I was checking around for info on cannons for ranging and had one big question. Is there a rough count or guideline of how many cannonballs it would take to kill a certain number of monsters? I want to go from 60 to 70 range, and according to tip it, its about 4.6k rockcrabs.

 

So, roughly speaking, how many cannonballs would be needed for it? Should I assume double, or even triple the kill count in terms of cannonballs?

There's really no way to predict how long you need to lvl a combat skill. I'm not too sure about this, i believe the cannon is able to hit rather accurately and about 24+ almost every shot or so. Maybe you'll want to estimate from there.

A cannon normaly hits 25 then 0 then 25 on a monster, thats the average though...So I am thinking about 15k cannon balls.

 

 

 

But think about this, a cannon ball isn't worth the exp. Its only worth it if you want to level 4 times faster then leveling with normal range.

 

 

 

1 Cannon ball costs around 200 gp, it can hit a max of 35 and a average of 20-35. Now you can get 4 iron arrows (At 25gp each) in the same amount of money. Now 4 iron arrows need to hit an average of 5 each. Now an iron arrow hits more then 5 average with 40+ range and almost best range bonus equipment.

I hear what you are saying on the iron arrows, and you're probably right. The biggest hair pulling part on leveling range was its speed. I just did 55-60 on black knights (I wanted to level white knight ranks) and the worst part was--even with iron throwing knives-- how s l o w it was.

 

(on the other hand, I'd probably spend the same amount of time making cannonballs, so it all averages out)

Well, the iron arrow thing is without picking them up. Picking them up they own cannon balls price wise/exp all day long. But if you wish to level up fast then you want to use a cannon.

Or do as I do, set up the cannon and shoot your bow at the same time. Since it's a bow you can attack and stay by the cannon for re-loading.