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== Cockatrice == | == Cockatrice == | ||
{{ItemIcon|Decay Bolts}} are a best-in-slot upgrade for both {{Skill|Magic}} and {{Skill|Attack|Melee}} but not necessarily for {{Skill|Ranged}}, strangely enough. The game currently has a bugged interaction where the decay effect from the bolts activates regardless of whether the bolt is used or consumed. The high rate at which bolts are consumed and the slow rate at which bolts are farmed from {{MonsterIcon|Cockatrice}} means that these bolts won't really be used much for {{Skill|Ranged}} directly, so only a handful are needed for now until the very endgame where several weeks must be spent gathering ammo. You only need to equip 1 to activate the effect. | {{ItemIcon|Decay Bolts}} are a best-in-slot upgrade for both {{Skill|Magic}} and {{Skill|Attack|Melee}} but not necessarily for {{Skill|Ranged}}, strangely enough. The game currently has a bugged interaction where the [[Decay|decay effect]] from the bolts activates regardless of whether the bolt is used or consumed. The high rate at which bolts are consumed and the slow rate at which bolts are farmed from {{MonsterIcon|Cockatrice}} means that these bolts won't really be used much for {{Skill|Ranged}} directly, so only a handful are needed for now. This is until the very endgame where several weeks must be spent gathering ammo. You only need to equip {{ItemIcon|Decay Bolts|Decay Bolt|qty=1}} to activate the effect. | ||
== Goliath Werewolf == | == Goliath Werewolf == | ||
Revision as of 01:57, 10 April 2023
This section of the guide is dedicated to aspects of the game that cannot be idled. Everything here requires manual play and thus encompasses some level of risk. At the end of the day, there just aren't enough bonuses available to a Combat Only account to be able to idle all the content in the game. The good news is that with extremely dedicated play, one can seemingly beat the entire game.
Dungeon Gauntlet
Lair of the Spider Queen
Suicide Method
Here we detail a semi-idle method that involves a 67% chance of death, but has enough flexibility to allow the player to use
, meaning there is no risk of losing any items on death. It goes without saying that this method obviously cannot be used by HCCOs and is for MCCOs only.
| Slot | Item (most effective → least effective) | |
|---|---|---|
 |  Blazing Helmet |  Slayer Cowl (Mythical) |
 |  Bundled Protection Body |  Slayer Leather Body (Mythical) |
 |  Perfect Sight Legs | |
 |  Frostspark Boots |  Frost Walker Boots |
 |  Poison Virulence Gloves | |
 |  Weakness Exploiter Cape |  Infernal Cape |
 |  Guardian Amulet | |
 |  Wasteful Ring | |
 |  Ethereal Longbow | |
 |  Ancient Arrows | |
 |  Gauntlets of Rage |  Shield of Ranged Power |
 | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Protect Item | |
| Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holy Aegis | |
This setup can idle the whole dungeon up until the boss with no issues. We choose to use
as the combat penalty for using the incorrect style is higher with
and runes for
take too much time to gather, making
the best style for fighting a variety of monsters. Since the boss, 
Spider Queen, has a 33% chance of spawning as
based, there is a 1/3 chance you will be able to idle this boss with the above setup (note that using anything other than the BiS setup will result in drastically reduced kills/hr due to compounding effect of low DPS vs healing monsters). If she spawns as
or even
, she will kill you if you are idle. If you are paying attention you can easily eat or switch gear setups to obtain the corresponding triangle bonus, but if you are idling then you will simply die and have to re-attempt the dungeon. Each clear takes on average about 12-15 minutes, so check back after that period to see if you were successful with your attempt. It is also worth noting that while 
Shield of Ranged Power is faster for clearing trash mobs leading up to the boss, 
Gauntlets of Rage are better in the prolonged fight with the boss.
IMPORTANT: note that after each death, your HP will be reset to 20% and your prayers will be disabled. After each death you must eat and re-enable your
(and
) prayers or you will be at risk of losing your items on your next attempt.
Cursed Forest
Necromancer Palace
Afflicted City
The main upgrades from this location are 
Decay Bolts from 
Cockatrice, various potions such as 
Hinder Potion III from 
Plague Doctor and the extremely powerful Gauntlets of Rage from 
Goliath Werewolf. The rest of the drops are largely irrelevant and are only for completionist.
Plague Doctor
| Slot | Item (most effective → least effective) | |
|---|---|---|
| Slayer Cowl (Mythical) | |
| Slayer Leather Body (Mythical) | |
| Perfect Sight Legs | |
| Frostspark Boots | Frost Walker Boots |
| Poison Virulence Gloves | |
|  Superior Slayer Skillcape |  Slayer Skillcape |
|  Deadeye Amulet | |
| Wasteful Ring | |
| Ethereal Longbow | |
| Ancient Arrows | |
| Shield of Ranged Power | |
| Error creating thumbnail: File missing Protect from Magic | |
| Error creating thumbnail: File missing Battleborn | |
We opt to use
to mitigate the affliction debuff that Plague Doctor applies, which can lead to a chance of death if enough stacks accumulate.
Cockatrice
Decay Bolts are a best-in-slot upgrade for both
and
but not necessarily for
, strangely enough. The game currently has a bugged interaction where the decay effect from the bolts activates regardless of whether the bolt is used or consumed. The high rate at which bolts are consumed and the slow rate at which bolts are farmed from Cockatrice means that these bolts won't really be used much for
directly, so only a handful are needed for now. This is until the very endgame where several weeks must be spent gathering ammo. You only need to equip 1 Decay Bolt to activate the effect.
Goliath Werewolf
Golden Cloud Mountains
Millennium Gate
Throne of the Herald
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