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
Slayer Wizard Hat (Strong)	0%
Slayer Wizard Robes (Strong)	0%
Fire Expert Wizard Bottoms	5%
Fire Expert Wizard Boots	5%
Miolite Shield	2%
Enchanted Cape	0%
Amulet of Magic	0%
Paladin Gloves	4%
Magic Wand (Powerful)	0%
Total	16%

Details

Fire Surge is used with Combination Runes. All skills are at level 75. The simulation results are: 1307 Ancient runes spent, 163 whales per hour, 67.7 Pegasi per hour. [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
Slayer Helmet (Strong)	0%
Slayer Platebody (Strong)	0%
(G) Dragon Platelegs	6%
(G) Dragon Boots	6%
(G) Dragon Shield	6%
Promotion or Glory	0%
Paladin Gloves	4%
Sunset Rapier	0%
Total	22%

Details
All skills are at level 75. The simulation results are: 49.4 whales per hour, 61.6 Pegasi per hour. [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
Ancient Wizard Hat	5%
Ancient Wizard Robes	5%
Ancient Wizard Bottoms	5%
Ancient Wizard Boots	5%
Miolite Shield	2%
Enchanted Cape	0%
Elite Amulet of Magic	2%
Elementalist Gloves	0%
Magic Wand (Powerful)	0%
Total	24%

Details

All skills are at level 75 except Level 91. With the following setup, you should have exactly 20k accuracy on Slicing Winds, they cannot miss now. The simulation results with the Miolite Shield are: 4905 Ancient runes spent, 107.9 whales per hour, 196.2 Pegasi per hour. [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}. }[/math] If you swap from Miolite Shield to Book of Eli, it will only increase the clear time because your melee defence would plummet, resulting in many more Whales eaten. The simulation results with Eli are: 4905 Ancient runes spent, 172.4 whales per hour, 196.2 Pegasi per hour. [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. The slayer gear doesn't add to the clear speed in this case.

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
Glacia God Helmet	8%
Glacia God Platebody	8%
Glacia God Platelegs	8%
Glacia God Boots	8%
Glacia God Gloves	8%
Miolite Shield	2%
Infernal Cape	4%
Elite Amulet of Magic	2%
Magic Wand (Powerful)	0%
Total	48%

Details

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 Level 95, you should be able to swap for Elite Amulet of Defence while still having the required 20k accuracy. Slicing Winds are used. The simulation results are: 4905 Ancient runes spent, 47.7 whales per hour, 196.2 Pegasi per hour. 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.