第108章(第3页)

after reaching the dwarven mines， get a fractured pickaxe. visit the kings and talk to them to get a king talisman. after that， it''s basically hotm/mining xp grind and materials/items grind. i personally found it much easier to get hotm xp in the crystal hollows than in the dwarven mines， so i suggest going into the crystal hollows as soon as possible.

since your mining speed is rather low when you first enter the dwarven mines， commissions are slow to do， especially the mithril ones. a good way to get hotm xp is to participate in events like raffles and goblin raids. try to do as many mob slayer commissions as possible and do the mining ones when the gone with the wind event is active. the first 4 commissions every day give a lot more xp so make sure to always do those. there are npcs giving out powder and materials too so make sure to visit them.

once you reach hotm 3， you can enter the crystal hollows with a titanium pickaxe and a set of glacite armor. the titanium pickaxe only has a breaking power of 6， so you can only mine ruby gems. however， commissions like collecting jade gems can still be done by killing team treasurite members and looting chests. in this stage， the most important thing to do other than cycling through easy commissions is to open as many chests as possible until you get a prehistoric egg. a picknoibus will help out a ton in this stage too. the armadillo pet is extremely powerful when your breaking power and mining speed are low， because it breaks blocks for you. once you get an armadillo pet， you can do all commissions using the armadillo pet， because it allows you to break even the jasper gem while riding it and holding a titanium pickaxe (not sure whether it''s intended or bugged). with the help of an armadillo pet， you''ll be able to get hard stone collections very quickly and unlock the recipe for yog armor. during the entire process， make sure to always kill bal when you find it， and probably also farm it many times for a bal pet and yoggies. once you get enough yoggies and the recipe， you can upgrade to yog armor， and put topaz gems on them (topaz form armadillo mining). you can go for a ruby drill as well if you want to break most gems without using an armadillo pet， but a gauntlet is the main thing to go for once you get full yog armor.

after getting hotm 7 and a gauntlet， you can start upgrading to the armor of divan and start making a decent amount of money. the best locations to powder mine are the jungle and precursor ruins because they give sludges and automaton parts respectively.(the sorrow armor is not mentioned here， because you need a soul whip (fishing 26 + multiple rare drops) to get it efficiently， which is inefficient for the overall progression because getting divan''s armor is easier than getting sorrow armor on a new profile).

catacombs: the challenge

the ironman experience in the catacombs really made me appreciate what i had on my regular profile a lot more. playing in the dungeon as an ironman player requires a lot more planning and skills in addition to a lot of grinding compared to playing on regular profiles. in many cases， your play style and the class you play depend on what you are able to get and what you are able to do rather than your preference.