Sunscorch Desert

#At a glance

• Road: west from Emberfall.
• Monster levels: 12–22
• Town: Qadir Oasis
• Lairs: The Sunken Tomb and Raider Hideout

#Qadir Oasis

A ring of palms and cool water, and the only shade for miles. Qadir has a waystone, a Bounty Board, a Bank Chest, a Cooking Range and a Furnace, and two merchants:

• Zaid: potions, Identify Scrolls and Ashgate Scrolls. "The sun takes your water. I sell it back."
• Yusra: magic longbows, gloves and boots. "A good bow outlives three owners."

#Monsters

• Sunscale Lizardfolk: Sunscale hunters with a long reach.
• Dune Raider: sturdy desert bandits.
• Dune Viper: fast, fragile and quick to bite.
• Sand Burrower: burrowers that spit from a distance.

#Skilling

• Mining: iron and coal.
• Woodcutting: maple.
• Fishing: trout.

#Lairs

#The Sunken Tomb

The Sunken Tomb (level 18). A king sleeps under the sand, and his tomb guardians still keep watch. At the bottom waits The Tomb King.

#Raider Hideout

Raider Hideout (level 22). The raiders' camp, and the lair of their chief, Gorrash the Raider Chief. Gorrash keeps everything he steals. Everything.

Both desert bosses keep a rune of their own and can drop the Sand Scarab, and in Nightmare they drop the Sigil of the Sun.

#World boss

Now and then the dunes tremble and Sandmaw, the Dune Leviathan surfaces somewhere out in the sand, far from the oasis. Everyone in your world is warned a few minutes ahead and anyone can join in. It's built for a group, so bring friends. See World Bosses.

#Tips

• Dune Vipers are fast. Don't try to outrun a pack. Turn and fight.
• Sand Burrowers hang back and spit. Close in on them or they'll whittle you down.
• The oasis has a Furnace but no Anvil. Smelt here, smith in Emberfall.