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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.

 

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.

Progression in {{Skill|Ranged}} can roughly be broken into three phases: preliminary, (1), training (1-85) and late (85-99). We only need to worry about the first two phases now, which will get us enough far enough to tackle {{ZoneIcon|Water God Dungeon}}, {{ZoneIcon|Fire God Dungeon}} and possibly even {{ZoneIcon|Into the Mist}} and beyond.  

You will need to farm {{ZoneIcon|Dragons Den}} for the almighty {{ItemIcon|Ancient Crossbow}} for {{Skill|Ranged|80+}} at some point before progressing. Again, as this dungeon doesn't rely on {{Skill|Ranged}}, this could technically be performed before commencing training. The singular goal of this dungeon is the {{ItemIcon|Ancient Crossbow}} as this is an incredible weapon for the two {{Skill|Ranged}} God dungeons, as well as in {{ZoneIcon|Dark Waters}}, however it is worth noting that all of the other items still have uses. {{ItemIcon|Twin Exiles}} are the best item in the game for farming low level mobs with low max HP so it is worth keeping for rune grinding and completionist farming purposes. Any elder dragonhide armour obtained here can be worn as an upgrade, but it is not necessary to grind for any piece. Use any leftover {{ItemIcon|Elder Dragonhide}} to upgrade elder dragonhide pieces before selling it all off to unlock some free collection log slots.

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.

|helm1 = (G) Ancient Helmet

|helm2 = (G) Rune Helmet

|weapon1 = Sunset Rapier

|weapon2 = Ancient Sword

|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.

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.

|shield1 = Recoil Shield

|shield2 = Scaled Shield

|helm1 = Terran God Helmet

|body1 = Terran God Platebody

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.