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To start, you should have: IDK!
At the end, you should have: IDK!

This section is very much a work in progress. Details of the meta are still being developed as players explore options beyond idle content. This page will be incrementally updated to document the progress.

This section of the guide is dedicated to aspects of the game that cannot be idled. Everything here requires manual play and thus encompasses some level of risk. Unfortunately at the end of the day, there just aren't enough bonuses available to a Combat Only account to be able to idle all the content in the game. The good news is that with extremely dedicated play, one can seemingly beat the entire game.

Dungeon Gauntlet

Lair of the Spider Queen

Suicide Method

Here we detail a semi-idle method that involves a 67% chance of death, but has enough flexibility to allow the player to use Protect Item, meaning there is no risk of losing any items on death. It goes without saying that this method obviously cannot be used by HCCOs and is for MCCOs only.

Slot	Item (most effective → least effective)
	Blazing Helmet	Slayer Cowl (Mythical)
	Bundled Protection Body	Slayer Leather Body (Mythical)
	Perfect Sight Legs
	Frost Walker Boots
	Poison Virulence Gloves
	Weakness Exploiter Cape	Infernal Cape
	Guardian Amulet
	Wasteful Ring
	Ethereal Longbow
	Ancient Arrows
	Gauntlets of Rage	Shield of Ranged Power
	Protect Item
	Holy Aegis

This setup can idle the whole dungeon up until the boss with no issues. We choose to use Ranged as the combat penalty for using the incorrect style is the lowest with Ranged, making it the best style for fighting a variety of monsters. Since the boss Spider Queen has a 33% chance of spawning as Magic based, there is a 1/3 chance you will be able to idle this boss with the above setup. If it spawns as Melee or even Ranged, she will kill you if you are idle. If you are paying attention you can easily eat or switch gear setups to obtain the corresponding triangle bonus, but if you are idling then you will simply die and have to re-attempt the dungeon. Each clear takes on average about 12-15 minutes, so check back after that period to see if you were successful with your attempt.

Note that after each death, your HP will be reset to 20% and your prayers will be disabled. After each death you must eat and re-enable your Protect Item (and Holy Aegis) prayers or you will be at risk of losing your items.

Afflicted City

The main upgrades from this location are Decay Bolts from Cockatrice, various potions such as Hinder Potion III from Plague Doctor and the extremely powerful Gauntlets of Rage from Goliath Werewolf. The rest of the drops are largely irrelevant and are only for completionist.

Cockatrice

Decay Bolts are a best-in-slot upgrade for both Magic and Template:SKill but not necessarily for Ranged, strangely enough. The game currently has a bugged interaction where the decay effect from the bolts activates regardless of whether the bolt is used or consumed. The high rate at which bolts are consumed and the slow rate at which bolts are farmed from Cockatrice means that these bolts won't really be used much for Ranged directly, so only a handful are needed for now. You only need to equip 1 to activate the effect.

Throne of the Herald

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