What stats should I have before starting, what items should I use, what should I kill?
#How should I start PVM'ing?
hazy solstice
true oak
it depends on what you mean with pvming. A lot of skills and unlocks will help you in combat, so generally the longer you wait with serious pvm the better imho
but e.g. camping dagannoth rex for a berserker ring can be done as early as 50 atk/str/def/mage/hp and 43 prayer
while e.g. for chambers of xeric I'd highly recommend a dragon hunter lance (95 slayer req, though really ~97 slayer for droprate)
civic quarry
typically the path these days is to do sote, get ur full crystal bowfa, since u dont need gear to get it, and u can use it to crush a lot of bosses with high defence which would be hell to try and camp otherwise
true oak
if there is particular content you're thinking of we can suggest some gear/stats to get started
civic quarry
the stats u need for each boss vary but there is a chart for rough gear progression which im sure someone has on hand but i do not
true oak
I think the efficient route to progress an iron puts a lot of pvm far later than most people would like
hazy solstice
idrk what I should be doing rn tbh
true oak
honestly whatever you like, its an open world game 😄
civic quarry
the order of a lot of things are flexible ye, but i think the big thing these days is that the game really opens up after u have bowfa to where u can viably kill a majority of bosses in the game with bowfa as ur main dps
the old way used to be going up the slayer lvls and hitting all the slayer bosses etc then getting into raids and stuff
true oak
yeah I agree, bowfa lets you skip a lot of the traditional requirements/recommended loadouts for bosses, enabling earlier pvm
civic quarry
i kinda miss the old days tbh but thats bias
i got screwed by bp nerf and bowfa update
civic quarry
unironically they removed one problem and created another problem to take its place
hazy solstice
So should I just try going for sote and bowfa?
civic quarry
thats the standard path but dont feel bound to it
cg is challenging content especially if u dont have any other bossing experience
true oak
sote is just good, definitely rush that