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“a detailed ironman progression guide”
ironman is a game mode where auction house， bazaar， and trade are all disabled， and it has a different progression line from regular profiles. i''ve been playing on my ironman profile for around 8 months and i''ve learned a lot during the process. i''m sharing some of my experience and thoughts down below and i hope it can help out others who are newer to this game mode.
starting out: from aotj and no armor to aote and full dragon armor
item progression line: aotj -> rouge sword -> rookie hoe -> farm suit + bee pet + golden shovel -> artisanal short bow -> squire set -> mercenary set -> talismans from adventurer -> wand of healing -> grandma wolf pet -> radiant orb -> zombie pickaxe + lapis armor (for xp)-> grappling hook -> dreadlord sword -> ender armor -> aote -> dragon armor (add golden axe and a fishing rod somewhere)
spoiler: starting out
after spawning on the island， you can cut down the tree， make some wooden tools， build a dirt bridge， collect the chest and cobble minion， and craft an aspect of the jerry (why not). after all of that， head into the portal and the journey begins. after talking to all 12 villagers， you''ll have a weapon upgrade (rouge sword). harvest some wheat and sell them to an npc for coins so that you can get a rookie hoe. then， you can keep farming wheat until you get a full set of farm suit armor and enough coins to buy a bee pet. you can also harvest potatoes， carrots， and nether warts in the hub and level up those minions a couple of times. make sure to place down as many minions as you can and collect your minion from time to time.
after reaching the farming level required to enter the farming islands， you can visit those islands to unlock the collections. before heading to the mushroom desert， craft a golden shovel and enchant it at the librarian so that you can get sand. you can farm a bit too if a crop is easy to farm. also， make sure to kill enough farm animals of each type so that you can at least craft the tier 1 minion of each kind. killing those animals gives you combat xp so this is the safest way to get the first couple of combat levels. the xp dropped from the farm animals should be enough to bring you to at least combat level 5， and you can buy an artisanal short bow from the weaponsmith. similar to the juju short bow and terminator， this bow is very powerful for its cost. after getting the bow and some arrows， visit rosetta and buy a set of squire armor and a squire sword (you can skip to the mercenary set directly if you farmed more crops and farm animals for a higher combat level (9) and more money (210k)). don''t waste your money on the mage sets. both wands do low damage， and their mana cost can''t be reduced because they can''t be enchanted.
buy as many talismans as you can from the adventurer， and then the blacksmith to unlock reforge， and then reforge all armor pieces to fierce， bow to unreal， and the weapon to sharp. reforge the talismans for damage too. then， visit the librarian and enchant your items with the xp you got from farm animals (growth， protection， etc). go through the dungeon hub portal to unlock the quick travel， and buy a decent dungeon pot. after all of this， you can visit maddox， drink the dungeon pot， and kill 1 zombie slayer tier 1 boss and 1 tier 2 boss， and craft a wand of healing (1 more tier 2 boss if you don''t get enough materials). after that， start a spider slayer 1 quest visit the spider''s den.
after reaching the spider''s den， visit the grandma wolf npc and pick up the pet. then， finish up the slayer with some weak spiders in the tall den. switch to the mercenary set if you haven''t already. go back to maddox and start a tier 2 boss， and then kill it too. both bosses are pretty manageable with the mercenary set and a dungeon pot. after slaying the tier 2 spider boss， visit maddox again and start a sven 1 slayer. tier 2 is harder than the other 2 tier 2 bosses， but it should be manageable with the current gear and the healing wand if proceed with care. keep grinding sven until you can get enough wolf teeth for a radiant orb， and get the maddox batphone.
craft a zombie pickaxe and enchant it at the librarian. get it to efficiency v if you can. the xp from mining sand earlier should be enough to unlock the deep caverns or even the dwarven mines. visit rusty in the gold mine to add telekinesis to all of your weapons and tools. keep mining cobble (or other ores) in the first level of deep caverns until you unlock the recipe for a creeper minion. pick up a set of lapis armor in the lapis mine (useful for xp and therefore enchanting xp). then， you can keep going down to unlock the lift and ore collections. give the enchanted materials to rhys to unlock the dwarven mines (if you don''t have enough， just buy some from npcs， don''t mine in the deep caverns because it''s inefficient).
the next step is aote and full dragon armor， and this will mark the end of the beginning stage. a weapon upgrade is needed， and because of the competition in the end island， a weapon that deals ranged damage is preferred due to the low movement speed (no god potion or young dragon armor). a dreadlord sword is the easiest weapon to go for at this stage. firstly， go grind spiders slayers (slayer xp and money) to unlock the grappling hook recipe and get combat 15. then， visit the catacombs entrance floor and try to kill a couple of dreadlords. this can be done by attacking the dreadlord from a distance with the artisanal short bow. dying or failing the runs doesn''t matter in this case since the only goal is to get a dreadlord sword (it requires cata 1 which should be met when you get the sword). after obtaining a dreadlord sword， you can reforge the mercenary armor to wise， or use a different set with higher rarity if you have one. then， visit the end and farm 4.5 k health endermen until you get a full set of ender armor and enough pearls to unlock the recipe and craft an aote.
after getting an aote， find all the fairy souls for the stats buff. you can also find all the relics in the spider''s den. then， there are two routes to take to get a full set of dragon armor: keep farming eyes and leaching dragons in the nest， or keep doing catacombs entrance floor and floor 1. the leaching method requires less grinding but it takes longer. the dungeon method can get you full dragon during the first week of your ironman profile， but it requires long hours of grinding (spam dreadlord and artisanal short bow at the miniboss and tp away when it comes close， repeat).
for the rest:
buy a fishing rod and then fish in the hub until you unlock the recipes for fishing minion and clay minon. then place down those minions and don''t fish until fishing 17 (werewolf) or even 19 (flaming worm).
craft a golden axe and brew a haste pot， then you can visit the park and unlock the wood collections. ideally， don''t grind foraging at all before getting a treecapitator (use jungle minions and obsidian minions if you don''t mind waiting).
visit the nether island when you meet the level requirement， and then unlock the collections and minion recipes.
make sure to get the ice collection and a winter rod on jerry''s island.
mining: the best money-making method on ironman
a somewhat profitable mining set should be in place as soon as possible so that the profile has a decent money-making method and can proceed with necessary but costly purchases and upgrades， such as booster cookies， god pots， a builder''s wand， auto pet rules， dark auctions， and dungeon chests.
item progression line: fractured pickaxe -> glacite armor -> titanium pickaxe -> armadillo -> yog armor and bal pet (ruby drill)-> gauntlet -> divan''s armor
spoiler: mining
helpful mayors: cole and foxy (mining fiestas)
dwarven mine is not only the place to mine mithril and titanium ores but also the best place to mine regular ores. there are lots of minecarts with different types of ores at different locations， and mining at minecarts is many times more efficient than mining in the deep caverns.
after reaching the dwarven mines， get a fractured pickaxe. visit the kings and talk to them to get a king talisman. after that， it''s basically hotm/mining xp grind and materials/items grind. i personally found it much easier to get hotm xp in the crystal hollows than in the dwarven mines， so i suggest going into the crystal hollows as soon as possible.
since your mining speed is rather low when you first enter the dwarven mines， commissions are slow to do， especially the mithril ones. a good way to get hotm xp is to participate in events like raffles and goblin raids. try to do as many mob slayer commissions as possible and do the mining ones when the gone with the wind event is active. the first 4 commissions every day give a lot more xp so make sure to always do those. there are npcs giving out powder and materials too so make sure to visit them.
once you reach hotm 3， you can enter the crystal hollows with a titanium pickaxe and a set of glacite armor. the titanium pickaxe only has a breaking power of 6， so you can only mine ruby gems. however， commissions like collecting jade gems can still be done by killing team treasurite members and looting chests. in this stage， the most important thing to do other than cycling through easy commissions is to open as many chests as possible until you get a prehistoric egg. a picknoibus will help out a ton in this stage too. the armadillo pet is extremely powerful when your breaking power and mining speed are low， because it breaks blocks for you. once you get an armadillo pet， you can do all commissions using the armadillo pet， because it allows you to break even the jasper gem while riding it and holding a titanium pickaxe (not sure whether it''s intended or bugged). with the help of an armadillo pet， you''ll be able to get hard stone collections very quickly and unlock the recipe for yog armor. during the entire process， make sure to always kill bal when you find it， and probably also farm it many times for a bal pet and yoggies. once you get enough yoggies and the recipe， you can upgrade to yog armor， and put topaz gems on them (topaz form armadillo mining). you can go for a ruby drill as well if you want to break most gems without using an armadillo pet， but a gauntlet is the main thing to go for once you get full yog armor.
after getting hotm 7 and a gauntlet， you can start upgrading to the armor of divan and start making a decent amount of money. the best locations to powder mine are the jungle and precursor ruins because they give sludges and automaton parts respectively.(the sorrow armor is not mentioned here， because you need a soul whip (fishing 26 + multiple rare drops) to get it efficiently， which is inefficient for the overall progression because getting divan''s armor is easier than getting sorrow armor on a new profile).
catacombs: the challenge
the ironman experience in the catacombs really made me appreciate what i had on my regular profile a lot more. playing in the dungeon as an ironman player requires a lot more planning and skills in addition to a lot of grinding compared to playing on regular profiles. in many cases， your play style and the class you play depend on what you are able to get and what you are able to do rather than your preference.
“a detailed ironman progression guide”
ironman is a game mode where auction house， bazaar， and trade are all disabled， and it has a different progression line from regular profiles. i''ve been playing on my ironman profile for around 8 months and i''ve learned a lot during the process. i''m sharing some of my experience and thoughts down below and i hope it can help out others who are newer to this game mode.
starting out: from aotj and no armor to aote and full dragon armor
item progression line: aotj -> rouge sword -> rookie hoe -> farm suit + bee pet + golden shovel -> artisanal short bow -> squire set -> mercenary set -> talismans from adventurer -> wand of healing -> grandma wolf pet -> radiant orb -> zombie pickaxe + lapis armor (for xp)-> grappling hook -> dreadlord sword -> ender armor -> aote -> dragon armor (add golden axe and a fishing rod somewhere)
spoiler: starting out
after spawning on the island， you can cut down the tree， make some wooden tools， build a dirt bridge， collect the chest and cobble minion， and craft an aspect of the jerry (why not). after all of that， head into the portal and the journey begins. after talking to all 12 villagers， you''ll have a weapon upgrade (rouge sword). harvest some wheat and sell them to an npc for coins so that you can get a rookie hoe. then， you can keep farming wheat until you get a full set of farm suit armor and enough coins to buy a bee pet. you can also harvest potatoes， carrots， and nether warts in the hub and level up those minions a couple of times. make sure to place down as many minions as you can and collect your minion from time to time.
after reaching the farming level required to enter the farming islands， you can visit those islands to unlock the collections. before heading to the mushroom desert， craft a golden shovel and enchant it at the librarian so that you can get sand. you can farm a bit too if a crop is easy to farm. also， make sure to kill enough farm animals of each type so that you can at least craft the tier 1 minion of each kind. killing those animals gives you combat xp so this is the safest way to get the first couple of combat levels. the xp dropped from the farm animals should be enough to bring you to at least combat level 5， and you can buy an artisanal short bow from the weaponsmith. similar to the juju short bow and terminator， this bow is very powerful for its cost. after getting the bow and some arrows， visit rosetta and buy a set of squire armor and a squire sword (you can skip to the mercenary set directly if you farmed more crops and farm animals for a higher combat level (9) and more money (210k)). don''t waste your money on the mage sets. both wands do low damage， and their mana cost can''t be reduced because they can''t be enchanted.
buy as many talismans as you can from the adventurer， and then the blacksmith to unlock reforge， and then reforge all armor pieces to fierce， bow to unreal， and the weapon to sharp. reforge the talismans for damage too. then， visit the librarian and enchant your items with the xp you got from farm animals (growth， protection， etc). go through the dungeon hub portal to unlock the quick travel， and buy a decent dungeon pot. after all of this， you can visit maddox， drink the dungeon pot， and kill 1 zombie slayer tier 1 boss and 1 tier 2 boss， and craft a wand of healing (1 more tier 2 boss if you don''t get enough materials). after that， start a spider slayer 1 quest visit the spider''s den.
after reaching the spider''s den， visit the grandma wolf npc and pick up the pet. then， finish up the slayer with some weak spiders in the tall den. switch to the mercenary set if you haven''t already. go back to maddox and start a tier 2 boss， and then kill it too. both bosses are pretty manageable with the mercenary set and a dungeon pot. after slaying the tier 2 spider boss， visit maddox again and start a sven 1 slayer. tier 2 is harder than the other 2 tier 2 bosses， but it should be manageable with the current gear and the healing wand if proceed with care. keep grinding sven until you can get enough wolf teeth for a radiant orb， and get the maddox batphone.
craft a zombie pickaxe and enchant it at the librarian. get it to efficiency v if you can. the xp from mining sand earlier should be enough to unlock the deep caverns or even the dwarven mines. visit rusty in the gold mine to add telekinesis to all of your weapons and tools. keep mining cobble (or other ores) in the first level of deep caverns until you unlock the recipe for a creeper minion. pick up a set of lapis armor in the lapis mine (useful for xp and therefore enchanting xp). then， you can keep going down to unlock the lift and ore collections. give the enchanted materials to rhys to unlock the dwarven mines (if you don''t have enough， just buy some from npcs， don''t mine in the deep caverns because it''s inefficient).
the next step is aote and full dragon armor， and this will mark the end of the beginning stage. a weapon upgrade is needed， and because of the competition in the end island， a weapon that deals ranged damage is preferred due to the low movement speed (no god potion or young dragon armor). a dreadlord sword is the easiest weapon to go for at this stage. firstly， go grind spiders slayers (slayer xp and money) to unlock the grappling hook recipe and get combat 15. then， visit the catacombs entrance floor and try to kill a couple of dreadlords. this can be done by attacking the dreadlord from a distance with the artisanal short bow. dying or failing the runs doesn''t matter in this case since the only goal is to get a dreadlord sword (it requires cata 1 which should be met when you get the sword). after obtaining a dreadlord sword， you can reforge the mercenary armor to wise， or use a different set with higher rarity if you have one. then， visit the end and farm 4.5 k health endermen until you get a full set of ender armor and enough pearls to unlock the recipe and craft an aote.
after getting an aote， find all the fairy souls for the stats buff. you can also find all the relics in the spider''s den. then， there are two routes to take to get a full set of dragon armor: keep farming eyes and leaching dragons in the nest， or keep doing catacombs entrance floor and floor 1. the leaching method requires less grinding but it takes longer. the dungeon method can get you full dragon during the first week of your ironman profile， but it requires long hours of grinding (spam dreadlord and artisanal short bow at the miniboss and tp away when it comes close， repeat).
for the rest:
buy a fishing rod and then fish in the hub until you unlock the recipes for fishing minion and clay minon. then place down those minions and don''t fish until fishing 17 (werewolf) or even 19 (flaming worm).
craft a golden axe and brew a haste pot， then you can visit the park and unlock the wood collections. ideally， don''t grind foraging at all before getting a treecapitator (use jungle minions and obsidian minions if you don''t mind waiting).
visit the nether island when you meet the level requirement， and then unlock the collections and minion recipes.
make sure to get the ice collection and a winter rod on jerry''s island.
mining: the best money-making method on ironman
a somewhat profitable mining set should be in place as soon as possible so that the profile has a decent money-making method and can proceed with necessary but costly purchases and upgrades， such as booster cookies， god pots， a builder''s wand， auto pet rules， dark auctions， and dungeon chests.
item progression line: fractured pickaxe -> glacite armor -> titanium pickaxe -> armadillo -> yog armor and bal pet (ruby drill)-> gauntlet -> divan''s armor
spoiler: mining
helpful mayors: cole and foxy (mining fiestas)
dwarven mine is not only the place to mine mithril and titanium ores but also the best place to mine regular ores. there are lots of minecarts with different types of ores at different locations， and mining at minecarts is many times more efficient than mining in the deep caverns.
after reaching the dwarven mines， get a fractured pickaxe. visit the kings and talk to them to get a king talisman. after that， it''s basically hotm/mining xp grind and materials/items grind. i personally found it much easier to get hotm xp in the crystal hollows than in the dwarven mines， so i suggest going into the crystal hollows as soon as possible.
since your mining speed is rather low when you first enter the dwarven mines， commissions are slow to do， especially the mithril ones. a good way to get hotm xp is to participate in events like raffles and goblin raids. try to do as many mob slayer commissions as possible and do the mining ones when the gone with the wind event is active. the first 4 commissions every day give a lot more xp so make sure to always do those. there are npcs giving out powder and materials too so make sure to visit them.
once you reach hotm 3， you can enter the crystal hollows with a titanium pickaxe and a set of glacite armor. the titanium pickaxe only has a breaking power of 6， so you can only mine ruby gems. however， commissions like collecting jade gems can still be done by killing team treasurite members and looting chests. in this stage， the most important thing to do other than cycling through easy commissions is to open as many chests as possible until you get a prehistoric egg. a picknoibus will help out a ton in this stage too. the armadillo pet is extremely powerful when your breaking power and mining speed are low， because it breaks blocks for you. once you get an armadillo pet， you can do all commissions using the armadillo pet， because it allows you to break even the jasper gem while riding it and holding a titanium pickaxe (not sure whether it''s intended or bugged). with the help of an armadillo pet， you''ll be able to get hard stone collections very quickly and unlock the recipe for yog armor. during the entire process， make sure to always kill bal when you find it， and probably also farm it many times for a bal pet and yoggies. once you get enough yoggies and the recipe， you can upgrade to yog armor， and put topaz gems on them (topaz form armadillo mining). you can go for a ruby drill as well if you want to break most gems without using an armadillo pet， but a gauntlet is the main thing to go for once you get full yog armor.
after getting hotm 7 and a gauntlet， you can start upgrading to the armor of divan and start making a decent amount of money. the best locations to powder mine are the jungle and precursor ruins because they give sludges and automaton parts respectively.(the sorrow armor is not mentioned here， because you need a soul whip (fishing 26 + multiple rare drops) to get it efficiently， which is inefficient for the overall progression because getting divan''s armor is easier than getting sorrow armor on a new profile).
catacombs: the challenge
the ironman experience in the catacombs really made me appreciate what i had on my regular profile a lot more. playing in the dungeon as an ironman player requires a lot more planning and skills in addition to a lot of grinding compared to playing on regular profiles. in many cases， your play style and the class you play depend on what you are able to get and what you are able to do rather than your preference.