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Hey, and welcome to my OSRS ultimate ironman progress thread!

Having previously comped in RS3 and maxed in OSRS, I needed a new challenge to keep motivated to play, and the ironman mode seemed a perfect fit. A regular ironman wouldn't be enough though (too similar to regular account progress among other reasons), and while a hardcore ironman would've been interesting in an ideal world, the harsh reality is that every HCIM will sooner or later die for something beyond their control, and I didn't wish to experience psychological damage that. Enter the ultimate ironman, the only option left!

The ultimate goal is to get both the max and quest capes. Simplicity itself, hmm? Since I work full-time and also play other games, it's going to take an extremely long time coupled with how slow UIM already is, in fact it might never be accomplished, but I will try my hardest.

Lastly, the update posts will follow the format of "turns": for the first 99 turns, each day is its own turn, except the turn that started it all. I'll summarize each turn what I did and any potential mistakes (since UIM is prone to them I'm sure). Starting from turn 100 onwards , turns are no longer time-based, but rather each turn focuses on quality over quantity, so depending on what I'm doing and my RNG, new turns may come multiple times in a row within quick succession, or be several days apart. Feel free to share advice or ask questions!

Thanks for reading!

> > > TURN-0 > > >

Completed the tutorial island!

A fellow cb level 17 UIM was also encouraging me and giving me advice at Lumbridge!

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> > > TURN-1 > > >

Firemaking level increased from 1 to 48.
Woodcutting level increased from 1 to 45.
Total level increased from 32 to 123.

Buying the steel axe made me think for a second that I had a mistake, since it required level 5 attack to equip, until I remembered you don't need it to use it for woodcutting. It wouldn't matter, but I want to keep my hitpoints level at 10 for now, so I have to avoid combat training.

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> > > TURN-2 > > >

Construction level increased from 1 to 16.
Crafting level increased from 1 to 5.
Firemaking level increased from 48 to 58.
Fletching level increased from 1 to 5.
Prayer level increased from 1 to 14.
Thieving level increased from 1 to 7.
Woodcutting level increased from 45 to 47.

Total level increased from 123 to 177.

Went to the wilderness for a quick visit today, thinking I wouldn't get attacked at this low combat level, until an ironman of all things showed up, proclaimed that he'd "kill me now", and after he logged out (he was cb level 96 so wasn't able to attack with that account), after a couple minutes of waiting, he showed back up with his lower combat level alt and killed me. Gotta appreciate how he was so kind to announce his intent so much in advance!

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> > > TURN-3 > > >

Construction level increased from 16 to 23.
Cooking level increased from 1 to 10.
Firemaking level increased from 58 to 72.
Fletching level increased from 5 to 32.
Woodcutting level increased from 47 to 49.

Total level increased from 177 to 236.

Got "lucky" at Wintertodt by getting some maple seeds already, but since I can't store them anywhere nor use them in a long time, I had to drop them; a regular player seemed happy enough picking them up though, so at least they didn't go to complete waste.

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> > > TURN-4 > > >

Construction level increased from 23 to 26.
Cooking level increased from 10 to 15.
Firemaking level increased from 72 to 76.
Fletching level increased from 32 to 40.
Woodcutting level increased from 49 to 51.

Total level increased from 236 to 258.

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> > > TURN-5 > > >

Construction level increased from 26 to 29.
Cooking level increased from 15 to 20.
Firemaking level increased from 76 to 80.
Fletching level increased from 40 to 44.
Woodcutting level increased from 51 to 52.

Total level increased from 258 to 275.

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> > > TURN-6 > > >

Construction level increased from 29 to 34.
Cooking level increased from 20 to 27.
Firemaking level increased from 80 to 84.
Fletching level increased from 44 to 51.
Woodcutting level increased from 52 to 54.

Total level increased from 275 to 300.

With a total level of 300, I'm now 1 of the 28k ultimate ironmen who can vote on UIM-exclusive polls! Although looking at the number of poeple who have voted so far, the actual amount of active UIM voters varies between 1100-1600, so compared to the other polls which have 60k+ active voters, having a vote in the UIM-only polls seems to matter a lot more.

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> > > TURN-7 > > >

Construction level increased from 34 to 35.
Firemaking level increased from 84 to 85.
Fletching level increased from 51 to 52.
Woodcutting level increased from 54 to 55.

Total level increased from 300 to 304.

First busy day so far, didn't have much time for RS, but tomorrow should be easier.

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> > > TURN-8 > > >

Construction level increased from 35 to 37.
Cooking level increased from 27 to 30.
Firemaking level increased from 85 to 87.
Fletching level increased from 52 to 55.
Woodcutting level increased from 55 to 56.

Total level increased from 304 to 315.

Alright Jagex, I have the construction level to be able to store a pet inside my POH now, so I don't have to play HCUIM anymore if I got a pet. Phoenix pet, please? Just this one time?

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