User:Draedon/Combat Guide TotH Test

The Throne of the Herald Expansion combat content starts here.

Immediate Upgrades

Before completing the first Post-Impending Darkness dungeon, some upgrades are required.

• Melee
  • If possible, armour created from smithing should be made. However, this is not of high priority.
  • The Divine Sword is useful, but not immediately.
  • If it hasn't been obtained already, the Ultima Godsword is incredibly useful due to it's high chance of an unavoidable attack.
    • The Big ol Ron can be used to efficiently farm for this weapon, if obtained
• Ranged
  • If you are able to create Hardwood Armour, they are a direct upgrade from your previous Aeris armour. Just note that only the trimmed armour will provide damage reduction, but this does require a hefty amount of
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    GP.
  • If your
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    Ranged and
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    Fletching is high enough, you can also get immediate upgrades from fletching. The Meteorite Crossbow is the best choice, along with Meteorite Bolts.
    • This can be even more deadly with the Meteorite Marksman Ring if your
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      Crafting is level 120. Thankfully, this is very easy to do as crafting can easily yield rates of up over 15m xp/hr by crafting hardwood bodies.
• Magic
  • Depending on how high your
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    Runecrafting level is, you would want to craft a new set of robes. Immediately, all of the new robes provide higher damage reduction. It is recommended to get a branch of Posion Wizard Gear as beating Ancient Sanctuary allows you to unlock your first
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    Archaic Magick
    • The Runestones needed to create the robes are obtained from either fishing Lost Chests or from mining Pure Essence.
  • Ocean Song is a good enough weapon for now, but the wands from
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    Runecrafting are an immediate upgrade. This becomes especially noticeable once
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    Poison Pods is unlocked, where you can take advantage of the decreased rune usage from any of the 3 post-99 runecrafting wands. These all have higher damage bonuses over Ocean Song too.