My Runescape Merches Spreadsheeted for public
Nov 18th
Back in June I made a spreadsheet to help myself and you guys track your trades and be able to see at a glance which items have worked well and which haven’t. I haven’t started using it until about October and now I see how useful and important it to spreadsheet your trades when merchanting. This was one of my first spreadsheets so it has some issues (which you’ll see when looking over it) and I plan to make a new way better one as soon as I have time.
Anyway, I’m posting the spreadsheet that I fill in everyday so you can see my trades. It’s my hope that you guys will also send me the code to embed your spreadsheets so people can see yours, too. You can do this by uploading the spreadsheet to Google Docs, clicking ‘share’ and then chose the ‘embed to web page’ option and copy and paste that code in a comment on this post.
Look out for my new merchanting spreadsheet coming soon and please offer your ideas!
How to Power Mine Granite most Efficiently
Oct 17th
Table of Contents
# 1.0 – Introduction
# 2.0 – Method #1: Fastest XP but also most tedious
# 3.0 – Method #2: Mousekeys
# 4.0 – Method #3: Dropping with a pack yak
# 5.0 – Tips and Tricks
1.0 – Introduction
For 80-99, mining concentrated gold rocks in the Living Rock Caverns is, of course, recommended by most because, even though it’s around the same exp per hour, it requires much less attention.
If you’re like me, though, you haven’t yet reached 80 mining. The fastest way to train you’re mining level from 45-80 is by Power mining Granite. The most annoying thing about power mining granite is that there is no bank nearby so to get the fastest xp per hour you have to drop the ores. The speed at which you drop the ores actually makes a big difference in how many ores you can mine per hour and thus how much xp you get. I’ve found three main methods that outline how to drop ores quickly. The first is the very best but also the most tedious. The second and the third are both tied as far as xp per hour goes but the third is less tedious and the second is more difficult to set up.
2.0 – Method #1: Fastest XP but also most tedious.
Though tedious, it’s pretty simple. Go to the place where there are three granite rocks all side by side. Mine one of them. Once you get it, click to mine the next ore. While you are walking over to mine the next ore, drop the ore you just mined and then immediately re-click the ore that you had just clicked. If you do it right (it really isn’t hard) dropping the ore will take no longer than if you had clicked the rock and not dropped the ore. That’s why this is the fastest xp – no extra time at all is spent dropping the ores.
3.0 – Method #2: Mousekeys
Using mousekeys, you can drop the granite (or anything, for that matter) faster than is possible when using only your mouse. I personally am not real into this method, though it does work well if you get into it. There are already so many good guides out there on how to set up mousekeys that I see no need to make my own. If you’re interested in this method, check out Runescape Wiki’s guide on it.
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4.0 – Method #4: Dropping with a Pack Yak
I like to think that I’m the one who was the first to think of doing this but chances are someone else has thought about it before me. Here it is:
1. Bring a summoning potion (or Ardougne elite cape which fully recharges your summoning points once per day) and about 15 Pack Yaks (96 summoning required) with you to the granite mine. Other Beasts of Burdens would work too, of course, but Pack Yaks are best.
2. Once you’ve mined enough granite to fill your inventory with it, summon one of the pack yaks and fill it with the granite. Once the Pack Yak is full, dismiss it and summon another one.
3. Repeat step 2, drinking the summoning potion when necessary. When you’re on your last pouch, don’t dismiss it. Teleport back to the bank and bank the granite it’s carrying – this more than pays for the price of the Pack Yak and the Summoning Potion. Then it’s back to step 1.
5.0 – Tips and Tricks
1. As always with mining, wear the Varrok armor you get from the Varrok Achievement diaries because with it you often mine an extra ore.
2. Bring along an Enchanted Water Tiara or waterskins, desert clothes and perhaps an enhanced excalibur to help fight the heat.
3. If you’re not doing the Pack Yak method, bring along Lava Titan pouches (83 summoning required). They add +10 to your mining level (invisible), which means you’ll be able to mine a little faster, more notably if you have a lower mining level.
4. ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL – fill up a master penance horn at Barbarian assault and wield it (in your sheild slot) for double xp. Counting the time it takes to fill up the horn, you’ll get way faster xp per hour – like 85k exp per hour instead of around 55k. Best of all you have to spend only half as much time at the boring old mine. Look out for a guide I’ll be writing soon on how to fill your horn the fastest.
