Dragons Den/Guide
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Why clear Dragons Den?
is usually cleared for the
, 
(U) Ancient D-hide Vambraces, and 
(U) Ancient D-hide Shield because they are wanted for the
Air and
Water God Dungeons.
Other parts of the 
Ancient set are of little importance because you will use the 
Aeris God Armour for the
. Keep them only if you didn't already get your
to level 85.
Gear to idle
Because all enemies in
are
, it is advised to use a
or
build due to the Combat Triangle. This guide assumes that you have
. 
Crabs were used as a food of choice to reflect the approximate cooking level at the time of clearing the dungeon.
The simulations are run on a character with lvl 80 in all combat skills except
.
Due to the wide range of cases, it is recommended to use the Combat Simulator to compare the options tailored for your situation.
The ring slot in the given builds is free. It is suggested to use 
Ring of Wealth if you have it or 
Aorpheat's Signet Ring otherwise.
Basic Magic
Below is a basic build that needs
to create,
to wear, and
830to idle. The spell of choice is
with combination runes.
| 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% |
 Paladin Gloves
|
Hands | 4% |
 Magic Wand (Powerful)
|
Weapon | 0% |
| Total | 24% | |
Melee
The following build needs
to create,
to wear, and
780to idle.
| Item | Slot | DR% |
|---|---|---|
 (G) Dragon Helmet
|
Head | 6% |
 (G) Dragon Platebody
|
Body | 6% |
 (G) Dragon Platelegs
|
Leggings | 6% |
 (G) Dragon Boots
|
Boots | 6% |
 (G) Dragon Shield
|
Off-hand | 6% |
| Paladin Gloves
|
Hands | 4% |
 Promotion or  Glory
|
Neck | 0% |
 Sunset Rapier or  Ancient Claw
|
Weapon | 0% |
| Total | 34% | |
Advanced Magic
For comparison, here's the magic build that takes less time to acquire than the Ancient Claw and needs
to idle.
| 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% |
| Magic Wand (Powerful)
|
Weapon | 0% |
 Enchanted Cape
|
Cape | 0% |
 Elite Amulet of Defence
|
Neck | 2% |
 Book of Eli
|
Off-hand | 0% |
 Elementalist Gloves
|
Hands | 0% |
| Total | 22% | |
Adjusted clear time
Adjusted clear time is the time it takes to prepare all needed food and runes plus the time of the clear itself.
| Build | Adjusted clears per hour |
|---|---|
| Sunset Rapier
|
3.7 |
| Basic Magic | 4.1 |
| Ancient Claw
|
4.1 |
| Advanced Magic | 5.8 |
| Details |
|---|
| Adjusted clear time [math]\displaystyle{ A }[/math] is calculated by dividing the overall time [math]\displaystyle{ T_{all} }[/math] by the number of dungeons [math]\displaystyle{ D_h }[/math] cleared per one hour.
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[math]\displaystyle{ T_m = N * (7 * (2/16 + 2/16) / 16 + 1 / 16 + 7 / 16) * 1.3 = N * (7 * (2/16 + 2/16) + 1) / 16 * 1.3 + 7 / 16 * 1.3 }[/math] For [math]\displaystyle{ T_r }[/math] compared to [math]\displaystyle{ T_m }[/math], the difference is that we don't account for one rune essence in the [math]\displaystyle{ T_r = N * (7 * (2/16 + 2/16) + 1) / 16 * 2 }[/math] You can check out the intermediate steps with the following Google Sheet (link). |
Advanced Magic is the clear leader, therefore it is recommended to farm the Dragons Den dungeon with the Advanced Magic build.
Food expenditure
The bulk of time is spent on preparing food, so it's heavily recommended to level your food-producing methods when possible. As an example, with some upgrades (
Fishing Skillcape, 
Cooking Skillcape, 99 mastery, top fishing rod,
), the fishing and cooking times are the following:
| Food | Fishing time (s) | Cooking time (s) | HP | HP per second |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Whale (Perfect)
|
1.97 | 9.35 | 580 | 51.2 |
| Crab
|
0.96 | 5.95 | 150 | 21.7 |
In other words, if you prepare Whales instead of Crabs, you would more than double your speed of food preparation, which is a huge boost to the clear time.
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