Five Elites
~ snwixeW
──[ Sailing ]────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────//───

This is the month that I finally started  the Sailing skill. It was very slow  and
boring  initially, which didn't help with my motivation. I mostly just levelled by
doing salvage rather  than anything too  active. My initial  goal was to  complete
Troubled  Tortugans  for  the new  island  at  level 45,  which  then  expanded to
unlocking Point Roberts for  the stall thieving  there at level  50, then The  Red
Reef  to finish all Sailing quests at level  52, and finally the teleport focus at
level 55. I never put a cannon on my ship and had to do ship combat for one of the
quests,  and chose to use a blowpipe for whatever reason. It was slightly annoying
positioning my boat so that I could reach them with so little range.

──[ Duplicate ]──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────//───

I managed to get a duplicate Rocky from  the same Hero that gave me the first  one
not  even 2 weeks earlier. Thieving has always been one of the skills that I dread
levelling the most, with how click intensive it nearly always ends up being. So  I
guess my very specific good luck decided to kick in to motivate my grind.

──[ Diaries ]────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────//───

I continued to aim for the remaining Elite Diaries. The skill requirements  didn't
feel  too  far away,  and I  still had  some  motivation and  momentum to  push me
through. The active grinds like Blast  Furnace weren't too bad, and unlocking  the
Coal  bag made it a lot smoother. And I continued to pick more AFK methods for the
skills that offered them.  The Elites I  managed to get  done were Varrock  first,
then  Karamja, Ardougne, Fremennik,  and finally Morytania.  The Fishing grind for
Morytania's level 96 requirement took the longest. The most annoying part was  the
God  Wars Dungeon bosses. The other regions have requirements that I'm still quite
a distance from. I  did a few Kalphite  Queen KC for the  head but got the  Dragon
pickaxe instead.

──[ Potions ]────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────//───

Potion storage from Mastering Mixology seemed  like a worthwhile grind, and I  had
been  procrastinating  the  activity anyway.  It's  not terrible,  but  lag spikes
occasionally made me make the wrong potion. And I couldn't comfortably position my
camera  to see all  of the room. For  how valuable Potion Storage  is, it was well
worth the few hours  it took. And as  a main I don't  have to return for  anything
else  if I  don't want.  I gained  100 free  slots immediately  after unlocking by
transferring all my existing potions.

──[ Abyssal ]────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────//───

Guardians of the Rift was relevant to me again, because they announced the Abyssal
lantern  will eventually work outside  of Guardians of the  Rift. I managed to get
the Abyssal protector pet before the lantern,  somehow. I was starting to think  I
might  have a  huge grind  ahead of  me to  get enough  Abyssal pearls  to buy the
lantern, but it actually didn't take much  longer to get the Abyssal lantern  too.
Funnily enough, once I had all I could need, the minigame didn't seem as bad as it
used to.

──[ Flipping ]───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────//───

Flipping was something I saw mild success with  in the past, so I decided to  pick
it up again. I figured that I only ever really use one slot in the Grand Exchange,
so why not make some passive income taking advantage of the buy limit by  flipping
high  traffic items with the other slots. There are quite a lot of tools and forms
of assistance now. Flipping Utilities has had some major updates and even shows  a
price graph right in the interface.

──[ Aside ]──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────//───

Tempoross was just from levelling Fishing, but I didn't stick with it and switched
to  Barbarian fishing instead for something more  AFK. I also tried Giant Mole for
the gem bag upgrade, then quit after going  dry past the drop rate. And I  finally
did my first master clue and got literal garbage from it: a shitty tree seed, some
Death runes, and some coins, worth about 90K.

──[ Slowing ]────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────//───

By the end of  the month I  was starting to burn  out. I felt  like all the  other
grinds left were more annoying or draining. Kalphite Queen especially is agonizing
without the Elite Diary  shortcut. Crafting 99  felt still pretty  far away and  I
didn't  want to completely burn  myself out, so whenever I  did grind it I limited
myself to an hour or two. I planned on taking more of a break or backseat and just
occasionally  popping  in to  check my  flipping  slots, which  somehow led  me to
thinking retiring the timelapse part of this report was a good idea.

──[ Desync ]─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────//───

This month is  missing a  large section of  screenshots and  other trackable  data
because  of the reformat from the  prior month. I set my  RuneLite back up, but my
profile reset without me fully realizing it. By the 17th, the issue had been fully
resolved,  but  that gap  spans more  than half  the month.  There are  still some
captures within that window, luckily  including my initial Sailing levelling,  but
unfortunately missing my duplicate Rocky.

──[ Screenshots ]────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────//───
T-boning a ship in combat to keep it in blowpipe range.
The chat message for a duplicate Rocky.
Completing the Elite Varrock Diary.
Completing the Elite Karamja Diary.
Completing the Elite Ardougne Diary.
Completing the Elite Fremennik Diary.
Completing the Elite Morytania Diary.
Empty Potion Storage in the bank after unlocking it from Mastering Mixology.
Getting the Abyssal protector pet.
My first master clue reward: a tree seed, Death runes, and coins, worth 90K.
Getting a Dragon pickaxe from Kalphite Queen instead of the head.
──[ Timelapse ]──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────//───

Old School RuneScape | Jul 1 - Jul 31, 2026

Timelapse of random screenshots taken roughly every 500 ticks.

Large sections of progress are missing from this month.

──[ Totals ]─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────//───

metric                                                       value          change
Total XP ............................................. 160,465,886     +21,281,866
Total Level ................................................ 2,139             +97
Bank Value ................................................ 618.0M          +26.4M
EHP ........................................................ 444.9           +73.9
EHB ......................................................... 57.8            +2.4
Rank .................................................... #290,816       143,316 ^

──[ Milestones ]─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────//───

Crafting 90
Fishing 90
Herblore 90
Ranged 90
Agility 85
Fishing 85
Mining 85
Smithing 85
Thieving 85
Giant Mole 100 KC
Kalphite Queen 50 KC
Tempoross 50 KC

──[ Skills ]─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────//───

skill                                      lvl   +lv            xp             +xp
Crafting .................................. 96    +7    10,339,080      +4,999,961
Fishing ................................... 90    +6     5,349,641      +2,373,475
Thieving .................................. 87    +6     4,112,874      +1,792,768
Farming ................................... 99    --    18,902,152      +1,451,131
Herblore .................................. 90    +2     5,702,699      +1,240,610
Smithing .................................. 87    +3     3,982,702        +968,485
Hitpoints ................................. 97    +1    11,156,381        +882,814
Runecrafting .............................. 89    +2     5,160,152        +830,739
Fletching ................................. 92    +2     6,545,152        +774,737
Attack .................................... 89    +2     4,896,506        +768,419
Defence ................................... 89    +1     5,158,652        +711,947
Ranged .................................... 90    +1     5,814,074        +661,291
Agility ................................... 85    +2     3,560,136        +659,485
Mining .................................... 85    +2     3,406,779        +633,194
Magic ..................................... 93    +1     7,566,592        +572,075
Hunter .................................... 83    +2     2,771,597        +567,120
Construction .............................. 86    +1     3,822,687        +525,689
Strength .................................. 99    --    13,539,927        +363,377
Slayer .................................... 88    --     4,780,260        +217,213
Sailing ................................... 57   +56       203,664        +203,664
Prayer .................................... 80    --     2,127,705         +59,159
Cooking ................................... 99    --    13,157,518         +17,799
Woodcutting ............................... 90    --     5,362,919          +6,314
Firemaking ................................ 99    --    13,046,037            +400

──[ Bosses ]─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────//───

boss                                                                    kc     +kc
Kalphite Queen ........................................................ 96     +94
Giant Mole ........................................................... 105     +55
Tempoross ............................................................. 54      +7
Hespori ............................................................... 79      +4
Barrows Chests ....................................................... 106      +1
Commander Zilyana ...................................................... 1      +1
Dagannoth Prime ........................................................ 1      +1
Dagannoth Rex .......................................................... 1      +1
Dagannoth Supreme ...................................................... 1      +1
General Graardor ....................................................... 1      +1
Kreearra ............................................................... 1      +1
Kril Tsutsaroth ........................................................ 1      +1
Mimic .................................................................. 1      +1

──[ Activities ]─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────//───

activity                                                            score   +score
Guardians of the Rift ............................................... 366     +105
Collections Logged .................................................. 274      +21
Clue Scrolls (All) ................................................... 43       +5
Clue Scrolls (Medium) ................................................ 12       +2
Clue Scrolls (Master) ................................................. 2       +2
Clue Scrolls (Elite) .................................................. 5       +1