Congratulations on achieving Barrows gloves on your Old School RuneScape (OSRS) Ironman account! This is a significant milestone, marking your progression into mid-game content. But what should you focus on next to further optimize your account’s efficiency and prepare for greater challenges? This guide outlines key goals and activities to pursue after obtaining Barrows gloves, ensuring you stay on the path to Ironman success.
Mining to 70 and Beyond
While only 60 Mining is immediately necessary, reaching level 70 Mining offers substantial benefits for your Ironman journey. Consider training Mining in focused sessions or gradually as you prefer. Level 70 Mining is crucial for “Making Friends with My Arm” quest (requiring 72 Mining, boostable with dwarven stout(m)). Completing the Fremennik Hard Diary early for the herb patch shortcut in Rellekka is highly recommended, further enhancing your herb gathering efficiency. A proactive approach is to prepare for future crafting needs by filling the sandstone grinder with approximately 25,000 buckets of sand. Utilize 8 waterskins per trip, dropping them as they empty to maximize inventory space for sand. Birdhouse runs can be efficiently incorporated between mining trips. Continue training to 70 Mining using your preferred methods to solidify this valuable skill.
Strength Amulet: A Reliable Alternative
For melee slayer tasks, a Strength amulet serves as a highly effective alternative to a Glory amulet, and in some situations, it can even be superior for damage output. Utilize the Strength amulet confidently for your initial slayer training, as it provides a significant boost to your combat prowess without requiring extensive resource gathering.
Prioritizing Strength Training in Slayer
When engaging in slayer tasks, prioritize training your Strength skill. A balanced approach to melee stats is recommended, aiming for approximately 65 Attack, 80 Strength, and 65 Defence as an initial target. From this base, incrementally train each combat skill by around 5 levels before switching focus, allowing for well-rounded character progression. This ensures you maintain combat effectiveness across various slayer tasks and future content.
Turael Point Boosting for Slayer Optimization
Consider employing Turael point boosting at the start of your slayer journey, completing tasks from Turael until around 150 task points are accumulated. Intermittently, take every 10th task from Konar to unlock beneficial slayer rewards and efficiently curate your block list. While slayer training methods are a matter of personal preference, Turael boosting provides a strategic advantage in the early stages, setting you up for more efficient and rewarding slayer training later on.
Hard Clues and Crafting for Progression
Engage in Hard clue scrolls as they offer excellent gold per hour returns at this stage of your Ironman progression. If your Hard clues contain steps requiring blue dragonhide, prioritize training Crafting to create blue d’hide armor. Utilize the Superglass Make lunar spell to efficiently produce molten glass for crafting, streamlining the process of creating valuable ranged armor and enhancing your account’s wealth.
Slayer Points Priority for Account Enhancement
Strategically allocate your slayer points to unlock key upgrades that significantly enhance your slayer experience and overall account progression. Prioritize the following slayer unlocks in this order: Superior Slayer monsters, Blocklist extensions, extending your preferred slayer tasks, Slayer ring crafting, Slayer helmet crafting, and Gargoyle smasher perk. These unlocks provide long-term benefits and drastically improve your slayer efficiency and profitability.
Waterfall Quest: A Stat Checkpoint
Aim to complete the Waterfall Quest around the time your melee stats reach approximately 65 Attack, 80 Strength, and 65 Defence. While technically completable at lower combat levels, the quest boss can be challenging if your hit accuracy is lacking. Achieving these recommended stats ensures a smoother quest completion and reinforces your combat capabilities for upcoming challenges.
By focusing on these goals after obtaining Barrows gloves, you’ll establish a strong foundation for continued progress on your OSRS Ironman account, preparing you for more demanding content and maximizing your efficiency in the long run.
