The Hand in the Sand/Quick guide

This is the quick guide for The Hand in the Sand.

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Start point	Talk to Bert in Yanille near the sandpit.
Official difficulty	Intermediate
Description	Bert the Sandman in Yanille is in a spot of bother. A mysterious severed hand has appeared in his sand box. Help find out whose hand it is and, more to the point, how it got in Bert's sand box.
Length	Medium
Requirements	Level 17 Thieving Level 49 Crafting
Items required	A regular beer (obtainable during quest) About 150 coins Two empty vials Redberries White berries A Lantern lens 5 earth runes A Bucket of sand Access to Fairy Rings is a big help, but if not, teleports and moving your house to Brimhaven (Needs 40 Construction) and using the spirit trees will also help. Teleportation Jewellery: A Ring of Dueling and a charged Amulet of Glory will be very useful running back forth between Yanille and Brimhaven
Enemies to defeat	None

Talk to Bert in Yanille, at the Sandpit to get a Sandy hand.
Talk to Guard captain in the Dragon Inn, South of Bert's House (you need the Beer now)
Ring the Bell at the Wizards' Guild, and talk to Zavistic Rarve, who will take the Hand

Talk to Bert again, he'll give you: Bert's rota.
Travel to Brimhaven and find Sandy in a small house north of Dead Man's Chest Inn.
Search Sandy's Desk to get: Sandy's rota.
Pickpocket Sandy until you get Sand.

Travel back to Yanille, Talk to Bert to receive A magic scroll.
Ring the Bell at the Wizards' Guild and talk to Zavistic Rarve again to receive a Magical orb.
Talk to Zavistic Rarve again and say: "Can you help me more?" - and give him a Vial, you will get teleported to Betty in Port Sarim.
Talk to Betty and you receive Bottled water.
Add Redberries, then White berries (in that order) to get Pink dye.
Dye the Lantern lens to get: Rose tinted lens.
Talk to Betty again and she'll put a Vial on the counter. Go stand in the doorway and "use" the lens on the counter. you'll get Truth serum.
Talk to Betty once more and she'll take the Sand from your inventory and add it to the Truth serum.

Travel to Brimhaven and talk to Sandy again. Select an option until you distract him, and use the Truth serum on Sandy's Coffee Mug.
Activate the Magical orb and talk to Sandy again. Be sure to click every option.

Travel to Yanille and Ring the Bell at the Wizards' Guild to talk to Zavistic Rarve. Talk to him again to get a cut scene.
Travel to Entrana (Deposit combat items) and talk to Mazion at the sandpit. You receive a Wizard's head
Travel to Yanille, Ring the Bell and talk to Zavistic Rarve.
Quest complete!