The biggest news to report today is:
Yes, I now have 99 Firemaking, and the coveted (by me at least) Firemaking Skillcape!
While I had last reported that I was going to do beacons to get it, I learned through trial and error that simply burning logs was a lot quicker, but beacons gave better experience per log. Since availability of logs was nowhere close to an issue for me, I opted for the former.
Other News:
Hiscores: I've recently broken into the top 50,000 players in Runescape!
Ardougne Achievement Diary: A new achievement diary was released for the Ardougne area. I completed Easy, Medium and Hard diaries...only to learn that there is an "Elite" achievement list.
I've always been one of those "do it all in the first day" kind of guys, but these Elite tasks really smacked me down. Hard. I've got 2 serious sticking points: 91 Smithing and 93 Summoning. That's going to be fun.
New Goals:
One of the things I haven't liked about my character is his inability to use the Giant Pouch when runecrafting. While I'm not 100% sure, I believe that 75 Runecrafting is one of the requirements for an Ardougne diary Elite task. So I've decided to get 75 Runecrafting.
I plan to do it by crafting Death runes (about 5k at a time) to get money to buy pure essence to use at the ZMI Runecrafting Altar.
Runecrafting is a skill I don't really like because of the time it takes. But after I get it to 75, this will trigger the start of my next set of goals: all skills 75+.
This will not affect my current goal of 80 Summoning.
Showing posts with label Achievement Diary. Show all posts
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Monday, November 2, 2009
Saturday, April 11, 2009
The Inferno Adze
Finally.
The quest for the Adze was definately a trying experience, let me tell you. While the single Agility level I needed wasn't much of a problem, the 11 Firemaking levels I needed were. It required me to reduce 23k maple logs to ashes, and at about 1.5k-2k per day (a couple of days I managed 3k), this took a couple of weeks. I literally did nothing (other than my dailys) but burn logs. And this was just getting the skills to get it.
To actually acquire the Inferno Adze, one needs to light all 14 of the All Fired Up beacons, and have them all burning simultaneously. These beacons are stretched from Paterdomus (the temple passageway to Canifis) to Ice Plateau in the Wilderness. While the Wilderness isn't as hazardous as it used to be, it still has it's dangers when you aren't combat prepared. A Revenant Ork managed to have it's way with me between the beacon at God Wars Dungeon and Ice Plateau when I was loading the beacons.
And now to the cost. Better logs burn longer, so to get the Adze you want the best logs you can get your hands on: Magic logs. Each beacon takes 20 logs to load it, and the assistant at the beacon holds 5 for you. This is 25 logs per beacon, except the last 3, which don't have assistants. This is a grand total of 335 Magic logs, and at 1.3k gp each: 435.5k gp. And I lost about 20 and had to buy more which put me up to about 461k gp. I could have tried to cut them myself, but the trees are usually over populated and this would have taken considerable time (I had already spent enough time getting 92 Firemaking in the first place).
The trip itself went smoothly. I'm documenting how I did it here, so if someone asks me how I did it, I can refer them here.
Getting Ready: Obviously, the first thing I did was load all the logs. This gave me the opportunity to make any necessary repairs and talk to the assistants. Talking to the assistants is an important step, because several of them require something before they'll help you. Check out the Minigame guide on Tip It to see what you'll need.
The Process: I wore nothing but the Ring and Gloves of Fire (previous rewards from this minigame) Amulet of Glory and a Combat Bracelet. I took a tinderbox, a Teleport to House tablet, a Spirit Terrorbird familiar and 25 Magic logs from the bank. The first thing I did was go to Oo'glog and bathe in the salt-water spring to quicken my run. This gives me unlimited run for a decent amount of time (one less thing to be concerned with). Once I got out, I hit my tab and used the portal in my house and used my Kharill portal. From the Canifis bar, I went through the temple to the first beacon. From here I lit beacons 1-5, running the entire trip. After lighting the 5th, I teleported to Edgeville.
At Edgeville, I summoned my familiar and reloaded my inventory. I then took the following: Tinderbox (obviously), 4 law runes, 4 fire runes, Goblin Village teleport orb (from Dorgesh-Kaan), Games Necklace, Super-Restore Potion and the rest of the logs (12 of which I gave to my familiar). I ran up and lit the 6th, and used my combat bracelet to teleport to the Monestary. From here I ran to the 7th and lit it. I used the Goblin Village orb and lit the 8th. I took the logs from my familiar and then teleported to Burthorpe via the Games necklace and lit the 9th. From here I didn't go directly to the 10th, but instead teleported to Trollheim and lit the 11th beacon, climbed down the ladder and backtracked to the 10th (I would have had to walk south from Burthorpe, head east and then back north to get to #10 in order). From the 10th beacon, I teleported to Trollheim again, this time going north past God Wars Dungeon to get to the 12th (your levels decline steadily in the harsh cold, thus the super-restore potion). I climbed down the agility shortcut into the Wilderness, and headed to the 13th beacon, just north of the temple. Then on to Ice Plateau for #14.
I finally return to King Roland for my very own Infernal Adze!
The actual lighting of the beacons took maybe 15 minutes. Setting up to light the beacons took several hours. But it was worth all the hard work.
In Other News:
The Evil Chicken (as well as all the combat randoms) are gone. We will miss you.
I have also broken combat level 100, and have completed the Karamja and Seer's Village achievement diary. This leaves one more to finish: Falador.
Finally, I also acquired enough Slayer points to learn to make slayer helms!
The quest for the Adze was definately a trying experience, let me tell you. While the single Agility level I needed wasn't much of a problem, the 11 Firemaking levels I needed were. It required me to reduce 23k maple logs to ashes, and at about 1.5k-2k per day (a couple of days I managed 3k), this took a couple of weeks. I literally did nothing (other than my dailys) but burn logs. And this was just getting the skills to get it.
To actually acquire the Inferno Adze, one needs to light all 14 of the All Fired Up beacons, and have them all burning simultaneously. These beacons are stretched from Paterdomus (the temple passageway to Canifis) to Ice Plateau in the Wilderness. While the Wilderness isn't as hazardous as it used to be, it still has it's dangers when you aren't combat prepared. A Revenant Ork managed to have it's way with me between the beacon at God Wars Dungeon and Ice Plateau when I was loading the beacons.
And now to the cost. Better logs burn longer, so to get the Adze you want the best logs you can get your hands on: Magic logs. Each beacon takes 20 logs to load it, and the assistant at the beacon holds 5 for you. This is 25 logs per beacon, except the last 3, which don't have assistants. This is a grand total of 335 Magic logs, and at 1.3k gp each: 435.5k gp. And I lost about 20 and had to buy more which put me up to about 461k gp. I could have tried to cut them myself, but the trees are usually over populated and this would have taken considerable time (I had already spent enough time getting 92 Firemaking in the first place).
The trip itself went smoothly. I'm documenting how I did it here, so if someone asks me how I did it, I can refer them here.
Getting Ready: Obviously, the first thing I did was load all the logs. This gave me the opportunity to make any necessary repairs and talk to the assistants. Talking to the assistants is an important step, because several of them require something before they'll help you. Check out the Minigame guide on Tip It to see what you'll need.
The Process: I wore nothing but the Ring and Gloves of Fire (previous rewards from this minigame) Amulet of Glory and a Combat Bracelet. I took a tinderbox, a Teleport to House tablet, a Spirit Terrorbird familiar and 25 Magic logs from the bank. The first thing I did was go to Oo'glog and bathe in the salt-water spring to quicken my run. This gives me unlimited run for a decent amount of time (one less thing to be concerned with). Once I got out, I hit my tab and used the portal in my house and used my Kharill portal. From the Canifis bar, I went through the temple to the first beacon. From here I lit beacons 1-5, running the entire trip. After lighting the 5th, I teleported to Edgeville.
At Edgeville, I summoned my familiar and reloaded my inventory. I then took the following: Tinderbox (obviously), 4 law runes, 4 fire runes, Goblin Village teleport orb (from Dorgesh-Kaan), Games Necklace, Super-Restore Potion and the rest of the logs (12 of which I gave to my familiar). I ran up and lit the 6th, and used my combat bracelet to teleport to the Monestary. From here I ran to the 7th and lit it. I used the Goblin Village orb and lit the 8th. I took the logs from my familiar and then teleported to Burthorpe via the Games necklace and lit the 9th. From here I didn't go directly to the 10th, but instead teleported to Trollheim and lit the 11th beacon, climbed down the ladder and backtracked to the 10th (I would have had to walk south from Burthorpe, head east and then back north to get to #10 in order). From the 10th beacon, I teleported to Trollheim again, this time going north past God Wars Dungeon to get to the 12th (your levels decline steadily in the harsh cold, thus the super-restore potion). I climbed down the agility shortcut into the Wilderness, and headed to the 13th beacon, just north of the temple. Then on to Ice Plateau for #14.
I finally return to King Roland for my very own Infernal Adze!
The actual lighting of the beacons took maybe 15 minutes. Setting up to light the beacons took several hours. But it was worth all the hard work.
In Other News:
The Evil Chicken (as well as all the combat randoms) are gone. We will miss you.
I have also broken combat level 100, and have completed the Karamja and Seer's Village achievement diary. This leaves one more to finish: Falador.
Finally, I also acquired enough Slayer points to learn to make slayer helms!
Friday, February 13, 2009
Long time, no see
I've been somewhat lax in posting on my blog as of late (as anyone can see), so let me bring everything up to date. I'll start with my progress on the Grand Master quest.
December 6: 65 Farming
December 16: 55 Hunting
December 17: 65 Herblore
December 22: 75 Magic
December 23: While Guthix Sleeps quest finished
The grand master quest wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, but there was a tense moment where my hit points dropped into the teens.
They've likewise released several achievement diaries, and currently this is where a majority of my focus is on training at the moment. Here's a list of what I still need to do there:
Lumbridge: Complete
Falador: Hard
Fremennik: Complete
Karamja: Hard
Seer's Village: Hard
Varrock: Complete
Inferno Adze is temporarily on hold, while I stockpile wood from Miscelania. I will probably start burning after I finish the diaries. I have recently decided that I'd like Firemaking to be my first skill cape.
I've fallen in with a small group of people who have also given me several different focuses. First and foremost: there are several NPC's who will give or sell you things once a day. Bert in Yannelle for sand, Aherin in Catherby for seaweed and pineapples, and Zaff for battlestaffs (Zaff I was already doing). The Seer's diary added Geoffry in the flax field to the list as well. Doing these things every day have done incredible things for my Crafting and Magic skills (not even to mention my Runescape finances) by making it possible to assemble 64 Air Battlestaves per day.
On top of these daily skiller errands, I can check/kill a Jade Vine for Farming and Slayer experience, I can kill Bork for a handful of higher level charms, and now I can kill a Phoenix for phoenix feathers (which is a component for a Summoning pouch I'll be able to make in the future). I'd like to say I do all my "dailys" on a daily basis, but I usually only do the combat ones a couple times a week.
In addition to these dailys, this group has gotten me into Star Hunting. While I can't remember specifically when, I'm sure I've mentioned that I hate mining. If I haven't previously, I'll do so now: I hate mining. Most of the better locations are remote, and the ore doesn't respawn fast enough to make it entertaining for me. But Star Hunting has made it possible for me to level Mining as never before. Currently, I'm about 20k or so from 80 Mining (which had been 67 for a really long time).
The best part about Star Hunting is that it's a 20-30 minute bout of single-click mining every 2 hours. It leaves me plenty of time to work on other things. The diversion (as it's called) also gives you some loot, but with my skills, the loot's not really all that great. But it does give me some cosmic runes (which I do find useful) and the gold ore is really starting to build up in my bank (once I have a good amount, I'll smelt them with gold smithing gauntlets). A quick 50k each day for something I'd do anyways is also quite welcome.
Another side benefit of star hunting is that it has helped eleviate some of my fear of the Wilderness and the Revenants that inhabit it. After heeding a piece of advice from one of my hunting team, I can now hold my own against lower level Revenants, and I kill a good number of them when they attack.
Combat-wise, I've been training Strength with Slayer. I spent a bit of time making some money and bought a Saradomin Sword (not a Godsword, unfortunately), which I am extremely fond of. It's twice as fast as a regular 2-handed sword, hit's well, and does a decent amount of damage. It's a great companion with proselyte armor, as it gives a +2 Prayer bonus.
Well, that about brings you up to date. I'm going to try to post a little more often from now on.
December 6: 65 Farming
December 16: 55 Hunting
December 17: 65 Herblore
December 22: 75 Magic
December 23: While Guthix Sleeps quest finished
The grand master quest wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, but there was a tense moment where my hit points dropped into the teens.
They've likewise released several achievement diaries, and currently this is where a majority of my focus is on training at the moment. Here's a list of what I still need to do there:
Lumbridge: Complete
Falador: Hard
Fremennik: Complete
Karamja: Hard
Seer's Village: Hard
Varrock: Complete
Inferno Adze is temporarily on hold, while I stockpile wood from Miscelania. I will probably start burning after I finish the diaries. I have recently decided that I'd like Firemaking to be my first skill cape.
I've fallen in with a small group of people who have also given me several different focuses. First and foremost: there are several NPC's who will give or sell you things once a day. Bert in Yannelle for sand, Aherin in Catherby for seaweed and pineapples, and Zaff for battlestaffs (Zaff I was already doing). The Seer's diary added Geoffry in the flax field to the list as well. Doing these things every day have done incredible things for my Crafting and Magic skills (not even to mention my Runescape finances) by making it possible to assemble 64 Air Battlestaves per day.
On top of these daily skiller errands, I can check/kill a Jade Vine for Farming and Slayer experience, I can kill Bork for a handful of higher level charms, and now I can kill a Phoenix for phoenix feathers (which is a component for a Summoning pouch I'll be able to make in the future). I'd like to say I do all my "dailys" on a daily basis, but I usually only do the combat ones a couple times a week.
In addition to these dailys, this group has gotten me into Star Hunting. While I can't remember specifically when, I'm sure I've mentioned that I hate mining. If I haven't previously, I'll do so now: I hate mining. Most of the better locations are remote, and the ore doesn't respawn fast enough to make it entertaining for me. But Star Hunting has made it possible for me to level Mining as never before. Currently, I'm about 20k or so from 80 Mining (which had been 67 for a really long time).
The best part about Star Hunting is that it's a 20-30 minute bout of single-click mining every 2 hours. It leaves me plenty of time to work on other things. The diversion (as it's called) also gives you some loot, but with my skills, the loot's not really all that great. But it does give me some cosmic runes (which I do find useful) and the gold ore is really starting to build up in my bank (once I have a good amount, I'll smelt them with gold smithing gauntlets). A quick 50k each day for something I'd do anyways is also quite welcome.
Another side benefit of star hunting is that it has helped eleviate some of my fear of the Wilderness and the Revenants that inhabit it. After heeding a piece of advice from one of my hunting team, I can now hold my own against lower level Revenants, and I kill a good number of them when they attack.
Combat-wise, I've been training Strength with Slayer. I spent a bit of time making some money and bought a Saradomin Sword (not a Godsword, unfortunately), which I am extremely fond of. It's twice as fast as a regular 2-handed sword, hit's well, and does a decent amount of damage. It's a great companion with proselyte armor, as it gives a +2 Prayer bonus.
Well, that about brings you up to date. I'm going to try to post a little more often from now on.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Chapter 4-Episode 1: Back At It
A lot has changed since I last played, so I decided to take a moment to explore some of the new changes. I'm playing in the new graphics mode, and I must say that I'm absolutely impressed. It looks cool, and they've even redone teleport animations! I can hardly wait to actually do some real mage.
I log in to find out that instead of having about 800 gp, that I now have 21k! I had put some plain tiaras on the GE, and during my time off, they all sold. Good news for me!
I then head off to Lumbridge, because I've also heard that there's a new achievement diary, so I head off to get that rolling. I'm disappointed with the changes to the achievement diary. I always felt part of the challenge was figuring out where the task was and how to pull it off. Now it directs you every step of the way. I shrug off my misgivings, and set about the task of trying to finish at least the easy part (I decide to do Varrock, too, since I'm in the area).
While looking around at some things not in the game, I'm now officially less happy with how Hiscores works. It used to only show the top 1 million players. Now it's the top 2 million players. It bugs me as it now takes so much less effort to make it onto that list.
I can't finish the Varrock (need Dig Site quest...I'll do it later) right now, so since I'm in the mood, I pop off to Karajima to try to finish the easy part over there. Looking at it, there's nothing I shouldn't be able to complete. On a side note, I didn't do terrible on my first trip to Fight Pits (considering I didn't take any food).
Shopping List:
Tinderbox
Chisel
2 Rope
Pestle and Mortar
Vial
Uncut Opal
Cup of Tea
Leather Gloves
Leather Boots
I grab a pestle and mortar, vial, tinderbox, chisel and 2 rope from the bank, and steal a cup of tea on my way out of Varrock. Everything else I'll get at the dig site by pick pocketing workers.
While I end up buying the boots, everything goes off without a hitch...although it took a lot longer than it should have (I couldn't pickpocket hardly any of the items I needed). Quest Complete: 2 Quest Points, 2,000 Herblore XP, 15,300 Mining (54 Mining, 37 Herblore).
While the quest itself doesn't give me enough Kudos, I spend an hour in the cleaning room and find enough artifacts to get me there. With this final task, I have all easy achievement diary tasks complete.
While the item rewards are barely useful, I learn that they now give out experience lamps with each completed difficulty level. Those, coupled with a book from Mr. Mordaut, get me to Prayer level 41.
I log in to find out that instead of having about 800 gp, that I now have 21k! I had put some plain tiaras on the GE, and during my time off, they all sold. Good news for me!
I then head off to Lumbridge, because I've also heard that there's a new achievement diary, so I head off to get that rolling. I'm disappointed with the changes to the achievement diary. I always felt part of the challenge was figuring out where the task was and how to pull it off. Now it directs you every step of the way. I shrug off my misgivings, and set about the task of trying to finish at least the easy part (I decide to do Varrock, too, since I'm in the area).
While looking around at some things not in the game, I'm now officially less happy with how Hiscores works. It used to only show the top 1 million players. Now it's the top 2 million players. It bugs me as it now takes so much less effort to make it onto that list.
I can't finish the Varrock (need Dig Site quest...I'll do it later) right now, so since I'm in the mood, I pop off to Karajima to try to finish the easy part over there. Looking at it, there's nothing I shouldn't be able to complete. On a side note, I didn't do terrible on my first trip to Fight Pits (considering I didn't take any food).
I was lucky enough to get a max hit before my unfortunate, yet anticipated demise.
I manage to complete the Karajima easy tasks as well as the Lumbridge beginner and easy tasks, and I'm one task away from finishing Varrock's easy tasks, too. I decide to jump back into questing, and I start with the Dig Site quest (this should allow me to get enough Kudos to complete Varrock's easy achievement diary).Shopping List:
Tinderbox
Chisel
2 Rope
Pestle and Mortar
Vial
Uncut Opal
Cup of Tea
Leather Gloves
Leather Boots
I grab a pestle and mortar, vial, tinderbox, chisel and 2 rope from the bank, and steal a cup of tea on my way out of Varrock. Everything else I'll get at the dig site by pick pocketing workers.
While I end up buying the boots, everything goes off without a hitch...although it took a lot longer than it should have (I couldn't pickpocket hardly any of the items I needed). Quest Complete: 2 Quest Points, 2,000 Herblore XP, 15,300 Mining (54 Mining, 37 Herblore).
While the quest itself doesn't give me enough Kudos, I spend an hour in the cleaning room and find enough artifacts to get me there. With this final task, I have all easy achievement diary tasks complete.
While the item rewards are barely useful, I learn that they now give out experience lamps with each completed difficulty level. Those, coupled with a book from Mr. Mordaut, get me to Prayer level 41.
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