Been looking around for one that isn't like "stay at CG until you have everything"
Currently 85 slayer and 85+ in combat stats.
#Is there a good PvM upgrades route you'd suggest?
barren tusk
quartz oasis
instead of doing cg you can do slayer to 93/95, and get into gwd with near max stats instead.
or do some rcb, dragon sword toa for fang.
cg is the play though, on paper, because well you need gp anyway, and it hedges against going 2x+dry on tbow
junior merlin
bowfa is just very good. There are some detailed routes with cg
if you wish to skip bowfa I think your best bet is using a rune crossbow to camp toa for a shadow
its as awful as it sounds, but probably your best bet
i.e. knock out 93 slayer, melee kril for a hasta, clear zulrah, use rcb + hasta + trident at toa for fang and then shadow
fwiw this will take a lot longer than cg
as an aside id knock out lumby elite diary asap
tender hearth
"Been looking around for one that isn't like "stay at CG until you have everything" but the question asks for a "good PvM upgrades route"
Thats the parroted suggestion for a reason, unfortunately (I guess?)
narrow oracle
the good pvm route is stay at cg until you have everything