Ancient Claw/Guide

This article is a strategy guide for Ancient Claw.

Information on equipment, mechanics and strategies are on this page.

Introduction

Ancient Claw is a melee weapon that does not require late-base game 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.

There are 2 ways to gain Ancient Claw Fragment from other sources which are well worth doing.

Hard Township Task 15 awards 40 Ancient Claw Fragment in exchange for 20 Dragon Claw Fragment and 20 Ancient Claw Fragment
High Lands awards 10 Dragon Claw Fragment and 10 Ancient Claw Fragment

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.
The character is on the
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Hardcore game mode with all Combat skills at level 60. 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.

Fire Wave Magic

Combat stats around level 60.

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

Spell:
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Fire Wave
Prayers:
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Mystic Lore and
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Mystic Might
Point of Interest: The Academia Arcanum

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%

Sunset Rapier Melee

Combat stats around level 70.

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

Prayers:
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Chivalry and
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Incredible Reflexes
Point of Interest: Dark Waters

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%

Slicing Winds Magic

Combat stats around level 75.

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.

Estimated drops:

Weapon	Summon	Drops / h
Mystic Air Staff	None	5.8
Mystic Air Staff	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dragon	7.1
Magic Wand (Powerful)	None	6.5
Magic Wand (Powerful)	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dragon	8

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
Point of Interest: The Academia Arcanum

Slot	Item	DR%
	Elder Crown	0%
	Ancient Wizard Robes	5%
	Ancient Wizard Bottoms	5%
	Sand Treaders	0%
	Elementalist Gloves	0%
	Skull Cape	3%
	Elite Amulet of Magic	2%
	Magical Ring	0%
	Magic Wand (Powerful)	0%
	Miolite Shield	2%
	Monster Hunter Scroll	0%
Total		17%

Glacia Magic

Combat stats around level 85.

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 approximately 5.5 hours.

However, this build implies that the

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Air God Dungeon would need to be cleared with

Sunset Rapier.

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
Point of Interest: The Academia Arcanum

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%

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