I decided I wouldn't give up and ground my way through it, when I reached the stage where I had to feed those goddamn basilisks those bastards rats, 5 each, for one scale, when I needed to damn many, I ended up just getting drunk and not recalling the hours I spent picking up rats, tossing em at basilisks, picking up more rats, tossing em etc.

Horrific zone. Just plain painfull.