Boss hunting

[MioJJ]

Hey guys, long story short, I want to get into boss hunting... I don't really have much, if all any experiance boss hunting apart from the giant mole and KBD, but other than them, i've done nothing...

 

I'm currently at 82 att 81 str 81 def 77 range 66 pray 83 hp 60 sum (Loads of charms banked) and 81 mage. I don't have access to chaotics, overloads and things like that and I have 21m+ cash to use for a set up to use for hunting a certain boss. But yeah, my question is, knowing all that, what should I start out doing to get me onto the boss hunting ladder? I got invited to go to bandos once but skipped the chance because I couldnt get a decent setup together

 

tl;dr - want to boss hunt, no experiance, 21m for setup, what do? :P

[Singh]

To be honest, your stats are kinda low. I would suggest doing slayer and getting your combat/summoning/dung up. And if you really want to go boss hunting, I would suggest find some friends and go and hunt lol.

Best of luck

[Vezon Dash]

What the person above me said.

 

First things first, get 85 in all melees and 70 prayer. Getting a chaotic will help, and if you raise your combats through slayer, you will amass even more charms for more summoning levels.

 

But hey, even the mole isn't too shabby for profit if you ask me.

[Quyneax]

The bosses with the lowest requirements (that are still worth doing once you're maxed) are tormented demons, Dagannoth kings and glacors but they also require a few specific high levels and quests (for tds that is 88 summoning/unicorn + While Guthix Sleeps, for dks that is 96 herblore/overloads, for glacors that is 92 prayer/soul split and 95 magic/fire surge + Ritual of the Mahjarrat). The reason these have fewer requirements is that they are less competetive and they deal a lot less damage if you're aware of the strategies. Your main issue with God Wars, Nex and corporeal beast is that they are for a large part slugfests: you and the boss just try to hit as hard as possible while taking as little damage as possible. You can't quite carry enough healing or kill them fast enough to solo these for money (yet), but team boss hunting isn't very profitable either compared to solo.

 

There are a few major upgrades:

88 summoning: the unicorn will allow you to heal without interrupting combat or lowering your combat stats with Saradomin brews.

85-96 herblore: extremes and overloads will increase your effective strength and overloads will also allow you to use brews with relative impunity.

92-95 prayer: soul split and turmoil will allow you to heal and deal greater melee damage. Soul split alone is only worth it for maging really.

80+ dungeoneering: chaotic melee weapons are a massive upgrade to your damage output. The rapier, maul, crossbow and staff are used in tds, dks, god wars, Nex and glacors. Cls is also used but mainly for GWD Bandos tanks.

 

Of these upgrades, only dungeoneering does not require a large up-front investment, but it requires time of course. Summoning is fairly cheap compared to prayer and herblore as well. Prayer and herblore are major cash sinks.

 

If you want to start bossing right now, without any upgrades, I'd recommend solo maging Rex, because you shouldn't be under attack from things over ~100 combat if done well, but also exposes you to level 300+ monsters (plural) and good loot. The only thing the kings sadly do not drop are effigies and charms.

You can use gear like the following:

 

Verac's brassard

Verac's plateskirt

Infinity boots

Polypore staff

Blessed spirit shield

Neitiznot helm

Barrows gloves

Amulet of fury (you don't have 70 dungeoneering and this is a setup for your current stats, but an arcane stream necklace would help a lot)

Soul Wars cape > Ardougne cloak 4 > 3 > 2

Ring of wealth

 

In your inventory you'd bring a combination of Vecna's skull and magic potions to boost your damage output, along with prayer potions, super restores, antipoison++s and a few Saradomin brews. Enhanced Excalibur is a great special weapon if you have it, too.

 

The idea of solo maging is that you kill only the melee dagannoth king, Rex. He drops the most valuable loot and is extremely vulnerable to magic. Prime and Supreme, being mage and ranger respectively, use attacks with range so they can attack you even as you attack them (and at the same time, which strains your healing most of all), but Rex melees, so you only have to safespot him. As it happens it's possible to attack, lure and safespot him without drawing the attention of Prime or Supreme. You do however need to sneak into the lair past Prime and Supreme, for which you will need a hybrid or suicider.

 

Running a bit long here, try reading this or the official Tip.It guide to Waterbirth Island for more info. Good luck :).