My Stats - 99 Magic

For those who are wondering... Here is the type of player you're reading from. Not a hardcore player but I do have some highlights - 99 Magic, 97 Fishing, solid combat skills. I started playing years ago, maybe in 2004 or 2005 but didn't seriously start playing / switch to members until around 2007.

I will be writing a guide later on how I achieved 99 magic with minimal effort. Honestly, if I could go back and change things, I would have stopped at 98 magic and let myself naturally level to 99 from spellcasting. Expect it in December.

Easy way to train Magic

Want a higher mage level, but hate training on monsters? If you have a high level friend that plays too, bring him to the duel arena. Then train your spells on him while he stands there and watches you. It will hardly do any damage to him, and dueling is safe so dying is not problematic.  This allows your character to seamlessly train up mage. It might work for range, but melee combat skills require damage to give xp. So, if you want to level up in mage quickly (especially from lower levels) grab a high level player and head to the dueling arena! So far the staff girl in the picture has gotten 17 mage starting from lvl 1 mage about 20 minutes ago.

TzHaar Cave

The TzHaar cave (map) offers higher level players a great place to train combat skills. Throughout the cave players will encounter TzHaar-Kets (lv. 149, melee), TzHaar-Xil (lv. 133, range), TzHaar-Mej (lv. 103, mage), and TzHaar-Hur (lv. 74, melee). All of them can drop Obsidian Charms and Tokkul. TzHaar-Kets usually drop Onyx Bolt Tips as well (worth 7,724gp each).

There are also 3 gold ore and 3 silver ore rocks as well as vents that you can cook food on right next to the banker. Further away lies a furnace that you can smelt ores in.

TzHaar-Ket-Dill quest is also available in the TzHaar cave.

There are a variety of shops in the cave that sell different types of items not found anywhere else besides from other players. The currency around TzHaar is Tokkul; your gp is no good with the TzHaar people.

TzHaar stands out as an ideal place to train for high level players.

Is Vial Running: Profitable?

This idea was introduced to me not to long ago:
Buy vials of water from Shilo general store at 11gp each, sell on G.E. for around 85gp each. They sell on the G.E. almost instantly and it is pure profit.
But is this really worth it? It requires constant attention (you must have your character run back and forth, over and over…and over and over). In about 10 minutes i accumulated around 500 vials of water and sold for about 40k over the G.E., with 5.5k of expenses. Every time you bank 27 vials of water you gain about 2k through selling them at the G.E. (it is roughly 2,349 gp – 297 gp cost of vials = 2,052 gp gain every run)
Sure, it sounds like fast money, but that is all it is. Running around for some extra cash. I have to say this is not how I like to get money. Fishing in the fishing guild or cutting yews is much more rewarding. Close banks, level gains, and high prices on lobs / yews make them better than vial running. A full inventory of lobsters takes me around 5 minutes, give or take a few extra minutes. Right now the market price on raw lobsters is 272 gp, meaning every load is worth 7,344 gp. Sure, it is slower, but it takes a hell of a lot less effort to have your character sit there and fish rather than run back and forth between the store and bank.
If you do have the patience to vial run, then enjoy your profits. There are easier ways to make money though.

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