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Runescape Player Killing Guide

Mar 6, 2009 runescape|1,527views

1. Intro
Player Killing also called ‘Pking’ is fighting in the wilderness against other players to win their armour and stuff they wear. Pking is a very good way to earn much money but you can also lose all your stuff in the wilderness.

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2. The wilderness
The wilderness is an area in the north of runescape. In this area are different kinds of wilderness levels. These levels decide which other level players you can attack.
For example: A level 77 player in wilderness level 1 can attack a level 76,77 or 78 player but if he goes into level 2 wilderness he can be attacked by players with level 75,76,77,78,79 and so on. The higher you get into the wilderness, the more players can attack you.
To check in which wilderness level you are just look at this sign that will appear on the right side.
This sign looks like this:

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3. Combat zones
There are two different combat zones, a non multi combat zone and a multi combat zone. In the non multi combat zone you can only fight 1 versus 1. And in the multi combat zone you can fight whole battles with many people at the same time. If you want to know in which combat zone you are just look in the bottom-right corner of the screen. The crossed swords mean that you are in a multi combat zone and if there are no crossed swords that means that you are in a non multi combat zone.

A multi combat zone looks like this:

A non multic combat zone looks like this:

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4. Skulled and Non Skulled
If you attack one or more people in the wilderness you will get a skull above your head, this means that if you die, you will lose all your items. However you won’t get a skull above your head if you attack someone who already attacked you a first. This doesn’t mean that if someone attacked you a week ago, you can now attack him and won’t get a skull for attacking him, it’s only for a short period of time. Under here you can see a skulled and a non skulled person.

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5. Teleporting
Teleporting is used by many Pkers and really is the best way to escape from death. However you have to be at least magic level 25 and must have the runes for teleporting. Also, if you go deeper then level 20 wilderness you can’t use any teleportation spells. So be careful and don’t let someone lure you deeper then level 20 wilderness if you don’t want to. Under here are all the F2P teleportation spells surrounded by a red circle.

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6. Good f2p Pk spots
In the whole wilderness can be killed people, but however that won’t say you will always find someone to kill. That’s why there are a few good Pk spots where many people will come. Under here are the spots named, in which wilderness level they are, if it’s a multi or non multi combat zone and where they can be found.

- (Hill) Giants.
Giants is one of the most popular Pk spot in the F2P world. Giants is in a Multi combat Zone so be careful many people can attack you there. Giants is in level 16 and 17 wilderness and can be found North-east of Varrock. See the map under here.

- Varrock wilderness level 1
This is the most Popular Pk spot in the F2P world. It’s in a Multi combat zone so be careful. The name already says it, Varrock wilderness level 1 is in level 1 wilderness but at lvl 2 and 3 are also many people. This spot can be easily found North of Varrock. See the map under here.

- Greater demons (GDS).
This is a really dangerous but also fun place for Pking in the F2P world, it’s in a Multi combat zone at level 45 and 46 wilderness so be very careful you cant teleport there! The Greater demons can be found North from Varrock at lvl 45 and 46 wilderness. See the map under here.

- (Dark Knight) Castle.
The Dark warriors Castle is very popular for people who want to fight only 1 versus 1. The darkwarriors castle is at level 13,14,15 and 16 wilderness. The castle is in a multi combat zone but the area around the castle is in a non multi combat zone. The Dark warriors castle can be found North-west of Edgeville. See the map under here.

- Rune Rocks (rr)
This is the only rune mines spot in the whole F2P world. This is a very popular Pk spot because you can kill rune miners here. The Rune Rocks are in wilderness level 44 and 45, and are in a non multi combat zone. The Rune Rocks can be found North of Falador at level 44 and 45 wilderness. See the map under here.

- Moss Giants.
This is a popular training place for many people. The Moss giants are in wilderness level 36 and 37 and are in a non multi combat zone. The Moss Giants can be found North of Edgeville at level 36 and 37 wilderness. See the map under here.

- Bone Yard.
A lot of people train prayer at Bone Yard so that makes it a good place for Pking. Boneyard is in level 28 and 29 wilderness and is in a multi combat zone, and can be found north from Varrock. See the map under here.

Name of spot	Which wilderness lvl	Multi or non Multi	Where can be found
(Hill) Giants	16,17	Multi zone	North-east of Varrock
Varrock lvl 1 wildy	1,2,3	Multi zone	North of Varrock
Greater demons (gds)	45,46	Multi zone	North of Varrock
(dark warriors)Castle	13,14,15,16	Non multi zone	North-west of Edgeville
Rune Rocks (RR)	44,45	Non multi zone	North of Falador
Moss giants	36,37	Non multi zone	North of Edgeville
Boneyard	28,29	Multi zone	North of Varrock

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7. Pk tactics and extra’s
There are many tactics and extra’s in Pking. Under here I will show some popular tactics and extra’s used in F2P Pking.

- Strength Potion.
A strength potion is a potion that makes your strength level higher for a short time. This is very useful if you want to deal more damage to someone. A strength potion only works for melee attacks and not for ranged or magical attacks. Under here you can see a strength potion.

- Prayer
Prayer is very useful for Pking. There are many different prayers, but they are all good for Pking. Under here you can see the most popular F2P prayers used by Pkers.

Name of Prayer	Prayer level required	What do they do
Protect items	25	You keep 1 extra item if you die
Steel skin	28	Increases your defence by 15%
Ultimate strenght	31	Increases your strength by 15%
Incredible reflexes	34	Increases your attack by 15%
Protect from magic	37	Protection from magical attacks
Protect from missiles	40	Protection from ranged attacks
Protect from melee	43	Protection from close attacks
Eagle eye	44	Increases your ranging by 15%
Mystic might	45	Increases your magic by 15%

- Death dot (dd)
A death dot is a place where many people stand in. This is very useful because your opponent will see only 1 dot on the mini map and cannot attack all opponents because the menu gets too big. There are two ways to get into a death dot without attacking the persons in the death dot. The first way is by clicking ‘walk here’ on the death dot. And the second way is by using the mini map. Under here you can see the two ways to get into a death dot.

- Death march

Note: You need a large group to do this to get the full effect. At least 20 people.

Spread out your team and walk (or run) to a desired location. This way you can surprise your opponents and make them scared (because it will look like a lot of people)

- Death match (dm)
A death match is a battle when you fight until death. You may not run away or teleport from a death match, you have to fight to death. A good way for fighting a death match is drinking a strength potion and use the Ultimate strength prayer, because this will give you a quite big strength bonus.

Runescape Pking Guide

Mar 6, 2009 runescape|1,835views

Runescape pking is an artform, if you’re going to master it you should definately read this guide. It’s got everything you need to know about pking.

Player Killing - Introduction As well as fighting the computer controlled monsters and characters you can also choose to directly fight with other players. Fighting against other players is often a lot more dangerous because they have a much greater variety of ways to fight than monsters. Also in multiway combat areas watch out because their friends could be lurking behind a tree ready to finish you off! Killing other players can potentially give great rewards if they are holding valuable items.

However attacking another player sets your alignment to ‘evil’, and a skull appears above your head to indicate this. As longer as your player is marked with a skull the risk is greater. If you die you will drop everything you are holding (you won’t get to keep your 3 best items like you normally do!). If you play for 20 minutes without attacking anyone, the skull will disappear and the 3 item protection will work again. Not everybody likes fighting other players, so to do it you have to go to a special area of the map known as ‘the wilderness’.

Reaching the wilderness is easy, just keep on walking north and eventually you will get there. The wilderness is a desolate area full of death and danger. As well as the extra risk of attack from other players there are also many nasty monsters. However the rewards are also greater, and there is more treasure to be found if you dare to enter this area. When you enter the wilderness an icon at the bottom right of the screen will appear to remind you. This also indicates how far into the wilderness you have gone. The further north you go the more dangerous the wilderness becomes.

At the south edge of the wilderness you can only fight with players who are a very similar level to yourself, whereas as you go north the range allowed increases, and by the north edge players of vastly different abilities can engage in combat and the danger is great! A further note to those with the power of teleportation - the evil auras that have built up in the wilderness are blocking teleportation to wilderness levels above 20, on the other hand the power of the glory amulet will allow you to teleport at a level 30 or below.

Fighting Classes:

Mage -VS- Warrior

(Warrior): The mage will likely attempt to “hold” the warrior as quickly as possible, retreat to a safe distance and unleash with some spells. Since all of the big armour (plate and chain) carries negative bonuses to magical defence, your best plan is to take off all your armour or change to more appropriate attire, such as Dragonhide or studded leather. Quick thrown weapons are a good way to distract your opponent, and to poison him / her. This may give the warrior a few seconds to get in close and hit the mage with his primary weapon. The mage is not likely to be wearing any armour, so don’t worry about which attack style you are using.
(Mage): The warrior is dangerous at close range and useless at any distance - the simple tactics are to hold the warrior using one of the bind spells and start firing in damaging spells, or weaken or confuse your opponent from distance. If the player gets in close defend yourself using your staff and wait for another opportunity to hold them. If you’re a particularly high level mage, you may be able to wear some armour while fending off the warriors advances and continue hitting him with your spells. Do remember that the armour will reduce your ability to cast magic.

Range -VS- Warrior

(Warrior): You have excellent defence vs rangers if you’re wearing your standard plate set, so you have little to worry about. Make sure you have a few cure poison potions to stop the blighter from sticking you with a poisoned arrow and wade into him with your primary weapon. If he is using Dragonhide or leather armour, your best bet is to hack him down with stabbing or slashing weapons.

(Ranger): This is your toughest fight. A warrior has excellent defence vs your projectile attacks, and your armour is unlikely to stand up to the battering from a well placed blade. One available option is to run and get some distance between you and your target - hopefully put a forest between you so you can rain arrows down while he / she is picking her way through the forest. If the warrior gets close your in trouble. You could put on some chainmail instead as this offers better protection from the warrior, but offers no bonus to your ranged attack. Try to lead the warrior to a busier area; with any luck the warrior will get distracted and you can retreat to distance. Poisoning your projectiles is always useful as this can often distract the warrior for a few vital seconds.

Mage -VS- Range

(Range): Your leather armours give you the best defence vs spells, so you won’t be getting hit that often by his magic. Fortunately for you, Robes offer no protection against your projectiles so stand back and turn him into a pin-cushion. At close ranges use throwing weapons and your shortbows, as they are quick and effective. If the Mage tries to run you can pull out your longbow, with a much greater range than any other weapon he will have trouble getting out of your reach. Always use poisoned weapons if you can, as the extra damage really adds up.

(Mage): Rangers will give you the most trouble, as your hold spells won’t affect their ability to attack you. In addition, they often have a very good defence vs magic due to their leather armour, particularly if they are wearing Dragonhide. Leather is also fairly strong against Crush attacks, so your staff won’t be too much use up close either. Your best bet is to just blast away with your best damage spells and hope they hit; forget using your other spells as they won’t help. You’ll probably need some cure poison potions, as arrows/daggers/darts/and javelins can all be poisoned. If all else fails, you can always run to the lower wilderness and teleport out.

Team Guide

Team guide is actually a guide for what players should be in your team. Remember to have friends that you have known for quite a while and no more than 2 that you have barely found. If you have more of the ones that you have barely become friends with than if you had more that you have known, chances are that you are dead. Remember to have people 3 more or less levels than you. If you don’t, then it will be hard to pk. The more people you have, the stronger your team becomes. Here is a list of what people you should have:

3 Warriors
2 Mages
3 Rangers
Or
2 Warriors
4 Mages
2 Rangers

If your team is too big, it will show up on the map and drive players away. It is a good idea to be separate from your team. If you have 8 then 4 should be on the left and 4 should be on the right. Also, you should have a ‘Bait’ character. Baits are important for a Bronze & Brain team. To have a bait char he should have: A skull above they’re heads, Adamant Armour and up*, Dragon armours*, Adamant Weapons and up*, having no armour on, and a low level at a high leveled wilderness area. * Means that if they have a skull above their head that the other Pker would be tempted to attack him. Also, luring tips are: Saying that you have food, saying that “Don’t attack me, I have to give my friend 100k for 2 r2h’s” and sorts like that. So, think like the Pker, ask yourself “Why would a Pker want? What would I do to get it?” things like that now time to move on to Pker classes.

Setups and Equipment

Ranged Pker:
Boots, Gloves and Cape are optional
Full Dragon armour
Coif
Oak Long Bow
A bundle or Arrows (Steel Or better)

Magic Pker:
Wizard Robs (If members, Blue hat(w), Blue top, Red bottom)
Magic Staff or Battle Staff
Runes - Death, blood, Bind/Snare spells
Antifire Dragon Sheild is optional

Medium Warrior:
Medium Helmet
Chain Mail
Plated Legs/Skirt
Boots and Gloves
Square Sheild
Sword/Longsword
Any colour cape

Ultimate Warrior:
Rune Large
Rune Chest/legs Plate
Gloves & boots
Dragon Long/bAxe
Amulet Of Glory
*Notes* A warrior also might want to carry a set of dragon hide armour to with him, to block mage attacks if in trouble.

Prayer Beast:
Monk Robes T&B
Holy or Unholy blessed Symbol
Gloves & boots
Food/Prayer potions
Weapon Of Choice
Magic Spells are optional

Custom Player Killer
To make a good Pker you need to know the basics, proper combinations. Example, you can’t make a warrior hybrid with a mage. It won’t due. Or make a Mage with leather. That won’t work. Remember a couple of things:

Attack Status Changes
Pay attention to your attack bonuses. If you want to have accurate ranging, don’t use things with negative ranged effects like metal armours use leather. If you want an effective Knight killer, use weapons with strong crush bonuses like war hammers or two-handed swords.

Defense Status Changes
Study all of the Pker templates, use the equipment, and see what are there strengths and weaknesses and use it against them!

What is my strongest Choice?
It all depends on you level patterns. If your magic level is 45 then you might want to stick with magic not ranging. Remember, study all the Pkers and see what best fits you

Player Killing Tips

When Pking always have these in mind:

1. Only trust your closest friends
2. Bring at least 1 or more people with you.
3. The default for a good team is 1 ranger and 1 mage
4. Always have telegrab spells ready, you never know!
5. Don’t eat during a fight. Chances are that while you’re eating all the food will be wasted! Eat during running so the pker will have a hard time catching you, and if your smart, run south.
6. Make sure to mix your teams up with mages, rangers, and warriors to balance the triangle.
7. Make sure your team won’t Pk you!
8. Have your teleport spells ready so you wont have to run all the way back or if your really in trouble, teleport.
9. Remember teleport spell restrictions are if your lower than level 20 wilderness, you can teleport any higher you’re on thin ice.
10. If you can’t teleport run for at least 10 seconds while clicking on logout.
11. If someone is running, use ranged and magic. No matter what your
    level to ensure that they won’t logout.
12. If you’re a mage or wizard, remember to use ensnare magic.
13. Make a bait player, for example: Make Stupid1 run into the wilderness where there is most likely to be a Pker. When he attacks him he will have a skull making you have more spoils!

Runescape Combined ess mining & RC guide

Mar 3, 2009 runescape|736views

I have found a really good way of combining pure essence mining with runecrafting. It is quite an efficient method, because it takes out a lot of the banking. Here is how it works:

You will need:
Access to the fairy rings
Access to the abyss
A dramen staff
A pick axe
A lot of slayer rings
A lot of glory amulets
Runecrafting pouches

Inventory:
A dramen staff (equipped)
A glory amulet (equipped)
A slayer ring (equipped)
A pick axe
All the pouches you can use

How to do it:
1. Rub the slayer ring and select the Relekka teleport option.
2. Run to the nearby fairy ring, and teleport to location “DIS”.
3. Run into the Wizard’s Tower, down the ladder and have Sedridor teleport you to the essence mine.
4. Mine pure essence and fill your pouches.
5. Teleport to Edgeville using the glory amulet.
6. Craft your desired runes through the Abyss.
7. Repeat from 1.
8. Whenever you need a new glory amulet or slayer ring, just get them while you are in Edgeville.

This method has the following benefits:
1. Mining pure essence only requires running in one direction (to the mine), you save the time normally used to run back to a bank.
2. You don’t have to spend time in the bank emptying/filling pouches and opening/closing the bank interface.
3. You preserve run energy. At my agility level(86), my run energy restores to 100% while I am mining the essence. I never need energy potions.
4. Your pouches will last twice as long before they degrade compared to first mining the essence and banking, and then withdrawing from the bank and crafting the runes.

I keep the runes I craft in my inventory (usually deaths and bloods), so together with the pick axe this takes up three inventory spaces. This gives me three less essences per trip, but I think it is worth it. You could of course choose to craft only one kind of runes.

PS: This method does not work with law runes because of the pick axe and the dramen staff.

Runescape Guide to 99 Fletching.

Mar 2, 2009 runescape|2,702views

Fletching is the making of Arrows and Bows ect.
Firemaking,Crafting,Woodcutting,Fletching, and Range are all alike in some way.
1-25

You will need about 20k to start. Buy a knife and a axe from The Grand Exchange.
Bring the axe and the knife to a spot with alot of trees.Use the knife on the logs and make arrow shafts.
Keep reapeting this untill level 10.
Then make LongBows with the logs.
Then sell them In the Grand Exchange.Remeber dont make ShortBows. DO NOT STRING ANY BOW UNTIL YEW LONGBOWS.

25-40

Next buy or chop 300 oak logs.
Make Oak LongBows Until Level 40.

40-55

Now it gets a little bit tougher.

Buy or chop 1K Willow Logs.

Make Willow LongBows until level 55. Willows can be found In Draynor Village. ect.

55-70

Buy or chop 5-6K Maple Logs.

Make Maple LongBows untill level 70.

These can be found all over runescape in member worlds.

70-85
This is where most people quit.

Buy or chop 10K Yew Logs. -note- If you do not have enough money to buy 10k of them buy them small amounts at a time. I suggest not to cut these.If you want to cut them they can be found In Varrok,Near Draynor, Lumbridge, and Edgeville. Ect.These you should string because they are good exp and you make money.

Make Yew LongBows untill level 85.

85-99

This is the hardest but most exiting part

Buy as many Magic Logs as you Can from the Grand Exchange. These you have to buy or it will take about 1 yr.

Make Magic longbows untill level 99.

Here are my favorite places to Fletch:

1. Varrock West Bank. Lots of Fletchers to talk to.

2. The Grand Exchange. Again lots of Fletchers to talk to and you can buy stuff.

3. Duel Arena. You can take a brake without wandering far.

4. Bounty Hunter another good spot to train Fletching that is very quiet in a non Bounty Hunter world.

5. Varrock East Bank. Nice and quiet and no one bothers you.

6. Yanille Nice Relaxing spot to Fletch that is quiet.

These are my favorite places to Fletch.

1 Click banks are the best places to train Fletching such as Castle Wars lobby, Soul Wars ect. These are the best because you dont have to right click and theres not many people at them. And it Saves time.

Number 2 can be found in Varrok next to the West bank if you didn’t know that. And The Duel Arena can be found West of the Gate in Al Kharid.

If you get bored take a brake from Fletching and hang out with your friends or do another skill until You want to Fletch again. Or listen to music What i do is watch T.V. I will put more about this in the 2 threads down.

Feel free to add me in the game if you have any questions or need help.
If you need to rush to get 99 Fletching in 1 month you should only do that skill until you are 99.
I will tell you where to get the skillcape in a minute.

Why do you want 99 Fletching? Do you want to show off the Skillcape or Get a trim for another Skill Cape? Do you want to see the look on peoples faces when they see how low combat level you are and how rich you must have been to get 99? Do you want to have your first level 99 and be a Master Fletcher?Do you want to be able to make your own Range supplies?

These are what you think when you think you are never going to get 99.
Have patients on 99. If you think you are going to get 99 in 1 day thats not going to happen. Unless you are 98 and its still not likely in 1 day .

The SkillCape can be bought in Catherby two stores away from the bank and it has a Range icon on it. I think the store owners name is Brian he has the SkillCape on. The SkillCape and Hood can be bought for 99k there. You can only get the trimmed one if you have a 99 skill already.Now I will Tell you how to make your own supplies.

In between Catherby and Seers Village there is a big pin with Flax and bee hives. Pick the flax untill you have a full load. There is a Spinning wheel straight down from Seers Village Bank. (These can only be made if 10 Crafting.) Click on it and right click on Flax and click “all”. Let it make Bow String untill it is done. Then take it to the bank and go back.Keep repeating this.

There are plenty of trees under the pin like 9 Yews i think and you can bring a knife and when you get a full inventory Make into Yew Longbows. (If not 70 Fletching or 60 Woodcutting there are plenty of other trees there.) You also get 15 Crafting experience per Bow String you make.

Stringing Bows is fairly easy all you do is click on on your bank go to the bows (u) and the Bow String and click “withdaw x” type 14 and then there is a 14 option if you dont change the “x” option. After that exit out of your Bank and click on the Bow String and The Bow (u). Click make “all” and sit back and relax While it strings them for you. Keep reapeating this until you want to stop.

What I didn’t explain about the Magic Longbows is what I do is Buy the Magic LongBows (u) and the Bow String and string them. This way i make like 6k per 1,000 I make. Yesterday I made 30k per 1,000 I made but the price dropped.

Runescape Money Making Guide

Mar 2, 2009 runescape|2,436views

Q1) Have you just started out playing this game? Just finished your introduction and need a way to raise your combat and make money at the same time?

A1) Well is a way you can make money straight away:

. Kill Cows, these are all very low levelled and easy for beginners. They are a lower level than goblins and you will find that their hides sell for about 100gp each. This for a starting out idea is not bad. You can sell them almost instantly on the General Exchange. (This is also good for when your training lower skills) (level 2)

. Bear (level 19) ~found north of falador, past the named villains on way to wilderness~ (Item = bear Fur)

. (Sorry I’m not really a fighter so I don’t know what sort of things you could make money on other than these till higher lvls)

Once you reach a high enough level you might be interested in these creatures:

FREE TO PLAY

Examples:

. Hill Giants (Level 28) ~found in underground passage west of Varrock (needs brass Key for shed entrance) can also be accessed down the ladder next to Edgeville Yew Trees (Right at other end, BEWARE: hobgoblin lvl 28 and zombies lvl 26)

. Moss Giant (level 43) ~found in Varrock Sewer~ (BEWARE: multi-combat area (everyone can attack, must hit most for drop))

. Lesser Demon (level 82) ~found in Crandor / Karamja dungeon~ (BEST DROP: Rune Med Helm)

MEMBER

Examples:

. Moss Giants (level 43) ~found above Ardougne next to fishing guild (go north-west as you see fishing guild)~

. Fire Giants (level 86)
~found in:
.Chaos tunnels
.Wilderness(Members)
.Kharid Desert Dungeon
.Brimhaven Dungeon
.Baxtorian Falls

. ALL Dragons (Baby Dragons only drop Babydragon bones which are decent money but not as good as Dragon Bones and Dragonhide)

Magic (members only):

. Ok, this is a field everyone thinks looses money but here is where everyone is wrong. As soon as you can perform Varrock teleport you can start to make money from this and this is how it works:

. The secret is called Tab making. Tabs are those spells that come imprinted in soft clay allowing people to use the spell without skill level or runes, now people don’t always know how to make them so here goes:

. This requires money to perform unless you have great runecrafting, you will need to buy these materials:
. Runes to perform Teleport (use air staff instead of runes)
. Soft clay (easy to mine clay, then add water)
. A person with a lectern oak or better (different Lecterns = different tabs possible to be made (found in study area))

. Once you have the materials you may use your own lectern, or if you check the forums you will often see people advertise their lectern as open (I do sometimes)

. Click on the lectern in somebodys house (or own) and then click the tab you want to make.

(Remember that camelot tabs are best money making teleport tabs)

. Another way is alchemy, this is a strange field but here goes:
. The only way to make money from Alchemy is to make your own longbows and use high alchemy. Also you may only use yew longs and mage longs. (use fire or lava staff)
. Best money is to cut the logs, but small profits can also be made by making bowstrings.
. If you can make your own nature runes then you may buy yew longs from the general exchange (also good money).

Woodcutting:

. To make money from woodcutting is easy and simple:

(Free to play):
1) Cutting yews, these sell as logs but you can also use them in fletching for profit (if a member)

(Member):
1) Cutting maples is the first form of money but is not very good as many people will tell you it is.
2) Ok Magic trees are 1.2K a log, however this is why I added this to the guide. Magic logs are in no way the best way for money, no matter what your woodcutting level is you will find magic logs take a long time to cut. These are good if you have trouble collecting large numbers of materials, but yews are better money for time spent and better experience. Do not be pulled into cutting Magic trees because of single log prices.

Fishing:

. To make money in fishing there are many ways of doing this so here goes:

(Free to Play):
1) Fishing Lobsters is by far the best way to get money in free to play from fishing, however the only downside to this is that the only fishing spot for these is Karamja which has no bank.

(Member):
1) Monks (after swan song) are not just good experience but also decent value.
2) Fish Trawler, only some of these are decent money.
3) Sharks (level 80+ (untill 80 lobsters are better money))

Fletching (member):

. only yew longs are decent money here (best money if you make own materials but still profitable when buying all resources)

Runecrafting:

. all these are good money if you like drawling tasks such as this.

Mining:

. Gold Ore
. Coal
. Mithril ore and up

Runescape Guide to 99 Strength!

Mar 2, 2009 runescape|7,221views

Tips and Tricks for 99

-When combat training always try to get good armor but also try to get Strength bonus.

-Get the best Strength training weapon you can afford.

-Always buy food in bulk ahead of time.

-Use a different weapon for special attack (E.g. Dds, D Mace, ect) unless your weapon has a good special.

-Listen to music when you train

-Also try watching videos or surfing the forums

-Keep Sound Effect and Area Sound Volume on the lowest but not off to know when you were hit or done fight a monster.

-Always check back at you RS screen to make sure your alive and well

-Use Salve Amulet (obtained from Haunted Mine quest) on undead. To enchant it for a better bonus do the Lair of Tart Razolor.

-Use Black Mask on Slayer task

-Super/Regular Strength potions help speed up training

-Play Combat mini-games if you get bored (but don’t stay there too long )

-Have fun and try for Xp and cash if you can!

Methods to 99!

1-10 - Chickens, Goblins
When you first start Strength training go a bit east of Lumbridge castle over the bridge. There you will be at goblins. For chickens, go to goblins and go north pass the cow pen until you see the chickens. It shouldn’t take more than 30-60 minutes.
Loot- Goblins = Coins, different low runes.
Chickens = Feathers

10-20 Men, Cows
Men are good xp for these levels you can find men all across RuneScape but a good spot is at the men house in Edgevill north-west of Lumbrige, directly north of Barbarian Village. Cows are just above the goblins spot (refer to 1-10 methods) in a pen.
Loot - Men = Coins, Lvl 1 Clues, Herbs
Cows = Cowhides

20-30/40 - Al Kharid Warriors
Alkharid Warriors, how do you get here? Walk east of Lumbridge over the brige again then you will come up to a gate you must pay 10 gp or nothing if you’ve done Prince Ali Rescue. Once you pass the gate go south to the palace. Wear good melee protection armor because they will pile on you.
Loot- Al Kharid Warriors = Coins, Clues

40-50 Rock Crabs, Hill Giants
By now you should be a member. Familiar yourself with the area. Great! Now where you want to go is Rellekka. Ok, from the members gate go west over White Wolf Mountain. You should be in Catherby. Now go north-west to Seers Village. Then make your way north just follow the path until you reach Rellekka then keep going north until you see “rocks” walk past them and they will pop up. They’re only level 13! Looks can decieve you they have 50 Hp. If they stop popping up just walk south pass the long building and go back. Hill Giants, these are located just outside of Barbarian Village (north-west of Lumbridge) and north a tad bit.
Once you enter the house (requires Brass Key) walk down the ladder. Right then you should see a room with a number of Hill Giants. Thats where you want to be.
Loot - Rock Crabs = Level 1 Clue Scrolls, gems, Noted Seaweed (these are quite good they sell for 200 each instantly)
Hill Giants = Big Bones

50-60 - Flesh Crawlers, Rock Crabs Hill Giants

Well Rock Crabs and Hill Giants are always good (refer to 40-50). Flesh Crawlers are new though. These are in the Stronghold for Security in Barbarian Village second level you must get through the first level before going to these. These are good xp and cash
Loot - Rock Crabs and Hill Giants refer to 40-50
Flesh Crawlers = Runes, herbs, coins

60-70 - Rock Crabs, Experiments, Ogres

Rock Crabs are still good. You can go to the same spot or to the island which costs 1k to go. Theres a spot where 3 rock crabs will **spawn and you just have to stay put!
Experiments you must get to a certain point in Creature of Fenkenstrain. Ogres are also good xp. They are just east of Castle Wars.
Loot - Rock Crabs refer to 40-50
Experimets = None
Ogres = Big Bones, High level seeds.
70-80 - Ankou, Giant Spiders, Slayer

If you made it this far then well done! Ok, ankous these are one of my personal favorites. These are on the fourth level of the Stronghold for Security. I reccomend going to the Level 75’s because of the other mosters mixed in with the other Ankous. The level 75’s are alone in their own room. Though usually packed if you find a good world you can get good money and Xp. Giant Spiders are located on the third level of the Stronghold for Security. It is single combat but they make a crowd around you and you just sit back and relax. They’re not even that high a level. Once they stop auto-attacking you can go in the next room and do the same thing. Slayer not much to say but use black mask! This brings in good money too and it trains two skills so you get a good total level!
Loot - Ankou = High level runes, mith ore, pure essence, battle staffs gems.
Giant Spiders = None
Slayer = Varies on monster but you can get clues, dark bows, Abyssal whips, and even a Dragonic Visage! But that loot is for higher slayer levels (besides the clues)

80-90 - Ankous, Slayer, Monkey Guards, Bandits, Dags, Dust Devils, DT Skele

Ankous and Slayer refer to 70-80. Monkey Guards are good training xp. They are loccated on Ape Atoll in the temple bring good Str/Pray bonus, D Bxe, and super pots. You go there put on protect from melee and start fighting. When your prayer gets low pray at the altar. If they have you trapped run behind the fire pit and put your greegree on then pray at the altar then take off your greegree and continue. Bandits are locate in the desert south of Al Kharid. One option is the prayer option where you bring a full inventory of P Pots and Prot. Melee in the bar. Second option is using Guthans. go into a little house with 2 or 3 bandits start fighting until you Hp gets low then put on Guthans then get healh up to the green zone and continue fighting.

Third option of bandits is bringing full invent of food, noted food and coins then figthting bandits in a house. When you run out of food sell the noted food to the general and buy it back then repeat. Daggonoths are located under the lighthouse south-west of Rellekka. You must have done Horror From the Deep quest to do this. Have good armor but still have a Strength bonus. They will pile on you so have auto-retaliate on so you can do other things but make sure you keep an eye out on your account. Once they stop attacking you walk up the lader and run to the back of the room then go back. These can get crowded or even a cannoner can come so you might have to take time to get a good world. Dust Devils are located in the well in the desert. They are level 93 and require 65 Slayer. They are not aggressive. Desert Treasure Skeles are in Damis’s Lair. Thay auto attack you so less work for you. There is a general store nearby so you can sell food and buy back.
Loot - Ankou/Slayer refer to 70-80
Monkey Guards = None
Bandits = High level herbs and runes.
Daggs = Decent seeds
Dust Devils = Dragon chain, gems
DT Skeles = None

90-99! - Various methods.

If you have made it this far then well done! You have really worked hard! Here is where xp get faster but more xp per level! Slayer, ankous, bandits, daggs, Monkey Guards, DT Skeles and dust devils are still good at this level look back to 80-90 artical. But a good one here for these levels in Pest Control. Although, you must be 100+ and willing to not grow your hp a lot. This is good xp I used to hear stories of getting like 4 levels in 2 or 3 days! A good team will help so look for a 100+ PC Team on the forums it won’t be hard to find trust me!
Loot - Slayer, Ankous, Bandits, Daggs, Monkey Guards, Dust Devils, DT Skeles refer to 80-90
Pest Control = Coins

Congratulations! You are now 99 Strength! Go get that cape! Wear it with pride!
Strength Weapons/Armor Artical!

Armor and weapons are vital when training any combat stat but with strength you also should try boosting you Strength Bonus with armor and weapons.

Some useful Strength Training Weapons:

Dragon Scimitar is a quite common Strength trainer. This use to be the best Strength Trainer in the game until Godswords came. The bonus to this is +66 in Strength

Dragon Long is a good Strength trainer for people with 60 Attack but haven’t done Monkey Madness. Its special attack (’Cleave’) hit relitivly high. The bonus is +73.

Dragon Dagger is a good secondary weapon because of its special attack. Its special attack hits twice and a quite decent hit those two are. I hit 36 pot/pray 32 just pray with Dragon Dagger. Strength bonus is +40

Dragon Halberd is another good secondary weapon. It hits one good hit on a 1-sqaure opponent or 2 good hits on a 2-square (or more) opponent. It is quite slow but can hit over obstacles. +89 Strength Bonus

Dragon Mace is another great secondary weapon. Its special is one hit but very powerful. I like to use it against people with barrows because its that powerful. +55 Strength Bonus

Dragon 2-Hander is a quite decent yet underestimated weapon. It is not used quite often but its special is good for when you are at somewhere like bandits because it hits multi-targeted. The strength bonus is +93

Saradomin Sword, people say trains Strength as fast as a whip would train Attack. Its a two-handed sword with a special that hits twice in one. The strength bonus for this is +82. You need 70 Attack to wield.

Bandos Godsword is another good strength trainer. It is a very powerful 2-hander (like all godswords). Its special does 10% more damage and lowers opponents defense by the amount hit. +132 Strength bonus

Zamorak Godsword is another godsword like Bandos yet it differs. Its special will do normal damage and freezes your opponent for 20 seconds just like Ice Barrage. +132 Strength Bonus
Saradomin Godsword is just another godsword. Its special attack will reheal your Hp by half of the damage done and your prayer by a quarter of the damage done. +132 Strength Bonus

Armadyl Godsword, this godsword is probably the best according to hits. People say its over-priced but yet people disagree. The special does 25% more damage! Strength +132. All godswords require 75 Attack to wield!

Barrelchest Anchor is a 2-Handed weapon recieved from The Great Brain Robbery. The Strength bonus is +100.

Strength Training Armor!

The Dragonfire Shield (Fully Charged) offers the best Defence of any shield in the game, and the best strength bonus, with a strength bonus of +7.

Neitznot/Berzerker Helms are good for strength training. The reason I put them together is because they have the same strength bonus. Neit has a better prayer bonus though. Need to do Fremmy Trial for Zerker (45 Def) and Fremmy Isles for Neit (55 Def). +3 Strength Bonus

Berserker Ring is a basic ring with a Strength bonus of +4.

Fighter Torso is an armor piece that you can obtain from Barbarian Assault. You need 375 points in each role to get and 40 defense to wear. Strength bonus is +4

Rune Defender is a shield obtained from cyclopses in the Warriors Guild (130 Str+Att lvls). Strength bonus is +5.

Strength Amulet is good for its Strength bonus of +10

Glory has other bonuses and a Strength bonus of +6.

Fury is good for its other bonuses along with +8 Strength bonus.

Dragon Boots are good for the Strength bonus of +4 and other defense bonuses. You can get these from spiritual mages in GWD (83 Slayer required)

Barrows Gloves have a good Strength bonus of +12. Must have fully completed Recipe for Disaster

Fire Cape has good bonuses including a Strength Bonus of +4. You must do the full Fight Caves (atleast 75 Range reccomended) which means you must defeat the lvl 702 Tz-Tok-Jad

Bandos Tassets have good defense bonuses along with +2 Strength bonus.

Runescape Guide - 99 Hunter in a month!

Mar 2, 2009 runescape|1,735views

you will need:
5 box traps
2 bird snares
butterfly net and 5 jars
a poking stick.

1 to level 9

You will ahve to catch crimson swifts to start, i know the xp is slo and annoying but you really have no choice at this level. trap these until lvl 9.

9 to level 15

At this level catch copper longtails just below piscatoris fishing area north west of the grand tree. Rather slow xp still but still the best you cant do at this point. Catch till level 15.

15 to level 20

Now head to just south of those cooper longtails. equipt your butterfly catching net, and cathc ruby harvest butterflies, just relase them from your jars, fairly easy to catch, trap these to level 20.

20 to level 29

Head south west from the yanille glider to the tropical wagtails, xp is slightly faster since you have 2 snares but it still seems a little slow, just bear with me for the moment. Ttrap these till level 29.

29 to level 47

Time for the very fast xp, head to canifis and go south east to the hunting spot, now trap these green lizards after you reach level 40 you can place 3 traps so remember to bring extra supplies. to trap these you need a small fishing net and some rope for each trap. just realease te lizards. Trap these until level 47.

47 to level 59

Time to head into the desert. Catch a flying carpet too nardha and head north to the hunting spot the hunt orange salamanders, youll need to bring about 20 waterskins along, i know i know, these seem like a pain but the xp and this level is well worth it. Trap these till level 59.

59 to level 80

Now you can head to castle wars, once there head north until you reach the red salamanders, your probably bored out of your brain right now, i know i was, but your getting kinda of close lol. anyway, remember to bring 4 lots of traps for these you still need to use small fishing net and rope to set a trap. Trap these till you get to level 80.

Before you go to the next task trap some larupias or buy a larupia hat, body and legs from the ge, itll

make your task much easier.

80 and beyond

head to the hunting expert and head slightly south, this is the best spot to hunt red chinchompas, i didnt find a much better place.

Well good luck hunting and leave many positive comments

if you play 3 hours a day and folow this guide you will get it in a month, i play a little more on weekends though.

Runescape A Simple Farming Guide

Mar 2, 2009 runescape|2,142views

STARTING LOCATIONS!
Allotments (includes herb and flowers)

South Falador
Catherby
North Ardougne
Port Phasmatys

I guess you’re starting farming. I will provide these basic steps to farm correctly.

1. Weed patch with rake
2. Use compost on patch (Supercompost is even better!)
3. Use seeds with patch
4. Water patch
5. Go to another patch, don’t hang around unless you desperately need it to live.

Minigames: Sorceress Garden and Vinesweeper may be used for lvls 1-20.

Other patches (These require quests for use):
Herb patch - Troll Stronghold (My Arm’s Big Adventure)
1 Allotment - Harmony (Great Brain Robbery)
Flower patch - West Wild Ruins (Spirit of Summer)

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Lvl 1-6

The only thing you can plant right now are potatoes. So gather 3 potato seeds for each allotment you wish to farm and your basic farming tools. I suggest going to at least 3 of the allotments (listed above) so you can gain more xp. Remember, you DO NOT have to watch your crops. Use your time wisely.

At level 2, you can plant marigolds which I suggest farming since it’ll be extra xp and they fetch a good price at the GE.

At level 5, you can plant onions though if you wish to stick with potatoes it’s perfectly fine.

YOU CAN IGNORE HOPS, but it’s your choice.

You may want to make use of sacks (from farming shops) to store vegetables as you run around RS.

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Lvl 7-11

Right now, you’re farming either potatoes or onions and marigolds.

At level 7, move to cabbage. Remember 3 per allotment patch and don’t forget to use compost.

You can add herbs to your routine at lvl 9 as you finally get to farm herbs!!!….though it’s only guams. It’s still xp, so plant them when you plant your allotments and flowers. You should also plant roasemary at lvl 11 to help your cabbage, though if you’re in search of money, stick to marigolds.

Again, YOU CAN IGNORE HOPS but you can choose.
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Lvl 12-19

Ah, level 12, you finally get to plant tomatoes! So plant these as your alloments and go back to marigolds. Use baskets so you can store these fruits easily. Continue farming the best herb you can farm.

YOU CAN IGNORE HOPS, though it’s still acceptable xp.

ACORNS!
You’ve reached the point where you can plant trees. These seeds are very cheap and a good source of xp so I suggest planting these in all 5 tree patches (Lumbridge, Falador, Varrock, Taverley, Gnome Stronghold) I will provide a tree route to use though you can of course formulate your own.

Remember to plant your seed in a plant pot first and water it. When it becomes a sapling you can plant it.

TREE PATCH LOCATIONS!!!
Falador Park
Taverley
Varrock Palace Courtyard
Gnome Tree Stronghold (near bank)
Lumbridge (west of castle)

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TREE ROUTE
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(requires use of gnome gliders)

Remember you can make your own route to best fit you, because if the route doesn’t fit you…ummm….you get the point.

1. Teleport to Varrock, plant your sapling at the patch in the Palace Courtyard.
2. Teleport to Falador. Plant your sapling at the park.
3. Run to Taverley. Plant your sapling at the patch there.
4. Home Teleport to Lumbridge. Plant your sapling at the patch near the back of the castle.
5. Run to Al-Kharid or use a glory or a duelling ring and take the gnome glider to the Gnome Stronghold. Plant your tree at the tree patch outside of the Grand tree.
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Lvl 20-30

Not much to say here. Plant sweetcorn now in your allotments and plant your best herbs and flowers. Continue planting acorns and plant willows if your budget can handle it at lvl 30.

Wildblood hops provide good xp at lvl 28, though can be skipped if wanted.
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This is where it starts to seperate between the rich and the poor. Farming after all is an extremely expensive skill if you wish to do it quickly. From this point on, I will seperate the guide between the POOR, MIDDLE CLASS, and the RICH.
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Lvl 31-44

POOR (don’t feel ashamed to put yourself in this category)

Plant strawberry seeds in your allotments now. Continue planting marigolds.

YOU CAN NOW PLANT RANARR AT LVL 32! This is a great source of money and I encourage everybody to farm this. USE SUPERCOMPOST!!!

Since willow seeds are fairly cheap now, you should plant them too.

Plant FRUIT TREES at lvl 33 with banana trees. Once you reach level 39, plant orange trees. At level 42, curry trees. These seeds are fairly cheap as well.
Plant fruit trees just like you would regular wood trees.

I will provide my own fruit tree route though you can always use your own.

MIDDLE CLASS

Plant strawberry seeds in your allotments now. Continue planting marigolds.

YOU CAN NOW PLANT RANARR AT LVL 32! This is a great source of money and I encourage everybody to farm this. USE SUPERCOMPOST!!!

Willows at level 30 is the way to go. A step up from acorns.

Plant FRUIT TREES at lvl 33 with banana trees. Once you reach level 39, plant orange trees. Plant curry trees at lvl 42.
Plant fruit trees just like you would regular wood trees.

I will provide my own fruit tree route though you can always use your own.

RICH

Look above at the middle class, since they are the same for both classes.

FRUIT TREE ROUTE
(requires use of gnome spirit trees and gnome gliders)

1. Plant your sapling at Catherby.
2. Charter a ship to Brimhaven and plant your fruit tree there.
3. Use duelling ring and teleport to Duel Arena. Use gnome glider in Al-Kharid to fly to the Grand Tree. Plant the sapling.
4. Spirit tree to Gnome Tree Stronghold. Exit the maze and plant your sapling at the patch.
5. Go to Lletya and plant. Requires Roving Elves.

This is where I believe the POOR class won’t advance quickly enough, though don’t stop farming. It may be slow but you’ll still level. Continue using the routine you’ve done before. From this point on I will only be doing MIDDLE CLASS and RICH.

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Lvl 45-56

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MIDDLE CLASS
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Plant watermelons at lvl 47. Continue planting either limpwurts or marigolds in your flower patches. Plant your best herb or just stick with ranarr.

AT LEVEL 45 YOU CAN PLANT MAPLES. Continue planting willows and maples when you can.

Plant curry seeds until lvl 51. At level 51 you can plant pineapple trees.

USE SUPERCOMPOST!!!!!!!!!

IGNORE HOPS

At level 48, you should start planting BUSHES. Plant jangerberries at at least 3 of the bush patches. I will provide my own bush route though of course you don’t have to use it.

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RICH
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Plant watermelons at lvl 47. Continue planting either limpwurts or marigolds in your flower patches. Plant your best herb or just stick with ranarr.

AT LEVEL 45 YOU CAN PLANT MAPLES. Plant maples at all 5 tree patches.

Plant curry seeds until lvl 51. At level 51 you can plant pineapple trees.

USE SUPERCOMPOST!!!!!!!!!

IGNORE HOPS

At level 48, you should start planting BUSHES. Plant jangerberries at at least 3 of the bush patches. I will provide my own bush route though of course you don’t have to use it.

BUSH PATCH LOCATIONS!!!

Beside Champion’s Guild
Rimmington
South of Ardounge
Etceteria

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BUSH ROUTE
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1. Plant your bush at the patch south of Ardounge.
2. Teleport to your house in Rimmington (move it there)and plant your bush in Rimmington.
3. Teleport to Varrock and run to the Champion’s Guild. Plant your bush in the patch near there.
4. Go to Fairy Ring west of the GE (don’t forget your Dramen staff) and go to Miscellania, run to Etceteria and plant your bush.

Lvl 57-71

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Continue planting watermelons and flowers.

PLANT SNAPDRAGON AT LEVEL 62!
Extremely good income!

Continue planting pineapple trees at fruit tree patches and plant papaya trees sparsely.

Continue planting willows and maples if you can. I don’t suggest yews for this class as it is a major wallet burner. Lower trees are still good xp though they aren’t as fast.

Plant WHITEBERRIES at lvl 59 and POISON IVY at lvl 70. Some people may not have time to plant bushes, though they are pretty good xp in the long run.

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RICH
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Continue planting watermelons and flowers.
Optional: You may want to abandon allotments and flowers since you’re gaining so much xp from trees.

PLANT SNAPDRAGON AT LEVEL 62!
Extremely good income!

Plant papaya trees at lvl 57!
Plant palm trees at lvl 68!

Continue planting willows until lvl 60.
PLANT YEWS at lvl 60!

Plant WHITEBERRIES at lvl 59 and POISON IVY at lvl 70. Some people may not have time to plant bushes, though they are pretty good xp in the long run. Though if your planting those really expensive seeds and don’t feel like bothering with bushes, it’s your decision.

IGNORE HOPS

Lvl 72-99

The final stretch!!! And it’s very very very long too. But it’s not that complicated, it just takes a lot of time and patience.

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Things to add to your routine:

Any SPECIAL crops you may want to do. These can add some nice daily xp while your trees grow. Cactus spines are really good for quick money.

PLANT CAL*UATS AT LEVEL 72!!!
Amazing amount of xp. Now you can have a nearby farmer watch over it so take advantage of it. It’s better to be safe than sorry.

If you are lucky to find Spirit tree seeds in your birds’ nest, plant it! There’s really nothing else you can do with it since you can’t sell it.

That’s it, add it to your routine of allotments and trees and you will someday be a master farmer

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RICH
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Things to add to your routine:

Special crops like cactus can give you a few more gp and xp.

PLANT CAL*UATS AT LEVEL 72!!!
Amazing amount of xp. Now you really should pay the farmer for this, even though you might think it a hassle and you can afford lost seeds. But the more dead plants, the slower the xp.

Plant YEWS!
And if you really want to throw your money away, plant MAGIC TREES!

Plant SPIRIT TREES! Although this is untradeable, you can still find some in nests, especially from your kingdom.

Add this to your routine and you’ve mastered farming

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YOU’VE MASTERED THE ULTIMATE SKILL OF FARMING AND YOU ARE ONE AMONG FEW TO DISPLAY THE MAGNIFICENT FARMING CAPE!!!
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99 and beyond…..

Getting 99 doesn’t mean you have to just stop. Farming is a peaceful skill and tests your patience, plus it’s rather fun! So continue planting (except you don’t have to spend much money anymore).

Once you reach this level, you’re free! Here’s what you do:
You farm anything you want to farm….
And experiment to your heart’s content. :

Recommended additions by fellow players:
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Quests to do that will greatly help your farming, either directly or indirectly:

Fairytale Part 1: gives you access to fairy rings, and the Farmer’s best friend, the magic secateurs (they improve your harvest when you wield them)

Tree Gnome Village and The Grand Tree: Gives you access to the gnome gliders and Spirit Trees

Ghosts Ahoy!: Gives you the Ectophial to teleport to Port Phasmatys with.

Enlightened Journey: Gives you access to the balloons for teleporting, very handy!

Back to My Roots: A real pain to do, but gives you access to the Jade Vine patch in Ardougne, which offers a heavy hit of daily 1500 Farming xp and 2500 Slayer xp.

Throne of Miscellania and Royal Trouble: The Miscellanian kingdom is a great way to get a guaranteed 8 nests a day, which a chance of getting some really great seeds. Costs less to keep it up than paying for tree seeds in the GE.

Garden of Tranquility: this one isn’t necessary, but it gives a nice reward of Farming xp, so do it if you wish.

Review: Runescape

Dec 23, 2008 runescape|1,157views

After more than 7 years, Jagex still gets things right.

Runescape

One of the highly-populated, highly-immersive MMORPG games to date, Runescape, still never ceases to amaze even after so many years. The game is expansive, stimulating, and addicting. It’s seriously one of the best games I have ever played.

 

Forsooth, brilliance is thine!
Runescape does what every amazing game should do: iron out bugs and glitches, smoothen the gameplay and graphics, while continually offering new content to improve the already incredible game. And to think this masterpiece is actually browser-based.

For players of Baldur’s Gate and Neverwinter Nights, Runescape would feel very familiar – point-and-click gameplay, the default isometric view, numerous different locales, and dozens of hours of gameplay. Then, you’ll reconsider the thought… Runescape isn’t as similar as these games! Runescape is an entirely different gaming universe! Within the first few minutes (or hours), you’ll find that this game stands tall on it own as a fun MMO with an amazing story and unique gameplay. 

Runescape partly has the looks of a typical MMORPG. Aside from the usual MMO standards like item and party system, the story also starts out as your usual “makings-of-a-hero” fate. You set off as a lowly peasant, a new hero-in-the-works, swamped by mundane quests from the local townspeople. It isn’t until you’ve achieved higher levels and explored much of the world that you are forced into that epic medieval war of good versus evil. The lore is actually the common fantasy-medieval plot device that spans a number of historic annals, much like Tolkien’s work. But like every great MMO, Runescape displays an amazing sense of timing, slowly building you up for greater battles.

 

Swimming in Runes
Runescape’s real forte is in its character development. Your character is, for the most part of your medieval life, unique in terms of build and skill usage. You can be anything you want to be – a spellcaster, a swashbuckler, a cook… or a spellcasting swashbuckling mining blacksmith chef! Kidding aside, you gain experience for every action you do. The game gives you all the skills you need to survive, such as cooking, mining, smithing, melee attacking, and spellcasting to name a few. The harder you train for a certain skill, the higher level you will gain. Higher skill levels mean having stronger attacks, or creating the most profitable items. Best of all, the players are allowed to maximize each skill to its highest level potential. Not only will you eventually be a jack-of-all-trades, but a master of everything. These skills give you a sense of realism on surviving in the medieval world. It allows you to interact with the environment, making the world a dynamic area to explore and take advantage of. Of course, these skills are not without tutors to teach you. Every new player starts in “Tutorial Island” to teach the most basic skills. Other tutors can be found around the Runescape world.
 

And what better way to utilize these skills than in quests? Runescape has hundreds of quests to choose from. All of these quests reap the best rewards and a great deal of experience points for the skills you used. Although these quests have the same formula of killing monsters, gathering items, and talking to NPCs, they actually encourage you to think and use many of your skills, not just opt for brute force. If your thinking cap isn’t working as it should, Runescape’s site has a quest helper that will gradually give you hints and solutions. It doesn’t air out the answers in one go; it still leaves you to find the answers with their hints.

In some instances, minigames and random events also break up the monotony of gameplay. These recurring events add variety to your usual questing and grinding. The random events are… well… random. They just pop out of nowhere during your travels, give you a laughable or a daunting task, and perhaps, won’t let you go until you’re done. This feature thankfully weeds out those nasty bots and cheaters out there. For some people, complying isn’t really their cup of tea, especially since the random event feels a bit “forced.” Then perhaps, the minigames would prove diverting to you? Many of the minigames are actually entertaining, and you’ll find yourself deep into the heart of it. You might be equally divided when deciding to take a quest or a minigame next. This makes it an impressive combination that manages to accommodate both the serious and casual gamers alike.
 

 

Another flagon for the heroes!
The Grand Exchange showcases a surprising aspect of Runescape. It provides the world with an actually-working stable economy, under a strictly-monitored market. It’s not your typical auction house. The items you buy or sell in the Grand Exchange are justifiably priced depending on the market’s supply and demand. The Grand Exchange, and other personal marketing efforts, has limitations that prevent suspected real-money traders from exploiting goods. A good example of this is the waiting time to resell an item after it has been bought from the exchange. There have been mixed thoughts about the Grand Exchange and the ways of the trade in Runescape, but this great effort in continually shaping the market makes the game having possibly one of the most stable virtual economies.

Naturally, a good market comes from the many sellers and buyers running around it. One of the ideal ways to gather your goods is through combat. Like every MMORPGs, combat is certainly a large part of the game. You would be fighting as much as any other hack-and-slash games. Though the frequency of combat is similar, the strategy style is different. You have a variety of attacks to choose from. Melee combat has its different lunges and hacks, ranged combat shows various ways to let fly your arrows, and different spells are within immediate reach. Each type of attack gains you experience, allowing you to master your own fighting style and technique. Impatient players may get more frustrated, though. Much like the past console RPGs (and maybe like the present MMORPGs too), there’s a lot of romp and ritual during combat. Click here, click there, switch menu windows from melee to magic, and wait for the inevitable casting animation to finish – these are just a few of what to expect during grinding. Combat takes patience, since the game really plays at a slow pace.

During combat and throughout your medieval life, death is always looming over your shadow. Runescape treats dying as more than a mere inconvenience. If you die, your character drops all, but the three most expensive, items in your inventory and equip window. You can reclaim your items from the spot where you died, if you’re fast enough. Or you can have your friends grab it for you if you’re in a party. If left untouched, the dropped items despawn.

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“Ye Olde Tavern”
It’s a shame that the graphics aren’t commensurate with the rest of the game. The character models and the environments look boxy, similar to the games dating back to the first generation Playstation era. There are limits to being a browser-based game, and this is one example. For Runescape, graphics do not a game make. The music and sound effects are definitely much better. The music changes in different parts of the map, matching the mood and culture of the location you’re currently in. Sound effects and ambient noises happen in logical places, like splashing sounds created by a nearby water source or rustling leaves in a forest.

 

Bag of gold coins
Despite the dragging gameplay and dated graphics, Runescape is clearly an excellent game. It has a typical yet interesting story line, excellent character development and numerous quests. This is definitely one substantial MMORPG that tells us why we were gamers in the first place. And all of these are in the confines of your own web browser.

I hope the taverns are still open…

RuneScape Stealing Creation Reward Changes

Dec 18, 2008 runescape|663views

Stealing Creation Reward Changes

A while ago, RuneScape officially announced that they would be making changes to the rewards for the Stealing Creation minigame.

These changes have gone live today.

• Players can no longer gain combat experience inside the Stealing Creation minigame. Instead, the sacred clay combat equipment rewards give bonus experience when they are used. This means that combat experience rewards are given in the same way as reward experience for non-combat skills.
• Sacred clay reward items give experience at a much greater rate than previously. While using one of these items, the normal experience you would gain is doubled.
• Rather than having a fixed number of transformations, the reward items will lose charge gradually as they give experience. The more experience you are gaining, the quicker the charge will run out.
• The system for buying reward items has changed. The score you earn in the minigame is now converted into reward points, and you buy reward items using these points. If you had any points stored before this update, 200,000 of those points will be converted to the new system. Any other points will be lost. In addition, if you had more than ten tools or ten pieces of armour/weapons, any excess have been converted to reward points.

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RuneScape is a Java-based MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) operated by Jagex Ltd. It has approximately five million active free accounts and more than one million paid member accounts.

RuneScape was created by Andrew Gower, the creator of DeviousMUD, the forerunner to RuneScape, in 1998. Rewritten and renamed, the first version of RuneScape was released to the public on 4 January 2001. Since its release, the game has been noted for its free-playing option, its simple interface, and its accessibility on most web browsers. RuneScape takes place in the fantasy-themed realm of Gielinor, which is divided into several different kingdoms, regions, and cities. Players can travel throughout Gielinor on foot, by using magical teleportation spells and devices, or mechanical means of transportation. Each region offers different types of monsters, materials, and quests to challenge players.

Like many other MMORPGs, there is no linear path that must be followed. Players are shown on the screen as customizable avatars, setting their own goals and objectives. Players can engage in combat with other players or monsters, complete quests, or increase their experience in any of the available skills. Players interact with each other through trading, chatting, or playing combative or cooperative mini-games.

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