RuneScape Forum Archive | The Blundering Adventurer

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2019

Grimwold2

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I made a little game out of it, like I always do. How fast could I bank? There were a few other runecrafters there, with no where near as many pouches to fill. I made it my mission to beat them at banking! To my surprise, I was actually able to! I had a few misclicks here and there, but overall, I could bank pretty fast!
After an hour or so, Magical Zing left. I was all alone! I was still having quite a bit of fun though. I really liked watching the amount of Astral Runes slowly increase. After hours, I had finally crafted 10,200 Astral Runes! I headed off to the Grand Exchange and sold them instantly for 2m! 8m cash pile now!
Now it was time to sort out the Wicked Hood. I had seen players crafting Astral Runes with Pure Essence they had recieved from the hood, but every time I tried, all I got was Rune Essence! After some thorough investigating, I found out that I needed to use an Omni-Talisman on the hood. I withdrew my GoP Tokens and headed over to the Runecrafting Guild. There, I looked about the Rewards Shop. I didn't see anything there... I asked Mining Golds, and apparently, I needed to show the wizard all of the other talismans. I teleported to Draynor and withdrew all my talismans.
I didn't own a Death or Blood Talisman, but I figured that I could probably buy them from the Rewards Shop. Well, as it turns out, you can't. I Home Teleported to Lunar Isle and then teleported to the Grand Exchange, where I bought the two talismans. I returned to the guild, and presented my talismans! In exchange, she gave me an Omni-Talisman! Finally! I fed it into my Hood, and hovered over to "Essence" option. It still said Rune Essence!
I asked Mining Golds, and apparently, I needed to use an Omni-Talisman on it... So I returned to the Grand Exchange, yet again, and bought a Tiara. I didn't have another Omni-Talisman to sue on the Tiara though, so I brought along all my Talismans.
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06-Mar-2012 05:25:23

Sep

2019

Grimwold2

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Getting Pure Essence to spawn from my hood was turning out to be more difficult than I expected...
I soon discovered that I didn't need to bring all my talismans. There was an option right there to get another one! I got a brand new one, and used it on the Tiara. Nothing happened. No! I went to all this work! Now what was I going to do?
I resorted to looking it up on Runescape Wiki. Ok, so I didn't even need to get another Omni-Talisman! Apparently, my Wicked Hood would give me Pure Essences even though it clearly stated Rune Essence. I wanted to test it! I used one of the teleports and appeared at the Astral Alter. Yep, it gave me Pure Essence! I crafted all of the essences into Astral Runes, and recieved 200 runes! It was now beyond time to log off now, though, so I did just that.
Thanks for reading!
Good night!

06-Mar-2012 05:25:31

Sep

2019

Grimwold2

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--November 20, 2011--
Hello!
Just as I suspected, the price of Astral Runes skyrocketed, probably because I sold 10k of them yesterday. So, it was time to start crafting more! I had no friends with me this time, but there were quite a few other players crafting them with me. What was really interesting though was the mass mob of low leveled players doing Lunar Diplomacy. They had all come off the boat, and I assumed they were from a clan, as they all seemed to know each other.
As a crafted my runes, I watched as they all went through the different stages of the quest. At one point, they needed a Clean Guam to make a Dream Potion. They didn't seem to have one, so I doled them out from my personal stash. Seven Clean Guams later, I watched as they all entered the Dream World one by one.
I soon realized how amazing my new-and-improved Wicked Hood was! It's great! I would simply bring it with me on a trip, and craft all of the Pure Essences it spawned. It was an easy 200 runes! A little while later, ICappedMandy, a clanmate, met me on my journey to the Astral Altar. He wanted me to loan my Amulet of Fury out to him. I was expecting him, and I had my Amulet of Fury with me. After lending it to him for six hours, I continued with my journey.
Only a few minutes after that, another clanmate, JV the Fist, needed a teleport to the Lunar Isle. I smashed a Varrock Teletab and met with him at the Grand Exchange fountain. I teleported back with him. All that only took about ten seconds!
It's actually pretty funny watching how many players are at the Lunar Isle bank absolutely begging for a teletab. Of course, I always give them one. You should see how thankful some of these players are!
I continued to craft Astral Runes, until I had to leave for some errands.
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06-Mar-2012 05:26:52

Sep

2019

Grimwold2

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After being locked out of my house for an hour in subzero temperatures, I rushed in and grabbed a hot chocolate. I think that ties for the coldest I had ever been in my life. The sudden realization that I was locked out was awful!
So after I recovered, I returned to do some more Runecrafting. I was getting pretty close to level 86 Runecrafting! Every trip earns me about 470xp, so you can tell that it is quite slow. I was determined to get the level though, so I remained focussed and it eventually paid off! I finally achieved level 86 Runecrafting!
It was already getting pretty close to logging off time, but I crafted just a few more runes. Now I was stuck with the daily dilemma. Do I sell them now, and watch the price skyrocket tomorrow, or do I hold off and watch the price drop tomorrow? I decided it was best to sell them high while I could, so I headed over to the Grand Exchange and sold my 7k Astral Runes for 1.4m I almost have a green cashpile! I soon realized that I had sold ALL of my Astral Runes though... I didn't have enough to get back!
Luckily, the Wicked Hood came to the rescue! I filled my pouches and familiar with Pure Essence, and then used a teleport on the hood to appear at the Astral Altar. I crafted the runes, and teleported back to the bank.
In hindsight, why didn't I just Home Teleport...? Anyways, that's all for today! Thanks for reading!
Good night!

06-Mar-2012 05:27:03

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2019

Grimwold2

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--November 21, 2011--
I didn't get too much of a chance to play Runescape today, due to a big Math test tomorrow that I was trying to get ready for. I did get quite a few Astral Altar runs in though!
As usual, because I sold all of my Astral Runes yesterday, the price had once again increased. So I started the trips again. Lion 0fJudah PMed me soon after, telling me that he had won Dragon Claws in a giveaway thread on the forums! I teleported over to the Grand Exchange, where he proudly showed them to me. I teleported back and started crafting.
I met Cephalon along the way, a player whom I had seen at Anthien's party! I chatted with him while he High-Alched at the altar and I made my ritualistic trips. ICappedMandy came again, and I loaned my Amulet of Fury to him for 24 hours. I crafted on and on, and pretty soon, the jog to the altar seemed to be getting shorter and shorter.
The need to use the NPC Contact spell is really annoying though; it completely messes up my cycle, and I'm forced to start getting into the rhythm again. Sort of like a marathon runner all of a sudden stopping to catch a breath.
I'm going to try something different this time; an experiment! Every day, I've been selling all of the runes I had crafted, and every day, the price would rise. So this time, I'm going to keep the runes until the instant they dip. If my luck is really bad, they should dip down tomorrow! I guess we'll see what happens!
By the time I was done, I had crafted 7500 Astral Runes. That was all the time I had for today... I've got to try and get some sleep now for that math test... As if I'm going to be able to sleep with that looming over my head!
Thank you for reading, and good night!

06-Mar-2012 05:27:34

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Grimwold2

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--November 22, 2011--
Website Overhaul!
Wow, what a change! Everything is so different! I'm just not quite sure yet if this update is for the better. My main problem is that all these updates to enhance the graphics seems to create a sense of futuristic culture about the website... Something that definitely does not coincide with the medieval setting of Runescape.
I first checked out the Forums, of course. It was a little difficult to navigate at first, but after a while, I seemed to get the hang of it. I like the overall layout of the overhaul, but what I don't like is the fact that there is no Page Numbering layout on the top of a thread. To do this, you need to go down to the bottom of the thread. I also didn't like that Jagex has dulled down the vivid colours that Moderators could boast for their backgrounds. It seems to have created a somewhat dull feeling to the forums, instead of somewhere I could talk and voice my opinion.
Next up, I checked my Adventurer's Log. At first, I was stunned. It had changed so much! As I looked closer, I began to notice some changes that I really liked, and others I didn't. I didn't really like the fact that my Avatar's picture seems to be nowhere in sight... Perhaps I am looking in the wrong area? I also disliked the fact that I couldn't have my rankings and levels all in plain sight. I'm going to miss that, for sure.
I really liked that our clan is now tied to the Adventurer's Log. It really makes you feel like you have a real allegiance to the clan, and that it's not some random group you're a part of. Overall, I really liked the way the Adventurer's Log was set up.
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06-Mar-2012 05:28:02

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2019

Grimwold2

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Next, I visited the Hiscores. I have to hand it to Jagex on this one. I think it is perfect! I love the "Top Ten Players" Hall of Fame, and how it is set up in a pdoium format. It makes being the leader even more significant! Next stop was to check and see what my new rankings were now that F2P has been removed from the HiScores. Wow, my ranks had changed drastically!
I had gained 10,000 ranks in both Fletching and Mining, and about 500,000 ranks in Strength! My final stop was to check and see what had happened to Astral prices, Considering I hadn't sold mine yet, I was almost sure that they had dipped down. They hadn't! Again, they had increased! I logged on, ready to start Runecrafting.
Oh, I forgot to mention the Login interface on the actual website-- I love it! I really disliked having to wait for the page to load, so now that it is instantaneous, it makes logging in much easier!
When I logged in, I was met with an annoying little bubble that would appear every time I moused over something that I could interact with. I spent a while trying to figure out how to disable this, until DivineFury finally told me how! For anyone wondering, you need to go into Graphical Options, and then scroll down to the bottom, and turn off "Hovering Mouse Display".
I started my Runecrafting! The new interfaces took some getting used to, along with the icons on the tabs. What I really disliked was the incredibly annoying black arrow that is used to enlarge the chatbox. It continuously overlapped my PM's, forcing me to put my PM's into the chatbox to read.
I crafted my astrals, and pretty soon, it became apparent that I would have to buy more Pure Essence. After using my Wicked Hood to craft 200 extra Astral Runes (I love my Wicked Hood!), I teleported to the Grand Exchange and purchased 12000 Pure Essences. It was quite a sight not seeing a pile of dicers in the corner! I teleported back and continued crafting.
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06-Mar-2012 05:28:17

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2019

Grimwold2

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A while later, I was called off to attend real-life errands. Things are beginning to get a little hectic, but I always seem to find time to play Runescape! An hour later, I came back and finished off a few loads of Astral Runes. leaving me with a nice total of 11,100 runes.
That was all for today! I'm still trying to figure out how to contribute to the Runescape Wiki, let alone view it, so once I figure that out, I've got a feeling that I'll be contributing greatly to it!
Thanks for reading!
Good night!

06-Mar-2012 05:28:28

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Grimwold2

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--November 23, 2011--
Hey everyone!
After getting a haircut and pouring over more math notes, I logged on to play some Runescape. Astral Runes had soared again, so it looked like I'd be Runecrafting again! Speaking of Astral Runes, I finally managed to edit the new Runescape Wiki! And what better article to contribute to than Astral Runes?
I wrote out almost everything there is to know about Astral Runes on that page, from what monsters drop it, to how a player can obtain one. I can tell that I'm going to be contributing a lot to this new Runescape Wiki!
After that, I logged on and began Runecrafting. I definitely didn't want to miss out on the Thanksgiving event though. I decided to go and do it once I hit 15,000 runes. A few trips after giving a player a free Earth Battlestaff, I reached the 15000 mark! I teleported over to the Grand Exchange and ran to the Cook's Guild. I was then randomly disconnected and logged off... I logged back on, and started the event. Alright, first task is to talk King Roald out of having turkey for Thanksgiving. I started running towards the castle, and was then kicked out to the login screen again. I logged in again, and then ran to King Roald.
I was kicked out again! I logged in, getting a little concerned. This time, I changed my graphical settings to "Minimum". That seemed to fix it! I spoke with the King, and recieved a shopping list of people I had to speak with. After running around Varrock, I returned to the King (Lord of the Rings reference there, huh?).
I then ran back to the turkey... and it was over. Pretty short event, but then again, all the Thanksgiving events are short. Besides, Thanksgiving was last month for us Canadians!
I ran back to the Grand Exchange and met Pachocus there. I chatted with him while explaining the Max Cape and Completionist's Cape emotes to a player. I had to go though, so I logged off for the night.
Thanks for reading!
Good night!

06-Mar-2012 05:28:52

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2019

Grimwold2

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--November 24, 2011--
I had absolutely no time at all to play Runescape today... In fact, the only time I managed to find was to quickly log on to say hello to some friends. I did find time to create some new pages for the new Runescape Wiki though. I have to say, I really, really like it. I'm not sure why, but I seem to find it really fun creating new articles and expanding on old ones.
I wrote a huge article on Dried Zombies, only to come back later to find everything was gone, save for one word: "Edited". I sincerely hope that whoever deleted everything is simply making it look nicer... I spent a lot of time on that article, and I would hate to see it all go to waste.
I did write a big article on Gnoeals though. It takes so long creating links to other pages, but in the end, it's worth it! Again, it took a huge amount of effort, but I truly seem to find it enjoyable.
Most of my time today was taken up by looking over my math... It's getting quite difficult now, and I'm finding that I really need to look things over. A shout-out to Calcrulz for helping me out with my math! He's a math genius... I wish I could be as good at math as he is!
That was really all for today folks... Astral Runes have increased in price yet again, along with Death Runes! It's only a matter of time now until I sell all my hard-earned runes and reap the rewards!
Thanks for reading!
Good night

06-Mar-2012 05:29:04