswords and Dragon Daggers. To do this, simply head to the southeast of the entrance and try to go through one of the magic doors. You'll be charged one diamond each time to enter. If you forgot to bring a diamond with you, you can head to the bank far to the west of here to withdraw one from your account. Beyond the magic door are two shops. One sells the weapons, the other sells unenchanted ruby rings. Here are the prices: Dragon Longswords are around 100k and Daggers are 30 (bring maybe 20-30k more in case the price is up, so you don't waste your diamond). The ruby rings are a mere 1k each. If you're of a sufficient magic level you can enchant them and sell for a few thousand more.

To get out of the shop area, you'll either need another diamond or be forced to speak to the northern fairy to use the teleporter. I prefer the latter because diamonds are valuable enough that I'd rather walk to get back in, if needed.