WIKI GUIDES - TOA 500 FINALE (OSRS)

The much anticipated TOA wiki guide is finally here. This is by far the hardest TOA related challenge I have ever completed, taking almost 8 hours of total attempts. No fang, no shadow, not even an occult necklace. This was NOT possible without a keris, even though it wasn't mentioned in the Wiki guide.
The main thing that made this harder was the lack of ruby bolts, as the wiki stated diamond bolts are a downgrade. This was also where I discovered how powerful mixed hide was, as the budget version was complete night and day for much cheaper.
This is likely the last wiki guide as I’ve gone over most content and it is getting a bit stale. I may come back at some point and run a CM in wiki gear for fun, I can’t currently because the mage thrall is still broken and won’t turn olm head properly.
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[@asachava8366]

Mannn. Sad to see it end. Really was one of the best series around. :(

[@herrniemandteganserver7473]

Agreed

[@LaidbackLukee]

only 8 hours of total attempts?

[@_Kinger]

Plz don’t end the series :’(

[@DaemonRayge]

Doesn't have to be a regular series. Just something whenever he feels like it would be fun.

[@astrosurfer]

The archer's ring switch is unbelievable

[@TS-uu4hp]

FYI mixed hide chaps were at 16k for a little and then promptly went up to 100k several days ago. Since then they keep dropping to 40k then back up. I’ve been chillin at pyre foxes making like 3.5 mil an hour crafting them

[@fiftyshedsofhay7411]

Easily one of the best OS series, i wanna see nightmare

[@GnomonkeyRS]

I did do nightmare!

[@XJivCX]

Hey, this is finally the series that got me into watching more of your content. You obviously have all the stats for the videos and such, but I imagine many others enjoyed them aswell. Started enjoying your other content as well, as I previously imagined it was too ''tryhard'' for someone as casual as me. Keep up the great content:)

[@mike-sol]

Thanks so much for the series - I enjoyed every one of these ^_^

[@jorgevazquez5199]

Love the series, sad to see it end but thank you!

[@kilikx1x]

I'm gunna need you to redo this. I severely doubt that Dragon Pick is the lowest downgrade.

[@sjograas]

Bringing the Pharao's sceptre in to the raid is definitely a skill issue

[@jlnj0]

great music choices and awesome series

[@ugotjaked]

Loved this series && i hope you return to it in the future 😀

[@alexanderlamont2565]

Remember when you clicked the sceptre in ahka LMFAO

[@TheLeftReallyWeird]

Nah you’re going to continue the series and you’re going to like it!

[@usherif]

Amazing content!!

[@georget6224]

Must say that was very entertaining, you were gaming hard on p3 warden fun to watch

[@GasLightning]

Been waiting for this one

[@elleanz7584]

You Sir, are a true savage! Keep representing my G! Bless bless.

[@boomstickYT]

this is top tier pvm content, the crusty switches with rainbow vomit inventory tags are chefs kiss. Shame I only found out about this series as it was seemingly ending for now.

[@kingpiethefirst]

This series was so good man

[@stephenfrench5242]

the 3rd death had me fucking reeling!!! BAHAHAHA!!!

[@st1ckyt4pe72]

great series gz

[@AdxmRL]

Good wiki guides will you bring them back when theres new bosses ? They may be “stale” but theyre fun and a good challenge! I enjoy them

[@AstEternal]

This video is a toa relic. Toa will never be this hard again lol. Will be interesting to look back on this video in the coming years when more changes arrive

[@kyoukajiro]

i don't think these are getting stale tbh! they're very entertaining and it's a novelty to see rarely used gear in general. if it's getting boring to you tho then fair enough, would love to see more otherwise

[@GnomonkeyRS]

Stale as in the wiki doesn't have many bosses for me to do anymore, it was indeed very fun to do!

[@MrShady2099]

you can guarantee a bone dagger spec on kephri on the animation of him waking up after the first down (second and third as well)

[@shamu8dc54]

i had to turn closed captions on because i couldn't hear gnomonkey over the blasted paper mario music, 10/10

[@MrBthssoccor]

What’s the song playing at wardens 18:45 and is it in a Mario kart game?? Driving me crazy. Feels like it’s coconut mall from Mario Kart on Wii

[@GnomonkeyRS]

Kirby 64 - Pop Star Theme

[@SpanishYes1]

HOLY FUCK when the FF2 music came @36mins, a wave of nostalgia hit me like a truck. A1 music selection. Thank you gnome and hedron

[@aero_spaced6977]

the music went bananas this whole video.

[@cinder6037]

really wasnt getting stale, rip to a great series

[@GnomonkeyRS]

Stale as in there weren't any more wikis to do not that they were boring

[@cinder6037]

@@GnomonkeyRS we can make our own wiki, with even worse set ups for more content

[@SlowlyTG]

Thats a good content. Would be cool to see cox but if its an end of this series, let it be 👌

[@j000pe]

Tbf many deaths were not because of the gear 😂 great episode!

[@vkkmagicskkv]

whats the plugin for the p1 charge up ?

[@VegaMK2]

I was really hoping you'd do a CM.

[@dannyvanbrunt1934]

Check out the rankings for Blade of Saeldor and Blade of Saeldor (c) on the wiki. If you look at use where they rank them they use them interchangeably as if using the non-corrupted version is better than the corrupted. Wiki should fix this. But Gnomonkey shedding a better light on that they should rank setups as in best setup 1, best setup 2, etc instead of best and their downgrades.

[@RafaelB1717]

This is fucking sick. Gz!!!

[@failproductionsdk]

Hey hedron, if u could link the vod's the vids are made from that would be amazing :)

[@GnomonkeyRS]

She uses recordings, so that's not always possible.

[@failproductionsdk]

@@GnomonkeyRS oh understandable, yea it can be Hard trying to figure out where stuff is from

[@HexaFe]

steven is doing his best mr gnomonkey

[@meller7303]

Suggestion, after letting a few weeks pass, do the occasional wiki guide video for new content Like with the Hueycoatl comes out That way it never gets stale and it’s still a fun little series

[@GnomonkeyRS]

It's not that doing them is boring it's that I'm out of wikis to do that are even remotely entertaining

[@meller7303]

@@GnomonkeyRS even if it’s easy content, you could just find the ones that are most absurd hahah, it’s a great concept Good work on the vids :)

[@googolplex5218]

Love hearing the paper mario soundtracks :D

[@cyrussayah3416]

Can someone please explain how waves caught him at 3:40 ? I honestly don't get this, and I've had it happen in my own raids.

[@GnomonkeyRS]

It's a bug known as a dragging hit box. :) it's wonderful

[@John.Codwell]

It’s so beautiful..

[@gottago1885]

Why do I keep having to fight the warden that uses melee and not the one you fight?

[@funnyman4072]

Probably tanking the wrong side of the obelisk

[@Sam-lj9vj]

Ngl I really want a season 2 on this series

[@nagoshi01]

The TTYD music is goated

[@rbrtctln]

Paused at 5 secs, time to make some popcorn

[@herioon6773]

i wanna see nex this series is brilliant

[@Shinbu1-ru7ds]

@gnomemonkey As a noob can I ask what would you improve on your setup next I'm still new to toa and barely get 165 done with the same setup Yes I'm a noob I'm mostly struggling with ahka and warden Can someone maybe help me with video suggestion or gear Thank you

[@GnomonkeyRS]

End of the video has what I would recommend, I also have a few guides on ToA mechanics and 500 guides.

[@Shinbu1-ru7ds]

@@GnomonkeyRS thank you very much will look into the vids but I don't think I'm capable of doing anywhere near 500 already going hard on 165 maybe if I understand warden and ahka better

[@GnomonkeyRS]

ToA Advanced Tactics has a lot of indepth info that should help. It takes a lot of practice, don't be afraid to go into a 0 invo and just practice butterflying Ahkka or Insanity only Warden etc

[@Shinbu1-ru7ds]

@@GnomonkeyRS would do that thank you very much will grind some 165 the coming days and will slowly up the invo till I feel comfortable

[@MrPersonPPL]

This is a really good gnome

[@mistybong]

Mixed hide is insane hybrid tech

[@mjxy]

Please don’t end the series :(

[@HexaFe]

That's the tech right there

[@TheKillerSock]

using the dk64 music for akkha instead of monke room is a little criminal

[@cestandmuni3849]

did you play the new Paper Mario Thousand Year Door remake?

[@GnomonkeyRS]

I hated it...It was dumbed down and no text skip, and other huge issues.

[@iKatray]

why did he use mark of darkness and greater corruption??

[@bayzul7405]

Don't frown because it's over. Smile because it happened. Wiki guides are both humbling for any skill level that content is achievable much as we dunk cheap or bad gear. You don't need full Torva or Bandos as a low lv im or PvM/raids noob, it can be fun

[@PatrickLima69]

that bug also works with atlatl darts

[@leveluppictures5794]

I don’t think the price of a blood fury was being counted at the end or did I miss it? Either way solid work you GAMER

[@GnomonkeyRS]

I believe it counts the cost of fury and one shard

[@leveluppictures5794]

@@GnomonkeyRS does it include the cost of PT for that carpal tunnel?

[@GnomonkeyRS]

No carpel tunnel aha. Just a small spell of Tendinitis. I live with a nurse, all is well

[@JoheyRS]

the paper mario theme music tho POG

[@Morfin777]

The paper Mario music got me

[@randomunlistedvids]

2024 and the HLC can't differentiate between the Sun Keris and a Pharoah's Sceptre? How you've truly fallen.

[@MelakDX]

bless the paper mario soundtrack

[@ne3xy]

are we sure about mixed hide being better than karils on nex? definitely better damage but youre losing a lot of mage defense. Eclipse top & bottom seem better & generally better depending on strength bonus breakpoints

[@cotyembry]

rofllll!! do moles have a really good sense of smell? you'd think he would know! L0000L cracked me up

[@AyoItsAntony]

whats that plugin with npc hp numbers?

[@GnomonkeyRS]

!hp in twitch chat has settings

[@ajhakraHD]

I challenge you to a 150 or 500 invoc toa in my terrible, actual, gear setup...

[@alexinho2708]

lvl 5 zebak with a crossbow and diamond bolts. nice

[@Olypleb]

wow this no-monkey guy is pretty good, but he could learn a thing of two from the wikians

[@preston3552]

heyyo gnome, little known fact here. but 1ting piety doesn't save any prayer points if you're camping another prayer. either lazy flick it or leave it on. saw u doin this several times and wasnt sure if u were aware

[@GnomonkeyRS]

Turning it on and off? Not sure what you're referring to, flicking it as you attack with a protection prayer absolutely saves prayer

[@preston3552]

@@GnomonkeyRS nah man. record yourself 1ting piety with a protection prayer on, and then compare it to a video with leaving both prayers on. this goes with any prayers btw. leave a slow draining prayer like prot item on while 1ting piety and watch how fast it drains.

[@GnomonkeyRS]

Please timestamp when I did whatever you're referring to

[@preston3552]

@@GnomonkeyRS nvm, guess thats what i get for listening to the video instead of watching. but it is true that if u 1t a prayer while camping another it'll drain for the full amount.

[@henkdebloempot5691]

Im guessing mixed hide aint worth if using bowfa?

[@GnomonkeyRS]

Blue moon seems like the best choice with bowfa

[@lokkiirl4793]

Ah hell nah not the archers ring switch

[@BTC_ss]

Bro u need to update ur colosseum run -.-

[@bethmarie3112]

The abby dagger is so bad, before i had a fang i was using hasta as when toa came out i didnt even have 82 attack 😅 Got a day one fang in entry we sold for 360m 😂

[@stretchymc5126]

finished all 4 rooms the second time before you finished Kephri the first time xdd

[@shame1290]

background music feels out of place imo. maybe its the volume idk

[@Joxester]

ooh

[@iGoldenWax]

Mixed hide op

[@2014Alm]

The worst part of this series ending is losing consistent youtube videos

[@Angel0fDeath93]

Good ol N64 music

[@KrisMoreno-uk9to]

Nice paper Mario music

[@crispypotatoz9263]

stale? ive watched every one bring it back later its funny as hell considering i used these wiki guides to wear gear

[@GnomonkeyRS]

Stale as in the rest of the wikis are not really boring or they are pretty okay. Nothing outrageously bad about them to make videos on

[@crispypotatoz9263]

@@GnomonkeyRS ah that makes sense 🫡, vorkie was funny thanks for showing us the gear builder from this series it helps loads!

[@MrLinuxFreak]

How you have infinite health?

[@GnomonkeyRS]

Yellow Keris + Restore

[@MSixteenWoTB]

not the worst possible downgrades, because you didn't use the bronze pickaxe for akkha puzzle sadge

[@grandslammm]

this is actually the gear on many ironmen, nice to see gnomeboy got to taste the life of an avg iron

[@wildfire6551]

Me like

[@Jordy242]

Pickaxe wasnt downgraded, do it again.

[@Cometags]

This game is getting absurd… if the worst melee cape you can wear requires 85 agility then I’m never gonna make it out of early game…

[@iGoldenWax]

Firecape is easy with 43 prayer and 75 range

[@blueblue6136]

That’s not what the wiki says bud firecape comes after

[@SHERMA.]

28:50 this whole topic is ironic from the very start (it isnt actually a BUG!) i know most of the viewers here wont appreciate a pking ramble but hey-ho... without the background nobody would be able to present a decent fix for this issue they have purposefully done this because lets say you were pking with the 3 tick hunters sunlight crossbow you can just wait for an xp drop and then ballista or dbow or rcbow 1way and because 3tick is so quick (and because the person sending the crossbow attack gets an xp drop to notify them even earlier to switch to a spec weapon) they have essentially removed the element of fair pking and made it into a latency vs latency situation the irony comes from the fact that if they didnt make such a stupid 3 tick weapon that hit 35's in the first place they wouldnt of had to implement this stupid feature to stop people 1waying in pvp its same scenario as the atlatl special effect and the bloodmoon armour, making attacks hit 1 tick sooner than they should was deemed "cool" when it was presented to people but all its caused is a ruining of the combat system where people with higher latency are further punished... which is again ironic considering the devs actually expect people to PK or learn to PK on and off world rota's.. (and fyi i play on 15ms so im not complaining out of spite im complaining so that it gets fixed for those sorry souls who dont have 15ms) so long story short its like "oh go play and pk on 200ms" "oh but gl surviving against attacks that hit you faster than your internet connection can process the eat" but it wont get fixed until some popular streams HCIM dies to it and outrage happens and if they "fix" this like you and i would both hope you are going to get innocent pvmers who get barraged, then hunters crossbowed, and before the hunters xbow hitsplat has even appeared theres already a darkbow spec heading towards you

[@SHERMA.]

oh and lastly i would like to add the reason the only other 3tick crossbow with similar attributes to the HSC is the bone crossbow... they made that thing hit 10's and 12's for a reason, then the new devs come in with less comprehension of the overall game and make a crossbow that hits 3x that.. unreal.

[@astrosurfer]

@@SHERMA. bone crossbow is actually 4t on rapid, which makes sunlight hunter's even more busted by comparison

[@SHERMA.]

@@astrosurfer wow thanks for the correction and i agree fully.

[@yes_temp_sem]

paper mario soundtrack goated

[@devinschwartz7596]

Playing the thousand year door for the first time after the remake came out. Honestly so good

[@RileyUMR]

I will be sad to see this be the end of the series.

[@WellingtonSchmitz]

PauseChamp

[@bradleyhicks6914]

this man is too powerful. the wiki already says take mixed hide

[@itsvenom6301]

At this point I think the wiki should hire you to replace all of the recommended gear downgrades or they just need to implement gearscape into the wiki

[@dclikemtndew]

The problem isn't that the downgrades are wrong as in there being better options to downgrade, it's that they go 4 downgrades deep in slots where you realistically should never be using worse than 2nd bis

[@astrosurfer]

@@dclikemtndew The issue IMO is that a lot of the setups use the downgrade chart to demonstrate that certain gear is worse than other options, instead of writing a footnote. Like instead of just writing "slash bonus > strength bonus > defence", the Vardorvis setup shows the elysian as the minimum recommendation to get across that it's a really bad option, but all that does is communicate that it's a reasonable downgrade because why else would it be on the chart?

[@dclikemtndew]

@@astrosurfer I think they include so many downgrades in an effort to be as exhaustive as possible, but i agree they should cut things down to just the downgrades that are reasonable and leave out reccomending stuff like the power ammy for dt2 bosses lol

[@ZZerkZZerk]

A five difference for range in new gear is absolutely minimal and does nothing whatsoever so no it's not worse than wearing nothing It's literally the same.

[@sterlander814]

What's the point of doing a wiki guide budget clear if you're going to cheat and not use what the wiki guide says

[@GnomonkeyRS]

? How did I cheat LOOOL.

[@sterlander814]

@@GnomonkeyRS 1:56 you literally say "we need to cheat" lol

[@somerandomashellperson7130]

He only ever used items that the wiki told him to bring, besides keris (Which is fair, as he isn't doing the 0-150s that the worst gear is meant for. I don't think it is possible without keris). The quote that you have for him saying that he has to cheat is him using the blowpipe for something other than a spec. Which is because anyone with that gear isn't using blowpipe only for the spec.

[@sterlander814]

@@somerandomashellperson7130 Then why was he so insistent on using the serp helm as his ranged helm? With that same logic, he should've only been able to use blowpipe for a spec weapon. The fact that he picks and chooses what to apply the rules to is, as he puts it, cheating lol

[@GnomonkeyRS]

I can use whatever logic I want, it's my video! If you would like to apply YOUR logic to your own 500 wiki run, please upload and share with us here :)

[@ZZerkZZerk]

Not a fan of the green screen especially the hat showing through like that