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The major part of this guide is written by @Username#7620 and @mazunki [they/them]#3247 on the Discord community. If you got any questions, or anything is wrong make sure to shout out to either one of us. Feel free to edit the guide, or add stuff to it too.
<p class="noexcerpts">The majority of this guide is written by [[User:Username|Username]], [[User:Mazunki|mazunki]], @ERRORMONSTER#8764 and @Zxv#0157 of the Discord community. If you have any questions, or if anything is wrong, please make sure to reach out to any of us. Feel free to edit the guide or add anything to it as needed.</p>


Thanks to everyone in #hardcore-mode-chat for making this possible. :)
Thanks to everyone in #hardcore-mode-chat for making this possible. :)


=Preface=
<span style="color:red;font-weight:bold;size:32px;">THE EARLY SECTIONS OF THIS GUIDE ARE OUTDATED AND SHOULD BE TAKEN WITH A GRAIN OF SALT</span>


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Food is vital to a HCCO account and your first food source (and one that you will be relying on for quite a while) is plants. Starting out, you should fight plants for the potatoes they drop and to increase your combat levels.
Note about {{Skill|Attack|ATK}} vs {{Skill|Strength|STR}} vs {{Skill|Defence|DEF}}: All three combat skills are very useful to level in their own ways. ATK increases your chance to hit and unlocks new weapons to use, STR increases your maximum hit, and DEF increases your chance to not get hit (which saves you food). In general, they should all be leveled equally.
DEF should be your first combat skill that you level, as it greatly reduces the amount of damage that you will take from plants (roughly by half). ATK should be second and STR should be last (since you have a low chance to hit, it’s more important to level ATK rather than STR).
Weapons in this game have different attack speeds depending on their type. Daggers attack quickly, with an attack speed of 2.2 seconds, and Battleaxes attack slowly, with an attack speed of 3.1 seconds, for instance. Weapons that attack more slowly also deal more damage per hit and weapons that hit quickly usually do less damage per hit.


There are different styles in the game, depending on the weapon you’re wielding. Melee weapons, which will be our main focus for the first part, have Stab, Slash and Block. Each style gets a bonus to the accuracy rating depending on the specific weapon. Swords usually have a better stabbing accuracy, while scimitars are better at slashing, for instance.
== What is HCCO? ==
The style you choose will also give you experience towards the combat skill in question: Stabbing gives Attack experience, Slashing gives Strength experience, while Blocking is used to train Defence.
HCCO stands for {{Icon|Hardcore}} {{Icon|Combat}} Only. This implies that you cannot use any non-Combat skills at any time, and must play on {{Icon|Hardcore}}. There is a secondary challenge, 12b, which means you may not buy any [[Bank]] slots, and are limited to the 12 provided to you by default. This guide is aimed more towards 12b players, but playing without this restriction just means you can spend less time on bank management.
During the beginning of HCCO, you’ll have to eat manually to ensure that you won’t die. Later on, you’ll be able to automatically eat food so eating will be less of a worry.  


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== Preface ==
=Chapter 0: Your first gear=
Food is vital to a HCCO account, and your first food source (and one that you will be relying on for quite a while) is {{MonsterIcon|Plant|Plants}}. Starting out, you should fight {{MonsterIcon|Plant|Plants|nolink=true}} for the {{ItemIcon|Potatoes}} they drop and to increase your combat levels.
    Start: Naked
    End: 4 steel pieces


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Note about {{Skill|Attack}} vs {{Skill|Strength}} vs {{Skill|Defence}}: All three combat skills are very useful to level in their own ways. {{Skill|Attack|nolink=true}} increases your chance to hit and unlocks new weapons to use, {{Skill|Strength|nolink=true}} increases your maximum hit, and {{Skill|Defence|nolink=true}} increases your chance to not get hit (which saves you food). In general, they should all be leveled equally.
You should get to about 10 in all melee combat skills (usually expressed as 10/10/10) by fighting plants and then it’s time to start getting your first gear.


==Chapter 0—I: Starting naked==
{{Skill|Defence|nolink=true}} should be the first combat skill that you level, as it greatly reduces the amount of damage that you will take from {{MonsterIcon|Plant|Plants|nolink=true}} (roughly by half). {{Skill|Attack|nolink=true}} should be second, {{Skill|Strength|nolink=true}} should be last. Since you have a low chance to hit, it’s more important to level {{Skill|Attack|nolink=true}} rather than {{Skill|Strength|nolink=true}}.
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After you have a decent stack of food, it’s time to get your first pieces of gear from the {{MonsterIcon|Golbin}}. You should have some levels in all skills (10/10/10 or so) and about a hundred {{ItemIcon|Potatoes|potatoes}} or so. You’re looking for a {{ItemIcon|Bronze Battleaxe}} (1 in 27 chance) and a {{ItemIcon|Bronze Shield}} (1 in 27 chance). If you get unlucky, don’t worry. Just kill plants for food until you’re able to get both.
{{MonsterIcon|Plant|Plants}} have very low HP, so having a faster weapon allows you to kill them faster, as you don’t need more than 20 damage to kill a plant. So, your next goal after your {{ItemIcon|Bronze Battleaxe}} is an {{ItemIcon|Iron Dagger}}. You should have about 15/15/15 stats and a few hundred potatoes. The {{ItemIcon|Iron Dagger}} has a 1/33 drop rate from the {{MonsterIcon|Goo Monster}}.
Your next gear upgrades will come from Zombie Hand. You’re looking for the {{ItemIcon|Iron Platebody}} (1 in 4 chance) and {{ItemIcon|Iron Platelegs}} (1 in 4 chance). Some people might go for the {{MonsterIcon|Steel Knight}} first, but since the {{MonsterIcon|Zombie Hand}} has a better chance for gear, it’s recommended to do it first. You should have about 20/20/20 stats for this and, once again, a large stack of {{ItemIcon|Potatoes|taters}}.  
After you kill the {{MonsterIcon|Zombie Hand}}, you should then move on to the regular {{MonsterIcon|Zombie}} for the {{ItemIcon|Steel Platebody}} (1 in 5 chance). It also drops {{ItemIcon|Steel Boots}} (1 in 5 chance), but you shouldn’t grind for them since {{MonsterIcon|Steel Knight|Steel Knights}} are easier to get them from the {{MonsterIcon|Steel Knight}}. (20/20/20 stats recommended)
You’ll end the first part of your HCCO journey with {{MonsterIcon|Steel Knight|Steel Knights}}. They drop the {{ItemIcon|Steel Helmet}} (15 in 67 chance), {{ItemIcon|Steel Shield}} (10 in 67 chance), {{ItemIcon|Steel Sword}} (10 in 67 chance), and {{ItemIcon|Steel Scimitar}} (4 in 67 chance). You should be using the {{ItemIcon|Steel Sword}} on ATK and DEF and the {{ItemIcon|Steel Scimitar|Scimitar}} on STR when killing most monsters, but again, daggers should be used on plants due to the fast attack rate. The {{ItemIcon|Mirror Shield}} is a useful item to get around here, but if you decide not to get it, you can avoid ever getting tasks in the {{ZoneIcon|Strange Cave}}
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Weapons in this game have different attack speeds depending on their type. Daggers attack quickly, with an attack speed of 2.2 seconds, and Battleaxes attack slowly, with an attack speed of 3.1 seconds, for instance. Weapons that attack more slowly also deal more damage per hit and weapons that hit quickly usually do less damage per hit.
=Chapter II: Mithril armor=
    Start: 5x Steel Armour, 10/10/10,  Steel Scimitar
    End: Amulet of Looting, AE1, 5x Mithril Armor, 40/40/40, Ice Sword, Adamant Dagger


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There are different styles in the game, depending on the weapon you’re wielding. Melee weapons, which will be our main focus initially, have Stab, Slash and Block. Each style gets a bonus to the accuracy rating depending on the specific weapon. Swords usually have a better stabbing accuracy, while scimitars are better at slashing, for instance.
The next Knight after {{MonsterIcon|Steel Knight|Steel}} is {{MonsterIcon|Black Knight|Black}}, but should skip it, as the drop chances are very low, and the next tier is not much harder anyway.


But before you visit the {{MonsterIcon|Mithril Knight}} you'll want to take a detour to fight the {{MonsterIcon|Mummy}} for {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Strength}} and {{ItemIcon|Gold Emerald Ring}} to fill out your neck and ring slots. Your next step, therefore, is {{MonsterIcon|Mithril Knight|Mithril Knights}}. Because they only drop gear a quarter of the time when killed (on average), it can take quite a while to get a full {{ItemIcon|Mithril Platebody|mithril set}}. You will probably get {{ItemIcon|Mithril Boots|boots}} (25 in 268) and {{ItemIcon|Mithril Helmet|helmets}} (15 in 268) quite often, and the eventual {{ItemIcon|Mithril Platelegs|platelegs}} (5 in 268). The {{ItemIcon|Mithril Platebody|platebody}} has quite a low drop-chance (1 in 568). This is quite the trend on these knights. Before getting the {{ItemIcon|Mithril Platebody|platebody}} you will probably get both a {{ItemIcon|Mithril Scimitar|scimitar}} (1 in 67) and a {{ItemIcon|Mithril Shield|shield}} (5/134), too, so equip these once dropped, for a decent upgrade. You may equip the {{ItemIcon|Mithril Sword|sword}}, too, but I’d stick with the {{ItemIcon|Mithril Scimitar|Scimitar}} for now, to efficiently level up your {{Skill|Strength}} skill before practically perma-equipping the {{ItemIcon|Ice Sword}} for a long while. The last thing to consider before moving on to the {{MonsterIcon|Ice Monster}} is to potentially getting an {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Calculated Promotion}} from {{MonsterIcon|Leech}} while your name is set to "witwix", however this is only a 1% chance, so you might instead want to put it off until later.
The style you choose will also give you experience towards the combat skill in question: Stabbing gives {{Skill|Attack|nolink=true}} experience, Slashing gives {{Skill|Strength|nolink=true}} experience, while Blocking is used to train {{Skill|Defence|nolink=true}}. At the start, you’ll have to eat manually to ensure that you won’t die. Later on, you will unlock {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat - Tier I|Auto Eat}}, so eating will be less of a worry.
As mentioned, you will want to get the {{ItemIcon|Ice Sword}} after getting full {{ItemIcon|Mithril Platebody|Mithril armor}}, or even before getting the {{ItemIcon|Mithril Platebody|platebody}}, as it is a really good upgrade at this point. It is practically a cold {{ItemIcon|Rune Sword}}, in stats, except it is slightly better defensively than offensively. The drop rate is 10% at the {{MonsterIcon|Ice Monster}} over at the {{ZoneIcon|Icy Hills}}. Huge. If you’re around level 30, you will use around 80 {{ItemIcon|Potatoes|tarters}} per monster. Because of variance, you might get it on your first kill or your 20th, but don’t be discouraged. Also, the {{ItemIcon|Ice Sword}} is better at grinding {{Skill|Strength}} than all weapons from a lower tier, meaning that the next best strength weapon after.


Now, before you go away from the computer, or to sleep, it’s time to upgrade your dagger. At the {{MonsterIcon|Purple Goo Monster}} you can get a cheap {{ItemIcon|Adamant Dagger}}. Going from 429 to 444 {{ItemIcon|Potatoes}}/hour? Good business.
== Chapter I: Gearing Up ==
{{Skill|Hitpoints|notext=true}} '''To start, you should have:''' Nothing! <br>
{{Icon|Combat|notext=true}} '''At the end, you should have:''' 4 {{ItemIcon|Steel Platebody|Steel Armour|nolink=true}} pieces


You should get to about 10 in all melee combat skills (usually expressed as {{Skill|Attack|10|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Strength|10|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Defence|10|nolink=true}}) by fighting {{MonsterIcon|Plant|Plants}}. After that, it’s time to start getting your first bit of equipment.


==Chapter II—A: Looting Amulet==
After you have a decent stack of food from fighting {{MonsterIcon|Plant|Plants|nolink=true}}, it’s time to get your first pieces of gear from the {{MonsterIcon|Golbin}}. You should have some levels in all skills ({{Skill|Attack|10|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Strength|10|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Defence|10|nolink=true}} or so) and a couple hundred {{ItemIcon|Potatoes|potatoes|nolink=true}} or so. You’re looking for a {{ItemIcon|Bronze Battleaxe}} (1 in 27 chance) and a {{ItemIcon|Bronze Shield}} (1 in 27 chance). If you get unlucky, don’t worry. Just kill {{MonsterIcon|Plant|Plants|nolink=true}} for food until you’re able to get both.
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The {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Looting|Looting Amulet}} is a special amulet which automatically loots gear acquired from Combat Areas and Slayer Areas. You may get it from the {{ItemIcon|Spider Chest}}, with a 1/22 chance. Due to the nature of HCCO, you will spend a lot of potatoes in the early game (and beyond, too), so you might want to rush this item in order to ease the grind for food as soon as possible.


By using {{ItemIcon|Mithril Platebody|Mithril Armor}}, and having around 40 melee stats, it will take you around 500 taters per run of the {{ZoneIcon|Spider Forest}}. Before you start running the dungeon, you should have a buffer of at least a thousand potatoes, just because RNG might be on your bad side.
{{MonsterIcon|Plant|Plants|nolink=true}} have very low HP, so having a faster weapon allows you to kill them faster, as you don’t need more than 20 damage to kill a {{MonsterIcon|Plant|nolink=true}}. So, your next goal after your {{ItemIcon|Bronze Battleaxe|nolink=true}} is an {{ItemIcon|Iron Dagger}}. You should have about {{Skill|Attack|15|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Strength|15|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Defence|15|nolink=true}} stats and a few hundred{{ItemIcon|Potatoes|potatoes|nolink=true}}. The {{ItemIcon|Iron Dagger|nolink=true}} has a 1/33 drop rate from the {{MonsterIcon|Goo Monster}}.


It is quite possible to beat the zone without having any form of Auto Eat, and just make sure you time your manual eating right, since the damage of the spiders in the area is not too high.  
Your next gear upgrades will come from {{MonsterIcon|Zombie Hand}}. You’re looking for the {{ItemIcon|Iron Platebody}} (1 in 4 chance) and {{ItemIcon|Iron Platelegs}} (1 in 4 chance). Some people might go for the {{MonsterIcon|Steel Knight}} first, but since the {{MonsterIcon|Zombie Hand}} has a better chance for gear, it’s recommended to do it first. You should have about 20/20/20 stats for this and, once again, a large stack of {{ItemIcon|Potatoes|taters}}.


====Don’t do this, please ====
After you have the gear from the {{MonsterIcon|Zombie Hand|nolink=true}}, you should then move on to the regular {{MonsterIcon|Zombie}} for the {{ItemIcon|Steel Platebody}} (1 in 5 chance). It also drops {{ItemIcon|Steel Boots}} (1 in 5 chance), but you shouldn’t grind for them here since it's easier to get them from the {{MonsterIcon|Steel Knight}} next. ({{Skill|Attack|20|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Strength|20|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Defence|20|nolink=true}} stats recommended)
Otherwise, if you ''really'' don’t want to manual the dungeon, you should know the base max damage of the zone is 142, requiring 710 hp for AE1, 480 hp for AE2. This requires 6 million gold, which would require around 30 hours of '''active''' gameplay at Master Farmer, since you still don’t have auto looting. Bad idea.
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==Chapter II—B: Auto Eat 1==
You’ll end the first part of your HCCO journey with {{MonsterIcon|Steel Knight|Steel Knights}}. They drop the {{ItemIcon|Steel Helmet}} (15 in 67 chance), {{ItemIcon|Steel Shield}} (10 in 67 chance), {{ItemIcon|Steel Sword}} (10 in 67 chance), and {{ItemIcon|Steel Scimitar}} (4 in 67 chance). You should be using the {{ItemIcon|Steel Sword|nolink=true}} on {{Skill|Attack|nolink=true}} and {{Skill|Defence|nolink=true}} and the {{ItemIcon|Steel Scimitar|Scimitar|nolink=true}} on {{Skill|Strength|nolink=true}} when killing most monsters, but again, daggers should be used on {{MonsterIcon|Plant|Plants|nolink=true}} due to their fast attack rate. The {{ItemIcon|Mirror Shield}} is a useful item to get around here, but if you decide not to get it, you can avoid ever getting tasks in the {{ZoneIcon|Strange Cave}}. It acts as a decent early Shield, before you get the {{ItemIcon|Mithril Shield|nolink=true}}. However, it's optional.


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== Chapter II: Mithril Armour ==
As soon as you have your hands on an Amulet of Looting, you can start to make money. A relevant point to make here, is that [[GP|money making]] at this stage is a compromise between risk and reward. Consider the time it takes to farm up the food you need, and the time it takes to farm the gold you want.
'''To start, you should have:''' Full {{ItemIcon|Steel Platebody|Steel Armour|nolink=true}}, {{Skill|Attack|10|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Strength|10|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Defence|10|nolink=true}},  {{ItemIcon|Steel Scimitar|nolink=true}} <br>
'''At the end, you should have:''' {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Looting}}, {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat - Tier I}}, Full {{ItemIcon|Mithril Platebody|Mithril Armour|nolink=true}}, {{Skill|Attack|40|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Strength|40|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Defence|40|nolink=true}}, {{ItemIcon|Ice Sword}}, {{ItemIcon|Adamant Dagger}}


====Safe path====
The next Knight after {{MonsterIcon|Steel Knight|Steel}} is {{MonsterIcon|Black Knight|Black}}. However, you should skip it, as the drop chances are very low, and the next tier is not much harder anyway.
The safest way to make money, for now, is to kill {{MonsterIcon|Cow|Cows}}, collecting their {{ItemIcon|Leather|leather}}, and upgrading it into {{ItemIcon|Green Dragonhide|Green Leather}} through the shop. The selling price for {{ItemIcon|Leather}} is 50 GP, while the selling price for {{ItemIcon|Green Dragonhide|Green Leather}} is 200 GP. By upgrading it, you effectively get 100 GP per piece of {{ItemIcon|Leather}}.  


Assuming you’ve got the {{ItemIcon|Ice Sword}}, the average gold yield per {{MonsterIcon|Cow|cow}} is 203 GP.
But before you visit the {{MonsterIcon|Mithril Knight}} you'll want to take a detour to fight the {{MonsterIcon|Mummy}} for {{ItemIcon|Silver Ruby Necklace}} and {{ItemIcon|Gold Emerald Ring}} to fill out your neck and ring slots. Your next step, therefore, is {{MonsterIcon|Mithril Knight|Mithril Knights}}. Because they only drop gear a quarter of the time when killed (on average), it can take quite a while to get a full {{ItemIcon|Mithril Platebody|Mithril set}}. You will probably get {{ItemIcon|Mithril Boots|Boots}} (25 in 268) and {{ItemIcon|Mithril Helmet|Helmets}} (15 in 268) quite often, and the eventual {{ItemIcon|Mithril Platelegs|Platelegs}} (5 in 268). The {{ItemIcon|Mithril Platebody|Platebody}} has quite a low drop-chance (1 in 568).


This chapter ends when you’re 40/40/40. Use {{ItemIcon|Adamant Dagger}} for idling {{MonsterIcon|Plant|plants}}, and {{ItemIcon|Ice Sword}} for tougher enemies.
Before getting the {{ItemIcon|Mithril Platebody|Platebody|nolink=true}} you will probably get both a {{ItemIcon|Mithril Scimitar|Scimitar}} (1 in 67) and a {{ItemIcon|Mithril Shield|Shield}} (5/134), too, so equip these once dropped. You may equip the {{ItemIcon|Mithril Sword|Sword}}, too, but consider sticking with the {{ItemIcon|Mithril Scimitar|Scimitar|nolink=true}} for now, to efficiently level up your {{Skill|Strength|nolink=true}} skill before equipping the {{ItemIcon|Ice Sword}} for a long while.
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You should farm the {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Strength}} from {{MonsterIcon|Mummy|Mummies}} either here or a little earlier, depending on your preference. If you want to stick around and upgrade it to an {{ItemIcon|Elite Amulet of Strength}}, you may, but it will be a little faster to do so in a bit.


=Chapter III: Mithril to adamant (g) + rune boots (g) + rune gloves=
As mentioned, you will want to get the {{ItemIcon|Ice Sword|nolink=true}} after getting full {{ItemIcon|Mithril Platebody|Mithril Armour|nolink=true}}, or even before getting the {{ItemIcon|Mithril Platebody|Platebody|nolink=true}}, as it is a really good upgrade at this point. The drop rate is 10% at the {{MonsterIcon|Ice Monster}} in the {{ZoneIcon|Icy Hills}}. The {{ItemIcon|Ice Sword|nolink=true}} is better at grinding {{Skill|Strength|nolink=true}} than all weapons from a lower tier.
    Start: Amulet of Looting, AE1, 5x Mithril Armor, 40/40/40, Ice Sword, Adamant Dagger
    End: 4x (G) Adamant Armor, 1x (G) Rune Boots, 1x Rune Gloves, 70/40/70


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Now, before you go away from the computer, or to sleep, it’s time to upgrade your dagger. You can get a cheap {{ItemIcon|Adamant Dagger}} from the {{MonsterIcon|Purple Goo Monster}}. More damage to {{MonsterIcon|Plant|Plants|nolink=true}}? Good stuff.
How does it feel to be able to get FREE FOOD overnight?


While your next target is necessarily {{MonsterIcon|Adamant Knight|Adamant Knights}}, you should know that leveling attack and defense up to 50 from your 40 stats will effectively reduce your (raw, without AE efficiency loss) {{ItemIcon|Potatoes|potato}} per knight count from 170 to 120. additionally, if you decided not to get the {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Calculated Promotion}} previously, you should definitely get it now, since you'll have extremely low accuracy on the next two knights.
=== Chapter II-A: Amulet of Looting ===
The {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Looting}} is a special amulet which automatically loots gear acquired from Combat Areas and {{Skill|Slayer}} Areas. You may get it from the {{ItemIcon|Spider Chest}}, with a 1/22 chance. Due to the nature of HCCO, you will spend a lot of {{ItemIcon|Potatoes|nolink=true}} in the early game (and beyond, too), so you might want to rush this item in order to ease the grind for food as soon as possible.
 
By using {{ItemIcon|Mithril Platebody|Mithril Armour|nolink=true}}, and having around {{Skill|Attack|40|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Strength|40|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Defence|40|nolink=true}}, it will take you around 5000 healing from food per run of the {{ZoneIcon|Spider Forest}}. Before you start running the dungeon, you should have a buffer of at least a thousand {{ItemIcon|Potatoes|nolink=true}}, just because RNG might be on your bad side.
 
It is quite possible to beat the zone without having any form of {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat - Tier I|Auto Eat}}, and just make sure you time your manual eating right, since the damage of the {{MonsterIcon|Spider|Spiders}} in the area is not too high.
 
Otherwise, if you ''really'' don’t want to manual the dungeon, you should know the base max damage of the zone is 142, requiring {{Skill|Hitpoints|notext=true}} 710 HP for {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat - Tier I|AE1}}, {{Skill|Hitpoints|notext=true}} 480 HP for {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat - Tier II|AE2}}. This requires {{GP|6000000}}, which would require around 30 hours of '''active''' gameplay at {{MonsterIcon|Master Farmer}}, since you still don’t have auto looting. Bad idea.
 
=== Chapter II-B: Making Money Early Game + Auto Eat 1 ===
As soon as you have your hands on an {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Looting}}, you can start to make money. Money making at this stage is a compromise between risk and reward. Consider the time it takes to farm up the food you need, and the time it takes to farm the GP you want.
 
The safest way to make money, for now, is to kill {{MonsterIcon|Cow|Cows}}, collect their {{ItemIcon|Leather}}, and upgrade it into {{ItemIcon|Green Dragonhide}} through the shop. The selling price for {{ItemIcon|Leather|nolink=true}} is {{GP|50}}, while the selling price for {{ItemIcon|Green Dragonhide|nolink=true}} is {{GP|200}}. By upgrading it, you effectively get {{GP|100}} per piece of {{ItemIcon|Leather|nolink=true}}.
 
Assuming you’ve got the {{ItemIcon|Ice Sword|nolink=true}}, the average GP yield per {{MonsterIcon|Cow}} is {{GP|203}}.
 
'''Important''': As you farm {{MonsterIcon|Cow|Cows}} early game, {{MonsterIcon|Master Farmer|Master Farmers}} later in the game, or {{MonsterIcon|Statue|Statues}} for gear upgrades, it is ALWAYS recommended to use free the easy {{Skill|Slayer}} reroll to get your current objective, as all 3 of them are included.
 
Use {{ItemIcon|Adamant Dagger|nolink=true}} for idling {{MonsterIcon|Plant|Plants|nolink=true}}, and {{ItemIcon|Ice Sword|nolink=true}} for tougher enemies. This chapter ends when you’re at {{Skill|Attack|40|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Strength|40|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Defence|40|nolink=true}}.
 
== Chapter III: Mithril to (G) Adamant ==
{{Skill|Hitpoints|notext=true}} '''To start, you should have:''' {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Looting}}, {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat - Tier I}}, Full {{ItemIcon|Mithril Platebody|Mithril Armour|nolink=true}}, {{Skill|Attack|40|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Strength|40|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Defence|40|nolink=true}}, {{ItemIcon|Ice Sword}}, {{ItemIcon|Adamant Dagger}} <br>
{{Icon|Combat|notext=true}} '''At the end, you should have:''' Almost full {{ItemIcon|(G) Adamant Platebody|(G) Adamant Armour|nolink=true}}, {{Skill|Attack|70|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Strength|40|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Defence|70|nolink=true}}
 
While your next target is {{MonsterIcon|Adamant Knight|Adamant Knights}}, you should know that leveling {{Skill|Attack|nolink=true}} and {{Skill|Defence|nolink=true}} up to 50 will effectively reduce your healing per Knight from 1700 to 1200.


Important note: '''DO NOT IDLE KNIGHTS'''. Make sure to always have more {{Skill|Hitpoints|HP}} than the max hit of the enemy, and try to eat food right after your attack timer ends, so you don’t reset an attack in progress. Eat until full HP, or at least until you have enough HP to survive any attack. The 2.6s interval of the {{MonsterIcon|Adamant Knight}} is not really a danger provided you’re '''PAYING ATTENTION''' and have enough food.
Important note: '''DO NOT IDLE KNIGHTS'''. Make sure to always have more {{Skill|Hitpoints|HP}} than the max hit of the enemy, and try to eat food right after your attack timer ends, so you don’t reset an attack in progress. Eat until full HP, or at least until you have enough HP to survive any attack. The 2.6s interval of the {{MonsterIcon|Adamant Knight}} is not really a danger provided you’re '''PAYING ATTENTION''' and have enough food.


Your {{ItemIcon|Ice Sword}} is great for leveling {{Skill|Attack}}, and your {{ItemIcon|Adamant Dagger|dagger}} is fine for leveling defense. You may do this at {{MonsterIcon|Statue}}, in preparation to gear upgrades, and thus your first Damage Reduction points!!
Your {{ItemIcon|Ice Sword|nolink=true}} is great for leveling {{Skill|Attack|nolink=true}}, and your {{ItemIcon|Adamant Dagger|dagger|nolink=true}} is fine for leveling {{Skill|Defence|nolink=true}}. You may do this at {{MonsterIcon|Statue}}, to prepare for gear upgrades, and thus your first [[Damage Reduction]] points!
 
Each {{ItemIcon|Adamant Platebody|Adamant|nolink=true}} piece has a 1/48 chance of dropping. Good luck on that! While you don’t really care about the {{ItemIcon|Adamant Boots}} nor the {{ItemIcon|Obsidian Cape}}, you may as well equip them once you get them. It will be a while until you replace the {{ItemIcon|Obsidian Cape|Cape|nolink=true}} for anything else, but there’s no point wasting {{ItemIcon|Silver Bar|Silver}}/{{ItemIcon|Gold Bar|Gold Bars}} on the {{ItemIcon|Adamant Boots|Boots|nolink=true}}. Upgrade the Equipment you get to {{ItemIcon|(G) Adamant Platebody|(G) Adamant|nolink=true}} as soon as you get them, since each piece gives you 4% Damage Reduction.
 
=== Chapter III-A: Making money early-mid: Master Farmer + Auto Eat II ===


Each {{ItemIcon|Adamantite Bar|Adamant}} piece has a 1/48 chance of dropping, which, mind you, is much better than the drop chances of {{MonsterIcon|Rune Knight}}. Good luck on that! While you don’t really care about the {{ItemIcon|Adamant Boots|Green Boots}} nor the {{ItemIcon|Obsidian Cape}}, you may as well equip them once you get them. It will be a while until you replace the {{ItemIcon|Obsidian Cape|Cape}} for anything else, but there’s no point wasting {{ItemIcon|Silver Bar|Silver}}/{{ItemIcon|Gold Bar|Gold bars}} on the {{ItemIcon|Adamant Boots|Boots}}. You will get {{ItemIcon|Rune Boots}} quickly anyway.
The {{MonsterIcon|Master Farmer|Master Farmer}} gives a total of 14 unique items. You want to prioritize your bank slots for the most rewarding items, taking the price and drop rate into account. This mainly comprises the Tree Seeds, requiring 5 slots. By reserving five slots for the {{MonsterIcon|Master Farmer|Master Farmers}} grind, you get a total of 84% of the GP drops. That’s around {{GP|809}} per kill.


Upgrade the Equipment you get to (G) Adamant as soon as you get them, since each piece gives you 4% damage reduction.  
=== Chapter III-B: Late to mid Game food: Slayer ===
It is highly recommended to build up {{Icon|Slayer Coins|qty=150000}} as {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Slayer}} is a great purchase to idly build up {{Icon|Slayer Coins|nolink=true}}. With them, you can purchase {{ItemIcon|Standard Resupply}}, which nets you both a useful {{ItemIcon|Crab|qty=150}} and {{ItemIcon|Magic Bones|qty=500}} per purchase. This tends to be the most efficient HP per {{Icon|Slayer Coins|Slayer Coin|nolink=true}}, and is worth saving up for. These can be used throughout the rest of the game for easy food.


Now, grind up enough [[Slayer Coins]] for the {{ItemIcon|Desert Hat}}, and 50 {{Skill|Slayer}} levels, so you can gain access to the {{ZoneIcon|Arid Plains}}. You may as well kill {{MonsterIcon|Master Farmer|Master Farmers}}, for [[Gold Coins]]; or hit some {{MonsterIcon|Statue|Statues}} for some {{ItemIcon|Gold Bar|Gold}} and {{ItemIcon|Silver Bar|Silver Bars}}, which are both Easy Slayer Tasks, meaning they’re free to reroll.  
As per usual, free rerolls may be used to acquire {{MonsterIcon|Master Farmer}} as your {{Skill|Slayer|nolink=true}} task.


Now, why would you want to unlock Arid Plains? Well, there’s a few reasons:
Beware of {{MonsterIcon|Wizard|Wizards}} when using {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Slayer|nolink=true}}, and ensure they can not bypass your {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat - Tier III|Auto Eat|nolink=true}} threshold. They should be skipped either way, as they will consume a lot of food due to their high accuracy on melee armour.


* {{ItemIcon|Sand Treaders}} at {{MonsterIcon|Turkul Riders}} — -0.1s to all attacks? Great for plants.
== Chapter IV: Upgraded Boots, Gloves, and Weapon ==
* {{ItemIcon|Rune Boots}} at {{MonsterIcon|Turkul Riders}} — Excellent upgrade, easier to get than from {{MonsterIcon|Rune Knight|Rune Knights}}.
'''To start, you should have:''' Almost full {{ItemIcon|(G) Adamant Platebody|(G) Adamant Armour|nolink=true}}, {{ItemIcon|(G) Rune Boots}}, {{Skill|Attack|70|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Strength|40|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Defence|70|nolink=true}} <br>
* {{ItemIcon|Desert Wrappings}} at {{MonsterIcon|Turkul Archers}} — 2% dr gloves, best until {{ItemIcon|Paladin Gloves}}.
'''At the end, you should have:''' Almost full {{ItemIcon|(G) Adamant Platebody|(G) Adamant Armour|nolink=true}}, {{ItemIcon|(G) Rune Boots}}, {{ItemIcon|Desert Wrappings}}, {{ItemIcon|Dragon Scimitar}}, {{Skill|Attack|70|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Strength|40|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Defence|70|nolink=true}} {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat - Tier II}}


Also, you don’t even need to manual these two enemies! After getting these upgrades, you should keep on to your hat (literally!), because your next weapon upgrade comes from the {{MonsterIcon|Turkul Giant}} at the same area. You could also sell the hat, and rebuy it a bit later. The [[Slayer Coins|Slayer Coin]] cost is not too huge.
Now, grind up enough {{Icon|Slayer Coins}} for the {{ItemIcon|Desert Hat}}, and at least {{SkillReq|Slayer|50}}, so you can gain access to the {{ZoneIcon|Arid Plains}}. You may as well kill {{MonsterIcon|Master Farmer|Master Farmers}} for GP, or hit some {{MonsterIcon|Statue|Statues}} for some {{ItemIcon|Gold Bar|Gold}} and {{ItemIcon|Silver Bar|Silver Bars}}, which are both Easy Slayer Tasks, meaning they’re free to reroll.
Farm up enough [[Gold Coins|Gold]] to upgrade your [[Auto Eat]] to Tier II at Master Farmer. With [[Auto Eat - Tier II|Auto-Eat II]] you can idle {{MonsterIcon|Turkul Giant|Turkul Giants}}, provided you have 23% dr and level {{Skill|Hitpoints|50 HP}}. With this, upgrade your weapon into the {{ItemIcon|Dragon Scimitar}} or, even better, the {{ItemIcon|Desert Sabre}}.


'''BEWARE''': Do not {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat - Tier II|Auto Eat|nolink=true}} {{ItemIcon|Potatoes|nolink=true}} in the {{ZoneIcon|Arid Plains|nolink=true}} unless you have at least {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat - Tier II|nolink=true}}. You will lose all your {{ItemIcon|Potatoes|nolink=true}} instantly.


==Farming at Master Farmer==
Now, why would you want to unlock {{ZoneIcon|Arid Plains|nolink=true}}? Well, there’s a few reasons:
The Master Farmer gives a total of 14 unique items. You want to prioritize your bank slots for the most rewarding items, taking the price and drop rate into account. This mainly comprises the Tree Seeds, requiring 5 slots. By reserving five slots for the Master Farmer grind, you get a total of 84% of the gold drops. That’s around 809 gp per kill.


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* {{ItemIcon|Sand Treaders}} from {{MonsterIcon|Turkul Riders}} — -0.1s to all attacks, good for farming lower level monsters.
* {{ItemIcon|Rune Boots}} from {{MonsterIcon|Turkul Riders}} — Excellent upgrade, easier to get than from {{MonsterIcon|Rune Knight|Rune Knights}}.
* {{ItemIcon|Desert Wrappings}} from {{MonsterIcon|Turkul Archers}} — 2% Damage Reduction gloves, best until {{ItemIcon|Paladin Gloves}}.


{{ItemIcon|Oak Tree Seeds}} > {{ItemIcon|Willow Tree Seeds}} > {{ItemIcon|Maple Tree Seeds}} > {{ItemIcon|Yew Tree Seeds}} > {{ItemIcon|Magic Tree Seeds}} > {{ItemIcon|Compost}} > {{ItemIcon|Sweetcorn Seeds}} > {{ItemIcon|Tomato Seeds}} > {{ItemIcon|Strawberry Seeds}}.
Also, you don’t even need to manual these two enemies! After getting these upgrades, you should hold on to your hat (literally!), because your next weapon upgrade comes from the {{MonsterIcon|Turkul Giant}} in the same area. You could also sell the hat, and buy it again a bit later. The {{Icon|Slayer Coins|Slayer Coin|nolink=true}} cost is not too huge.
Farm up enough GP to upgrade to {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat - Tier II}} at {{MonsterIcon|Master Farmer|nolink=true}}. With {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat - Tier II|AE2|nolink=true}} you can idle {{MonsterIcon|Turkul Giant|Turkul Giants|nolink=true}}, provided you have 23% DR and {{SkillReq|Hitpoints|50}}. With this, upgrade your weapon into the {{ItemIcon|Dragon Scimitar}} or, even better, the {{ItemIcon|Desert Sabre}}.


And it was done.
== Chapter V: (G) Adamant to Full (G) Rune ==
'''To start, you should have:''' Almost full {{ItemIcon|(G) Adamant Platebody|(G) Adamant Armour|nolink=true}}, {{ItemIcon|(G) Rune Boots}}, {{ItemIcon|Desert Wrappings}}, {{ItemIcon|Dragon Scimitar}}, {{Skill|Attack|70|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Strength|40|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Defence|70|nolink=true}} {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat - Tier II}} <br>
'''At the end, you should have:''' Full {{ItemIcon|(G) Rune Platebody|(G) Rune Armour|nolink=true}}, {{ItemIcon|Paladin Gloves}}, {{ItemIcon|Elite Amulet of Strength}}, {{Skill|Attack|70|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Strength|80|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Defence|80|nolink=true}}, {{ItemIcon|Sunset Rapier}} / {{ItemIcon|Ancient Claw}}, {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat - Tier III}}


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The first thing you should do in this part of the story is to upgrade your {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Strength}} into an {{ItemIcon|Elite Amulet of Strength|Elite}} one, simply by farming more {{MonsterIcon|Mummy|Mummies}}. On average you need to kill around a thousand of them.
=Chapter IV: Adamant to full rune (g)=
    Start: 4x (G) Adamant Armour, 1x (G) Rune Boots, 1x Rune Gloves, 70/40/70
    End: 5x (G) Rune Armour, 1x Paladin Gloves, Elite Amulet of Strength. 70/80/80, Sunset Rapier / Ancient Claw, AE3


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You can wait to get the {{ItemIcon|Paladin Gloves}} until after getting {{ItemIcon|Rune Platebody|Rune Armor|nolink=true}}, or you can farm it now. At this point, you will use around 65 {{ItemIcon|Potatoes|nolink=true}} per {{MonsterIcon|Paladin}} kill, and the chance to get them is 1/171. Not too hard.
The first thing you should do in this part of the story is to upgrade your {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Strength}} into an {{ItemIcon|Elite Amulet of Strength|Elite}} one, simply by farming more {{MonsterIcon|Mummy|Mummies}}. On average you need to kill around a thousand of them.
You may wait to get the {{ItemIcon|Paladin Gloves}} until after getting {{ItemIcon|Rune Platebody|Rune Armor}}, or you may get it already. At this point you will use around 65 potatoes per {{MonsterIcon|Paladin}} kill, and the chance to get them is 1/171. Not too hard.


The next step is to farm the feared shiny {{MonsterIcon|Rune Knight|Rune Knights}}, and upgrade your four armor pieces into {{ItemIcon|(G) Rune Platebody|(G) Rune pieces}}, for a total of 29% damage reduction with the {{ItemIcon|Paladin Gloves}}. You will need a bunch of {{ItemIcon|Gold Bar|Gold}} and {{ItemIcon|Silver Bar|Silver pieces}}, farmed at {{MonsterIcon|Statue}}.
The next step is to farm the feared shiny {{MonsterIcon|Rune Knight|Rune Knights}}, and upgrade your four armor pieces into {{ItemIcon|(G) Rune Platebody|(G) Rune pieces|nolink=true}}, for a total of 29% Damage Reduction with the {{ItemIcon|Paladin Gloves|nolink=true}}. You will need a bunch of {{ItemIcon|Gold Bar|Gold|nolink=true}} and {{ItemIcon|Silver Bar|Silver Bars|nolink=true}}, farmed at {{MonsterIcon|Statue|nolink=true}}.
You may get [[Auto Eat - Tier III|Auto Eat III]] now, or after the 2nd loadout slot, and consider getting the 3rd and last loadout slot while at it too.


Assuming you already have 60 {{Skill|Slayer}} (and if you don't, then go get it; {{MonsterIcon|Giant Crab}} tasks are your friend here), the last thing to get before moving onto the next section is a better weapon. {{ZoneIcon|Deep Sea Ship}} is your next stop for a {{ItemIcon|Sunset Rapier}} to speed up killing {{MonsterIcon|Pegasus}}. You'll be killing around 3300 of them to get 100 {{ItemIcon|Ancient Claw Fragment}} which can be upgraded into the {{ItemIcon|Ancient Claw}}. This will be a great weapon until you upgrade it to the {{ItemIcon|Infernal Claw}}, which is still well off. Don't bother getting any {{ItemIcon|Dragon Claw Fragment}} from {{MonsterIcon|Griffin}} yet, as they will just take up space. If you're lucky enough to get an {{ItemIcon|Ancient Sword}} before the {{ItemIcon|Sunset Rapier}}, then feel free to use it until you get to {{ZoneIcon|Volcanic Cave}}, as it will drastically reduce your food consumption and the associated food farming time. After that, you'll probably only want to use it outside dungeons due to the high monster damage reducing the benefits of the lifesteal.
You should get {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat - Tier III}} and a second {{UpgradeIcon|Extra Equipment Set}}. You should also consider getting the third set now, too.


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Assuming you already have {{SkillReq|Slayer|60}} (and if you don't, then go get it; {{MonsterIcon|Giant Crab}} tasks are your friend here), the last thing to get before moving onto the next section is a better weapon. {{ZoneIcon|Deep Sea Ship}} is your next stop for a {{ItemIcon|Sunset Rapier}}, a great upgrade.


=Chapter V: Rune (g) to ancient (g)=
Don't bother getting any {{ItemIcon|Dragon Claw Fragment|Dragon Claw Fragments}} from {{MonsterIcon|Griffin}} yet, as they will just take up space. If you're lucky enough to get an {{ItemIcon|Ancient Sword}} before the {{ItemIcon|Sunset Rapier}}, then feel free to use it until you get to {{ZoneIcon|Volcanic Cave}}, as it will drastically reduce your food consumption and the associated food farming time. After that, you'll probably only want to use it outside dungeons due to the high monster damage reducing the benefits of the lifesteal.


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== Chapter VI: (G) Rune to (G) Ancient ==
==Ancient storyline==
'''To start, you should have:''' Full {{ItemIcon|(G) Rune Platebody|(G) Rune Armour|nolink=true}}, {{ItemIcon|Paladin Gloves}}, {{ItemIcon|Elite Amulet of Strength}}, {{Skill|Attack|70|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Strength|80|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Defence|80|nolink=true}}, {{ItemIcon|Sunset Rapier}}, {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat - Tier III}} <br>
    Start: 5x (G) Rune Armour, 1x Paladin Gloves, Elite Amulet of Strength. 70/80/80, Sunset Rapier / Ancient Claw, AE3
'''At the end, you should have:''' Full {{ItemIcon|(G) Ancient Platebody|(G) Ancient Armour|nolink=true}}, {{ItemIcon|Paladin Gloves}}, {{ItemIcon|Elite Amulet of Defence}}, {{Skill|Attack|90|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Strength|99|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Defence|90|nolink=true}}, {{ItemIcon|Dragonfire Shield}}, {{ItemIcon|Sandstorm Ring}}
    End: 4x (G) Ancient Armour, 1x Paladin Gloves, Elite Amulet of Defence, 90/99/90, Dragonfire Shield, Sandstorm Ring


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{{ItemIcon|Elite Amulet of Defence}} from upgrading {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Defence|Amulets of Defence}}, which are dropped by {{MonsterIcon|Purple Goo Monster|Purple Goo Monsters}}, and {{ItemIcon|Silver Diamond Ring}}, dropped by {{MonsterIcon|Mummy|Mummies}}, are our best friends for now; the limiting factor for the remaining dungeons is how much DR you have access to.
{{ItemIcon|Elite Amulet of Defence}} from upgrading {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Defence|Amulets of Defence}}, which are dropped by {{MonsterIcon|Purple Goo Monster|Purple Goo Monsters}}, and {{ItemIcon|Silver Diamond Ring}}, dropped by {{MonsterIcon|Mummy|Mummies}}, are our best friends for now; the limiting factor for the remaining dungeons is how much DR you have access to.


Now that you've got full {{ItemIcon|(G) Rune Platebody|Rune (G)}} and {{ItemIcon|Paladin Gloves}} for 32% DR, 88 hitpoints will allow you to idle {{ZoneIcon|Volcanic Cave}} for your first useful cape, the {{ItemIcon|Fire Cape}}. At this point, you can expect to eat around 3000 {{ItemIcon|Potatoes}} per kill without prayer.
Now that you've got full {{ItemIcon|(G) Rune Platebody|Rune (G) Armour|nolink=true}} and {{ItemIcon|Paladin Gloves|nolink=true}} for 32% DR, {{Skill|Hitpoints|notext=true}} 880 Hitpoints will allow you to idle {{ZoneIcon|Volcanic Cave}} for your first useful cape, the {{ItemIcon|Fire Cape}}. At this point, you can expect to eat around {{Skill|Hitpoints|notext=true}} 30,000 HP worth of food per kill without {{Skill|Prayer}}.
 
At this point, you should be using {{ItemIcon|Standard Resupply|Standard Resupplies}} for your food needs. If you prefer to fight monsters instead, then {{MonsterIcon|Sweaty Monster|Sweaty Monsters}} for {{ItemIcon|Salmon}} and {{ItemIcon|Lobster}} will reduce your overall time spent farming food. Expect to get food equivalent to 10.2 HP/kill in {{ItemIcon|Salmon}}, 6.25 HP/kill in {{ItemIcon|Lobster}}, and 2.3 HP/kill in {{ItemIcon|Shark}}.
 
Once you have the {{ItemIcon|Fire Cape|nolink=true}}, you can farm the {{ItemIcon|Sandstorm Ring}} from {{MonsterIcon|Sand Beast|Sand Beasts}}, which will be your best-in-slot {{Skill|Attack|Melee}} DPS ring. You can even use {{PrayerIcon|Safeguard}} if you'd like to farm it sooner, as it will speed up your {{ZoneIcon|Volcanic Cave|nolink=true}} clears.
 
Hopefully you find the {{ZoneIcon|Volcanic Cave|nolink=true}} comfortable, as the goal is to get the {{ItemIcon|Ancient Platebody}}, {{ItemIcon|Ancient Platelegs}}, {{ItemIcon|Ancient Helmet}}, and {{ItemIcon|Ancient Shield}}. There are no Ancient Boots and {{ItemIcon|Dragon Boots}} are unobtainable on HCCO (as is the {{ItemIcon|Dragon Helmet}},) so you'll continue rocking your {{ItemIcon|(G) Rune Boots}} for quite a while. Getting the {{ItemIcon|Dragon Platebody}} and/or {{ItemIcon|Dragon Platelegs}} is only useful if you plan to upgrade them to (G), as you still need the extra DR that comes from the (G) upgrade.
 
Once you get your full {{ItemIcon|Ancient Platebody|Ancient Armour|nolink=true}}, make another visit to {{MonsterIcon|Statue|Statues|nolink=true}} to finish off gathering {{ItemIcon|Gold Bar|Gold Bars|nolink=true}} and {{ItemIcon|Silver Bar|Silver Bars|nolink=true}} and upgrade everything to (G). Luckily the {{ItemIcon|Elite Chest|Elite Chests}} you've been opening also drop plenty of {{ItemIcon|Silver Bar|Silver Bars|nolink=true}} and {{ItemIcon|Gold Bar|Gold Bars|nolink=true}}.
 
In total, you'll need {{ItemIcon|Silver Bar|Silver Bars|qty=6000|nolink=true}} and {{ItemIcon|Gold Bar|Gold Bars|qty=10000|nolink=true}} for full {{ItemIcon|(G) Ancient Platebody|(G) Ancient Armour|nolink=true}}. If you get all the {{ItemIcon|Silver Bar|Silver Bars|nolink=true}} you need, move to {{MonsterIcon|Purple Goo Monster|Purple Goo Monsters}} for faster {{ItemIcon|Gold Bar|Gold Bars|nolink=true}}. You can also hold onto the {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Fury|Amulets of Fury}} for the {{ItemIcon|Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs}} grind later; you'll need {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Fury|Fury Amulets|qty=10}} in total.
 
After getting the {{ItemIcon|(G) Ancient Shield}}, there's nothing stopping you from immediately upgrading it again to the {{ItemIcon|Dragonfire Shield}}, so head to the {{MonsterIcon|Green Dragon|Green Dragons}} to get {{ItemIcon|Dragon Bones|qty=7050}}. You can alternatively wait until getting some {{Skill|Ranged}} levels, as {{MonsterIcon|Green Dragon|Green Dragons|nolink=true}} are slightly weaker to {{Skill|Magic}} and {{Skill|Ranged|nolink=true}} than to {{Skill|Attack|Melee|nolink=true}}, but at this level, you shouldn't have any trouble, and the 8% DR of the {{ItemIcon|Dragonfire Shield|nolink=true}} will be very useful as a {{Skill|Magic|nolink=true}} and {{Skill|Ranged|nolink=true}} offhand for God dungeons.
 
Once you have full {{ItemIcon|(G) Ancient Platebody|(G) Ancient Armour|nolink=true}} and {{ItemIcon|Dragonfire Shield|nolink=true}} for 43% DR (or 40% with {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Looting}} and {{ItemIcon|Sandstorm Ring|nolik=true}}, it's time to grind any remaining melee skills to ideally at least {{Skill|Attack|90|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Strength|99|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Defence|90|nolink=true}} while working your way towards {{SkillReq|Slayer|70}} for your next food upgrade - {{ItemIcon|Trout|nolink=true}} from {{MonsterIcon|Raging Horned Elite|Raging Horned Elites}} or RHE; you can also take advantage of the {{ItemIcon|Gold Emerald Ring}} from {{MonsterIcon|Mummy|Mummies}} to speed up stat grinding.
 
Once you get to this point, you can expect 447.8 HP in food for every kill! Once you start killing {{MonsterIcon|Raging Horned Elite|Raging Horned Elites|nolink=true}}, hold onto the {{ItemIcon|Ancient Arrows}} they drop as they're your best arrows, even though they can't be equipped until {{SkillReq|Ranged|70}}. Additionally, the {{ItemIcon|Large Horn|Large Horns}} that they drop will likely replace {{MonsterIcon|Master Farmer|Master Farmers}} for GP farming, as the GP/hr is about the same (not to mention the food, arrows, and {{Skill|Prayer}} points you're getting), with a much lower bank demand.
 
=== Chapter VI-A: Ranged ===
{{Skill|Ranged}} is quite straightforward, but we’ve been putting it off for mainly two reasons: It doesn’t provide any real benefit until you start fighting Wizards, or other magic monsters, and getting its gear without having the space in your bank or loadouts for the gear and weapons will be annoying.
 
Get your first two bows; {{SkillReq|Ranged|5}} lets you use {{ItemIcon|Oak Shortbow}}) from the {{MonsterIcon|Ranged Golbin}} over at the {{ZoneIcon|Golbin Village}}, and use the {{ItemIcon|Ice Arrows}} from the {{MonsterIcon|Frozen Archer}} over at the {{ZoneIcon|Icy Hills}}. These are almost as strong as {{ItemIcon|Rune Arrows}}, which you can start to use at {{SkillReq|Ranged|40}}, but are much easier and cheaper to farm, and can be equipped from the very beginning.
 
Literally all your next weapon upgrades, except if you go out of your way to get the {{ItemIcon|Yew Longbow}} from the {{MonsterIcon|Holy Archer}} at {{SkillReq|Ranged|40}}, will come from the {{ItemIcon|Bandit Chest}}. At {{SkillReq|Ranged|30}}, you can upgrade to the {{ItemIcon|Maple Longbow}}, at {{SkillReq|Ranged|50}} you can use the {{ItemIcon|Magic Longbow}}, and finally you will get to use the {{ItemIcon|Redwood Longbow}} and the {{ItemIcon|Ancient Longbow}} at {{SkillReq|Ranged|60}} and {{SkillReq|Ranged|70}}.
 
An alternative (but less efficient) route for early {{Skill|Ranged|nolink=true}} training is to kill {{MonsterIcon|Thief|Thieves}} in the {{ZoneIcon|Runic Ruins}} for {{ItemIcon|Steel Throwing Knife|notext=true}} [[Ranged#Throwing_Knives|throwing knives]], which, due to their higher attack speed and inherent 15% ammunition saving, can help with early training.
 
Once you get into higher levels you may consider using the {{ItemIcon|Adamant Arrows|Adamant}} (worse than {{ItemIcon|Ice Arrows|Ice}}), {{ItemIcon|Rune Arrows|Rune}} and {{ItemIcon|Dragon Arrows}} you’ve collected from the {{ItemIcon|Bandit Chest}}. If you’re farming {{MonsterIcon|Raging Horned Elite}} for food you may also use {{ItemIcon|Ancient Arrows|nolink=true}} in {{Skill|Ranged}} after {{SkillReq|Ranged|70}}.
 
Most of your ranged armor upgrades will come from the {{ZoneIcon|Spider Forest}}, moving through {{ItemIcon|Green D-hide Body|Green Dragonhide|nolink=true}} at {{SkillReq|Ranged|40}}, {{ItemIcon|Blue D-hide Body|Blue Dragonhide}} at {{SkillReq|Ranged|50}}, {{ItemIcon|Red D-hide Body|Red Dragonhide}} at {{SkillReq|Ranged|60}}, and finally into {{ItemIcon|Black D-hide Body|Black Dragonhide}} at {{SkillReq|Ranged|70}}.
 
Upgrading {{Skill|Ranged|nolink=true}} armor is much easier than {{Skill|Attack|Melee}} armor, as you can buy {{ItemIcon|Leather}} from the shop, which can then be used to buy {{ItemIcon|Green Dragonhide|Green}}, {{ItemIcon|Blue Dragonhide|Blue}}, and {{ItemIcon|Red Dragonhide|Red}} dragon leathers for upgrading their respective armor tiers.
 
Alternatively, killing dragons in the {{ZoneIcon|Dragon Valley}} can provide all chromatic dragonhide, including {{ItemIcon|Black Dragonhide|Black}}. {{ItemIcon|Ranger Hat}} and {{ItemIcon|Ranger Boots}} are a nice bonus for saving ammunition while training, but after {{SkillReq|Ranged|70}}, ammunition will be plentiful thanks to {{MonsterIcon|Raging Horned Elite|Raging Horned Elites|nolink=true}}, so they aren't necessarily worth the time to grind out.
 
=== Chapter VI-B: Magic ===
{{Skill|Magic}} in this challenge will mainly consist of casting Air spells, since you can remove one colour from the rune costs. All spells cost {{ItemIcon|Air Rune|Air Runes}}, but {{ItemIcon|Water Rune|Water}}, {{ItemIcon|Earth Rune|Earth}}, and {{ItemIcon|Fire Rune|Fire}} spells additionally cost their respective runes.
 
This is a bad thing for us, since we have no real way to farm a lot of runes yet. However, we can get started by farming some catalyst runes from the {{MonsterIcon|Vampire}} and the {{MonsterIcon|Master Wizard}}. The {{MonsterIcon|Vampire}} is probably best for now, since it is a {{Skill|Ranged}} monster, meaning we can strike it with our powerful {{Skill|Attack|Melee}}. Even considering the drop chance and drop rates are lower than from the {{MonsterIcon|Master Wizard}}, this will be faster overall as it will crucially save more food. Killing {{MonsterIcon|Wizard}} until one piece of either {{ItemIcon|Green Wizard Hat|Green Robes|nolink=true}} or {{ItemIcon|Blue Wizard Hat|Blue Robes|nolink=true}} (at {{Skill|Magic|10}}) for each slot is recommended.
 
Catalyst Runes are the runes you use to power up your spells, while Elemental runes select which element you’re using. You can remove the cost for Elemental runes with staves, which we will abuse to completely nullify the {{ItemIcon|Air Rune}} cost, and thus primarily use air spells. Remember, since prayer points are a lot easier to farm on a CO than runes, you will generally want to run the two highest offensive prayers at all times when training magic. However, it is only worthwhile if the prayers give magic damage boost ({{PrayerIcon|Mystic Mastery}}, {{PrayerIcon|Augury}} and {{PrayerIcon|Battleheart}}) or if you are very low level and your accuracy is low (below 90%).
 
The {{ItemIcon|Staff of Air}} (obtained from {{MonsterIcon|Fairy}}) reduces the cost by 3, allowing you to cast all spells up to {{Icon|Fire Bolt|type=spell}} with the sole exception of {{Icon|Wind Bolt|type=spell}} for no {{ItemIcon|Air Rune}} cost. {{ItemIcon|Air Rune}} are by far the most valuable elemental rune on a CO, so you should use the other elements to level your magic early on as these runes have little use outside of very late game situations by which point you will have a huge stockpile. You should aim to use most of your {{ItemIcon|Mind Rune}} on {{Icon|Fire Strike|type=spell}} and your {{ItemIcon|Chaos Rune}} on {{Icon|Earth Bolt|type=spell}} to make the most use of your varied runes gathered, until you are {{Skill|Magic|30}}. At this point you can equip an {{ItemIcon|Air Battlestaff}} to save {{ItemIcon|Air Rune|qty=5}}/cast, so obtain one from {{MonsterIcon|Master Wizard}} and use that until {{Skill|Magic|40}}. You also have enough magic defence from levelling {{Skill|Magic}} that you can consider clearing {{ZoneIcon|Hall of Wizards}} for some {{Skill|Ranged}} exp and better robes. The {{ItemIcon|Red Wizard Robes}} can be worn at {{Skill|Magic|30}} (levelling from 1 to 30 cuts food usage against magic enemies roughly in half) and the dungeon will be important in the a following section anyway. You can alternatively wait until {{Skill|Magic|40}} for even higher magic defence. Lastly, now that you have some magic defence, gathering 200 {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Magic}} is on the table. You will obtain a lot of catalyst runes in the process which can be put towards levelling, so  it is worth making a dent in this decently long grind now. {{MonsterIcon|Master Wizard}} are the best overall source of catalyst runes, as they have the lowest HP while dropping one of three catalyst runes 85% of the time.
 
You can now make use of every standard spell that is worth considering on a CO, which is up until {{Icon|Wind Blast|type=spell}}. Prioritise all other elemental spells until you consume your elemental runes, and then finish training on the highest level air spell that has no elemental rune cost. Make sure to use the highest level aurora that you can that has no elemental cost. This will be {{Icon|Surge I|type=aurora}} from {{Skill|Magic|15}}-{{Skill|Magic|40}} and {{Icon|Surge II|type=aurora}} afterwards. The light runes will be supplied from {{UpgradeIcon|Standard Resupply}} and will be in considerable abundance, so these should not be conserved.
 
After {{Skill|Magic|40}}, you will now use a {{ItemIcon|Mystic Air Staff}} to conserve 7 elemental runes and primarily use {{Icon|Wind Blast|type=spell}} to level up, as this is the new highest no-elemental cost spell available. The relative damage increase between spells is lower as flat damage has diminishing returns, so there isn't much dps sacrificed by sticking to this one spell. However, the only way to obtain this staff is from {{ZoneIcon|Hall of Wizards}} at a relatively low drop rate (~1/191.67). On the plus side, you will get some nice runes (albeit at a slower rate than other options) along the way and a good pet, hopefully. You will also want to obtain a full set of {{ItemIcon|Red Wizard Hat|Red Robes|nolink=true}}. It is debatable whether staying here all the way until full {{ItemIcon|Ancient Wizard Hat|Ancient Robes|nolink=true}} is worthwhile. The robes have a very low drop rate and will likely take awhile to complete, but you will obtain some useful runes and almost certainly obtain the pet. It is also important to maximise rune efficiency by maximising magic damage bonus, as rune gathering is a slow process. If you are completionistic in nature then it may be a good idea, although strictly speaking it would be faster to focus on simply obtaining more {{ItemIcon|Death Rune}} from {{MonsterIcon|Master Wizard}} and {{MonsterIcon|Necromancer}} than worrying about min-maxing the rune efficiency.
 
Once you have your gear, the best monster to kill is {{MonsterIcon|Raging Horned Elite}} as they are melee and drop valuable food, as well as giving a decent income and ammo. They have 5% DR, so using {{PrayerIcon|Battleheart}} if you have the {{Skill|Prayer}} level is recommended, along with {{PrayerIcon|Augury}}. Kill either {{MonsterIcon|Master Wizard}} or {{MonsterIcon|Necromancer}} for {{ItemIcon|Chaos Rune}} and/or {{ItemIcon|Death Rune}} whenever you need more runes. It is both more rune-efficient and time-efficient to gather runes and use them separately, rather than try to kill {{MonsterIcon|Necromancer}} with magic directly to slightly replenish the consumed runes. Making use of the triangle bonus is starting to become very important. You will be here until {{Skill|Magic|85}}. Once you have {{Skill|Magic|85}} you will upgrade to {{ItemIcon|Glacia God Platebody|Glacia Armour|nolink=true}}, and then return to get a single level to {{Skill|Magic|86}}.
 
The rest of your magic training will come after {{ZoneIcon|Into the Mist}} once you have the passive slot. You will return again to {{MonsterIcon|Raging Horned Elite}} to get {{Skill|Magic|90}} to wield {{ItemIcon|Ocean Song}}, and then train from {{Skill|Magic|90}}-{{Skill|Magic|99}} on {{MonsterIcon|Umbora}} while grinding out {{ItemIcon|Tidal Edge}}.
 
{{ItemIcon|Mind Rune|Mind Runes}} are very useful lategame as {{Icon|Water Strike|type=spell}} is the most rune-efficient spell to use for {{ItemIcon|Cloudburst Staff}} and {{ItemIcon|Ocean Song}}, so you will want to keep them. You will also want to keep {{ItemIcon|Fire Rune}} (as well as {{ItemIcon|Ancient Rune}} and {{ItemIcon|Havoc Rune}}) for {{Icon|Incinerate|type=spell}} for {{ZoneIcon|Impending Darkness Event}}. {{ItemIcon|Water Rune}} and {{ItemIcon|Earth Rune}} are not terribly important. {{ItemIcon|Light Rune}} are obtained easily from {{UpgradeIcon|Standard Resupply}}.
 
In summary:
 
* {{Skill|Magic|1}} - {{Skill|Magic|30}} using strike spells, gathering runes and gear from {{MonsterIcon|Vampire}}, {{MonsterIcon|Wizard}} &{{MonsterIcon|Master Wizard}}
* {{Skill|Magic|30}} - {{Skill|Magic|40}} using bolt spells, gathering runes and gear from {{MonsterIcon|Master Wizard}}
* {{Skill|Magic|40}} - {{Skill|Magic|90}} using {{Icon|Wind Blast|type=spell}} on {{MonsterIcon|Raging Horned Elite}}, gathering runes from {{MonsterIcon|Master Wizard}} & {{MonsterIcon|Necromancer}} and gear from {{ZoneIcon|Hall of Wizards}} & {{ZoneIcon|Water God Dungeon}}
* {{Skill|Magic|90}} - {{Skill|Magic|99}} using {{Icon|Water Strike|type=spell}} with {{ItemIcon|Ocean Song}} on {{MonsterIcon|Umbora}}, gathering runes from {{MonsterIcon|Wizard}} & {{MonsterIcon|Master Wizard}}
 
== Chapter VII: (G) Ancient to God Dungeons ==
===Pre-Gods===
It's about time to get the {{ItemIcon|Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs}}. It has 1% more Damage Reduction than the {{ItemIcon|Elite Amulet of Defence}}, in addition to offensive and defensive bonuses. Refer to the [[Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs/Guide|FEZ Guide]] for getting all the materials to make it. You will also want to have completed the {{ItemIcon|Dragonfire Shield}} and {{ItemIcon|Scaled Shield}} grinds, as these items are essentially best in slot for their respective classes and give considerable offensive and defensive bonuses.
 
It is recommended to have {{Skill|Attack|99|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Strength|99|nolink=true}} / {{Skill|Defence|99|nolink=true}} melee stats at this point, but base 90s are fine. As CO accounts have limited sources of damage reduction and bonus HP, {{Skill|Hitpoints|99|nolink=true}} is a requirement for most of the game beyond this point. You will need {{Skill|Ranged|85}} for {{ItemIcon|Aeris God Platebody|Aeris Armour|nolink=true}} Aeris armour and {{Skill|Magic|85}} for {{ItemIcon|Glacia God Platebody|Glacia Armour|nolink=true}} Glacia armour during this section. This section will assume both {{PetIcon|Finn, the Cat}} and {{PetIcon|Leonardo}} for +10 HP and +1% DR respectively.
 
Throughout this section the optimal setup will be discussed, and HP/DR thresholds revolving best case scenario will be primarily considered. Use [https://silberdrachi.github.io/CanIIdle/ Can I Idle] to verify if any other DR/HP combination you might have will suffice.
 
===Aeris===
 
====Recommended gear====
 
{{Equipment/Recommended
|style = Melee
|helm1 = (G) Ancient Helmet
|helm2 = (G) Rune Helmet
|neck1 = Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs
|neck2 = Elite Amulet of Defence
|cape1 = Infernal Cape
|cape2 = Fire Cape
|body1 = (G) Ancient Platebody
|body2 = (G) Dragon Platebody
|body3 = (G) Rune Platebody
|legs1 = (G) Ancient Platelegs
|legs2 = (G) Dragon Platelegs
|legs3 = (G) Rune Platelegs
|weapon1 = Sunset Rapier
|weapon2 = Ancient Sword
|shield1 = Dragonfire Shield
|shield2 = (G) Ancient Shield
|shield3 = (G) Rune Shield
|gloves1 = (U) Ancient D-hide Vambraces
|gloves2 = (U) Black D-hide Vambraces
|gloves3 = Paladin Gloves
|boots1 = (G) Rune Boots
|ring1 = Sandstorm Ring
}}
 
The optimal gear recommended above gives 1030 HP and 48% DR. You only need 42% DR with 1030 HP, or 48% DR and 910 HP to survive Air god.
 
The optimal gear assumes the player has manually completed the {{ZoneIcon|Infernal Stronghold}} once for the {{ItemIcon|Infernal Cape}}. If you wish to idle that dungeon, then you will need {{ItemIcon|Glacia God Platebody|Glacia Armour|nolink=true}} Glacia gear from the next dungeon in order to do so.
 
Your goal is to get full {{ItemIcon|Aeris God Platebody|Aeris God Armour|nolink=true}} 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}} a while 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}} and the {{ItemIcon|Deadeye Ring}} are each pretty good DPS increases for {{Skill|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===
 
====Recommended gear====
 
{{Equipment/Recommended
|style = Ranged
|helm1 = Aeris God Helmet
|neck1 = Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs
|neck2 = Deadeye Amulet
|neck3 = Elite Amulet of Defence
|cape1 = Infernal Cape
|cape2 = Cape of Prat
|cape3 = Fire Cape
|body1 = Aeris God Platebody
|body2 = (U) Ancient D-hide Body
|legs1 = Aeris God Platelegs
|legs2 = (U) Ancient D-hide Chaps
|weapon1 = Ancient Crossbow
|weapon2 = Stormsnap
|weapon3 = Ancient Longbow
|weapon4 = Confetti Crossbow
|shield1 = Scaled Shield
|shield2 = Dragonfire Shield
|gloves1 = Aeris God Gloves
|gloves2 = (U) Ancient D-hide Vambraces
|boots1 = Aeris God Boots
|ring1 = Deadeye Ring
|ring2 = Silver Diamond Ring
|ammo1 = Sapphire Bolts
|ammo2 = Ancient Arrows
|ammo3 = Adamant Arrows
}}
 
{{ZoneIcon|Water God Dungeon}} will be done with {{Skill|Ranged}}. Your goal is 49% DR. The optimal setup shown above gives 55%, well in excess. The easiest way to reach this threshold is with the {{ItemIcon|Ancient Crossbow}} from {{ZoneIcon|Dragons Den}} and a {{ItemIcon|Dragonfire Shield}}. You can gather bolts from either {{ItemIcon|Air Chest|Air Chests}} and {{Skill|Slayer}} resupplies, the latter being a relatively good source. Arrows can easily be obtained from {{MonsterIcon|Raging Horned Elite}} or from {{Skill|Slayer}} resupplies. {{ItemIcon|Scaled Shield}} is much higher DPS than {{ItemIcon|Dragonfire Shield}}, so this shield is the top recommendation, but the latter is an option if one needs extra defensive stats to reach the idle threshold. An alternative if you have {{SkillReq|Prayer|80}} is to use the {{PrayerIcon|Stone Skin}} Prayer and a {{ItemIcon|Stormsnap}} or {{ItemIcon|Ancient Longbow}}. Otherwise, you'll have to use a shield.
 
If you do go the {{ItemIcon|Ancient Crossbow|notext=true}} + {{ItemIcon|Scaled Shield|notext=true}}/{{ItemIcon|Dragonfire Shield|notext=true}} route, then {{ItemIcon|Aeris God Platebody|Aeris Armour|nolink=true}} 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 Armour|nolink=true}} 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 staff doesn't provide any {{ItemIcon|Air Rune|Air Runes}}, which are required for all standard spells, so where you can use a staff, you'll likely want to use your {{ItemIcon|Mystic Air Staff}} to prevent needing to farm {{MonsterIcon|Wizard|Wizards}} for {{ItemIcon|Air Rune|Air Runes|nolink=true}}, or {{ItemIcon|Ocean Song}} in the later game for rune-efficient DPS. {{ItemIcon|Water Chest|Water Chests}} are actually the best place to farm {{ItemIcon|Ancient Rune|Ancient Runes}} due to the low drop rate and amount from {{ItemIcon|Magic Chest|Magic Chests}}. You will need enough runes to cast {{Icon|type=spell|Gust}} around 75-100 times, which is upwards of {{ItemIcon|Ancient Rune|Ancient Runes|qty=500}}, {{ItemIcon|Air Rune|qty=1800}} and {{ItemIcon|Havoc Rune|qty=500}} for {{ZoneIcon|Into the Mist}} later down the line. It may be worth stockpiling more than these amounts in case any issues arrise during the fight. If {{Icon|type=spell|Slicing Winds}} is used instead (not recommended), one should collect enough runes for at least 200 casts. 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.
 
Now is a good time to farm up {{ItemIcon|Dragon Claw}} and {{ItemIcon|Ancient Claw}}, if you haven't done so already. {{ItemIcon|Dragon Claw Fragment|Dragon Claw Fragments}} are farmed from {{MonsterIcon|Griffin|Griffins}} in the {{ZoneIcon|High Lands}}, while {{ItemIcon|Ancient Claw Fragment|Ancient Claw Fragments}} are farmed from {{MonsterIcon|Pegasus|Pegasi}} in the same area. You will need 100 of each to make the claws. These can then be combined into the {{ItemIcon|Infernal Claw}} with 10 {{ItemIcon|Infernal Core}} from completing the {{ZoneIcon|Infernal Stronghold}} 10 times. As it takes quite awhile to finish {{ZoneIcon|Infernal Stronghold}} 10 times, it is best to wait until one can safely idle the dungeon, which is only possible on a HCCO with full {{ItemIcon|Glacia God Platebody|Glacia Armour|nolink=true}}. It is, however, possible to skip the long {{ItemIcon|Infernal Claw}} grind entirely. Between {{ItemIcon|Darksteel Dagger}} for bosses and one of the four Godswords for idling elite {{Skill|Slayer}}, there aren't many uses left for {{ItemIcon|Infernal Claw}}. It is still the highest DPS general purpose weapon behind {{ItemIcon|Tidal Edge}}, but some might argue not by enough to justify the time investment obtaining it.
 
===Terran===
 
{{Equipment/Recommended
|style = Magic
|helm1 = Glacia God Helmet
|neck1 = Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs
|cape1 = Skull Cape
|body1 = Glacia God Platebody
|legs1 = Glacia God Platelegs
|weapon1 = Mystic Air Staff
|weapon2 = Magic Wand (Elite)
|shield1 = Scaled Shield
|shield2 = Dragonfire Shield
|gloves1 = Glacia God Gloves
|boots1 = Glacia God Boots
|ring1 = Warlock Ring
|ring2 = Tormented Ring
}}
The first thing to notice about this dungeon is that since {{Skill|Magic}} is the recommended style, farming the dungeon efficiently will have to be done at a much later point. {{Skill|Magic}} on a CO account is either awful DPS with rune-saving spells like {{Icon|type=spell|Wind Blast}}+{{Icon|type=aurora|Surge II}} (around 1.2 effective kills/hr: 1.9 kills/hr and 40 minutes farming {{ItemIcon|Death Rune}} from {{MonsterIcon|Necromancer}}) or incredibly rune intensive
with a good dps weapon in {{ItemIcon|Ocean Song}} (around 2.7 effective kills/hr: 7.4 kills/hr and 2.6 hours farming {{ItemIcon|Air Rune}} and {{ItemIcon|Mind Rune}}). {{ItemIcon|Cloudburst Staff}} is unfortunately not very useful, as the effective kills/hr are lower than even that of lowly {{Icon|type=spell|Wind Blast}} due to the intense rune consumption. Ancient magics is the same story: not worth the rune costs.
 
The second thing to note is that this dungeon is one of the first places where HC/Adv and standard characters deviate in their path. This typically only happens at points where {{Skill|Magic}} is the primary style needed within a dungeon, and {{ZoneIcon|Earth God Dungeon}} and {{ZoneIcon|Infernal Stronghold}} are the first instances where this happens. Standard CO characters, with their lower combat triangle penalties, can idle this dungeon with melee and a {{ItemIcon|Wasteful Ring}} at 52% DR. A {{ItemIcon|Tidal Edge}} is the most efficient item, but {{ItemIcon|Darksteel Dagger}} is also viable. HCCO and AdvCO can never idle this dungeon with melee without almost all of the items from {{ZoneIcon|Earth God Dungeon}} in the first place, as the DR requirement is 64% with a {{ItemIcon|Wasteful Ring}}.
 
As for the actual mechanics of the dungeon, {{MonsterIcon|Terran}} pretty much can only be tackled with {{Skill|Magic}} as he 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|nolink=true}} 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|nolink=true}}, there are two ways to do the {{ZoneIcon|Earth God Dungeon}}: you can use a {{ItemIcon|Mystic Air Staff}} and use the {{Icon|Surge II|type=aurora}} 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), which is fast enough to not worry about needing {{Icon|Surge II|type=aurora}}, but has increased rune costs and therefore less effective kills/hr.
 
The goal of the dungeon is to get any of the following combinations:
 
* 3 pieces of {{ItemIcon|Terran God Platebody|Terran Armour|nolink=true}} (including the boots)
* 2 pieces of {{ItemIcon|Terran God Platebody|Terran Armour|nolink=true}} and the pet, {{PetIcon|Erran}} (1/150) (including the boots)
* {{ItemIcon|Terran God Boots}} and a {{ItemIcon|Guardian Ring}}
* An {{ItemIcon|Earth Layered Shield}} and {{ItemIcon|Terran God Boots}}
* Solely {{ItemIcon|Terran God Boots}} and later obtain {{ItemIcon|Hunter's Ring}}
 
At least one of these combinations is needed to enable {{MonsterIcon|Rokken}} farming later down the line. As {{ItemIcon|Terran God Boots}} are the most common item from this dungeon, you can finally put your {{ItemIcon|(G) Rune Boots}} to rest; they've earned it. {{ItemIcon|Terran God Platebody|Terran Armour|nolink=true}} isn't necessary to upgrade your melee gear further to {{ItemIcon|Ragnar God Platebody|Ragnar Armour|nolink=true}} and {{ZoneIcon|Fire God Dungeon}} is actually ''easier'' to complete in comparison to {{ZoneIcon|Earth God Dungeon}} (as it is completed with {{Skill|Ranged}}), but you will need a few Terran pieces to reach the DR threshold for later activities such as {{ZoneIcon|Into the Mist}} and {{ZoneIcon|Dark Waters}}. Again, the {{ItemIcon|Terran Godsword}} isn't worth grinding out due to the DR windows being tight, as there is no access to {{Icon|Damage Reduction Potion|Damage Reduction Potions}} for COs. A {{ItemIcon|Guardian Amulet}} is not terribly useful as it has quite a high DPS penalty, but it may be useful in certain builds as a last resort to reach an idle DR threshold. A {{ItemIcon|Guardian Ring}} from the {{ItemIcon|Earth Chest|Earth Chests}} is a useful ring to have for the same reason, but it doesn't carry anywhere near as heavy of a DPS penalty so it is somewhat more desirable.
 
===Ragnar===
{{Equipment/Recommended
|style = Ranged
|helm1 = Aeris God Helmet
|neck1 = Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs
|cape1 = Infernal Cape
|body1 = Aeris God Platebody
|legs1 = Aeris God Platelegs
|weapon1 = Shockwave
|weapon2 = Ancient Crossbow
|shield1 = Scaled Shield
|gloves1 = Aeris God Gloves
|boots1 = Aeris God Boots
|ring1 = Wasteful Ring
|passive1 = Guardian Amulet
|ammo1 = Sapphire Bolts
}}
{{MonsterIcon|Ragnar}} is completely optional for game progression, as {{ItemIcon|Ragnar God Platebody|Ragnar God Armour|nolink=true}} actually has LESS damage reduction than {{ItemIcon|Terran God Platebody|Terran God Armour|nolink=true}}, though it has much higher Strength and melee attack bonuses. In addition, {{ItemIcon|Slayer Helmet (Master)}} and {{ItemIcon|Slayer Platebody (Master)}} are arguably better for late game grinds, as well as being deterministic to obtain. Elite slayer gear is also utilised heavily before master.
 
It is easy to manual clear {{ZoneIcon|Fire God Dungeon}}, as long as the player has {{UpgradeIcon|Dungeon Equipment Swapping}} unlocked. The second-to-last enemy, {{MonsterIcon|Ignis}}, has a 52% DR requirement when using melee and the final boss, {{MonsterIcon|Ragnar}}, has a 56% DR requirement when using Ranged. However, if one wishes to idle the whole dungeon then a {{ItemIcon|Wasteful Ring}} and either {{ItemIcon|Guardian Ring}} or {{ItemIcon|Guardian Amulet}} is required as a HCCO. It may be beneficial to delay farming these items until after unlocking the passive slot. Otherwise, grab some {{ItemIcon|Climbing Boots}} or a {{ItemIcon|Slayer Skillcape}}, head over to the {{ZoneIcon|Perilous Peaks}} and kill some {{MonsterIcon|Wicked Greater Dragon|Wicked Greater Dragons}}. While you're there, you might as well stock up on {{ItemIcon|Jadestone Bolts}} from {{MonsterIcon|Hunting Greater Dragon|Hunting Greater Dragons}}, if you have the food to spare. While they're the best bolts in the game, the food necessary to grind them out in any notable amount may dissuade you from changing away from {{ItemIcon|Topaz Bolts}} or {{ItemIcon|Sapphire Bolts}} from {{Skill|Slayer}} resupplies. You will need a {{ItemIcon|Hunter's Ring}} eventually, so picking one up won't be a waste of time.
 
Range is your best option for the {{ZoneIcon|Fire God Dungeon}} due to the 1300 Magic max hit of the final boss, {{MonsterIcon|Ragnar}}. Even once you have your {{ItemIcon|Wasteful Ring|nolink=true}} equipped, you'll need 63% DR to idle {{ZoneIcon|Fire God Dungeon|nolink=true}}, which at this point, can only be done with the {{ItemIcon|Guardian Amulet}} or the {{PetIcon|Erran}} pet from {{ZoneIcon|Earth God Dungeon}} plus {{ItemIcon|Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs|FEZ}} and otherwise full tank gear. We only have access to 66% total DR from {{Skill|Ranged}} until after {{ZoneIcon|Into the Mist}}. Full {{ItemIcon|Aeris God Platebody|Aeris|nolink=true}}, {{ItemIcon|Earth Layered Shield}}, {{ItemIcon|Infernal Cape}}, and {{PrayerIcon|Stone Skin}} will only get you to 60% DR.
 
If you aren't after full collection log completion and just want to speed your way to {{ZoneIcon|Into the Mist}} and T90 weapon farming, pick up enough pieces of {{ItemIcon|Ragnar God Platebody|Ragnar Armour|nolink=true}} to replace any remaining {{ItemIcon|(G) Ancient Platebody|Ancient Armour|nolink=true}}. Between {{ItemIcon|Terran God Platebody|Terran}} and {{ItemIcon|Ragnar God Platebody|Ragnar}}, you should have a piece of T85 armour for each slot, with possibly the body and/or the helmet slots missing as these can be filled with Elite and Master slayer gear down the line.
 
The {{ItemIcon|Ragnar Godsword}} is the most useful Godsword, as it is the second best weapon for farming elite {{Skill|Slayer}} tasks behind {{ItemIcon|Tidal Edge}}. The slow attack speed of Godswords reduces the prayer used per hour by about half, which can be further coupled with a {{ItemIcon|Prayer Skillcape}} down to around 6-7k/hr. The other Godswords are viable, but only {{ItemIcon|Ragnar Godsword}} is better than {{ItemIcon|Infernal Claw}} in terms of slayer coins/hr. All four Godswords are, however, better than {{ItemIcon|Darksteel Dagger}} for elite {{Skill|Slayer}}, so if you have opted to skip the {{ItemIcon|Infernal Claw}} grind, then any of the four will be useful to you. {{ItemIcon|Big ol Ron}} is wholly useless. {{ItemIcon|Sandstorm Ring}} is still useful as it can actually be better than {{ItemIcon|Fighter Ring}} in a few situations, specifically against high defence enemies. However, due to the 100% accurate special attack of {{ItemIcon|Tidal Edge}}, {{ItemIcon|Sandstorm Ring}} eventually becomes a DPS loss in every situation and should be completely swapped out for {{ItemIcon|Fighter Ring}}, {{ItemIcon|Hunter's Ring}} or even {{ItemIcon|Guardian Ring}}.
 
The stun effect of the {{ItemIcon|Fighter Amulet}} is one of the strongest combinations with {{ItemIcon|Tidal Edge}} as the first hit of its special attack reliably activates the stun effect while the second hit enjoys a +30% damage increase due to the enemy being stunned. The amulet is borderline required to unlock the full potential of the weapon. This can be farmed later after the passive slot and {{ItemIcon|Shockwave}}, as it is a considerable grind.
 
===Late Game Farming===
As the God dungeons require fairly high stats and gear, efficiently farming will mostly be carried out after completing {{ZoneIcon|Into the Mist}} and {{ZoneIcon|Dark Waters}} grinds. The first two dungeons, {{ZoneIcon|Air God Dungeon}} and {{ZoneIcon|Water God Dungeon}} are easily farmed out with gear upgrades listed in the respective sections above (with obvious upgrades made where appropriate, such as {{ItemIcon|(G) Rune Boots}} → {{ItemIcon|Terran God Boots}}). On the other hand, both {{ZoneIcon|Earth God Dungeon}} and {{ZoneIcon|Fire God Dungeon}} will require a {{ItemIcon|Wasteful Ring}} to lower the efficient idle DR thresholds to CO-achieveable levels, and so are better left until later. This is because {{ZoneIcon|Earth God Dungeon}} is most efficiently cleared with melee over magic (as the latter is far fewer effective kills/hr due to rune gathering speed being very low) and the second to last enemy in both dungeons {{ZoneIcon|Fire God Dungeon}} ({{MonsterIcon|Mistral}} and {{MonsterIcon|Ignis}} respectively) counters the primary style we use for each dungeon. The necessity of {{ItemIcon|Wasteful Ring}} stems from simply being able to deal with these monsters while at a combat triangle disadvantage.
 
One will note the prevalence of Master slayer gear in the recommendations. This is because the doubling effect from Master slayer gear is overall more beneficial than the slight increase in DPS from God gear. Where DR allows for it, Master slayer gear is preferred. It is not worth using offensive prayers to boost clears/hr, as the additional clears/hr save less time than the equivalent amount of elite slayer required to replenish the prayer points used.
 
The DR thresholds for all of the dungeons are listed here
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Dungeon
! HP
! DR
|-
| {{ZoneIcon|Air God Dungeon}}
| 1030
| 42%
|-
| {{ZoneIcon|Water God Dungeon}}
| 1000
| 49%
|-
| {{ZoneIcon|Earth God Dungeon}} (Magic)
| 1000
| 47%
|-
| {{ZoneIcon|Earth God Dungeon}} (Melee, {{ItemIcon|Wasteful Ring}})
| 1030
| 52% (SC) / 64% (HC)
|-
| {{ZoneIcon|Fire God Dungeon}}
| 1000
| 56% (SC) / 71% (HC)
|-
| {{ZoneIcon|Fire God Dungeon}} (HC, {{ItemIcon|Wasteful Ring}})
| 1030 (HC)
| 62% (HC)
|-
|}
 
Note that there are differences for hardcore and softcore players for the two later dungeons.
 
Below are suggested gear setups that are optimal (or close to, as they ignore items from {{ZoneIcon|Unhallowed Wasteland}} and beyond) that can meet the DR requirements listed in this table. The optimal gear set will always meet the DR requirement if the player has all three defensive pets. Any substitutions should be checked to see if it still meets the DR/HP requirements.
 
====Air God====
{{Equipment/Recommended
|style = Melee
|helm1 = Slayer Helmet (Master)
|helm2 = Ragnar God Helmet
|helm3 = Terran God Helmet
|neck1 = Fighter Amulet
|neck2 = Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs
|cape1 = Infernal Cape
|body1 = Slayer Platebody (Master)
|body2 = Ragnar God Platebody
|body3 = Terran God Platebody
|legs1 = Ragnar God Platelegs
|legs2 = Terran God Platelegs
|weapon1 = Tidal Edge
|weapon2 = Infernal Claw
|weapon3 = Ragnar Godsword
|weapon4 = Darksteel Dagger
|shield1 = Dragonfire Shield
|gloves1 = Ragnar God Gloves
|gloves2 = Terran God Gloves
|boots1 = Ragnar God Boots
|boots2 = Terran God Boots
|ring1 = Fighter Ring
|passive1 = Elder Crown
}}
Remember that if you opt for a Godsword then you will need to make up for lost DR through prayer or gear switches.
====Water God====
{{Equipment/Recommended
|style = Ranged
|helm1 = Slayer Cowl (Master)
|helm2 = Aeris God Helmet
|neck1 = Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs
|neck2 = Deadeye Amulet
|cape3 = Cape of Prat
|cape1 = Ranged Skillcape
|cape2 = Infernal Cape
|body1 = Slayer Leather Body (Master)
|body2 = Aeris God Platebody
|legs1 = Aeris God Platelegs
|weapon1 = Shockwave
|weapon2 = Ancient Crossbow
|shield1 = Scaled Shield
|gloves1 = Aeris God Gloves
|boots1 = Aeris God Boots
|ring1 = Deadeye Ring
|ring2 = Guardian Ring
|ring3 = Wasteful Ring
|passive1 = Elder Crown
|ammo1 = Sapphire Bolts
}}
This gear setup aims to maximise efficiency in the form of shards/hr and chests/hr while still maintaining good food, bolt and prayer economy. The optimal setup shown here has exactly 47% DR with the remainder being bridged by both DR pets ({{PetIcon|Leonardo}} and {{PetIcon|Erran}}). A {{ItemIcon|Ranged Skillcape}} is ideal to halve bolt use, but swapping this for an {{ItemIcon|Infernal Cape}} easily allows the player to utilise a {{ItemIcon|Deadeye Amulet}} for marginally more DPS over a {{ItemIcon|Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs}} if desired. The prayers {{PrayerIcon|Safeguard}} and {{PrayerIcon|Stone Skin}} can be used if the player needs more DR to hit the threshold, as the prayers only consume 1,000 and 3,000 prayer points/hr respectively. These slight prayer costs reduce the efficiency by about 1.5% / 4.5% (determined by doing elite slayer to replenish lost prayer points), which is marginal but on par with most gear substitutions listed here, therefore opting for a gear setup that saves prayer is very slightly better. Downgrading the shield to a {{ItemIcon|Dragonfire Shield}} is not recommended as this is around a 10% DPS loss so other gear swaps should be performed first, such as the ring slot.
 
====Earth God====
{{Equipment/Recommended
|style = Magic
|helm1 = Slayer Wizard Hat (Master)
|helm2 = Glacia God Helmet
|neck1 = Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs
|cape1 = Skull Cape
|body1 = Slayer Wizard Robes (Master)
|body2 = Glacia God Platebody
|legs1 = Glacia God Platelegs
|weapon1 = Ocean Song
|shield1 = Recoil Shield
|shield2 = Scaled Shield
|gloves1 = Glacia God Gloves
|boots1 = Glacia God Boots
|ring1 = Warlock Ring
|passive1 = Elder Crown
|ammo1 = Sapphire Bolts
}}
 
This dungeon is very easy to clear with magic, but the time spent gathering runes heavily diminishes the effective kills/hr. The strategy therefore is to work towards obtaining the necessary gear to meet the melee DR threshold for the player's game mode and then finish the dungeon using melee.
 
====Earth God (Melee, Softcore)====
{{Equipment/Recommended
|style = Melee
|helm1 = Slayer Helmet (Master)
|helm2 = Ragnar God Helmet
|helm3 = Terran God Helmet
|neck1 = Fighter Amulet
|neck2 = Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs
|cape1 = Infernal Cape
|body1 = Slayer Platebody (Master)
|body2 = Ragnar God Platebody
|body3 = Terran God Platebody
|legs1 = Ragnar God Platelegs
|legs2 = Terran God Platelegs
|weapon1 = Tidal Edge
|shield1 = Dragonfire Shield
|gloves1 = Terran God Gloves
|boots1 = Terran God Boots
|ring1 = Wasteful Ring
|passive1 = Elder Crown
}}
 
The optimal setup shown here is 49% DR with the remainder bridged by the {{PrayerIcon|Stone Skin}}, one DR pet and either {{PrayerIcon|Safeguard}} or the other DR pet. It is not worth attempting this dungeon without {{ItemIcon|Tidal Edge}}, as it is more than 3x faster than the next melee alternative. If Master slayer gear is not used then pieces of Terran can be replaced with Ragnar, with gloves having priority over boots.
 
====Earth God (Melee, Hardcore)====
{{Equipment/Recommended
|style = Melee
|helm1 = Terran God Helmet
|neck1 = Fighter Amulet
|neck2 = Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs
|cape1 = Infernal Cape
|body1 = Terran God Platebody
|legs1 = Terran God Platelegs
|weapon1 = Tidal Edge
|shield1 = Dragonfire Shield
|gloves1 = Terran God Gloves
|boots1 = Terran God Boots
|ring1 = Wasteful Ring
|passive1 = Guardian Amulet
}}
One can tell that due to the complete upgrade to total tank gear that we are very much on the brink of obtainable DR for a CO. This is the only situation in the game where a {{ItemIcon|Guardian Amulet}} is completely necessary. It is unfortunate that it is the single rarest item from this dungeon, despite it being the sole use case for it. The optimal gear setup is 62% DR when under 50% HP, and the remainder of the needed DR given by the two DR pets or prayers. {{ItemIcon|Fighter Amulet}} is considerably better than {{ItemIcon|Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs}}, as the synergy with {{ItemIcon|Tidal Edge}} increases DPS drastically and cuts food usage in half. Even without {{PetIcon|Otto}} the player is still fast enough to avoid stuns from {{MonsterIcon|Terran}} as their attack speed is 2.85s.
 
====Fire God (Softcore)====
{{Equipment/Recommended
|style = Ranged
|helm1 = Slayer Cowl (Master)
|helm2 = Aeris God Helmet
|neck1 = Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs
|neck2 = Deadeye Amulet
|cape1 = Infernal Cape
|body1 = Slayer Leather Body (Master)
|body2 = Aeris God Platebody
|legs1 = Aeris God Platelegs
|weapon1 = Shockwave
|weapon2 = Ancient Crossbow
|shield1 = Scaled Shield
|gloves1 = Aeris God Gloves
|boots1 = Aeris God Boots
|ring1 = Deadeye Ring
|ring2 = Guardian Ring
|passive1 = Elder Crown
|ammo1 = Sapphire Bolts
}}
The optimal setup here is 51% DR, so it requires {{PrayerIcon|Stone Skin}}, one DR pet and then either {{PrayerIcon|Safeguard}} or the other DR pet. If substituting for {{ItemIcon|Deadeye Amulet}} then one must also substitute {{ItemIcon|Guardian Ring}} and include {{PrayerIcon|Safeguard}} or {{ItemIcon|Aeris God Platebody}}. This latter combination is very slightly worse by about 1-2%, so {{ItemIcon|Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs}} is overall preferred.
 
====Fire God (Hardcore)====
{{Equipment/Recommended
|style = Ranged
|helm1 = Aeris God Helmet
|neck1 = Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs
|cape1 = Infernal Cape
|body1 = Aeris God Platebody
|legs1 = Aeris God Platelegs
|weapon1 = Shockwave
|weapon2 = Ancient Crossbow
|shield1 = Dragonfire Shield
|gloves1 = Aeris God Gloves
|boots1 = Aeris God Boots
|ring1 = Guardian Ring
|passive1 = Wasteful Ring
|ammo1 = Sapphire Bolts
}}
Note the switch to {{ItemIcon|Dragonfire Shield}}. The additional +30HP reduces the DR requirement by 2%. This gear setup gives a total of 57% DR, with the remaining DR given by {{PrayerIcon|Stone Skin}}, {{PetIcon|Leonardo}} and one of either
{{PrayerIcon|Safeguard}} or {{PetIcon|Erran}}.
 
== Chapter VIII: Into the Mist ==
The {{UpgradeIcon|Dungeon Equipment Swapping}} upgrade is required to complete {{ZoneIcon|Into the Mist}}.  The minimum recommended gear is full {{ItemIcon|Terran God Platebody|Terran|nolink=true}}, {{ItemIcon|Aeris God Platebody|Aeris|nolink=true}} and {{ItemIcon|Glacia God Platebody|Glacia|nolink=true}} God Armour, but it can be completed pre-Terran just with more active strategies (swap {{ItemIcon|Terran God Platebody|Terran|nolink=true}} Gear for {{ItemIcon|Ancient Platebody|Ancient|nolink=true}} Gear and swap {{ItemIcon|Earth Layered Shield}} for {{ItemIcon|Dragonfire Shield}}.)  Recommended skill levels are {{Skill|Attack|90|nolink=true}}, {{Skill|Strength|90|nolink=true}}, {{Skill|Defence|90|nolink=true}}, {{Skill|Ranged|90|nolink=true}}, and {{Skill|Magic|86|nolink=true}}, {{SkillReq|Hitpoints|99}} and {{SkillReq|Prayer|76}}.  Each of the 3 phases of the boss can only be damaged by an attack type that matches their own.  Melee vs melee, ranged vs ranged, magic vs magic.  The DR numbers provided assume a max HP of 1000 from {{SkillReq|Hitpoints|99}} and {{PetIcon|Finn, the Cat}}. (500 max HP after affliction).
 
You can either {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat}} your way through this dungeon, or hold down the Eating button in order to spam food when it is available.
 
The most important thing to understand about {{ZoneIcon|Into the Mist}} is the [[Affliction]] debuff, which lowers your max HP by 1% for every stack and stacks up to 50 times.  Every time an attack hits you while in this dungeon there is a 70% chance to gain a stack of affliction.  This means that in long fights, your max HP will drop to 500, which puts your {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat|nolink=true}} threshold at 200.  The only way to remove affliction is to defeat the current monster or run.
 
==== Afflicted Monsters ====
For [[Into the Mist#Afflicted_Monsters|Afflicted Monsters]], you will want to be using your strongest {{Skill|Attack|Melee}}, {{Skill|Ranged}} and {{Skill|Magic}} sets.  Swap sets according to the attack style of the monster to gain [[Combat Triangle]] advantage.  Due to the variability of the monsters you face, this phase can either be very easy or very hard.  Keep your eye on your current {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat}} threshold (which will drop from 400 to 200 as the fight continues), and the max hit of the monster you are currently facing (keeping in mind status effects like sleep, stun, and freeze.)  You will likely need to eat manually in this section. This phase is not a race against time, unlike Phase 1 and 3 so there is no need to rush.
 
====Mysterious Figure - Phase 1====
Recommended Gear: {{ItemIcon|Terran God Platebody|Terran}} or {{ItemIcon|Ragnar God Platebody|Ragnar}} Armour, {{ItemIcon|Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs|FEZ}}, {{ItemIcon|Guardian Ring}} or {{ItemIcon|Fighter Ring}}, {{ItemIcon|Darksteel Dagger}}, {{ItemIcon|Earth Layered Shield}}, {{ItemIcon|Infernal Cape}}<br>
Recommended Prayers: {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Melee}}, {{PrayerIcon|Chivalry}}<br>
Combat Style: Stab
 
===== Attacks =====
{{MonsterIcon|Mysterious Figure - Phase 1|Mark of Death}} (50%) (Auto Eat req: 34% DR)
* An unavoidable attack that deals 300 damage, and applies +1 stack of Mark of Death to you (Maximum 3 stacks). Mark of Death gives 50% decreased damage reduction regardless of number of stacks. One stack is removed after each of your turns.
 
Cursed Edge (35%) (Spam Eat)
* An avoidable attack that slices at you 2 times, dealing 600 damage each.
 
Reap and Return (15%) (Auto Eat req: 56% DR)
* An avoidable attack that hits 7 times, plus an extra time per Mark of Death stack applied to you. Deals 450 damage each and heals the enemy for 100% of damage dealt. Removes all Mark of Death stacks from you after attack.
 
===== Strategy =====
For this fight, it is very helpful to use a weapon with attack speed lower than 2.6.  This means that you can avoid getting hit while you have a stack of the Mark of Death debuff. Mark of Death is survivable with {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat|nolink=true}} at max affliction provided you have at least 34% DR. Cursed Edge can kill you through {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat|nolink=true}} at high affliction stacks, so spam eat for this attack once its max hit is higher than your {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat|nolink=true}} threshold.
 
With 56% DR, you can survive Reap and Return using just {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat|nolink=true}} even at maximum affliction stacks. This fight is a race due to the healing the boss receives from Reap and Return. For this reason we use {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Melee}} to limit the amount of healing the boss can do. It is important to not use {{ItemIcon|Sandstorm Ring}}, since the special attack will stop you from clearing the Mark of Death stacks before being hit. {{ItemIcon|Darksteel Dagger}} is very strong here due to how the bleed scales with enemy max HP.
 
==== Mysterious Figure - Phase 2 ====
Recommended Gear: {{ItemIcon|Aeris God Platebody|Aeris Armour}}, {{ItemIcon|Deadeye Amulet}} or {{ItemIcon|Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs|FEZ}}, {{ItemIcon|Deadeye Ring}} or {{ItemIcon|Guardian Ring}}, {{ItemIcon|Ancient Throwing Knife|Ancient Throwing Knives}}, {{ItemIcon|Earth Layered Shield}}, {{ItemIcon|Infernal Cape}} or {{ItemIcon|Cape of Prat}}.<br>
Recommended Prayers: {{PrayerIcon|Eagle Eye}}, {{PrayerIcon|Sharp Vision}}<br>
Combat Style: Rapid
 
=====Attacks=====
{{MonsterIcon|Mysterious Figure - Phase 2|Mark of Death}} (50%) (Auto Eat req: 34% DR)
* An unavoidable attack that deals 300 damage, and applies +1 stack of Mark of Death to you (Maximum 3 stacks). Mark of Death gives 50% decreased damage reduction regardless of number of stacks. One stack is removed after each of your turns.
 
Concealed Danger (35%) (Auto Eat req: 56% DR)
* An avoidable attack that hits 1 time(s), plus an extra time per Mark of Death stack applied to you. Deals 450 damage each. Removes all Mark of Death stacks from you after attack.
 
Shadowstep (15%)
* The enemy is surrounded with mist, gives the enemy +20% Global Evasion,+40% Damage Reduction and -20% Attack Interval for 1 of the enemy's turn. If buff is already active, perform a Normal Attack instead.
 
Normal Attack (Instead of repeating Shadowstep while the effect is already active) (Spam Eat)
* 772 Ranged Damage
 
===== Strategy =====
For this phase, we are once again avoiding the Mark of Death debuff by using a fast attack speed weapon. In this case, our attack must be faster than 1.75 which {{ItemIcon|Ancient Throwing Knife|Ancient Throwing Knives}} with the rapid attack style allows us to do. Mark of Death is survivable with {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat|nolink=true}} at max affliction provided you have at least 34% DR. With 56% DR, you can survive Concealed Danger even with maximum affliction.
 
The attack which you must watch out for is the normal attack, which happens instead of Shadowstep if the boss already has the buff (the attack bar of the boss will be blue rather than yellow). This attack can kill you through {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat|nolink=true}} at high affliction stacks, so spam eat for this attack once its max hit is higher than your {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat|nolink=true}} threshold. This phase is not a race against time, so slow and steady will work for this phase.
 
==== Ahrenia ====
Recommended Gear: {{ItemIcon|Glacia God Platebody|Glacia Armour}}, {{ItemIcon|Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs|FEZ}}, {{ItemIcon|Warlock Ring}} or {{ItemIcon|Guardian Ring}}, {{ItemIcon|Magic Wand (Elite)}}, {{ItemIcon|Miolite Shield}} or {{ItemIcon|Earth Layered Shield}}, {{ItemIcon|Skull Cape}} or {{ItemIcon|Infernal Cape}}<br>
Recommended Prayers: {{PrayerIcon|Mystic Might}}, {{PrayerIcon|Augury}}<br>
Spell: {{Icon|Gust|type=spell}} or {{Icon|Slicing Winds|type=spell}}
 
===== Attacks =====
Shadow Burst (70%) (Spam Eat)
* Fire off 3 large, avoidable, dark explosions that deal 800 damage each. Gives you -1% Global Accuracy that stacks up to 40 times.
 
Into the Mist (15%)
* The enemy disappears into the Mist. Gives the enemy +10% Damage Reduction each time they are hit for the duration of this attack (Stacks up to 10 times) and gives Regen that heals 10% of the enemy's max Hitpoints over 10s.
 
Fallen Light (15%) (Auto Eat req: 50% DR)
* The Mist breaks away and the sky opens up to an unavoidable, falling ray of Darkness, dealing 400x15 damage over 2.8s.
 
===== Strategy =====
For this fight, you will first and foremost need to achieve accuracy higher than 33,334. This allows us to stay above the 20,000 accuracy requirement for [[Ancient Magicks]] while accounting for max stacks of the Shadow Burst debuff. Once you achieve the required accuracy, you should then try to get at least 50% DR. How you achieve this combination of stats will depend or your exact {{Skill|Magic}} level and which [[Pets|pets]] and [[Equipment|gear]] you have currently collected.  It isn't possible to reach the DR needed to survive Shadow Burst even at low affliction stacks, so you will need to spam eat whenever you see Shadowburst (this will be most attacks).
 
Into the Mist healing the boss means this fight is a race against time. This is why we're going to use 100% accuracy [[Ancient Magicks]]. {{Icon|Gust|type=spell}} is a good choice, but {{Icon|Slicing Winds|type=spell}} will also get the job done. Fallen Light can be survived with {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat|nolink=true}} at max affliction as long as you have at least 50% DR. It is important to use {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat|nolink=true}} for Fallen Light since that will allow you to attack without being interrupted by manual eating.
 
== Chapter IX: T90 grind ==
 
==== Recommended stats ====
 
The most important skills are {{Skill|Hitpoints|99}} and {{Skill|Slayer|99}}, as HP is needed to meet the DR thresholds and the slayer cape perk is very beneficial. Bare minimum stats are {{Skill|Attack|80}} to equip {{ItemIcon|Darksteel Dagger}}, around {{Skill|Strength|80}}, {{Skill|Defence|85}} for Ragnar/Terran God Armour, {{Skill|Prayer|66}} for Chivalry, {{Skill|Ranged|90}} and {{Skill|Magic|90}} for God Armours, {{ItemIcon|Shockwave}} and {{ItemIcon|Ocean Song}}. It is also assumed that {{PetIcon|Finn, the Cat}} and {{PetIcon|Leonardo}} are owned. The reason why the offensive requirements are relatively low is that farming T90s takes a '''very''' long time on a CO account (about 3 weeks of continuous play all up), so a lot of experience will be gained during this section anyway. For example, by the time the first T90, {{ItemIcon|Shockwave}}, is completed the player will have earned about 4m prayer and 9.5m melee exp. Therefore it is not essential to have maxed offensive stats, as those can be effectively trained along the way. 99 slayer however is very important for the cape perk. It is still possible to do without the cape, but a lot of food will be wasted in compensation and a lot fewer kills/hr on {{MonsterIcon|Rokken}} if the player's attack speed is 2.2 or above. A {{ItemIcon|Hunter's Ring}} is highly recommended in this case for full area effect negation.
 
You must complete {{ZoneIcon|Into the Mist}} to make use of the passive slot for this section. The food and dps loss from not having this slot is simply not worth it. You will complete 40 master slayer tasks while farming T90s and {{ZoneIcon|Dark Waters}} enemies are easier than {{ZoneIcon|Perilous Peaks}} enemies once the DR threshold from gear has been met. {{ZoneIcon|Perilous Peaks}} enemies are designed to consume a large amount of food (which is precious on a CO account) and so tackling them with T90 gear is optimal.
 
The recommended order for farming T90s is: {{MonsterIcon|Rokken}} (ranged) → {{MonsterIcon|Ku-tul}} (magic) → {{MonsterIcon|Umbora}} (melee). Both {{MonsterIcon|Rokken}} and {{MonsterIcon|Ku-tul}} can be completed at roughly the same kills/hr without any T90 items, but {{ItemIcon|Darksteel Dagger}} + {{ItemIcon|Elder Crown}} combo will result in about 2.5x less food usage on {{MonsterIcon|Rokken}}, as well as {{ItemIcon|Shockwave}} having more immediate value than {{ItemIcon|Ocean Song}} which requires a lot of farming to make use of. {{MonsterIcon|Umbora}} is by far the most difficult monster due to the scarce nature of runes, so tackling this monster with doubling and % damage from {{ItemIcon|Slayer Gear Upgrade Kit (Master)}} will have the most benefit out of all three mobs. {{MonsterIcon|Umbora}} first is highly discouraged as runes are very difficult to obtain on a CO account, making it vital to use {{ItemIcon|Ocean Song}} to maximise rune efficiency. A comparison of alternative {{MonsterIcon|Umbora}} methods is presented below in the dedicated section and it should be clear that {{ItemIcon|Ocean Song}} is by far the best option.
 
==== Method ====
You will be manually selecting tasks to avoid unfavourable tasks while farming T90s. There are many reasons to be on a slayer task:
 
* You always profit slayer coins even when factoring in reroll costs
 
* You can passively work towards 40 master slayer tasks
 
* Slayer cape damage bonus to help with farming
 
When starting out it is recommended to '''remove''' your slayer cape, toggle auto slayer '''ON''' and manually roll tasks. This will remove {{ZoneIcon|Perilous Peaks}} enemies from the potential pool of slayer monsters, leaving only a 1/2 chance of obtaining the correct slayer task.
 
'''WARNING: MAKE SURE TO TOGGLE AUTOSLAYER BACK OFF AFTER SELECTING A TASK, AS INCORRECT COMBAT TRIANGLE MANAGEMENT IS CERTAIN DEATH IN THE WATERS AND A LOT OF FOOD WASTED IN PEAKS, POSSIBLY LEADING TO DEATH.'''
 
You will always profit slayer coins as each {{ZoneIcon|Dark Waters}} task gives about 250k coins on average (382.5k if extending the task) and costs about 65k on average (77.5k if extending) to manually select. This leads to an average profit of 185k/task or 305k/task if extending. These numbers equate to extended tasks being about 10% more efficient coins/kill. The player has the choice of earning more slayer coins by extending slayer tasks, or obtaining master slayer gear faster by leaving tasks unextended. On average, one will complete 20 tasks per T90 item or 12.5 if extending. Since it is highly recommended to have  {{ItemIcon|Slayer Wizard Robes (Master)}} and {{ItemIcon|Slayer Wizard Hat (Master)}} before {{MonsterIcon|Umbora}} to save on runes, it is recommended to '''not''' extend tasks. Alternatively, one can make up the extra tasks at {{ZoneIcon|Perilous Peaks}} while farming out {{PetIcon|Peri}} or any of the three unqiues. Even with this in mind, it is always better to be running a task than not. Try to manage extensions so that a task will end shortly before the player expects to away from the game (such as overnight), as this will ensure that a fresh (possibly extended) task can be undertaken for the duration of the inattentive period. Expected kills/hr are listed in each section and this can be used as a guide to figure out when a task will be completed.
 
Once Shockwave is obtained the {{ItemIcon|Slayer Skillcape}} can be left on as farming {{ZoneIcon|Perilous Peaks}} is perfectly manageable with access to a T90 weapon. Around 40k {{ItemIcon|Crab}} should be earned by the time {{ItemIcon|Shockwave}} is obtained, so this food can now be spent on these monsters.
 
{{MonsterIcon|Wicked Greater Dragon}} are very straightforward as {{ItemIcon|Shockwave}} destroys them. The setup is the same as the {{MonsterIcon|Ku-tul}} setup below, but the {{ItemIcon|Slayer Cowl (Elite)}} is swapped for a {{ItemIcon|Aeris God Helmet}} and {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Magic}} is replaced with {{PrayerIcon|Battleheart}}, as the majority of damage comes from dragon breath.
 
{{MonsterIcon|Hunting Greater Dragon}} can also be killed with {{ItemIcon|Shockwave}} (around 105 kills/hr) or with {{ItemIcon|Infernal Claw}} (for around 95 kills/hr) with a typical melee build. {{ItemIcon|Darksteel Dagger}} is around 80 kills/hr so it is viable but a bit slower than the others. It is not necessary to wait for {{ItemIcon|Tidal Edge}}, as that only marginally increases the kills/hr to 115 while being substantially more difficult to obtain. Melee methods save more food, with {{ItemIcon|Tidal Edge}} being the least food usage, {{ItemIcon|Darksteel Dagger}} second, {{ItemIcon|Infernal Claw}} in third and {{ItemIcon|Shockwave}} consuming the most food. These results are summarised in the following table:
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Item
! Kills/hr
! {{ItemIcon|Crab}}/hr
! {{ItemIcon|Crab}}/kill
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Darksteel Dagger}}
| 81.5
| 1175
| 14.5
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Tidal Edge}}
| 115
| 1425
| 12.5
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Infernal Claw}}
| 95
| 1700
| 18
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Shockwave}}
| 105
| 2325
| 22
|}
 
One can also choose to farm {{MonsterIcon|Chaotic Greater Dragon}} to obtain a {{ItemIcon|Recoil Shield}} or to waste less coins on rerolls. These are a fair bit slower at 50 kills/hr with {{ItemIcon|Darksteel Dagger}} and 57.5 kills/hr with {{ItemIcon|Infernal Claw}}, so one may choose to only undertake such tasks if the quantity is low and 40 Master Slayer tasks are still needed. Due to combat triangle penalty, {{ItemIcon|Shockwave}} is considerably more food usage, but it is faster kills/hr at around 80-90/hr. Melee is preferable for this task, as the time spent gathering runes is not worth the increased dps of magic, even with {{ItemIcon|Ocean Song}}. This task is ''significantly'' faster with {{ItemIcon|Tidal Edge}} (around 93 kills/hr) as the unavoidable special attack is very useful, so this task can be skipped until that point if preferred.
 
With a 3/6 to 4/6 chance of favourable tasks, very little should be wasted on rerolling tasks. {{MonsterIcon|Umbora}} tasks should be skipped until {{ItemIcon|Ocean Song}} and {{MonsterIcon|Rokken}} tasks should be skipped unless they are very short (around 150 or less). There is only a 1/5 to 2/5 chance of receiving an unfavourable task after completing a slayer task (the automatic task assigned is free, saving 25k slayer coins), which further adds to the savings.
 
Once the player has received the {{ZoneIcon|Perilous Peaks}} uniques, {{PetIcon|Peri}} and completed 40 master slayer tasks, they can return to removing the cape + toggling auto slayer on to skip {{ZoneIcon|Perilous Peaks}} tasks.
 
===Rokken===
 
====Recommended gear====
 
 
{{Equipment/Recommended
|style = Melee
|helm1 = Slayer Helmet (Elite)
|helm2 = Slayer Helmet (Elite)
|neck1 = Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs
|neck2 = Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs
|cape1 = Slayer Skillcape
|cape2 = Infernal Cape
|body1 = Ragnar God Platebody
|body2 = Slayer Platebody (Elite)
|legs1 = Terran God Platelegs
|legs2 = Terran God Platelegs
|weapon1 = Darksteel Dagger
|weapon2 = Darksteel Dagger
|shield1 = Dragonfire Shield
|shield2 = Dragonfire Shield
|gloves1 = Terran God Gloves
|gloves2 = Terran God Gloves
|boots1 = Terran God Boots
|boots2 = Terran God Boots
|ring1 = Fighter Ring
|ring2 = Hunter's Ring
}}
 
Take care when interpreting this table. Rokken requires a very specific setup as both the DR threshold ''and'' the full {{Skill|Slayer}} area effect negation thresholds must be met. The two loadouts shown will achieve both requirements (with the leftmost one being more kills/hr), but pieces are not interchangeable between each set. For example, a {{ItemIcon|Ragnar God Platebody}} cannot be swapped for {{ItemIcon|Slayer Platebody (Elite)}} in the first setup, nor can a {{ItemIcon|Hunter's Ring}} be swapped for a {{ItemIcon|Fighter Ring}} in the second setup. The only advantage of the second setup is that it does not require {{Skill|Slayer|99}} or a God platebody, so it is easier to achieve.
 
====Alternative gear options====
{{MonsterIcon|Rokken}} requires 47% or more DR, so any 3 Terran pieces will achieve this. The {{ItemIcon|Ragnar God Platebody}} has the best increase in stats over its respective Terran counterpart so this layout is chosen. Additionally, {{ItemIcon|Fighter Ring}} + 2x Terran is better than {{ItemIcon|Guardian Ring}} + 2x Ragnar, but you may want to use the latter or some intermediate combination if you do not have full Terran or Ragnar. The swap priority goes: boots < gloves < helmet < legs < ring < platebody < amulet. This means that if one needs 2% more DR over their Ragnar setup, the best choice would be to swap to Terran boots and gloves. {{ItemIcon|Sandstorm Ring}} and {{ItemIcon|Hunter's Ring}} respectively are the next best options for the ring slot. Consider using {{ItemIcon|Hunter's Ring}} and two pieces of Elite Slayer gear if you do not have {{ItemIcon|Slayer Skillcape}} for full 40% slayer area negation. '''DO NOT''' use a guardian amulet unless you have {{PetIcon|Otto}}, as this will put your attack speed low enough to where you risk being stunned and attacked (see below). {{ItemIcon|Earth Layered Shield}} with full Ragnar is better DPS, but farming Earth God is very difficult and expensive on a CO so it is best saved until after {{ItemIcon|Tidal Edge}} or {{ItemIcon|Ocean Song}}. {{ItemIcon|Earth Layered Shield}} requires 48% DR due to the HP lost by removing {{ItemIcon|Dragonfire Shield}}.
 
====Recommended prayers====
{{PrayerIcon|Protect from Ranged}} + {{PrayerIcon|Chivalry}}.
 
{{PrayerIcon|Protect from Ranged}} is very important as this heavily mitigates the raw damage the enemy does and it also results in less frequent stuns. This makes the prayer higher dps than {{PrayerIcon|Piety}} or {{PrayerIcon|Battleheart}} as more time is spent doing damage. The food usage drops from 600 {{ItemIcon|Crab}}/hr to less than 100 {{ItemIcon|Crab}}/hr with {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Ranged}} alone, as {{ItemIcon|Darksteel Dagger}} + {{ItemIcon|Elder Crown}} combo will take care of the majority of damage incurred. {{PrayerIcon|Chivalry}} is better than {{PrayerIcon|Battleheart}} and {{PrayerIcon|Piety}} as it has the most accuracy, which will help keep the {{ItemIcon|Darksteel Dagger}} bleed applied more often.
 
====Method====
 
This method relies on having faster attack speed than {{MonsterIcon|Rokken}} (2.2 seconds/attack) to avoid the stun → basic attack combo. If stunned, the DR threshold is increased to 57%. This setup with full slayer effect negation, crown and dagger is 2.1 seconds/attack.
 
====Efficiency notes====
 
* This setup is about 36 kills/hr with 95 crabs used and 18.5k prayer points used per hour, assuming max stats. This drops slightly below max.
 
* Expect 35.5k slayer coins/hr in return, 18.5k prayer exp/hr, 75.5k melee and 57k slayer exp/hr.
 
* The player can expect to complete 20 master slayer tasks (12.7 if extending) by the time they finish 100 shockwave pieces, netting 3.5m (3.9m if extended) slayer coins when factoring in manual selection (and extension) fees. If spent solely on standard resupplies, the player can expect to profit about 39k (45k) crabs and spend about 820k (620k) prayer points.
 
* It will take on average about 140 hours which is almost 6 days of continuous farming.
 
===Ku-tul===
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Item
! Slot
! DR%
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Shockwave}}
| Weapon
| 0%
|- style="border-bottom:solid lightgrey"
| {{ItemIcon|Scaled Shield}}
| Off-hand
| 8%
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Slayer Cowl (Elite)}}
| Head
| 4%
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Aeris God Platebody}}
| Body
| 8%
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Aeris God Platelegs}}
| Leggings
| 8%
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Aeris God Boots}}
| Boots
| 8%
|- style="border-bottom:solid lightgrey"
| {{ItemIcon|Aeris God Gloves}}
| Hands
| 8%
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Slayer Skillcape}}
| Cape
| 0%
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs}}
| Neck
| 3%
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Sapphire Bolts}}
| Ammo
| 0%
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Deadeye Ring}}
| Ring
| 0%
|- style="border-bottom:solid lightgrey"
| {{ItemIcon|Elder Crown}}
| Passive
| 0%
|-
| {{PetIcon|Finn, the Cat}}
| Pet
| 0%
|-
| {{PetIcon|Leonardo}}
| Pet
| 1%
|-
! scope="row" colspan="2" | Total
| 48%
|}
 
====Gear alternatives====
 
The DR requirement for {{MonsterIcon|Ku-tul}} is 48%.
 
{{ItemIcon|Guardian Ring}} and {{ItemIcon|Hunter's Ring}} are perfectly viable options if the player does not own {{ItemIcon|Deadeye Ring}}.
 
{{ItemIcon|Deadeye Amulet}} can be worn in the passive slot for 72 kills/hr (+6%) in exchange for more than doubling the food usage (300/hr).
 
====Recommended prayers====
{{PrayerIcon|Protect from Magic}} + {{PrayerIcon|Rigour}}.
If the player has an abundance of food, they can opt for {{PrayerIcon|Battleheart}} over {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Magic}}. This will increase the dps by about 16% in exchange for 470% more food usage.
 
====Efficiency notes====
* With access to the T90, this is the easiest monster of the three by far.
 
* Expect about 68 kills/hr, 140 {{ItemIcon|Crab}}/hr, 18k prayer points/hr and -1.2k {{ItemIcon|Sapphire Bolts}}/hr.
 
* Expect to earn 220k ranged exp/hr, 130k prayer exp/hr, 110k slayer exp/hr.
 
* Due to the increased kill speed, {{MonsterIcon|Ku-tul}} profits both food and prayer but loses bolts.
 
* From the 3.5m (3.9m if extending) slayer coins after completing {{ItemIcon|Ocean Song}}, standard resupply yields 42k (48k if extending) {{ItemIcon|Crab}}, 425k net prayer points ''profit'' and -19k (-11k) {{ItemIcon|Sapphire Bolts}}.
 
* This mob takes about 74 hours, or about 3 days of continuous farming.
 
===Umbora===
 
====Recommended gear====
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Item
! Slot
! DR%
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Ocean Song}}
| Weapon
| 0%
|- style="border-bottom:solid lightgrey"
| {{ItemIcon|Scaled Shield}}
| Off-hand
| 8%
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Slayer Wizard Hat (Master)}}
| Head
| 6%
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Slayer Wizard Robes (Master)}}
| Body
| 6%
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Glacia God Platelegs}}
| Leggings
| 8%
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Glacia God Boots}}
| Boots
| 8%
|- style="border-bottom:solid lightgrey"
| {{ItemIcon|Glacia God Gloves}}
| Hands
| 8%
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Skull Cape}}
| Cape
| 3%
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Warlock Amulet}}
| Neck
| 0%
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Hunter's Ring}}
| Ring
| 0%
|- style="border-bottom:solid lightgrey"
| {{ItemIcon|Elder Crown}}
| Passive
| 0%
|-
| {{PetIcon|Finn, the Cat}}
| Pet
| 0%
|-
| {{PetIcon|Leonardo}}
| Pet
| 1%
|-
| {{PetIcon|Salem}}
| Pet
| 0%
|-
| {{PetIcon|Golden Golbin}}
| Pet
| 0%
|-
| {{PetIcon|Rosey}}
| Pet
| 0%
|-
| {{PetIcon|Jelly Jim}}
| Pet
| 0%
|-
| {{PetIcon|Aquarias}}
| Pet
| 0%
|-
! scope="row" colspan="2" | Total
| 48%
|}
The [[Damage Reduction|DR]] requirement for {{MonsterIcon|Umbora}} is 47%. Note that because {{MonsterIcon|Umbora}} takes so long to farm compared to the other monsters, any small efficiency is highly beneficial. This is why [[Pets]] that offer loot doubling or rune saving are highly recommended.
 
Because the vast majority of the damage done is due to the special attack of {{ItemIcon|Ocean Song}}, which is unaffected by damage increases and has 100% accuracy, we opt to sacrifice the {{ItemIcon|Warlock Ring}} in favour of {{ItemIcon|Hunter's Ring}}. The dps downgrade is minimal (less than 0.5% fewer kills/hr) but the additional slayer coins help pay for the prayer points used and can be put towards remaining master slayer purchases.
 
Additionally, this is one of the few situations (or perhaps the only one) where a {{ItemIcon|Warlock Amulet}} is useful. For the same reason as above, {{ItemIcon|Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs}} does not contribute very much to our DPS, but {{ItemIcon|Warlock Amulet}} saves around {{ItemIcon|Crab|qty=50}}/hr. Strictly speaking the {{ItemIcon|Crab}} end up being worth more than the fraction of a kill in terms of time-to-obtain efficiency, but {{ItemIcon|Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs}} is still fine to use if one prefers to complete the {{MonsterIcon|Umbora}} slightly faster in exchange for about 20% more food usage.
 
====Recommended prayers====
{{PrayerIcon|Protect from Melee}} + {{PrayerIcon|Battleheart}}
 
{{PrayerIcon|Augury}} does not increase dps by very much as the {{ItemIcon|Ocean Song}} special cannot miss, while {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Melee}} cuts food usage by 80%.
 
====Method====
This setup relies on using {{Icon|Water Strike|type=spell}} and {{Icon|Fury II|type=aurora}} on {{MonsterIcon|Umbora}} for 63 kills/hr. This may seem decent, but when factoring in rune acquisition this is by far the most painful of the three. {{Icon|Water Strike|type=spell}} is the most rune efficient spell, as the dps increase by upgrading to {{Icon|Water Bolt|type=spell}} is only about 7.5%, yet requires 50% more runes that are harder to obtain. The reason for the small upgrade in DPS is due to {{ItemIcon|Ocean Song}} special attack and the aurora both adding flat damage. The story is similar for {{Icon|Water Blast|type=spell}}, but with even more exaggerated downsides. {{ItemIcon|Chaos Rune}} and {{ItemIcon|Death Rune}} are best saved for magic exp with a {{ItemIcon|Mystic Air Staff}} on {{MonsterIcon|Raging Horned Elite}}. {{MonsterIcon|Umbora}} also does by far the most damage and consumes around 310 {{ItemIcon|Crab}}/hr, but again resupplies come in clutch as they generate about 910 {{ItemIcon|Crab}}/hr so it is still net profit.
 
====Rune farming====
 
Overall farming {{MonsterIcon|Umbora}} consumes roughly {{ItemIcon|Air Rune|qty=1000}}, {{ItemIcon|Mind Rune|qty=1000}}, {{ItemIcon|Light Rune|qty=2000}} per hour. Over the 3 days it takes to farm {{MonsterIcon|Umbora}}, expect to consume {{ItemIcon|Air Rune|qty=67500}}, {{ItemIcon|Mind Rune|qty=67500}} and {{ItemIcon|Light Rune|qty=135000}}. The latter is abundantly obtained from standard resupplies, but the two former must be obtained manually.
 
The following two setups are recommended for farming runes. The advantage of the melee setup is there are no supply usage costs, while the ranged setup is more kills/hr if one has an abundance of knives handy.
 
=====Ranged=====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Item
! Slot
|- style="border-bottom:solid lightgrey"
| {{ItemIcon|Ancient Throwing Knife}}
| Weapon
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Slayer Cowl (Master)}}
| Head
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Slayer Leather Body (Master)}}
| Body
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Aeris God Platelegs}}
| Leggings
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Sand Treaders}}
| Boots
|- style="border-bottom:solid lightgrey"
| {{ItemIcon|Throwing Power Gloves}}
| Hands
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Ranged Skillcape}}
| Cape
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Deadeye Amulet}}
| Neck
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Deadeye Ring}}
| Ring
|- style="border-bottom:solid lightgrey"
| {{ItemIcon|Elder Crown}}
| Passive
|-
| {{PetIcon|Golden Golbin}}
| Pet
|-
| {{PetIcon|Rosey}}
| Pet
|-
| {{PetIcon|Aquarias}}
| Pet
|-
| {{PetIcon|Otto}}
| Pet
|}
 
=====Melee=====
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Item
! Slot
|- style="border-bottom:solid lightgrey"
| {{ItemIcon|Twin Exiles}}
| Weapon
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Slayer Helmet (Master)}}
| Head
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Slayer Platebody (Master)}}
| Body
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Ragnar God Platelegs}}
| Leggings
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Sand Treaders}}
| Boots
|- style="border-bottom:solid lightgrey"
| {{ItemIcon|Ragnar God Gloves}}
| Hands
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Strength Skillcape}}
| Cape
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs}}
| Neck
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Fighter Ring}}
| Ring
|- style="border-bottom:solid lightgrey"
| {{ItemIcon|Elder Crown}}
| Passive
|-
| {{PetIcon|Golden Golbin}}
| Pet
|-
| {{PetIcon|Rosey}}
| Pet
|-
| {{PetIcon|Aquarias}}
| Pet
|-
| {{PetIcon|Otto}}
| Pet
|}
 
* The best option for obtaining {{ItemIcon|Air Rune}} is {{MonsterIcon|Wizard}}. With the previous gear setup, one can expect to obtain about {{ItemIcon|Air Rune|qty=800}}/hr using melee and around {{ItemIcon|Air Rune|qty=970}} with ranged. The ranged setup will consume about {{ItemIcon|Ancient Throwing Knife|qty=600}} per hour, so it essentially trades {{ItemIcon|Ancient Throwing Knife}} for {{ItemIcon|Air Rune}} at basically a 1:2 ratio. Lower tier knives are perfectly viable, as even {{ItemIcon|Bronze Throwing Knife}} is still better than the melee setup (around 840 {{ItemIcon|Air Rune}}/hr in the worst case scenario). Javelins are also viable, as {{ItemIcon|Ancient Javelin}} will result in around {{ItemIcon|Air Rune|qty=950}}/hr and consume slightly fewer javelins (around 500/hr). A {{ItemIcon|Cape of Prat}} is also an option, but this almost doubles the ammo usage to around {{ItemIcon|Ancient Throwing Knife|qty=1100}}/hr while only increasing the runes gained to around {{ItemIcon|Air Rune|qty=990}}/hr. It should take about 70-85 hours to obtain all the {{ItemIcon|Air Rune}} necessary, depending on the method used.
 
* For collecting mind runes, the best option is {{MonsterIcon|Master Wizard}}. Luckily this will be a lot faster, obtaining about {{ItemIcon|Mind Rune|qty=2150}}/hr with melee and about {{ItemIcon|Mind Rune|qty=2675}}/hr with ranged. Similar ammo saving considerations can be made as above when farming {{ItemIcon|Air Rune}}. While collecting the {{ItemIcon|Mind Rune|qty=67500}}, you will also snag {{ItemIcon|Chaos Rune|qty=27000}}, {{ItemIcon|Death Rune|qty=8000}} and over {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Magic|qty=400}} for your second and third {{ItemIcon|Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs}}. This will be much faster than {{ItemIcon|Air Rune}}, clocking in around 30 hours to collect all the necessary {{ItemIcon|Mind Rune}}. The {{ItemIcon|Chaos Rune}} when used on {{MonsterIcon|Raging Horned Elite}} should give about 2.3m magic exp and the {{ItemIcon|Death Rune}} around 900k. If starting the T90 grind without having {{Skill|Magic|90}} required to equip {{ItemIcon|Ocean Song}} then one should start the rune farming grind with {{MonsterIcon|Master Wizard}} and use the higher tier catalytic runes to level their magic.
 
* Opting for Ragnar (or Aeris) over Master Slayer is perfectly viable (A Ragnar setup nets about {{ItemIcon|Air Rune|qty=740}}/hr instead of 800). However, over the 115 hours spent farming runes, the time saved (about 9-10 hours) is quite considerable. With {{ItemIcon|Ragnar Godsword}}, full Ragnar, {{ItemIcon|Hunter's Ring}} and {{ItemIcon|Prayer Skillcape}} one earns around 65k slayer coins per hour doing elite slayer while spending only 6.5k prayer points. This means the 9-10 hours saved contributes around 500k slayer coins (minus points spent on resupplies to replenish prayer) towards the 2m total coin cost of the melee master slayer set. Master slayer is also required for the next stage of the game which is farming {{ZoneIcon|Unhallowed Wasteland}}, so this is the best time to obtain it.
 
* Combined, the total grind will be about 70 hours farming {{MonsterIcon|Umbora}}, 85 hours for {{ItemIcon|Air Rune}} and 30 hours for {{ItemIcon|Mind Rune}} totalling 185 hours. This is on par with the previous two items combined, which is fitting as it is the most useful for a CO-account with limited resources.
 
* The player will easily get from 90-99 magic while farming {{MonsterIcon|Umbora}}. Expect around 200k magic xp/hr, which ends up around 14m after {{ItemIcon|Tidal Edge}} is obtained.
 
====Alternatives====


You're probably noticing that {{ItemIcon|potatoes}} just won't cut it for food anymore, so switching to {{MonsterIcon|Sweaty Monster|Sweaty Monsters}} for {{ItemIcon|Salmon}} and {{ItemIcon|Lobster}} will reduce your overall time spent farming food. Expect to get food equivalent to 10.2 hp/kill in {{ItemIcon|Salmon}}, 6.25 hp/kill in {{ItemIcon|Lobster}}, and 2.3 hp/kill in {{ItemIcon|Shark}}. Swapping food sources often means that saving all 3 types of fish might not be worth it for some players.
* {{ItemIcon|Cloudburst Staff}}
{{ItemIcon|Cloudburst Staff}} using {{Icon|Water Strike|type=spell}} clocks in only around 45 kills/hr at 2.5x the rune usage. All up it would require 100+295 = 395 hours (2.5 weeks). This also burns {{ItemIcon|Crab|qty=500}}/hr while only producing {{ItemIcon|Crab|qty=663}}/hr, barely profiting. Requires {{ItemIcon|Guardian Ring}} for those insane enough to try in order to meet the DR requirement, as it is not as necessary to mitigate all of the area effect due to {{ItemIcon|Cloudburst Staff}} not heavily scaling with attack speed.


Hopefully you find the {{ZoneIcon|Volcanic Cave}} comfortable, as the goal is to get the {{ItemIcon|Ancient Platebody}}, {{ItemIcon|Ancient Platelegs}}, {{ItemIcon|Ancient Helmet}}, and {{ItemIcon|Ancient Shield}}. There are no Ancient Boots and {{ItemIcon|Dragon Boots}} are unobtainable on HCCO (as is the {{ItemIcon|Dragon Helmet}},) so you'll continue rocking your {{ItemIcon|(G) Rune Boots}} for quite awhile. Getting the {{ItemIcon|Dragon Platebody}} and/or {{ItemIcon|Dragon Platelegs}} is only useful if you plan to upgrade them to (G), as you still need the extra DR that comes from the (G) upgrade. Once you get your full {{ItemIcon|Ancient Platebody|Ancient Armor}}, make another visit to {{MonsterIcon|Statue|Statues}} to finish off gathering {{ItemIcon|Gold Bar|Gold Bars}} and {{ItemIcon|Silver Bar|Silver Bars}} and upgrade everything to (G). Luckily the {{ItemIcon|Elite Chest|Elite Chests}} you've been opening also drop plenty of {{ItemIcon|Silver Bar|Silver Bars}} and {{ItemIcon|Gold Bar|Gold Bars}}. In total, you'll need 6000 {{ItemIcon|Silver Bar|Silver Bars}} and 10,000 {{ItemIcon|Gold Bar|Gold Bars}} for full {{ItemIcon|(G) Ancient Platebody|(G) Ancient Armor}}. If you get all the {{ItemIcon|Silver Bar|Silver Bars}} you need, move to {{MonsterIcon|Purple Goo Monster|Purple Goo Monsters}} for faster {{ItemIcon|Gold Bar|Gold Bars}}. You can also hold onto the {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Fury|Amulets of Fury}} for the {{ItemIcon|Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs}} grind later; you'll need 10 {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Fury|furies}} in total.
* {{ItemIcon|Mystic Air Staff}} with {{Icon|Wind Blast|type=spell}}


After getting the {{ItemIcon|(G) Ancient Shield}}, there's nothing stopping you from immediately upgrading it again to the {{ItemIcon|Dragonfire Shield}}, so head to the {{MonsterIcon|Green Dragon|Green Dragons}} to get 7050 {{ItemIcon|Dragon Bones}}. You can alternatively wait until getting some range levels, as {{MonsterIcon|Green Dragon|Green Dragons}} are slightly weaker to mage and range than to melee, but at this level, you shouldn't have any trouble, and the 8% DR of the {{ItemIcon|Dragonfire Shield|DFS}} will be very useful as a mage and range offhand for God dungeons.
This method obtains a whopping 12 kills/hr, while consuming a total of 380k death runes. Farming these would take around 250 hours of Necromancers, and then another 415 hours to use them up.


Another grind that can be done around this time is the {{ItemIcon|Sandstorm Ring}} from {{MonsterIcon|Sand Beast|Sand Beasts}}, which will be your best-in-slot melee dps ring. (Note that as of [[Changelog#Alpha_v0.21_-_.2813th_August_2021.29|v0.21]], the {{ItemIcon|Sandstorm Ring}} can no longer be used to cheese early range and mage training; the special attack is now melee only.)
* {{ItemIcon|Darksteel Dagger}}
This is actually the next best option, as you are trading dps for no resource gathering time. This requires a {{ItemIcon|Wasteful Ring}} and all up this clocks in around 19 kills/hr with {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Melee}} + {{PrayerIcon|Chivalry}} ({{ItemIcon|Crab|qty=750}}/hr) or 22 kills/hr with {{PrayerIcon|Piety}} + {{PrayerIcon|Chivalry}} instead ({{ItemIcon|Crab|qty=1500}}/hr). All up this would cost about 180k/310k crabs and around 1.4m prayer points, as well as around 241/207 hours depending on whether one can spare to forego {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Melee}}.


Once you have full {{ItemIcon|(G) Ancient Platebody|(G) Ancient Armor}} and {{ItemIcon|Dragonfire Shield|DFS}} for 43% DR (or 40% with {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Looting|looting}} and {{ItemIcon|Sandstorm Ring}}, it's time to grind any remaining melee skills to ideally at least 90/99/90 while working your way towards 70 slayer for your next food upgrade - {{ItemIcon|Trout}} from {{MonsterIcon|Raging Horned Elite|Raging Horned Elites}} or RHE; you can also take advantage of the {{ItemIcon|Gold Emerald Ring}} from {{MonsterIcon|Mummy|Mummies}} to speed up stat grinding. Once you get to this point, you can expect 447.8 hp in food for every kill! Once you start killing {{MonsterIcon|Raging Horned Elite|RHE}}, hold onto the {{ItemIcon|Ancient Arrows}} they drop as they're your best arrows, even though they can't be equipped until level 70 {{Skill|Ranged}}. Additionally, the {{ItemIcon|Large Horn|Large Horns}} that they drop will likely replace {{MonsterIcon|Master Farmer|Master Farmers}} for GP farming, as the GP/hr is about the same (not to mention the food, arrows, and prayer points you're getting), with a much lower bank demand.
==Chapter X: Unhallowed Wasteland==
Unlike the previous chapter, the items from this section are extremely minor, niche and non-universal. There are situations where God gloves and rings are ''better'' than the sidegrades obtained here. It is a considerable grind on the order of around 750 hours (~1 month) to unlock  everything required for this section. The main purpose is for completionist over anything else. All that being said, it ''is'' possible to complete this grind on a HCCO character, and this section will detail the process.


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There are very few substitutions to be made in this section, as the {{Skill|Slayer}} area effect is so strong that half of the equipment slots are dedicated to {{Skill|Slayer}} effect negation, while the remainder are for DR. As a CO it is only possible to negate a maximum of 95% of the area effect, so all of the enemies will passively heal throughout the fight. This makes DPS and stunning effects two of the most important considerations. Additionally, since the grind is so long and expensive while requiring many items from {{ZoneIcon|Earth God Dungeon}}, the pet {{PetIcon|Erran}} is assumed for all of these calculations, giving a passive +1% DR.


==Ranged intro==
Luckily, due to the triple Master slayer gear requirement, the +9% doubling reduces the average kills quite considerably. Again, since this is such a long grind and of completionist nature, all of the doubling pets ({{PetIcon|Golden Golbin}}, {{PetIcon|Rosey}} and {{PetIcon|Aquarias}}) are all assumed to be owned, as they are quite easy to obtain compared to this grind. Each monster here has an average completion rate of 4000, but this is reduced to 3520 due to the +12% doubling.


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The overall {{Skill|Slayer}} task strategy is similar to the previous section, except there is no longer a preferred order for any of the monsters as the upgrades each one gives is minor. This means that if the {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Slayer}} task trick is employed again (detailed above in the T90 guide), there is a good chance (4/6) of rolling at least one task that you can tackle at any given time, and there is a 3/9 chance of rolling another {{ZoneIcon|Unhallowed Wasteland}} monster for free after completing a task. As master slayer gear has already been obtained, one should always extend their {{Skill|Slayer}} tasks here. All of these effects massively reduce the slayer coins needed to spend on rerolls. Doing this section on task is highly recommended, as the average amount of {{ItemIcon|Crab}} needed to complete this section is around 250k. Buying {{UpgradeIcon|Standard Resupply}} will almost entirely replenish all of the food used. One can further macro-maximise their rerolls by farming {{MonsterIcon|Hunting Greater Dragon}} tasks as they arise while farming {{ItemIcon|Jadestone Bolts}} as detailed in the {{MonsterIcon|Cursed Lich}} section. Because of the overall complexity of reroll strategies, reroll costs will '''not''' be factored into the overall calculations below. A very rough estimate for the total amount spent on rerolls for this entire section would be in the ballpark of around 750k-1m, essentially equating to 11.25-15k {{ItemIcon|Crab|notext=true}} and 1.5-2m prayer points over the cumulative values reported in the sections below.
{{Skill|Ranged}} is quite straightforward, but we’ve been putting it off for mainly two reasons: It doesn’t provide any real benefit until you start fighting wizards, or other magic monsters, and getting its gear without having the space in your bank or loadouts for the gear and weapon(s) will be annoying.


Get your first two bows (level 5 lets you use {{ItemIcon|Oak Shortbow}}) from the {{MonsterIcon|Ranged Golbin}} over at the {{ZoneIcon|Golbin Village}}, and use the {{ItemIcon|Ice Arrows}} from the {{MonsterIcon|Frozen Archer}} over at the {{ZoneIcon|Icy Hills}}. These are almost as strong as {{ItemIcon|Rune Arrows}}, which you can start to use at level {{Skill|Ranged|40}}, but are much easier and cheaper to farm, and can be equipped from the very beginning.
A link to the raw data used for the calculations in this section can be found [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eHo-lxfwWk57RIM-xR4TSxEbmr6J0KGyUERzHMw54iM/edit#gid=1870081381 here.]
Literally all your next weapon upgrades, except if you go out of your way to get the {{ItemIcon|Yew Longbow}} from the Holy Archer at level {{Skill|Ranged|40}}, will come from the {{ItemIcon|Bandit Chest}}. At level {{Skill|Ranged|30}} you can upgrade to the {{ItemIcon|Maple Longbow}}, at level 50 you can use the {{ItemIcon|Magic Longbow}}, and finally you will get to use the {{ItemIcon|Redwood Longbow}} and the {{ItemIcon|Ancient Longbow}} at levels 60 and 70.


An alternative (but less efficient) route for early ranged training is to kill {{MonsterIcon|Thief|Thieves}} in the {{ZoneIcon|Runic Ruins}} for [[Ranged#Throwing_Knives|throwing knives]], which, due to their higher attack speed and inherent 15% ammunition saving, can help with early training.
===Legaran Wurm===
====Recommended gear====
{{Equipment/Recommended
|style = Melee
|helm1 = Slayer Helmet (Master)
|helm2 = Slayer Helmet (Master)
|neck1 = Fighter Amulet
|neck2 = Fighter Amulet
|cape1 = Slayer Skillcape
|cape2 = Slayer Skillcape
|body1 = Slayer Platebody (Master)
|body2 = Slayer Platebody (Master)
|legs1 = Ragnar God Platelegs
|legs2 = Ragnar God Platelegs
|weapon1 = Tidal Edge
|weapon2 = Tidal Edge
|shield1 = Earth Layered Shield
|shield2 = Dragonfire Shield
|gloves1 = Ragnar God Gloves
|gloves2 = Terran God Gloves
|boots1 = Ragnar God Boots
|boots2 = Terran God Boots
|ring1 = Hunter's Ring
|ring2 = Hunter's Ring
|passive1 = Slayer Wizard Hat (Master)
|passive2 = Slayer Wizard Hat (Master)
}}
====Strategy====
Like before with {{MonsterIcon|Rokken}}, these two gear sets are not interchangeable, although the passive slot can freely be any spare master slayer item. Both sets meet the necessary DR required, but the left setup is slightly more kills/hr due to Ragnar offering slightly higher net offensive stats. The DR threshold for {{MonsterIcon|Legaran Wurm}} is 46% with {{ItemIcon|Earth Layered Shield}} and 45% with {{ItemIcon|Dragonfire Shield}}. {{ItemIcon|Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs}} is not recommended, as the stun effect from {{ItemIcon|Fighter Amulet}} not only reduces food usage, it speeds up the fight by limiting the healing effect of {{MonsterIcon|Legaran Wurm}}.


Once you get into higher levels you may consider using the {{ItemIcon|Adamant Arrows|Adamant}} (worse than {{ItemIcon|Ice Arrows|Ice}}), {{ItemIcon|Rune Arrows|Rune}} and {{ItemIcon|Dragon Arrows}} you’ve collected from the {{ItemIcon|Bandit Chest}}. If you’re farming {{MonsterIcon|Raging Horned Elite}} for food you may also use {{ItemIcon|Ancient Arrows}} in {{Skill|Ranged|ranged combat}} after level 70.
The prayers used are {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Ranged}} and {{PrayerIcon|Battleheart}}. As a considerable portion of our DPS comes from the special attack of {{ItemIcon|Tidal Edge}}, {{PrayerIcon|Battleheart}} is the most effective offensive prayer. Due to the consistent stuns of {{ItemIcon|Fighter Amulet}}, this is the least painful monster of the four.  


Most of your ranged armor upgrades will come from the {{ZoneIcon|Spider Forest}}, moving through {{ItemIcon|Green D-hide Body|Green D'hide}} at level 40, {{ItemIcon|Blue D-hide Body|Blue D'hide}} at level 50, {{ItemIcon|Red D-hide Body|Red D'hide}} at level 60, and finally into {{ItemIcon|Black D-hide Body|Black D'hide}} at level 70. Upgrading ranged armor is much easier than for melee armor, as you can buy {{ItemIcon|Leather}} from the shop, which can then be used to buy {{ItemIcon|Green Dragonhide|Green}}, {{ItemIcon|Blue Dragonhide|Blue}}, and {{ItemIcon|Red Dragonhide|Red}} dragon leathers for upgrading their respective armor tiers. Alternatively, killing dragons in the {{ZoneIcon|Dragon Valley}} can provide all chromatic dragonhide, including {{ItemIcon|Black Dragonhide|Black}}. {{ItemIcon|Ranger Hat}} and {{ItemIcon|Ranger Boots}} are a nice bonus for saving ammunition while training, but after level 70, ammunition will be plentiful thanks to {{MonsterIcon|Raging Horned Elite|Raging Horned Elites}}, so they aren't necessarily worth the time to grind out.
====Efficiency Notes====
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* The food usage is around 670 {{ItemIcon|Crab|notext=true}}/hr and 30k prayer
* Expect around 63k Slayer coin income, profiting both food and prayer when spent on {{UpgradeIcon|Standard Resupply}}
* Kill speed is around 53 kills/hr
* Total grind is around 66 hours


==Magic Intro==
===Cursed Lich===
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====Recommended gear====
{{Skill|Magic}} in this gamemode will mainly consist of casting air spells, since you can remove one colour from the rune costs. All spells cost air runes, but water, earth and fire runes additionally cost their respective runes.  
{{Equipment/Recommended
|style = Ranged
|helm1 = Slayer Cowl (Master)
|neck1 = Deadeye Amulet
|neck2 = Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs
|cape1 = Slayer Skillcape
|body1 = Slayer Leather Body (Master)
|legs1 = Aeris God Platelegs
|weapon1 = Shockwave
|shield1 = Scaled Shield
|gloves1 = Aeris God Gloves
|boots1 = Aeris God Boots
|ring1 = Hunter's Ring
|passive1 = Slayer Helmet (Master)
|ammo1 = Jadestone Bolts
|ammo2 = Sapphire Bolts
}}
====Strategy====
The main consideration for this section is which bolts to use. The comparison between the two bolts is as follows.  


This is a bad thing, for us, since we have no real way to farm a lot of runes yet, but we can get started by farming some catalyst runes at the {{MonsterIcon|Vampire}} and the {{MonsterIcon|Master Wizard}}. The {{MonsterIcon|Vampire}} is probably best for now, [[Combat Triangle|since it is a ranged monster]], meaning we can strike it with melee, even considering the drop chance and drop rates are lower than from the master wizard.  
{{ItemIcon|Sapphire Bolts}}
are obtained in almost infinite supply from {{UpgradeIcon|Standard Resupply}}, and so can essentially be considered "0-time" gathering. However, the lost DPS has a compounding effect, as the enemy can then heal more health the longer it is left alive. The total amount of ammo needed is around {{ItemIcon|Sapphire Bolts|qty=75k}} and yield around 53 kills/hr while {{MonsterIcon|Cursed Lich}} consumes the most food out of the four at a painful {{ItemIcon|Crab|qty=1350}} per hour. The total grind for this section will therefore be around 67 hours, resulting in -26k {{ItemIcon|Crab}} after {{UpgradeIcon|Standard Resupply}} are bought, as we do obtain about 65k slayer coins/hr.


Catalyst Runes are the runes you use to power up your spells, while Elemental runes select which element you’re using. You can remove the cost for Elemental runes with staves, which we will abuse to completely nullify the air cost, and thus only use air spells.
{{ItemIcon|Jadestone Bolts}} on the other-hand require killing {{MonsterIcon|Hunting Greater Dragon}}. If one farms for the {{ZoneIcon|Perilous Peaks}} pet {{PetIcon|Peri}} primarily on {{MonsterIcon|Hunting Greater Dragon}}, then around {{ItemIcon|Jadestone Bolts|qty=150k|notext=true}} will be obtained by 7500 KC, and only {{ItemIcon|Jadestone Bolts|qty=60k|notext=true}} is required for completing {{ItemIcon|Burning Madness Gloves}}. Even with the quickest strategy of equally farming {{MonsterIcon|Wicked Greater Dragon}} and {{MonsterIcon|Hunting Greater Dragon}} (that is, skipping {{MonsterIcon|Chaotic Greater Dragon}} due to lack of triangle bonus), one should expect to obtain enough {{ItemIcon|Jadestone Bolts|notext=true}} for this whole grind, with {{ItemIcon|Sapphire Bolts}} perfectly acceptable to finish up with if needed. Again due to the combo of {{ItemIcon|Tidal Edge}} and {{ItemIcon|Fighter Amulet}}, {{MonsterIcon|Hunting Greater Dragon}} are by far the easiest of the three enemies in {{ZoneIcon|Perilous Peaks}}, consuming only 470 {{ItemIcon|Crab|notext=true}}/hr while raking in around {{SC|110k}}/hr.


The {{ItemIcon|Staff of Air}} reduces the cost by 1, allowing you to cast up to Wind Strike for free (20 dmg), the {{ItemIcon|Air Battlestaff|Battlestaff}} reduces it by 3, allowing you to cast up to Wind Blast for free (130 dmg), while the {{ItemIcon|Mystic Air Staff}} reduces it by 5, allowing you to cast up to Wind Wave for free (170 dmg).
If one has to go out of their way to grind {{ItemIcon|Jadestone Bolts}}, then expect around 2700 {{ItemIcon|Jadestone Bolts|notext=true}}/hr. This will add around 22 hours to the total grind and save around 14 hours while farming {{MonsterIcon|Cursed Lich}}, as the kill speed is around 66 kills/hr for a total duration of 53 hours. This will also independently profit around {{ItemIcon|Crab|nolink=true|qty=25k}}.


Keep in mind you will also need the Catalyst runes for each tier. Once you get to level {{Skill|Magic|30 magic}} you can start wielding {{ItemIcon|Air Battlestaff|battlestaves}}, and should therefore also cast Wind Bolts. No need for {{ItemIcon|Mind Rune|Mind Runes}} anymore, so sell them all.
In either case, not accounting for any slayer coins obtained while farming {{MonsterIcon|Hunting Greater Dragon}}, expect around -6k {{ItemIcon|Crab|nolink=true}} at the end of this grind after buying {{UpgradeIcon|Standard Resupply}}. The slayer coin income is around 82k/hr.


After you can cast {{ItemIcon|Death Rune|Death}} spells, you might want to go back and forth between {{ItemIcon|Chaos Rune|Chaos Runes}} and {{ItemIcon|Death Rune|Death Runes}}, since they both deal decent damage, and are both farmed decently at the {{MonsterIcon|Master Wizard}} for a while. Eventually, as you get more magic evasion through leveling {{Skill|Magic|magic}}, you will only use {{ItemIcon|Death Rune|Death runes}}, as the {{MonsterIcon|Necromancer}} stops hurting too much.  
Downgrading from {{ItemIcon|Deadeye Amulet}} to {{ItemIcon|Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs}} will save a slight amount of food, but result in 3 less kills/hr, totalling a 56 hour grind all up with {{ItemIcon|Jadestone Bolts}}. The DR requirement here is 45%, which is easily obtained with either amulet.
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The prayers used are {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Magic}} and {{PrayerIcon|Rigour}}. {{PrayerIcon|Rigour|notext=true}} tends to be the best prayer for {{Skill|Ranged}}.
=Ancient (g) to God gear and beyond (everything maxed, current end game)=
==Pre-Gods==
'''TBD'''


==Aeris==
===Spiked Red Claw===
'''TBD'''
====Recommended Gear====
{{Equipment/Recommended
|style = Magic
|helm1 = Slayer Wizard Hat (Master)
|neck1 = Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs
|neck2 = Guardian Amulet
|cape1 = Slayer Skillcape
|body1 = Slayer Wizard Robes (Master)
|legs1 = Glacia God Platelegs
|weapon1 = Ocean Song
|shield1 = Earth Layered Shield
|gloves1 = Glacia God Gloves
|boots1 = Glacia God Boots
|ring1 = Hunter's Ring
|passive1 = Slayer Cowl (Master)
}}
====Strategy====
As we are in the {{Skill|Magic}} section, expect pain.


==Glacia==
There are no real substitutions or considerations to be made for this monster. The DR requirement is 54% with {{Skill|Magic}}, and the above gear gives 51%. We obtain 2% from both DR pets and the remaining 1% from the prayer {{PrayerIcon|Stone Skin}} and excess DR reducing food usage. The other prayer we use is {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Melee}}. {{ItemIcon|Guardian Amulet}} is not recommended as it is a considerable DPS loss, but it is still an item which will allow the DR threshold to be reached if one does need it.
'''TBD'''


==Terran==
This fight is excruciatingly slow, only yielding around 34 kills/hr. The total runes required is around {{ItemIcon|Air Rune|qty=130k}}, {{ItemIcon|Mind Rune|qty=130k}} and {{ItemIcon|Light Rune|qty=260k}}. From the rune farming guide in the {{MonsterIcon|Umbora}} section, this will take around 220 hours of rune farming at {{ItemIcon|Air Rune|qty=800|notext=true}}/hr and {{ItemIcon|Mind Rune|qty=2150|notext=true}}/hr. The actual fight with the monster will take a further 103 hours, totalling 323 hours. We consume around 950 {{ItemIcon|Crab|notext=true}}/hr during the fight. Due to the low kill speed, {{UpgradeIcon|Standard Resupply}} do not replenish us in this section. We spend around -30k {{ItemIcon|Crab}}, but we do profit around 650k prayer points due to the lack of excessive multi-hit moves on {{MonsterIcon|Spiked Red Claw}} that drain prayer.
'''TBD'''


==Ragnar==
===Greater Skeletal Dragon===
'''TBD'''
====Recommended Gear====
{{Equipment/Recommended
|style = Magic
|helm1 = Slayer Wizard Hat (Master)
|neck1 = Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs
|cape1 = Slayer Skillcape
|body1 = Slayer Wizard Robes (Master)
|legs1 = Glacia God Platelegs
|weapon1 = Ocean Song
|shield1 = Earth Layered Shield
|gloves1 = Glacia God Gloves
|boots1 = Glacia God Boots
|ring1 = Hunter's Ring
|passive1 = Slayer Cowl (Master)
}}
====Strategy====
This is exact same gear and prayers as {{MonsterIcon|Spiked Red Claw}} being {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Melee}} and {{PrayerIcon|Stone Skin}}, but there is an unavoidable complication with this monster over the others...


==ITM==
<span style="color:red;font-weight:bold;size:32px;">Due to the nature of affliction stacks, there is currently no 100% safe way to idle this monster. There will always be an extremely low chance of death (estimated around 1/16.7k per fight from combat simulator) if the enemy can stack enough affliction stacks on us before we kill it.</span>
'''TBD'''


==Ocean stuff==
If you are comfortable with that risk and plan to make regular backups of your character, then proceed. If you are not a HC character, you can swap {{PrayerIcon|Stone Skin}} for {{PrayerIcon|Protect Item}} and accept the occasional death while farming. Unfortunately without {{PrayerIcon|Stone Skin}} the death rate rises considerably to around 1/300, so it is a trade-off. Similarly, {{PrayerIcon|Battleheart}} can be used for an additional +4 kills/hr with the same increased death rate. {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Melee}} is non-negotiable (compared to the other monsters where it can technically be substituted for offensive prayers), as the dodge chance drastically slows the rate of affliction stacks accumulating. Without {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Melee}} the death rate is around 1/6.
'''TBD'''


The alternative is to save this grind until after expansion where more sources of DR and HP will undoubtedly be added to the game.


====Efficiency notes====
This monster consumes less food than the other melee monster, but more prayer. Very similar kills/hr to {{MonsterIcon|Spiked Red Claw}}, but slightly less runes
* 34 kills/hr, 21.5 prayer/hr, 450 {{ItemIcon|Crab|notext=true}}/hr
* {{ItemIcon|Air Rune|qty=125k}}, {{ItemIcon|Mind Rune|qty=125k}} and {{ItemIcon|Light Rune|qty=250k}}
* Total grind is 212 hours farming runes and 103 hours killing the monster, totalling 315 hours.
* Due to the relatively low {{ItemIcon|Crab|notext=true}} consumption, we profit around 24k {{ItemIcon|Crab|notext=true}}. We only barely profit around 75k prayer points
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