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.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Grandmaster Quest
Up to now: I managed to get my Firemaking skill to 80, which gave me both access to fire gauntlets and Magic pyre logs. I cut somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 magic logs to use in Shades of Mort'ton. As maybe you remember, I already have about 800 sacred oil (4) that I intended for use with magic logs. While I made, on average, about 400k per 100 logs, I managed to lose a good amount of money in the process. The shades I need for Magic pyre logs are level 100, and I wasn't watching my HP. The loss was a bit over 500k, and I still haven't replaced my dragon boots.
After about 300 logs, my attention turned to combat. And as with most any other time where my attention was on combat, I decide to train combat through Slayer. At first, my goal was simply to gain access to the warrior's guild (which required 3 Attack or Strength levels). But after I managed to get both 65 in Attack and Strength, I decided it was time to raise my combat level. My current combat level goal is 90, with a goal set for my Attack skill of 70.
I goof around at the Warrior's guild for a bit (about 1k tokens and still no defender of any type) before I return to Slayer. I'm using Sumona now as a master, and she gives good assignments. The assignments however make me realize that my current food technologies are a bit lacking. I stop my training at combat level 88, in order to fix this problem.
I have a load of salmon in the bank that I used to get to 70 cooking. It was my origional intention to turn these 3600+ salmon into admiral pies, which would have got me well above 80 cooking. Once I sat down and thought about how I had to acquire everything to make them (flour, potatos, tuna and pie shells), I realized that making that many pies wasn't within my patience threshold. I sold all but 1k, and bought everything I needed to make the pies. This was not as easy as it sounds: nobody sells pie shells on G.E. Those I had to buy from a shop.
If you want to make a lot of high end and labor intensive pies, the best way to do it is to use the Lunar Spellbook. First thing it does for you is make it easy to fill buckets with water (Humidify spell). This is only a minor benefit, which can't be beaten out by the Make Pie spell. It cooks the pie, without the need for a stove, and you don't burn any. This means you get all the xp you worked for.
The pies only get me to 76, so I sell the pies and buy monkfish. I decide that this will be the fastest way to train cooking. I am not wrong, despite the fact that I burn about 15%. It only takes me about a day to get to 80. I set off to Catherby to get me some sharks.
It was here and about that Runescape took off the kid gloves. The long awaited "Grandmaster Quest" was released. And if the requirements are any indication, it's no joke. My quest cape is banked indefinately.
As you can see above, I have a lot of work to do.
After about 300 logs, my attention turned to combat. And as with most any other time where my attention was on combat, I decide to train combat through Slayer. At first, my goal was simply to gain access to the warrior's guild (which required 3 Attack or Strength levels). But after I managed to get both 65 in Attack and Strength, I decided it was time to raise my combat level. My current combat level goal is 90, with a goal set for my Attack skill of 70.
I goof around at the Warrior's guild for a bit (about 1k tokens and still no defender of any type) before I return to Slayer. I'm using Sumona now as a master, and she gives good assignments. The assignments however make me realize that my current food technologies are a bit lacking. I stop my training at combat level 88, in order to fix this problem.
I have a load of salmon in the bank that I used to get to 70 cooking. It was my origional intention to turn these 3600+ salmon into admiral pies, which would have got me well above 80 cooking. Once I sat down and thought about how I had to acquire everything to make them (flour, potatos, tuna and pie shells), I realized that making that many pies wasn't within my patience threshold. I sold all but 1k, and bought everything I needed to make the pies. This was not as easy as it sounds: nobody sells pie shells on G.E. Those I had to buy from a shop.
If you want to make a lot of high end and labor intensive pies, the best way to do it is to use the Lunar Spellbook. First thing it does for you is make it easy to fill buckets with water (Humidify spell). This is only a minor benefit, which can't be beaten out by the Make Pie spell. It cooks the pie, without the need for a stove, and you don't burn any. This means you get all the xp you worked for.
The pies only get me to 76, so I sell the pies and buy monkfish. I decide that this will be the fastest way to train cooking. I am not wrong, despite the fact that I burn about 15%. It only takes me about a day to get to 80. I set off to Catherby to get me some sharks.
It was here and about that Runescape took off the kid gloves. The long awaited "Grandmaster Quest" was released. And if the requirements are any indication, it's no joke. My quest cape is banked indefinately.
As you can see above, I have a lot of work to do.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
New Goals
With my biggest goal met, it's time to come up with something else to do. While there are many things I'd like to acomplish, there is only one thing that really stands out: getting an Inferno Adze. For those who don't yet know, this is a combination woodcutting axe and pickaxe that is rumored to be better than even a dragon hatchet. To get one, you need several skill levels...the biggest being a 92 Firemaking.
I wanted a few Firemaking levels to begin with, so I could use Magic Pyre logs in the Shades of Mort'ton minigame. Of course, the easiest way to get Firemaking levels is to set things on fire. My current Firemaking level is 65, so I'm going to need to do a lot of burning.
I start out by cutting and selling Yew logs, and using the money to buy Maple logs. Maple logs give decent enough experience, and I can buy more than ten times the number of Yew logs I sell. I'll do this until it's no longer worth doing.
Another thing I'd like to get is an 80 Cooking. I still have all that salmon left, and my plan with that is to fish and cook tuna and use it all to make Admiral pies using the "Make Pie" Lunar spell (so I don't burn any). This probably won't get me the whole way, but it'll help.
I also set out to the All Fired Up minigame to get a Ring of Fire. Since I'm burning maple logs, I get 3718 xp per inventory (which is about 3 xp more than without, or 10% more).
The minigame isn't that difficult, but it's easier to just burn the logs with a tinderbox for experience. The trick is to fill all the beacons with the best logs you can use, then you head to the ogre spa and bathe in the salt water spring (for unlimited run for a time), and return to light the beacons after run is no longer a concern. It also helps to know where the beacons are, and take teleport runes with you for both bank runs and fast transporation to the next beacon.
Another thing I'd like to get done is to unlock the Air Guitar emote. I may just head to Bounty Hunter (and a couple other minigames) in order to unlock what I need (which is somewhere in the neighborhood of 5 songs).
I wanted a few Firemaking levels to begin with, so I could use Magic Pyre logs in the Shades of Mort'ton minigame. Of course, the easiest way to get Firemaking levels is to set things on fire. My current Firemaking level is 65, so I'm going to need to do a lot of burning.
I start out by cutting and selling Yew logs, and using the money to buy Maple logs. Maple logs give decent enough experience, and I can buy more than ten times the number of Yew logs I sell. I'll do this until it's no longer worth doing.
Another thing I'd like to get is an 80 Cooking. I still have all that salmon left, and my plan with that is to fish and cook tuna and use it all to make Admiral pies using the "Make Pie" Lunar spell (so I don't burn any). This probably won't get me the whole way, but it'll help.
I also set out to the All Fired Up minigame to get a Ring of Fire. Since I'm burning maple logs, I get 3718 xp per inventory (which is about 3 xp more than without, or 10% more).
The minigame isn't that difficult, but it's easier to just burn the logs with a tinderbox for experience. The trick is to fill all the beacons with the best logs you can use, then you head to the ogre spa and bathe in the salt water spring (for unlimited run for a time), and return to light the beacons after run is no longer a concern. It also helps to know where the beacons are, and take teleport runes with you for both bank runs and fast transporation to the next beacon.
Another thing I'd like to get done is to unlock the Air Guitar emote. I may just head to Bounty Hunter (and a couple other minigames) in order to unlock what I need (which is somewhere in the neighborhood of 5 songs).
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