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Revision as of 12:40, 30 November 2021
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The guide is written with the goal of idling the dungeon. If you want to do it manually, the requirements are much more relaxed, although the more DR you have, the easier it is to do anyway.
Why clear Volcanic Cave?
On each clear, you get the Fire Cape that gives 2% DR.
Volcanic Cave is the place where you gear up in preparation for the Air God Dungeon.
It is also a place to farm 10 Amulets of Fury for FEZ. Check the FEZ/Guide to see if it's the best option for you.
After you clear it 100 times, you will unlock Ancient Magicks - Slicing Winds, Icicle Volley, and Ignite - Icicle Volley is by far the strongest. Ancient Magicks is not affected by damage amplification in any way except the Combat Triangle. No curses, no debuffs, no gear buffs. However, it is much stronger than the basic magic at this stage. For instance, when basic magic could clear Volcanic Cave 8 times per hour, Ancient Magicks could do it 22 times.
Gear to idle
Volcanic Cave contains only Melee monsters. Therefore, clearing it with pre-Volcanic Ranged setups is unfeasible due to the Combat Triangle penalties.
It is assumed that you have Auto Eat - Tier III.
Melee
Volcanic Cave is usually done with Melee because the dragon armor set requires only Level 99 to produce. It then can be trimmed to provide 30% DR.
Below is the melee loadout that requires 810 Hitpoints to idle the dungeon on any game mode. However, pay attention that even slightly less DR or HP will mean death for this loadout because it hangs 2 HP away from the max hit of Malcs.
Item | Slot | DR |
---|---|---|
(G) Dragon Helmet | Head | 6% |
(G) Dragon Platebody | Body | 6% |
(G) Dragon Platelegs | Leggings | 6% |
(G) Dragon Boots | Boots | 6% |
Paladin Gloves | Hands | 4% |
Knight's Cape | Cape | 1% |
Elite Amulet of Defence | Neck | 2% |
Silver Diamond Ring | Ring | 1% |
Any Melee | Weapon | 0% |
(G) Dragon Shield | Off-hand | 6% |
Total | 38% |
Magic
The other possible option is Magic.
Please note that to idle the dungeon with the build below, you must have 800 Hitpoints or more and Weakening III active.
Item | Slot | DR |
---|---|---|
Fire Expert Wizard Hat | Head | 5% |
Fire Expert Wizard Robes | Body | 5% |
Fire Expert Wizard Bottoms | Leggings | 5% |
Fire Expert Wizard Boots | Boots | 5% |
(U) Ancient D-hide Vambraces | Hands | 6% |
Skull Cape | Cape | 3% |
Elite Amulet of Defence | Neck | 2% |
Silver Diamond Ring | Ring | 1% |
Any Magic | Weapon | 0% |
Miolite Shield | Off-hand | 2% |
Total | 34% |
Weapon choice
The information in the table below was produced by using the Combat Simulator and the respective builds above.
The clears per hour are counted for a Hardcore character with level 70 in everything except level 81 HP. No other buffs.
Item | Clears per hour | Time to get (95% confidence) |
---|---|---|
Dragon Sword | 6.39 | instant |
Ancient Sword | 7.04 | medium |
Dragon Claw | 7.07 | medium |
Sunset Rapier | 8.49 | medium |
Ancient Claw | 9.23 | long |
Magic Wand (Powerful) | 9.28 | fast |
The Wand's clear speed was counted without taking Runecrafting into account. The adjusted clear time would definitely be lower than Ancient Claw's.
Gear options
Gloves
Item | DR | Requirements |
---|---|---|
Paladin Gloves | 4% | none |
(U) Red D-hide Vambraces | 4% | Level 60 |
(U) Black D-hide Vambraces | 5% | Level 70 |
(U) Ancient D-hide Vambraces | 6% | Level 80 |
Even though you might want the best option for you, think if you really want to farm Dragons Den for it, which can be both time- and food-expensive perspective. The Red and Black Vambraces can be either crafted with Crafting or dropped from Spider Forest. Or you might just farm some Paladins.
Cape
Item | Upside | Downside |
---|---|---|
Knight's Cape | 1% DR | Level 88 unique drop |
Skull Cape | 3% DR | Screws up Melee accuracy |
Firemaking Skillcape | XP boost | Level 99, no DR increase |
Obsidian Cape | Spend less food | Rare drop, no DR increase |
Fire Cape | 2% DR | You need to clear Volcanic Cave once |
Boots
The choice of boots is small because we don't want to drop in DR too much.
Item | DR% | Requirements |
---|---|---|
(G) Dragon Boots | 6% | Level 60 |
(G) Rune Boots | 5% | Level 40 |
Ring
Item | Benefit |
---|---|
Silver Diamond Ring | 1% DR |
Aorpheat's Signet Ring | 5% chance to double Elite Chest and 100% more money |
Ring of Wealth | 7% chance to double Elite Chest |
Gold Sapphire Ring | 30 reflect to clear the dungeon a bit faster |