Dr_Locust

Hopefully you've done Varrock Achievement Diaries (All 3 parts) and have Varrock Armor #3. With that armor you can buy 64 "blank" battlestaves from Zaff. Making air battlestaves = great crafting xp, and you also make a bit of money from it. (You need a decent money to buy battlestaves, but you'll make it back (plus extra) after high alching them).

I'm not sure yet. I'll probably use energy potions. I wish I could bring my Spirit Terrorbird there. :( Update on my progress: I am now level 67 Runecrafting. Got level 72 Farming, so now I can plant Magic Trees with the help of a +3 Farm boost from Garden Pies. Also I raised my summoning from level 42 to 52 in basically one day (I hoarded a lot of charms from Slayer monsters).

Thanks for that advice about the single Terrorbird. I was fighting in the multicombat zone with 3 terrorbirds and it was very frustrating. With the single Terrorbird you don't even need prayer potion, just good food.

Hey there, I've been assigned 135 Warped Terrorbirds *sigh*, I usually skip these, but with the new slayer reward point system, I'm trying not to skip tasks. Can anyone give me advice on the best/most efficient way to kill these stupid birds? I know to use crystal chimes on them, but they seem to hit pretty hard (using both melee and range). Should I bring mostly prayer pots? Food? Or half and half? Thanks!

Hey there. So I figured I'd keep track of my various Runescape goals in this blog. Old news: [hide]6/9/08 - I revived the blog from the 2 1/2 month rollback. 6/25/08 - Level 60 Summoning, 60+ all Currently: Celebrating getting 70 Herblore! Planning a House Party on 8-8-08skills once again 6/27/08 - Unlocked Slayer Helmets 6/28/08 -Level 63 Summoning, Summoning is no longer my lowest skill, (Construction is 62) 7/6/08 - Level 67 Summoning 7/7/08 - Level 68 Summoning. Bunyips! w00t! 7/19/08 - Level 70 Summoning. Locusts for Dr Locust. Yay! 7/31/08 - Level 70 Herblore. 8/7/08 - Level 69 Construction, 1899 Total.! 8/8/08 - Level 70 Construction, 70+ All Skills, 1900 Total! :) 9/22/08 - Level 90 Agility 10/1/08 - Level 92 Agility 11/13/08 - Level 97 Agility 12/5/08 - Level 98 Agility 12/19/08 - Level 99 Agility 7/10/09 - Level 99 Thieving 11/22/09 - Posted after nearly a year of absence, currently working on 90 fishing and 99 firemaking[/hide] 4/26/10 - Re-activated membership 4/29/10 - 85 Slayer reached Summer 2007 Goals: [hide=]-Get Lumberjack Outfit [completed] -Level 99 Woodcutting [completed] -Get Quest cape [completed] -All skills Level +60 [completed] -1700+ Total Level [completed] After the summer, I went back to school. Came back to members for Winter Break and I have been a freeplayer from January 2008 till May 2008, raising mining and smithing (Reached my f2p goal of 80 mining and 70 smithing).[/hide] Summer 2008 Goals: [hide=]-Reclaim Quest Cape [completed!] -1800+ Total[completed!] -1900+ Total[completed on 8-8-08!] -Get a Slayer Helmet [completed!] -All skills Level +70 [COMPLETED!] =>Thieving 71/70 ==>Completed using Pyramid Plunder =>Farming 78/70 ==>Planted herbs and tree seeds using Garden Pies (Garden pies are amazing) =>Prayer 71/70 ==> I sold 15k lobsters, bought 1,250 Dragons Bones and used the Ectofunctus! Missed the screenshot because I was so delirious from worshiping at the Ectofunctus 700 times in one day. Whew! Went from 63 Prayer to 70 Prayer in 2 days! =>Runecrafting 70/70 ==>Buy ess, and make laws. Sell laws, buy more ess. Repeat! =>Ranging 70/70 ==>Smithed 5k iron knives (I knew those 1k iron bars would come in handy some day), killing ogres =>Hunter 70/70 70 Hunter on 6/23/08 ==>Hunted Red & Black Salamanders, and Kebbits =>Summoning 70/70 ==>Getting charms through slayer assignments, <3 Waterfiends =>Herblore 70/70 ==>Farm irit leaves! =>Construction 70/70 ==>Use oak planks and make flatpacks, which will then be dropped. :( -Level 99 Agility - 99/99 [yes, I'm insane] ==> Will use Ape Atoll agility course-World 46 & Dorgesh-Kaan course-World 89[/hide] Summer 2009 Goals: [hide=]-2000 Total -80+ all skills -Farming Level 83 to plant Spirit Trees -Reclaim Quest cape -Level 85 Slayer -Unlock "Bones To Peaches" spell[/hide] Summer 2010 Goals: -Achieve 124 Combat -Firecape -Reach 85 mining (achieved 5/10/10) -Reach 85 slayer (achieved on 4/29/10) -Reach 85 crafting (achieved on 5/2/10) -Unlock "Bones To Peaches" spell (achieved on 5/3/10) -Reclaim my Quest Cape I still need to complete... -Rune Mechanics - completed -Nomad's Requiem - 11 deaths, 12th try was the charm! -Blood Runs Deep - completed 5/20/10...went from Level 75 prayer to 78. -Fairytale Part 3 - completed day of release without a guide -Elemental Workshop III - completed day of release without a guide -Achieve 80+ in all skills I still need to... -Reach 80 Smithing (80/80) Plan: Smelting gold ore -Reach 80 Hunter (80/80) - Achieved 6/2/10 Plan: Red salamanders to level 75, then I'll hunt red chinchompas -Reach 80 Herblore (81/80) Plan: No idea. Herbs from Kingdom Management and farming? -Reach 80 Prayer (80/80) Plan: Penguin Points to get to 75, then XP from Blood Runs Deep to get to 78, 80 via gilded altar and dragon bones and more Penguin Points -Reach 80 Runecrafting (80/80) Plan: ZMI altar -Reach 80 Construction (80/80) Plan: Play Stealing Creations for 27 hammers, then use 4k mahogany planks -Reach 80 Dungeoneering (63/80) Plan: Initial plan is lamps, Tears of Guthix, and maybe Penguin Points. (Update: Soloing to Level 50, then dungeoneering in groups) -Reach 80 Ranged (80/80) Plan: Range Fire Giants and Experiments -Reach 80 Summoning (80/80) Plan: Use the charms from slayer That should keep me busy. I'm also thinking about going for another 99, but I don't know yet. 99 Fishing? 99 Mining? or something a bit easier like 99 Cooking or 99 Fletching? Not sure yet.

I'd recommend iron ore, either "powermining" (mining a full inventory then dropping the iron on the ground) or banking the iron. People "powermine" in order to level mining faster, but I recommend banking the ores cause it requires less clicking and you are able to use the ores for smithing. Good luck!

Yeah. The more people that freak out and sell their rares, the more the price will fall. Don't freak out! The prices will go back up eventually...cause everyone know that "what goes down, must come up"....er...wait, that's not right. D'oh! :wall:

I wanted to get 99 wc this summer...and I got it. I also was going for 60+ in all stats...and I got it. I also wanted to get the Lumberjack Outfit...and I got it. I wanted to get 1600 total...and I actually got 1700 total before members ran out. :shock: The only goal I didn't reach was Level 70 farming (I got it up to level 69). Hmm, what should I go for next summer. :P

Hey man, that was a very well written guide!

I wasn't trying to be clever, the Stickys and Announcement threads are capitalized (just as titles usually are). Stay on topic and keep snide remarks to yourself, thanks. ;)

From Runescape.com News: Doesn't this change in Attack Priority affect abyss runecrafters? Many of them use skeletons as "cover" while running into the abyss to avoid those nasty pkers attacking them. Now abyss rc pkers have an easier time killing runecrafters? Is that true? :( Thanks for positing in the thread, you guys bring up valid points. -It's the wilderness, so anything goes! -This change may have been made to counterbalance the runecrafting update coming out later this month -It sure helps with pking Green Dragon bots (Hell yeah! :P) Less flaming, more discussion please.

How do I get ectofuncus? To go to the ectofuntus you need to have completed at least the Priest in Peril quest for access to Morytania. Then you need bones, ghostspeak ammy, and buckets of slime. Completing the Ghost Ahoy quest is helpful for the ectophial (instant teleport to the Ectofuntus), but it's not necessary. I highly recommend completing the Ghost Ahoy quest!

Great idea! :D

They just flat out give you free essence for absolutely nothing, saves you a bit of time I guess. Oh, and they usually dress in teal robes (from Canifis). I never really understood the Free Ess Company, because the mining xp couldn't be that great, can it?

Yeah, it's annoying...they should put a line under the numbers... Like this: 9 6 So you could tell the difference. EDIT: Didn't notice there were .'s after the number. I guess a close inspection could save from having to solve a 2nd cube. :P

Doesn't the 2nd screen flicker RED whenever a change like that is made? Still, that we really sneaky of him to remove 179,999 coins and have it show up as "coins".

I'm always more impressed by a person with 99 smithing than a person with 99 strength. But that's just me. 99 smithing, being able to smith full rune...man, that's just awesome to me! Either way, best of luck with whichever goal you set for yourself. :)

Weird. Could I have a cookie too? Oatmeal raisin please. :P

Good advice, and nice left half drop. Which monster dropped it?

So this sceptre that you can get from Pyramid Plunder... What's the strategy for getting one? Don't even bother opening the coffins & chests in lower leveled rooms? Or make your way through the rooms always opening every chests/coffins? (That just usually leads to me running out of time to plunder the higher leveled rooms). For those of you who found the sceptre: How long did it take? Which room did you find it in? Any help or advice would be appreciated. :P

Whoo hoo! Just got 70 Agility! Thanks. It took about 3 days from 62 to 70. Yes, I've been pk'ed 3 times while on the course. Just stupid bored pkers coming in to kill defenseless players training agility. People training agility keep their hp low to reduce the damage dealt from obstacles, so it's not very hard to pick off someone with 20-30 hp. All they get are my cakes too. :| Using the course with a DDS does help though. :P

I would use Barbarian Outpost until level 45...then switch to Brimhaven Agility Arena (aka The Agility Hell Hole). Then I'd switch to the Wilderness course at around level 55. After than, I'd stick on the wilderness course until you hit 70 agility. Agility is just one of those skills that isn't easy or quick to level up. You just need a lot of patience, and a lot of cakes. lol Hope that helps.

When you see the picture of trout pop up, right click it...then click "Cook X"...then type in how many you want to cook.

Amazing. :shock:

This Knowledge Base article should help: http://www.runescape.com/kbase/viewarti ... ticle_id=4 First paragraph of the article: Awesome. :o