Volcanic Cave/Guide
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The guide is written with the goal of idling the dungeon. If you want to do it manually, the requirements are much more relaxed, although the more DR you have, the easier it is to do anyway.
TL;DR
- Get the
Sunset Rapier,
- Get the
Sandstorm Ring,
- Do 100 Error creating thumbnail: File missingVolcanic Cave clears as Melee,
- Do the rest of Error creating thumbnail: File missingVolcanic Cave clears withError creating thumbnail: File missingSlicing Winds. Don't forget to enable the Surge aurora.
Why clear Volcanic Cave?
On each clear, you get the Fire Cape that gives 2% DR.
is the place where you gear up in preparation for the
. According to the simulation, it takes 820 clears to get the full ancient set with 75% probability and 1350 clears to get it with 95% probability.
It is also a place to farm 10 Amulets of Fury for
FEZ. Check the FEZ/Guide to see if it's the best option for you.
After you clear the Volcanic Cave 100 times, you will unlock Ancient Magicks -
,
, and
.
are used when the hit chance of everything else is not high. They don't miss if you have more than 20k accuracy;
is used to one-shot;
is used for everything else. Ancient Magicks are not affected by damage amplification in any way except the Combat Triangle. No curses, no debuffs, no gear buffs. However, it is much stronger than the basic magic at this stage. For instance, when basic magic could clear
8 times per hour, Ancient Magicks could do it 22 times.
Gear to idle
The main heavy-hitter of the
uses the
style. Therefore, clearing it with pre-Volcanic
build is unfeasible due to the Combat Triangle penalties. It is assumed that you have
. All calculations are done for the
/ Adventure.
If you play
Standard and have lower HP or DR, use Can I Idle or Combat Simulator to check if you can survive with your build.
Melee
is usually done with
because the dragon armor set requires only
to produce. It then can be trimmed to provide 30% DR. Below is the melee build that requires
820 to idle the dungeon on any game mode. However, pay attention that even slightly less DR or HP will mean death for this build because it hangs a hair breadth away from the max hit of Malcs. Check with Can I Idle or Combat Simulator to see if you can idle with your build. Also, the
Sandstorm Ring is very important for your clear time.
Item | DR |
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6% |
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6% |
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6% |
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6% |
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6% |
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4% |
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1% |
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2% |
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0% |
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0% |
Total | 37% |
Pre-Volcanic Magic
The other possible option is
. Clearing the Volcano with Magic from the start is not recommended because its adjusted clear time is slower than the Rapier's.
To idle the dungeon with the build below, you need
and
active.
Item | DR |
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5% |
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5% |
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5% |
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5% |
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6% |
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3% |
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2% |
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1% |
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0% |
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2% |
Total | 34% |
100-Volcanoes Magic
After clearing the
100 times, you will unlock Ancient Magicks. It's theoretically possible to farm the Volcanic Cave with the 20k-accuracy
on the following build if you have
920,
, and a
prayer active. To farm the dungeon with 34% DR and without the prayer or potions, you need
940. Your biggest threat is Prat, the Protector of Secrets with the resulting damage of 375 and your minimum HP being 377.
Check if you fulfill the accuracy quota with Combat Simulator. The 20k accuracy is important because after that number
cannot miss, becoming a top-DPS spell against the dungeon at this point of progression.
Item | DR |
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5% |
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5% |
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5% |
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5% |
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6% |
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3% |
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2% |
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1% |
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0% |
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2% |
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3%+ |
Total | 37% |
Weapon choice
The information in the table below was produced by using the Combat Simulator and the respective builds above.
Details |
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The clears per hour are counted for a Hardcore character with level 70 in everything except Error creating thumbnail: File missing HP and Error creating thumbnail: File missing Magic that are adjusted for the magic setups.In the calculations, the time to prepare prayer points and curse runes is not accounted for because it's not as easy. In addition, the overall picture is obvious even without accounting for them. The adjusted clear time is calculated with the notation and assumptions from the Dragons Den/Guide, but All intermediate steps are covered in a spreadsheet. (link) |
Build | Adjusted clears per hour |
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2.7 |
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4.5 |
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4.6 |
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4.9 |
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5.2 |
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5.4 |
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11.9 |
It should be noted that the Melee clear times become tremendously worse without the Sandstorm Ring. Only Rapier and Ancient Claw are better than
pre-Volcanic in this case.
It is suggested to start using the 100-Volcanoes build as soon as you can because the Prat and
Malcs significantly slow your clear time by high evasion. 20k Slicing Winds don't miss.
Gear options
Gloves
Item | DR | Requirements |
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4% | none |
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4% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 60
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5% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 70
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6% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 80
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The Ancient vambraces drop from the
. You will very likely need them to idle the
, so might as well get them now.
The Red and
Black vambraces can be either crafted with
or dropped from the
.
Or you might just farm some Paladins for their
Gloves.
Cape
Item | Upside | Downside |
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1% DR | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 88 unique drop
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3% DR | Screws up Error creating thumbnail: File missing Melee accuracy
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XP boost | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 99, no DR increase
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Spend less food | Rare drop, no DR increase |
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2% DR | You need to clear Error creating thumbnail: File missing Volcanic Cave once
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Boots
The choice of boots is small because we don't want to drop in DR too much.
Item | DR% | Requirements |
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6% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 60
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5% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 40
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Ring
Item | Benefit |
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Insane clear speed buff for Melee |
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1% DR |
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30 reflect to clear the dungeon a bit faster |
Conclusion
The suggested order of actions is as follows:
- Get
Sunset Rapier,
- Get
Sandstorm Ring,
- Do 100 Error creating thumbnail: File missingVolcanic Cave clears as Melee,
- Do the rest of Error creating thumbnail: File missingVolcanic Cave clears withError creating thumbnail: File missingSlicing Winds. Don't forget to enable the Surge aurora.
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