Volcanic Cave/Guide: Difference between revisions

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==Why Clear Volcanic Cave?==

** To start obtaining {{ItemIcon|Ancient Helmet|ancient armour}} in preparation for the {{ZoneIcon|Air God Dungeon}}

** To farm for the full {{ItemIcon|(G) Ancient Helmet|ancient armour}} set and {{ItemIcon|Ancient Crossbow}}

According to [https://github.com/hm0809/MelvorProbDist/blob/main/main.py simulations], to get the full {{ItemIcon|(G) Ancient Helmet|ancient armour}} set it will likely take:

===When to Clear Volcanic Cave?===

In general, you will want at least {{SkillReq|Hitpoints|80}} and you should be able to complete {{ZoneIcon|Dragons Den}} relatively easily before attempting this dungeon. Ideally, you will want sufficient {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat}} to survive the dungeon without resorting to manual eating.

=== Ancient Magicks ===

In general, the spells you receive are very powerful:

Ancient Magick spells do not scale in the same way as standard magic (i.e. with equipment buffs and debuffs), but they are still impacted by the [[Combat Triangle]] in the normal way. Typically, when you first obtain [[Ancient Magicks]] it is more powerful than the regular magic and so should used in preference. However, late-game these spells will not scale with gear and so will become less useful.

The boss of {{ZoneIcon|Volcanic Cave}} uses the {{Icon|Melee}} style and so it is not recommended that you attempt to idle this dungeon with {{Skill|Ranged}} due to the [[Combat Triangle]] penalties. This guide assumes that you have {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat - Tier III}} equipped which greatly reduces the DR requirements.

{{ZoneIcon|Volcanic Cave}} is often idled with {{Icon|Melee}} because the {{ItemIcon|Dragon Helmet|dragon}} armor set can be obtained with {{SkillReq|Smithing|99}}, further, the armour can be [[Upgrading Items|upgraded]] to provide 30% DR.

This {{Icon|Melee}} build requires {{Icon|Hitpoints|qty=820|type=skill}} to idle the dungeon. However, this should be seen as a minimum DR/HP, and any less will push you below the max hit of {{Icon|Malcs, the Guardian of Melvor|type=monster|Malcs}}. The {{ItemIcon|Sandstorm Ring}} can be omitted, but at the expense of clear time.

|style=Melee

|helm1=(G) Dragon Helmet

|neck1=Elite Amulet of Defence

|cape1=Knight's Cape

|body1=(G) Dragon Platebody

|legs1=(G) Dragon Platelegs

|weapon1=Sunset Rapier

|shield1=(G) Dragon Shield

|gloves1=Paladin Gloves

|ring1=Sandstorm Ring

|boots1=(G) Dragon Boots

Idling with {{Skill|Magic}} is recommended once you have stronger gear as it will ultimately speed up your clear times.

|style=Magic

|helm1=Air Expert Wizard Hat

|body1=Air Expert Wizard Robes

|legs1=Air Expert Wizard Bottoms

|weapon1=!Any {{Skill|Magic|Magic weapon}}

|shield1=(G) Dragon Shield

|gloves1=(U) Ancient D-hide Vambraces

|ring1=Aorpheat's Signet Ring

|boots1=Air Expert Wizard Boots

{{ItemIcon|Fire Expert Wizard Robes|Fire Robes}} have the exact same stats as {{ItemIcon|Air Expert Wizard Robes|Air Robes}}. The secondary effect of robes (+20 minimum hit for matching spells) outweighs the damage increase of higher level spells. However, you should use the highest level spell and robe combination available to you. For example, if available, use the {{ItemIcon|Ring of Spirit Power}} instead of the {{ItemIcon|Aorpheat's Signet Ring}} for more damage/second.

|ring1 = Ring of Spirit Power

|ring2 = Aorpheat's Signet Ring

|body1 = Air Expert Wizard Robes

|body2 = Fire Expert Wizard Robes

|legs1 = Air Expert Wizard Bottoms

|legs2 = Fire Expert Wizard Bottoms

|helm1 = Air Expert Wizard Hat

|helm2 = Fire Expert Wizard Hat

===100+ Volcanoes Magic===

It is recommended that you have 20,000+ accuracy when using the {{Icon|Slicing Winds|type=spell}} as this means that the spell will never miss. This is important because you will want to keep a high DPS to make idling worthwhile. You can improve your Accuracy with:

* Or, if you {{SkillReq|Magic|93}} or higher

For a magic build {{MonsterIcon|Prat, the Protector of Secrets}} will be the biggest hitter, and with this build it will be very close to your Auto-Eat threshold, so if you need to deviate, then check your setup with the [[Combat Simulator]].

Using this build you may need extra DR:

* At {{Skill|Hitpoints|qty=910|HP}} and with 33% DR, you can farm the dungeon without without extra DR.

* At {{Skill|Hitpoints|qty=880|HP}} you can equip the {{Icon|Stone Skin|type=prayer}} prayer to provide extra DR.

* Below {{Skill|Hitpoints|qty=880|HP}} it is not recommended that you attempt to idle this dungeon.  

|style=Magic

|helm1=Ancient Wizard Hat

|neck1=Elite Amulet of Magic

|cape1=Skull Cape

|body1=Ancient Wizard Robes

|legs1=Ancient Wizard Bottoms

|weapon1=Magic Wand (Powerful)

|shield1=Miolite Shield

|gloves1=(U) Ancient D-hide Vambraces

|ring1=Aorpheat's Signet Ring

|boots1=Ancient Wizard Boots

In addition equip:

* {{Icon|Slicing Winds|type=spell}} and {{Icon|Surge II|type=aurora}}

* Optionally, equip {{ItemIcon|Yak}} and {{ItemIcon|Dragon}} to not take any damage from burning (if you have enough marks)

Once you have sufficient accuracy rating, the {{ItemIcon|Miolite Shield}} cam be swapped out for a ranged or melee shield with more DR such as {{ItemIcon|(G) Dragon Shield}} to lower other HP/DR requirements.

For this build, food usage is {{Icon|Hitpoints|qty=200000|type=skill|HP}} to {{Icon|Hitpoints|qty=250000|type=skill|HP}} per hour.

===Weapon Choice===

Weapon choice makes a big difference to the number of chests that can realistically be obtained per hour when idling. This table shows how the weapons compare when adjusted to include time required to produce consumables, with reasonable assumptions:

| {{ItemIcon|Magic Wand (Powerful)|Pre-Volcanic}}

| {{ItemIcon|Dragon Sword}}

| 7.6

| {{ItemIcon|Dragon Claw}}

| 26.3+

| {{ItemIcon|Ancient Sword}}

| {{ItemIcon|Sunset Rapier}}

| 9.6

| {{ItemIcon|Ancient Claw}}

| 34.7+

| {{Icon|Icicle Volley|type=spell}}

| 18.1

| {{Icon|Slicing Winds|type=spell}}

| 25.8

This table uses data obtained from the [[Combat Simulator]], and was adjusted by the time it takes to produce the required consumables with some assumptions made about the exact bonuses available for each skill. Use a copy of this spreadsheet to compare with your builds ([https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JAuROH4I_dNph9VwBXx7ffoGnWcoHlbsW0doWMBIPU0/edit?usp=sharing link]).

===Gear Options===

This section gives some alternative gear suggestions, in descending order of preference, based on the equipment available while idling the {{ZoneIcon|Volcanic Cave}}.

Note:

* Get the {{ItemIcon|(U) Ancient D-hide Vambraces}} from the {{ZoneIcon|Dragons Den}} and these provide a good mid-game DR.

* Craft the {{ItemIcon|(U) Red D-hide Vambraces}} and {{ItemIcon|(U) Black D-hide Vambraces}} with {{SkillReq|Crafting|73}} or higher, or as a reward from the {{ZoneIcon|Spider Forest}}

* Get the {{ItemIcon|Paladin Gloves|Gloves}} from the {{Icon|Paladin|type=monster}}

=====Cape=====

{| class="wikitable"

| Reduces {{Skill|Melee}} accuracy, so best for {{Skill|Magic}} builds

{| class="wikitable"

| {{ItemIcon|Sandstorm Ring}}

| Solid DPS increase for Melee, falls off in power if using enough buffs from other skills.

| {{ItemIcon|Silver Diamond Ring}}

| {{ItemIcon|Aorpheat's Signet Ring}}

| 5% chance to double {{ItemIcon|Elite Chest}} and 100% more money.

| {{ItemIcon|Ring of Wealth}}

| 7% chance to double {{ItemIcon|Elite Chest}}.

|}

=== TL/DR ===

In summary, the suggested order of equipment is:

# Obtain the {{ItemIcon|Sunset Rapier}} and the {{ItemIcon|Sandstorm Ring}}

# Perform 100 {{ZoneIcon|Volcanic Cave}} clears as Melee to unclock {{Icon|Slicing Winds|type=spell}}

# Do the remainder of {{ZoneIcon|Volcanic Cave}} clears with {{Icon|Slicing Winds|type=spell}} with the Surge aurora.

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