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15
Mar
Getting the Varrock Armor in RuneScape is somewhat time consuming, especially if you want to get the Varrock 3 set. Yes, like some other RuneScape armor sets, there are three different levels of Varrock Armor. The steps outlined below list how to get the first level of Varrock Armor.
Completing the Varrock Achievement Diary
Complete the following requirements to finish the Varrock Achievement Diary. You can do some of these in any order, although you will need to complete step 1 to begin the diary quest.
1.) Speak to Rat Burgiss (south of Varrock), Reldo (Varrock Castle), or Vannaka (Edgeville dungeon). Ask any of them what the achievement diary is.
2.) Go to Thessalia in Varrock and ask her what different outfits your character can wear.
3.) Visit Aubury’s Rune Shop and have him teleport you to the essence mine.
4.) Mine iron ore south-east of Varrock
5.) Create a plank using the sawmill. You will need a plain set of logs and 100 gold.
6.) Visit the Stronghold of Security and go down to the second level.
7.) Leap the fence just to the west of Rat Burgiss.
8.) Go to the Lumber Yard and cut down a dying tree.
9.) Buy the Varrock Herald for 50 gold from Benny.
10.) Give a bone to any of the dogs in VArrock
11.) Create a bowl on the pottery wheel and fire it in the oven in the Barbarian Village (you must be in the village).
12.) Go to Edgeville Dungeon via the entrance located south of Edgeville.
13.) Speak to the Varrock estate agent and have him more your house portal. This will cost 5,000 gold and you must already own a house.
14.) Obtain 50 kudos and then talk to Haig Halen, the Varrock museum curator.
15.) Use an earth talisman or tiara to visit the Earth Altar.
16.) Visit Varrock’s church and offer Elsie a cup of tea. Listen to her story.
17.) Mine limestone near the Paterdomus temple east of Varrock.
18.) Go to the river located to the east of the Barbarian Village. Fish until you catch a trout.
19.) Go through the Varrock Sewers until you find a web and then slash it.
20.) Go to the highest point in the city of Varrock by going up to the Church’s third floor.
21.) Return to Rat Bugiss
Conclusion
That’s all it takes to get the Varrock Armor 1 set. If you lose it, just speak to Rat again and he will give you another set. The armor gives you better discounts from Varrock merchants, gives you the chance of mining two ores at once while mining, and gives you the chance of smelting two bars instead of one when smelting. Once you have the Varrock Armor 1, you can then begin the next list of tasks to get the Varrock Armor 2 and then Varrock Armor 3.
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Every year Runescape throws huge parties for different occasions. The three most common are; Easter, Halloween, and Christmas. On these three days, Jagex sends out a NPC and a new quest. If you do the quest (Which is usually easy), you will be rewarded with a Holiday item. Although at the time everyone will have one, so you wont feel special, but once the event is over and they have been taken out of circulation, you can have quite a bit of fun with people who have not seen what it does. There is an Easter ring that can turn you into an egg.
It is always fun when someone walks by and the egg sitting on the road speaks to them. My favorite party has always been the Easter party. The holiday items are usually magical and you can have loads of fun with them. One year they passed out Rubber Chickens and you can walk up and “whack” people with it. Not too many people have these anymore, so it’s always fun to wield one, walk up, and whack a random person out of the wilderness. They will usually freak out and ask questions like “How did you do that?!” The holiday parties are always big, and loads of fun. The last Easter party you actually got to become a bunny! I bet by now you cannot wait for the next holiday quest!
I thought this was so funny so I thought I would tell you about it.
I got a level 3 clue and It was at the volcano vents near the agility course in the wildy, Jagex in their infinite wisdom turned my home world that was a peace loving older player and skiller world in to a pker world, this doesn’t bother me because it has made it a lot easier to train slayer which is my favourite skill and send the pker kids to edgy to practice their teleing and running for the ditch routines.
I usually dress for a fight when doing wildy clues but yesterday I felt like an easy life so I got a dds a spade and my clue and wandered to the Ardougne lever, I teled to the wildy and wandered south out of the keep to walk along the fence to the volcano vents, as I passed the south side of the mage arena there were a group of people in sight over the fence and one starts to run up to me, I carried on as normal and the player shouted “One itemer what a noob” at me, I had a look and he was a level 37, A bit scary being called a noob by a player so much lower than me that I couldn’t attack him if I wanted too, also a player who was too scared to wander into the wildy on his own, a player who I could send to Lumby with one special from my DDS.
I carried on and dug up my casket and strolled back to the keep, the ownage level 37 was not in site so I could relax knowing that I would not be sent to Fally prematurely.
As I got to the web by the Keep there were a group of people there slashing the web, I waited and walked through and one attacked me with his DDS (Level 125), I just wandered through (Didn’t put run on) to the lever and he emptied all his DDS specials on me, I did not care if I died I only had 3 items so would be in Fally fully re energised, I just strolled to the lever to show I was not scared of a player who attacks a player with no visible means of defence.
I thought afterwards that it would have been fun to turn on him, he was skulled from attacking me, I still had residual combat increase from the super set I always drink before entering the wildy, I could have used piety prayer and emptied my 4 dds specials, he too was un armoured and I could have quite easily sent him to Fally.
Ok lets continue the wildy theme, a day or 2 ago I went to show my son the Chaos elemental I have never attacked it before and thought I would take it on to see how it did against my might, I took 1 ring of recoil so if I didn’t hurt it it may hurt itself, I took a range pot and went out with my crystal bow and an inventory full of sharks, I caught a wakka Canoe to the wildy and set off towards the gate in the north east wildy, as I approached the gate and went through there was a group stood in the obelisk, one ran over and attacked me then ran back again to the obelisk, I just continued walking I had an inventory full of sharks and a crystal bow and 96 range level so could slaughter most of them if I wanted to, instead I carried on and another one attacked me and ran back to the obelisk, I had full run so could have joined them in the obelisk before they would be teled by it, but instead I continued to the chaos elemental hoping one would follow, no one did!
I got to the elemental and it took my bow and ring off I kept re equipping and it kept taking my weapon off, I managed to get a few hits in but only did about 25% damage before I ran out of food and died.
Away from the wildy I was ranging Greater Demons on Entrana for slayer and a level 46 comes along and asks where he gets the axe from, I told him to kill the zombies which he did, he runs past towards the Dramen tree and a few seconds later he pm’s me and asks me to get his stuff, he had obviously died so I went off to get his stuff for him, I told him I had it and then I lost my internet connection and never got it back all night, he must have thought I scammed him, I still have him on friends and I will give it back when he is on next.
Location: Western Varrock (northwest of Juliet’s house, east of the Barbarian Village)
Requirements: Level 32 Cooking and a Chef’s Hat. If you have a Skillcape of Cooking (level 99 Cooking required), you don’t need a Chef’s Hat to enter the Guild. If you have a Chef’s Delight, you can enter the Cooks’ Guild at level 30 Cooking (with a mature Chef’s Delight, you can enter at level 29 Cooking). You can also enter the Cooks’ guild if you have Varrock Armour 3 equipped.
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Method One (Members Only)
Use a Necklace of Skills (enchanted Dragonstone Necklace) to teleport directly to the Cooks’ Guild. This is the fastest way, although a Necklace of Skills is rather expensive.
Method Two
The second best way to get to the Cooks’ Guild is by teleporting to Varrock, and then walking west to the Guild. To teleport to Varrock, you will need a Law Rune, Fire Rune and three Air Runes. You could always use a corresponding staff to take the place of the air or fire runes.
Method Three
Another way of getting to the Cooks’ Guild is by using a Skull Sceptre to teleport to the Barbarian Village, and then walking east. You can obtain a Skull Sceptre by killing selected monsters in the Stonghold of Security minigame.
Method Four (Members Only)
Finally, the last method to get to the Cooks’ Guild is by using Paddewa Teleport (level 54 Magic and completion of the quest Desert Treasure required) to the Edgeville Dungeon. To use Paddewa Teleport, you will need two Law Runes, one Air Rune and one Fire Rune. You should be at the westernmost side of the Edgeville Dungeon. The fastest way is to go all the way through the dungeon. To do that, just go north and follow the path, past the skeletons, zombies and hobgoblins. If you already have a Brass Key, just go up the ladder between the zombies and hill giants. You should be just a little west of the Cooks’ Guild. If you don’t have a Brass Key, follow the steps above and just pick up a Brass Key in a small cove just north of the Hill Giants.
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The First Floor
There are only two NPCs in the Cooks’ Guild and they are both found on the first floor of the Guild. The first is the Head Chef who will welcome you to the Guild if you talk to him:
Additionally, if you are a member with level 99 Cooking, talk to him to buy a Skillcape of Cooking for 99,000 coins.
The second NPC in the Cooks’ Guild is Romily Weaklax, the pie seller.
Romily is Members’ only. His pie shop is explained later on in the guide.
(1) Chocolate Bar Respawn
If you bring Cakes to the Cooks’ Guild and have level 50 Cooking, you can turn them into Chocolate Cakes.
(2) The Pump and Drain
The pump and drain replace the former sink, allowing you to fill jugs with water to make cooking items, such as wine and pastry dough.
(3) Romily Weaklax’s Pie Stall
Romily sells various pies, from Redberry to Mud to Summer. If you forget a recipe for a certain pie, you can buy a Pie Recipe Book from Romily for the small price of 5 gp. Additionally, you can talk to Romily and he will place an order with you for a certain amount of pies. When you make and deliver them, Romily will pay you.
Pie Shop
Picture Item Price
Pie Recipe Book 5gp
Redberry Pie 12gp
Meat Pie 15gp
Garden Pie 24gp
Apple Pie 30gp
Mud Pie 54gp
Fish Pie 100gp
Summer Pie 140gp
Wild Pie 182gp
Admiral Pie 310gp
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The Second Floor
(1) Cooking Apples and Pie Dish
These two objects are the products of the most commonly produced food in the Cooks’ Guild: apple pie. Apple pie is made by adding pastry dough to a pie dish to form a pie shell, then adding a cooking apple to make an uncooked apple pie.
(2) Bowl and Cake Tin
As the name suggests, bowls can be filled with water for use in making pastry dough. Cake tins, predictably, are used in making cakes, as pie dishes are used in making pies.
(3) The Ranges
Here, you can cook all of your uncooked food, such as pies, pizzas or cakes
(4) The Dairy Churn
With this useful equipment, members can make their very own butter, cheese and cream. Simply use a bucket of milk with the dairy churn and select the one you want to make.
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The Third Floor
(1) Cooking Apple
Here, another cooking apple respawns, in case someone else grabbed the ones on the second floor. Additionally, the jug that respawns here is used for the making of wine.
(2) Grapes and Pot
The pot is used in the production of flour, which will be explained later on. The grapes, like the jug, are used for producing wine. If you have level 35 Cooking, to make wine, simply go downstairs to the pump and drain and fill your jug with water, making a jug of water. Then, use the grapes with the jug of wine and you will have unfermented wine. After 15 seconds, your wine will ferment and will either become a jug of wine or a jug of bad wine.
(3) The Hopper
The hopper is the first mechanical step in making Flour.
(4) The Hopper Controls
After the grain is in the hopper, simply operate the hopper controls. This will mill the grain and it will slide down a chute to the bottom floor of the Cooks’ Guild, where you can collect it with a pot.
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The Wheat Field
With Jagex’s update to Varrock on May 29, 2007, the Cooks’ Guild gained its most useful aspect yet: its own Wheatfield. Previously, cooks wishing to make Apple Pies were forced to pick wheat from near the Champions’ Guild, or work with banked wheat. The update changed all of that when visitors to the Cooks’ Guild found that they could collect and mill wheat without ever leaving the Cooks’ Guild’s grounds. This, in turn, made the making of the Guild’s most popular recipe, Apple Pie, much quicker.
The Wheatfield is located directly to the north of the Guild. It’s not as big as some Wheatfields, such as the ones in Draynor Village or near the Champions’ Guild, but the wheat respawns fast enough that you shouldn’t have a problem getting as much as you need. As with all wheat fields, there’s a possibility that a Crop Circle will randomly appear. This phenomenon will give you access to the minigame Impetuous Impulses.
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4
Jan
This members only guild is located in Yanille and is accessible only to those with a magic level of 66 and higher.
Lower level players doing the Zogre Flesh Eaters quest or Hand in the Sand quest can ring the large bell outside on the lawn to summon an NPC, so they can accomplish their quest without entering the guild.
There are several stat boosters that can help a lower level temporarily qualify to enter. The cheapest is a wizard’s mind bomb (bought from the Inn in Falador or other pubs around Runescape), which raises magic by 3. A magic essence potion (made by level 57 Herblorists using items from the Fairy Tale part II quest) will raise magic by 3 as well. Finally, a magic potion (made by level 76 Herblorists) will raise magic by 4. Since all of these raise magic for only a short time, wasting an expensive potion for a quick peek around is not recommended. You can check out the guild using this guide instead!
Ground level
The most important person on the ground floor is the Wizard Distentor. He is the head of the guild, and can teleport you to the rune essence mine. This is the portal most members use to access the rune essence mine because it is the closest to a bank, namely Yanille bank.
Zavistic Rarve, the grand secretary of the guild, is also located on the ground floor. He is the guild contact for both the Zogre Flesh Eaters quest and the Hand in the Sand quest. As stated above, lower level players can summon him outside using the bell in order to continue their quest.
A visiting gnome mage, Professor Imblewyn, is also hanging around. Although he states he is learning about human magic, we suspect he is merely waiting for his lunch, ordered from the Gnome Delivery Service.
Upstairs (Shops)
Upstairs, the magic guild store owner sells runes at a slight discount, and also sells staves. The robe store owner has a plentiful supply of the highly fashionable Mystic Robes for sale.
Magic Guild Store
Pic Name Default Stock Price to Buy
Air Runes Infinite 17gp
Water Runes Infinite 17gp
Earth Runes Infinite 17gp
Fire Runes Infinite 17gp
Mind Runes Infinite 17gp
Body Runes Infinite 16gp
Chaos Runes Infinite 140gp
Nature Runes Infinite 372gp
Death Runes Infinite 310gp
Law Runes Infinite 378gp
Blood Runes Infinite 550gp
Soul Runes Infinite 410gp
Fire staff Infinite 1500gp
Water staff Infinite 1500gp
Air staff Infinite 1500gp
Earth staff Infinite 1500gp
Robe Store
Pic Name Default Stock Price to Buy
Mystic Hat Infinite 15,000gp
Mystic Robe Infinite 120,000gp
Mystic Robe Bottom Infinite 80,000gp
Mystic Gloves Infinite 10,000gp
Mystic Boots Infinite 10,000gp
Top Floor (Portals)
On the top floor, there are two vial respawns on the table and three magic portals.
The east portal teleports you to the wizards’ tower south of Draynor Village.
The south portal teleports you to the dark wizards’ tower just north of the Crafting guild.
The west portal teleports you to Thormac the Sorceror’s house just west of Catherby.
There’s an easy way to keep the portal destinations straight (since they are not marked). Just remember that the west portal leads to the most western magic tower (Thormac’s), and the east portal leads to the most eastern magic tower (Draynor). The southern portal is left over, and therefore leads to the dark wizards’ tower.
Dungeon
Finally there is the dungeon underground level, run by Wizard Frumscone. The level 24 Zombies are in a cage which you cannot enter, hence their only purpose is to serve as targets for your spells, or for a flurry of arrows from a ranging mage. You can only recover loot from inside the cage using the telekinetic grab spell. Have fun whatever you intend to do in this guild!
The Monastery is commonly known as the Prayer Guild, and it is located just in between Ice Mountain and Barbarian village/Edgeville. To enter, you must have 31 prayer and have permission from Abbot Langley. This guide will give you a complete tour of the Monastery and all information that you need to know.
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Getting there
The Monastery is located west of Edgeville and north of the Body Altar. The nearest bank to the Monastery is in Edgeville.
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Bottom Floor
The bottom floor looks like a beautiful garden. Full of roses and fountains, this place really does leave a good first impression. There are many monks wandering about as well that are more than willing to heal you if you have been injured in a wilderness battle. There are also ladders on either side leading upto the first floor.
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First Floor
On the first floor there are a few things worth mentioning. It contains a monk robe spawn (top and bottom), several monks, a special altar where you can recharge your prayer points but unlike normal altars, this special altar raise your prayer points 2 point above your prayer level so it may last slightly longer. For example if you 35 prayer then you will receive 37 prayer points. There is also a respawn spot of monks robes which increases prayer by +5.
The image below shows the altar, a mini-map of the first level of the monastery and a player wearing monks robes.
The final thing to mention about the guild is that it is home to a scorpion used in the Scorpion Catcher quest.
That’s about it for the Monastry.
The Wizard’s Guild is an enchanted guild that is useful for wizards everywhere. It is for members only. The guild serves as a pleasant place to purchase runes, magic robes, and even to train magic through magical combat. The guild is three floors high, also including a basement. Each floor has something unique that will benefit you in some special way.
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The Wizards’ Guild is located around the center of the town of Yanille. Yanille is located south of East Ardougne and east of Castle Wars.
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Requirements
No wizard can walk right into the Wizards’ Guild whenever they feel like it, unless they have the proper requirements. To enter the Wizards’ Guild, you are required to have level-66 Magic. If your magic level is under 66, but around 63, then you can enter the guild by using Magic Stat-Boosting items. Items that would fall under that category are: Evil Dave’s Stew with Red Spice (+1 – 6, -1 – 6), Wizard’s Mind Bomb (+1 – 3), Magic Essence potion (+3), and a Magic Potion (+4). If you try to enter the guild without 66-Magic, Wizard Distentor will prevent you from entering.
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The Entrance
The entrance to the guild is a simple set of doubled doors. These doors can be found on the east side of the guild’s hexagonal shape. There is also a bell near the entrance. If you cannot enter the guild and need some assistance, ring the bell and Zavistic Rarve will appear. He is the guild’s Grand Secretary and can answer questions concerning the Wizards’ Guild. Zavistic also plays a part in the quests, Zogre Flesh Eaters and The Hand in the Sand.
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The Ground Floor
The main points of interest on the ground floor are the people that reside in it. Probably the most popular wizard on the floor is Wizard Distentor. He can teleport players to the Rune Essence mines. Because the Yanille bank is close to the Wizards’ Guild, this is a popular place for players to mine Rune Essence and bank in a short amount of time.
Another interesting person that is on the ground floor is Professor Imblewyn. He is a gnome that is part of the minigame, Gnome Restaurant. If you speak with him, he will tell you about gnomes and their interest in Magic.
There are three more persons that reside on the ground floor. Two of them are attackable level-9 Wizards. They do not talk and can only be killed. The other person is someone you’ve already met: Zavistic Rarve. Whether you speak with him outside or inside of the guild, he still talks about the same things.
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The Middle Floor
The middle floor is where all the shopping occurs. There are two stores here: a rune store and a magic robe store. Both stores have the same name, but their stocks are completely different. Also, there are two more level-9 Wizards wandering around. As with the ground floor, you can kill them or leave them alone.
The Robe Store Owner will sell you blue mystic robes that enhance your magic equipment stats. If you would like to buy the whole set, which includes Top, Bottom, Hat, Boots, and Gloves, bring 235,000 coins. Players who have achieved 99-Magic can also come to the Robe Store Owner to buy the Magic Cape of Achievement from him for 99,000 coins.
Magic Guild Store
Picture Item Cost
Mystic Hat 15,000gp
Mystic Robe 120,000gp
Mystic Robe 80,000gp
Mystic Gloves 10,000gp
Mystic Boots 10,000gp
The Magic Store Owner will sell you runes that are necessary for casting all your spells. He sells every type of rune except Cosmics, Astrals, and Combination Runes, along with the four elemental magic staffs. The Magic Store Owner dresses like the attackable level-9 Wizards, so it might be a little tricky to point him out. However, he does not wear a blue cape nor have buttons on his robe top, so that should help you find him in the wizard crowd.
Magic Guild Store
Picture Item Cost
Air Rune 17gp
Water Rune 17gp
Earth Rune 17gp
Fire Rune 17gp
Mind Rune 17gp
Body Rune 16gp
Chaos Rune 140gp
Nature Rune 372gp
Death Rune 310gp
Law Rune 378gp
Blood Rune 550gp
Soul Rune 410gp
Fire Staff 1,500gp
Water Staff 1,500gp
Air Staff 1,500gp
Earth Staff 1,500gp
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The Top Floor
The top floor of the Wizards’ Guild is probably the most magical. There is a lot of magical energy flowing through the top. The main attraction on the top floor is the portal system. There are three portals that will teleport you somewhere that is magic related. The East portal will teleport you to the Wizards’ Tower, south of Draynor Village. The South portal will teleport you to the Dark Wizards’ Tower, west of Falador. Finally, the West portal will take you to Thormac the Sorcerer’s House, south of Seers’ Village.
Other than the portals, there isn’t anything else on the top floor that is really interesting. There are three level-9 Wizards that are attackable and two vials that respawn on a table near the west portal.
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The Basement
In the southeast corner of the ground floor, there is a ladder. Climb down the ladder to appear in the basement. The basement serves as a training ground. Eight zombies are trapped within a cage and players are to mage them for experience. They are level-24 and respawn very quickly. Wizard Frumscone is in charge of the Zombies. He will make sure you only mage them. If you try to open the gate into the cage, Wizard Frumscone will stop you.
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Outside Attractions
In the back of the Wizards’ Guild, there is an open grave. This grave belongs to Clarence, the murdered wizard from the quest, The Hand in the Sand. At the end of that quest, you returned Clarence’s head to Zavistic Rarve. The head is currently in the coffin, but the rest of the body is missing. You can find the remaining body parts after completing the quest, Back to my Roots. Kill the creatures in the Karamja maze for body parts and return all of them to Zavistic. The Wizards’ Guild staff will have a ceremony and lay Clarence to rest. More information can be found in the miniquest guide, Clarence’s Funeral.
Much shall have more, fade to grey as a clue (40ish this may make sense)
Ok another eventful weekend financially wise, you may remember about 2 weeks ago I had a very good weekend and got about 30m worth of drops, well this weekend was not quite as good but still well worth getting out of bed for.
I had 25 Steel dragons for slayer, so I got dressed for dragons and trotted off to the Dungeon for a short visit, I have lagged a lot recently and lost connection but I still wore my best dragon hunting gear, firebreath shield 26m fury 4m dragon boots 600k and whip 1.5m oh and ring of wealth.
Started killing them and after about 15 dragons there was a rather large looking drop, would you believe it another draconic visage, some people kill dragons for days and never get 1 I kill about 200 in 2 weeks and get 2.
My second Visage in 2 weeks, I could quite happily make a habit of this.
I finish my task with about 55m worth of items on me, I don’t need the visage so I went to world 2 to sell it, not sure where to sell it so I stood by the 3rd age spot and a player asks me where the visage place is, I put up my visage and she puts up 25m, we both accept and hey presto instant multi millionaire again, I now have 72 million in the bank and my original dragon fire shield, all this by playing for fun and not playing for money.
I am often asked how many Dust devils to kill for a d chain, well the simple answer is 1 you can kill 1 and get a d chain, in fact one of my friends did just that got a d chain on his first kill, unfortunately all drops are random so you can get 2 d chains in a row, you may also never get one, its luck of the draw, ive had 2 visages close together I could get 2 in my next assignment or I may never get one again.
Wearing a ring of wealth certainly helps, I have had hundreds of rare drops and the row is always on my finger, some people say it doesn’t, my bank says otherwise.
Barrows is prayer not macho enough
I went to Barrows today, haven’t been for a while so thought I would stay until my next mage level (97) not far to go.
Main drops half key (loop) and Dharoks Helm and Veracs skirt in about 25 runs as normal using my barrows strategy there were quite a few people there and I was surprised how few were doing it the easy way.
The easy way is to use prayer and wear mage armour with magic dart or better magic combat spell, in my eyes magic dart is better or as good as any other spell including ancients and wave spells at barrows.
A lot of people were wearing melee armour and whips and all sorts of melee weapons, the only melee weapons suitable for barrows are dds or full veracs even those are unpredictable, you may get a quick kill one time and take ages the next.
The thing that really tickles me is the people in full melee armour using magic dart and not using prayer, there was a rumour that magic dart was not affected by your armour or equipment mage bonus, this is a false rumour but some people swear by it, the surprising thing is some high level players believe it as well.
Using Magic dart with melee armour reduces the amount of times you hit although it does not effect your max hit, so wearing melee armour killing the monster takes longer, this increases the amount of times you can get hit by your monster and the greater amount of food to eat.
This method is unpredictable, you may not get hit or you may get hit several times in a row, you may eat all your food or you may eat none.
Wearing mage gear you will normally kill the monster quicker so get on to your next brother quicker, using prayer you will not need food (Except maybe Verac) so you save expense and inventory space and you do not need to constantly be on the ready to eat.
Several times I went in today and saw player half kill their barrows brother using magic dart and melee armour, I go in and kill mine before they do.
MAGIC DART IS AFFECTED BY MAGE EQUIPMENT BONUS!!!
Perhaps its me I just like an easy life I don’t need to prove im matcho, prayer and mage gear for me.
before someone says it Ahrim is easiest to range, maging him can take an eternity.
And while im here just to let you know I got 99 range eventually, I got 99 at spiritual warriors.
At long last 99 range at spiritual warriors
Perhaps I should go and get my range cape
And what the hell I also got 82 Herblore.
I got 82 herblore but couldnt screenie so here is my 81 piccy, If anyone has a screenie of the 82 herblore and the super weapon poison ++ screen please let me know.
Addition to initial post
I got 97 magic, I did about 50 barrows runs and got in total Dharoks Helm, Veracs skirt, Veracs helm, Dragon Med Helm, 3 half keys (all loops) as well as the usual runes and bolt racks, I got 170k mage xp from barrows and ended up with more runes than I started and about 2m worth of drops, although its not quick for mage xp it can be very profitable.
When is the best time to do a quest
I was helping my son do monkey madness today, he is a level 88 combat he is only 8 and gets stuck on a few things so I was there to guide him along when he needed it.
As he progressed through the quest he got to the stage where he needs to go to crash island and then Ape Attol, I told him to bank everything and go and have a look at the place first to get an idea how dangerous it is.
He had no armour or weapon and didn’t even take any food, he went up to the gates at Ape Attol and was shot and sent to jail, after escaping from jail he spoke to the sergeant who told him to speak to the gnome in the tunnel, he then made a run for it and was shot and sent to jail again, in jail he was low hp and shortly died of poison, as he died another player said lol noob, I found this amusing, Dan had done all he needed to do on that trip, this other player was stuck in jail, had armour on and had not completed that part yet and I bet he used a ring of dueling or runes to get back, not free tele like Dan had and all stats reset.
He returned and got all the stuff he needed from Ape Atol no armour and sweetcorn for food and had the tunnel part to do, I said your likely to die here when I did it I had armour on and was hit so hard that I ate all my lobbies and needed to tele on my first attempt, he had ring of dueling, dentures, monkey amulet and gold bar and a full inventory of sweetcorn. he ran like hell with protect melee prayer on and got to the end after walking half the way with a few corn left over.
He only took armour to kill the monkey demon, I gave him a range pot and he wore blue dragon hide and had a mage shortbow with 130 steel arrows, it took him a few minutes and he was victorious the monkey demon was dead.
This got me thinking that was an easy quest, before I did it I was told it was a hard quest so I got my best armour and best weapon and I struggled and I succeeded, for me that was a major achievement to complete the monkey madness quest and wear a d scimmy, my son did it with no armour and carp food, hardly an achievement just a chore out of the way to use a d scimmy, I am so glad I did it at a lower level, there was a challenge and against all odds I won, a much greater achievement that a higher level player doing it.
If asked when is the best time to do a quest I would say just before you think you can do it, I do all quests now as soon as they come out, unfortunately now I have maxed almost all attack levels no quest is a struggle, the only thing I can strive to do is complete before the guides come out.