new start - help dunegoneering

[mrb0nes]

hey guys, find myself wanting to play runescape again after many moons!

I've played about with dungeonering breifly on free play and found it very confusing, thinking of purchaing my members soon.

Does anyone have specific tips on training dungeonering from the very start eg what floors etc

p.s I don't have any groups or anything as my friends quit a while ago.

[Quyneax]

Well, the recommendation is to get 50 by messing around, tears of guthix etc. :P. Once you got two binds you can team up with friends (make some) and after 70ish you can probably join teams in a dg world.

 

Do the last 5-10 floors large and the rest small, c1. At lower levels you may wish to do c6 smalls or so.

[veziv]

It's best to do early levels solo anyway, so you aren't missing much from not having a team. Here are some strategy tips.

 

1. Reset your ring every time you've done all the level you are eligible for. After resetting, do all the levels again, reset again, etc. The reason for this is that half of your score is based on how many unique levels you've done between resets. (It uses either the current number, or the previous number, whichever is bigger, but if you repeat the level, you lose this half of the XP.)

 

2. Because of the above, you have to do levels 1 to your best level after each reset of the ring, but early levels give low XP, so most people do them "C1". This means Complexity 1, small size.

 

3. Make sure to take advantage of all resource dungeon bonuses, skill lamps, etc. These bonuses help you unlock more levels before having to reset the ring, meaning you'll have higher XP bonus after resetting.

 

4. You'll get XP faster if you "rush", finishing each level as quickly as possible, because the bonus for killing all monsters isn't comparable to extra time that takes. The fastest way to get XP is to only kill monsters in rooms with guardian doors, or monsters that interfere with your puzzle-solving.

[Noxx]

It's best to do early levels solo anyway, so you aren't missing much from not having a team. Here are some strategy tips.

 

1. Reset your ring every time you've done all the level you are eligible for. After resetting, do all the levels again, reset again, etc. The reason for this is that half of your score is based on how many unique levels you've done between resets. (It uses either the current number, or the previous number, whichever is bigger, but if you repeat the level, you lose this half of the XP.)

 

2. Because of the above, you have to do levels 1 to your best level after each reset of the ring, but early levels give low XP, so most people do them "C1". This means Complexity 1, small size.

 

3. Make sure to take advantage of all resource dungeon bonuses, skill lamps, etc. These bonuses help you unlock more levels before having to reset the ring, meaning you'll have higher XP bonus after resetting.

 

4. You'll get XP faster if you "rush", finishing each level as quickly as possible, because the bonus for killing all monsters isn't comparable to extra time that takes. The fastest way to get XP is to only kill monsters in rooms with guardian doors, or monsters that interfere with your puzzle-solving.

This is all good and well, but you don't HAVE to it this way. Yes, do your lower floors as Small, but no need to do it on C1. Doing it on C6 takes about 2 minutes longer but gives about 3 times the Exp. Or atleast that's how i found it. Most people at higher levels would just prefer not to waste the 2 minutes because they get 80k+ per floor. For lower levels like myself i think doing it on C6 is a better option.

Also don't do the last 10 in teams. Only stick to your last 4 or 5 in teams. This will be a bit faster.

[veziv]

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This is all good and well, but you don't HAVE to it this way. Yes, do your lower floors as Small, but no need to do it on C1. Doing it on C6 takes about 2 minutes longer but gives about 3 times the Exp. Or atleast that's how i found it. Most people at higher levels would just prefer not to waste the 2 minutes because they get 80k+ per floor. For lower levels like myself i think doing it on C6 is a better option.

Also don't do the last 10 in teams. Only stick to your last 4 or 5 in teams. This will be a bit faster.

It obviously depends on the personal preference. For me, C6 takes about twice longer than C1, but I agree that for the first couple of resets of the ring you should do everything on the highest complexity you can.

 

As for teams, I found that I get the same experience rates from solo medium levels as from a Large with a team on World 117. However, I could have just been unlucky with teammates. So I do last 10 levels as solo medium, instead of doing last 5 as large with a team.

[manitstinks]

Remember runescape is all about redundancy. Reset after you have done all the floors you can do. You can check when you select which floor you want to do. Theres a check next to a completed floor. Other than that, there's not much to explain. It can be long and hard in the beginning but just stick with it. Takes about a week to get to a good level.

[Noxx]

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This is all good and well, but you don't HAVE to it this way. Yes, do your lower floors as Small, but no need to do it on C1. Doing it on C6 takes about 2 minutes longer but gives about 3 times the Exp. Or atleast that's how i found it. Most people at higher levels would just prefer not to waste the 2 minutes because they get 80k+ per floor. For lower levels like myself i think doing it on C6 is a better option.

Also don't do the last 10 in teams. Only stick to your last 4 or 5 in teams. This will be a bit faster.

It obviously depends on the personal preference. For me, C6 takes about twice longer than C1, but I agree that for the first couple of resets of the ring you should do everything on the highest complexity you can.

 

As for teams, I found that I get the same experience rates from solo medium levels as from a Large with a team on World 117. However, I could have just been unlucky with teammates. So I do last 10 levels as solo medium, instead of doing last 5 as large with a team.

Must be really unlucky. With teams on a Large floor i can get anywhere from 35k - 40k exp for the last 3 floors. If i solo Med i get about 15k - 20k.