Volcanic Cave/Guide
The Volcanic Cave is the dungeon that unlocks all of the Legendary dungeons. The guide covers gives recommendations on gear needed to idle this dungeon. Idling has a significantly higher skill and equipment requirements than manual clears.
- If you wish to tweak the Combat Simulator Exports yourself, they can be found here.
Why Clear Volcanic Cave?
- Clear 1 time:
- To unlock Error creating thumbnail: File missingAir God Dungeon andError creating thumbnail: File missingInfernal Stronghold
- To get the
Fire Cape which grants 2% DR
- To get the
Elite Chest
- To unlock
- Clear 50 times:
- For a Township Task that gives
Dragon Bones,
and
- To start obtaining
Ancient Armour in preparation for the
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- For a Township Task that gives
- Clear 100 times:
- To unlock Ancient Magicks which gives you powerful spells such as Error creating thumbnail: File missingSlicing Winds,Error creating thumbnail: File missingIcicle Volley, andError creating thumbnail: File missingIgnite.
- To farm 100
Fire Cape for a Township Task that gives 4 Infernal Claw.
- To unlock Ancient Magicks which gives you powerful spells such as
- Clear 100+ times:
- To farm for the full
ancient armour set.
- To farm for the 10
Amulets of Fury needed for the
Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs (FEZ). Check the FEZ/Guide for more details.
- To farm for the full
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It is hotly debated what the correct course of action would be in many circumstances. This guide will not recommend either way and will merely present the options to the Player.
Ancient Armour is required for a 100% safe idle setup for
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Rune Armour or
Dragon Armour will suffice.
According to simulations, to get the full Ancient Armour set it will likely take:
- 640 clears with a 50% chance
- 817 clears with a 75% chance
- 1377 clears with a 95% chance
When to Clear Volcanic Cave?
There are no downsides to attempting Volcanic Cave early as you will obtain powerful gear if you manage to complete it. However, it will be a significant challenge if you attempt this dungeon under-levelled.
In general, you will want at least![](/images/thumb/d/d7/Ancient_Helmet_%28item%29.png/23px-Ancient_Helmet_%28item%29.png)
Ancient Magicks
After you clear the Volcanic Cave 100 times you gain access to Ancient Magicks which are a more powerful form of magic. When you have a Ancient Magicks spell equipped, there are no curses available, but you can still use Auroras.
The spells you receive are:
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- Error creating thumbnail: File missingIgnite is a more powerful spell and has a good chance of killing monsters in one-shot.
- Error creating thumbnail: File missingIcicle Volley is a good all rounder, and can be used in all other cases.
Ancient Magick spells do not scale in the same way as standard magic (i.e. with equipment buffs and debuffs), but they are still impacted by the Combat Triangle in the normal way. Typically, when you first obtain Ancient Magicks it is more powerful than the regular magic and so should used in preference. However, these fall off relatively quickly.
Standard Guide
The following Setups were calculated without any Pets,These Guides will only assume the required
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Melee
The following table shows a Rune Armour setup.
Both sets have roughly the same 13 clears per hour.
Rune Armour will require:
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Dragon Armour you will require:
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Gear
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Slot | Item | DR% |
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Total | 33% |
Agility
Slot | Obstacle | Bonuses |
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1 | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cargo Net | +3% Global GP (except Item Sales) +2% Fishing Mastery XP |
2 | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rope Jump | +3% Smithing Mastery XP |
3 | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pipe Climb | +5% Melee Evasion +5% Melee Max Hit |
4 | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Coal Stones | -4% Global Skill XP +10% Food Healing Value +20% GP gained from Thieving +3% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills |
5 | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cliff Balance | +20 Maximum Hitpoints +5% Ranged Accuracy Rating +2 Prayer Point Cost for Prayers +5% Magic Accuracy Rating +5% Melee Accuracy Rating |
6 | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rocky Waters | +50 Maximum Hitpoints |
7 | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Boulder Trap | -20% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills |
8 | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Raft Building | +20 Maximum Hitpoints +2% Damage To All Monsters +1% Damage Reduction |
Pre 100 Clear Volcanic Magic
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The requirements are however lower.
You will only need eitherGear
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Slot | Item | DR% |
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Total | 35% |
Agility
Slot | Obstacle | Bonuses |
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1 | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cargo Net | +3% Global GP (except Item Sales) +2% Fishing Mastery XP |
2 | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rope Jump | +3% Smithing Mastery XP |
3 | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pipe Climb | +5% Melee Evasion +5% Melee Max Hit |
4 | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Coal Stones | -4% Global Skill XP +10% Food Healing Value +20% GP gained from Thieving +3% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills |
5 | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cliff Balance | +20 Maximum Hitpoints +5% Ranged Accuracy Rating +2 Prayer Point Cost for Prayers +5% Magic Accuracy Rating +5% Melee Accuracy Rating |
6 | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rocky Waters | +50 Maximum Hitpoints |
Fire Robes have the exact same stats as
Air Robes. The secondary effect of robes (+20 minimum hit for matching spells) outweighs the damage increase of higher level spells. However, you should use the highest level spell and robe combination available to you.
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After clearing theWe will however be using
You will also require
You can play around in the Combat Simulator to find your optimal skill and prayer combination. This has an average clear speed of 32 per hour.
Gear
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- Aurora: Error creating thumbnail: File missingSurge II (Optional)
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Slot | Item | DR% |
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Total | 35% |
Agility
Slot | Obstacle | Bonuses |
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1 | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cargo Net | +3% Global GP (except Item Sales) +2% Fishing Mastery XP |
2 | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rope Jump | +3% Smithing Mastery XP |
3 | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pipe Climb | +5% Melee Evasion +5% Melee Max Hit |
4 | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Coal Stones | -4% Global Skill XP +10% Food Healing Value +20% GP gained from Thieving +3% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills |
5 | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cliff Balance | +20 Maximum Hitpoints +5% Ranged Accuracy Rating +2 Prayer Point Cost for Prayers +5% Magic Accuracy Rating +5% Melee Accuracy Rating |
6 | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rocky Waters | +50 Maximum Hitpoints |
7 | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Boulder Trap | -20% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills |
8 | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Raft Building | +20 Maximum Hitpoints +2% Damage To All Monsters +1% Damage Reduction |
9 | Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ice Jump | +20 Maximum Hitpoints +5% Food Healing Value +5% Chance to Double Items Globally +10 Mining Node HP +10% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills |
Manual eating
The gear needed for a manual run through the dungeon is significantly lower than needed for idling. However, it also depends on how well you time your eating as this will interrupt your attack and lengthen the combat time.
In general, if you are considering a manual run it is recommended that:
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Ancient armor as soon as it becomes available.
- You have the highest Error creating thumbnail: File missingAuto Eat tier possible to avoid accidental deaths
- You use a Error creating thumbnail: File missingMelee build with a fast weapon, such as
Sunset Rapier, so that you can recover quickly after eating.
- You start with the highest DR and HP so that you have an easier time.
Slot | Item | DR% |
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Total | 22% |
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However, any improvements on this equipment set would be highly recommended as clearing the dungeon with this build would take around 13 minutes.
Manual eating has a significantly lower requirement, but requires skill to not die.
Ancient Relics Guide
Suggestions assume no Pets, Relics,Just like all the previous Dungeons this will require you to Manual Eat again.
It is suggested you get either Adamant Armour or
Rune Armour at this point.
If you wish to continue with
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Also be mindful of Malcs, the Guardian of Melvors Double-Claw attack, this hits twice for a large amount of damage.
Melee
Melee is the slightly slower version of the 2, however it does not have a Rune cost, the Food cost is about the same.
The average clear time of this dungeon is roughly 5.5 minutes with Melee
You can use Ice Sword as an alternative, this will however take about 2.5 minutes longer to clear.
The clear speed of Adamant Armour and
Rune Armour is about the same.
Adamant Armour uses roughly 390
Lobster for a single clear.
Rune Armour uses roughly 345
Lobster for a single clear.
Swapping in a Sandstorm Ring will greatly increase your kill speed, this may however take up to 5-8 hours to obtain and won't be used for that long. This is not recommended.
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Magic
This will require
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This setup uses roughly 330 Lobster per clear.
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