Step 1: Introduction
Speak to Zimberfizz.
Enter the tent.

Speak to Zimberfizz, who will inform you that his master (Nomad) has been acting strange. Zimberfizz suspects something evil is at work and asks you to investigate. Begin by searching through Nomad's tent, and you will discover a hidden trapdoor. Upon entering it, a cutscene will begin in which Nomad quickly kills an Elite Dark Mage, Ranger, and Warrior (Picture). After the cutscene, he will tell you to forget everything that you saw and to never return down again.

Step 2: The Western Device
Move both 3rd level blocks.
Pull northern lever on 2nd floor.
Allow water to reach device on 1st floor.

Venture deeper into the caverns and enter the door to the southwest of the room to discover a complex, three-story puzzle. It is recommended to bring Prayer gear and pray against Melee while in these rooms. The goal is to get the water from the top level to the bottom level by moving stone blocks around to block and open paths. Begin on the top floor by moving each of the two statues over the drain near them. This will allow the water to flow to the level below you.

The second level is controlled by two levers. Pull the northern lever to allow the water to fall through to the bottom floor. Head downstairs and begin the final part of this puzzle. Follow these steps to complete the puzzle:

1. Center, west statue - push east.
2. North, west statue - push south.
3. North, center statue - push west.
4. North, east statue - push west.
5. Center, east statue - push north.
6. South, east statue - push north.
7. South, center statue - push east.
8. Center, center statue - push south.
9. North, center statue - push south.
10. North, east statue - push west.
11. Center, east statue - push north.
12. South, east statue - push north.
13. South, center statue - push east.
14. South, west statue - push east.
15. Center, west statue - push south.
16. North, west statue - push south.
17. North, center statue - push west.
18. North, east statue - push west.
19. Center, east statue - push north.
20. South, east statue - push north.

This will break the strange device and stop its power blocking the Arcane door (Picture). Exit to the main lobby and now head into the southeastern door.

Step 3: The Eastern Device
Create waterfall in Western room.
Collect fuel.
Lure and destroy 3 creatures.
Enter Arcane door.

Note that if you kill any of the Spectral beings, they will NOT respawn. This can be useful in saving Prayer points.
Inside this room, don't worry about the Spectral tenders; they are unaggressive here. Your goal in this room is to lure out the elemental creatures from the strange device by using elemental fuel from the hoppers on either side of the room. Before you do anything, head back to the second floor of the western room. Mine the rubble to the east and pull the southern lever.

Head back to the eastern room and take some fuel from the hopper. You need to lure the elemental creatures that appear when you place the fuel to the waterfall to kill them. Remember they can't go around walls, so place the food so that they walk around. You will have to kill three creatures to break the device (Picture).

Step 4: The Western Device
Kill all 4 roots.
Defeat Decaying Avatar.

Head through the Arcane door, and you will discover a second Arcane door! You need to destroy two more devices to weaken this door to enter it. Head through the western door. Beware that there are Spectral cultivators throughout this room that are aggressive, so you should either pray melee or kill them (as they do not respawn). There are four roots beyond the device that you need to kill.

Once you do this, the Decaying Avatar (Level-525) will appear near the strange device. You need to kill it to break the device. Simply pray melee and attack him until he dies. You can use a cannon if you like. Be attentive, though, as roots will occasionally appear that you need to kill before he reaches them. If he gets there first, he will be healed to full health! Once he dies, the device will break.

Step 5: The Eastern Device
Collect all slabs.
Cross pool.
Cast Fire Wave on barrels.

Talk to the dying knight near the door, who begs you to stop the evil with his dying breath (Picture). When you enter the eastern room, you will constantly take damage unless you are praying Piety! It is recommended to have Prayer-boosting gear and Prayer potions for this room. Around the room there are slabs that you need to collect to be able to complete a "bridge" that goes across a pool to the final strange device. Simply cast a Fire Wave spell onto the explosive barrels to destroy the device and open the path to Nomad. Note that killing the Corruption beasts in this room will fully recharge your Prayer points.

Step 6
Kill Nomad.

When you feel you are fully prepared to begin the final fight, enter the second Arcane door to confront Nomad. It is recommended that you use dragon hides, or other high Magic defence gear. You will most likely need to bring a full inventory of brews and restores, as well as a beast of burden. He will accuse you of being an assassin and begin to attack you. He will now appear as Nomad (Level-699) and he will attack you with all of the attack styles. He will throw small orange "mines" that will deal damage when you step on them, so be wary. Secondly, he has one powerful attack that takes a few seconds to charge up. It will always deals 750 damage, so always keep your life points up. One way to dodge this attack (if you are ranging Nomad) is when he lays the mines, run over by the pillar and attack from there. When he charges the 750 attack, hide behind the pillar so the spell lands on the pillar and not you. His third attack will split himself into four people - 3 illusions and one real Nomad. When you attack the real one, the illusions will disappear, so attack each one until you find the true Nomad. His most powerful attack consists of him freezing you and blasting you with a powerful attack that will hit you for one less than your max life points (Example: if you have a Constitution level of 97, the attack will hit 969 maximum), so make sure you fill up when he casts a freezing spell. Once you get him to around 25% life points, he will "even things up" and heal to back to half of his life points. When you get him back to around 25%, he will start hitting you with both magic and melee. At this time, you can pray melee and finish him off.

Note that you CANNOT teleport out of the final battle, and Nomad will prevent you from running away. If you die, your items will appear in the Soul Wars graveyard and you will appear next to them, giving you plenty of time to collect your items. Be aware that Barrows items will completely degrade and things that normally would not be dropped with a grave will still disappear.

Once you kill Nomad, a short cutscene will begin in which you tell Zimberfizz that you "killed" Nomad. However, you will see Nomad teleport out as you're leaving with Zimberfizz. Congratulations, Quest Complete!