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The Tourist Trap

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OSRS TCG The Tourist Trap — Old School RuneScape quest card mapping

Start: talk to Irena.

South of Al Kharid a new desert pass has opened up, leading to the dangers of the Kharid desert. Equip your desert garb and make sure your waterskin is full before heading off into the trackless dunes in search of desert adventure.

The Tourist Trap is a members Old School RuneScape quest rated Intermediate. The OSRS TCG The Tourist Trap card list covers 6 of the items and monsters involved, including Desert shirt, Desert robe and Mercenary Captain. This page pairs the quest with those cards and with the open player trades for them; the OSRS Wiki remains the authority on requirements and the walkthrough itself.

Full quest guide on the OSRS Wiki →

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Required items & monsters

Items you need to bring and the monsters you'll fight, paired with their OSRS TCG cards. See the wiki for the full requirement list.

Desert shirt

Desert shirt

Resource • Armour

A cool, light desert shirt.

40 gpUncommon

Desert robe

Desert robe

Resource • Armour

A cool, light desert robe.

40 gpUncommon

Desert boots

Desert boots

Resource • Armour

Comfortable desert shoes.

20 gpCommon

Bronze bar

Bronze bar

Resource

It's a bar of bronze.

8 gpCommon

Feather

Feather

Resource

Used for fly fishing.

2 gpCommon
  • A hammerany one

    Any smithing hammer works.

    Used: Smithing the bronze bar into a metal spade for the weapon plans.

  • Means to enter the desertany one

    Any way into the desert works — a Shantay pass bought nearby is the basic option; fairy ring BIQ, teleport tablets/scrolls, desert amulet 2 or a pharaoh's sceptre also work.

    Used: Reaching Irena at the Shantay Pass and the Desert Mining Camp.

Monsters you'll fight

Mercenary Captain

Mercenary Captain

Monster

He looks a bit aggressive.

Lvl 47Uncommon

Walkthrough overview

A brief summary of the quest, noting where each card is used. The OSRS Wiki has the full, authoritative walkthrough.

  1. 1

    Enter the desert through the Shantay Pass south of Al Kharid (or fairy ring BIQ) and speak to Irena, whose daughter Ana has gone missing. Follow the footprints south to the Desert Mining Camp.

    • Means to enter the desert
  2. 2

    Talk to the Mercenary Captain at the west gate, then defeat him (level 47, easily safespotted or prayed against) to obtain the gate key.

  3. 3

    Unequip everything except your desert clothing before entering, then search the table with a bowl of water in the northern building for a cell door key.

    • Desert shirt
    • Desert robe
    • Desert boots
  4. 4

    Wearing the slave robes, work through the mine to a guard who demands a tenti pineapple; visit Al Shabim at the Bedabin Camp, who wants weapon plans in return.

  5. 5

    Get the weapon plans from Captain Siad, then smith the bronze bar with a hammer into a metal spade and fletch the feathers to complete the plans for Al Shabim, who gives the pineapple.

    • A hammer
    • Bronze bar
    • Feather
  6. 6

    Give the pineapple to the guard, ride the mine cart to reach Ana, and use a barrel to smuggle her back out via the winch to finish the quest.

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OSRS TCG The Tourist Trap — frequently asked

Which OSRS TCG cards are linked to The Tourist Trap?
6 catalogue cards map to The Tourist Trap: Desert shirt, Desert robe, Desert boots, Bronze bar, Feather and Mercenary Captain. They are the quest's items and the monsters you fight that exist as cards in the Old School RuneScape TCG. The mapping is maintained by OSRS Card Exchange; whether something is a card, and its rarity, come from the OSRS TCG catalogue.
Is The Tourist Trap members only?
Yes, The Tourist Trap is a members quest. It is rated Intermediate.
What is the rarest card from The Tourist Trap?
Desert shirt at Uncommon, which packs land on about 32% of the time. Rarity comes from the card's OSRS TCG score, not from the quest.
How do I get the OSRS TCG The Tourist Trap cards?
Pull them from packs in the OSRS TCG RuneLite plugin, or trade for them. Open exchanges for this quest's cards are listed further down this page, and the trade itself happens in the plugin's own Trade window in game.
Does this page tell me how to complete The Tourist Trap?
It gives a brief walkthrough overview and maps the quest to its OSRS TCG cards — the items and monsters involved, and who is trading them. For the complete requirements, detailed steps and rewards, the OSRS Wiki link on this page is the authority.

Related cards

Cards that come up around The Tourist Trap but that you don't actually need for it — NPCs mentioned in passing, scenery, or items suggested only for convenience.