Can't equip Slingshot?

[AlconburyBlues]

I have nothing in the slot that it takes. But I would like to equip it to one of my sets, but can't. The wiki doesn't say any requirements to equip. Anyone know why?

[VectorX]

It does require Ranged level 3. If you meet that tiny requirement then no idea why it wouldn't equip.

[AlconburyBlues]

Ah okay. Haven't even tried ranged weapons yet. Thanks.

[VectorX]

Originally posted by AlconburyBlues:

Ah okay. Haven't even tried ranged weapons yet. Thanks.

Ahh, then that's the problem. The requirement is tiny, but it's there lol

[AlconburyBlues]

Yeah I've maxed out everything else in combat except Ranged, Magic, and Prayer. Been concentrating on non-combat skills for a long time. Had that slingshot in my bank for a quite a while now, but never thought of a use for it.

Wonder if it helps with thieving. (They keep stunning me. So why not stun them back, right?) Unless it's only useful in combat, IDK.

[weirdee]

Normal weps generally have no effect in thievery.

[AlconburyBlues]

Thanks for the tip. So what would you guys think it's good for? Or is it only useful at the early levels?

I would think because it's so hard to obtain one, it would only be logical for it to have a use at the intermediate and advanced stages of the game. Right?

I mean, if it's only good for easy monsters, it should be easier to get. The rarity being tweaked way down to match when first time players can use it. Otherwise, it's pointless.

[Truth_X_ile]

Slingshot is a good starting weapon for Ranged as it's basically an ammo-less item in which you can literally idle with assuming you have auto-eat unlocked, as normally, either killing enemies that give ammo for bows or crafting the ammo yourself would also take time, so it can get you many levels without any ammo at all

If you own Throne of the Herald DLC, you can get a weapon slot item from Thieving that helps the skill, alternatively, weapons that have a Damage Reduction would help, not that many do early game, as most require extremely high levels & grinding to achieve

Note: Damage Reduction armor helps as well when Thieving, which reduces the targets max hit, but not only that but Damage Reduction Prayers not only reduce the max hit, but cost 0 Prayer Points as you're technically not in combat but still reduce the amount of max hit the target does to you, alternatively you can use health regen prayer unless you're on hardcore, if you don't have access to Damage Reduction Prayers yet

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[AlconburyBlues]

Learning from the community is always the best. (Especially when you have nothing but friendly responses, instead of forum trolls. Hey wait, that's a new monster that can be added to the game. The graphic being some grumpy drunk dude sitting in front of his keyboard. LOL)

Thanks yet again for that detailed info on the DLCs. And no, I don't own either one of them yet.

@Truth_X_ile, nice tagline BTW.