@@LoveMuffinMedia but its a hell of a lot less afk than other mining methods like mlm, stars, and blast mining. You can walk away from those until your character logs out and only lose xp. With volcanic mining, if you walk away you will die.
Gnomonkey: "this minigame is super simple and I learned it within 1 game" also Gnomonkey: *spends the next 10 minutes giving a ton of super specific instructions that I couldn't possibly remember*
I would probably never play volcanic mine in its intended way, especially as a hc. If you are just trying to collection log I would look into the capping method which is actually easy. Go in->check two vents->place/mine rock 3 times->leave game. Whole process is two minutes at a time and gives about 400 points and 45k xp/hr
@@CapeSkill If you are at seers agi course, for me it kind was AFK. I used the extend zoom to zoom out like super far and made my camera vertical. So i could capture the entire agi course within one screen, then you obviously also use the rooftop agi plugin which highlights where you gotta click and just build up muscle memory for 10 mins. Boom, its about as mcuh attention required as woodcutting and you could be watching stuff on the side.
Only a couple true AFK things around, NMZ, Kraken, Crabs, pretty much all combat. Kinda sorta cannonballs too but only for a few minutes. I've left NMZ open in the background while I'm at work, and I've gone over 20 minutes AFK sometimes with 100 absorption points to spare.
I understood this about as well as the Chinese people speaking at a Chinese restaurant.. & I've been playing since 04. I get what you're saying, but there's just too much, this, that, there, here, 2min, wait, a, b, c, pray, don't pray, all be there, teams, etc.. I need to just learn by someone showing me while I do it so I can remember the patterns, lol. This is too complex for a video, haha.
Just watch one of the roles at the end and advertise yourself for that. Bring in the gear he says at the start of the video. It couldn't be any simpler than described above. Videos are a great medium for complex things.
Well put together. To be honest, I find you to be severely underrated as a RUclipsr. And also for people, VM might see and sound like a lot of effort, but give it a shot! Arguably more afk than MLM, and twice as fast!
Me: "Ah good, a decent AFK method like Wintertodt." Video: "And here's incredibly specific instructions for the various roles on your team." Me: "Nevermind. Back to MLM."
This is perfectly fine to do in solo or duo, idk why you said not worth it. Its also best to spec at the 2nd boulder spot and again at last boulder. This gives you best use of your spec as you'll be boosted where it matters most.
I think he just means in terms of comfort level. Duo and solos are definitely good and very viable, but with less people there's some situations where you can get screwed over by unlucky vent RNG if you're not on top of your game, and that can also effect the overall XP rates. Having at least 3 people means that you only have to focus on one vent at a time and as long as everyone does their role, it's very unlikely something will ever go wrong. You can pretty much just turn off your brain and with even more people you sometimes don't even have to do anything at all.
Been loving VM recently. Super low intensity and fun mining method. One of the reasons I feel it's quite easy to do for hours and hours is because games are 9 minutes long similar to how Sepulchre doesn't get repetitive because of how long the course is. It's actually insane that this is the optimal method for ALL players yet so many don't even consider it.
@@SS-pg1hi tf do you mean horrible long term. with vm you have to deal with shitters, people leaving, joining teams, that basket of cancer discord vmcord and its admins. 3t4g is just login and game. I've personally done 30hrs of granite (in one session) and been completely fine doing 126k. Imo 3t4g chiller than vm
I started watching this video and accidentally pulled my headset cord out of my pc and when the audio started playing through my speakers my dog began to bark loudly while running in circles, only slowing down to squat and shit while continuing to move in circles.
your discord stuffy as all hell, minigame easy and great xp but insufferable environment unless you like reading paragraphs of rules and regulations over every little thing
Yeah this is way too technical for me to afk while at work. I’ll stick to my motherlode mine afk. Sweet and simple and has gotten me from level 40-89. Mine, deposit , collect. This requires pots food prayer pots and money.
Even if it requires you to use an extra prayer dose a game, the signet will save you more money than the dose. You can easily still hit 35 pray bonus with the signet
So if you are using the crystal pickaxe you will be using Soul Wars cape (or Ardy if you don't have the Soul Wars) because you won't be over 35 pray with the Signet? Bummer.
@@GnomonkeyRS ok cool. I think I can get +31 with dbone neck, standard blessing, Crozier, prayer book, holy wraps, signet and HP cape (T).. I'll see how that goes, otherwise I'll have to grind out the soul Cape which will be +35 but no HP perk.
After watching this video, i don't think i ever want to do this content. Whos bright idea was it to vote for this as a dragon pick source over blast mine? This is more complicated, has higher prerequisites, takes more gear, more resources, more concentration, a team, coordination with the team, and just overall looks miserable to play. The recent poll results with this winning are leaving me very upset.
@@jacob6668 yeah the vm discord is proper shit tbh all you gotta do is check B and C and make sure they sit around 50%, its actually better xp/ph in duo once you and your partner start getting good at it
@@jacob6668 I did it from 93 to 99 mostly in duo best way to learn is just go in there and figure it out then read the info after a few tries so it makes more sense. But its alot simpler than the guides make it out to be
@@rizzotto95 im 82 mining i was planning to do it to 82-99 i havent even unlocked upper mlm or got mining gloves do u think thats a good idea? to start now and go to 99?
To the people who don't understand how this is afk, the parts I sped through are 60-80 seconds of sitting there mining a rock with no interaction
So you know what afk means?
@@skaflenwinter3764 This is more afk than most things osrs players call afk.
@@LoveMuffinMedia but its a hell of a lot less afk than other mining methods like mlm, stars, and blast mining. You can walk away from those until your character logs out and only lose xp. With volcanic mining, if you walk away you will die.
@@ZE0XE0 yeah but for half the xp
@@ZE0XE0 mlm is definitely not afk like that lmao
Gnomonkey: "this minigame is super simple and I learned it within 1 game"
also Gnomonkey: *spends the next 10 minutes giving a ton of super specific instructions that I couldn't possibly remember*
This is super simple, team A goes to check vent C while keeping the vent at 50% to cap the chambers. Damn guess it's back to motherload for me.
Yeah when he said its like wintertodt I said sweet, then as long as he went on I was more and more like nope nope nope
for real lmao
@@Omgiamsotriggered yea def not like wintertodt, volcanic mine requires way more attention imo
shyt that place is super high lvl. better with mine iron.
Every year I come back to this video wanting to learn VM and each time I am immediately scared off by how complicated it sounds.
me rn lmao - 3t4g i shall stay
I would probably never play volcanic mine in its intended way, especially as a hc. If you are just trying to collection log I would look into the capping method which is actually easy. Go in->check two vents->place/mine rock 3 times->leave game. Whole process is two minutes at a time and gives about 400 points and 45k xp/hr
nvm volcanic mine is actually easy when you get into it and is quite chill 8/10
>be sure to always leave a vm teleport in your bank, in case you die
14:26 bank tab open, no vm tabs in bank
Do as I say not as I do hahaha
The definition of ''AFK'' seems to have slowly shifted.
It has already been changed long time ago.. people say agility is very afk xd.
@@CapeSkill If you are at seers agi course, for me it kind was AFK. I used the extend zoom to zoom out like super far and made my camera vertical. So i could capture the entire agi course within one screen, then you obviously also use the rooftop agi plugin which highlights where you gotta click and just build up muscle memory for 10 mins. Boom, its about as mcuh attention required as woodcutting and you could be watching stuff on the side.
Only a couple true AFK things around, NMZ, Kraken, Crabs, pretty much all combat. Kinda sorta cannonballs too but only for a few minutes. I've left NMZ open in the background while I'm at work, and I've gone over 20 minutes AFK sometimes with 100 absorption points to spare.
Y'all are being dumb this is more AFK than motherlode mine.
@@Cheezdealer Farming?
I understood this about as well as the Chinese people speaking at a Chinese restaurant.. & I've been playing since 04. I get what you're saying, but there's just too much, this, that, there, here, 2min, wait, a, b, c, pray, don't pray, all be there, teams, etc.. I need to just learn by someone showing me while I do it so I can remember the patterns, lol. This is too complex for a video, haha.
Just watch one of the roles at the end and advertise yourself for that. Bring in the gear he says at the start of the video. It couldn't be any simpler than described above.
Videos are a great medium for complex things.
You have the best guides. They’re incredibly helpful.
Well put together. To be honest, I find you to be severely underrated as a RUclipsr.
And also for people, VM might see and sound like a lot of effort, but give it a shot! Arguably more afk than MLM, and twice as fast!
crazy that my comment got deleted just for saying this video was too complicated to teach a learner, and that a better 1st timer video existed
Was waiting for you to make a guide about this to finally do this activity! Thanks maxed master!
I havent been active on OSRS since fall, but your videos are always worth the watch. Gz on maxing aswell!! Was nice to follow your journey on disc.
thank you for the guide!!! ive been looking for something informative to get into vm
Me: "Ah good, a decent AFK method like Wintertodt."
Video: "And here's incredibly specific instructions for the various roles on your team."
Me: "Nevermind. Back to MLM."
tHiS iS nOt AfK aT aLl
This is perfectly fine to do in solo or duo, idk why you said not worth it. Its also best to spec at the 2nd boulder spot and again at last boulder. This gives you best use of your spec as you'll be boosted where it matters most.
I think he just means in terms of comfort level. Duo and solos are definitely good and very viable, but with less people there's some situations where you can get screwed over by unlucky vent RNG if you're not on top of your game, and that can also effect the overall XP rates. Having at least 3 people means that you only have to focus on one vent at a time and as long as everyone does their role, it's very unlikely something will ever go wrong. You can pretty much just turn off your brain and with even more people you sometimes don't even have to do anything at all.
Great video, very well detailed i didn't know you could use this method it's more chill than i thought. Also love that profile picture ;)
Was just about to start mining grind for elite diaries, perfect timing!
Been loving VM recently. Super low intensity and fun mining method. One of the reasons I feel it's quite easy to do for hours and hours is because games are 9 minutes long similar to how Sepulchre doesn't get repetitive because of how long the course is. It's actually insane that this is the optimal method for ALL players yet so many don't even consider it.
this is not the optimal method.
@@capekraken2672 what else is?
@@SS-pg1hi 3t granite ~125k
@@capekraken2672 that’s horrible for long term, not optimal at all. This is 2-3x more afk than mlm. You could be so much more productive.
@@SS-pg1hi tf do you mean horrible long term. with vm you have to deal with shitters, people leaving, joining teams, that basket of cancer discord vmcord and its admins. 3t4g is just login and game. I've personally done 30hrs of granite (in one session) and been completely fine doing 126k. Imo 3t4g chiller than vm
I started watching this video and accidentally pulled my headset cord out of my pc and when the audio started playing through my speakers my dog began to bark loudly while running in circles, only slowing down to squat and shit while continuing to move in circles.
I.sneezed.as.i.was.reading.this.and.my.glass.of.2%.milk.spilled.into.my.keyboard.(its.mechanical.by.the.way).and.now.the.space.bar.is.broken.
can.you.send.me.some.money.because.this.is.your.fault.you.asshole
if ya'll think wintertodt is afk then this is even better. dont hate on it if you dont know lmao go have fun at mlm
your discord stuffy as all hell, minigame easy and great xp but insufferable environment unless you like reading paragraphs of rules and regulations over every little thing
I don’t like to depend on others when I play or viceversa.
wintertodt isnt afk at all, the only afk part is chopping but fletchign is fucking aids
@@RagbagMcShag playing with sound to hear when you get hit made it more afk for me
The king of RS Guides
I am a simple man, I see Gnome, I click.
OSRS Community should lookup what "AFK" means lol.
Great guide though!
noobkek
Keep up the good work!
Your guides are so clean. Amazing and unique. Thank you.
thanks for the guide
Your guides are mad bro, rarely neglecting info for various builds and narrated beautiful and clear. 0/8 don't rate.
:P
i dont often comment on videos but wanted to say this was excellently put together and very well explained, thank you
this is harder than inferno
this is excessively complicated for runescape
Great video as always -wowsses
This minigame seems to require too much responsibility.
For some of the diehard casuals in this comment section yes 😅
not afk and requires group coordination
I would love it if you made a progress series of some sort!
Thanks dad for afk mining xp
Yeah this is way too technical for me to afk while at work. I’ll stick to my motherlode mine afk. Sweet and simple and has gotten me from level 40-89. Mine, deposit , collect. This requires pots food prayer pots and money.
I've done MLM before and my problem with it is; the spots run out so fucking fast even at the top. So annoying
does not look afk
GOAT
after watching this video for 6 minutes, I decided I don't want to do volcanic mine and it's really complicated.
To much info
argh team content, hate having to rely and be relied on by other people
The exact reason I still haven't learned raids.. D:
I think what you meant to say is: “argh team content, I don’t have friends”
Would you recommend using an Elven Signet over the Ring of Suffering to save on shards, or is that prayer bonus crucial?
Even if it requires you to use an extra prayer dose a game, the signet will save you more money than the dose. You can easily still hit 35 pray bonus with the signet
@@GnomonkeyRS Thanks dude
So if you are using the crystal pickaxe you will be using Soul Wars cape (or Ardy if you don't have the Soul Wars) because you won't be over 35 pray with the Signet? Bummer.
Great guide... I am wondering what it is about +35 prayer that is significant that wouldn't be the case below that?
Just a general bonus you need to pray ranged for 10 minutes
@@GnomonkeyRS ok cool. I think I can get +31 with dbone neck, standard blessing, Crozier, prayer book, holy wraps, signet and HP cape (T).. I'll see how that goes, otherwise I'll have to grind out the soul Cape which will be +35 but no HP perk.
damn i was going to take my skiller in there thinking it was another rainbow mini game
Nope
How'd you know I was gonna go for 99 mining in the next month? :D ty
My first game with lvl 126s went like this "mine floating rock, run, mine floating rock, run, leave" idk anything about all these vents ;D
After watching this video, i don't think i ever want to do this content. Whos bright idea was it to vote for this as a dragon pick source over blast mine? This is more complicated, has higher prerequisites, takes more gear, more resources, more concentration, a team, coordination with the team, and just overall looks miserable to play. The recent poll results with this winning are leaving me very upset.
When is the 3t4g guide? THis doesnt seem worth it
Is there a good CC for volcanic mine? the minigame tab is empty
do you have a pastebin of your tile markers by any chance?
Does anyone know how he has that exp progress bar underneath his skills in the skills tab?
runelite plug in go to plug ins and go to community tab, don't recall what it is but it's probably under exp or xp.
yea, hard pass ..great guide tho
lol I thought the same. Will gladly stick to mlm over this shit
what was that purple amulet??
"join my cc they are helpful and are looking to get their minning done"
(joins cc and gets told no one does anything in cc) lmao
i really should've finished watching the video before gearing up for this... yeah fuck that shit i'm out
uhhh what
this isnt very afk...
Here from tik tok
Nothing about this is freaking AFK
go buy a bot then
why isn't numulite in the requirements? thx for wasting my time
just dont die
Some proper noobs and whiny kids in the comment section
is this minigame actually easy to learn?
@@jacob6668 yeah the vm discord is proper shit tbh all you gotta do is check B and C and make sure they sit around 50%, its actually better xp/ph in duo once you and your partner start getting good at it
@@rizzotto95 im going to start it soon, and when i do, if ur good at it u just teach me kinda but obvs ill master the info on the disc
@@jacob6668 I did it from 93 to 99 mostly in duo best way to learn is just go in there and figure it out then read the info after a few tries so it makes more sense. But its alot simpler than the guides make it out to be
@@rizzotto95 im 82 mining i was planning to do it to 82-99 i havent even unlocked upper mlm or got mining gloves do u think thats a good idea? to start now and go to 99?
hey man wtf are you talking about