Volcanic Cave/Guide
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.
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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 it 100 times, you will unlock Ancient Magicks -
,
, and
- check with the Combat Simulator which of the three is the best for a situation. Ancient Magicks is 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
contains only
monsters. Therefore, clearing it with pre-Volcanic
setups is unfeasible due to the Combat Triangle penalties. It is assumed that you have
.
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 loadout that requires
810to idle the dungeon on any game mode. However, pay attention that even slightly less DR or HP will mean death for this loadout because it hangs 2 HP away from the max hit of Malcs.
| Item | Slot | DR |
|---|---|---|
 (G) Dragon Helmet
|
Head | 6% |
 (G) Dragon Platebody
|
Body | 6% |
 (G) Dragon Platelegs
|
Leggings | 6% |
 (G) Dragon Boots
|
Boots | 6% |
 Paladin Gloves
|
Hands | 4% |
 Knight's Cape
|
Cape | 1% |
 Elite Amulet of Defence
|
Neck | 2% |
 Silver Diamond Ring
|
Ring | 1% |
| Any Error creating thumbnail: File missing Melee
|
Weapon | 0% |
 (G) Dragon Shield
|
Off-hand | 6% |
| Total | 38% | |
Magic
The other possible option is
. It is not recommended because its clear time is slower than the 
Rapier's. More on that in the next section.
Please note that to idle the dungeon with the build below, you should have
and
active.
| Item | Slot | DR |
|---|---|---|
 Fire Expert Wizard Hat
|
Head | 5% |
 Fire Expert Wizard Robes
|
Body | 5% |
 Fire Expert Wizard Bottoms
|
Leggings | 5% |
 Fire Expert Wizard Boots
|
Boots | 5% |
 (U) Ancient D-hide Vambraces
|
Hands | 6% |
 Skull Cape
|
Cape | 3% |
| Elite Amulet of Defence
|
Neck | 2% |
| Silver Diamond Ring
|
Ring | 1% |
| Any Error creating thumbnail: File missing Magic
|
Weapon | 0% |
 Miolite Shield
|
Off-hand | 2% |
| Total | 34% | |
Weapon choice
The information in the table below was produced by using the Combat Simulator and the respective builds above.
The clears per hour are counted for a Hardcore character with level 70 in everything except level 81
. The
is active with Magic. No other buffs.
The adjusted clear time is calculated with the notation and assumptions from the Dragons Den/Guide, but 
Whales are used as food instead of 
Crabs. The Rune-related part of 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 [math]\displaystyle{ N }[/math] is the number of 
Ancient runes spent.
| Item | Clears per hour | Time to get (95% confidence) | Adjusted clear time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Dragon Sword
|
6.39 | instant | |
 Ancient Sword
|
7.04 | medium | |
 Dragon Claw
|
7.07 | medium | |
| Sunset Rapier
|
8.505 | medium | 1892 |
 Ancient Claw
|
9.23 | long | 1717 |
 Magic Wand (Powerful)
|
9.28 | fast | 2042 |
As you see, the Wand's clear time is slower than even the Rapier's when requiring much more input in preparation. Therefore, the Magic build is not recommended.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |