6 quick questions :$

[hitman76]

i just had 6 quick questions and was hoping for some answers,

 

1. why would one prefer to kill mutated bloodvelds as opposed to the normal ones? in the beastiary i saw that normal bloodvelds are easier to kill, yet yield better drops than the mutated ones. the only reason i could find was the fact that mutated bloodvelds have 500 more life points, meaning a bit more xp. is that really the only reason or am i missing something??

 

2. what would be the fastest way to get from 80-85 magic?

 

3. i have been told by many that thieves guild is a really good alternative to training thieving up until level 70, but i havent been told what exactly in the guild to train on. would it be the chests or the wall safes?

 

4. what would be the most efficient way of training mining from 75-80?

 

5. i'm still stuck on how to train my herblore from level 70-85. i have been referred to Grimy's spreadsheets, and i have thoroughly looked at them, but im not quiet sure i understand the information properly. can anyone give a direct recommendation on how to to approach these next 15 levels?

 

and finally

 

6. i am currently on the final boss fight in the Branches of Darkmyre quest, and i'm well aware that the boss fight is meant to be challenging, but oh my god i've tried literally 12 times so far and every time i'm able to reduce his lifepoints down to i'd say honestly less than 300, and i would have a good amount of health and food left in my inventory, but again every time i'm about to finish him he hits me 3 times, consecutively and K.O's me. i'm just wondering if anyone else experienced this or is this some sort of a glitch? all 12 times this has happened, 3 hit K.O. at first i thought it was coincidence but the exact same thing occurs every time, from long distance he just hits 3 times (and its not the blood pool spell that he throws at you). my method is using Karils, dragon fire shield, and praying against magic while ranging him. i've attempted melle but came nowhere near close to killing him.

 

again, i've currently taken a break and decided to burn some vyres to boost the strength of my weapons (currently 100 burnt), but just wanted to know if theres anyway past this 3 hit thing :s (i even did 1 run with sara brews and super restores :oops: ) genuinely frustrated.

 

edit: just as a note my levels are 90 constitution, 87 range, 90 defence, 85 attack and strength, 70 prayer

 

i thank you all in advance and appreciate your time :)

[Baffler]

1. You can cannon the mutated ones.

 

2. Ice burst in a multicombat area probably.

 

3. I used the chests on an account I needed to get 50 thieving on, it worked pretty good for me.

 

4. Powermining granite.

 

5. The spreadsheets are more helpful than I'd be.

 

6. Haven't done that quest.

[Bad911]

1. Cannon as said before, and they give more experience in slayer which is still worth something.

 

2. Bursting rock lobsters or just bursting skeleton monkies. Otherwise, any other conventional cheap way is ok, cursing, alching, superheating, plankmaking, enchanting, humidifying, etc.

 

3. Don't know.

 

4. From 75-77, do lava flow mine, coal/iron at resource dungeon, granite. From 77-80, just concentrated coal from living rock caverns.

 

5. There is no profit in herblore, zero. You lose money. Depending on how much you have, you decide whether you want to sacrifice time or money. You just want to look at the "gp/xp" category, find the lowest value (always negative, so nearest to zero) that you can afford. Then see if you can actually do that method (might be too low leveled). If those two requirements meet, then check if it's fast enough to meet your standards in the "xp/hour" category. That is all.

 

6. There is no such thing as that attack. You're just standing still when he is throwing his blood bombs. There are two things you need to defeat him.

One: When he revs his darkness special attack, you swing your camera as hard as you can away from the center of the room. Doesn't matter how, when, or at what angle, just do it to mitigate damage or you won't last long.

Two: When he starts chucking red stuff on the floor, YOU DO NOT STOP, even when you're attacking him, the moment you hit him, you click somewhere on the map or on the floor to keep moving. This is also his most vulnerable time, so hit him and keep running, hit him and keep running. Pretend it's the luminescent icefiend in dungeoneering, except that he isn't invulnerable during the attack.

All his other attacks you just need to tank.

[Th e Doctor]

For darkness you can get zero damage. Stand on the line of squares directly north of him. When it charges run straight north to the wall and click the compass to auto seeing the camera to the angle which keys you take zero damage. I finished him on my first try last week and did not get 3 hit or close to it at all

[Quyneax]

Regular velds don't have better drops than mutated ones. People kill the mutated ones because they are much better xp and effigies. You can cannon either kind in the Meierditch laboratory dungeon.

 

As for 3, I think blackjacking is good?