Salve (e) afk melee guide. (better exp then nmz)

[wigglywalrus 84]

Hi guys, Wigglywalrus (liam) here. Super bored while working on the last of my 55-91 str journey and figured I'd make a guide of how I'm doing it.

 

Monkey Zombie Melee Guide

 

 

Requirements : RFD freeing king awogee sub-quest, (for ape atoll teleport)

                           Haunted mine quest, lair of tarn razalor minigame complete. (For salve amulet (e))

                           

                         

Reccomended :  Slug menace (prosylete armour), and BIS gear for your stats.

                             Gp for prayer pots.

 

Alternatively if you hate efficiency you can go up stairs every 5 minutes to pray at the foot of Harambe's statue. (if you use this method you never have to reset monkey aggro)

 

How to get there : Simply teleport to ape atoll, pop on a gree gree, go down two floors and start killing undead monkies.

               

Why train here? : Monkey Zombies have 0 defensive bonuses and high HP. It is similar to training on experiments or sand crabs or any other incredibly low defense creature. The monkeys are aggro and since they are undead it allows you to use a salve amulet (e) which boosts both damage and accuracy by 20%. 

 

 

Using the gear pictured below i pull about 55-60k str experience an hour. While this may not seem like really high experience keep in mind I'm using a leaf bladed sword, I also don't use any strength prayers or BIS gear. Simply upgrading to a d-scim/whip/abby dagger will substantially increase your exp/hr (I imagine to the 75k+ range), while using str prayers will do the same. You can also tailor equipment to increase exp per hour in other ways. Ie: swapping out for zerker helm, climbing boots, and torso.

 

 

This method of training is extremely advantageous for 50/60 attack accounts as your accuracy will be substantially higher then training at nmz. With higher attack level the difference in exp/hour is not so pronounced but the 20% boost to str and accuracy is still a significant boost.

 

Sample inventory pictured below : This is the inventory I take with 52 prayer. Rune pouch contains laws, fires, and waters. Inventory can be tailored in a bunch of different ways, Spec wep can also be brought. Ancient mace/Sgs/Dds and d-battle are all viable. With higher prayer you can take more super sets. 

 

An 18 pray pot inventory lasts me about 2.5 hours in this gear.

 

 

Where to stand and resetting aggro:

 

Position one : When you first enter the monkey zombie basement stand in the north east corner adjacent to the bamboo ramp (pictured above), After 10-15 minutes the monkies will de-aggro.

 

Position two : Simply run south to where the other two level 129 undead monkies are standing. Take two paces south of the bamboo ladder and the bottom monkies will aggro you. Once the monkies are aggroed stand in the south east corner adjacent too the bamboo ladder so both monkies can attack you. 

 

after monkies de-aggro in position two you will need completely reset aggro.  To do this run east into the adjacent room, keep going until monkies start attacking you. At this point return to position one and repeat the cycle.

 

Disadvantages : No sweet sweet nmz points for imbuing even more rings or hoarding herbs. The monkies also make a horrible screeeeeee sound every time they attack so i recommend just turning sound off unless your into that sort if thing..

 

Thats about it, thanks for taking the time to read, hope this is helpful to somebody.

 

 

[Natural 166]

I love seeing guides like this! Definitely going to try and give it a shot!

[wigglywalrus 84]

If you do it for a while, I'd be interested to know your exp/hr there and how it compares to other places you train.

[Berserker 366]

thanks for this man! i always wondered if this would be useful doing.

[vegan food 6]

Thanks for this mate, will come in handy when finishing up my str training! 

[I Sam I 56]

goood guide bro

[Basil 407]

Well written guide my man. However, i don't think the salve(e) actually procs against the zombie version. Iv'e tried to do the same at the mm2 monkeys (because of the prayer pot drops) and the salve does not work against those. Since these are the same zombies i don't think this actually works. Does however work against the version people chin at but those have a higher defence lvl so not as good for 50/60 attack.

 

Should run a side by side with a salve(e) and a fury to see what the results are.

[Sybren 2,255]

Epic guide! 

 

I love to see different training methods. Especially ones that I haven't heard about.

 

Make sure you check out what Under Constr mentioned. 

 

Thanks for sharing!

[D I S Z J E 39]

Can someone confirm if this would be higher xp/hr for 92str-75attack then nmz?

(i cant test it cuz i didnt do those quests yet)

[Tsunade 130]

Looks good! Thanks! ill try it out on my alt one day!

[wigglywalrus 84]

Well written guide my man. However, i don't think the salve(e) actually procs against the zombie version. Iv'e tried to do the same at the mm2 monkeys (because of the prayer pot drops) and the salve does not work against those. Since these are the same zombies i don't think this actually works. Does however work against the version people chin at but those have a higher defence lvl so not as good for 50/60 attack.

 

Should run a side by side with a salve(e) and a fury to see what the results are.

thx constr for the feedback. However I'm almost 100% sure salve does work here, I currently hit 33 there with the salve amulet and gear i am wearing, I hit the same when i am slaying and wearing black mask (ie 15% to melee + fury). I only hit about 27/28 or so when I am using no percent boosting items.

 

If salve (e) wasn't working vs mm2 released zombies it may have been an oversight when they were first released. I'd be surprised if you went back and checked now if it didn't work vs them if they are the same "monkey zombies" that I am killing. If it doesn't, it may be worth sending a bug report to jagex. Due to the following.

 

monkey zombies examine text is -"a large and lumbering undead monkey zombie stand here, blocking the path." 

monkey zombie wiki text specifically says "Remember to bring a salve or salve amulet (e) as they are undead"

The salve amulet (e) also has "monkey zombies" listed under affected monsters.

 

 

I've trained a combined total of over 20m strength experience here since 2009, I'd be highly surprised if salve wasn't working as intended.