Bonus Xp Weekend Report

For me, Bonus xp weekend was great. I managed to complete almost all of what I had planned (a small miscalculation in Firemaking left me one level off my intended target) and still played in a relaxed way and managed to have fun.

Day 1: Friday

Friday consisted of me getting the majority of the levels I had planned for out of the way. I logged on after school, and set about tagging all of my trees. I was getting around 19k xp per Yew tree, 27k per Palm and a whopping 33k xp for the Calquat! As I teleported off to the circus I was left looking at 72,73 and 74 Farming appearing one on top of the other in my chatbox! I did the Magic and Agility parts of the circus, not bothering to waste my time on Ranged where I always fail, and promptly teled off to Castle Wars to place Eyes of Newts into Irit Potions! The Herblore levels came in thick and fast, and after all my pots were done I was 62 Herblore, having started at 52! After celebrating and chatting with somebody who had just achieved 98 Herblore, I made my way to the Fist of Guthix lobby where I would spend the majority of the weekend training Firemaking. I logged out for a quick break and a Frube (they rock, especially the Cherry flavour ones), logged back in and got my first random of the day. Luckily it was the Pillory random, so I dispatched it quickly and took 3 Grimy Snapdragons as a reward!

I settled down for the rest of the night to make some fires. I had 2500 Magic Logs to burn, and another 1k trickling through from the Grand Exchange. I started at 83, with 287k to 84. By the time I went up to bed, I was 200k till 87! I managed to get 84, 85 and 86 Firemaking in less than an hour and a half! Level 85 Firemaking was my best level of the weekend, as it marks the quarter point of the skill and I can finally burn Elder Evil Trees! At the end of Friday I had gained almost 2 Million xp and 17 levels!

Day 2: Saturday

Saturday was spent finishing up some levels that I had been nearing for a while. I started in the morning by getting 87 and 88 Firemaking, and then joined Tanya and Yrrarrghh up at Ape Atoll for some Agility! I monkeyed my way around the course and walked away with 68 Agility! While was there Yrrah got 81 Agility, and during my lunch Tanya got 80! Big congratz to both of you! After the level I checked over my stats and found I was 16k till 75 Magic! As it is an important quest milestone, I settled down in Isfadar, admiring the scenery and alching! I soon got the level, and then went back to Firemaking. By that time, late Saturday afternoon, my Bonus xp was at around x1.3, so I mulled around and did some Mining, before logging off. Not a bad second day to the weekend!

Day 3/Last Day: Sunday

I started off Sunday by Firemaking. I was aiming for 90, but I only managed 89 after forgetting to buy another 1k Magic logs. Still, 89 Firemaking from 83 is a lot of xp and a big help in training the skil. I didn't bother doing Maples since I only had a small bonus, so I went down to the Dwarven mines to mine some iron, hoping to polish off 69 Mining. I tried about 15 worlds, which all had at least two people competing for the iron, before depositing all but my pickaxe and heading into PVP. I was soon attacked by somebody, and I had to lose him in the Mines before running back to the bank. I took out some Fire Wave and Entangle runes, and headed back to confront him. I found him lurking in the Living Rock Caverns, where I promptly killed him! I then took out my Dragon Hatchet and headed off to cut some Ivy. Unfortunately , I forgot to log out of the PvP world, and some Ice Barrager killed me and I lost the Hatchet. Thankfully, Tanya and Karl each gave me a trick, and I managed to make almost all of the money I had lost back! Big thanks to both of you! The rest of the day was spent mucking around, not really doing much. At the end of the weekend, I managed to gain over 2.5mil xp, and I now have over 30mil total xp!!

All in all, it was a very enjoyable weekend, and a big thank you to Jagex for organising it. I know a lot of people dislike these weekends, but I really appreciate them. And come on, phr33 expees is good, right? I leave you with a picture of my xp stats at the end of the weekend. I made more progress over these last 3 days than I did over the entire summer holidays!



Armmadylo