Runescape Game Play

I had a thieving level of 89 and I wanted to get level 91 so I could thieve and do everything thieving on Runescape, in the past I have thieved from gnomes these are very good xp but are not worth the time until you are at least level 85, in fact it took about 3 hours to get some of the levels above 85 which is quick for a relatively high level skill.

When pyramid plunder first came out I didn't like it you were a long way into the desert you needed lots of food and anti poison, you were running around getting poisoned by snakes attacked by high level monsters and clicking pots, I could only do a few runs before needing to tele to duel arena run to shanty top up with food and anti poison pots then walk or pay to carpet to Pollnivneach then Sophenam.

With the release of the Contact quest there is a bank next to the pyramid so it makes it a lot easier, contact is a fairly difficult quest and aimed at mid to high level players so it is not ideal for all players but it is not as difficult as Jagex make it out to be.

So lets assume you have access to the bank, if you do not have access to the bank you will need to tele to duel arena and come back when you are out of food but I will continue as if you can.

First of all you need to pick the lock of the pyramid to get in, at level 90 thieve I failed about 2% to get in, when you fail you let the mummy shut the door and try again, you have four doors to choose from and the door the guardian mummy is in will remain the same for some time so remember which it is, if you pick the wrong door there will be no yellow dot on the mini map so you just exit and try another door, when you exit you are always sent out of the door at the north of the pyramid.

When you find the door with the guardian mummy provided you have done the requirements to get in which if I remember correctly is just get instructions on how to do it right click him and select start game, he will send you to the first room

The principle here is the same for all levels, the best option is to get to the to the highest room you can get to, you first need to deactivate the spear trap to get into the room with the urns, click all the doors except for the white one, the white one sends you outside, all of the doors except one have a dead end when you open a door with a dead end just go onto the next door.

A little tip here the door to the next room is the same for all players so watch the others players as you check the doors, if another player clicks a different door and disappears either that is the door to the next room or their time is up, try that one next if it is the next room you will have saved some time for searching the earns on the last room you can reach.

Another tip to maximise your xp per run is when you get to a room click the chest in the centre before you move on to the next room, the chests have the best xp and best artifacts, this doesn't slow you down much and it is well worth it for the extra xp, the chest release a swarm of scarab beetles occasionally these are very annoying but just ignore them and head for the next room, another tip if there is already a swarm by a door click that door for the next room, the swarm will have followed the previous player to the door that takes them to the next room so if you are quick enough it will be the same door for you.

The scarab swarm are about 25 hp so if you get them on the last room you can reach it doesn't take long to kill them.

When you get to the last room you can reach search all the urns and last of all search the sarcophagus this my spring out a mummy (It is quite likely) and this mummy will attack someone in the room usually the person who opened it, the mummy can hit hard so be very careful, you should then exit, you may even be expelled by the guardian mummy if you have exceeded the 5 minutes allowed in the pyramid. .

The reason you only search the last room is because the xp for each urn is the highest, it is better to get the best xp exit and start again as opposed to get lower xp and hope you have enough time for the highest room.

Things to take,
If you are a lower level player take some armour
If not wear boots of lightness and spottier cape if you can wear it and all should take a good weapon.
wear a ring of life just to be safe, the scarab swarm can hide your health bar when they attack.
Lots of food, anti poison is not required as the poison does not do too much damage but it is up to you you may prefer to not have green splodges every now and then.
take a quick tele if you are not that confident but shouldn't be required.

You get paid for the artifacts that you collect, I collect the gold ones that I have room for but let the rest fall on the floor as I search the urns, I do not pick any up because I am there for thieving xp.

Xp is very good for this game these figures are from memory but are fairly accurate just to demonstrate the xp given.

I want to get to 91 thieving from 90, using the Runehq Calculator it showed that I needed 40 games to get to 91 using the best route, all chest on all floors, then all urns on the last floor, not using lock picks or searching and charming snakes.

Thats 40 5 minute games to get 91 and 700 games to get to 99, when I got 91 I used the same calculator it was 50 games to 92 and 400 games to 99 just because I could get in the last room.

It takes a time to do this game but it does seem to fly by when you are doing it and the xp jumps are really nice per game.

Another tip I should have added, it always says that it is easier with a lock pick when opening doors, it is easier but you lose xp and it is not of any benefit to use one because you get enough time to search all if not most urns anyway.