Questing became a major priority. Unlocking important content like Tombs of Amascut, A Kingdom Divided, and other late-game quests provided critical upgrades for future survival. The account also spent time raiding Chambers of Xeric and experimenting with RuneScape gold scaled raids in hopes of scoring valuable rewards.
Although the raids failed to produce major purple drops, they still pushed the account closer toward long-term upgrades needed for future Wilderness grinds.
One of the biggest preparation phases came from an enormous crafting grind.
The Three-Month Shooting Star Grind
Crafting on an Ironman is already time-consuming, but on a high-risk Hardcore account, every upgrade matters even more.
To prepare for Wilderness survivability, the account spent nearly three months mining Shooting Stars. Starting at level 77 Mining and ending close to level 90, the grind produced mountains of gem bags and crafting materials.
Opening hundreds of gem bags resulted in millions of cheap OSRS gold worth of gems and enough materials to finally push Crafting toward one of the most important unlocks on the account: the Amulet of Fury.
For many Ironmen, crafting a Fury is a major milestone. For this account, it represented a huge defensive upgrade that would significantly improve survivability against PKers.
After several failed stew boosts, dead cats, and additional crafting levels through dragonhide crafting and glassblowing, the boost finally succeeded.
The Amulet of Fury was complete.
It marked one of the biggest upgrades the account had ever received.
Training Defense for Survival
With the Fury obtained, the next goal was survivability.
The account spent weeks grinding combat stats, eventually reaching 95 Defense. On cheap OSRS gold a Hardcore Ironman constantly entering the Wilderness, every defensive level matters.
