Squakus Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 I just got 91 Thieving, and want full ibis to make future training easier. Supposedly the Sceptre of the Gods ramps up chances of getting ibis a ton, and it also looks nice. How many engraved sarcophagus lootings on average does it take to get one? As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapabale of solving approaches zero. Ensure you are not a social situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quyneax Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Err, I think that's measured in hundreds of tries, millions of xp. That is, you may well go to 99 thieving without seeing a sceptre of the gods. It's not worth hunting for the bonus xp from ibis only. Supporter of Zaros | Quest Cape owner since 22 may 2010 | No skills below 99 | Total level 2595 | Completionist Cape owner since 17th June 2013 | Suggestions 99 summoning (18th June 2011, previously untrimmed) | 99 farming (14th July 2011) | 99 prayer (8th September 2011) | 99 constitution (10th September 2011) | 99 dungeoneering (15th November 2011) 99 ranged (28th November 2011) | 99 attack, 99 defence, 99 strength (11th December 2011) | 99 slayer (18th December 2011) | 99 magic (22nd December 2011) | 99 construction (16th March 2012) 99 herblore (22nd March 2012) | 99 firemaking (26th March 2012) | 99 cooking (2nd July 2012) | 99 runecrafting (12th March 2012) | 99 crafting (26th August 2012) | 99 agility (19th November 2012) 99 woodcutting (22nd November 2012) | 99 fletching (31st December 2012) | 99 thieving (3rd January 2013) | 99 hunter (11th January 2013) | 99 mining (21st January 2013) | 99 fishing (21st January 2013) 99 smithing (21st January 2013) | 120 dungeoneering (17th June 2013) | 99 divination (24th November 2013) Tormented demon drops: twenty effigies, nine pairs of claws, two dragon armour slices and one elite clue | Dagannoth king drops: two dragon hatchets, two elite clues, one archer ring and one warrior ring Glacor drops: four pairs of ragefire boots, one pair of steadfast boots, six effigies, two hundred lots of Armadyl shards, three elite clues | Nex split: Torva boots | Kalphite King split: off-hand drygore mace 30/30 Shattered Heart statues completed | 16/16 Court Cases completed | 25/25 Choc Chimp Ices delivered | 500/500 Vyrewatch burned | 584/584 tasks completed | 4000/4000 chompies hunted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 It's only worth searching the engraved sarcophagus if you're going for more than 70m xp with pp, if I remember correctly. You'll probably ragequit and go to traders well before you get 70m xp at pp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sy_Accursed Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Sceptre really is pure luck of the draw.If you don't care on the metagame too much you may as well search it whilst you're training, but it will put a dent in the xp rates and there is no guarantee you'll get it before 99.I got mine at like 97, near 98 and after that got all but 1 bit of ibis before 99. All told ibis isn't really worth it, the xp wasted in attempting to get it will far outstrip the xp gained by using it. Operation Gold Sparkles :: Chompy Kills :: Full Profound :: Champions :: Barbarian Notes :: Champions Tackle Box :: MA RewardsDragonkin Journals :: Ports Stories :: Elder Chronicles :: Boss Slayer :: Penance King :: Kal'gerion Titles :: Gold Statue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 ??? Pyramid plunder is the best thieving xp so it's very much worth getting ibis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sy_Accursed Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 I meant in the context of the xp wasted by denting your xp rate in order to obtain the sceptre of the gods to help speed up the ibis gaining process coupled with the fact ibis doesn't work on pyramid plunder resulting in more xp loss, in spite of the 5% boost, if you do utilise it. Hence it is not worth getting, the fact you may get it in due course of using pyramid plunder doesn't really make a difference as it doesn't work there. Operation Gold Sparkles :: Chompy Kills :: Full Profound :: Champions :: Barbarian Notes :: Champions Tackle Box :: MA RewardsDragonkin Journals :: Ports Stories :: Elder Chronicles :: Boss Slayer :: Penance King :: Kal'gerion Titles :: Gold Statue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Ibis works in pyramid plunderPyramid plunder is more xp/hour than traders Ibis is definitely worth gettingSceptre of the gods probably isn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sy_Accursed Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Since when does it? When it came out they blocked it from working on plunder and blackjacking as they were too good already and I've not been aware of that being altered. Operation Gold Sparkles :: Chompy Kills :: Full Profound :: Champions :: Barbarian Notes :: Champions Tackle Box :: MA RewardsDragonkin Journals :: Ports Stories :: Elder Chronicles :: Boss Slayer :: Penance King :: Kal'gerion Titles :: Gold Statue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saradomin_Mage Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 It's been altered to work in Plunder now. Think it came with the Bonus XP tidy up. In real life MMO you don't get 99 smithing by making endless bronze daggers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwoofie Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 It must be a recent update, because Ibis does indeed work inside Pyramid Plunder. I'm in while writing this message. Although, it seems to only work for the traps/doors. Does not work for urns (At least not the urns in the last room.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeEliteOne Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 It must be a recent update, because Ibis does indeed work inside Pyramid Plunder. I'm in while writing this message. Although, it seems to only work for the traps/doors. Does not work for urns (At least not the urns in the last room.) If you inspect for snakes before looting the urn it might apply then, i think the cap for ibis to be applied is something like 700 xp per action. Inefficiency = fun. That's objective and can't be debated. Ever. Blog to 200m in all skills.Max cape achieved November 5th, 2011.Completionist cape achieved December 29th, 2011.Final Boss title achieved December 28th, 2014.Trimmed completionist cape achieved November 7th, 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 You absolutely shouldn't check for snakes though (I know you know that, deo, but I really don't want to see anyone check for snakes ever) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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