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.
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
. Winds are good when your hit chance is not high; Ignite mostly used to one-shot; Volley 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
and 
Adventure game modes. For
Standard, the restrictions are a bit more relaxed.
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 |
|---|---|
 (G) Dragon Helmet
|
6% |
 (G) Dragon Platebody
|
6% |
 (G) Dragon Platelegs
|
6% |
 (G) Dragon Boots
|
6% |
 (G) Dragon Shield
|
6% |
 Paladin Gloves
|
4% |
 Knight's Cape
|
1% |
 Elite Amulet of Defence
|
2% |
| Sandstorm Ring
|
0% |
 Sunset Rapier
|
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 |
|---|---|
 Fire Expert Wizard Hat
|
5% |
 Fire Expert Wizard Robes
|
5% |
 Fire Expert Wizard Bottoms
|
5% |
 Fire Expert Wizard Boots
|
5% |
 (U) Ancient D-hide Vambraces
|
6% |
 Skull Cape
|
3% |
| Elite Amulet of Defence
|
2% |
 Silver Diamond Ring
|
1% |
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|
0% |
 Miolite Shield
|
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 |
|---|---|
 Ancient Wizard Hat
|
5% |
 Ancient Wizard Robes
|
5% |
 Ancient Wizard Bottoms
|
5% |
 Ancient Wizard Boots
|
5% |
| (U) Ancient D-hide Vambraces
|
6% |
| Skull Cape
|
3% |
 Elite Amulet of Magic
|
2% |
| Silver Diamond Ring
|
1% |
 Magic Wand (Powerful)
|
0% |
| Miolite Shield
|
2% |
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|
3%+ |
| Total | 37% |
The Combat Simulator stats per hour are the following:
| Prayer points | 7182 |
 Whales
|
394.2 |
| Runes | 17050 |
| Dungeon clears | 38.79 |
Weapon choice
The information in the table below was produced by using the Combat Simulator and the respective builds above.
| Details |
|---|
| The clears per hour are counted for a Hardcore character with level 70 in everything except level 82 Error creating thumbnail: File missing HP.The Error creating thumbnail: File missing Weakening III is active with the pre-Volcano Magic.The Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stone Skin is active with the 100-Volcano Magic. The prayer level is adjusted to allow this prayer.
The adjusted clear time is calculated with the notation and assumptions from the Dragons Den/Guide, but The Rune-related part of Pre-Volcanic Magic is approximated as [math]\displaystyle{ T_m + T_r = N * (9.75 + 1.72) / 16 * 1.3 + N * (9.75 + 1.72) * 2 / 16 = 37.851 * N / 16 }[/math] where Error creating thumbnail: File missing Fire Surge, [math]\displaystyle{ 1.72 }[/math] is for Error creating thumbnail: File missing Weakening III.
The Rune-related part of 100-Volcanoes Magic is approximated as [math]\displaystyle{ T_m + T_r + T_p = N_o * (2 + 1.3) / 16 + N_p * 3.6 / (3 * 4) = 3.3 * N_o / 16 + 0.3 * N_p }[/math] where Error creating thumbnail: File missing Prayer page.
|
| Item | Raw clears per hour | Time to get (95% confidence) | Adjusted clear time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Dragon Sword
|
14.11 | instant | 895 |
 Ancient Sword
|
14.7 | medium | 833 |
 Dragon Claw
|
15.3 | medium | 813 |
| Sunset Rapier
|
16.5 | medium | 742 |
 Ancient Claw
|
17.5 | long | 799 |
| Pre-Volcanic
|
9.28 | fast | 2302 |
| 100-Volcanoes
|
38.79 | medium | 440 |
It should be noted that Sandstorm Ring is vital for Melee to have such fast clear times. Without the Sandstorm Ring, only Rapier and Ancient Claw are better than pre-Volcano.
It is suggested to start using the 100-Volcanoes build as soon as you can because the Prat and Malcs slow your clear time dramatically by high evasion. 20k Slicing Winds don't miss.
Gear options
Gloves
| Item | DR | Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Paladin Gloves
|
4% | none |
 (U) Red D-hide Vambraces
|
4% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 60
|
 (U) Black D-hide Vambraces
|
5% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 70
|
| (U) Ancient D-hide Vambraces
|
6% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 80
|
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Knight's Cape
|
1% DR | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 88 unique drop
|
| Skull Cape
|
3% DR | Screws up Error creating thumbnail: File missing Melee accuracy
|
 Firemaking Skillcape
|
XP boost | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 99, no DR increase
|
 Obsidian Cape
|
Spend less food | Rare drop, no DR increase |
| Fire Cape
|
2% DR | You need to clear Error creating thumbnail: File missing Volcanic Cave once
|
Boots
The choice of boots is small because we don't want to drop in DR too much.
| Item | DR% | Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| (G) Dragon Boots
|
6% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 60
|
 (G) Rune Boots
|
5% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 40
|
Ring
| Item | Benefit |
|---|---|
| Sandstorm Ring
|
Insane clear speed buff for Melee |
| Silver Diamond Ring
|
1% DR |
 Aorpheat's Signet Ring
|
5% chance to double  Elite Chest and 100% more money
|
 Ring of Wealth
|
7% chance to double Elite Chest
|
 Gold Sapphire Ring
|
30 reflect to clear the dungeon a bit faster |
Conclusion
The suggested order of actions is as follows:
- Sunset Rapier,
- Sandstorm Ring,
- 100 Volcanic clears as melee,
- The rest of Volcanic clears as Ancient Magick.
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