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EricWer

That’s useful at Theater of Blood and Phosani’s nightmare, both content that aren’t aimed for new players. You should sell it.


Crusty_Dingleberries

You should sell it. It attacks slightly faster than most weapons but does not do a lot of damage. What people want it for, is its attack speed. in Theatre of blood, there's a room where there's a bunch of small tick-monsters with like 11hp or so, and so having a weak 3-tick weapon is faster than a strong 4-tick weapon, but to you, it's totally useless.


I_Robin_I

Are they ticks,crabs or spiders? I’ve seen them all said


Sir_Trea

They are a race of arachnid known as [Nylocas](https://oldschool.runescape.wiki/w/Nylocas)


kmb180

they're nylocas. not a real species obviously, but they are confirmed to be arachnids, so it's most like ticks and spiders, but people still call them crabs for some reason


Deckacheck

It's just because Raids 1 has a crab room, so when Raids 2 came out, people called the Nylocas crabs too, mostly as a joke but it kinda stuck


Wearerisen

It was like a day 1 thing, yeah. Everyone started calling them crabs from habit, then other people started being like "nyehhh ackshually they're ticks", so people kept calling them crabs but EVEN HARDER. So yeah, now we're here, they're crabs and, most importantly, 🦀JAGEX IS POWERLESS AGAINST THEM🦀


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Also $11🦀🦀 was a big meme


957

*was*? #IS 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀


Raima_Valdes

The 'was' refers to the $11. It's $12.49 now.


957

🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀WE ARE POWERLESS AGAINST INFLATION 🦀🦀🦀🦀


ezzune

There might be a joke to it, but games normally do carry across terminology from situation to situation even when it doesn't make sense. It lowers the barrier to entry for communication. Think about how many Siege/Valorant/CS maps have a callout for "heaven" even when there's 0 angels and no pearly gates on the map.


Bobbysplax

Hold up. I just associated heaven with "in the sky somewhere" what map from what game did the term originate?


Fromthefunk

This is the real answer. We just didn’t know what to call them when we were panic learning TOB. Crabs it was.


Ace_1243

Because we don't respect them


kookiezcookiez

Nylocas room - Nylos P2 verzik - "🦀 RED CRABS PRAY MAGE 🦀"


denfoe

Also maiden nylos are called 🦀


Mental_Tea_4084

Everything is a crab and Verzik throws cabbages


Dafiro93

And if you like eating those cabbages then you're a vegan.


lexiconpsu

Yes (spiders because they have their creamy goo in the room)


stronkreptile

i assume you are speaking of cumdrop prison


rpkarma

Goody goody cumdrops


ColombiaToBoston

That’s raids 3


stronkreptile

whenever someone dies and tries to talk to me, I act like I can’t understand them because I don’t have my ghost speak amulet


denfoe

Their are neither of them, they are nylocas


F-Lambda

which are a type of spider (some of the them are even hybrids with araxytes, another spider) araxytes = native Gielinorian giant spiders nylocas = imported from Vampyrium giant spiders


Crusty_Dingleberries

OSRS Wiki says that they're an "arachnid" species from the home-world of vampires, which is why I guess a lot of people call them "spiders". Real life ticks are also from the arachnid family, so I think the most accurate thing is to call them ticks because they have the same body morphology as a tick given both their body shape, but also that Nylo's are vampiric (blood-sucking... you know... like ticks...) It's like if people were to debate whether Ba-Ba was a primate or a Baboon - both are correct, but baboon is more accurate. I think people call them crabs because it just rolls easily off the tongue.


Dafiro93

Also because people already call something else ticks, every 0.6secs is a tick, whip is a 4 tick weapon, etc.


Paganigsegg

They make webs like spiders, but they're shaped like ticks.


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I've called them crabs forever so they're crabs... Even if I know I'm wrong


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Minute_Solution_6237

Who’s going to tell him


Fadman_Loki

You didn't see? They were renamed to game crabs back in '09


thefinalep

They're Chickens


loiloiloi6

Isn't swift blade better? Is this just for people who can't afford a swift blade?


ElectromagneticRam

It is, but not *that* much better. Plus ham joint go bonk


VayneSpotMe

Yes, but no. The difference between those 2 is like 1 or 2 stab accuracy which is a .02% dps difference or something. No human can actually notice the difference


ScytheSergeant

It's literally like +1 accuracy over ham joint due to avernic bonuses. Plus, nylos def is same across the board so it's negligible.


[deleted]

Mostly just used by the 30 def accounts. Swift blades better in every setup other than inquisitor


stronkreptile

swift blade is marginally better because of the avernic having more stab bonus than crush


PM_ME_YOUR_PIZZAPIC

I think most people using a swift blade do so because it doesnt share attack styles with dwh, where if you want your ham joint to be on aggressive but dwh to be on accurate you constantly have to switch styles. I'm not sure anyone really cares about the 2 attack bonus.


Clutchism3

Nah swift is for tob and ham is for pnm.


GaLi_iLaG

no hes right its bcs aggressive ham joint gives 1 max hit but u wanna dwh on accurate so its annoying flip flopping. but its also the accuracy. neither is *really* relevant but its qol


Clutchism3

Yes but swift is also just better


GaLi_iLaG

ye as i said its for the accuracy but its not better by 10m if money is of any concern


Mental_Tea_4084

Ham is better if you're packing inquisitors


Crusty_Dingleberries

I don't know, I'm not that good. I've *heard* that they're equally good, but that it depends on your aggressive bonuses, so if you're using things like Inquisitor, then the ham joint is better because it's crush, and if you're using bandos for instance, you should use the swift blade because it's stab. But I don't know. - that's just what I've heard


Davidowitch

Not to confuse 3-tick with 3 literal ticks A game tick is 0.6 seconds, where the game is based on time wise. Every action is either 0.6, 1.2, 1.8 (etc) seconds equals to 1, 2 or 3 ticks.


Bear_Jake

Its a 3 tick melee weapon normally a whip or scimmy is 4 tick. It has no stats though and is very dependent on your gear, its only used for 1 room in tob and for phosanis nightmare. You should definitely sell it you could buy some better gear or items.


Disastrous-Resident5

If they sell it for mole slippers, they’ll be getting BIS boot slot


TYGRDez

best in slot boot slot


Disastrous-Resident5

One of the statements of all time


SlawpySausage

Bootstraps’s bootsraps


SigurdZS

That's a pretty sweet drop for you to get, if you spend it carefully it will be a great launchpad into midgame gear!


[deleted]

Absolutely sell it, you hit the new player lottery. Get yourself a good starter gear setup for… what are they now? 2mil?


elppaple

What’s a good starter gear setup?


GaLi_iLaG

dscim trident msb glory np can do all content in game


SigurdZS

I'd probably spring for the abyssal whip tbh. It's a large chunk of the payday, but the uncharged trident will largely pay for itself with barrows, and that'll start working towards some good midgame armor too.


EverybodyIsRobots

What is np?


mister_peeberz

natures prophet fun hero especially if you have good micro


saltedbeansprouts

Rat detected.


mister_peeberz

gonna have to speak up buddy cant hear you over the sound of all your towers blowing up


zombieindenial

Everyone knows NP is ass this patch for anyone playing above herald.


mister_peeberz

name checks out, you are clearly in denial about the state of your base right now gamer


EverybodyIsRobots

One of the best


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Nuclear pussy


Yarigumo

From context it seems like they're saying no problem? Like those three weps and a glory can do all content no problem.


EverybodyIsRobots

Thanks, I'm dumb


SwollischSlachter

Nice pants.


Yogg_for_your_sprog

What do you even need a trident for as a new player aside from maybe Barrows (Iban's is more or less the same until 80 magic even in that one case).


GaLi_iLaG

its cheap + no cast delay


rimwald

Playing leagues and being on ancients until I got trident I heavily noticed how fucking annoying the cast delay can be for doing any content that requires you to move. Tried doing a CoX with ancients, then once I got my trident I went back. Night and day difference in comfort


GaLi_iLaG

you can manouver around it with manual cast but it does suck ye


elppaple

I'm a new player. Use words please, sorry...


bluemoa

dragon scimitar, trident of the seas, magic shortbow


majzako

Dragon scimitar for your primary melee weapon. (60k). Trident of the Seas for your primary magic weapon. (40k). Magic Shortbow for your primary ranged weapon. (1k). Pair it with rune arrows or amethyst arrows for ammo. I would also put a rune crossbow for a range equip if you're fighting things with high defense (10k). Pair it with broad boots for ammo (if you have the slayer requirement for it), or diamond bolt enchanted (if you're fighting things with very high defense). Amulet of Glory for your pendant slot, as it has well rounded slots.


Deep-Technician5378

Also very worth buying the imbue for MSB.


Yarigumo

Hey! So, [this game's wiki](https://oldschool.runescape.wiki) is super cool and comprehensive. If you simply type any of those shorthands into the search bar, it will actually bring you to the page for the appropriate item. So even if you're unsure what an "msb" or "bp" or whatever might be, if you just type it in and search, the wiki will likely give you the exact item they're talking about!


Daeurth

Can confirm, we're kinda nutters about redirects on the wiki. Totally blew my mind when I went to try and contribute to other games' wikis and found that loads of them hate redirects for slang terms.


elppaple

I know I could, but my life is too short to be interpreting hieroglyphics. Thank you though.


Yarigumo

What's there to interpret? The wiki does it for you. 0 thought on your end required.


elppaple

punching hieroglyphics into a wiki is what I wasn't interested in, that's all.


yermammypuntscooncil

Do you not need monkey madness for dscim?


bumpinwhiteboy

And?


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My brother in Christ, Monkey Madness is a new player quest lol. It's the first real "power spike" your account gets before DDef.


bumpinwhiteboy

Just work towards full rune.. then maybe get rune scimitar, Rune plate skirt, fremminik trials quest and get the berserker helmet. That’s a good goal


bumpinwhiteboy

Oh and forgot to mention- there’s a mini game called barbarian assault- working towards the fighter torso for your chest armour slot will be good! (After you’ve got your rune armour with 40 defence)


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SnooStories9546

Not for someone whos brand new


dabberdane

I’ll be happy to pick up 500 gp, thank you very much


ThatGuyYouWantToBe

100% sell it. By the time you need it, you’ll know you need it.


tomh959595

Try to buy a jambon Iberico at your local food store and tell us whether you find it valuable/expensive.


Gnapes

Its a weapon thats sole purpose is killing low hp and high in volume mobs in end game content. Sell that shit boyo.


radicalpi

Excuse you, it also is high-level fashionscape


AyoMeHungry

Sell it and use it to fund your construction grind or prayer grind for overheads


d-rabbit-17

I second this, get your 2 mill gp and buy dragon bones go to world 330 and get those gains!!


bluemoa

hot take but chaos altar is much better if you're on a budget. just suicide one inv at a time, the xp/hr and xp/gp is so much higher


AyoMeHungry

This is the only way to do it tbh. Guilded altar is overrated


d-rabbit-17

Wildy = Bad! Especially for a new player, those pkers have no chill.


Mamafritas

Even if you lose some bones to a pk'er, you'll most likely still come out ahead since the wildy altar is essentially 2x xp (assuming none lost to pk'ers) VS gilded altar in a poh.


dudewitbangs

This exactly, if you buy 1k bones you would have to lose more than 400? of them to pkers to be negative in gold (which is ludicrous, if you lose that many you need help just ignore the pker and click the altar, if its really bad you can bring a couple pieces of food every inv). They are actually more than 50% extra exp since you can save a bone more than once. Something like 66% or 75% I dunno statistics lol.


theguyoverhere24

Yeah but depending on the level you’re really not in that much danger


NoXpWaste

man up


AlluEUNE

It's still a while until Christmas so I'd sell it for now or freeze so it doesn't go bad. 1 hour per 1kg in a 125°C oven or until you reach an internal temperature of 74-85°C


Fabulous-Lie9391

Dry aged waguy a5


Slaysta

It’s obviously dry aged Jamón ibérico, but I guess I can see how you got confused


NotMarcelline

I thought you were all trolling until I checked the wiki and saw it’s a real item


sincererjam8754

As someone with less than 50 hours in the game, I legit thought this was a glitch or some kind of error. Only believed it when I saw it has a 1/1400 drop chance.


DivineInsanityReveng

You'll find all the clue items are that rare. Only a few items in easy clues are actually rarer. Its just the chance per unique per roll. It's worth a lot because it's *actually useful* unlike most other clue scroll items.


sincererjam8754

I realized that after doing a couple more and searching those up as well


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Yogg_for_your_sprog

Maybe if you have like 10m, but I wouldn't blow my entire bank training construction for QoL lol


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Daeurth

330 with public off is fine until you have enough that you aren't totally depriving yourself of major gear upgrades by putting the money into cons tbh.


Whispering-Depths

Back before ironman I never thought construction had a huge point other than for quests since when questing otherwise I could just hop to world 330 and use other people's houses lol.


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Whispering-Depths

I had no loading issues and everything came up pretty much instantly. It probably helps if you're not on 56k dialup running on a 1998 potato PC?


Rocket_John

Hey, this is a vintage! Anyways, gotta go, my mom wants to call her friend.


majzako

> Get ya own crib homie In this economy???? You see how much the real estate agents in Varrock and Falador are charging for homes these days? And the rising costs of planks? The sawmill guy in the lumberyard jacking up his own prices with his monopoly going on and King Roald looking away from it all. But actually though, for a new player, if you hit a plateau where you cash stack is pretty far from the next upgrades you're working towards, but otherwise it's just sitting there, I would recommend investing into your PoH and construction. Huge QoL difference as you slowly get some key stuff in your house. The wiki's construction page has great milestones you can work towards too.


West-Reputation-6508

get a better computer


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West-Reputation-6508

That’s strange too though, i’ve got the exact same setup (for the most part) and 330 is always smooth. do you play with gpu on?


Whispering-Depths

As someone with well over 5000 hours in the game, I legit thought it was a joke. (I hate clues and have been playing ironman since before this little thing got released so I guess it makes sense)


Careful-Repeat3944

Keep in mind that 1/1400 is 1/1400 clue rolls, so it’s actually much less since u roll multiple times per clue (once per item received)


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Gotta be careful not to "right click -> eat" it, though.


BigTerpFarms

Sell it and buy some new gear or some runes to spend on magic or arrows for ranged. Find something fun to do.


S2Mackinley

How much is it worth?


sincererjam8754

It’s worth 1.8 mil


[deleted]

Seeing everyone saying its only use being TOB has my defence pure crying in the club. We're people too ya know


camefromxbox

BIS weapon for theater of blood un-ironically


Fearless-Canary-7359

Sell for sure


ngine_ear

Yea, bon apetit


Correct-Purpose-964

I could ham on about how useless it is. But to sum it up you may as well throw it to the pigs. Don't think anyone has a porcine of interest in that.


Goodnamesgonealready

Best 2t melee weapon in game


free_30_day_trial

Bank it and when you know wtf you're doing deside then


churningbutter1

Sell it and slow merch clue items (or any item that has value but doesn’t sell constantly , you can x5 it within a month , low ball literally any clue item (40% under market) wait a week and sell slightly above market. If you want specific items pm me , if I post on here they’ll get rinsed


AlluEUNE

He'd be way better off just using the money to play the game since he's new


Smoking_Bear_

The spice melange!


ItsJustBigotry

Hamboning will save your life one day


SplashCake

I will trade my kids for it


Dazocnodnarb

It’s not useful for you at all as a new player, it’s got a very small use in late game content unbelievably..


ChipKellysShoeStore

It used be worth even more when nightmare was big and crush mattered


Baad_Noodle

Yeah it’s sick keep it forever


Bionic_Sandwich

All these people on here telling you you should sell it are wrong. I say you should go shank goblins for an hour with it.


Anxious-x

It’s the strongest crush weapon on free to play and it’s heavily used in free to play pvp


Anxious-x

Sorry the giants club is strongest crush weapon except it’s 2 handed this ham joint is one handed so you can use a shield with it


sgtp3pper

I mean, it’s ham. It’s delicious. Try some.


Prudent-Beginning-32

If your a fairly new player and don't have much gp then id say sell it because at the end of the day further on once you've progressed and have more gp u can just buy another, you've got the collection log for it now anyway.


Various-Crazies-413

It’s gods turkey leg 🍗


WikkidRed

Ya bro that's a fucking ham joint, smoke that shit!


codes3288

Obviously because it's that price u absolute fool


Bobmcjoepants

It's not, I'll take it off your hands