Desert Treasure took me 5 hours (and I loved it) | Unguided #48

[@drumline17]

Bringing a kitten, 5 lobsters and graceful to a quest boss is definitely a mood

[@AlienFoodage]

It’s an undiscovered strategy. Someone try it at inferno it might work

[@lauraborabeee]

@@AlienFoodage LOL and kicking Fareed to dea*h is something else 😅😂 for future reference you need ice gloves to fig*t him 😋 Edit: It made me sensor those words lol!!

[@GreedyRadish]

@@lauraborabeee you know he specifically does not want hints or advice, right? That’s literally the entire point of this series.

[@Petter1900]

@@GreedyRadish People can't help themselves. See any stream specifically asking for no backseating or spoilers get drowned in backseating and spoilers

[@lauraborabeee]

@@GreedyRadish He already finished the episode he doesn’t care anymore. He doesn’t want hints on how to complete the quest. If he does the quest again in the future I’m sure he will use the wiki or ask for support if he needs it.

[@bryan.conrad]

New video from Jagex's only QA guy

[@AlienFoodage]

😂😂😂

[@cnator4468]

My favorite reoccurring saying is "my cat is dying"

[@jeffery1harris941]

Lmao

[@booperdee2]

i like "hellooo"

[@chaolinpescain]

it gotta be the "GET IN" for me

[@ANamedAccount]

Poor Eblis still waiting to know what's happened here

[@PLPEberronguy]

Chasing Rasolo like that with no run energy is now my favorite part of your journey

[@juladrake9890]

I mean he is a traveling merchant

[@booperdee2]

Being told exactly what you need to have, being told roughly where you need to go, and not being told at all whats going to happen, with an iconic reward by the end. Great quest design.

[@RushinAssassin6]

And just like monkey madness 1, this quest was done purely by a jagex intern.

[@silouette65]

the shaky cam while typing absolutely gets me every time.

[@Oberfaust]

Attempting to burn down and destroy every object in an area, before trying to talk to the only conspicuous NPC in the area, is why this is my favorite series😂

[@AlienFoodage]

😂😂😂

[@kalacs32]

Definitely reminds me of "how do I make the witch's house explode??!!" 😂

[@GreedyRadish]

I’m really impressed that you managed to do this whole quest with melee. This series continues to be the highlight of my Fridays. 👍

[@exantiuse497]

I think his melee stats are quite a bit better than most people's when they complete this quest

[@zuni_9566]

This guy represents the attitude we lost when we tried min/maxxing everything... brings the fun back into the game, love it, keep it up

[@thekilla1234]

Deciding not to flinch, then immediately getting bopped for 20, Baha Men letting the dogs out, and then the cat kicking off is such a comedy of events.

[@hslcon]

You pronounce it like this - Tithe. Glad I could help my friend!

[@lard5594]

Well, actually it’s more commonly pronounced Tithe but I’ve heard Tithe as well. Unsure on which is proper.

[@harlster4163]

Like tithe farm!

[@vhkgrhdryd]

It's just like read and read, lead and lead, tithe and tithe, tomato tomatoe

[@NovanityHB]

Tithe and Teeth, Writhe and Wreath

[@willychimp]

Though it’s spelled Tithe, it’s pronounced Tithe

[@Biemb]

If id have to choose between a new unguided, settled or boaty video I would choose unguided. This series has quickly become my favourite, love it to bits.

[@Saviorborn]

Cant wait for the Alien food Golden Gnome nomination

[@MeriadocMyr]

Somehow not getting a stranger despite having all 4 diamonds in your inventory is pretty wild

[@chaolinpescain]

its a shame he didnt get the event, its one of my favorite parts of any quest in the game

[@connorscott311]

Tbh last episode when he got the random in the fareed fight I thought he was getting jumped by the stranger. I had a crazy double take looking for the ice diamond in his inventory before I realized what was up

[@jhm8614]

It’s a shame it didn’t happen but I’ve never gotten attacked and I did the quest like 8 times so idk what the chances are

[@RunningFromMachines]

I love just how often you go completely unprepared for any boss fight and have to teleport out, it used to be frustrating to watch but now it's just so damn hilarious watching you think you can take on any boss in graceful haha

[@AlienFoodage]

Graceful + dmace + 5 lobsters is all that’s needed 😂

[@ladycrayon608]

@@AlienFoodage Perhaps time to consider an upgrade to the dmace? XD

[@chaolinpescain]

@@ladycrayon608 theres no real easy upgrade to the dscimy/mace (except one that was recently added), its probably the weapon he will have to use for the rest of the series

[@pzodeosrs]

​@@chaolinpescain Not that it's by any means impossible but I can't seem him not upgrading the dscim by the time he gets to Vardorvis

[@chaolinpescain]

@@pzodeosrs how? The game doesn't tell you what weapons are better, neither how to get them or their drop rate

[@TheRileyg98]

You got spooned so hard on that gilded cross, hahaha. I believe I spent 100+ lockpicks doing it. You've finished DT1! Very impressive given you have had no guides.

[@AlienFoodage]

Holy crap that would have killed me 😭 thanks so much for the donation Riley!! Really appreciate the support on the channel as usual, so so appreciated

[@ferdinand9103]

He did better than J1mmy, he spent 68 that he had to pickpocket before that chest let him in lol

[@themistoclesofathens4178]

lmaooo I was just expecting the assassin to pop up when u were at castle wars on low health with the shadow diamond xD

[@Protopteryx]

actually a bit disappointed it didn't happen!

[@DelPlays]

@@Protopteryx I'm majorly disappointed for the stranger to not appear a single god damn time, on my UIM I had him pop up multiple times and I couldn't even bank the diamonds

[@AsthmaQueen]

@@DelPlays i know right watching this like omg he's gonna flip out when assassin comes and starts killing him but it never came wild!

[@joeflosion]

my heart was pounding and im screaming at him to bank the damn diamond lol

[@AsthmaQueen]

@@joeflosion honestly i'm amazed never showed up wonder if it was bugged during this point? Like surely the time he took to do quest you'd have thought least would show up once

[@Ink_spott]

Is this the first time in the history of the game that someone pickpocketed the lockpicks and antipoisons?? Great video mate, keep up the stellar work

[@Ink_spott]

Also, I hope this isn't considered *spoiler territory* for how Antipoisons work, so I'll put it below: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . When you drink an antipoison you get temporary immunity to *being* poisoned. So after you drink the first one, the immediate subsequent lockpicks where you are *dealt* poison damage from the failure, it will only being a singular instance of damage and not recurring, so drinking another dose of Antipoison while you are already immune does nothing.

[@Ink_spott]

Oh I think you noticed anyway. Carry on being great.

[@Ink_spott]

Just finished the video... and one thing... WHERE IS MY PEARLS UPDATE?!

[@dethkruzer]

I actually pickpocketed the bandits for lockpicks during leagues.

[@GetSmartGaming]

That Damis fight was badass! the keyboard mashing will also never get old, and we need a “my cat is dying shirt” 🤣🤣 abssolutely loving the series

[@canadianslav]

"With quest bosses I should do them properly" Literally kicked Fareed to death instead of using ice gloves

[@condor2279]

The Fremmenik way

[@ThibChar]

The consistency on your uploads is absolutely amazing! Another great vid!

[@AlexanderMorganUK]

Love your content mate! I hope you’re enjoying making this series as much as I am enjoying watching it.

[@AlienFoodage]

Thank you! I’m absolutely loving it!

[@TheLovelyKazooie]

I hope when the series is done and he's got the Quest cape, he'll do a Day 1 Unguided attempt at any new quests that come up. A lot of people choose not to even bother until the plugin is updated so I'd be interested to see what he does! While Guthix Sleeps is much too early but the next one perhaps, gotta see how fast he gets there

[@estivalbloom]

Think it's going to be a *long* time considering the skilling grinds. Consider his attitude towards farming, and the fact that you need 70 for SotE

[@sr1488]

@@estivalbloom once he gets the quest cape most of the skilling grinds will be done though. Usually quest reqs don't go very high so his account will most likely have all of them unless a new quest has some ungodly requirement (very rarely happens)

[@mystereel]

"Maybe cut down all the trees in the area?" yeah haha good luck bro

[@poip202]

I love when he gets in the desperate try anything mode. Sometimes works though😂

[@lazydictionary]

Go look up the Bonfire Man playlist. One madman is doing just that, one chunk at a time

[@fionaskittle]

There's actually a large contingent of us who like quests for the sake of questing! I (and plenty others) get so excited every time a new quest is released because we genuinely love doing them. ❤

[@DZ-X3]

I'll always love the RS2 quests, but the ones ported from RS3 and the New-School ones really don't live up to their legacy. Too busy trying to insert move-and-you're-not-dead mechanics, they've lost the art of creating boss fights (and also writing).

[@EresirThe1st]

Same! Back when I played the whole point of getting levels and gear was just to do quests

[@kierandw22]

Quests are my favourite! Always been proud of owning the quest cape. Can't wait for WGS!

[@Jorvalt]

Yeah, qp cape gang here. The only reason why I even continued to play RS3 was for the quests, as the writing stayed good and I only gave up once I hit a wall with a bullshit hard quest that made you fight like 7 bosses at once and I didn't even get close to beating that.

[@Zispi]

@@Jorvalt I'm guessing it was that Sliske quest? I stopped doing Rs3 quests then too, lol. I didn't really play the game anymore, had moved to oldschool. I just came on for the new quests.

[@GaybrohamStinkton]

English man overjoyed with blood diamonds you say

[@OAKeke]

Quite epic battle music during the intense Dessous fight

[@rorykeefe8954]

*quite epic gamer moment(s) + absolute banger of a tune

[@deathfire12]

"Let's just change Talking to people is a crux of mine to I can't read" I literally burst out laughing at that. Had to stop the video, for some reason it was so unexpected but just accurately sums up the no guide experience when doing quests for us all. Brilliant.

[@moe3120]

One of the best videos on osrs ever

[@MeanBeanComedy]

"Teethe" Someone hasn't been giving at Church!

[@TiiM020]

It makes me genuinely happy to see how big this series is becoming. Great pacing and good editing and the story of the quests are such an overlooked aspect of the world building. Great series never stop please.

[@AlienFoodage]

Thanks so much for the kind words!

[@saytaylor3603]

Can't wait to find out what all those dudes are doing in the north

[@mr.kittysavestheworld695]

Ah, the infamous Desert Treasure chest, devourer of lockpicks. At least you had it better than J1mmy, I think he broke something like 70-ish lockpicks when he did DT on By Release. EDIT: Really cool to hear Barrows is your favorite boss. They've always been one of mine, too. Barrows has been a crap money-maker for a long time, but I never really cared, I love Barrows.

[@Skoomajuice]

At 53 thieving I broke 0 lockpicks. I just know im going to be thinking about that when im dry as fuck for something in the future.

[@crackpotfox]

Is barrows really that bad a money maker, considering how low of a level you can do it at? I scored an Ahrim robe within 5 or so chests, but have been dry since then :/

[@tangletabb7813]

@@crackpotfoxive been super unlucky, gotten like 7 items and none of them have been over 200k, im super dry too

[@20ZZ20]

@@crackpotfoxit’s only really good for low levels money making or for Ironman who need the items and runes

[@mr.kittysavestheworld695]

@@crackpotfox You pretty much answered your own question. Only a handful of Barrows items are actually worth anything anymore, so profit is extremely inconsistent and highly luck-dependent. There's many better money-makers you can do at a comparable point in the game or even earlier. It's just not very efficient in terms of GP/hour anymore, and hasn't been for a long time.

[@Connor_Herman]

Just from scrolling the comments here and it seems like they haven't entirely captured the nostalgia your videos evoke. Sure, we had guides in 2005-2006 but so much of the frustration, wonder, and excitement is captured here. I think it's best exemplified as the excitement of completing DT and using *ice rush* which is a spell I haven't seen in ages. I'm pretty sure I did that the first time I completed desert treasure. You have a rare gift in OSRS, which you're entirely aware of - that you are one of the few that either has not experienced a quest, or has not used a guide. Such a niche in a society of instant gratification.

[@lewisfry1957]

Another fantastic video love love love every episode! Always watching the new Hannanie video and you got a mention! The journey has been crazy for you bro keep it up!!!

[@AlienFoodage]

It really has! Thanks so much for the support

[@CharlotteMimic]

6:10 "Incorrectly assuming I need to blow something up" LMAO

[@warryen]

From your intro, I just want to say that I think my favorite quest in the game is The Ribbiting Tale of a Lily Pad Labour Dispute. It'll be a while before I see you do this one, but I am excited. :)

[@gadget392]

Love how joyous you were when you unlocked ancients, excited to see your upgrades next episode!

[@AlienFoodage]

Such an iconic spell set! Thanks for the support

[@Robert-vj4jg]

Absolutely love every video man! Please dont ever be more efficient ever, i love the longer videos. Fun and calming. Thanks

[@calebc.bourassa7652]

Been loving this series man, this is exactly what OSRS needs. This is how I used to play and it's making me realize why this game is so nostalgic for me. Keep it up!

[@bigdaddykyle451]

I remember Dessous being a pain of a fight, nothing but 0s. Haven't done the quest in years, so I did look at the wiki page, and I saw he has +150 defense to everything except stab, which he has only +10. Even putting that dragon mace on stab would've done the trick way easier lol

[@AlienFoodage]

Oh damn lool, poking with the dmace is incredibly stylish as well I have to say 😂

[@ashleysmith7091]

This series has absolutely improved how I play runescape. I now take longer to do every quest and still use the wiki (or you video as a guide) but go through the dialogue and try to figure it out myself first. It's also given me permission to try things and fail. Bringing a lot more fun back into the game.

[@lilyg47474]

Love the content as always! I don't know whether I'm more impressed that you didn't get a mysterious stranger attack, or disappointed that I didn't get to see your reaction to it lol.

[@DripQuestYT]

Excited to watch the desert treasure finale and see what's next 👀

[@SleeperJauffre]

Love your delivery and editing style. Keep it up man

[@cptcolumbus241]

BEST OSRS CONTENT, always an instant click when i see an upload

[@alynnidalar]

I can't believe you escaped the assassin 😂 And I can't wait for Barrows!! That's going to be so much fun.

[@knoxville542]

You are in my top 3 content creators for all of KZbin. Love your series and the work you are doing. Keep up the amazing work!

[@SayVandelay]

It's something most of us take for granted because we let Quest Helper just lead us by the nose, but the enthusiasm for unlocking Ancient Magicks is contagious

[@songinout]

Desert Treasure is one of my absolute favorite quest designs in the entire game. I'm glad that you loved it!

[@prismaticharpy]

Congrats! What a huge milestone for the series! I can't believe you never got a stranger spawn, I was really hoping to see your reaction to them lmao

[@FSAPOJake]

Doing Desert Treasure for the first time as a kid is one of my favorite memories. The quest is old and janky... but man was it epic as hell, and knowing you were working towards that OP spellbook made all of the troubles worth it.

[@IsaacHashman]

I also no guide quests, and this one is my favorite quest in runescape. A large part due to nostalgia from my childhood, but aslo because this was a very fun quest with a cool story. Keep up the good work! I still am yet to do DT 2, since I'm just getting back into playing after taking a 5 year break This last week I did Darkness of Hallowvale, A Taste of Hope, and Sins of the Father. All were really fun and engaging... but I have to say my favorite out of the 3 is darkness of hallowvale... something about the older quests is just a tad more fun. They seem to include more riddles/puzzles to solve and that's my favorite thing about questing. That being said, these new age boss fights are 1000x more exciting and fun then the older one's imo. I think DT2 is going to be a blast, although I'm not going to do it until I reach an unrelated skilling goal first. Keep up the good work, and thank you for showing the world the joy of no guiding quests

[@justingreenland950]

I can't wait until you one day reach Desert Treasure 2... I did it blind and guideless and it was the most engaging experience I've had in 19 years of Runescape! The team put a lot of love into it, and there wasn't any part that I thought was 'tedious' or 'frustrating'

[@dumpsterdweller118]

Just binge watched the whole series, just in time for the new episode. If you loved Desert Treasure, you'll love Desert Treasure II, and While guthix sleeps. I did it on rs3, and it's a fucking quest let me tell you that.

[@TheRegicidic]

Absolutely addicted to this series (and your voice tbh) keep up the good work brother

[@surki2080]

i binge watcxhing tyhe whole series while farming, and man its just such a gem i am greatful you showed up in my recommended!

[@Fighterman481]

Just wanted to say that because of you I am now attempting WGS without a guide, and I have managed to complete the first two puzzles. Some of what you've learned has helped me, and I don't know how long I'm going to be able to hold out (I do want to do some of the content unlocked by it lol), but I'm going to try my hardest! Hopefully they've learned from past quests and we don't have another Family Crest situation, but we'll see! Either way, I'm having fun so far, so thanks for inspiring me to try! Edit: Ended up caving shortly after because I was thinking about leaving to grab something that may or may not work and getting back to where I was was a pain. Mad props to you for actually going through with all that, you're a stronger man than I. Gonna try to keep guidance as minimal as possible still (unless it would be an enormous pain otherwise), it's giving me a new appreciation for quest lore. Keep up the excellent work, I always look forward to watching this series! Edit 2: Three hours later, I finished. Only ended up using the wiki three or four times in total. I have a feeling you'll really enjoy this quest when you get to it!

[@danieledwardgoldsmith711]

I just love how you can hear the smile on your face at the end of the quest :) great video man

[@popekappa8963]

waited for you to do Desert Treasure since I discovered your series. LOVE YOUR CONTENT!!! Keep up the amazing work!!

[@Guuunston]

I only played OSRS back in the day (as a child lol) but watching this series gives me so much joy. I love it lol

[@Bxsi95]

Another W - brilliant content as always ❤

[@AlienFoodage]

Thanks so much!

[@bcrx5780]

The reason spice has infinite uses is that British food is seasoned so bland that a single spice shaker lasts forever.

[@condor2279]

HAHAHAHA

[@fodo987650]

Congratulations! Love this series so much!

[@Maddogs1]

The fact he has sharks but still brings lobsters to almost everything baffles me - I get wanting to use existing worse supply, but he even brings it to places he KNOWS he needs good food

[@Wentr-z]

and then eats the sharks first and the lobsters last lol

[@Formatic8]

Watching your series is inspiring me to try the new While Guthix Sleeps quest without any wiki/plugin help either. Very good show. also, your cat seems hungry

[@brad6279]

Been watching since the beginning and keep thinking you have 100k plus subs. Insane quality of content keep it up

[@lucasmetro]

I look forward to every episode just like watching new episodes of a cartoon as a kid

[@eddiet7228]

These fights were such a pain in the olden days. Love your vids man

[@ianmcdermott4614]

Def fav series for RuneScape keep up the content always watching when you post!

[@aarons6935]

5:30am and the goat has uploaded, huge.

[@Tharronis]

I saw While Guthix Sleeps was released and my immediate thought was "I can't wait to see this done on Unguided".

[@civilservant9528]

I'm not absolutely certain of the facts, but I rather fancy it's Shakespeare who says that it's always just when a fellow is feeling particularly braced with things in general that Fate sneaks up behind him with the bit of lead piping.

[@daniellewis1789]

Honestly that sounds like Pratchett.

[@TheSkulleh]

Piping from behind you say?

[@he478]

That kitten is absolutely your biggest opp

[@checkbox.entertainment]

This dude is going to desert treasure boss sites with graceful and 10 lobsters, kill me

[@janAlekantuwa]

I decided to try playing RuneScape 3 so I could experience the quests, and holy shit they're great. I'm not going fully unguided, but I'm trying to minimize the amount of quest guide usage when possible. I've been doing the quests in release order, and I just finished Ritual of the Mahjarrat yesterday (if it gets brought into Old-School, it would probably as a sequel to both While Guthix Sleeps and Desert Treasure II). Ritual of the Mahjarrat took me eight hours to complete, and it felt like a season finale to all the Mahjarrat quests. The amount of epicness and expansive storytelling was FANTASTIC, and it absolutely vindicated my desire to play RS3. I can't wait for The World Wakes, which is the sequel to Ritual of the Mahjarrat, The Branches of Darkmeyer (RS3 version on Sins of the Father), The Void Stares Back, and The Chosen Commander (sequel to Land of the Goblins) coming up in ten quests

[@syan7558]

I remember doing RotM with some clanmates on release way back when. Still feels like yesterday. Think it took us 5-6 hours on a school night.

[@Shortdood]

a lot of the great quests in RS3 are the old RS2 ones. It goes downhill big time with World Wakes and return of the Gods to Gielinor imo

[@janAlekantuwa]

​@@ShortdoodI'm keeping an open mind about it all. I definitely agree that the RSHD Era has been the best era for quests and is just as good as, if not better than, the Old-School Era. Ritual of the Mahjarrat, The Chosen Commander, The Branches of Darkmeyer (tho, Sins of tue Father was definitely better than TBoD), Blood Runs Deep, Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf, A Clockwork Syringe, the Void Knights Trilogy, all FANTASTIC. I just hope that Plague's End and The Light Within are good, because I love both Seren and Zaros and I wanna see more of them

[@NanosoftRussia]

I absolutely love the series. How such a simple concept can be so intriguing? Thanks to you

[@Vespolar]

your uploads make the rest of my work day go by so much faster!

[@Wosser1sProductions]

RuneScape had the best quests among MMOs - some guy named J1mmy

[@ageofampire2]

Slayer tasks are the equivalent of any other mmorpg quest , runescape quests are fun

[@OpDieFietsNL]

I did this almost exactly in 2017, only using a HCIM in RS3, and with being allowed to ask other players for help. Just for fun. I gave up after spending way to many frustrating hours trying to figure things out that (to me) seemed impossible to know - sometimes quests just expect you to know stuff randomly. It was my first time playing on a members account too, and first time playing since about 2008 so I didn't have much game knowledge at the time. Very fun, but also very frustrating. I'm really impressed by how long you're keeping true to the challenge! Gl!

[@puff7145]

It was different back in the day. You were expected to talk to people and ask for help until your older brother's friend told you the secret way to beat the boss, or something like that

[@conorohagan9947]

honestly I just smash like at this point before I even watch the video, so please keep putting out bangers

[@verglassheart]

never been more excited for a video before.

[@Sjors_]

Dodged a bullet by immediately banking each diamond as you get them, by the way. Whenever you're carrying one of the diamonds, there's a random chance that a stranger will appear and try to mug you for it.

[@Nshadowtail]

"Try to mug you" is an understatement-- doesn't he straight-up spec you out with a dragon dagger?

[@RENOTHEHYNERIAN]

27:43 “giant skellington”

[@auncarius5415]

gonna be that guy. Tie-Th. like the word "the" with out the "uh" at the end. Happy to help and there is no shame it not knowing a word. Love the series btw :D.

[@wingofunny]

One thing i do like, you actually are reading the quests as well, since alot get mislead cause they spacebar through em, they give enough info on how to do most of it, since your unguideless on it best thing is reading what they say. Im a good lore junkie and most quests that came out was easy enough for most stuff to finish that didnt have puzzles.

[@pennykie4796]

Reading the dialogue, but not reading it well at some points 😆

[@AntonMolnar-g7y]

A thing I noticed during the fight with Dessous, if you click on a food and a potion at the same time (in this order), you can consume both items at the same time. This makes it so you can heal yourself and restore some prayer points at the same time.

[@CRAETION_]

Such a great watch, love your commentary man!

[@AveDominusM]

Game: ‘I should go tell Eblis about this.’ Alien Food: ‘let’s go ice rush someone’.

[@mrgrimp3359]

"Let's just change that to; I can't read" buckled me LOL well put :D

[@Lonelupin]

I just checked earlier to see if you uploaded again. let’s go. Great timing my man.

[@Y00bi]

Watching you simply face tank every hit from passing mobs instead of putting pro mele on whenever you walk past them is actually the funniest thing to me.

[@GoatMcGoatShoes]

Originally I did desert treasure for ancient magic, but it turned out to be one of my favorite quests because of the awesome bosses and all the crazy things you had to do to get to them lol.

[@MattFoxin]

This series better win awards.

[@SideQuestStories]

desert treasure, the spice must flow

[@sideshowirl6779]

Dude you got a full name channel shoutout from J1mmy on the newest By Release. 2 J1mmy appearances, that's crazy!

[@AlienFoodage]

I saw! So nice of him, felt crazy to see

[@johnk230]

when I was 10 it took me like 5 weeks to do desert treasure, while using a guide

[@ryancooley6271]

The pyramid alone took me an hour and a half on this quest, You are blessed.

[@1carsonwright]

Highly recommend putting “Unguided” and the episode number in the title and possibly thumbnail too