Open RSC Ironman Guide

In-Depth Open RSC Ironman Guide v1.0 (last updated 19-9-19)
By Orbrun

This guide aims to give the most efficient approach to maxing an ironman on RS Classic.
It is written with the differences Open RSC provides in mind and thus xp rates and certain
 methods will be different for versions of classic without instant banking.
This guide assumes you'll be playing with efficiency in mind, and that you aren't imposing any
 additional restrictions on your account besides not benefiting from other player characters
 outside of the shield of arrav and heros quests(not even your own).

Special thanks to Logg, Disziple, Rider, RSC2001, and the rest of the RS Classic skilling
 community for helping establish the Ironman meta. <3
Also special thanks to Asura Zoma for creating an OSRS F2P Ironman guide for which the
 format of this guide is based on.


Table of contents:
1. OVERVIEW
 1.1. Introduction
 1.2. Maxing Order
 1.3. General Efficiency
 1.4. Changelog

2. SKILLS
 Smithing
 Crafting
 Thieving
 Magic
 Melees
 Herblaw
 Prayer
 Fishing & Cooking
 Woodcutting & Firemaking
 Fletching
 Agility
 Ranged
3. MISCELLANEOUS

1. OVERVIEW

1.1. Introduction
If you're really interested in maxing an Open RSC ironman, you should know what you're getting yourself into.
It takes at least 108,300 hours assuming you're always focused and at 100% efficiency,
 which means you'll be playing this account for a reasonable fraction of your total time on this earth.
In contrast to that, it's never been done before!

1.2. Maxing Order


1-79 crafting
train thieving until level 65 magic
1-99 agility (can be done at any time)
train herblaw until 80 strength
obtain a rune axe/kite from fire giants
get 99 firemaking(can be done at any time)
get 99 fletching/woodcutting(can be done at any time)
get 800kgp, then train fishing/cooking to 99(can be done at any time)
after 99 fletching, get 99 ranged
after full rune, get at least 99 thieving at paladins(can be done at any time)
get 82 thieving and 67 agility, then train herblaw until 80 attack 90 strength
get 99 prayer from black dragons
use nats to get 99 smithing(can be done at any time)
use gems+silver certs to get 99 crafting(can be done at any time)

2.1. Crafting
The earliest skill any ironman should obtain a high level in is crafting.
This is because crafting has very few requirements to train, and it unlocks
 the strength amulet and amulet of glory, which are incredibly important for
both combat training, obtaining gems, and collecting resources like red spiders eggs.

1-10 Clay
A bronze pickaxe can be obtained from Bob in Lumbridge and a bucket can be obtained from the
chicken farm in Lumbridge. Mine an inventory of clay in Varrock west mine, then soften all your
 clay using your bucket in Varrock Palace. Lastly, use the soft clay on the oven and potters
wheel in barbarian village.

10-79 Crafting
Note: It is HIGHLY recommended that you use mousekeys for this method so that you can pick flax
as quickly as possible, as well as minimize hand fatigue. See section 3 for how to set it up.
 It is also useful to resize your client so that the distance from your inventory to the
 spinning wheel is minimized. In order to help avoid forced logouts due to quickly repeated
actions, your chat should be set to private history.

The fastest way to train crafting on an ironman by far is through spinning bowstrings in
the Gnome Stronghold. Pick an inventory of flax directly east of the bank by the ladder,
then climb up and use all the flax obtained on the spinning wheel to create bowstrings.
After that, go down and head east and bank all your bowstrings. Every inventory gives 450xp
 as well as 9.6% fatigue, meaning that after 10 inventories you will want to withdraw a sleeping
bag from your bank. On this 11th inventory you should walk towards the flax and sleep immediately
after clicking on your minimap. Wake up once you reach around 40% and then pick flax to waste
no time. After crafting bowstrings, sleep to 0% on the walk back towards the bank. If by any chance
there is an npc on the flax you are trying to pick, you should kill them and then continue picking.

The xp rate for picking flax is luck based because the position for the spinning wheel changes
making the spinning part more difficult at times, as well as the bankers distance from the ladder
is constantly changing. That being said, with the right click banking that ORSC has enabled,
19,500 xp/hr can be attained. For 1x servers that only have dialogue banking, the xp rate should be
around 18,400 xp/hr. At 79 crafting you will have picked roughly 120,000 bowstrings, though it is
normal to have picked a few thousand more due to accidentally forgetting to sleep.

After 79, a large amount of crafting xp will come from gems obtained through combat and mining.
It is for this reason that you should not progress further in the skill until 99 prayer, herblaw and
 smithing are achieved.

Agility

Agility is a skill with very few requirements and even fewer uses and therefore can generally be
trained at anytime.

1-30
The first instant your character enters the gnome stronghold, you can and should train agility to
level 30 at the agility course there. No items are required, and