RuneScape Dragonwilds Contact! Guide for Crystal Helix Rewards

RuneScape: Dragonwilds includes a side quest called Contact! that sends you to the Umbral Sands region to track down three Crystal Helix Fragments for the Vault Guardian Prime. After you complete the task, the Umbral Sands area opens up access to a new Masterwork Staff: Pharaoh’s Sceptre.

Because the fragment search covers a fairly wide area and their locations aren’t immediately obvious, the route can feel confusing as you try to connect the clues and piece together where everything is hiding.

Here’s a clear walkthrough for where to find the scouts and how to track down the beast’s heart during the Contact! quest in RuneScape: Dragonwilds, including each Crystal Helix Fragment and the key decision at the end.

How to Start Contact! Quest in RS Dragonwilds

To begin Contact!, go to the northern portion of the Dunes of Uzzer, specifically northwest of the Dragonkin Vault (the location is referenced as being shown above). Find the red Avisk Crystal near the oasis and speak with it. It assigns you the job of locating its vault guardians and retrieving the Crystal Helix they were carrying.

Find Vault Guardian Prime

Stand beside the Avisk Crystal and face north. You should spot a route running between sharp sand formations. Head straight north until you reach a cave entrance with a blue glow. Go inside and talk to the Vault Guardian Prime waiting beside the barrier.

The Vault Guardian Prime explains that you must collect three Crystal Helix fragments and return them to him. Only then will he be able to remove the barrier and let you enter.

All Crystal Helix Fragment Locations in RS Dragonwilds

Crystal Helix Fragment #1

Look in the direction the Vault Guardian Prime is facing. Inside the cave, you’ll notice a narrow path. Follow it until you reach a larger chamber packed with Kalphite eggs.

Check the left side of the chamber. You’ll find a Vault Guardian embedded in the cave wall, sitting beside the eggs with the red glow. Interact with that Vault Guardian to obtain the first Crystal Helix Fragment.

This same cave also includes Adamant ore and Coal deposits.

Crystal Helix Fragment #2

Leave the cave and turn north. Look for a major sand formation that curves inward and contains a heavy concentration of Kalphite eggs (as shown in the screenshot above). Move toward the egg cluster under the arch and you’ll spot another Vault Guardian half-buried among the eggs.

Interact with it and you’ll learn that someone has taken the second Fragment. The quest updates, telling you to follow the footprints in the sand to figure out who stole the Crystal Helix.

The footprints are just east of where you find the Vault Guardian, tucked behind buildings between the dunes. Follow them toward the oasis in the east, which is only a few meters away. At the oasis, search for a tent; inside it you’ll find Zanik next to the campfire.

Talk to Zanik. She warns you that the Avisk Crystal is trying to mislead you and urges you to side with her by destroying the Avisk fragments hidden behind the barrier. If you agree, Zanik provides you with the second Crystal Fragment.

Crystal Helix Fragment #3

Requirement: Vault Shards x4, Spade

Head to the location shown in the screenshot above and locate a small, dilapidated building. Go inside and you’ll find the third Vault Guardian buried under sand. Dig up the Vault Guardian and interact with it.

The prompt explains that to obtain the fragment, you must activate the Vault Guardian using 4 Vault Shards. Choose to give the Vault Shards to the guardian, and you’ll receive the third and final Crystal Helix Fragment.

Should You Side with the Avisk Crystal or Zanik?

Once you’ve gathered all three fragments, return to the Vault Guardian Prime and hand them over. He combines the Crystal Helix fragments and uses them to remove the barrier behind him. Go through the barrier to enter the next chamber, where you’ll find four small Avisk Crystals along with Zanik.

Speak with Zanik and you’ll hear a voice from the Azisk Crystal urging you to jump into the hole within the chamber. Zanik disagrees and tells you to shatter the crystals instead. The correct (and only) option here is to side with Zanik and break the crystals using your pickaxe.

Contact! Quest Reward

After destroying all four crystals in the room, talk to Zanik again to wrap up the quest. For finishing Contact!, you receive a vestige named Icthlarian Fetish.

Consume the vestige to learn the recipe for Pharaoh’s Sceptre, a Masterwork magic staff designed for mage builds in Dragonwilds.

Gold Bar x10
Scorch Leather x10
Shimmerscale Powder x32
Dragonstone x4
Gypsum Wax x4