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The major part of this guide is written by @Username#7620 | The major part of this guide is written by @Username#7620, @mazunki [they/them]#3247, and @ERRORMONSTER#8764 on the Discord community. If you got any questions, or anything is wrong make sure to shout out to any one of us. Feel free to edit the guide, or add stuff to it too. | ||
Thanks to everyone in #hardcore-mode-chat for making this possible. :) | Thanks to everyone in #hardcore-mode-chat for making this possible. :) | ||
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Your goal is to get full {{ItemIcon|Aeris God Platebody|Aeris God Armor}} from the {{ItemIcon|Scroll of Aeris|Scrolls of Aeris}}, with the {{ItemIcon|Stormsnap}} being optional. The {{ItemIcon|Aeris Godsword}} is wholly unnecessary, as you'll want to keep using the DR of the {{ItemIcon|Dragonfire Shield|DFS}} awhile longer, though all of the godswords can be used for non-dungeon grinding. | Your goal is to get full {{ItemIcon|Aeris God Platebody|Aeris God Armor}} from the {{ItemIcon|Scroll of Aeris|Scrolls of Aeris}}, with the {{ItemIcon|Stormsnap}} being optional. The {{ItemIcon|Aeris Godsword}} is wholly unnecessary, as you'll want to keep using the DR of the {{ItemIcon|Dragonfire Shield|DFS}} awhile longer, though all of the godswords can be used for non-dungeon grinding. | ||
You'll want to hold on to the {{ItemIcon|Air Shard|Air Shards}} which can be upgraded into {{ItemIcon|Air Chest|Air Chests}}, containing various crossbow bolts. These won't be enough to supply you for the {{ZoneIcon|Water God Dungeon}} but will at least save you some time grinding ammunition in the future. The {{ItemIcon|Deadeye Amulet}} | You'll want to hold on to the {{ItemIcon|Air Shard|Air Shards}} which can be upgraded into {{ItemIcon|Air Chest|Air Chests}}, containing various crossbow bolts. These won't be enough to supply you for the {{ZoneIcon|Water God Dungeon}} but will at least save you some time grinding ammunition in the future. The {{ItemIcon|Deadeye Amulet}} and the {{ItemIcon|Deadeye Ring}} are each pretty good DPS increases for Ranged, but DR is so tight in most god dungeons that you may not be able to use it over the {{ItemIcon|Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs|FEZ}}. | ||
==Glacia== | ==Glacia== | ||
''' | Hopefully you've gotten the {{PetIcon|Finn, the Cat}} pet by now, because the 10 max health bonus makes DR and max hit calculations much easier, not to mention potentially saving you 1% DR here and there. That and the {{PetIcon|Leonardo}} pet will be assumed from here out for the sake of example gear, just for simplicity, alongside level 99 {{Skill|Hitpoints}}. | ||
{{ZoneIcon|Water God Dungeon}} will be done with {{Skill|Ranged}}. Your goal is 49% DR. While it's much easier to reach this threshold with the {{ItemIcon|Ancient Crossbow}} from {{ZoneIcon|Dragons Den}} and a {{ItemIcon|Dragonfire Shield}}, gathering bolts from either {{ItemIcon|Air Chest|Air Chests}} or {{Skill|Slayer}} resupplies is pretty tedious (though autoslayer helps, and again, {{MonsterIcon|Giant Crab}} tasks are your friend. Use basic resupplies for the most ammo per SC,) so an alternative ''if you have level 88 {{Skill|Prayer}}'' is to use the [[Stone_Skin|Stone Skin]] prayer and the {{ItemIcon|Ancient Longbow}}, full {{ItemIcon|Aeris God Platebody|Aeris}}, {{ItemIcon|Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs|FEZ}}, {{ItemIcon|Silver Diamond Ring}}, and a {{ItemIcon|Fire Cape}}. Without level 88 prayer, you'll have to use a shield. | |||
If you do go the {{ItemIcon|Ancient Crossbow}} + {{ItemIcon|Dragonfire Shield|DFS}} route, then {{ItemIcon|Aeris God Platebody|Aeris}} provides enough damage reduction for you to wear otherwise fully offensive gear, including the {{ItemIcon|Deadeye Amulet}}, {{ItemIcon|Deadeye Ring}}, and the {{ItemIcon|Cape of Prat}} or {{ItemIcon|Ranged Skillcape}}. | |||
Regardless of your gearing, the goal is full {{ItemIcon|Glacia God Platebody|Glacia}} armor in 5 pieces from the {{ItemIcon|Scroll of Glacia|Scrolls of Glacia}}, with the {{ItemIcon|Warlock Ring}} from {{ItemIcon|Water Chest|Water Chests}} being a neat bonus and the {{ItemIcon|Warlock Amulet}} not being very useful. The {{ItemIcon|Glacia Godsword}} is not worth grinding for, nor is the {{ItemIcon|Cloudburst Staff}}. The cloudburst doesn't provide any air runes, which are required for all standard spells, so where you ''can'' use a 2h staff, you'll likely want to use your {{ItemIcon|Mystic Air Staff}} to prevent needing to farm {{MonsterIcon|Wizard|Wizards}} for air runes, but most of the late-game magic content requires a wand and shield anyway, so it's moot. Maybe you could use it for an ancient magicks setup with [[Icicle_Volley|Icicle Volley]], but {{ItemIcon|Ancient Rune|Ancient Runes}} are also a pain to get in bulk. {{ItemIcon|Water Chest|Water Chests}} are actually the best place to farm ancient runes due to the low drop rate and amount from {{ItemIcon|Magic Chest|Magic Chests}}. Hold on to a {{ItemIcon|Magic Wand (Elite)}} if you get one and have the bank space to spare, as it's the best one-handed wand you'll have access to for awhile. | |||
==Terran== | ==Terran== | ||
''' | With full {{ItemIcon|Glacia God Platebody|Glacia}}, a {{ItemIcon|Mystic Air Staff}}, and 45% DR, you can go do the {{ZoneIcon|Infernal Stronghold}} to get your {{ItemIcon|Infernal Cape}} and get 10 {{ItemIcon|Infernal Core|Infernal Cores}} to upgrade your {{ItemIcon|Ancient Claw}} (and {{ItemIcon|Dragon Claw}} if you don't have one yet) into the {{ItemIcon|Infernal Claw}} for melee farming. | ||
Terran must be done with mage and has a very tight window for gearing and Damage Reduction. Specifically, your attack speed needs to be faster than 3 seconds and you need 47% DR. In a worst case scenario, {{MonsterIcon|Terran}} will increase your attack interval by 33% for 2 turns then stun you for 1 turn. If he hits you while you're stunned, you'll take an additional 30% damage, drastically increasing your necessary DR to safely idle. | |||
As with the {{ZoneIcon|Water God Dungeon}}, there are two ways to do the {{ZoneIcon|Earth God Dungeon}}: you can use a {{ItemIcon|Mystic Air Staff}}, {{ItemIcon|Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs|FEZ}}, {{ItemIcon|Skull Cape}}, and {{ItemIcon|Silver Diamond Ring}} and use the [[Surge I]] [[auroras|Aurora]] to just barely make your attacks fast enough to avoid being smacked while stunned and slowed, or use a {{ItemIcon|Magic Wand (Elite)}}, {{ItemIcon|Miolite Shield}} (or {{ItemIcon|Dragonfire Shield}} if you're lazy), {{ItemIcon|Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs|FEZ}}, {{ItemIcon|Skull Cape}}, and the {{ItemIcon|Warlock Ring}}, which is fast enough to not worry about needing surge. | |||
There are also two reasonable choices for spells. Gathering {{ItemIcon|Ancient Rune|Ancient Runes}} is a slow process, but it allows for the use of [[Wind_Surge|Wind Surge]], which will shred through the dungeon at around 250 casts per kill for 3.7 kills per hour with the wand or 350 casts per kill for 2.3 kills per hour with a staff. On the other hand, {{ItemIcon|Death Rune|Death Runes}} are much easier to gather in bulk from {{MonsterIcon|Necromancer|Necromancers}} so you could instead use [[Wind_Blast|Wind Blast]] at around 350 casts per kill for 2.5 kills per hour with a wand or 800 casts per kill for 1.5 kills/hr with a staff. Using | |||
[[Ancient_Magicks|Ancient Magicks]] is not recommended, even with a {{ItemIcon|Mystic Air Staff}}, as while you can get 5.5 kills per hour with this gear, it also costs almost 600 ancient runes per kill. | |||
TL;DR - farm ancient/light runes and use wind surge for the staff setup, or farm death/air runes and use wind blast for the wand setup. | |||
The goal is to get an {{ItemIcon|Earth Layered Shield}} and least 4 pieces of {{ItemIcon|Terran God Platebody|Terran}} armor from {{ItemIcon|Scroll of Terran|Scrolls of Terran}}, though 5 is, of course, ideal. Make sure you finally put your {{ItemIcon|(G) Rune Boots}} to rest; they've earned it. Terran isn't necessary to upgrade your melee gear further to {{ItemIcon|Ragnar God Platebody|Ragnar}} armor, but you will need a few Terran pieces to reach the DR threshold for {{ZoneIcon|Into the Mist}}. Again, the {{ItemIcon|Terran Godsword}} isn't worth grinding out, but it's worth holding on to, if you get one, for {{ZoneIcon|Into the Mist}}. You'll also want to get both a {{ItemIcon|Guardian Amulet}} and a {{ItemIcon|Guardian Ring}} from the {{ItemIcon|Earth Chest|Earth Chests}}, which provide BIS DR in their respective slots (10% for a necklace when below 50% hp, 5% otherwise, and 2% for a ring.) | |||
==Ragnar== | ==Ragnar== | ||
