Hi Basefighter and Alll dear E2a Skillers,
First and most important i will give the basic outline of the armour needed, explain some techniques, then suggest some more armour sets. My guide is based upon some helpsite and my own personal experience and observations aswell as the advise of some high lvl players. Helpsite to check out:
www.tip.it/runescape/?page=armadyls_eyrie.htm1.) One armour item of ea gods: Zamorak, Saradomin, Armadyl
- Zamorak/Saradomin:
-- dragon hide sets "blessed",
-- unholy-/holy book,
-- stole,
-- holy-/unholy symbol,
-- god cape,
-- platelegs or skirt,
-- platebody
- Armadyl:
-- chest,
-- plateskirt,
-- helmet,
-- pendant
=> the zamorak and saradomin armour sets are treasure trail items and can be stored at costumes room in your poh! Saves some inventory space in your bank.
Other armour: => to increase your range or defence stats
- void set
- verac's helm or plateskirt, torag's helm or platelegs, Karil's
- fury ammy, glory ammy, archer ring, ring of wealth
- dfs(dragonfireshield), crystal shield, dragon sq. shield, obby sh
- Ava's accumulator, fire cape, skill cape
- ranger boots, snakeskin boots
- barrow gloves
2.) The Basic Weapon:
- rune c bow with broad bolts or bolts
- or knifes (steel to addy)
- 2000 bolts/knifes more then enough
3.) Familiars / Food:
- bunyip or stallion
- fire titan (scroll restores hp and boost def)
- any range familiar / bones to peaches tabs**)
- if none of the above: strawberry baskets, high lvl food and bring more p pots and super def pot.
The following inventory is one of many setups and is what i used:
4.) Inventory: - Sgs*), 3-4 range pots, 3-4 prayer pots, 1 summoning pot(4), 100 scrolls for fire titan, 2 fire titan pouches, 2 laws, 302 fire runes or firestaff, 30 nature runes, 1-3 baskets of strawberries
5.) Other inventories: Instead of familiar and scrolls, like i used, a lot of players use the Bone to Peaches Tabs**), which you can reach very high kc's. In this case you would increase the amount of Range and P pots to last longer! And also bring with 1 super def pot.
**) be aware you need to unlock the bone to peaches spell in the mage training arena (al kharid) .
Read up in:
www.tip.it/runescape/index.php?page=mage_training_arena.htm6.) with no tabs or familiars, the best option would be basket of strawberries (they heal depending on your hp lvl, max 5 times 6hp) or use more prayer pots and pray protect range all-the-way....... and hope for the occasionally drops of some swordies. A super defence pot is optional.
Technique:
with this inventory 4.) and the A: armour set up (see below), i reached a killcount (kc) of 300+ per trip and also reached to be able to collect 300+ noted addy bars; further: water runes, chaos runes, death runes, law runes, astral runes, nats and fire runes, hi lvl herbs, clue scroll and sometimes d boots. My total would be between 800k to 2.4M gp.
*)The Sgs is very handy to reboost your hp and prayer stat with its special. The 2 laws and 2 fires are needed to tele to Trollheim. The nats and 300 fire runes or firestaff are needed for hi alch spells! (you can also get fire runes or staff from killing fire fiends, just next to entrance to armadly sector), if you run out of nats kill some saradomin sp. mages if you have the needed slayer lvl, which also may drop some d boots to increase your loots! Attack any other Npc while they ingagged in a fight and they won't attack you but you get the drop; I recommend to att sp. mages and sp. warriors for their potential hi drops. The p pots are needed to use eagle eye prayer or if your hp is getting low to protect range prayer. The fire titan attacks with magic and the use of its scroll will restore 8hp and boost your def lvl by +8.
Armour set:
==> depending on your def lvl , starting with the the best set for range bonus with lvl 99 def followed by a list of sets with lower def lvl:
A:
- Saradomin coif "blessed",
- Fury amulet,
- Armadyl chestplate,
- Zamorak Unholy book,
- Rune crossbow,
- Archer ring,
- Barrow gloves,
- Armadyl plateskirt,
- Ranger boots,
- Ava's accumulator, best would be the Firecape,
- Broad bolts (cheaper) or Addy Bolts (costly).
==> for those with less then lvl 99 def: so increase your def stats and keep in mind to keep the prayer bonus high. The following combination set can give you also some idea to for a "tank".
Other Armour set combinations:
(the ">" indicates another choice)
B:
- Verac's helm > Torag's helm > Karil coif;
- Armadyl pendant;
- Karil Leathertop > Zammy- / Sara "blessed" d hide body;
- Karil's Leatherskirt > Verac's plateskirt > Torag's platelegs;
- Dfs > Crystal shield > Arcan shield > Dragon sq. shield > Obby shield;
- Ava's accumulator > Zammy- / Sara cape > Skillcape;
- Snakeskin boots > Dragon boots;
- Barrow gloves > God blessed Bracers;
- Ring of wealth
....as you see above in the multiple setup solution to find a armour fitting to your stats and your budget. Keep in mind to have 1 armadyl item , 1 saradomin item and 1 zamorak item.
C:
- Void Ranger Set;
- Zammy book;
- Armadyl pendant;
- Sara cape;
- Archer ring or ring of wealth.
..... i have seen some players which didn't use armadyl pendant and ended up to use prayer constantly, if you wish so, i recommend to use fury ammy, or Sara stole, and/or wear the ava's accumulator to replace the cape. Keep your prayer bonus very high, you' ll last longer!
By now i think you pretty well have a good idea of the possible setups and hopefully will find one that suites you.
Good luck, and i hope this guide helps you!!!
Your Rama :-))
P.S.: I appriciate any further informations or knowledges of the many skilled rangers out there in e2a!