Ancient Claw/Guide

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Summary

For the fastest completion time, farm the   Ancient Claw Fragments with the

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Slicing Winds

build right after you finish

100
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Volcanic Cave

clears.

Introduction

  Ancient Claw is a melee weapon that does not require late-basegame content to obtain. It is also a component for   Infernal Claw.

The Ancient Claw is assembled from the   fragments that drop only from   Pegasus. On average, 3,333   Pegasi kills are required in order to obtain enough fragments.

The question is when to farm it and what combat style is the best for that. The main point of contention is whether to farm it before or after the

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Volcanic Cave

, as this dungeon is farmed with a

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Melee

build and is vital for idling the

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Air God Dungeon

.

To answer these questions, the following builds will be considered:

These builds were chosen to show the changes that the various drops bring into farming Pegasus.

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Ranged

builds were not considered because the   Pegasus is

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Melee

and has the highest evasion against Ranged in addition to the Combat Triangle.

Builds

Each build assumes the following:

  • The ring slot is always occupied with   Magical Ring.
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    Auto Eat - Tier III
    is used.
  •   Whale (Perfect) is used as the Food of choice because it is considered a middle ground between starting out and being fully levelled in
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    Firemaking
    ,
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    Fishing
    ,
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    Farming
    , and
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    Cooking
    .
  • The character is on the
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    Hardcore
    game mode with all Combat skills at level 75. This means all builds presented here are suitable regardless of the game mode being played.

Skill levels are given so that these simulations may be replicated using the Combat Simulator add-in.


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Wave
Magic

Combat stats around level 60.

Spell:

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Fire Wave


Prayers:

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Mystic Lore

and

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Mystic Might

The average time to obtain all 100   Ancient Claw Fragments with this build is 30 hours. However, note that without Slayer gear this increases to 33 hours.

  Rapier Melee

Combat stats around level 70.

Prayers:

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Chivalry

and

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Incredible Reflexes

The grind time with this build is 24 hours. Without Slayer gear, this time increases significantly to 26 hours.

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Slicing Winds
Magic

Combat stats around level 75.

Spell:

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Slicing Winds


Aurora:

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Surge II


Prayers:

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Mystic Might

and

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Mystic Mastery

Reaching at least 20,000 accuracy is key for this build, as this prevents

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Slicing Winds

from missing. Therefore, while the build only requires a minimum of

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Level 72

, and at most

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Level 93

or multiple accuracy bonuses from sources such as:

Worth noting that using a   Mystic Air Staff will drastically reduce the amount of runes spent - especially while using Surge Auroras. The staff will be slower, and will require more Food due to the player taking a greater number of hits.

Warning: Swapping   Miolite Shield for   Book of Eli will not significantly reduce kill times, while also forcing you to spend more runes and therefore more time Runecrafting.

The grind time with this build is 11 hours. Slayer equipment has no impact on the clear speed in this case.

  Glacia Magic

Combat stats around level 85.

Spell:

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Water Surge


Curse:

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Anguish III


Aurora:

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Surge II


Prayers:

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Mystic Might

and

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Mystic Mastery

Summons:

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Dragon

and

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Witch

Increase the kills per hour by about 1, shortening your grind by 20 minutes if you have

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Dragon

unlocked.

The grind time with this build is 5.5 hours.

However, this build implies that the

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Air God Dungeon

would need to be cleared with   Sunset Rapier.