F2P - Ice Giants / Ice Warriors Ranging Guide

Here's a guide on where to range on Ice Giants for F2P. (Ice Warriors can be used for ranging, but they don't drop such good stuff.) The aggressive Ice Warriors make this place intimidating for players who are wearing only dragonhide (you could probably use these spots for magic, too), but there are a few spots where you can safely range from.

It's long. But if you skim some of the information, you'll get a general idea.

First off, here's what you should bring:

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Inventory:

- Trout, Salmon, Tuna, Lobbies, Swordies... whatever you want to bring. You'll want to bring at least 12. These guys hit pretty hard and pretty often depending on your defence level.

- Definitely bring a melee weapon (scimitar would be best to get off quick kills) in case a monster comes too close. Ice Giants drop Black Kite Shields (high alch these) and Mith Square Shields (high alch these AFTER you're done with your ranging session), so I suggest using the Mith Square Shield with your scimmy if you need to use melee against an Ice Warrior.

- High alching materials to free up space if a black kiteshield drops or something.

Gear:

I tend to wear my full helm because it protects me from the crushes that the monsters inflict. Definitely provides more protection than a coif. And besides, it only reduces your ranged bonus by 2.

Amazingly, Leather Boots are the best F2P ranged boots because they don't hinder any range bonuses and provide a few defence bonuses:

Chicken Feet, Mime boots, and any other holiday boots work here too.

One important thing to have with you is your Explorer's Ring. Best used for its Cabbage Patch Teleport (CPT, as I call it), it also saves you 3 spots in your inventory so you don't have to carry your teleporting runes. The monsters drop various iron, steel, and mithril things that you can low alch with your ring if you feel like it.

Other gear variations are acceptable, and I won't go into detail with those. Whatever you feel comfortable ranging in is perfectly fine.

(From Numer0_un0: Tip: bring the f2p dragonhide coif from FoG if you have one, a lot better than a full helm for ranging.)

(From Sinkhan: I would just use a regular coif in that case. D'coif only gives +2 ranged over regular one.)

As for the skill levels... I'm not particularly sure how low your skills can be, but I guess 60 ranged and 60 defence should be the minimum. :?[/hide]

How to get to the Ice Caves:

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Pick up your stuff at the Draynor bank and then pretend you're walking to the Karamja boat at Port Sarim.

Keep walking south past the jailhouse and follow the green grass to the trapdoor. Don't walk outside toward the beaches.[/hide]

Once inside:

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Walk around past all the low level guys (muggers, pirates, and hobgoblins). Once you reach the ice caves, run along the southern wall (like in the pic) and take refuge along the pile of rocks near the blurite ores in the south east corner.[/hide]

The Beginning - Ice Warrior aggression:

EDIT: As of right now, the pictures listed in this section are OUT OF DATE. Sometime a few months ago, Jagex decided to eliminate these safespots, so now the Ice Warriors will be able to reach you if you try to hide in any of these spots. If you have any information on Ice Warrior safespots, please post any information/pic.

[hide=]The toughest part about ranging in here is the aggressive Ice Warriors. I hate them just as much as you do. Run to this spot once you get a Warrior on your back:

If you happen to catch him in a spot where you can't shoot him, side-step to one square and let him come to you. You'll get hit, but you just walk back to your original spot.

Here are a few spots you can hide in:

If you happen to get double teamed on both sides of your hiding spot, pull out your scimitar, kill one, run to one of the safe spots, and use your bow.

You may also be shooting a giant and the Warriors slip through the cracks and come attack you. Run to a Warrior safe zone and kill the Warrior. Then go pick up your arrows where you were shooting the giant before. Someone may have taken your giant, but that's ok.

Also, random events reset the aggressiveness of the monsters.

(From allisgreat: Also, it takes about 10-15 minutes for them to become unaggressive and if you're level 115+ then the ice warriors won't attack you[/hide]

I'm not too sure how many Ice Giants/Warriors you need to kill until they stop automatically attacking you. I don't know how long you need to wait either. :wall: All I can say is, try to hold out as long as you can against these bastards (that's what the food's there for). Once they lose interest in you, you won't need to use any more food since you're not getting hit in your safe spot... :D

Once you can walk outside the safe zone and nothing attacks you, then you know you're in for some good business. This is where the fun starts. :lol:

Ice Giants:

[hide=]These guys are what you came for. They have great drops, and I personally love getting their big bones. F2P prayer is super hard to level (unless you buy your bones, which will probably be the case at higher prayer levels), but we all love big bones.

My best ranged efficiency technique goes as follows. After you click on an Ice Giant, click on the spot that I am currently standing on (your safe spot):

Immediately after you click your safe spot, right-click the Ice Giant, and WAIT until he stands in front of your safe zone. Then click "Attack Ice Giant."

The reasons I do this are to

a. immediately start shooting the giant and not worry about someone stealing it while I'm waiting for it to come

b. avoid the risk of coming out of my safe zone. Sometimes I try to re-click on the giant as he's moving, and I end up clicking the ground so I come out of my hiding spot. Thus, I'll get hit. :shame:[/hide]

Ice Giant safe spots:

[hide=]Here are 6 (technically 5) spots that I have found so far:

This is the spot that I mentioned previously. This is where you'll be ranging from most often.

This technically isn't a new spot, but if you happen to pull an Ice Giant from the left sides, you can go here.

If you step to the left 1 square, that spot is also safe.

This is the 3rd one. As you can tell all 3 of those guys want to kill me, but thankfully the fat giant is blocking the two bastards around him.

Here is another one:

And another:

And another:

And yet another:

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Rewards:

[hide=](From the Tip.it Bestiary - Ice Giants)

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  * Gold: 8-400
  * 100%: Big bones
  * Weapon: Iron battleaxe, Mithril Mace, Iron 2h sword, Steel sword, Steel axe
  * Armour: Black kiteshield, Mithril sq shield, Iron platelegs
  * Runes/Arrows: Body(37), Mind(24), Water(12), Nature(4-6), Cosmic(4), Death(3), Law(2,3), Adamant(3,5), Mithril(3),
  * Misc: Banana, Jug of wine, Mithril ore, Uncut gems

You bury the bones, obviously. If you get any of the weapons and/or platelegs, just low alch them with the ring. If you run out of low alch charges, don't keep the items. The shields you should high alch (Black Kiteshield: 1272 gp | Mithril Sq Shield: 936 gp). I personally keep all the runes I get because once you accumulate a lot, you can sell them in the GE. Do whatever you want with the rest.

On my average trips, I can get up to 20k gp per hour (which isn't a lot at all), but with little downtime, you can get quite a bit of ranged XP. As we all know, leveling F2P ranging is very much a pain in the butt. :cry: :evil:[/hide]

In the end, I hope this helps. I'll make more additions as I find/learn new information. Any questions, comments, and concerns are greatly appreciated, and I hope your Ice Giant ranging trips are fruitful. :thumbsup:

I also add any suggestions to the guide, should you provide any. Thanks for reading!

Hey, pretty detailed guide :

Also, it takes about 10-15 minutes for them to become unaggressive and if you're level 115+ then the ice warriors won't attack you \

Tip: bring the f2p dragonhide coif from FoG if you have one, a lot better than a full helm for ranging.

I would just use a regular coif in that case.

D'coif only gives +2 ranged over regular one.

Good guide though.

nice guide i rate it 8.5/10 avery small bit of stuff was unaccurate. overall a very good guide.

there WAS an AOW guide for this exact topic which was like written almost perfectly and it showed me this trick which you SHOULD know...

ps i just edited one of your own pics

there WAS an AOW guide for this exact topic which was like written almost perfectly and it showed me this trick which you SHOULD know...

 

 

 

 

 

ps i just edited one of your own pics

I remember that guide : but his was for meelee, this one's for range. Also, his is out of date, and has some missing pictures.

Great guide! 10/10. Although the safe spots pictures and instructions could of been clearer. Are ranging ice giants quicker than ranger lesser demons at karamja? Is it safe for a lvl 46?

I've made an old one before, here is the link:

viewtopic.php?f=113&t=627820

Low defence friendly too, add that info if you want but give me credits;p

there WAS an AOW guide for this exact topic which was like written almost perfectly and it showed me this trick which you SHOULD know...

 

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ps i just edited one of your own pics

 

 

 

I remember that guide : but his was for meelee, this one's for range. Also, his is out of date, and has some missing pictures.

Lol, thanks for the bump.

Great guide! 10/10. Although the safe spots pictures and instructions could of been clearer. Are ranging ice giants quicker than ranger lesser demons at karamja? Is it safe for a lvl 46?

Thank you! I'm not too sure about Ice Giants vs. Lessers in terms of speed. I'll have to look into that. Although, if you're a higher level than the IGs and lower than the Lessers, you don't have to right click-Attack all the time... :?

And I would not recommend going there at level 46 because of the pesky Ice Warriors. Seeing as they're level 57 and they never leave you alone, then they'll tear through your armor. Although, I asked someone once how long it would take for them to be un-aggressive, and they think you have to wait about 10 minutes. You could give it a shot and wait in one of the IW hiding spots that I mentioned for 10 minutes. I can't help but get attacked because I have sufficient defense and I need the exp.

I've made an old one before, here is the link:

 

http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?f=113&t=627820

 

 

 

Low defence friendly too, add that info if you want but give me credits;p

It's a good guide. I took a look at the pictures, and I noticed that in the last two pics, there aren't any rocks that should be there now. So it's good, but outdated. : I did give you credit for that one part where you hide next to the blurite rocks and the IW moonwalks into the rocks. I believe someone referred to that very pic.

there WAS an AOW guide for this exact topic which was like written almost perfectly and it showed me this trick which you SHOULD know...

 

 

 

 

 

ps i just edited one of your own pics

 

 

 

I remember that guide : but his was for meelee, this one's for range. Also, his is out of date, and has some missing pictures.

no it was the range pures one and then it went over what to train and stuff

Updated the guide with 3 more safe spots. :thumbsup:

Updated with 2 more Warrior hiding spots.

You know what's funny? I was doing the same exact method and bring the same exact stuff you mentioned. This is a WONDERFUL guide and it saves me time from writing one. Thanks dude! The xp goes by pretty fast too, so long as you have enough food to last. Also, might as well use your prayers if you have no food left because there is an altar outside the caves to the Northwest! :)

A very good guide. Just a few extra ideas that might be used.

1. Bring a chisel so you can cut gems and high alch the rubies and emeralds and drop cut sapphires.

2. Collect the wines the giants drop and save them for when a random does appear.

3. If the world is crowded you can attack the ice warriors rather than keep waiting for a giant to appear by using the sidestep.

4. Range with the best arrows you can afford since you will need to collect drops anyway.

5. When and only when there are no other players you can range two or even three giants at same time. (You can get over 26k xp an hour at these times).

6. Some people bring earth runes with them. This means that after a while they can cast curse. This prevents stray arrows and also allows a greater chance of bagging the kill when crowded.

7. Towards the end of your stay you might as well fight the giants in the open for quicker kills.

I really much enjoyed this guide, I started using Ice Giants when I was introduced to the AoW guide concerning them. I like this guide just as much though. Good job :thumbsup:

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Great guide.

slow exp, but its probably the best ranging exp for f2p'ers.

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Nice guide, I personally have not trained range there much in the past. Perhaps I shall give it a try sometime.

Nice guide, I personally have not trained range there much in the past. Perhaps I shall give it a try sometime.

Thanks. Ranging is the only chance where I get to train prayer (spiders for cb, obviously), so I especially love the Ice Giants.

Love the guide. I went from 70 to 80 range several months back because of your guide. Took me about a week I think? Maybe two? I personally just used the coif myself though and had no problems. But I have fairly high defense and with all the safe spots...I didn't find the need for any food either. It just took up inventory space so I quit bringing it. Definitely a good spot to camp out on f2p if you have the patience for that type of thing.

Thanks!

Love the guide. I went from 70 to 80 range several months back because of your guide. Took me about a week I think? Maybe two? I personally just used the coif myself though and had no problems. But I have fairly high defense and with all the safe spots...I didn't find the need for any food either. It just took up inventory space so I quit bringing it. Definitely a good spot to camp out on f2p if you have the patience for that type of thing.

 

 

 

Thanks!

Very glad to hear it! Yeah, coifs and full helms are definitely interchangeable, as you have mentioned.

You can practically range forever there if you want, lmao.

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