Girthexx

Thanks for the feed back :) I'll get to work with my pure on the best Inventory set up and I'll ask some of the other players down here for more info.

Nearly complete now I'd say. Drop Log Added New Title Added Wording Changed

I think the guide looks okay, Just needs more content added. Drop Log comming soon!

Hello and welcome to my Cockroach Soldier Extermination guide. This is a Free to Play Guide as I am currently Free to Play, but the techniques can be carried across to Pay to Play, Just swap to the best possible armour and weapons available to you :) . Roach Soldiers are probably the most rewarding and profitable thing to kill in the Free to Play game. Although I havent spent much time comparing, I have been assured that they are a lot more profit and help gain more XP then Lesser Demons and because of their relative closeness to Edgeville Bank and the Grand Exchange, they make life easier. [hide=Info About Cockroach Soldiers]Info About Cockroach Soldiers Before attempting to slay any monster in runescape, it is always best to first know what youre up against. This applies to everything, be it as a new player trying to kill a cow, or going on a boss trip as a P2Per. Youll find pretty much everything in the Tip.it bestiary, but heres two extra bits of info. Maximum Range hit of a Roach Soldier is 10; the Maximum melee hit is 8. The Roaches only hit with range if you run out of their reach or attack them with range, and also seem to hit more often with range then melee. These do manage to hit a lot whether they melee or range. I would try and get an average of how much HP you lose per Roach Soldier killed but of course this is entirely down to your defence level and how fast you can kill the roach. The drops you'll want to look out for are Rune Skimmy's and Square Shields. These are not really Rare drops, but you'll probly only get 1 every two or so trips average. The drops that make the majority of the profit are Law runes drops, Death rune drops and Ore drops.[/hide] [hide=Before We Start]Before We Start Planning is crucial to any hunters trip. Once you know what youre going to be killing, you have to decide the best way to kill it. Starting with Attack style (which will therefore affect your inventory and equipment). Cockroach Soldiers have a high magic defence and while mage does affect them, it means very little profit or even a loss. In my opinion, this is a no go when trying to make a decent profit and get a good amount of XP. With Range you have the same problem. The cost of replacing arrows will exceed what you make from drops and also as you range from far away, you will get hit more by the Cockroaches range attack, meaning less kills per trip and therefore less XP. This leaves us with Melee combat :D the best choice by far! You can maximise your profit as you only have to pay for food supplies and also maximise the XP gained as you can stay for longer. Here is my typical Inventory and equipment. Its pretty much the best armour I can obtain in Free to Play, then a strength ammy to maximise my hits and green DHide Vambraces to give me that little extra boost of defence. I use tuna as they are cheap so mean more profit per trip but give me enough hp boost each time to stay there long enough. Lobsters are also a good choice, especially if you have relatively high HP, but the prices have been going up and on a bad run (loot worth 20-25k) youll make very little profit. [/hide] [hide=Route and Kill Spots]Route Getting to the Cockroaches: You will start in the Edgeville bank and simply follow the path to the cave, you need to have completed the steps to open the mechanised doors to use this cave, but its a short cut so is well worth doing. Once down the cave entrance, youll find yourself in this room with 3 Cockroach Soldiers. You can stay here and kill the Roaches, but this spot often gets crowded because of the convenience of it to Edgeville bank. Youll entre into the room circled in red. Follow the blue line to more Cockroach soldiers if this area is busy. Go down the stairs. From there, go through this door. And then you will be in the maximum Security area. Ive marked out the three best killing spots as there are 3 roaches available so youll never be waiting for a roach to kill. [/hide] [hide=Killing]Killing From here, its pretty simple. Just attack the roaches and eat when ever your HP reaches around 16 (within 2 max hits of dying). For those with 45+ prayer, its a good idea to set quick prayer to protect from melee just in case on your last kill, the roach gets lucky and does a lot of damage. For those who cant use protect from melee, dont attack unless you have atleast one piece of food or your HP is still Pretty full. [/hide] [hide=Q&A]Any questions asked in the thread along with their answer will be placed here.[/hide] I started killing Roaches when I needed cash because I was down to a set of rune and 200k cash. I've logged all of the trips I've made so you can see how profitable, and unprofitable at times, Roaches can be :) one run takes me around 20 minutes. [hide=Drop Log]Trip 1 - Total loot value 87'499 GP Trip 2 - 183'577 GP Trip 3 - 245'636 GP Trip 4 - 273'653 GP Trip 5 - 327'317 GP Trip 6 - 354'999 GP Trip 7 - 404'547 GP Trip 8 - 444'621 GP Trip 9 - 474'419 GP Trip 10 - 527'306 GP Trip 11 - 611'824 GP Trip 12 - 688'401 GP Trip 13 - 724'670 GP Trip 14 - 761233 GP Trip 15 - 798'360 GP Trip 16 - 819'928 Trip 17 - 897'077 GP Trip 18 - 965'092 GP Trip 19 - 991'643GP Trip 20 - 1'024'851 GP Trip 21 - 1'074'071 GP Trip 22 - 1'111'935 GP Trip 23 - GP Trip 24 - GP Trip 25 - GP[/hide]