Current Task: 121 Dust Devils

 

 

 

Well, Ive never made a blog before, and I never thought I ever would, but here I am.

 

 

 

Introduction

 

 

 

Hello everyone, I am Artemis 42. You may or may not know me, as I am not the type to post often, however you may have seen my around here. Ive been playing Runescape for around three and a half years now (wow, has it really been that long?).

 

 

 

As you can probably guess from the title, this blog is about my journey to 99 slayer. This skill has always been among my favourites because it combines a number of my favourite things in this game. The most notably of these being combat, money making, and also giving me a variety of training options.

 

 

 

It seems to have developed into a tradition for my that I train slayer over my summer holidays. Two years ago I went from 60-85 and last year from 85-90. This summer I plan to make a good start on 99 however it would be foolish to think I could complete that in only 2 months. None the less, I will once again begin my slayer training.

 

 

 

Stats

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equipment Setup

 

 

 

 

 

 

Head: Slayer Helmet

 

Neck: Amulet of Fury

 

Weapon: Abyssal Whip

 

Shield: Dragonfire Shield

 

Back: Thieving Cape

 

Body: Bandos Chestplate

 

Legs: Bandos Tassets

 

Hand: Dark Gloves

 

Feet: Dragon Boots

 

Ring: Berserker Ring

 

 

 

Of course, this is subject to change depending on whatever Im fighting at the time.

 

 

 

I shall also be using Lunar Magics while training and tablets for my other needs.

 

 

 

Yeah, I know I dont have a fire cape. Personally I feel that the fight cave is more a test of internet connection than skill. The only thing stopping me from getting it is the fact that my computer has random and totally unpredictable spurts of lag that dont appear to happen for any reason.

 

 

 

Level Ups

 

 

 

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Task Log

 

 

 

Here is where I shall be keeping track of all tasks that I do. I will also be keeping track of the total amount of summoning charms that I receive as drops, mostly because I am interested in seeing a ratio between slayer and summoning experience.

 

 

 

[hide=1-??]1) 39 Iron Dragons - 4 gold, 28 green, 6 crimson, 8 blues

 

2) 160 Trolls - 18 gold, 2 green, 2 crimson, 1 blue

 

3) 145 Gargoyles - 15 gold, 6 green, 9 red, 9 blue

 

4) 126 Banshees - 10 gold, 24 green, 5 crimson, 0 blue

 

5) 160 Dagannoth - 16 gold, 11 green, 43 crimson, 1 blue

 

6) 56 Terror Dogs - 6 gold, 4 green, 4 crimson, 1 blue

 

7) 183 Banshees - 3 gold, 12 green, 2 crimson, 0 blue

 

8) 142 Turoth - 12 gold, 34 green, 12 crimson, 3 blue

 

9) 128 Fire Giants - 65 gold, 12 green, 6 crimson, 2 blue

 

10) 184 Abyssal Demons - 23 gold, 9 green, 59 crimson, 0 blue

 

11) 136 Kurask - 11 gold, 34 green, 7 crimson, 1 blue

 

12) 169 Turoth - 17 gold, 40 green, 8 crimson, 2 blue

 

13) 148 Aberrant Spectres - 12 gold, 2 green, 5 crimson, 11 blue

 

14) 158 Spiritual Mages - No charms

 

15) 124 Turoth - 6 gold, 26 green, 13 crimson, 1 blue

 

16) 178 Basilisks - 6 gold, 30 green, 8 crimson, 2 blue

 

17) 136 Cave Crawlers - 13 gold, 0 green, 2 crimson, 0 blue

 

18) 144 Nechryael - 11 gold, 10 green, 52 crimson, 2 blue

 

19) 132 Turoth - 7 gold, 28 green, 11 crimson, 1 blue

 

20) 189 Abyssal Demons - 20 gold, 10 green, 56 crimson, 2 blue

 

21) 146 Banshees - 2 gold, 12 green, 4 crimson, 0 blue

 

22) 120 Nechryael - 10 gold, 7 green, 42 crimson, 0 blue

 

23) 174 Fire Giants - 99 gold, 12 green, 8 crimson, 4 blue

 

24) 179 Gargoyles - 16 gold, 9 green, 4 crimson, 16 blue

 

25) 148 Basilisks - 8 gold, 26 green, 5 crimson, 2 blue

 

26) 154 Nechryael - 20 gold, 9 green, 52 crimson, 0 blue

 

27) 134 Kurask - 18 gold, 40 green, 9 crimson, 3 blue

 

28) 162 Dagannoth - 18 gold, 10 green, 44 crimson, 0 blue

 

29) 167 Black Demons - 40 gold, 16 green, 63 crimson, 4 blue

 

30) 167 Dark Beasts - 16 gold, 13 green, 15 crimson, 19 blue

 

31) 172 Dagannoth - 21 gold, 7 green, 45 crimson, 1 blue

 

32) 59 Terror Dogs - 5 gold, 0 green, 3 crimson, 4 blue

 

33) 144 Cave Horrors - 7 gold, 2 green, 20 crimson, 2 blue

 

34) 176 cave Crawlers - 19 gold, 7 green, 4 crimson, 1 blue

 

35) 147 Dagannoth - 46 gold, 6 green, 4 crimson, 2 blue

 

36) 126 Turoth - 6 gold, 30 green, 0 crimson, 4 blue

 

37) 139 Kurask - 14 gold, 31 green, 8 crimson, 1 blue

 

38) 54 Terror Dogs - 1 gold, 0 green, 3 crimson, 5 blue

 

39) 125 Fire Giants - 78 gold, 5 green, 7 crimson, 2 blue

 

40) 150 Dark Beasts - 12 gold, 10 green, 12 crimson, 3 blue

 

41) 136 Greater Demons - 8 gold, 9 green, 35 crimson, 1 blue

 

42) 124 Abyssal Demons - 11 gold, 3 green, 37 crimson, 1 blue

 

43) 121 Dust Devils -[/hide]

 

 

 

Notable Drops

 

 

 

Dragon Platelegs - 1

 

Dragon Boots - 1

 

Rune Boots - 2

 

Black Mask - 2

 

Granite Maul - 2

 

Granite Helm - 1

 

Black Mystic Top - 1

 

Black Mystic Gloves - 2

 

White Mystic Top - 1

 

White Mystic Bottom

 

Kurask Head - 1

 

 

 

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Clue Log

 

 

 

[hide=1-??]1) Dagannoth (level 2) - 11 chaos, 80 earth, 60 adamant nails, 57 waters, adamant long

 

2) Turoth (level 3) - Guilded Dresser, 3869 coins, Magic Shortbow, Rune Crossbow

 

3) Abyssal Demons - 15 sharks, 24 mahogany planks, 14 purple sweets, 29 rune bolts, rune platebody, rune full helm

 

4) Turoth - 3 black d-hide chaps, rune dagger, 2 rune battleaxes

 

5) Elves - 2 guilded dressers, 17 sharks, Blue D-hide body (t), magic shortbow

 

6) Nechryael - 30 law runes, black d-hide body, rune platelegs, 46 nature runes, guilded bench

 

7) Abyssal Demon - 40 nature runes, 1419 coins, 2 rune full helmets, 36 law runes

 

8) Banshee - black platelegs, black plateskirt (g), 10 salmon, 44 body runes

 

9) Nechryael - 11 white firelighters, rune platelegs, magic shortbow, 27 rune bolts

 

10) Kurask - !!!3rd age vambraces!!! Zamorak D-hide Top, 2 black d-hide chaps

 

 

11) Gargoyle - 2 rune battleaxes, 14 lobsters, rune axe

 

12) Terror Dog - rune daggar, 21 blood runes, rune battleaxe, 17 rune bolts

 

13) Turoth - rune daggar, black d-hide chaps, rune pickaxe, rune longsword, 14 sharks, rune platelegs

 

14) Kurask - 1989 coins, rune longsword, blue d-hide chaps (g), black d-hide chaps, 46 law runes, 15 sharks[/hide]

Good luck with 99 slayer! Nice fighting outfit too! :thumbup:

Keep it up!

Good luck with your goal :

 

99 Slayer owns! (As does your Slayer outfit) ;)

Thanks for your words of encouragement, Sombra, darkalien and Crusader :)

 

 

 

Well isn't this nice. First task and on one of my first kills I get this...

 

 

 

 

 

 

An omen of good things to come? (I sure hope so.)

Wow, congratulations on the dragon legs. :D Well, good luck on your journey to 99 Slayer!

Lol the D Legs on your first task deserve another post :D

 

Heh congrats on the drop! =P~

Thanks Lunar. :)

 

 

 

My latest level...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other than that, nothing very interesting has happened between now and my D legs drop. I did however recieve a back-to-back Maul/Black mystic robetop drop, another maul soon after and 2 rune full helms within the last 50 mobs.

 

 

 

Also, I never truely appreciated summoning monsters for combat until now. I was quite surprised by the Karamthulu Overlord's combat ability. I've seen it hit up to 14 in normal combat and its right-click ability have proven useful. I'll have to be sure to use combat familiars more in the future.

Wow, loads of 99 slayer blogs lately. Good Luck to you!

"Those who know nothing, can understand nothing"

 

 

 

Is that a quote from KH? :lol:

Thanks Lunar. :)

 

 

 

My latest level...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other than that, nothing very interesting has happened between now and my D legs drop. I did however recieve a back-to-back Maul/Black mystic robetop drop, another maul soon after and 2 rune full helms within the last 50 mobs.

 

 

 

Also, I never truely appreciated summoning monsters for combat until now. I was quite surprised by the Karamthulu Overlord's combat ability. I've seen it hit up to 14 in normal combat and its right-click ability have proven useful. I'll have to be sure to use combat familiars more in the future.

 

 

 

Karam is stronger than most combat summons... including ones in the 70's.

"Those who know nothing, can understand nothing"

 

 

 

Is that a quote from KH? :lol:

 

Do you play KH Th3?

 

 

 

PS. Congrats on the level lol :mrgreen: You just started the blog and you've already got some really cool things to throw up here :thumbsup:

Wow, congratz on those levels, and that Thief cape is the sex. Good luck on 99 Slay!@

Karam is stronger than most combat summons... including ones in the 70's.

 

 

 

Is that so? Well I must admit that I find that a bit dissapointing. Although I suppose that if they just kept improving they might get a bit unbalanced. Oh well, I'm sure I'll survive with my evil squid just fine. :mrgreen:

 

 

 

"Those who know nothing, can understand nothing"

 

 

 

Is that a quote from KH? :lol:

 

Do you play KH Th3?

 

 

 

PS. Congrats on the level lol :mrgreen: You just started the blog and you've already got some really cool things to throw up here :thumbsup:

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the feedback and yeah, the quote is from Kingdom Hearts (as is my avatar.)

 

 

 

It's nice to see that there are some people who get the reference. :D

 

 

 

Wow, congratz on those levels, and that Thief cape is the sex. Good luck on 99 Slay!@

 

 

 

Yeah, it is, isn't it? Thats one of the reasons I decided to go for 99 thieving awhile ago. That and it also happens to be one of my favorite skills, (oddly enough).

 

 

 

On another note, I just finished up my first clue (from dagannoths) and it was rubbish. Just 11 chaos, 80 earth, 60 adamant nails, 57 waters and an adamant long. Even for a level 2 that is pretty unimpressive. However since I seem to have had a pretty good day so far, I'm not exactly dissapointed.

Upon closer inspection of your avatar I now recognize it.

 

Never realized what it was after casually glancing over it a few times.

 

 

 

Sorry to be hoggin up the space on your blog :roll:

 

Typically not much of a poster.. But you like KH so I'm obligated to post :?

Good luck with your blog and 99 slayer.

 

Nice setup, maybe a bank pic? ;)

Upon closer inspection of your avatar I now recognize it.

 

Never realized what it was after casually glancing over it a few times.

 

 

 

Sorry to be hoggin up the space on your blog :roll:

 

Typically not much of a poster.. But you like KH so I'm obligated to post :?

 

 

 

No worrys. These boards move rather fast so any posts are appreciated.

 

 

 

Good luck with your blog and 99 slayer.

 

Nice setup, maybe a bank pic? ;)

 

 

 

Hehe, I might post a bank pic if I ever get around to tidying up my bank. However I'm not really motivated to because my back is really unimpressive. A large part of my net wealth is in my equipment. I don't have much in the way of money or rares of any kind (although I don't really consider rares to be as important because turning them into cash is extreamly difficult these days.)

 

 

 

Well, I now have developed a bit of a hatred towards Banshee tasks. You have two choices when it comes to killing them. You can either...

 

 

 

a) Run arond chasing them in the Slayer tower all day or,

 

B) Fight them in the slayer well where even with good magic def they still tear through you. Plus you can't guthan or use peaches for healing so you're let having to use food or a Bunyip.

 

 

 

Oh well, at least they drop a decent amount of herbs and pure essence. Oddly enough however I can't recall ever getting a pair of Black Mystic gloves as a drop until today. It seems a bit odd to have gotten to 90 without ever have recieved a pair of gloves which aren't especially rare.

 

 

 

Off to Turoths now. *Hopes for leaf bladed sword :pray: *

Well, this was an unexpected drop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not especially interesting, however it is a pretty rare drop. Its a shame that I already have a KBD head in my house so this new one really has no use. I also got a white mystic top towards the end of my task. Still no Leaf-Bladed Sword though. #-o

 

 

 

Eugh, Turoths again though. I've already fought these guys today, the kurasks and now Turoth again. I'm getting a little annoyed at having to kill these guys with this terrible spear. Oh well.

Oh haha I didn't notice your avvy :lol: And yesss I am an avid KH player

I think I just realized a great flaw with using lunars. Without the modern spell to teleport to Trollheim, there really isn't any practical way to get the the God Wars Dungeon. As far as I know, the only way is to take the long route up to that area. Is there some way to get up there that I'm missing, or is there really no other way?

 

 

 

Oh well, I just hope that I don't have to bank during this task #-o .

Well, so far my clues have been really unimpressive (the best thing so far boing black plateskirt(g) however I did happen across this...

 

 

 

 

 

 

It just goes to show that it pays to be observant while doing clue scrolls. Just as I'm teleporting away from White Wolf mountain I notice a Dragon Impling on the path leading up the mountain. I then immediatly grabbed a net and jar and took the glider back. After a few minutes of running around searching I finally found him and, after an annoying chase (since he can go over unpassible areas) I finally caught him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And yet another defence level.

 

 

 

Well, sometime today I should have the points to learn how to make the slayer mask. I just hope Sumona decides to stop sending me on more slow and profitless tasks.

Very nice goal, an you're already almost there! Ok, well, a bit less then half-way, but I'm sure you can make it =]

 

 

 

And grats on the dragon arrows, how much are those worth?

Very nice goal, an you're already almost there! Ok, well, a bit less then half-way, but I'm sure you can make it =]

 

 

 

And grats on the dragon arrows, how much are those worth?

 

 

 

Thanks :)

 

 

 

And according to the GE database, one dragon arrow is worth 8,132gp. So 130 of them is around 1,057,000 gp. Not a bad deal if you ask me. \

Holy shnaps...! 3rd age Vambraces!!! (well, and zammy d-hide top)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best clue I've ever gotten. It really does pay to so every clue you get. Although I wasn't able to get a pic of the reward screen since a freakin' rev attacked me just as I opened the casket. Altough its a shame that it had to be among the least valuable and most useless out of every piece of third age equipment. So in a way, I guess you could call it extreamly unlucky.

oh em gee nice clue :shock: :thumbsup: :