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| − | The '''Getting Started''' guide is intended to help both new and returning players. | + | {{Infobox Combat Location |
| − | ==Things to Consider== | + | |level = 50+ |
| − | This section will cover subjects including the player's account and official rules.
| + | |style = Magic |
| − | ===Game Rules=== | + | |nMonster = |
| − | [[Rules]] | + | {{img|Black Knight|60|word=1}} |
| | + | |eMonster = |
| | + | {{img|Imbued Black Knight|60|word=1}} |
| | + | |dMonster = |
| | + | {{img|The Advisor|60|word=1}}<br> |
| | + | {{img|Black Knight Titan|60|word=1}}<br> |
| | + | |mDrops = |
| | + | {{img|Dark Key Piece|35|word=1}}<br> |
| | + | {{img|Dark Vault Identification Crystal|35|word=1}}<br> |
| | + | {{img|Corrupted Fragment|35|word=1}}<br> |
| | + | {{img|Black Knight's Trial|35|word=1}}<br> |
| | + | [[Obsidian Gear|<img src="https://www.play.idlescape.com/images/combat/equipment/black_med_helm_icon.png" alt="Obsidian Helmet" width="35px" height = "35px"> Obsidian Gear]]<br> |
| | + | {{img|Obsidian Glass|35|word=1}}<br> |
| | + | {{img|Black Knight Titan's Helm|35|word=1}}<br> |
| | + | {{img|Chorus of Souls|35|word=1}}<br> |
| | + | {{img|Decayed Cloak|35|word=1}}<br> |
| | + | |vDrops = |
| | + | [[Obsidian Gear|<img src="https://www.play.idlescape.com/images/combat/equipment/black_med_helm_icon.png" alt="Obsidian Helmet" width="35px" height = "35px"> Obsidian Gear]]<br> |
| | + | {{img|Obsidian Glass|35|word=1}}<br> |
| | + | {{img|Black Knight Titan's Helm|35|word=1}}<br> |
| | + | {{img|Torn Banner|35|word=1}}<br> |
| | + | {{img|Blademaster's Memory|35|word=1}}<br> |
| | + | {{img|Dark Cache|35|word=1}}<br> |
| | + | {{img|Lesser Jewelry Cache|35|word=1}}<br> |
| | + | [[Ability Books|<img src="https://www.play.idlescape.com/images/combat/ability_book/melee.png" alt="Obsidian Helmet" width="35px" height = "35px"> Ability Books]]<br> |
| | + | }} |
| | + | '''Dark Fortress''' is the respective [[Combat#Dungeons|dungeon]] for [[City]] and is accessed by {{img|Dark Fortress Key|20|word=1}}. It is the sole source of the {{img|Blademaster's Memory|35|word=1}} and {{img|Torn Banner|35|word=1}} which are required for crafting {{img|Blademaster's Shroud|20|word=1}} and {{img|Royal Banner|20|word=1}} respectively. Up to 3 players/mercenaries can enter Dark Fortress. |
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| − | All players must follow the rules of the game. Certain things are not allowed, and can result in your account being muted, suspended, or permanently banned from play:
| + | Dark Fortress consists of 4 waves: |
| | + | * 40 [[Black Knight]]s |
| | + | * 12 [[Imbued Black Knight]]s |
| | + | * 6 [[Black Knight Titan]]s |
| | + | * 2 [[Black Knight]]s and 1 [[The Advisor]] |
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| − | *Any form of automation or botting is NOT allowed. This applies to the use, creation, or distribution of both bots and automation devices. Discussions about botting is also not permitted.
| + | =Recommended Gear= |
| − | *Scripts for quality of life improvements may be allowed, but for safety check with Boohi through in-game chat or Discord for a timely response and approval.
| + | A party for dungeons usually consists of 2 DPS and a tank. |
| − | *Alt-trading, specifically having multiple accounts that trade between each other is NOT allowed. Players are only allowed to own a single account! | + | ==DPS== |
| − | *Trading any items from outside of Idlescape for items inside Idlescape is against the rules and will result in a trade ban for both players. | + | Two-handed weapons have higher DPS than one-handed ones at cost of lower defense, however since we have a tank we use two-handed weapons for the extra DPS. |
| − | *Follow the [[Rules#Chat Guidelines|chat rules]]!
| + | *Level: 50+ in {{img|magic|22|word=1}} and {{img|defense|22|word=1}}. |
| | + | *Armor: [[Greater Imbued Gear|<img src="https://www.play.idlescape.com/images/combat/equipment/magic/greater_imbued_robe_hood.png" alt="Elder Robe Hood" width="22" height = "22"> Greater Imbued Gear]] or [[Elder Gear|<img src="https://www.play.idlescape.com/images/combat/equipment/magic/elder_robe_hood.png" alt="Elder Robe Hood" width="22" height = "22"> Elder Gear]]. |
| | + | *Weapon: {{img|Elder Staff|22|word=1}} or {{img|Sylvan Staff|22|word=1}} paired with {{img|Ancient Nature Amulet|22|word=1}}. {{img|critical strike|22|word=1}} greatly improves DPS. |
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| − | ===Staff & Moderators=== | + | ==Tank== |
| − | [[FAQ#Current Staff Members|Current Staff Members]] | + | {{img|Ancient Nature Amulet|22|word=1}} is a good choice for tanks regardless of Nature's Blessing buff, because of the {{img|Fortitude|22|word=1}} enchantment on it. |
| | + | *Level: 50+ in {{img|defense|22|word=1}} and {{img|magic|22|word=1}} or {{img|strength|22|word=1}}. |
| | + | *Armor: [[Stygian Gear|Stygian]] or [[Runite Gear|Runite]] tank set. |
| | + | *Level: 50+ in {{img|magic|22|word=1}} |
| | + | *Weapon: {{img|Stygian Battleaxe|22|word=1}} or {{img|Runite Battleaxe|22|word=1}} paired with {{img|Stygian Shield|22|word=1}} or {{img|Runite Shield|22|word=1}} enchanted with {{img|healing|22|word=1}} which greatly increase a mercenary's Health, or {{img|Sylvan Staff|22|word=1}} paired with {{img|Ancient Nature Amulet|22|word=1}} for a more healing/defensive buff focused tank. |
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| − | Tasks of people within a role are not set in stone, but in general developers create the game system and code, and moderators keep chat in normal and help players out with small problems. Community contributors help develop and test new parts of the game on a voluntary basis. Artists create the artwork for the game.
| + | =Monsters= |
| − | | + | All the monsters are weak to {{img|magic|22|word=1}} and [[File:Crush_splash.png|frameless|22px|link=Combat#Affinities]] Crush and resistance to {{img|Melee|22|word=1}} and {{img|range|22|word=1}}. The Advisor has +200% defensive [[File:Poison_splash.png|frameless|22px|link=Combat#Affinities]] poison affinity, so a poison build isn't ideal. |
| − | To open a ticket for assistance, you can do so in game from the "Send Feedback" feature in game, or via the [https://discord.gg/kFpscRm Discord channel] #create-ticket.
| + | {| class="wikitable" |
| − | | + | !colspan="2"|Monster |
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| + | !Threat |
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| + | !DPS |
| − | ==Ironman Mode==
| + | !Weaknesses |
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| − | :''Note: The information on this page is based on '''non-ironman gameplay'''. While still very useful to start off, some advice may not apply!''
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| − | Released on 11 December 2020 [https://www.reddit.com/r/Idlescape/comments/kb6ewt/update_11_december_2020_v08_ironman/ v0.8].
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| − | [[Ironman]] mode characters have unique restrictions and special capabilities:
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| − | *'''Trading''': cannot trade with other players.
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| − | *'''Ironman-only Chat''': all ironmen have their own chat channel that cannot be accessed by regular players, but can still chat in the general channel.
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| − | *'''Chat Total Level''': total levels displayed in chat for ironmen is greyed out to differentiate them from regular players.
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| − | *'''Multi-logging''': players can use both their regular character and ironman character at the same time in different browser tabs.
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| − | *'''Server-wide Broadcasts''': the first time an ironman reaches a special achievement, (e.g. first to level 50 farming) a server-wide message is sent to congratulate them in both general and the ironman chat channels.
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| − | *'''Ironman-only Hiscores''': a special hiscores page where the highest level ironmen are ranked.
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| − | ''This mode is '''not''' recommended for new players to the game.''
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| − | With the release of Ironman mode came several [[Alternate Playstyles]], all based around the mode.
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| − | ==Gameplay== | |
| − | This section covers mechanics and other information relating to the game itself.
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| − | ===Action Queue===
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| − | In Idlescape, players can only perform '''one''' action at a time; for example, [[mining]] and [[foraging]] simultaneously is not possible.
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| − | The exceptions are: [[farming]] and [[crafting]]. These can be done at the same time while training other skills.
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| − | ===Offline Progression===
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| − | Offline progression continues for up to 12 hours. This can be extended up to 24 hours by purchasing Idlescape Plus.
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| − | ===Skills===
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| − | Players have access to 15 skills, split up into four categories: combat, gathering, production, and magic. For more information on each skill, see their respective articles.
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| − | {| class="wikitable align-center-1" | |
| − | ! colspan="3" |Combat skills
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| − | |<img src="https://play.idlescape.com/images/combat/attack_icon.png" alt="" height="35" width="35"> | |
| − | |[[Combat#Attack|Attack]]
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| − | |Determines how accurate the player is.
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| − | |- | |
| − | |<img src="https://play.idlescape.com/images/combat/strength_icon.png" alt="" height="35" width="35"> | |
| − | |[[Combat#Strength|Strength]]
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| − | |Determines a player's maximum hit, calculated alongside their strength bonuses.
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| − | |<img src="https://play.idlescape.com/images/combat/defense_icon.png" alt="" height="35" width="35">
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| − | |[[Combat#Defense|Defense]]
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| − | |Decreases the chance of being hit.
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| − | |<img src="https://play.idlescape.com/images/combat/constitution_icon.png" alt="" height="35" width="35">
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| − | |[[Combat#Constitution|Constitution]] | |
| − | |Increases Health/HP.
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| − | |<img src="https://play.idlescape.com/images/magic/magic_logo.png" alt="" height="35" width="35">
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| − | |[[Combat#Magic|Magic]]
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| − | |Determines a player's magic damage.
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| − | |<img src="https://play.idlescape.com/images/combat/range_icon.png" alt="" height="35" width="35"> | + | |{{img|Black Knight|70}} |
| − | |[[Combat#Range|Range]] | + | |[[Black Knight]] |
| − | |Determines a player's range damage. | + | |2050 |
| | + | |9(Melee) |
| | + | |{{Affinity|magic|-25}}, {{Affinity|blunt|-30}} |
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| − | ! colspan="3" |Gathering Skills
| + | |{{img|Imbued Black Knight|70}} |
| | + | |[[Imbued Black Knight]] |
| | + | |7876 |
| | + | |28(Melee) |
| | + | |{{Affinity|magic|-25}}, {{Affinity|blunt|-30}} |
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| − | |<img src="https://play.idlescape.com/images/mining/iron_pickaxe.png" alt="" height="35" width="35"> | + | |{{img|Black Knight Titan|70}} |
| − | |[[Mining]] | + | |[[Black Knight Titan]] |
| − | |Used to gather ores and other materials from different locations. | + | |7580 |
| | + | |29(Melee) |
| | + | |{{Affinity|magic|-20}}, {{Affinity|blunt|-30}} |
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| − | |<img src="https://play.idlescape.com/images/fishing/fishing_logo.png" alt="" height="35" width="35"> | + | |{{img|The Advisor|90}} |
| − | |[[Fishing]] | + | |[[The Advisor]] |
| − | |Allows players to catch fish. | + | |8276 |
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| + | |113(Melee) |
| − | |<img src="https://play.idlescape.com/images/foraging/foraging_icon.png" alt="" height="35" width="35">
| + | |{{Affinity|magic|-20}}, {{Affinity|blunt|-20}} |
| − | |[[Foraging]] | |
| − | |Allows players to gather logs, seeds, and cooking ingredients. | |
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| − | ! colspan="3" |Production Skills
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| − | |<img src="https://play.idlescape.com/images/smithing/smithing_icon.png" alt="" height="35" width="35"> | |
| − | |[[Smithing]] | |
| − | |Allows players to smelt ores into bars.
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| − | |<img src="https://play.idlescape.com/images/farming/farming_icon.png" alt="" height="35" width="35">
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| − | |[[Farming]]
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| − | |Used to plant and harvest seeds.
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| − | |<img src="https://play.idlescape.com/images/cooking/cooking_icon.png" alt="" height="35" width="35">
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| − | |[[Cooking]]
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| − | |Allows players to turn their ingredients into meals with different effects and/or for healing during combat.
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| − | |<img src="https://play.idlescape.com/images/ui/crafting_icon.png" alt="" height="35" width="35">
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| − | |[[Crafting]]
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| − | |Allows players to create items & [[equipment]].
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| − | ! colspan="3" |Magic Skills
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| − | |<img src="https://play.idlescape.com/images/runecrafting/RuneCraftingIcon.png" alt="" height="35" width="35">
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| − | |[[Runecrafting]]
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| − | |The runecrafting skill is divided into the following:
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| − | *[[Runecrafting#Runes|Runecrafting]] allows players to make runes from essences.
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| − | *[[Runecrafting#Runes|Cloth Weaving]] allows players to make clothes from reeds.
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| − | *[[Runecrafting#Runes|Affix Warding]] allows players to make enhance items by adding bonuses.
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| − | |<img src="https://play.idlescape.com/images/enchanting/enchanting_logo.png" alt="" height="35" width="35">
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| − | |[[Enchanting]]
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| − | |The enchanting skill is divided into the following:
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| − | *[[Enchanting#Scrollcrafting|Scrollcrafting]] allows players to create enchantment scrolls.
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| − | *[[Enchanting#Augmenting|Augmenting]] allows players to improve equipment stats.
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| − | *[[Enchanting#Research|Item Research]] .
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| − | *[[Enchanting#Enchanting|Enchanting]] allows players to apply enchantment scrolls.
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| + | =Dungeon Victory Drops= |
| − | ==Combat==
| + | {| class="wikitable" |
| − | ===Combat Experience===
| + | !colspan=2|Item |
| − | Players gain combat skill experience
| + | !Rarity |
| − | {| class="wikitable align-center-1" | + | !Market Price Each |
| − | ! colspan="2" |Combat experience | |
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| − | |Constitution | + | |{{img|Dark Cache|35}} |
| − | |Constitution now scales separately from HP. Generally speaking you take your Constitution level * 7.5 to get your HP and add on your stamina bonus to get your max HP. It gets XP from getting hit or mitigating damage taken. Constitution affects your magical resistance. | + | |[[Dark Cache]] |
| | + | |100% |
| | + | |{{img|gold|20}}{{#iferror: {{#expr:{{market|Searing Ladle}}/1}}|No price data|{{AddSeparator|{{market|Searing Ladle}}}}}} |
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| − | |Attack | + | |{{img|Lesser Jewelry Cache|35}} |
| − | |Attack is the accuracy of all your attacks. It gets XP from successfully hitting things. | + | |[[Lesser Jewelry Cache]] |
| | + | |{{?}} Common |
| | + | |{{img|gold|20}}{{#iferror: {{#expr:{{market|Lesser Jewelry Cache}}/1}}|No price data|{{AddSeparator|{{market|Lesser Jewelry Cache}}}}}} |
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| − | |Strength | + | |{{img|Torn Banner|35}} |
| − | |Strength is your ability to deal melee damage. It gets XP from damaging things. | + | |[[Torn Banner]] |
| | + | |{{?}} Rare |
| | + | |{{img|gold|20}}{{#iferror: {{#expr:{{market|goblin cache}}/1}}|No price data|{{AddSeparator|{{market|goblin cache}}}}}} |
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| − | |Defense | + | |{{img|Blademaster's Memory|35}} |
| − | |Defense is your physical protection. It gets XP from getting hit or mitigating damage taken. | + | |[[Blademaster's Memory]] |
| − | |- | + | |{{?}} Rare |
| − | |Magic | + | |{{img|gold|20}}{{#iferror: {{#expr:{{market|Chef's hat}}/1}}|No price data|{{AddSeparator|{{market|Chef's hat}}}}}} |
| − | |Magic is your ability to deal magic damage. It gets XP from damaging things. | |
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| − | |Range | |
| − | |Range is your ability to deal range damage. It gets XP from damaging things. | |
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| − | ==Skills==
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| − | '''See various guides:'''
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| − | *'''[[Mining Guide|Mining Guide [WIP]]]'''
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| − | *'''[[Foraging Guide|Foraging Guide [WIP]]]'''
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| − | *'''[[Fishing Guide]]'''
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| − | *'''[[Farming Guide|Farming Guide [WIP]]]'''
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| − | *'''[[Enchanting Guide|Enchanting Guide [WIP]]]'''
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| − | *'''[[Runecrafting Guide]]'''
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| − | *'''[[Smithing Guide]]'''
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| − | *'''[[Cooking Guide]]'''
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| − | *'''[[Crafting Guide|Crafting Guide [WIP]]]'''
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| − | *'''[[Combat guide|Combat Guide]]'''
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| − | *'''[[Melee Guide|Melee Guide [WIP]]]'''
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| − | *'''[[Magic Guide|Magic Guide [WIP]]]'''
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| − | *'''[[Ranged Guide|Ranged Guide [WIP]]]'''
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| − | ==Marketplace==
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| − | ===Verify Your Email===
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| − | #Open the menu in the upper left of the screen.
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| − | #Go to settings, then verify your email.
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| − | #You can now trade on the market!
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| − | ===Using the Marketplace===
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| − | *'''Always sell your items to other players on the market.''' Do not vendor/sell to the NPC unless the item vendors for more than the offers on the marketplace, which it usually is not.
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| − | *'''Check the actual listings.''' When selling items, the game will show you the lowest listed price, however, players will sometimes list a small quantity of an item at well below normal market price in order to lure unsuspecting players into listing their items for too cheap.
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| − | *'''Stack Size is important.''' Players don't usually want to buy up 20 separate listing of iron ore with 20‒100 ore per listing if someone else has several thousand listed at similar prices.
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| − | *'''Undercutting''' is a controversial topic. The amount you undercut by and on which items can make people frustrated when they are trying to sell similar items or are very invested in a specific market. This is just something you will have to feel out yourself.
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| − | *'''Taxes:''' When you ''sell'' an item, 5% of the sale price is taken in taxes. This is to help combat inflation. Keep this in mind if trying to eke out slim profit margins, otherwise you can just ignore it.
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| − | *Items will stay posted on the market for 30 days and then they will be returned to your inventory where you can list them again if you wish. However, if your item is fairly common and doesn't sell after a few days, consider lowering the price. <br />
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| − | ==Beginner's Guide==
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| − | This guide aims to assist the player from the early-game to the beginning of mid-game, covering a wide range of topics including skilling, money-making, and the meta in ''Idlescape''. Mid-game can loosely be described as the point where the player has:
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| − | *Skill levels roughly averaging 50-60
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| − | *Runite armor, tools or gear of similar tier.
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| − | ==='First Few Days' Checklist===
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| − | Rather than a specific timeline that must be followed, there are several things that need to be done in the first few days of playing to get off to a good start.
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| − | *Tools - You should follow the natural progression to some degree. Begin with bronze and move onto iron, but it isn't always necessary to get mithril or adamantite tools before going straight for runite.
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| − | *Combat - Melee is the easiest combat style to start with as it takes the least amount of time to get the gear. Melee gear only requires mining and smithing, which are entry-level skills. Ranged requires mats from farming, which takes a long time and magic requires mats from fishing, which takes a while to get gear for.
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| − | *Enchantments - Refining is the single greatest enchantment for early-game. This should be one of your top priorities.
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| − | ===Beginning the Game===
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| − | Starting off, you should follow the following steps pretty closely:
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| − | #Begin with mining in the Clay Pit. From here you get useful ores like Tin and Copper. Sand and Clay are also notable drops as they can be used for quick crafting experience. Move on from here once you have 40 of each ore.
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| − | #Forage in the Grasslands. From here you get sticks which can be used to make quick crafting experience, logs which are used to make bronze tools, and seeds which are planted in the Farming skill. Stop foraging once you hit both 2 carrot seeds and 20 logs.
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| − | ==Tips and Tricks==
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| − | *ALWAYS ASK QUESTIONS IN CHAT. People in chat are almost always extremely helpful and open to new players getting into the game.
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| − | *Burning coal is a cheap way to get heat, whereas logs can often be sold to players for more than their value in heat. Check the market for current prices on coal, logs, and pyres logs to see what the best heat to gold ratio is.
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| − | *CTRL/CMD + left-click will link an item in chat; you can link up to 5 items per message.
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| − | *You can link your gold and heat in chat by CTRL-clicking the money bag and flame above your inventory.
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| − | *You can link your skill level by CTRL-clicking the skill.
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| − | *The vault is where you can store items you want kept separate. Examples of such things might be an augmented ladle for cooking, a weapon you don't have the level for, boots with various enchants you are not currently using, rare drops, crafting projects you are saving for later, or excess blank scrolls you don't want to accidentally enchant.
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| − | *It's a game, play it to have fun! If that means optimizing things in a certain way, playing the market, not trading ever, playing in non ideal ways etc., then go for it. People give advice to help you but in the end, it is you that is playing. 'If you ask for advice, you should consider taking it though.'
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| − | ==See also==
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| − | *[[FAQ]]
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| − | *[[Useful Stuff|Calculators and Guides]]
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| − | *[[Community Shorthand]]
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| − | ==References==
| + | [[Category:Combat]] |
| − | <references />
| + | [[Category:Dungeon]] |
| | + | [[Category:Zones]] |
Dark Key Piece
Dark Vault Identification Crystal
Corrupted Fragment
Black Knight's Trial
Obsidian Gear
Obsidian Glass
Black Knight Titan's Helm
Chorus of Souls
Decayed Cloak
Ability Books
Dark Fortress Key. It is the sole source of the 
Blademaster's Memory and 
Torn Banner which are required for crafting 
Blademaster's Shroud and 
Royal Banner respectively. Up to 3 players/mercenaries can enter Dark Fortress.
Magic and 
Defense.
Greater Imbued Gear or 
Elder Gear.
Elder Staff or 
Sylvan Staff paired with 
Ancient Nature Amulet. 
Critical Strike greatly improves DPS.
Fortitude enchantment on it.
Strength.
Stygian Battleaxe or 
Runite Battleaxe paired with 
Stygian Shield or 
Runite Shield enchanted with 
Healing which greatly increase a mercenary's Health, or 
Crush and resistance to 
Range. The Advisor has +200% defensive 
poison affinity, so a poison build isn't ideal.
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