The New Guide to Pyramid Plunder

[jwoelmer2]

You mentioned that you should use it from 71+ and 91+, but that at 81-91, the xp is comparable to blackjacking. Would you suggest switching to blackjacking for the optimal xp, or just continue at PP through those levels?

[Gandorf61]

You mentioned that you should use it from 71+ and 91+, but that at 81-91, the xp is comparable to blackjacking. Would you suggest switching to blackjacking for the optimal xp, or just continue at PP through those levels?

 

If you're fast at clicking or use mousekeys it would probably be worthwhile to do blackjacking to at least level 81 where Pyramid Plunder will start to give you equal or better xp/hr. From there you could do Pyramid Plunder all the way to level 99 for the best experience. I also have heard that thieving monkey knife fighters might be even better xp than Pyramid Plunder so it might be worthwhile to check them up. (Sorry I don't know much about xp rates for Monkey knife fighters)

 

If you find that you can't maintain a fast clicking rate when blackjacking then you might want to try Pyramid Plunder sooner as it's not as click intensive. It really just depends on your gameplay style.

[Naive]

Great guide, could use a mention of Black Ibis and the Sceptre of the gods, but that's about it. Really great guide :)

[chenw]

This is actually very easy to do. You can pay the mummy either 24 pottery trinkets (includes combs), 12 stone trinkets, or 6 gold trinkets. I find it best to pay him 12 stone seal trinkets because it's the cheapest way to pay him for the three teleport charges. 12 stone seals are only worth 1800gp so it's not that expensive. You also get a lot of these while plundering so you should always have some in your bank. When your sceptre has one charge left just remember to grab 12 stone seals from your bank and when you teleport to the pyramid use a seal on the mummy to get him to charge your sceptre. Note: Your sceptre can only be recharged when it has no more charges left.

 

At higher thieving levels, I'd suggest switching to keeping only Gold seals instead of stone seals, as stone seals seems to be rarer than gold seals at later rooms.

[Spirit Eyes]

Realy nice guide. 99 here I come 8-)

[Scary Crayon]

Brilliant guide, total newbie to PP, big thanks.

[Cerri]

Not a bad guide at all. I have yet to get any pieces of Ibis gear yet, but I have heard conflicting reports. Does it appear only oin your inventory, and thus you would always need a free space open? Or will it appear on the ground? I have nightmares of having Ibis show up on the ground only to see "Your time is up..." While trying to grab it.

[Hedgehog]

It appears on the ground. You get a message in your chat box (a big one, like an npc is talking to you).

 

Also, loot the last two rooms. Don't check for snakes; that's a bad idea.

[Mercifull]

I've always checked for snakes. I found it much faster xp rates from less failures even when I was level 98. Never bothered with proper efficiency calculations though so maybe I was just lucky/unlucky during my tests.

[TheLad1]

Not a bad guide at all. I have yet to get any pieces of Ibis gear yet, but I have heard conflicting reports. Does it appear only oin your inventory, and thus you would always need a free space open? Or will it appear on the ground? I have nightmares of having Ibis show up on the ground only to see "Your time is up..." While trying to grab it.

 

It definitely appears on the ground, I got a piece in Room 3, however had already spammed the door to next room, which unluckily in my case was the correct one. It was only then I saw the message about getting a piece of Black Ibis.

I quickly left the pyramid & restarted, managing to get back to drop in time :)

 

Top tip, check floor & chat box before clicking on the doors.

[Hedgehog]

I've always checked for snakes. I found it much faster xp rates from less failures even when I was level 98. Never bothered with proper efficiency calculations though so maybe I was just lucky/unlucky during my tests.

It would have to raise your accuracy to over 100% for it to be worth it :P

[Mercifull]

Mmm A lot of the maxed players with guides on YouTube still suggest checking for snakes.

[Zaaps1]

Mmm A lot of the maxed players with guides on YouTube still suggest checking for snakes.

 

It's not the size of the boat that matters, but then again, it takes a long time to get to France in a rowboat.

[bubz]

Im getting my Thieving up soon, never understood Pyramid Plunder but your guides great! Will be using it very soon, thanks for this!

[Hedgehog]

Mmm A lot of the maxed players with guides on YouTube still suggest checking for snakes.

Noticed that I never replied to this.

 

http://www.xp-waste.com/pyramid-plunder-success-rate-t1796.html

 

Well say searching and looting both take 4 ticks then...

 

(4 ticks/attempt) / (0.69 successes/attempt) = 5.797 ticks/success on average.

 

Therefore:

 

(4+4)/x > 5.797

 

x= 1.38

 

So if the true success rate is 69% at level 99 then at level 99 searching for snake will not be worth the time involved even if it increases the success rate to 100%.

**this is just for the 4 and 4 tick example**

 

In the general case it would be

 

(a+b)/x > (a/.69)

 

Where:

a = the ticks per attempt of looting an urn.

b = the ticks per attempt of searching an urn.

x = the successful looting percentage after searching the urn.

 

His example uses incorrect information but the formula is basically correct. Essentially, searching for snakes would have to increase accuracy by a lot more than it does for it to be worth it.