Five 99s
~ snwixeW
──[ Combat ]─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────//───

Most of the month was spent idling my  combat stats at the Gemstone Crab. It  felt
like  a bare minimum grind that would be  better than not playing at all. XP rates
were surprisingly high, and it was cheap, except for Magic. With how AFK it was  I
didn't  feel like it was a  complete waste of time. The  melee stats cost me about
60K GP/h in Blood moon set repairs, and  Ranged cost me about 20K GP/h in  Adamant
darts and Ranging potions. Magic would average 420K GP/h in runes, while providing
the lowest XP/h of the combat styles, so I stopped at level 95.

──[ Queen ]──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────//───

One of  the remaining  Elite  Diaries I  have is  Desert,  and that  requires  the
Kalphite Queen head. With a stored Kalphite task from Kuradel, I got a few KC this
month too, but  still no  head drop.  I'm close  to drop  rate and  have a  strong
feeling  that I'll be  there until KC 256  for the guaranteed  drop. The fight and
getting to the fight are pretty agonizing and unmotivating, so I've been trying to
take it slower.

──[ Crafting ]───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────//───

The Crafting cape teleport had been a goal  of mine for a long time, so I  decided
to  finally finish it off. It didn't take too long making Diamond amulet (u)s, and
I think it was  even slightly profitable. Can't  say it's one of  the most fun  or
engaging  activities though, so  it took me a  few sessions of one  to a few hours
each. But I was rewarded  with the best infinite bank  teleport, so it wasn't  all
bad.

──[ Wyrmscraig ]─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────//───

Unlocking Wyrmscraig at  the end of  the month was  pretty big. Unfortunately  the
Crafting  minigame gets  added right  as I'm  finishing my  own 99  grind, but the
bigger interest  is definitely  Mortimer. Superior-only  Slayer creatures  with  a
choice  and modifiers, one being increased superior chance, sounds insane. I did a
few tasks already, and unlocking all the upgrades will probably be one of my goals
for the next month. His unlocks come at 15, 25, 40, then 50 tasks completed, so it
shouldn't take overly long.

──[ Unlocks ]────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────//───

Went over the drop  rate before finally  getting the Pendant  of Ates, so  getting
back  to the  Gemstone Crab  would be  faster. While  levelling Sailing  to 62 for
Wyrmscraig I finally  got the Sailor's  amulet along with  a Facility bottle.  The
little  bit of  Slayer I did  at the end  of the  month rewarded me  with my first
Abyssal whip.

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

Periodically I visited the GE to maintain  my flips. Over the month, I traded  10m
items  for a  total profit of  114.4m, paying 109.9m  in tax with  a 96.8% success
rate. The average profit per  flip sat at 76.6k, with  a median of 67.8k. My  best
single  flip  netted 803.6k,  while the  worst  loss capped  at -171.7k.  The most
profitable items overall  were Blood  runes, Zulrah's  scales, Steel  cannonballs,
Demon  tears,  and  Revenant  ether.  The  biggest  losses  came  from  Blood moon
chestplates, Camphor planks, and Trouver parchments.

──[ Bonds ]──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────//───

This was the month  I finally switched  from paying real  money for membership  to
buying  bonds. I  noticed a dip  and bought the  first at 11,051,000  gp, then the
second and third at  11,116,128 gp each  for a total of  33,283,256 gp. I  thought
going for the triple bond option for the extra 3 days would be best.

──[ Chores ]─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────//───

Keeping up with bird houses and herb runs isn't as easy as I thought it would  be.
They  really break any momentum I build up, so I ended up neglecting them. Kingdom
of Miscellania even  saw some  of that  neglect. I've  just not  been invested  or
immersed enough to bother.

──[ Screenshots ]────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────//───
Getting 99 Hitpoints at the Gemstone Crab
Getting 99 Attack at the Gemstone Crab
Getting 99 Ranged at the Gemstone Crab
Getting 99 Defence at the Gemstone Crab
Getting 99 Crafting from making Diamond amulet (u)s
Completing the Fallen From Grace quest
──[ Timelapse ]──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────//───

Old School RuneScape | Aug 1 - Aug 31, 2026

Timelapse of random screenshots taken roughly every 500 ticks.

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

metric                                                       value          change
Total XP ............................................. 196,692,456     +36,226,480
Total Level ................................................ 2,181             +42
Bank Value ................................................ 696.6M          +78.6M
EHP ........................................................ 469.8           +24.8
EHB ......................................................... 58.1            +0.3
Rank .................................................... #241,942        48,896 ^

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

Attack 99
Crafting 99
Defence 99
Hitpoints 99
Ranged 99
Attack 90
Defence 90
Kalphite Queen 100 KC

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

skill                                      lvl   +lv            xp             +xp
Hitpoints ................................. 99    +2    19,360,393      +8,204,012
Attack .................................... 99   +10    13,041,004      +8,144,498
Defence ................................... 99   +10    13,035,882      +7,877,230
Ranged .................................... 99    +9    13,057,106      +7,243,032
Crafting .................................. 99    +3    13,044,490      +2,705,410
Magic ..................................... 95    +2     9,237,235      +1,670,553
Sailing ................................... 62    +5       350,708        +147,044
Slayer .................................... 89    +1     4,880,572        +100,312
Farming ................................... 99    --    18,950,758         +48,606
Prayer .................................... 80    --     2,148,350         +20,645
Hunter .................................... 83    --     2,790,737         +19,140
Strength .................................. 99    --    13,558,527         +18,600
Herblore .................................. 90    --     5,712,037          +9,338
Runecrafting .............................. 89    --     5,165,352          +5,200
Mining .................................... 85    --     3,411,894          +5,115
Construction .............................. 86    --     3,827,029          +4,342
Woodcutting ............................... 90    --     5,365,744          +2,825
Smithing .................................. 87    --     3,983,002            +300
Fletching ................................. 92    --     6,545,352            +200
Thieving .................................. 87    --     4,112,917             +43
Agility ................................... 85    --     3,560,171             +35

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

boss                                                                    kc     +kc
Kalphite Queen ....................................................... 113     +17
Mad Angel .............................................................. 1      +1

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

activity                                                            score   +score
Collections Logged .................................................. 279       +5