How I Got 120… And Why You Should Get One Too

Remember this post? Where I bashed the upcoming 120 (Master) capes? Well, believe it or not, just around that time, the temptation of those capes started to form in the back of my head. Mining has always been a skill I’ve been particularly proud of as it was my first 99 in what is regarded as one of the harder skills. Although it seemed comically impossible, I began to think of what it would be like reaching 120 Mining.

Then, at the end of September, the decision was made. I began to painstakingly learn the process of Barbarian Assault and gathering the golden mining outfit. Soon, I had mastered a few roles in Barbarian Assault and had the privilege of landing myself onto some pro teams (seriously, everyone had comp capes and were hardcore skillers and yet I was the person of choice to fill out the teams, funny how that works). Seren Stones made 120 seem much more achievable and after spending 4 straight months mining 95% of my playing time, I actually did it?!

It was an unforgettable journey and while it did delay any sort of progress (outside of mining) on my account, it was something I was very glad I did. This will sound clique, but it honestly its true, the friendships I made/deepened during the grind for 120 was the best part of it (ok, not going to lie the particles are pretty slick too). I met some amazing new people and deepened previous relationships I have had.

Since then its back to catching up on the past 4 months I’ve missed.

If you are considering going for a 120 yourself, I would encourage you greatly to do so. It takes commitment, but in the long run, its fun. Its fun to see the progress you make over time and not to mention the bragging rights. Also, if you are pushing for a 120, I highly suggest finding someone to do it with, it’ll keep you going and give you a new friend.

If you missed it, here’s a short video on getting my cape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkMwF6FWeN0

Where I’ve Been – Where I’m Going

New year, new goals.

At the start of 2014 I made a thread on the goals which I would be pushing for in 2014. My how things have changed! And I’m pleased to say I’ve done every one of those goals except the 1,000 forum posts (I’m close though, 803).

 

In 2014 alot of stuff got done, including a 120 (where did that come from?!). But now, lets raise the bar and see if I can get even more done for 2015.

 

-2,000 posts on the RuneScape forums, because why not?

-8 new 99s

-Complete Ritual of the Mahjarrat

-All Player Owned Port skills

-Own duel Ascensions

 

So. What are your goals?

 

Polls: Where Did They Go?

Have you noticed it? Maybe not, but I certainly have. Over the past few months the Power to the Player polls have been very sparse and far between.

Over the past months the new polls mostly consist of update feedback, while there isn’t anything wrong with that, its the fact that reaction polls are the only polls being put out. Lets take a look, the last poll which wasn’t a reaction poll was on whether or not Ironman accounts should have access to bonus weekends or not. I can’t remember the exact date which it was released but I know it was shortly after the bonus experience weekend–at the beginning of November. So its been about a month and a week since a poll which wasn’t a reaction survey has been released.

To put it in more perspective, over the last 10 polls:

7 of them were reaction surveys

3 of them were ‘diamond’ polls (one of which was a reaction survey)

and only 1 of them was a ‘dragonstone’ poll

 

There’s been so many reaction surveys lately that the polling section is starting to feel like a feedback section. Do players really have that much power when their only poll options are survey related? Not really. So what happened to polls? Why are we stuck with reaction surveys? The fact that we are stuck with reaction surveys doesn’t mean Jagex is dumping the whole ‘Power to the Players’ deal. In fact, they are improving it.

At RuneFest 2014 Jagex stated their new addition to Power to the Players, RuneLabs, all the close details haven’t been released on it yet and it could be another few months until we hear more about it. However, RuneLabs looks to be a new section on the forums where players can post their ideas for RuneScape improvements or additions and other players can vote on these ideas. If an idea receives a large amount of votes it will be sent to the RuneScape team where they will review it before implementing it in the game. Its an interesting process and I’m excited to see how its going to work. Interestingly enough, if you trace the polls back they suddenly lost content (and more surveys were released) right around the time of RuneFest (when they released new information about RuneLabs). It seems like Jagex has wrapped up the Power to the Players for 2014, however, there’s something much bigger coming in 2015. So though the polls may seem to be a bit useless lately Jagex is far from ditching the idea of a more player driven game.

Scape Smart in 2015

Another year in Gielinor has been spent and 2015 quickly approaching us. Because of this, I figured it would be an opportune time to share some of the details about where we’re headed in the coming year. I will admit that this fall has been rather sparse in terms of posts, but I’m glad to say that my busy season is soon ending, which means I get to spend some more time keeping Scape Smart updated. With that said, some of our goals for 2015 are finishing our guide to the entirety of Elf City, guides to every God War Dungeon boss, skill guides, perhaps a few blog series of something, as well as everything else.

With that said, I would like to thank you for sticking around with us for the past few years. Have a good holiday, don’t forget to make some EXP on the side, and drink some eggnog.

 

 

Smart Scaping: Crwys (Farming & Woodcutting)

Location

Players can find the Crwys clan just east of the Tower of Voices.

 

One: Four Magic trees.

Two: Choking Ivy and farming shop.

Three: Bush and herb patch.

Four: Two Yew trees and a bank as well as Memoriam Crystal 08.

Five: Elder tree patch.

Six: A Spirit tree.

Seven: Crate containing Memoriam Crystal 02.

Voice of Seren

When the Voice of Seren is active in the Crwy clan players will receive the following buffs, as well as the city wide buffs.

• Replaces all Bird’s Nest drops with Crystal Geodes (affected by Tree-Shaking Scrimshaw and Strung Rabbit’s Foot, does NOT require 94 Woodcutting).
• Chance of attracting a Guthixian Butterfly while checking health of crops.
• Chance of crops skipping growth stages.

Farming

Adding Elf City to your daily farm runs is highly profitable, as your crops have the chance of skipping growth stages. Players also have access to another Elder tree farming patch and a regular tree patch in the Trahaearn clan. To receive the of the Crwys title players are required to grow an Elder tree and successfully check its health.

Woodcutting

In terms of Woodcutting, some of the best in the game can be found all within Elf City. Only a few clicks away players can find an almost never ending supply of Yew, Ivy, and Magic trees to chop. However, what really makes the deal is the bank chest right next to the woodcutting resources.

Other

In addition to Woodcutting and Farming, players can unlock another Spirit Tree by talking to Glouron with 89 Farming (not boostable). Also Crwys contains 2 Memoriam Crystsals. Finally with 97 Thieving, players can pickpocket Crwys workers for seeds, Supercompost, Brawling Gloves (Firemaking/Woodcutting), as well as other universal loot from Elf workers.

 

See other Elf City Clan guides here.

 

 

Smart Scaping: Trahaearn (Mining & Smithing)

Location 

The Trahaearn clan in Elf City can be found immediately to the east upon entering the gates of the city.

One: Five Seren Stone deposits

Two: Eight Gem Rock deposits

Three: Eight Coal deposits, six Mithril deposits, two Runite deposits

Four: Eight Adamantite deposits

Five: Four anvils and one forge

Six: Crate containing Memoriam Crystal 07

Seven: One Tree patch

Low Level Mining

While the focus of Trahaearn is on high level mining, a few options exist for those in the lower levels. Coal mining is very efficient as the bank is closer than the deposit box at Living Rock Caverns and there are enough coal deposits to keep you constantly mining. Even if the player cannot access the Seren Stones they still have a chance of receiving Corrupt Ore while mining the other ores in the clan but only while the Voice of Seren is active. Another great mining option are the gem rocks. Anyone who has access to the city will have the ability to mine the gem rocks. Gem rocks can be very rewarding in more than just one way. Firstly, they provide an easy money source as players have the rare chance of mining an uncut Onyx. In addition, the rocks provide many Spirit Gems which are equipped in the pocket slot to save charms during Summoning training.

At exactly an hour of mining (with no Voice of Seren) this was my gatherings, note that my profit would have been tripled if I had received an Onyx.

In addition I received: 6 Spirit Emeralds, 14 Spirit Rubies, 17 Spirit Sapphires, 5 Spirit Diamonds, and 8 Spirit Dragonstones. I was filling my inventory around every 7 and a half minutes.

All in all, gem rocks aren’t very profitable if you don’t get lucky with an Onyx. However, they have the ability to save you countless charms while summoning.

High Level Mining

By far the biggest draw to the Trahaearn clan is the Seren Stones. Comparable to ivy for miners or Living Rock Caverns, these rocks offer effortless mining and are currently the best in the game for exp rates. While mining Seren Stones, players will receive Corrupt Ore, a stackable resource which can be ‘destroyed’ at a forge for smithing exp. Constantly receiving Corrupt Ore is not a guarantee, instead players will receive it around every two or three successful mines.

Upon mining 100 Corrupt Ore players will receive ‘of the Trahaearn’ tite.

At 99 Mining with a Dragon Pickax I’ve been getting almost exactly 200 Corrupt Ore per hour, regardless of the Voice of Seren. With the Voice of Seren active I received exactly 185k Mining exp, without the Voice of Seren players can expect to average between 100k-120k Mining exp an hour dependent on levels.

With full boost and double exp players can reach upwards of 400k Mining exp an hour! Making it by far the fastest method of training in the game.

Smithing

Exactly 1,500 Corrupt Ore can be smithed per hour, granting a player 225k Smithing exp an hour or 270k Smithing exp if the Voice of Seren is active. This is a great option for Smithing if a player cannot afford other methods, however gathering the ore is slow but provides quality Smithing rates per hour.

After a player has destroyed 100 Corrupt Ore they can speak to Lady Trahaearn located at the Seren Stones to receive a Smithing lamp worth 50k exp.

Thieving

Pick-pocketing from Trahaearn workers can grant players ores, smelted bars, Dwarven Stout, and Brawling Gloves (Smithing & Mining). These rewards are unique to the Trahaearn workers only.

See other Elf City Clan guides here.

Elf City Guides Database

We’ve put together a detailed guides to the city to show you the best skilling spots, hidden content, as well efficiency training. Since this is a massive city its naturally a huge guide which covers everything you need to know, thus its been split into the different clans of the city. Below you’ll find links to each clan held in the city for further detail about them.

Still trying to get into the city? We got a guide for that too.

 

Miscellaneous Content & City Overview

Iorwerth (Melee & Slayer)

Cadarn (Ranged & Magic)

Trahaearn (Mining & Smithing)

Crwys (Farming & Woodcutting)

 

Coming November:

Ithell (Construction & Crafting)

Amlodd (Divination & Summoning)

Hefin (Agility & Prayer)

Meilyer (Dungeoneering & Herblore)

New Name!

 

Well I finally changed my name. With the latest name release (I-M) I figured I’d give it a shot and see if I could grab anything that I wanted. So I showed up on Wednesday mid morning with my list of 10 names I was going to attempt for, however, per usual the whole system locked up about 5 minutes before the release. The ingame name change button wasn’t opening and the website name change feature was always crashing. Ten minutes in all the names I wanted were gone except one and surprisingly it seemed as the name went unnoticed. So for 45 minutes I hit refresh repeatedly trying to get my name through the website, but it never worked and nearly an hour later my last name on my list was taken. Disappointed that even after 45 minutes I couldn’t get the name I gave up and logged off.

But curiosity got the best of me and about 30 minutes later I came back and decided to try and find another name I wanted. So I was going through three letter words to see if any were open and stumbled upon ‘Kit’. At the same time I saw on the forums that people were having trouble with Chrome and suggested using a different browser. So I changed browsers and after the third attempt I landed the name.

In the end I’m happy with the new name. Its simplistic, has meaning, and is something new.

It’s coming!

In under a month the gates leading to the Elf City will finally be opened and over a stretch of 2 updates the city will be fully released. Granted, its a massive 2 updates. With so many things to do, train, and explore it’s going to be overwhelming. But don’t worry! We’ll be here to shed some light on the update.

We’ll be writing up a massive guide to the city, best places to skill, cool locations to check out, and all the other little things you might overlook. So if you’re ever lost you know where to look!

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