The Caves Awaken

The Caves Awaken is a medium difficulty quest unlocked at level 2 and added in Update 1.0.0. It is of a medium length at five stages, and is based in Eaglecrest Caves.

It is part of quest line 1. It follows the level 1 quest A King's Recruit, however doesn't lead to another quest as of Update 1.0.0.

Antorax Classic
The quest also featured in Antorax Classic, relatively similar to how it is in Realms of Antorax. The only main changes were the cave layout (hence the placing of the journals and boss room) and the room itself (replaced with the Cavern Shrines).

Stage 1
"Talk to the cavern explorer in the cave, north-west of Eaglecrest plains."

The safe area of the cave is situated north west of Eaglecrest plains with access via a ladder. The Cavern Explorer explains he has lost five journals and asks you to help him find them in the main cave area.

Stage 2
"Collect five journals in the cave. x/5 found"

After entering the cave with the north entrance from the safe cave area you must find 5 Journals scattered around the area. They are generally found in the corners, and your quest log updates to show how many books you have found. You are chased and blocked by Rock Abominations, requiring you to be constantly moving or killing them.

Fifth Journal
Upon finding the fourth journal, the quest log will update with the message: ''"There doesn't seem to be another journal. Talk to the cavern explorer." ''It is important to pay attention to the quest log so stages like this aren't missed.

Strategy
This is generally the first difficult skill based area the player will encounter as the Rock Abominations challenge you to kill them when they are blocking you, and are constantly moving. Knight is harder to play here as they must be close to the Rock Abominations to kill them, and don't have a useful Class Rune. It is recommended to play as Archer if the player is struggling as they have the most useful Class Rune for this and have a great range.

Stage 3
"There doesn't seem to be another journal. Talk to the cavern explorer."

Upon returning to the Cavern Explorer he will tell you the final journal must be situated at the Cavern Shrines. He will set your compass to point north-east, the direction of the Cavern Shrines.

Stage 4
"Find and kill the rock overlord to get the 5th journal."

The Rock Overlord is in the Cavern Shrines at the north-east of the Eaglecrest caves, the direction your compass points until you find the area.

Once entering the area you'll receive a text box from the Cavern Explorer warning you about the lava pools as "the lava hurts". There are three lava pools in the room, each with an inactive shrine above them. As the fight progresses the shrines rise, applying status effects to both you and the boss. You also receive messages from the Cavern Explorer every time a shrine rises, explaining to you how they work. Once the boss is dead you are shown the loot and teleported out of the area to the Cavern Explorer.

You cannot replay the boss or reenter the Cavern Shrines once the boss has died.

Strategy
Main article: Rock Overlord.

Stage 5
"Return to the cavern explorer."

The Cavern Explorer gives you a generous amount of XP as well as a mining helmet (2 defense, allows access to the mines). When worn the helmet allows you to enter the mineshaft without taking constant damage.