Ancient Claw/Guide
Introduction
Ancient Claw is largely the best melee weapon that does not require late-game content to obtain.
The Ancient Claw is assembled from the fragments that drop only from the
Pegasus. You need to kill 3333
Pegasi on average to get enough fragments.
The question is when to farm it and what combat style is the best for that. The main point of contention is whether to farm it before or after the Volcanic Cave because this dungeon is farmed with a Melee build and is vital for idling the
Air God Dungeon.
To answer these questions, we will consider the following builds:
Surge magic,
Sunset Rapier melee,
- Ancient Magick,
- Ancient Magick in
Glacia.
These builds were chosen to show the changes that the various drops bring into farming the Pegasus. The ranged builds were not considered because the Pegasus is
Melee and has the highest evasion against
Ranged in addition to the Combat Triangle.
In the considered situations, no prayers, potions, or other buffs are enabled unless specified.
The skill levels are given so that you can replicate the simulations in the Combat Simulator.
The Auto Eat - Tier III is used.
The Whale (Perfect) was used as a food of choice because it was considered a middle ground between starting out and being fully leveled out in Firemaking, Fishing, Farming, and Cooking.
The ring slot is always occupied with Magical Ring.
Builds
Surge magic
Item | DR |
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5% |
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2% |
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4% |
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0% |
Total | 16% |
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The simulation results are:
[math]\displaystyle{ T_c = 163 * 18.875 = 3077 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ T_m = (N * 7 * (1 + 2/16 + 2/16) / 16 + N / 16) * 1.3 = N / 16 * (8.75 + 1) * 1.3 = N * 12.675 / 16 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ T_r = N * 9.75 * 2 / 16 = N * 9.75 / 8 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ N = 1307 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ T_m = 1307 * 12.675 / 16 = 1035 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ T_r = 1307 * 9.75 / 8 = 1593 }[/math] The adjusted time [math]\displaystyle{ A_{start} = T_{all} / D_h = (3600 + 3077 + 1035 + 1593) / 67.7 = 137.5 }[/math] In other words, the time that is required to get all resources for killing one Pegasus and to actually kill it is 400 seconds. The overall time to get all resources and kill all Pegasi is [math]\displaystyle{ 137.5 * 3333 / 3600 = 127 \text{ hours}. }[/math] |
The overall time to get all resources and kill all Pegasi is 127 hours. However, pay attention that without the slayer gear, it will be 371 hours.
Sunset Rapier melee
Item | DR |
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6% |
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4% |
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Total | 22% |
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All skills are at level 75.
The simulation results are:
[math]\displaystyle{ T_c = 49.4 * 18.875 = 932.4 }[/math] The adjusted time [math]\displaystyle{ A_{ship} = (3600 + 932.4) / 61.6 = 73.6 }[/math] The overall time is [math]\displaystyle{ 73.6 * 3333 / 3600 = 68 \text{ hours}. }[/math] |
The overall grind time with this build is 68 hours. However, pay attention that if you don't use the Slayer gear, the overall time with this build will be 148 hours.
Ancient Magick
Item | DR |
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5% |
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2% |
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2% |
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Total | 24% |
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All skills are at level 75 except The simulation results with the
[math]\displaystyle{ T_c = 107.9 * 18.875 = 2037 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ T_m = (N * 20 + N) / 16 * 1.3 = N * 21 / 16 * 1.3 = N * 27.3 / 16 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ T_r = N * 21 * 2 / 16 = N * 21 / 8 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ N = 4905 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ T_m = 4905 * 27.3 / 16 = 8370 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ T_r = 4905 * 21 / 8 = 12876 }[/math] The adjusted time [math]\displaystyle{ A_{volcano} = T_{all} / D_h = (3600 + 2037 + 8370 + 12876) / 196.2 = 137 }[/math] The overall time is [math]\displaystyle{ 137 * 3333 / 3600 = 127 \text{ hours}. The slayer gear doesn't add to the clear speed in this case. }[/math]
If you swap from The simulation results with
[math]\displaystyle{ T_c = 172.4 * 18.875 = 3254 }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ T_m = 8370 }[/math]. [math]\displaystyle{ T_r = 12876 }[/math] The adjusted time [math]\displaystyle{ A_{eli} = T_{all} / D_h = (3600 + 3254 + 8370 + 12876) / 196.2 = 143.2 }[/math] The overall time is [math]\displaystyle{ 143.2 * 3333 / 3600 = 133 \text{ hours}. }[/math] |
The overall grind time with this build is 127 hours.
Overall, you want to put as much DR and Melee defence as possible when maintaining the 20k accuracy.
For instance, if you have Level 93 with the build above, you can swap
Enchanted Cape with
Fire Cape and reduce the food consumption even further.
The rune mining and crafting take the bulk of the time, so you might want to use all preservation and doubling bonuses that you have.
Ancient Magick in Glacia
Item | DR |
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8% |
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2% |
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0% |
Total | 48% |
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The levels are the same as in the Volcanic build. Due to Ancient Magic not benefiting from gear, the build was aimed to cram as much DR and melee evasion as possible. If you have ![]()
The simulation results are:
As the number of runes is the same, [math]\displaystyle{ T_m = 8370. }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ T_r = 12876. }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ T_c = 47.7 * 18.875 = 900.3 }[/math] The adjusted time [math]\displaystyle{ A_{glacia} = T_{all} / D_h = (3600 + 900.3 + 8370 + 12876) / 196.2 = 131.2 }[/math] The overall time is [math]\displaystyle{ 131.2 * 3333 / 3600 = 121.5 \text{ hours}. }[/math] |
The overall grind time with this build is 121.5 hours.
Conclusion
Farm the Pegasi with the Sunset Rapier melee build.
If you cannot get the Slayer gear for some reason, then the Ancient Magick build is the second best option because the Glacia is available only after you go through the Air God dungeon where you need all melee DPS you can get.