Beneath Scabaras' Sands Requirements & Quick Guide
Everything you need before starting Beneath Scabaras' Sands in RuneScape 3: skill levels, the full chain of quests to finish first, and what completing it opens up. Check your own stats against it below.
Requirements from the RuneScape Wiki (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), snapshot 2026-09-28.
Skill requirements
Beneath Scabaras' Sands itself
| Skill | Level |
|---|---|
| 87 |
Including every prerequisite quest
The highest level of each skill you need across Beneath Scabaras' Sands and all the quests you must finish first.
| Skill | Level | Needed for |
|---|---|---|
| 87 | Beneath Scabaras' Sands | |
| 86 | Tomes of the Warlock | |
| 75 | Tomes of the Warlock | |
| 73 | Crocodile Tears | |
| 72 | Crocodile Tears | |
| 70 | Recipe for Disaster: Freeing King Awowogei | |
| 70 | Do No Evil | |
| 70 | Do No Evil | |
| 68 | Do No Evil | |
| 64 | Do No Evil | |
| 60 | Dealing with Scabaras | |
| 50 | Dealing with Scabaras | |
| 50 | Desert Treasure | |
| 50 | Do No Evil | |
| 47 | Crocodile Tears | |
| 40 | Vessel of the Harbinger | |
| 37 | Spirits of the Elid | |
| 10 | The Dig Site |
Quest requirements
2 direct prerequisites, 47 quests in the full chain. The tree shows each quest's own requirements beneath it.
- 'Phite Club
- Our Man in the North
- Crocodile Tears
- Dealing with Scabaras
- Missing My Mummy
- Diamond in the Rough(requirements listed above)
- Icthlarin's Little Helper(requirements listed above)
- The Golem
- Spirits of the Elid
- The Jack of Spades
- Diamond in the Rough(requirements listed above)
- Do No Evil
- Animal Magnetism
- Dealing with Scabaras(requirements listed above)
- Desert Treasure
- Missing My Mummy(requirements listed above)
- Recipe for Disaster: Freeing King Awowogei
- Shadow of the Storm
- Demon Slayer
- The Golem(requirements listed above)
- Smoking Kills
- Icthlarin's Little Helper(requirements listed above)
- The Restless Ghost(requirements listed above)
- The Feud
- Crocodile Tears
- Our Man in the North
- Ode of the Devourer
- Requiem for a Dragon
- Battle of Forinthry
- Kili Row
- Tomes of the Warlock
- The Jack of Spades(requirements listed above)
- The Spirit of War
- Vessel of the Harbinger
- Ghosts Ahoy
- The Restless Ghost(requirements listed above)
- Rune Mythos
- Necromancy!(requirements listed above)
- Ghosts Ahoy
- Vessel of the Harbinger
- Soul Searching
- Necromancy!(requirements listed above)
- Requiem for a Dragon
Quick guide: order to unlock Beneath Scabaras' Sands
One valid order: every quest comes after its own prerequisites. Skip any you have already done.
- Stolen Hearts
- Diamond in the Rough
- Gertrude's Cat
- Icthlarin's Little Helper
- Contact!
- Dealing with Scabaras
- The Golem
- Missing My Mummy
- Spirits of the Elid
- The Jack of Spades
- Crocodile Tears
- Ernest the Chicken
- The Restless Ghost
- Animal Magnetism
- The Dig Site
- Death Plateau
- Troll Stronghold
- Desert Treasure
- The Grand Tree
- Tree Gnome Village
- Monkey Madness
- Cook's Assistant
- Recipe for Disaster: Another Cook's Quest
- Recipe for Disaster: Freeing King Awowogei
- Demon Slayer
- Shadow of the Storm
- Smoking Kills
- Do No Evil
- The Feud
- Our Man in the North
- 'Phite Club
- New Foundations
- Murder on the Border
- Unwelcome Guests
- Dead and Buried
- Ancient Awakening
- Battle of Forinthry
- Necromancy!
- Kili Row
- Ghosts Ahoy
- Rune Mythos
- Vessel of the Harbinger
- The Spirit of War
- Tomes of the Warlock
- Requiem for a Dragon
- Soul Searching
- Ode of the Devourer
- Beneath Scabaras' Sands
XP rewards
Skills Beneath Scabaras' Sands gives guaranteed XP in (fixed XP or a skill-locked lamp; choice lamps not listed). See the wiki for exact amounts.
Archaeology
Prayer
Slayer
Quests that need Beneath Scabaras' Sands
Full walkthrough, items needed and exact rewards: Beneath Scabaras' Sands on the RuneScape Wiki . Requirement data is adapted from the wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.
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