Ironman Mode/Strategies (2024)

This article is a strategy guide for Ironman Mode.

Information on mechanics, setups, and tactics is on this page.

Introduction[]

1 Introduction
- 1.1 Important starter quests
- 1.2 Milestone quests
- 1.3 Milestone items (no quest requirements)
2 Early money making
3 Mid-level money making
4 Food and Potions
5 Dailies
6 Skills
- 6.1 Construction
- 6.2 Crafting
- 6.3 Farming
- 6.4 Herblore
- 6.5 Invention
- 6.6 Mining
- 6.7 Prayer
- 6.8 Smithing
7 Where to gather ingredients/items
- 7.1 Seeds and Herbs
- 7.2 Invention components
- 7.3 Summoning Ingredients
8 Mini-Guides
- 8.1 Mort myre fungus gathering
- 8.2 Papaya fruit gathering
- 8.3 Cutting teak logs
- 8.4 Killing vyres
  - 8.4.1 Recommended Equipment
- 8.5 Creating decorated urns
  - 8.5.1 Urn calculator
- 8.6 Dungeoneering Crafting
9 Equipment
10 Boss strategies
- 10.1 Dagannoth Rex
- 10.2 Kiting Bosses
  - 10.2.1 Recommended gear

Ironman mode denies access to the Grand Exchange as well as trading with other players. This means many of the skilling supplies used have to be obtained by bossing or gathering. However, gold is still needed to cover instance fees, deposit money into the coffer for Managing Miscellania, purchase spirit shards for summoning, convert logs into planks, etc. It is recommended to unlock High Level Alchemy as quick as possible, and to unlock the ability to enter the nature altar as early as possible. Although the main source of money comes from high alching, many items such as rune arrows or rune javelins have a lower alch value. It is recommended to sell items like these to a general store.

A lot of the strategies in this guide are not useful in terms of account progression for a normal account, but instead catered to Ironman/Hardcore Ironman accounts. Quests play a big part in the early game, as many of experience rewards allow the player to jump multiple levels at a time. A lot of items that can be bought on regular accounts are locked behind a quest requirement. It is important to do quests as soon as possible so that many of the early levels are skipped.

Important starter quests[]

Quest	Rewards
Waterfall Quest	13,750 Attack and 13,750 Strength experience and 2 Diamonds + 2 Gold Bars.
Fight Arena	12,175 Attack and 2,175 Thieving experience.
Witch's House	6,325 Constitution experience.
The Knight's Sword	12,725 Smithing experience.
Temple of Ikov	10,500 Ranged and 8,000 Fletching experience.
The Fremennik Trials	Allows creation of skeletal, rock-shell, and spined armour.
In Search of the Myreque / In Aid of the Myreque	Unlocks Temple Trekking for Silver bar, Bowstring, Watermelon seed and more.
Jack of Spades	Access to Menaphos, mainly important early for Corrupted Scarabs.

Milestone quests[]

Quest	Rewards
Beneath Cursed Tides	Unlock access to the Giant Oyster monthly D&D.
Lunar Diplomacy	Lunar equipment
The Branches of Darkmeyer	Unlock tier 70 non-degradable weapons, access to Darkmeyer, and a Darkmeyer disguise.
Deadliest Catch	Unlocks deposit chests used for gathering supplies while skilling.
King's Ransom	Unlocks Piety prayers and equivalent variants.
The World Wakes	A plethora of rewards, including Sunshine, 8 experience lamps, and additional experience rewards, with more rewards if all the recommended quests are completed.
The Temple at Senntisten	Unlocks Ancient Curses.
While Guthix Sleeps	Tormented demons and 4 x 100,000 experience rewards.
River of Blood	Unlocks an Augmentable Sunspear and blood essences.
Plague's End	Access to Prifddinas and the Trahaearn exoskeleton set.
Sliske's Endgame	1,250,000 experience in skill(s) level 85 and above, and a set of skilling items.
Royal Trouble	Unlocks Managing Miscellenia for Maple logs, grimy herbs, tree seeds, and much more.

Milestone items (no quest requirements)[]

Item	Usefulness
Nature talisman	Allows crafting of Nature runes for casting the High Level Alchemy spell.
Ring of life, Sign of life	Reduces the chance of deaths, extremely important for Hardcore Ironmen.
Bonecrusher, Twisted bird skull necklace	Awards free prayer experience while killing monsters that drop bones, and allows use of prayers in combat without bringing prayer potions.
Dragon hatchet	Requires killing Dagannoth rex to obtain, and greatly speeds up leveling Woodcutting
Scroll of cleansing	Helps to save valuable secondary ingredients when making potions.
Charming imp	Makes charm collecting much easier.
Warpriest of Tuska armour	Easy-to-obtain hybrid armour that scales up to tier 75 (equivalent to tier 60 tank armour, but has an added set bonus).
Greater runic staff	Non-degradable tier 75 staff, earned through Runespan.
Chaotic equipment (staff recommended)	Degradable tier 80 weaponry, no requirements to obtain other than Dungeoneering tokens.
Seedicide	Can be earned through Cabbage Facepunch Bonanza or bought with Thaler. Consumes seed drops in exchange for Farming experience.
Spring cleaner	Made through Invention. Converts alchable drops from monsters into raw materials which are sent directly to the player's bank. As the raw materials are usually high level (e.g. Runite ore) the spring cleaner is primarily useful for players with high Smithing and Crafting levels.

Early money making[]

Skills such as Summoning and Construction require money to level efficiently. Other things, such as boss instances and Miscellania will also come in handy for the future. Some of the no-requirement money-making methods are going to be used here, as ironmen cannot access the Grand Exchange.

Opening all of the chests in the Stronghold of Security for the first time gives 10,000 coins.
Opening the chest in the Stronghold of Player Safety for the first time gives 10,000 coins.
Corrupted Scarabs in Menaphos offer great rewards with very few requirements, particularly for Ironmen. One needs only a decent supply of food appropriate for their Constitution level and to complete the Jack of Spades quest. Scarab swarms are fairly uncommon and brief, so using an active Friends chat is suggested, while also having something to do during downtime. Depending on luck and skill (see the 'Tips' section in the relevant article), one can expect to make between 10K-250K per swarm alongside excellent reputation and Slayer experience.
Killing level 1 trolls in the Abandoned Burthorpe mine. These monsters drop a drape, which sells for 75 coins in the store, along with bronze 2h swords, and chainbodies. This is a good place to start training, as you can kill the trolls fast, along with getting a cape with designated stats.
Corpse Spiders (Level 4) can be killed in the Lumbridge Catacombs for their spider silk, which can be crafted into spider silk robe bottom at 23 Crafting and sold to the General store for 450 coins, or high alched for 900 coins.
Giant Frogs (Level 44) can be killed in the Lumbridge Swamp Caves commonly dropping Giant Frog Legs that can be sold to Hudo for 1,000 coins each in the Grand Tree at the Tree Gnome Stronghold. They also commonly drop nature runes needed for low and high level alchemy becoming a good source of these runes early in the game.
Pickpocketing the Gullible tourist in the southern part of the Port district of Menaphos gives 30 coins and 29.5 exp per pickpocket, and has no Thieving requirement. Pickpocketing from her also occasionally rewards small Menaphite gift offerings, which always rewards between 26,000 and 74,800 coins and a plethora of other rewards.

Mid-level money making[]

Slayer contracts are an excellent source of money and a small amount of slayer exp.
Gargoyles are a fantastic moneymaker, with many alchables, averaging 30,000 coins and over, along with noted bars, providing a good source of smithing experience, but requiring 75 slayer.
Aberrant spectres are a great source of seeds, herbs, and alchables.
Turoth are a fast slayer task, consisting of adamant alchables, herbs, seeds, and uncut gems. Killing these with Seedicide can be a very good source of Farming experience.
Mountain trolls are a good source of nature runes for high alching, along with seeds, and occasionally a granite shield.
Aquanites are a good, constant source of medium to high level seeds, herbs, water battlestaves and occasionally sirenic scales. Killing these with Seedicide can be a very good source of Farming experience.
Exiled kalphite guardians have a great Blue charm drop rate, along with many alchables and herbs.

Food and Potions[]

Food	Potions
Cake - Thieving stall south of Catherby bank.	Antipoison (3) - Jiminua's Jungle Store 10 stock
Premade gnome food - Up to 1500 healing food from Gnome Waiter. 10 stock of each food.	Antipoison++ Dropped 40 at a time from Corporeal Beast
- Cooked tuna and swordfish can be obtained from Managing Miscellania	Super potion set (1) - Can be obtained from thieving Iorwerth and Cadarn clans in Prifddinas.
Desert sole, Catfish, and Beltfish - heal 1450, 1500, and 1650 respectively.	Super potion set (4) - Bought from Mazcab Emergency Merchants 1 x stock of each, restocking once every 2 minutes.
Cooked eeligator - 1850 healing food from Mazcab Emergency Merchants for 3750 coins each.	Super restore (4) and Summoning potion (4) - Mazcab Emergency Merchants 3 x stock of super restores, 1 stock of summoning potions. restocking one potion every 2 minutes.
Tuna potato - Potato with butter from Rorarius, grow sweetcorn (seeds from Taverley Farming tutor), tuna from Managing Miscellania.	Saradomin brew - Dropped from Nex in a 30:10 or 10:30 ratio in conjunction with super restores. Queen Black Dragon and Mature grotworms drop (2) dose Saradomin brews. Araxxi drops up to 18 Saradomin brew flask a kill.
Rocktail - Dropped up to 10 at a time from Queen Black Dragon	Overload flask - Can be obtained as a drop from Araxxi after the player has at least 90 herblore.

Dailies[]

These are the recommended dailies for an ironman account:

Daily Challenges Extended Herblore > Construction > Dungeoneering > Smithing > Runecrafting > Crafting.
It is highly recommended to unlock the Jack of Trades aura. Use on Herblore > Smithing > Agility > Runecrafting.
Nemi Forest - 9 different nodes granting experience in Mining, Farming, Prayer, and Dungeoneering. This has no starting requirements.
Shooting Star - Collecting and redeeming 200 Stardust grants Mining experience, 50,000 coins and some other useful supplies.
Vis wax - using runes from shops and Barrows. Vis wax requires 50 Runecrafting.
Wicked hood - Withdrawing up to 175 pure essence at Runecrafting altars and crafted for runes without banking. Omni-talisman requires completion of Mourning's End Part II, Legacy of Seergaze, and The Jack of Spades quests. Soul talismans, however, are extremely rare from sarcophagi in Shifting Tombs.
Rune shops - Buy runes for vis wax and teleportation/spells. Prioritise elemental runes and soul runes
Feathers - for training Fletching with Broad arrowheads. 11,000 a day, costing 66,000
Buy broad arrowheads from Taverley slayer masters. Bandit Camp's Noterazzo, and slayer masters do not share a shop stock. 9000 arrowheads a day, costing 450,000
Soul Reaper task - Requires 50 Combat. Very good slayer experience at lower levels. Points needed for hydrix jewellery.
Potion flask and Crystal flask - Requires 81 Mining and 89 Crafting, completion of As a First Resort for potion flasks; crystal flasks requires Plague's End and As a First Resort.
Guthixian Cache for all Divination experience.
Big Chinchompa for early Hunter experience, and Grenwall quota tickets
Uncharted Isles - Travel to your claimed island for 3 supplies, complete up to 7 contracts. Woodcutting > Fletching > Fishing > Mining > Divination > Cooking.

Skills[]

Construction[]

Complete Throne of Miscellania and Royal Trouble as early as possible, putting 10 subjects into hardwood. Mahogany logs are more construction exp per day, but cost a lot more. If money is not an issue, it is highly suggested to pick mahogany. Converting mahogany logs into planks costs 155,500 more than teaks, but grant 1,470 more experience. After 114 Invention, mahogany logs can be converted to planks at a very small cost of divine charges, making mahogany logs a very viable option for every ironman that will get 114 Invention before 99 Construction.

Levels 1-5 Complete The Jack of Spades quest.
Levels 5-16 Complete Eyes of Glouphrie and Darkness of Hallowvale quests.
Levels 16-20 Complete Perils of Ice Mountain, Bringing home the bacon, and Tower of life quests.
Levels 20-22 Sculpt God statues or create oak chairs.
Levels 22-33 Construct Oak dining tables.
Levels 33-38 Construct Oak larders.

Complete the Deadliest Catch and Monkey Madness Quests

Levels 38-63 Construct Teak tables.
Levels 63-99 Construct Driftwood prawnbrokers
Levels 73-99 Construct Flotsam prawnbrokers

Extend mahogany flatpack daily challenges.

Crafting[]

Levels 1-11 - Complete Murder Mystery.
Levels 11-23/99 - Craft protoleather bodies from Protomastyx hide from the Smuggler in Dungeoneering. High alch charms and other drops for rusty coins.
Levels 23-75 - Craft tiaras from silver bars awarded from Temple Trekking
Levels 75-99 - Play harps in Prifddinas during Ithell Voice of Seren

Farming[]

Levels 1-47 - Nemi Forest. Alternatively, you can purchase seeds from Head Farmer Jones, up to strawberry.

Supercompost can be created from pineapples bought from Arhein's Store in Catherby, or picked from pineapple plants north of Karamja lodestone.

Levels 47-51 - Grow watermelons using seeds from Temple Trekking.
Levels 51 - After completing Plague's End, you can purchase pineapple seedlings from Coeden in the Crwys district.
Levels 75 - Grow magic trees from seeds that you get from high-end bosses.
Level 74-99 - Alternatively, you can use Seedicide from Cabbage Facepunch Bonanza to destroy seed drops from monsters in return for double their planted experience (especially useful with Morchella mushroom spores and Snape grass seeds). Good monsters to use Seedicide on include Turoth, Aquanites, and Vyrewatch.

Grow any herb seeds you get, prioritising herbs used in overload potions

Herblore[]

Herblore is generally considered to be the most difficult skill to train on ironman, because gathering large amounts of herbs can be difficult and takes time. Thus, many ironmen decide to put as much extra experience into herblore as possible, including quest rewards and Jack of trades aura. For tips on how to gather herbs and secondary ingredients, see the Seeds and Herbs section below.

Invention[]

Due to the high requirements for invention, most ironmen have high skill levels and many resources to disassemble by the time invention is unlocked.

Levels 1-4 Complete the Invention Tutorial.
Levels 5-120 Dissassemble melee, ranged or magic sunspears. Sunspears are tier 78 weapons unlocked by the River of Blood quest. They are augmentable and can be disassembled for 523,800 invention experience once they reach level 10. After disassembling, they can be rebought for 600,000. Many ironmen choose to do this all the way until level 120 as it eliminates the need for Equipment siphons which can be difficult to obtain in mass quantities on an ironman.

Mining[]

Levels 10-50/99 can be achieved from the Shooting Star D&D.
Levels 15-49 - Mine 2,584 iron ore underneath Falador for iron/steel ingots. Used in Artisans Workshop. Can also be obtained from the crystal chest in Taverley.
At 45 Mining, granite can be mined, and should be banked (5kg only), as granite is required to make granite lobsters, which are used for Summoning. Around 30,000 granite (500g) is required, if done only through granite lobsters.
Levels 50-77 - Mine concentrated sandstone rocks.
Levels 77-80 - Mine concentrated coal rocks.
Levels 80-99 - Mine concentrated gold rocks with Superheat form.

If you achieve 99 Smithing through means other than Living Rock Caverns, you can finish 99 Mining at seren stones or alaea crabs.

Prayer[]

Levels 1-40 - can be obtained from The Nexus. It is recommended to do The Restless Ghost as early as possible.
Levels 40-75 - Nemi Forest and monthly God Statues
Levels 75-99 - A combination of vyres, dragon bones (from Vindicta), airut bones (from Liberation of Mazcab), Hefin cleansing crystals and Hefin Agility Course during Hefin Voice of Seren, Nemi Forest and God Statues. Bones can be used on the altar in the Chaos Temple if the player does not have 75 Construction for a Gilded altar. However, some ironmen choose to use the Ectofuntus instead because it awards the most experience per bone and parts of the First age outfit can be bought with Ecto-tokens.

Smithing[]

Levels 28-35 can be obtained from The Knight's Sword.
Levels 35-60 can be done in Artisans Workshop with iron or steel burial armour. If only using iron ingots, 60 Smithing requires 2263-2489 iron ore depending on how much you follow Suak's instructions. Coal can be obtained from Managing Miscellania or Heart of Gielinor.
Levels 60-70 can be done with mithril burial armour. Mithril ore can be transmuted from coal requiring 63 Divination, 2 vibrant energy and 3 coal. Transmuting is preferential for ironman as coal can be obtained in mass quantities from Managing Miscellania, whereas other ores may be in short supply.

Superheat Form at concentrated gold is the standard method of training Smithing as an ironman. This should be done with perfect juju mining potion, goldsmith gauntlets, lava titan and an augmented crystal pickaxe, perked with

Honed 5 and

Furnace 3. Although perfect juju mining potion can be difficult to obtain on an ironman, it is extremely beneficial because a fair amount of what you mine will be banked as opposed to simply dropped on the ground.

Extend adamant or runite ceremonial sword daily challenges.

Where to gather ingredients/items[]

Coal - Managing Miscellania or Heart of Gielinor.
Snape grass - Killing waterfiends > aberrant spectres > fungal magi.
Red spiders' eggs - Spidines (Get sardines from Port Sarim), killing vyres.
Limpwurt root - corporeal beast, Iorwerth workers, vyres, General Graardor.
Raw shark - Heart of Gielinor, fishing in the Fishing Guild, waterfiends (for The Fremennik Trials), Temple Trekking.
Raw rocktail - Telos > Rise of the Six > Vorago > Raids > Divine rocktail bubbles > fishing rocktails.
Bird's nest - Telos > Nihils > Kree' arra > Meilyr worker > Managing Miscellania > Giant Mole bits.
Bucket of sand - Moss golems > 84 free buckets of sand from Bert (120 after Ardougne Elite Tasks), seaweed from waterfiends or northwestern corner of Piscatoris. Use the Superglass Make lunar spell, Ithell worker.
Bowstring - Temple Trekking > Cadarn worker > spinning flax.
Silver bar - Temple Trekking (For 74 Crafting and under).
White berries - Corporeal beast, white berry bushes, spawned north of Tirannwn lodestone.
Magic seed - Araxxor > Nex > Bird's nests > Kalphite King.
Potato cactus - Fungal Magi, up to 40 noted potato cacti can be obtained daily from the Weird Old Man, depending on Desert Tasks completion.
Dragon scale dust - Meilyr worker > Taverley blue dragon resource dungeon
Pure essence - Capsarius in Sunken Pyramid > abyssal demons > black demons > greater demons. Check the rune chest in Wizards' Tower for free pure essence every Runecrafting level.
Vial of water - Meilyr Clan Store and Noterazzo sell Vial of water packs

Seeds and Herbs[]

Seed	Sources
Avantoe seed	Automatons, Edimmu, Vyres, Dark beasts
Cadantine seed	Edimmu, Moss Golems, Kal'gerion demons, Turoth
Dwarf weed seed	Araxxor, Barrows: Rise of the Six, Vyres
Fellstalk seed	Dark beasts, Mature grotworms, Aberrant spectres
Irit seed	Vyres, Dark beasts, Cave horror
Kwuarm seed	Automatons, Ice strykewyrms, Vyres, Dark beasts
Lantadyme seed	K'ril Tsustaroth, Exhiled kalphite marauders
Ranarr seed	Vyres, Aberrant Spectres
Snapdragon seed	Vyres, Kalphite King, Dark beasts
Toadflax seed	Vyres, Dark beasts
Torstol seed	Nex, Kalphite King, Vorago, Vyres, Queen Black Dragon

Herb	Sources
Grimy avantoe	Araxxi, Nex, Aberrant spectres, Vyres
Grimy cadantine	Nex:AoD, Moss golems, Smoke nihils
Grimy dwarf weed	Araxxor, Nex, Raids, GWD2
Grimy fellstalk	Farming, Divine Herb 3
Grimy irit	Aberrant Spectres, Crystal Shapeshifters
Grimy kwuarm	Kalphite King, Aberrant Spectres, Crystal Shapeshifters
Grimy lantadyme	Helwyr, Araxxi, Beastmaster Durzag, Camel warriors
Grimy ranarr	Vyres, Aberrant Spectres, Chaos Giants
Grimy snapdragon	Nex:AoD, Vyres, Kalphite King
Grimy toadflax	Telos, Vyres, Crystal Shapeshifters
Grimy torstol	Nex, Araxxor, Vorago, Queen Black Dragon

Invention components[]

Simple - maple logs from Managing Miscellania, gold bars from Living Rock Caverns
Powerful - spirit terrorbird pouches, insulated boots, white magic staves
Swift - claws and knives from Martin Thwait, mithril claws from Skuli Myrka, smithing claws
Subtle - scimitars from smithing or shops
Crafted - broad arrows, spirit terrorbird pouches, spears in Barbarian Village with Skull sceptre.
Base - swords in Varrock and Falador
Strong - fletch shieldbows
Dextrous - fletch shortbows, sword shop in Varrock
Evasive - Dragonhide chaps
Enhacing - slayer rings
Precious - slayer rings
Protective - Dragonhide chaps, med helms

Stores with a lot of armour and weapons in stock

White Knight Master Armoury (1300 Black knight kills after Wanted! highly recommended)
Warriors' Guild Armoury
Lowe's Archery Emporium

Summoning Ingredients[]

(46) Tinderbox - Stock of 60,000 tinderboxes from Ignatius's Hot Deals south of Seers' Village.
(49) Raw beef - Stock of 100 raw beef from Rufus's Meat Emporium in Canifis.
(52) Raw bird meat - Stock of 6 raw bird meat packs (300 raw bird meat) from Chargurr in Oo'glog.
(64) Bagged plant 1 - Stock of 1000 from Garden Centre in Falador
(70) Pot of flour - Stock of 500 from Wydin's Food Store
(88) Unicorn horn - Commander Zilyana or killing Unicow under the Tower of Life.
(96) Yak-hide - Stock of 1,000 from Vanligga Gastfrihet on Jatizso.
(99) Steel platebody- celestial dragons, Salawa akhs, and a stock of 10 from Horvik's Armour Shop.
Gold charm - Hellhounds
Crimson charm - Nex > Araxxor > Waterfiends > Celestial dragons
Green charm - Mithril dragons
Blue charm - Nex > Kalphite King > Exiled kalphites > Celestial dragons

Mini-Guides[]

Mort myre fungus gathering[]

Deadliest Catch and Nature Spirit quest and Easy Morytania Tasks required

Wield an ivandis flail/silver sickle (b) and Morytania legs 1, bring 2 prayer renewal flask/prayer flasks.
Teleport to Morytania via fairy ring code BKR and running west, or by opening the gate south-west of Canifis and running south.
Stand just south of the deposit chest in between the rotten logs (as pictured) and cast bloom.

The sickle and Ivandis flail can be keybound on the ability bar

This can be up to 2500 Mort myre fungus an hour.

Papaya fruit gathering[]

Fruit bats are summoning familiars that require 69 summoning to create and summon

Papayas are used in creating adrenaline potions or for protecting palm trees.

Create fruit bat pouchs, and convert some of them into scrolls.

It is recommended to create atleast 20 times more scrolls than pouches

Teleport to Mazcab via Grouping System interface, Mazcab Teleport spell, or by simply walking to Wizard Chambers.
Run to Kanatah (East) and stand near the banker (as pictured).
Summon a fruit bat and cast fruitfall
You can buy summoning potions to replenish summoning points
Buying all the potions can be very useful for making extreme potions and ultimately overloads

Buying every potion from the shop costs 1,601,250 an hour

This can be up to 600 papaya fruits an hour.

This can be done at the same time as training other skills. It is recommended to dismantle, fletch, or create unfinished potions while casting Fruitfall.

Cutting teak logs[]

Deadliest Catch and Monkey Madness quest required, as well as 35 Woodcutting. It is highly recommended to have the highest tiered hatchet available to you.

Alternative to Deadliest Catch, the Evil Tree Distraction and Diversion log-banking bonus can be used instead.

Bring a hatchet, preferably an augmented crystal hatchet with Refined and Polishing perks
A beaver familiar with extra pouches (and super restore), decorated woodcutting urns, lumberjack clothing and lumberjack aura are also very helpful.
After a full inventory, run to the bank chest and deposit the logs. The area running back to the trees is a straightway allowing full surge capability.
There is a small chance that you will cut a special teak log. Two of these special teak logs can be exchanged to a sawmill operator (bring noted) along with 27 normal teak logs for 27 teak planks, for free.

A teak tree grants 85 Woodcutting and 90 Construction experience per log cut.

Killing vyres[]

Vyres are essential to an ironman account, as it is a great supply of Herblore supplies and money, as well as combat, Prayer, Firemaking, Farming (with seedicide), and Invention experience.

Recommended Equipment[]

Augmented Sunspear - Cheap, hybrid, augmentable, easily replaceable and the highest tier weapon for vyres make this a popular choice for Invention training and mid-level slayer.
Berserk blood essence - good pocket slot item for boosting offensive stats, used before overloads.
Holy wrench - main pocket slot item while slaying, for preserving prayer and super restore potions.
Morytania Elite Tasks - 50%+ increase in Prayer experience
Corruption, salvation, and harmony auras - Every 500 prayer experience gained, 3-10% (depending on tier) of prayer points are restored.
Perks -
Aftershock 3
Precise 5
Scavenging 3
Biting 3

Fire and Nature runes in rune pouch for high alchemy

Creating decorated urns[]

Urns can be a great way of augmenting skilling experience per hour, and a recent update to the Ithell Voice of Seren allowed the soft clay rock to never deplete, allowing quick soft clay gathering. Additional items and bonus's such as Bracelet of clay, Varrock armour 4, and Perfect juju mining potion allow even greater yield to soft clay. The potion has a 10% chance of spawning a stone spirit, and when spawned, automatically sends the soft clay to the bank for the next 30 seconds. An additional ore is sent to the bank, ranging from copper to runite, runite being the rarest. On top of banking for 30 seconds and an extra ore, charges for the bracelet of clay are not consumed. It is recommended to bring 10 bracelets with you, and dropping any soft clay you get with your action bar, only keeping the soft clay that has been sent to the bank.

This can be up to 4000 soft clay an hour, and depletes about 10 bracelets of clay.

After the soft clay has been gathered, it is now time to create urns. Down below is a calculator, which will tell you approximately how many urns you need to create for the inputted goal level (automatically set to 99). The calculator does not take into account any bonus experience you may have, such as a skilling outfit or the wise perk.

It is highly recommended to make Cooking, Fishing, Runecrafting, Farming and Woodcutting urns first before any other urns.

Urn calculator[]

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The calculator form will appear here soon. You will need Javascript enabled and cannot be using the mobile version of the Wiki.If you are on a mobile device, you can load the full version of the site by clicking here.

The result will appear here when you submit the form.

Type in any skill level and you will see a list of all the highest tiered urns and the amount needed to achieve your goal level.

Dungeoneering Crafting[]

Up to 100k Crafting experience an hour along with 100k Dungeoneering experience (rates for 99+ dungeoneering), with some experience in a multitude of skills such as Woodcutting, Fishing, Fletching, Summoning and combat. It is recommended to buy the Scroll of dexterity as early as possible to save hides while doing this method.

Start a complexity 6 small floor and complete the dungeon while picking up drops, cutting trees, fishing, opening the chests, and infusing/high alching summoning pouches. Cookie-cutter: F1-30 c6 small and 30+ c6 med.
Gather as many rusty coins as possible. This is to purchase Protomastyx hide from the Smuggler
Purchase some thread and Protomastyx hide. Craft Protoleather bodies and sell them to the Smuggler. Repeat until you no longer have enough rusty coins to continue crafting. Alternatively, High Level Alchemy can be used to get more rusty coins per body than selling to the Smuggler, but this is a much slower process than selling a full inventory at once and requires having nature runes.
Upgrade your ring of kinship into the artisan variant, which gives a chance of saving resources while skilling, with gatherer, which gives a chance of gaining resources as a secondary.

Training dungeoneering as an ironman is different than a main, because as an ironman you want to maximise free experience gain

The hide can be keybound to the ability bar speeding up the process of crafting a large quantity of hides at a time.

Armour
Pathfinder equipment, obtained from following the Path. Potentially the best gear you'll have for many levels. Tuska warpriest, obtained from the Tuska Comes minigame. This is hybrid armour and can, once having the matching defence level, be changed from level 25 armour, to level 50 and 75. The minigame also gives some nice experience to a variety of skills. Warpriest armour is also a hybrid armour dropped by monsters in the God Wars Dungeon. It also acts as a god item, protecting a player from the aligned faction in the dungeon. Ghost hunter equipment, this is a hybrid armour dropped by ghosts (list here) It scales with level up to level 70. Fremennik armour, made from the raw materials dropped by monsters in the Waterbirth Island Dungeon. This is power armour, and is potentially the best armour until God Wars Dungeon. The Fremennik Trials quest is required to wear the armour. Superior Fremennik armour from deathmatch, a tier-65 d2d variant of Fremennik armour, excellent for higher tier monsters like generals in the God Wars Dungeon. God Wars Dungeon armour (Armadyl equipment, for example). This armour is almost best in slot for most purposes. It's the highest level power armour that doesn't degrade.

Armour

Pathfinder equipment, obtained from following the Path. Potentially the best gear you'll have for many levels.
Tuska warpriest, obtained from the Tuska Comes minigame. This is hybrid armour and can, once having the matching defence level, be changed from level 25 armour, to level 50 and 75. The minigame also gives some nice experience to a variety of skills.
- Warpriest armour is also a hybrid armour dropped by monsters in the God Wars Dungeon. It also acts as a god item, protecting a player from the aligned faction in the dungeon.
- Ghost hunter equipment, this is a hybrid armour dropped by ghosts (list here) It scales with level up to level 70.
Fremennik armour, made from the raw materials dropped by monsters in the Waterbirth Island Dungeon. This is power armour, and is potentially the best armour until God Wars Dungeon. The Fremennik Trials quest is required to wear the armour.
Superior Fremennik armour from deathmatch, a tier-65 d2d variant of Fremennik armour, excellent for higher tier monsters like generals in the God Wars Dungeon.
God Wars Dungeon armour (Armadyl equipment, for example). This armour is almost best in slot for most purposes. It's the highest level power armour that doesn't degrade.

Necklaces
Amulet of accuracy - Obtained from Imp Catcher quest. +15 Ranged bonus. Amulet of magic - Obtained from the Lumbridge Catacombs. +18 Magic bonus. Holy symbol - Obtained from the Lumbridge Catacombs. +8 Prayer bonus. Amulet of defence - Obtained from the Lumbridge Catacombs. +8 in all styles and +6 in armour. Amulet of strength - Requires 50 Crafting and 49 Magic to create. +18 Strength bonus. Desert amulet 2 - Reward from the Medium desert achievements. Gives +15 in all combat styles and unlimited teleports to Nardah. Desert amulet 3 - Reward from the Hard desert achievements. Gives +24 in all combat styles and unlimited teleports to Nardah. Amulet of glory - Obtained from crafting and enchanting a Dragonstone amulet, catching Dragon implings, or rarely dropped by Revenant knights while wearing Jennica's ring. +26 in all combat stats. Dragon Rider amulet - Rewarded on completion of One of a Kind quest. Gives +30 in all combat styles. Desert amulet 4 - Reward from the Elite desert achievements. Gives +30 in all combat styles and unlimited teleports to Nardah. Saradomin's amulet - Refers to the three amulets dropped by Commander Zilyana, giving a +36 bonus in their respective skill. Amulet of fury / Amulet of fury (t) - Obtained from crafting an onyx and Treasure Trails, respectively. Amulet of souls Obtained from Soul Reaper tasks. Requires at least 50 combat, 99 crafting, 87 magic and 300 reaper points.

Necklaces

Amulet of accuracy - Obtained from Imp Catcher quest. +15 Ranged bonus.
Amulet of magic - Obtained from the Lumbridge Catacombs. +18 Magic bonus.
Holy symbol - Obtained from the Lumbridge Catacombs. +8 Prayer bonus.
Amulet of defence - Obtained from the Lumbridge Catacombs. +8 in all styles and +6 in armour.
Amulet of strength - Requires 50 Crafting and 49 Magic to create. +18 Strength bonus.
Desert amulet 2 - Reward from the Medium desert achievements. Gives +15 in all combat styles and unlimited teleports to Nardah.
Desert amulet 3 - Reward from the Hard desert achievements. Gives +24 in all combat styles and unlimited teleports to Nardah.
Amulet of glory - Obtained from crafting and enchanting a Dragonstone amulet, catching Dragon implings, or rarely dropped by Revenant knights while wearing Jennica's ring. +26 in all combat stats.
Dragon Rider amulet - Rewarded on completion of One of a Kind quest. Gives +30 in all combat styles.
Desert amulet 4 - Reward from the Elite desert achievements. Gives +30 in all combat styles and unlimited teleports to Nardah.
Saradomin's amulet - Refers to the three amulets dropped by Commander Zilyana, giving a +36 bonus in their respective skill.
Amulet of fury / Amulet of fury (t) - Obtained from crafting an onyx and Treasure Trails, respectively.
Amulet of souls Obtained from Soul Reaper tasks. Requires at least 50 combat, 99 crafting, 87 magic and 300 reaper points.

Capes

This is a table of viable capes for an ironman, in order of worst to best. For a more complete list see Capes.

Item		Type	Level	Level	Attribute			Stylebonus
Item		Type	Level	Level
	Pathfinder cape		-	-	4	0	0	-	-	-
	Bladestorm drape		-	-	4	0	0	1	-	-
	Arrowstorm drape		-	-	4	0	0	-	1	-
	Spellstorm drape		-	-	4	0	0	-	-	1
	Ardougne cloak 1		-	-	7	0	2	7	7	7
	Jerrod's cape		-	-	13	0	0	9	9	9
	Ava's attractor		-	30	13	0	0	-	9	-
	Ardougne cloak 2		-	-	11	0	3	9	9	9
	Cape of legends		-	-	11	0	0	13	13	13
	Ardougne cloak 3		-	-	16	0	4	15	15	15
	Obsidian cape		-	-	16	0	0	17	17	17
	Ava's accumulator		-	50	25	0	0	-	17	-
	Lunar cape		40	60	29	0	0	-	-	21
	Cape of accomplishment		-	-	33	0	0	21	21	21
	Ava's alerter		-	50	33	0	0	-	26	-
	Fire cape		-	-	25	0	2	26	-	-
	Abomination cape		75	-	50	0	0	28	-	-
	Guthix cape		-	60	25	0	0	-	-	31
	TokHaar-Kal-Ket		-	-	44	0	2	41	-	-
	TokHaar-Kal-Xil		-	-	44	0	2	-	41	-
	TokHaar-Kal-Mej		-	-	44	0	2	-	-	41
	Max cape		99	99	44	0	5	26	26	26
	Completionist cape		99	99	65	300	6	43	43	43

Magic Weapons
This is a brief list of viable options for ironmen. For a full list see Weapon/Magic weapons. (Tier 6) Caitlin's staff - Reward from The Blood Pact starter quest. Nothing special, can be seen as a tool to get the mindspike. Gnome Shopkeeper's Armoury alternatively sells basic weapons. (Tier 10) Mindspike - Dropped by troll shamans in the Abandoned Burthorpe mine or rarely from the wolves south of the bank. It can be switched to any element. (Tier 20) Spider wand and Spider orb - Made from spider silk at level 26 Crafting. Spider silk can be obtained from corpse spiders in the Lumbridge Catacombs. Also buyable from the staff shop in Varrock's center place. (Tier 30) Batwing wand and Batwing book - Also bought from Zaff. (Tier 30) Battlestaff. Bought from Zaff for 7k coins, more expensive than Batwing. (Tier 40) Splitbark wand and Splitbark orb - Obtained by trading 5 bark and some coins to Wizard Jalarast in the Wizards' Tower. Bark is cut from hollow trees in Haunted Woods at 45 Woodcutting. (Tier 50) Mystic wand and Mystic orb - These weapons can be purchased from Marvellous Mysticism in the Champions' Guild. (Tier 50) Iban's staff - Obtained as a reward from The Underground Pass. Comes with the special attack Iban Blast, which may deal significant damage. (Tier 50) Ancient staff - Can be bought from Eblis after the Desert Treasure quest for 80k coins. (Tier 60) God staves - Obtained from the Mage Arena in the Wilderness. Guthix staff is recommended because its special attack is extremely useful even at the toughest bosses in the game. (Tier 70) Blisterwood staff - Fletched from Blisterwood logs, this staff allows damage to vampyres. The Branches of Darkmeyer is required to obtain this. (Tier 70) Barrows equipment - Alternatively, at a significantly lower overall skill requirement, the Barrows brothers can be killed for their weapons. (Tier 75) Greater runic staff - At 90 Runecrafting this staff can be purchased with 25,000 points at Runespan. One ironman strategy is to rush 90 Runecrafting immediately, as it unlocks Player-owned port. So to some ironmen this is a great option. (Tier 78) Sunspear (magic) - This is a great weapon to have, but it has a heavy skill requirement. The weapon is obtained from River of Blood quest, and can switch between all combat styles. (Tier 80) Chaotic staff - Requiring 80 Dungeoneering, these can be bought with 200,000 dungeoneering tokens. (Tier 85) Wand of the Cywir elders+Orb of the Cywir elders set - Dropped from the boss Helwyr in the Heart of Gielinor. This weapon has the damage of a Tier 80 weapon, but the accuracy of a Tier 90 weapon. (Tier 85) Seasinger kiba+Seasinger makigai - As an alternative, these weapons can be made in your Player-owned port. The downside is it requires significant progress in the minigame. (Tier 90) Noxious staff - Parts to build this weapon are dropped from the solo boss Araxxi. Seismic wand+Seismic singularity. Dropped individually or Coinshare shards from the group boss: Vorago.

Magic Weapons

This is a brief list of viable options for ironmen. For a full list see Weapon/Magic weapons.

(Tier 6) Caitlin's staff - Reward from The Blood Pact starter quest. Nothing special, can be seen as a tool to get the mindspike.
- Gnome Shopkeeper's Armoury alternatively sells basic weapons.
(Tier 10) Mindspike - Dropped by troll shamans in the Abandoned Burthorpe mine or rarely from the wolves south of the bank. It can be switched to any element.
(Tier 20) Spider wand and Spider orb - Made from spider silk at level 26 Crafting. Spider silk can be obtained from corpse spiders in the Lumbridge Catacombs. Also buyable from the staff shop in Varrock's center place.
(Tier 30) Batwing wand and Batwing book - Also bought from Zaff.
- (Tier 30) Battlestaff. Bought from Zaff for 7k coins, more expensive than Batwing.
(Tier 40) Splitbark wand and Splitbark orb - Obtained by trading 5 bark and some coins to Wizard Jalarast in the Wizards' Tower. Bark is cut from hollow trees in Haunted Woods at 45 Woodcutting.
(Tier 50) Mystic wand and Mystic orb - These weapons can be purchased from Marvellous Mysticism in the Champions' Guild.
- (Tier 50) Iban's staff - Obtained as a reward from The Underground Pass. Comes with the special attack Iban Blast, which may deal significant damage.
- (Tier 50) Ancient staff - Can be bought from Eblis after the Desert Treasure quest for 80k coins.
(Tier 60) God staves - Obtained from the Mage Arena in the Wilderness. Guthix staff is recommended because its special attack is extremely useful even at the toughest bosses in the game.
(Tier 70) Blisterwood staff - Fletched from Blisterwood logs, this staff allows damage to vampyres. The Branches of Darkmeyer is required to obtain this.
- (Tier 70) Barrows equipment - Alternatively, at a significantly lower overall skill requirement, the Barrows brothers can be killed for their weapons.
(Tier 75) Greater runic staff - At 90 Runecrafting this staff can be purchased with 25,000 points at Runespan. One ironman strategy is to rush 90 Runecrafting immediately, as it unlocks Player-owned port. So to some ironmen this is a great option.
(Tier 78) Sunspear (magic) - This is a great weapon to have, but it has a heavy skill requirement. The weapon is obtained from River of Blood quest, and can switch between all combat styles.
(Tier 80) Chaotic staff - Requiring 80 Dungeoneering, these can be bought with 200,000 dungeoneering tokens.
(Tier 85) Wand of the Cywir elders+Orb of the Cywir elders set - Dropped from the boss Helwyr in the Heart of Gielinor. This weapon has the damage of a Tier 80 weapon, but the accuracy of a Tier 90 weapon.
- (Tier 85) Seasinger kiba+Seasinger makigai - As an alternative, these weapons can be made in your Player-owned port. The downside is it requires significant progress in the minigame.
(Tier 90) Noxious staff - Parts to build this weapon are dropped from the solo boss Araxxi.
- Seismic wand+Seismic singularity. Dropped individually or Coinshare shards from the group boss: Vorago.

Melee Weapons
This is a brief list of viable options for ironmen. For a full list see Weapon/Melee weapons. The beginning tier of weapons can be skipped after completing Waterfall Quest, which rewards enough experience to level your Attack and Strength to level 30 if done at level 1. (Tier 6) Reese's sword+Reese's off-hand sword - Reward from The Blood Pact starter quest. Nothing special, can be seen as a tool to get the keenblade. Gnome Shopkeeper's Armoury alternatively sells basic weapons. (Tier 10) Keenblade - Requires 5 attack. Dropped by troll brutes in the Abandoned Burthorpe mine or rarely from the wolves south of the bank. (Tier 20) Steel equipment - 2h swords can be purchased from Gaius's Two-Handed Shop. Daggers, longswords, and shortswords can be purchased at the Varrock Sword Shop, scimitars at Zeke's Superior Scimitars, battleaxes at Brian's Battleaxe Bazaar, maces at Flynn's Mace Market, and warhammers at Vigr's Warhammers. All off-hand counterparts are also sold. (Tier 30) Mithril equipment - Refer to the shops listed above. (Tier 30) Excalibur - Tier 30 longsword reward from the Merlin's Crystal quest. Has a special attack that raises the user's defence level by 8. (Tier 40) Adamant equipment - Refer to the shops listed above. (Tier 40) Wilderness sword 1 - Tier 40 longsword reward from completing the Wilderness Easy achievements. Provides unlimited teleports to Edgeville and has no other skill requirements to obtain. (Tier 50) Rune equipment - Scavvo's Rune Store in the Champions' Guild sells all rune melee equipment except for defenders. (Tier 50) Leaf-bladed spear - Purchased from a slayer master for 31,000. The downside is 55 Slayer is required to weild it. (Tier 60) Dragon equipment - Due to their cheapness, Dragon daggers or dragon maces are recommended. They can be bought from Jukat's Dragon Sword Shop in Zanaris and the Happy Heroes' H'emporium in the Heroes' Guild. (Tier 60) Obsidian equipment - Dropped by various TzHaar monsters. (Tier 62) Barrelchest anchor - Reward from the Great Brain Robbery, costs 230,000 coins to repair after the quest. (Tier 70) Blisterwood polearm - Fletched from blisterwood, this weapon allows damage to vampyres. The Branches of Darkmeyer is required to obtain this. (Tier 70) Blisterwood sickle - This weapon can be made with partial completion of The Lord of Vampyrium with level 70 Fletching. (Tier 70) Off-hand crystal dagger - Can be created at 75 Smithing alongside completion of Plague's End. (Tier 70) Barrows weaponry - Alternatively, at a significantly lower overall skill requirement, the Barrows brothers can be killed for their weapons. (Tier 75) Sunspear - Main-handed only, this weapon is obtained from The Lord of Vampyrium. (Tier 75) Korasi's sword - Main-handed weapon is obtained from The Void Stares Back. Off-hand counterpart, Jessika's sword, can be obtained for 400 Thaler or 350 Void Knight commendation points. (Tier 75) Saradomin sword - 1/384 drop from Commander Zilyana. (Tier 75) Zamorakian spear - 1/512 drop from K'ril Tsutsaroth. (Tier 78) Sunspear (melee) - This is a great weapon to have, but it has a heavy skill requirement. The weapon is obtained from River of Blood, and the best part about it, is it can switch from a melee weapon, to a magic/ranged weapon on the fly. (Tier 80) Chaotic weaponry - Requiring 80 Dungeoneering, these can be bought with 200,000 dungeoneering tokens. (Tier 82) Khopesh of the Kharidian+off-hand. The main-hand drops from monsters requiring at least 89 Slayer in the Sophanem Slayer Dungeon - While the off-hand is found in chests inShifting Tombs. (Tier 85) Dragon Rider lance - Dropped from the boss Vindicta in the Heart of Gielinor. This weapon has the damage of a Tier 80 weapon, but the accuracy of a Tier 90 weapon. (Tier 85) Tetsu equipment - As an alternative, these weapons can be made in your Player-owned port. The downside is it requires significant progress in the minigame. (Tier 85) Blade of Nymora + Blade of Avaryss - As an alternative, these weapons are dropped individually from Twin Furies. (Tier 90) Noxious scythe - Parts to build this weapon are dropped from the solo boss Araxxi. (Tier 90) Drygore weaponry - These dual wield weapons are dropped from the group boss: Kalphite King.

Melee Weapons

This is a brief list of viable options for ironmen. For a full list see Weapon/Melee weapons.

The beginning tier of weapons can be skipped after completing Waterfall Quest, which rewards enough experience to level your Attack and Strength to level 30 if done at level 1.

(Tier 6) Reese's sword+Reese's off-hand sword - Reward from The Blood Pact starter quest. Nothing special, can be seen as a tool to get the keenblade.
- Gnome Shopkeeper's Armoury alternatively sells basic weapons.
(Tier 10) Keenblade - Requires 5 attack. Dropped by troll brutes in the Abandoned Burthorpe mine or rarely from the wolves south of the bank.
(Tier 20) Steel equipment - 2h swords can be purchased from Gaius's Two-Handed Shop. Daggers, longswords, and shortswords can be purchased at the Varrock Sword Shop, scimitars at Zeke's Superior Scimitars, battleaxes at Brian's Battleaxe Bazaar, maces at Flynn's Mace Market, and warhammers at Vigr's Warhammers. All off-hand counterparts are also sold.
(Tier 30) Mithril equipment - Refer to the shops listed above.
- (Tier 30) Excalibur - Tier 30 longsword reward from the Merlin's Crystal quest. Has a special attack that raises the user's defence level by 8.
(Tier 40) Adamant equipment - Refer to the shops listed above.
- (Tier 40) Wilderness sword 1 - Tier 40 longsword reward from completing the Wilderness Easy achievements. Provides unlimited teleports to Edgeville and has no other skill requirements to obtain.
(Tier 50) Rune equipment - Scavvo's Rune Store in the Champions' Guild sells all rune melee equipment except for defenders.
- (Tier 50) Leaf-bladed spear - Purchased from a slayer master for 31,000. The downside is 55 Slayer is required to weild it.
(Tier 60) Dragon equipment - Due to their cheapness, Dragon daggers or dragon maces are recommended. They can be bought from Jukat's Dragon Sword Shop in Zanaris and the Happy Heroes' H'emporium in the Heroes' Guild.
- (Tier 60) Obsidian equipment - Dropped by various TzHaar monsters.
(Tier 62) Barrelchest anchor - Reward from the Great Brain Robbery, costs 230,000 coins to repair after the quest.
(Tier 70) Blisterwood polearm - Fletched from blisterwood, this weapon allows damage to vampyres. The Branches of Darkmeyer is required to obtain this.
- (Tier 70) Blisterwood sickle - This weapon can be made with partial completion of The Lord of Vampyrium with level 70 Fletching.
  - (Tier 70) Off-hand crystal dagger - Can be created at 75 Smithing alongside completion of Plague's End.
    - (Tier 70) Barrows weaponry - Alternatively, at a significantly lower overall skill requirement, the Barrows brothers can be killed for their weapons.
(Tier 75) Sunspear - Main-handed only, this weapon is obtained from The Lord of Vampyrium.
- (Tier 75) Korasi's sword - Main-handed weapon is obtained from The Void Stares Back. Off-hand counterpart, Jessika's sword, can be obtained for 400 Thaler or 350 Void Knight commendation points.
- (Tier 75) Saradomin sword - 1/384 drop from Commander Zilyana.
- (Tier 75) Zamorakian spear - 1/512 drop from K'ril Tsutsaroth.
(Tier 78) Sunspear (melee) - This is a great weapon to have, but it has a heavy skill requirement. The weapon is obtained from River of Blood, and the best part about it, is it can switch from a melee weapon, to a magic/ranged weapon on the fly.
(Tier 80) Chaotic weaponry - Requiring 80 Dungeoneering, these can be bought with 200,000 dungeoneering tokens.
(Tier 82) Khopesh of the Kharidian+off-hand. The main-hand drops from monsters requiring at least 89 Slayer in the Sophanem Slayer Dungeon - While the off-hand is found in chests inShifting Tombs.
(Tier 85) Dragon Rider lance - Dropped from the boss Vindicta in the Heart of Gielinor. This weapon has the damage of a Tier 80 weapon, but the accuracy of a Tier 90 weapon.
- (Tier 85) Tetsu equipment - As an alternative, these weapons can be made in your Player-owned port. The downside is it requires significant progress in the minigame.
- (Tier 85) Blade of Nymora + Blade of Avaryss - As an alternative, these weapons are dropped individually from Twin Furies.
(Tier 90) Noxious scythe - Parts to build this weapon are dropped from the solo boss Araxxi.
- (Tier 90) Drygore weaponry - These dual wield weapons are dropped from the group boss: Kalphite King.

Ranged Weapons
This is a brief list of viable options for ironmen. For a full list see Weapon/Ranged weapons. (Tier 6) Kayle's chargebow - Reward from The Blood Pact starter quest. Nothing special, can be seen as a tool to get the quickbow. Gnome Shopkeeper's Armoury alternatively sells basic weapons. (Tier 10) Quickbow - Requires 5 ranged. Dropped by troll chuckers in the Abandoned Burthorpe mine Or rarely from the wolves south of the bank. (Tier 20) Willow shortbow - Purchased at Lowe's Archery Emporium. (Tier 30) Maple shortbow - Purchased at Lowe's Archery Emporium. (Tier 40) Yew shortbow - Purchased at Lowe's Archery Emporium. (Tier 50) Magic shortbow, Rune 2h crossbow, or Rune crossbow - Purchased at Valaine's Shop of Champions in the Champions' Guild. Off-hand counterparts provided. (Tier 50) Orange salamander - Caught with 47 Hunter, and considered a crossbow for the purpose of monsters' weakness. Marrentil tar is used as ammo. (Tier 60) Red salamander - Caught with 59 Hunter, and considered a crossbow for the purpose of monsters' weakness. Tarromin tar is used as ammo. Swamp tar can be easily obtained from Aberrant spectres. (Tier 70) Black salamander - Caught with 67 Hunter, and considered a crossbow for the purpose of monsters' weakness. Harralander tar is used as ammo. Swamp tar can be easily obtained from Aberrant spectres. (Tier 70) Crystal bow - Requiring 50 Agility, this bow is a quest reward from Roving Elves. (Tier 70) Blisterwood stakes - Fletched from blisterwood, this weapon allows damage to vampyres. The Branches of Darkmeyer is required to obtain this. (Tier 70) Blisterwood stake-thrower crossbow - The quest; Lord of Vampyrium, is required to obtain this. (Tier 70) Barrows equipment - Alternatively, at a significantly lower overall skill requirement, the Barrows brothers can be killed for their weapons. (Tier 78) Sunspear (ranged) - This is a great weapon to have, but it has a heavy skill requirement. The weapon is obtained from River of Blood, and the best part about it, is it can switch from a ranged weapon, to a melee/magic weapon on the fly. (Tier 80) Royal crossbow - Built at 70 Smithing with weapon parts obtained as drops from the Queen Black Dragon. (Tier 80) Attuned crystal bow - Requiring 50 Agility to wield, and 90 Smithing to create. The Eyes of Glouphrie is required to make the bow, and The Light Within to obtain the attuned weapon seed. (Tier 80) Chaotic crossbows - Requiring 80 Dungeoneering, these can be bought with 300,000 dungeoneering tokens. (Tier 85) Shadow glaives - Dropped from the boss Gregorovic in the Heart of Gielinor. This weapon has the damage of a Tier 80 weapon, but the accuracy of a Tier 90 weapon. (Tier 85) Death Lotus dart - As an alternative, these weapons can be made in your Player-owned port. The downside is it requires significant progress in the minigame. (Tier 90) Noxious longbow - Parts to build this weapon are dropped from the solo boss Araxxi. (Tier 90) Ascension crossbows - Parts to build this weapon are dropped from the solo bossgroup: Legiones. Requires keystones from the Order of Ascension creatures.

Ranged Weapons

This is a brief list of viable options for ironmen. For a full list see Weapon/Ranged weapons.

(Tier 6) Kayle's chargebow - Reward from The Blood Pact starter quest. Nothing special, can be seen as a tool to get the quickbow.
- Gnome Shopkeeper's Armoury alternatively sells basic weapons.
(Tier 10) Quickbow - Requires 5 ranged. Dropped by troll chuckers in the Abandoned Burthorpe mine Or rarely from the wolves south of the bank.
(Tier 20) Willow shortbow - Purchased at Lowe's Archery Emporium.
(Tier 30) Maple shortbow - Purchased at Lowe's Archery Emporium.
(Tier 40) Yew shortbow - Purchased at Lowe's Archery Emporium.
(Tier 50) Magic shortbow, Rune 2h crossbow, or Rune crossbow - Purchased at Valaine's Shop of Champions in the Champions' Guild. Off-hand counterparts provided.
- (Tier 50) Orange salamander - Caught with 47 Hunter, and considered a crossbow for the purpose of monsters' weakness. Marrentil tar is used as ammo.
(Tier 60) Red salamander - Caught with 59 Hunter, and considered a crossbow for the purpose of monsters' weakness. Tarromin tar is used as ammo. Swamp tar can be easily obtained from Aberrant spectres.
(Tier 70) Black salamander - Caught with 67 Hunter, and considered a crossbow for the purpose of monsters' weakness. Harralander tar is used as ammo. Swamp tar can be easily obtained from Aberrant spectres.
- (Tier 70) Crystal bow - Requiring 50 Agility, this bow is a quest reward from Roving Elves.
- (Tier 70) Blisterwood stakes - Fletched from blisterwood, this weapon allows damage to vampyres. The Branches of Darkmeyer is required to obtain this.
  - (Tier 70) Blisterwood stake-thrower crossbow - The quest; Lord of Vampyrium, is required to obtain this.
  - (Tier 70) Barrows equipment - Alternatively, at a significantly lower overall skill requirement, the Barrows brothers can be killed for their weapons.
(Tier 78) Sunspear (ranged) - This is a great weapon to have, but it has a heavy skill requirement. The weapon is obtained from River of Blood, and the best part about it, is it can switch from a ranged weapon, to a melee/magic weapon on the fly.
(Tier 80) Royal crossbow - Built at 70 Smithing with weapon parts obtained as drops from the Queen Black Dragon.
- (Tier 80) Attuned crystal bow - Requiring 50 Agility to wield, and 90 Smithing to create. The Eyes of Glouphrie is required to make the bow, and The Light Within to obtain the attuned weapon seed.
- (Tier 80) Chaotic crossbows - Requiring 80 Dungeoneering, these can be bought with 300,000 dungeoneering tokens.
(Tier 85) Shadow glaives - Dropped from the boss Gregorovic in the Heart of Gielinor. This weapon has the damage of a Tier 80 weapon, but the accuracy of a Tier 90 weapon.
- (Tier 85) Death Lotus dart - As an alternative, these weapons can be made in your Player-owned port. The downside is it requires significant progress in the minigame.
(Tier 90) Noxious longbow - Parts to build this weapon are dropped from the solo boss Araxxi.
- (Tier 90) Ascension crossbows - Parts to build this weapon are dropped from the solo bossgroup: Legiones. Requires keystones from the Order of Ascension creatures.

Ironmen can't purchase most of their equipment so they may kill bosses outside of the recommended stats and gear. To make up for this, different strategies are sometimes used.

Dagannoth Rex[]

Out of all the Dagannoth Kings, Dagannoth Rex is the easiest to safe-spot. This makes it possible for lower levels to get easy kills. His notable drops are, warrior ring, berserker ring, some pieces of rock-shell armour, and mithril plateskirt which is used for clue scroll (medium). Not only those drops, but all Dagannoth Kings drop dragon hatchet, and dagannoth hide.

Recommended gear

Magic power armour
Fire spells
High Level Alchemy
Shield for Resonance
Emergency teleport (Ectophial recommended)
Couple logs, for cremating the dagannoth bones

To start a Dagannoth Kings instance, it's recommended to use the fastest spawn speed as only one of the Kings is to be killed. Upon entering the instance, quickly move to spot 1, surging along the way. Attack Dagannoth Rex when he spawns with Combust, and move back into spot 1, wait, and use Resonance to heal off his first, and hopefully only successful hit. Move into spot 2 once Rex is in range, indicated by his hitting the player. Kill him without worry, as the other Kings won't come into attack range. Once Rex is dead, collect the loot and either wait in the complete safety of spot 2 for around 10 seconds then move to spot 1, or move directly into spot 1. Either way, before Rex spawns again, use Regenerate to convert your remaining adrenaline into health, or stall your adrenaline for the next kill by killing the minions in the water or using Anticipation, Freedom, and Preparation. If done right you shouldn't end up using any food besides the occasional agro by one of the other two Kings. If that does happen, it's advised to quickly exit via the entrance while using protect from ranged, or protect from magic if the more damaging, Dagannoth Prime happens to attack on the way out.

Kiting Bosses[]

Kiting is when you run away from a melee-based opponent being out of reach of the target, resulting in them being unable to attack you. This is most effective when used at bosses that only melee, but still can be used on bosses that attack with multiple styles. An under-geared Ironman would want to do this because it allows them to continue to kill a boss for extended periods of time with minimal supply use, albeit slower kills due to the inability to take full advantage of abilities such as Sunshine or Asphyxiate. Popular bosses to kite as a low level Ironman are:

Beastmaster Durzag's primary method of attacking is by throwing melee punches and slams, increasing enrage to the aggression holder if multiple hits are dealt. He can also send range attacks to many of the players in the arena, including to the person holding aggression if the beastmaster can't hit them, but these attacks do not increase enrage. A player can take advantage of this by running around the arena to substantially decrease the enrage stack gain. If the player has not been hit by a melee attack for more than 15 seconds, the enrage resets back to 0. This allows a single player to tank Beastmaster Durzag for a long period of time without the need of a backup tank.