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Introduction

This guide is written for characters playing the Standard game mode. If playing Hardcore or Adventure modes, preparation for certain events is different, especially for the Fire God Dungeon due to the differences in the Combat Triangle. This guide will assume there are no self-imposed restrictions put upon the account, if you choose to restrict your character in some way, you have to figure out how to get around it.

Progression in Melvor Idle primarily revolves around combat; while there is of course progression in all of the non-combat skills, that progression all serves to make you better at combat. This guide will break the game into multiple sections and try to give advice for each. The sections this guide will look into, and roughly how long they will take are as follows:

• The Early-Early Game:

- This is when the player is using very low level gear, has not purchased or obtained vital upgrades like Auto-Eat or the Amulet of Looting and may require active (or more active) play to get the most out of. Can take a few days up to about a week.

• The Early Game:

- Where most of the game opens up and when combat gets exciting. The player has obtained reasonable gear, is able to fight the majority of monsters in Combat Areas and the first few Slayer Areas comfortably, and is starting to prepare to get more specialized gear from combat to progress. This section can take anywhere up to about a month or two, and is marked by the completion of Volcanic Cave.

• The Mid Game:

- This section revolves around finishing your armor sets, maxing out your stats, and completing long term achievements like the God Dungeons. This section can take up to several months, and is usually marked by completion of Into the Mist.

• The Late Game:

- This is when the player is working on upgrading their weapons in the Dark Waters Area, upgrading their armor in the Unhallowed Wasteland Area, and fully preparing to defeat the Impending Darkness Event. This step contains long grinds, but if enough preparation has already been done, it should only take a few weeks at most.

• The Late-Late Game:

- Here the player finishes any achievements that haven't been mopped up yet, with the goal of filling the completion log with anything that hasn't been worth the time. This step's length is variable, as it depends on how much has already been completed, and how optimal/lucky the player is finishing up. Prepare to spend multiple days hunting for an item you'll never actually use!

The guide will start with an overview on how combat works, the stats, and what items affect them. After that, it describes in detail the leveling up to the first challenging dungeon of the game, the Volcanic Cave. It will cover the God Dungeons and conclude with guidance for late game content. Remember that the majority of things mentioned here are recommendations and are not always required or the most optimal, if you don't want to do something, you probably don't have to.

Using Non-Combat to improve at Combat

There are several non-combat skills that improve various parts of the combat experience:

• Agility - Many of the obstacles provide important combat bonuses.
• Herblore - Diamond Luck Potions are among the highest DPS boosts in the game.
• Thieving - There are a multitude of useful item drops from several NPCs, including Chapeau Noir, Knight's Defender, and others.
• Astrology - "Hidden Levels" provide accuracy and damage bonuses, as well as other powerful and important passive benefits.
• Summoning - Tablets provide boosts to combat effectiveness and deal damage on their own. The Dragon burn effect is particularly great against high hp enemies.
• Cooking - Cook food to eat so you don't die!
• Farming - Farm food to eat so you don't die! Farming is particularly useful because it does not require you to actively spend time on it, you can farm food 'while doing combat' for example.

Other skills helpful for smooth progression include:

• Smithing - Melee armor and weapons.
• Fletching - Ranged ammunition and weapons.
• Crafting - Jewelry and Ranged armor.
• Runecrafting - Magic armor and weapons.
• Level 99 - The Firemaking Skillcape and Ash
• Township - The Trader can be used to exchange goods for food and consumable items that make combat easier.

Melvor Idle is not competitive, so it is recommended to set goals that you personally want and work towards them. The game will take a very long time to complete, so anything you can do to make it more fun for YOU is hugely recommended; using a weapon that you personally think is cool or useful, or not using an item because the grind isn't fun is perfectly acceptable and makes the game more interesting!

Gear Stats

All gear has certain stats that link it to one of the three combat styles: Melee, Ranged, or Magic. Gear that is more difficult to obtain is usually better. Closer to endgame, the choices become more situational. For stat breakdowns and math, use the Combat Simulator or read the Combat page.

Shared Stats

Attack Interval

Attack Speed is determined primarily by the default Attack Interval on weapons and affects how long it takes between attacks. It is given as seconds per attack, so lower is better. Some things that affect attack speed are:

• Elder Crown - Drop from Elder Vampire.
• Sand Treaders - Drop from Turkul Riders.
• Surge I / Surge II / Surge III - Spells.
• Otto - Pet from Dark Waters.
• Knight's Defender - Thieving from Knight, Melee only.
• Ring of Barrage - Level 90 ring.
• Guardian Amulet and Spiked Shell Ring - Negatively impacts attack speed.
  • Guardian Amulet - Drops from Earth Chests upgraded from Earth Shards, Earth God Dungeon.
  • Spiked Shell Ring - Upgrade from 10 Guardian Rings and 500 Stinging Essence
• Slow and Frostburn Debuffs

Damage Reduction

Damage Reduction, or DR, is the most important stat in the game. Damage Reduction, Hitpoints, and Auto Eat tier are all taken into account when considering how much damage the player can take before being able to die. Damage Reduction can be found on:

• - Upgraded versions of the highest level armor pieces from skilling.
• - All Ancient tier gear, when fully upgraded
• - All God Dungeon gear
• Silver Diamond Ring - Can be obtained through Crafting, Combat, or Thieving
• Damage Reduction Potions
• Leonardo - Defence Pet
• Erran - Earth God Dungeon Pet
• Agility Obstacles
• Safeguard/ Stone Skin - Prayer

For the end game, there are some Prayers and items that drop from Impending Darkness that affect enemies' DR:

• Battleheart - Prayer, reduces enemy DR
• Shield of Ranged Power
• Shield of Magic Power
• Shield of Melee Power
• Ring of Power
• Bone

Auto Eat

Auto Eat is an upgrade that automatically eats equipped food after a certain health threshold. Upgrading this as quickly as possible is critical. Auto Eat Tier, along with Hitpoints and Damage Reduction controls what content is accessible without a chance of death.

With Auto Eat, the type of food does not matter as long as one does not run out of it. The difference between Potatoes or Whale (Perfect) is negligible. The main difference between any given food sources is the time spent Cooking, Fishing or Farming instead of fighting monsters.

Auto Eat Threshold

Auto Eat Threshold is the HP value necessary to trigger Auto Eat, lowering the necessary HP/DR required. In the base game, only one item affects the Auto Eat threshold:

• Wasteful Ring - Drops from Wicked Greater Dragon

Auto Eat Efficiency

Auto Eat Efficiency increases the amount of HP healed per piece of food eaten. This can be found on:

• Cooking item mastery.
• Astrology constellation modifiers.
• Agility Obstacles.
• Famished Potions.

Slayer Area Effect Negation

Slayer Area Effect Negation reduces the effect of Slayer Area debuffs when fighting in one of these areas. These can range from annoying ( Forest of Goo, Arid Plains) to downright progress blocking ( Dark Waters, Unhallowed Wasteland). This stat can be found on:

• Pillar of Combat - Agility capstone.
• Hunter's Ring - Drops from Hunting Greater Dragon.
• - All Slayer armor from the shop (higher tier provides more).
• Slayer Skillcape.

Attack Bonus/Accuracy Rating

These are included on all weapons, and some pieces of armor. Melee has Stab, Slash, and Block Bonuses, while Ranged and Magic have their own attack bonuses. In combat the player's Accuracy Rating determines how often they hit an enemy, based on the enemy's Evasion Rating. Summoning Tablets use the player's accuracy rating to calculate their chance to hit.

Defence/Evasion Rating

These are included on all pieces of armor, and are heavily connected to the Combat Triangle. The higher the number, the better. Evasion only helps to kill enemies faster if they can stun, slow, or sleep, as the player will evade their disabling attacks more often.

Class-related Stats

Melee Stats

Melee gear focuses on 4 stats:

• Strength bonus: One of the factors that determines max hit.
• Stab/Slash/Block bonus: Determines the accuracy (chance to hit) of that particular attack style. Every weapon favors one of the styles, and using the correct one will boost your effective DPS.

Magic Stats

Magic armor and weapons focus on 2 stats:

• Magic Damage Bonus: Determines your max hit.
• Magic Attack Bonus: Determines your accuracy.

Additionally, Magic also benefits from Rune Preservation Chance and Rune Cost Reduction. This can be found on multiple items and buffs, including:

• - All staves
• - All imbued wands, crafted via Runecrafting from Magic Wand (Elite)
• Book of Eli - Drops from Hall of Wizards dungeon
• Book of Occults - Drops from Necromancer
• Salem - Magic Pet
• Skull Cape - Slayer Shop

Ranged Stats

Ranged armor and weapons focus on 2 stats:

• Ranged strength bonus: Determines your max hit.
• Ranged attack bonus: Determines your accuracy.

Additionally, Ranged gear also benefits from Ammo Preservation. This can be found on multiple items and buffs, including:

• Ranger Boots - Drops from Spider Chest in Spider Forest
• Ranger Hat - Drops from Spider Chest in Spider Forest
• Ranged Skillcape
• Cape of Ranged Preservation
• Marahute - Ranged Pet
• / - All Throwing Knives and Javelins
• Throwing Power Gloves - Negatively impacts ranged preservation using throwing weapons

Special Attacks and Passive Effects

Beyond stats, many pieces of equipment have Special Attacks or passive effects.

Special Attacks have a percentage chance of triggering when in combat and will replace your standard attack. A list of equipment and spells with special attacks can be viewed on the Special Attacks page.

Passive effects are bonuses that are always in play. These can increase your dps, GP/hr or simply provide more item drops. Item doubling is the most critical. This can be found on multiple items and buffs, including:

• Ring of Wealth - 7% Item doubling while in Combat, which is 2% greater than the same bonus provided by Aorpheat's Signet Ring
• Aorpheat's Signet Ring - Made with parts A/B, collected from doing combat/non-combat skills while wearing a Gold Topaz Ring
• Chapeau Noir - Rare Thieving Drop
• Spike Jump
• Ice Jump
• Pillar of Skilling

GP increases can be found on:

• Gold Topaz Ring - Made in Crafting, or common drop
• Gloves of Silence - Drops from Thief
• Fine Coinpurse - Thieving Woman
• Gold Crested Shield - Thieving King
• Jeweled Necklace - Low Town Thieving Drop
• Ring of Wealth - Royal Castle Thieving Drop
• Sneak-Ers - Rare Thieving Drop

External Tooling

Two popular external tools are the Combat Simulator and Can I Idle.

Combat Simulator is a browser extension maintained by TinyCoyote that allows you to estimate many attributes of combat, such as death rate, XP/hr, drops/hr, DPS, and so on. With Combat Simulator, it is trivial to check if your setup is going to work or not. It uses the same webworker as the game itself, so it's quite accurate. As of game version v1.1.1 this extensions has not yet been updated to work with the new built in mod manager and is not available.

Can I Idle is a site built and maintained by Silber. You enter some of the stats found on the combat page and see which enemies you can or can't idle. It's a very useful tool throughout the game. As of v1.1.1 the site is no longer being updated, however it should still be accurate. It will no longer be accurate for elite/master slayer tasks for players who have completed ID and have purchased the expansion.

Slayer

If you play actively, you can start with Slayer early. If you want to progress in it, unlocking Auto Slayer should be your first goal. You will also level your combat skills along the way.

If you idle, it is okay to leave Slayer until you need the bonuses from its gear or drops from its monsters. Slayer picks up closer to the time of Volcanic Cave, and you will be able to catch up quickly with all the gear that you have at that point.

It takes 15 Normal Slayer tasks to buy the Basic Slayer gear. The Slayer Gear Upgrade Kit (Strong) / Slayer Gear Upgrade Kit (Elite) / Slayer Gear Upgrade Kit (Master) take 25 Hard Tasks / 30 Elite Tasks / 40 Master Tasks respectively.

Slayer Areas sometimes require items that must be purchased using Slayer Coins from the Shop. The monsters locked in slayer areas will not be rolled in slayer tasks until the item has been purchased from the shop. Also, if you are using Auto Slayer, monsters locked behind an item will never appear if the item is not equipped; you can leverage this to control the task rolls.

Base Game Combat

The Early-Early Game: Levels 1-40

Early on, the game is primarily about leveling up your core combat stats, getting a feel for the combat systems, and acquiring basic combat equipment.

All three combat styles are connected. It is impossible to use only one style throughout the game if you wish to complete all content. The Combat Triangle determines how much damage and damage reduction you have against enemies of each different combat style, and is very important in choosing how to approach combat.

It is highly recommend to level all styles to not be in the position where you finished are almost ready to take on a dungeon that requires a specific combat style, and then have to level that skill from level 1 for 2 weeks.

Major Goals

The earliest for most players is the Auto Eat upgrade, purchased in the shop for 1,000k, followed by the Amulet of Looting, found in the Spider Forest, which will make combat a fully automated activity. Beyond that, it's mainly a matter of learning how combat works and leveling up your skills.

• Auto Eat
• Amulet of Looting
• Fierce Devil, Bandit, and Master Wizard

Leveling Guidelines

As the player is just being introduced to combat, this section will try to be as simple as possible, while also setting some guidelines for the rest of the guide. The tables in each section in this entire guide will generally provide bare minimum recommendations. Some notes on how to use the information given:

• The player must have an appropriate Auto Eat level and won't run out of food.
• The player has enough Damage Reduction to survive against enemies when Auto Eat is not enough by itself.
• Armor should be upgraded from the Bank screen whenever possible, this is possible for all Melee armor and Ranged armor starting with Green D-hide

For the first section, there will be no cape, amulet, rings, Prayer, Potions, Astrology bonuses, or Agility obstacles. With proper bonuses, the player can attempt much more difficult content. Some notes on the first section:

• All assumed skill levels are equal to the ones required by the set of gear.
• When choosing a proper monster to farm, it is recommended to follow a priority rule:

1. Drops something that you want.
2. Is your current Slayer Task.
3. Highest XP/hr.

Hitting the same enemy for 2 weeks because they are the "best" is a really boring way to play the game.

And finally, using Combat Simulator and Can I Idle should be your guide over anything printed here. This guide accepts no responsibility for your untimely demise.

Melee

Leveling

Most players start combat with Melee as it does not require the overhead of Fletching Ammunition for Ranged or Runecrafting Runes for Magic.

For Melee, use Smithing to wear and wield the highest level gear available.

Smithing armor can be upgraded () twice from the Bank, once with Silver Bars and the second time with Gold Bars. Typically, upgrading armor isn't really worth the extra time spent until at least Adamant.

Melee leveling is split across 3 different skills, Attack, Strength, and Defence.

• Attack is trained using the Stab Attack Style
• Strength is trained using the Slash Attack Style
• Defence is trained using the Block Attack Style

In general, all Melee weapons have Stat distributions that encourage the use of the following Attack Styles:

Weapon	Details	Style
Dagger	Fast, weaker	Stab	Block
Sword		Stab	Block
Scimitar		Slash
2H Sword	No shield, slow	Slash
Battleaxe	Slow-ish	Slash	Block

Level	Attack Material	Defence Material	Recommended Monster	Newly Idleable Dungeons
1	Bronze	Bronze	Cow	-
	Iron	Iron		-
5	Steel	Steel	Skeleton	-
10	Black	Black	Tentacle / Skeleton	Chicken Coop (Requires Auto Eat - Tier II)
20	Mithril	Mithril	Frozen Archer	-
30	Adamant	Adamant		Undead Graveyard
40	Rune	Rune		Spider Forest / Frozen Cove / Bandit Base
	Ice		Bandit	Miolite Caves (Requires Auto Eat - Tier III)

Gear Goals

• Weapons:
  • Ice Sword Level 40 - Drops from Frozen Cove / Ice Monster.
  • Elerine Spear Level 40 - Drops from Elerine Warrior.
  • Almighty Lute - Drops from Wandering Bard.
• Equipment:
  • Amulet of Strength - Drops from Mummy.
  • Amulet of Torture - Rare drop from Fierce Devil, Deep Sea Ship.
  • Obsidian Cape - Drops from Adamant Knight.
  • Amulet of Looting - Drops from Spider Forest.

Ranged

Same as Melee, you should be doing the highest XP/hr monster with the highest possible gear. Due to the slower attack speed and the relative difficulty of Fletching large amounts of bolts, you shouldn't use crossbows until you have the Dragon Crossbow or better. For bolts, anything worse than Emerald Bolts is sellable. Save the Diamonds for Diamond Luck IV Potions.

Leveling

Ranged has a lot of options to do great damage, particularly to Magic enemies that may be very difficult to beat with Melee.

For Ranged, use Crafting to obtain the highest level Armor, and Crafting to obtain the highest level Weapons and Ammo.

Crafting armor can be upgraded () once from the Bank, using more of the raw Dragonhide. Upgrading Ranged armor is always recommended once it's available.

Ranged has three different Attack styles, Accurate, Rapid, and Longrange:

• Accurate increases your Hidden Ranged level which causes each attack to be more accurate and deal more damage.
• Rapid lowers the attack interval of the weapon by 0.4 seconds, making each attack significantly faster
• Longrange increases your Hidden Ranged Level by less than Accurate, while also giving Hidden Defence Levels and evenly splitting the amount of XP earned between Ranged and Defence.

In general, Accurate is more effective at low levels, while Rapid is more effective at higher levels. The cutoff is approximately level 40. Longrange should likely be used before this cutoff to also get an amount of Defence XP!

Ranged has several different Weapon types to choose from, each with their own benefits and drawbacks. For the early part of the game, it is recommended to stick with Longbows, since Arrows are the most plentiful ammo source:

Weapon	Details	Ammo	Notes
Shortbow	Fast-ish, weaker	Arrows	Not great.
Longbow	More accurate, more damage	Arrows	Arrows are cheap and easy to mass produce.
Crossbow	Slow with high damage	Bolts	Bolts are valuable and difficult to make.
Throwing Knives	Extremely fast with low damage and accuracy	-	Does not require Fletching.
Javelins	Fast with high damage and low accuracy	-	Javelins are worth a lot of GP when sold

Level	Bows	Arrows	Armor	Recommended Monster	Idleable Dungeons
1	Normal Longbow	Bronze Arrows	Leather	Cow	-
		Iron Arrows			-
		Ice Arrows			-
5	Oak Longbow	Steel Arrows		Skeleton	-
10			Hard Leather	Tentacle	Chicken Coop (Requires Auto Eat - Tier II)
20	Willow Longbow	Mithril Arrows		Wizard	-
30	Maple Longbow	Adamant Arrows	Bandit	Undead Graveyard
40	Yew Longbow	Rune Arrows		Green D-hide / Ranger Hat/ Ranger Boots	Spider Forest
	Ice Shortbow		Ice	Master Wizard	Bandit Base / Hall of Wizards / Frozen Cove / Deep Sea Ship / Miolite Caves(Requires Auto Eat - Tier III)

Gear Goals

• Weapons:
  • Ice Shortbow Level 40 - Drops from Frozen Cove.
  • Elerine Longbow Level 50 - Drops from Elerine Archer.
• Equipment:
  • Ranger Hat/ Ranger Boots Level 40 - Drops from Spider Forest.
  • Amulet of Ranged - Drops from Bandit.
  • Amulet of Looting - Drops from Spider Forest.

Magic

Leveling

See Magic/Training for an alternative way to level magic with non-combat Spells.

Magic is a time consuming but rewarding Combat Style due to the sheer prevalence of Melee enemies. Dealing more damage and taking less damage from the most common enemies in the game is fantastic.

For Magic, use Runecrafting to obtain the highest level weapons and armor, as well as to create runes to cast spells.

Runecrafting armor does not need to be upgraded to provide Damage Reduction, appropriate level Robes will automatically provide this stat.

Magic has two different Attack styles, Magic and Defensive:

• Magic increases your Hidden Magic level which causes each attack to be more accurate and deal more damage.
• Defensive increases your Hidden Magic Level less, while also giving Hidden Defence Levels and evenly splitting the amount of XP earned between Magic and Defence.

In general, Defensive is always the most effecient Attack Style to use, as training Defence with Magic uses the least amount of time and damage while remaining efficient.

Combat Magic has a ton of options to choose from, mainly based on the amount and type of runes required to cast each spell. Curses and Auroras can add a lot of damage, but are entirely optional as they increase the amount of runes required to

It is recommended to choose a spell, staff, robes, and aurora that use as many of the same primary Elemental Runes as possible.

Rune	Staff	Spell	Aurora	Robes
Air Rune
Water Rune
Earth Rune
Fire Rune

Each non-Wind spell also has the option of using Combination Runes which can be much more efficient and are always worth more Runecrafting XP. When using combination runes, you should look specifically to synergize your staff with whichever Aurora you're using, as their rune cost reduction does not apply to Combination Runes.

Spell	Staff	Aurora

Level	Weapon	Spell	Armor	Recommended Monster	Idleable Dungeons
1	Staff of Air	Wind Strike	Air Acolyte Wizard Robes	Tentacle
	Magic Wand (Basic)
10	Basic Staves	Strike Spells	Acolyte Robes	Confused Pirate
30	Battlestaves	Bolt Spells	Acolyte Robes	Giant Crab
	Magic Wand (Powerful)
40	Mystic Staves	Blast Spells	Adept Robes	Giant Crab

Gear Goals

• Weapons:
  • Mystic Staves Level 40 - Craftable with Level 70.
  • Nature's Call Staff Level 40 - Drops in two pieces from Elerine Mage and Druid
• Equipment:
  • Enchanted Cape - Drops from Master Wizard.
  • Amulet of Magic - Drops from Master Wizard.
  • Amulet of Looting - Drops from Spider Forest.

The Early Game: Levels 41-75

Volcanic Cave (and Dragons Den to a lesser extent) is the first real challenge the game presents to you, and preparing for it will likely take a couple of weeks of grinding for standard accounts.

This is where the Combat Triangle becomes extra important, and ignoring it entirely can be deadly or progress hampering.

Major Goals

The primary goal of this section is to replace all equipment and weapons obtained from non-combat skills with upgrades obtained from combat

• Auto Slayer
• Paladin, Thief, and Sand Beast
• Seething Horned Elite
• Ancient Platebody from the Volcanic Cave.
• Ancient Wizard Robes from the Hall of Wizards.
• Ancient D-hide Body from the Dragons Den.

Equipment Options

• • Sand Treaders - Drops from Turkul Riders
  • Elite Amulet of Defence - Drops from combining 100 Amulet of Defence or from Undead Graveyard.
  • Amulet of Torture or Elite Amulet of Glory - Drops from Fierce Devil or from combining 100 Amulet of Glory - Offensive version of Elite Defence for Melee
  • Gloves of Silence - Drops from Thief - can be decent for earning some extra GP from kills
  • Paladin Gloves - Drops from Paladin - big block of DR from a relatively easy monster
  • Desert Wrappings - Drops from Turkul Archers - less DR, but more well rounded stats
  • Priest Hat - Drops from Priest

Melee

Leveling

Level	Attack Weapon	Strength Weapon	Armor	Recommended Monster
41	Rune / Elerine Spear	Rune	Rune Armor	Bandit
50	Desert Sabre / Rune	Desert Sabre / Rune	Rune Armor	Bandit
60	Dragon Claw / Dragon	Dragon Claw / Dragon	Dragon Armor	Vampire
70	Ancient Sword / Warberd	Ancient 2H Sword / War Axe	Ancient Armor	Holy Archer

Gear Goals

• Weapons:
• Equipment:
  • Elite Amulet of Strength - Drops from combining 100 Amulet of Strength
  • Elite Amulet of Defence - Drops from combining 100 Amulet of Defence
  • Elite Amulet of Glory - Drops from combining 100 Amulet of Glory
  • Sandstorm Ring Level 50 - Drops from Sand Beast.
  • Desert Wrappings - Drops from Turkul Archers

Ranged

Leveling

Level	Weapon	Ammo	Armor	Recommended Monster
41	Rune Javelin / Yew Longbow	Rune Arrows	Green D-hide	Master Wizard
50	Rune Javelin / Magic Longbow	Rune Arrows	Blue D-hide	Master Wizard
60	Slayer's Crossbow / Dragon Javelin	Emerald Bolts	Red D-hide	Master Wizard
70	Slayer's Crossbow / Dragon Javelin	Emerald Bolts	Black D-hide	Superior Eyed Monster

Gear Goals

• Weapons:
• Equipment:
  • Elite Amulet of Ranged - Drops from combining 100 Amulet of Ranged
  • Throwing Power Gloves - Drops from Turkul Throwers
  • Cape of Ranged Preservation - Drops from Holy Archer
  • Scaled Shield - Drops from Holy Archer

Magic

Leveling

Level	Weapon	Spell	Armor	Recommended Monster
41	Mystic Staves	Blast Spells	Adept Robes	Giant Crab
50	Mystic Staves	Wave Spells	Adept Robes	Turkul Giant
60	Mystic Staves	Surge Spells	Adept Robes	Griffin
70	Mystic Staves	Surge Spells / Slicing Winds	Expert Robes / Ancient Wizard Robes	Venomous Snake
	Magic Wand (Elite) / Imbued Wands

Gear Goals

• Weapons:
• Equipment:
  • Elite Amulet of Magic - Drops from combining 100 Amulet of Magic
  • Book of Eli - Drops from Hall of Wizards.
  • Shaman Ring - Drops from Shaman.
    • Upgrades into Nature's Blessing Ring with 10,000 Nature Rune

Volcanic Cave and Ancient Armor

The major goal of this section is to find and equip Ancient Armor

Ancient Wizard Robes come from the Hall of Wizards.

• This dungeon isn't really difficult enough to warrant a guide, it is recommended to use the best available Ranged equipment to benefit the most from the Combat Triangle.
• As with most Magic equipment, these robes do not need to be upgraded to get the full benefit.

Ancient D-hide Armor comes from the Dragons Den.

• This dungeon has a guide at Dragons Den/Guide
• This armor needs to be upgraded, getting the raw D-hide necessary to fully upgrade this armor will likely take longer than getting each piece of armor
• Ancient D-hide Shield has a second upgrade, the Scaled Shield, which is best in slot for Ranged for a long time.

File:Ancient Wizard Platelegs (item).png Ancient Plate Armor comes from the Volcanic Cave.

• This dungeon has a guide at Volcanic Cave/Guide
• This armor, like Smithing armor needs to be upgraded twice.
• Ancient Shield has a fourth upgrade, the Dragonfire Shield, which is best in slot for Melee for a long time. Upgrading this shield requires 7050 Dragon Bones.

Due to the nature of the game, it is entirely possible to skip Ancient armor completely, and go straight to the next section. This does however require a bit more knowledge of how the game works, and is not necessarily recommended. The Dragonfire Shield and the Scaled Shield are two important items that should NOT be skipped.

The Mid Game: Levels 76-95

After acquiring and equipping all of the Ancient sets of armor and obtaining decent weapons, the player should now be well prepared to step up to the plate of the next challenge the game has to offer, Infernal Stronghold and the God Dungeons. But first, it is hugely recommended to assess the progress of all non-combat skills; each of these dungeons is difficult enough that NOT having access to Prayers, Herblore Potions, Summoning Tablets, or Agility / Astrology bonuses can make progress significantly slower than it needs to be.

This section will first outline any particularly useful buffs and some crucial pieces of equipment to grab before moving on.

Major Goals

• Infernal Cape
• Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs
• Stormsnap
• Cloudburst Staff
• Earth Layered Shield
• Big ol Ron
• God Armor

External Buffs

Prayer

Preferably Battleheart and the best combat style prayer available, Piety, Rigour, or Augury.

Agility

a table or something

Herblore

Preferably Diamond Luck Potion IV or Damage Reduction Potion IV. Alternatively:

• Melee Strength Potion IV, Ranged Strength Potion IV, or Magic Damage Potion IV
• Hinder Potion IV
• Lethal Toxins Potion IV

Summoning

For dungeons, preferably Dragon and the best combat style Tablet available, Minotaur, Centaur, or Witch. For Slayer Cyclops paired with the same combat style tablets a safe bet

• Yak
• Occultist

Slayer

slayer drops good items, do it

• Skull Cape - Obtained from the Shop for 400k.
• Ancient Claw - Drops from Pegasus.
• Hunter's Ring - Drops from Hunting Greater Dragon.
• Wasteful Ring - Drops from Wicked Greater Dragon.
• Magic Wand (Elite) - Drops from Cursed Maiden.

• Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs - Final upgrade of all of the Elite Amulets. FEZ has a table that details a number of important stats on each Amulet at FEZ/Guide. If the guide has been followed thoroughly until this point, here is a quick summary of where each amulet should be obtained from the quickest:
  • Mummy for Amulet of Strength
  • Bandit for Amulet of Ranged
  • Master Wizard for Amulet of Magic
  • Bounty Hunter for Amulet of Glory, Amulet of Accuracy, and Amulet of Defence
  • Fierce Devil for Amulet of Torture
  • Seething Horned Elite for Amulet of Fury
    • Note that Deep Sea Ship drops Amulet of Torture and Volcanic Cave drops Amulet of Fury, so it is recommended to finish obtaining any items from these dungeons first to help ease the grind.

Dungeon Guides

Infernal Stronghold

This dungeon has a guide at Infernal Stronghold/Guide

The primary reason to do this dungeon is the Infernal Cape which grants 4% Damage Reduction and works well for each combat style. The Infernal Cores dropped here can be used to upgrade and Ancient Claw into an Infernal Claw, a critical and powerful one-handed Melee weapon.

Air God Dungeon

This dungeon has a guide at Air God Dungeon/Guide.

This dungeon drops Ranged armor and equipment, and is usually completed with Melee.

• Deadeye Ring
• Deadeye Amulet
• Aeris Godsword

Water God Dungeon

This dungeon has a guide at Water God Dungeon/Guide.

This dungeon drops Magic armor and equipment, and is usually completed with Ranged.

• Warlock Ring
• Warlock Amulet
• Glacia Godsword

Earth God Dungeon

This dungeon has a guide at Earth God Dungeon/Guide.

This dungeon drops Melee tank oriented armor and equipment, and is usually completed with Magic.

• Guardian Ring
• Guardian Amulet
• Terran Godsword

Fire God Dungeon

This dungeon has a guide at Fire God Dungeon/Guide.

This dungeon drops Melee dps oriented armor and equipment, and is usually completed with Ranged or sometimes Magic.

• Fighter Ring
• Fighter Amulet
• Ragnar Godsword

Into the Mist

This dungeon has a guide at Into the Mist/Guide.

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