Ancient Claw/Guide

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:

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Wave magic,
Rapier melee,
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Slicing Winds magic,
Glacia magic.

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.

Slot	Item	DR%
	Slayer Wizard Hat (Strong)	2%
	Slayer Wizard Robes (Strong)	2%
	Fire Expert Wizard Bottoms	5%
	Fire Expert Wizard Boots	5%
	Paladin Gloves	4%
	Enchanted Cape	0%
	Amulet of Magic	0%
	Magical Ring	0%
	Magic Wand (Powerful)	0%
	Miolite Shield	2%
Total		20%

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.

Slot	Item	DR%
	Slayer Helmet (Strong)	2%
	Slayer Platebody (Strong)	2%
	(G) Dragon Platelegs	6%
	(G) Dragon Boots	6%
	Paladin Gloves	4%
	Fire Cape	2%
	Promotion or Glory	0%
	Magical Ring	0%
	Sunset Rapier	0%
	(G) Dragon Shield	6%
Total		28%

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.

Slot	Item	DR%
	Ancient Wizard Hat	5%
	Ancient Wizard Robes	5%
	Ancient Wizard Bottoms	5%
	Ancient Wizard Boots	5%
	Elementalist Gloves	0%
	Skull Cape	3%
	Elite Amulet of Magic	2%
	Magical Ring	0%
	Magic Wand (Powerful)	0%
	Miolite Shield	2%
Total		27%

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:

Magic Assistance Potions
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Astrology
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Prayer
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Agility

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.

Slot	Item	DR%
	Glacia God Helmet	8%
	Glacia God Platebody	8%
	Glacia God Platelegs	8%
	Glacia God Boots	8%
	Glacia God Gloves	8%
	Infernal Cape	4%
	Elite Amulet of Magic	2%
	Magical Ring	0%
	Cloudburst Staff	0%
	Magic Hinder Scroll	0%
Total		46%