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29 Dec 2010:	I took over maintenance of Penguin Hide and Seek from Boomer One.
14 Apr 2011:	I finally saw a Living rock patriarch, so I killed it.
1 May 2011:	I became a recruit in Team Penguin chats.
28 May 2011:	I achieved Level 99 Fishing.
25 Jun 2011:	I was promoted to corporal in Team Penguin chats.
1 Jul 2011:	I achieved Level 99 Woodcutting.
26 Nov 2011:	I was promoted to sergeant in Team Penguin chats.
28 Nov 2011:	I saw my sixth Night spider, and it dropped a Shadow silk hood.
10 Dec 2011:	I achieved Level 99 Cooking.
31 Mar 2012:	I was promoted to lieutenant in Team Penguin chats.
12 May 2012:	I achieved Level 99 Crafting.
1 Jun 2012:	I achieved Level 99 Ranged.
31 Aug 2012:	I achieved Level 99 Defense.

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Strategies

Barrows

Using prayer for all the battles with the brothers, I find a different strategy makes sense than those documented elsewhere.

Order

Karil, uses ranged and lowers agility, even through prayer
Agility restores run energy for the tunnels, so allow some time to recover
Ahrim, uses magic and lowers melee stats, even through prayer
Melee used against Karil and (usually) in the tunnels to rack up kills
Verac, uses melee and can hit through prayer
Verac hitting through prayer is more dangerous than Dharok beating hard on prayer
Dharok, uses melee and hits hardest
Just in case ...
Torag, uses melee and depletes run energy (but not through prayer)
So ultimately nothing special
Guthan, uses melee
Really nothing special

Tunnels

Make sure auto-retaliate is off
Run until either
1. The last brother appears
  Fight him, then keep on going
2. The door to the central chamber is found
  Solve the puzzle, rack up kills, then enter the chamber

Kalphite Queen Soloing

My Kalphite Queen soloing set-up and strategy may be different from the common one. I started thinking about it when my stats were in the 70s. They're still low in the 80s, so the approach is most definitely for someone who's not maxed.

It's based on the following conditions and criteria.
1. Keep costs reasonable. The KQ isn't Tz-Tok Jad, and her drops aren't going to pay for an expensive set-up.
2. Maximize absorption when possible. The KQ hits high and often, so it makes more sense to limit her max hit.
  1. She always hits with range and magic, so concentrate absorption on one of those. Use prayer for the other.
  2. Use Aegis.
3. Minimize attack penalties for whatever styles are used.
4. The KQ's first form has a crush weakness.

My thought process:
1. It's okay to kill the queen a little at a time, retreating and restocking whenever necessary.
2. Wear mostly melee armor that has good ranged or magic absorption, which mostly means good ranged absorption.
3. Use Protect from Magic all the time to cover what the armor doesn't.

Armor:
1. Barrows bodies (Dharok, Guthan, Torag, Verac) have 10% ranged absorption; the Dragon platebody and Dragon chainbody have 9% ranged absorption.
  1. Verac's has an attractive prayer bonus, but ...
  2. All barrows have both a ranged and magic attack penalty; Dragon has a magic attack penalty, but no ranged penalty (not even plate).
  3. Ganodermic armour beats everything, of course, but I don't have the Slayer level to get my own flakes for repair.
  4. So the body is dragon plate.
2. Barrows legs (the ones with range absorption) also have magic and ranged attack penalties, as do Dragon platelegs.
  1. Black and Royal d'hide chaps have a ranged attack bonus, no melee attack penalty, and ranged absorption; the same is true of Karil's skirt.
  2. I went with d'hide chaps, but Karil's skirt would also be a valid choice. The absorption stats of black d'hide and Karil's are the same. Royal d'hide is slightly better.
3. Dragon boots for the strength bonus.
4. The Obsidian shield and Dragon sq shield (for pairing with the likely crossbow) have the same absorption stats.
  1. The Obsidian shield has a larger ranged attack penalty.
  2. So it's the Dragon sq shield.
5. Helm of Neitiznot or Full slayer helm, depends on whether I'm killing the KQ for a slayer task.

Melee weapon:
1. The Barrelchest anchor has a good crush accuracy, so that's the minimum weapon to consider.
2. The options with better crush accuracy are Dharok's greataxe, Statius's warhammer, Vesta's spear, and the Chaotic maul.
  1. I don't have a Chaotic maul. It will take me a really long time to get enough tokens to buy one, so that's out.
  2. The warhammer and spear degrade and disintegrate. They cost several million each.
  3. The greataxe is only slightly more accurate than the anchor, but it damages much more slowly.
  4. So the anchor is it for the first form.

Ranged weapon:
1. My standard favorite for everything is a Rune crossbow and Broad bolts.
2. Other options for consideration include the Chaotic crossbow, Karil's crossbow, and a Hand cannon. (The Zaryte bow is just too ridiculous.)
  1. I don't have a Chaotic crossbow. It will take me a really long time to get enough tokens to buy one, so that's out.
  2. The hand cannon is actually the same accuracy as the rune crossbow, and shot is pricey. The thing can also explode.
  3. Karil's crossbow is less accurate than a rune crossbow, although it's faster. The damage rate for Karil's is the same as a rune crossbow with runite bolts. No advantage to Karil's.
  4. So it's a rune crossbow with the best bolts I'm willing to lose, since Ava's device won't work with a platebody and I probably won't stop to pick up what I shoot.
  5. Broad bolts, Runite bolts, or Diamond bolts (e) make the most sense, depending upon how much I want to spend at the time.

Inventory:
- Ring of slaying for fast access to the fairy rings (I choose not to risk the charges on my Tokkul-Zo.)
- 1 Super antipoison
- 1 Prayer potion (safety blanket, might not be needed, but better to be safe)
- Teleport to house tablets (2 or more to keep it simple)
- Rocktails

Procedure:
1. Melee the first form.
2. While the second form is emerging, run away with a tablet, pray, restock food, and return. Don't bother taking the time to swap armors. Just worry about inventory.
3. Range the second form.

Assorted Notes

Game Guide Archive

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Infobox hack

Get two prices in the item infobox, if it's ever needed. The example is for Raw beef, when undead beef redirected to it.

|exchange = Normal: {{GEPrice|Raw beef}} [{{fullurl:Exchange:Raw beef|action=edit}} update] coins Undead: {{GEPrice|Raw beef (undead)}} [{{fullurl:Exchange:Raw beef (undead)|action=edit}} update]

The Lamer Rationale

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