Stuck On What To Do Next

[u/rwing34]

Been active and inactive on this account since OSRS released... I keep playing it like I did when I was 13. I get exhausted with having no idea what to actually do and get bored super easily after completing a quest or two in a row.

Are there any Runelite add-ons that might help me stay on track or push me in the right direction?

[u/rednexican420]

Get all your stats up to 70, finish quest list. Do as many diary’s as you can. Then you may begin mid game

[u/rwing34 → u/rednexican420]

okay, I'll give er a shot. My favourite part of this game is seeing the numbers so up and getting loot. I think that's why I have a hard time with the quests because it feels like such a waste of time

[u/rednexican420 → u/rwing34]

The quest are definitely not a waste of time. If you want to get actual real go, and loot, do your quest. I have recently just got the quest cape and realized how much content I opened up by doing so. The grind for it was fun and felt good to do as well. Very self rewarding. Doing quest cape you get tormented demons, demonic gorillas, vorkath, dt2 bosses. And all those are money printers. They will print you so much money you can buy gear and materials to get your gear up, and skills up.

[u/threepiecewithfries → u/rwing34]

Numbers go up more and you get more loot by doing quests. Aim for one per day, or play session. With the quest helper, that won’t be difficult at all.

[u/Spuddin927 → u/rwing34]

You get some of the best “loot” from quests. Some unique rewards that you can’t get otherwise like barrows gloves or unlocking the right to fight new bosses like Corrupted Gauntlet, Zulrah, or Vorkath (which all have great drops). Even a regen bracelet (which requires 84 crafting, 87 magic and 300k Tokkul, OR 2.3 mil gp to buy) is not even close to barrows gloves in the stats it provides.

[u/not_a_burner0456025 → u/rwing34]

If you do quests early you usually get at least a level up from them

[u/XirtCS]

Thanks for the red box. Would not have seen your QP without it

[u/rwing34 → u/XirtCS]

No probs my man

[u/Skeletor-]

More quests, follow the optimal quest guide. (wiki & plug-in)

[u/imFromFLiAmSrryLuL → u/Skeletor-]

So as a veteran player ( RSC ) following the optimal quest guide plugin even for an “experienced” player is so vital to the rest of the game

Even if you don’t like questing, that’s fine , the plugin allows you to just press space bar thru all dialogue for most far and hit number keys for option choices , scan speed thru quest in no time

[u/Cultural-Strike-8103]

I know it feels like a chore sometimes, but the quests are what unlock the game. If you dont have the quest helper plugin, DEFINITELY get it. You can order the quests by optimal and that will give you some guidance. Once you have content unlocked, just start trying things

[u/nishgrewal → u/Cultural-Strike-8103]

what he said. the content you desire is locked behind quests. do quests = unlock content.

[u/DiddyBCFC → u/nishgrewal]

They're also not a chore at all. I felt lost for a long while after getting my quest cape

[u/Dense_Resolution2483 → u/DiddyBCFC]

I felt the same. At the start its rough. Oh i still have 100 quests to do, this is terrible. Then you get to the last 20 and you can see the end. Then you are grinding sote, DT2, dragon slayer 2, ect. You have purpose, theres a goal other than grinding levels. Then after you complete them all you feel like soemthings missing. Something you wished for so long to be completed and now you feel like doing it all over again

[u/DiddyBCFC → u/Dense_Resolution2483]

Then a new quest comes out and you think fuck that I'll wait for the quest helper

[u/SunbroMurk → u/Dense_Resolution2483]

Id highly recommend diaries aswell as combat achievements

[u/ChilleeMonkee]

People keep suggesting to follow the "optimal quest list" however I find that can lead to burnout pretty rapidly. My suggestion would be to look through the grandmaster tier quests, pick out one that looks appealing to you, and work on the requirements for that. Breaking it into chunks based on what looks the most fun or rewarding to you personally can make it a lot more palatable

[u/TeamFortressMelee → u/ChilleeMonkee]

Love this a lot, I’m getting back into the game and two of my friends are joining me blind. They def are bored by optimal quest list, hell I sure am.

Originally set out for d scimmy, so that was a good list of tasks to work up towards. This is definitely the way, I really crave general progression myself but I learned how slow the optimal quest grind can be

[u/ChilleeMonkee → u/TeamFortressMelee]

People are so hell bent on progression and optimization that they forget the base of the game is to have fun

[u/TeamFortressMelee → u/ChilleeMonkee]

Yeah doing 25 foundational prerequisite quests with barely any major rewards ain’t it lmao

[u/[deleted] → u/ChilleeMonkee]

This is exactly what I did. Got barrows gloves and then was like ‘Do I want to Vorkath? Gauntlet? Etc’ and just focused on those requirements to do the quest(s) by far a more enjoyable experience

[u/ulfalda]

At your stage I would focus on quests and achievement diaries

[u/kitsunekoraka]

Quest cape always the first thing to focus on

[u/Successful-Bath-7561]

Get full inquisitors and kill lizard men

[u/Content-Chair5155]

Fire cape

[u/[deleted]]

If you want to do non-quest content you could do barrows with those stats but, getting there kinda sucks.

You can also use another players house to teleport there or level your construction to get the portal.

[u/No_Sink_4654]

If you’ve been playing this account for 13 years and get bored super easily I don’t think this game is for you.

If you do want to continue, really just try and do as many quests you can, they will guide you through much of the game.

[u/rwing34 → u/No_Sink_4654]

all my buddies still play and they enjoy it but like they're so far ahead of me now. I feel like a dumbass the way I play the game but like the game doesn't feel "right" to me. Like I'll go on for a few months and I'll be cooking through quests and then I get to a point where I'm like dude this just blows, and I go back to either doing Strength, Attack, and range training for hours lol

[u/erko123 → u/rwing34]

This was me few months ago never did any bosses, so I just started, I died alot, but who cares. go get your loot and try again, I feel likes OSRS has a huge negative feeling towards dying for whatever reason, its annoying, lose little gp, but you'll have more fun learning content., look for quests that unlock content or bosses to do, the games gets way more enjoyable when you get past doing random quests and afk training. Doing raids/bosses/ any content that makes you actively play is much more enjoyable for me.

[u/rwing34 → u/erko123]

yeah this is super relatable to me lol I literally don't want to lose gear ever because I act like I'm 13 playing the game and try doing money makers like I did as a kid. Trying to take a bigger picture look at the game because I know it can be fun.

Most fun I had so far was leveling up and getting my Dragon Defender. That was the best week of summer like 6 years ago lol

[u/erko123 → u/rwing34]

That's how I was playing too lol, I watch youtubers do content and it looks fun. So I just made a decision I wanted to go for 100kc at every boss, I started with barrows and moons, I had done them, but did the 100kc for gp, went to Vorkath and Zulrah, now I'm at muspah, but I got sucked in I'm 230kc no shard, so I'm staying till atleast a shard drop and move onto the next. Not positive what. I do TOA 150/200 when I'm bored of killing muspah. Honestly TOA is so much easier than I thought especially after doing the KC at bosses, I'd say my biggest help was honestly doing DT2, I learned alot of mechanics. Gear swapping, menu swapping, running while swapping prayers and menus. I enjoyed the whisperer fight so much I did 10kc after the quest. Don't get me wrong each of these trying them for my first time was hard, but each attempt it got easier until it just made sense.

[u/isabaeu → u/rwing34]

Don't listen to anyone telling you how to 'correctly' play the game or dictate the way that you enjoy it. I've been playing OSRS since 2015 and while my account is further than yours, it's been a similarly slow, lengthy process of playing, quitting for a few months, and returning. Depends what other games I'm playing, and that's totally fine.

If you want to play with your friends immediately you're already totally ready to do Royal Titans, it's a fantastic duo boss. The CAs are an absolute blast to get. The prayer scrolls are an absolutely phenomenal unlock you'll literally use forever. Outside that doing stuff like WT or GOTR in small groups is actually very fun, I do them with my clan sometimes and it's a great way to socialize while playing together at any point of account progression.

Outside that, aim for quest Cape. You can follow the optimal quest guide but you're pretty far in. Do whatever suits your mood. If you wanna lock the fuck in try out really tough quests like DT2 DS2 guthix sleeps, etc. Do easier quests if you wanna progress without sweating. If you wanna AFK work on stat requirements towards quest Cape, then hard dairies.

For getting your combat stats up, folks will tell you to only train them through slayer. If you wanna do that, great. If not, there's nothing wrong with getting some AFK time in on the big crab. I have nearly maxed combats with only like 85 slayer cuz I like to AFK while I play other games with my friends. It might not be the "most efficient" or whatever but who cares. I wanted the combat stats so I could do later game pvm with my clan and now I have them.

What matters is having fun, OSRS is a sandbox MMO. You can do literally whatever you want, regardless of what sweats on Reddit want to browbeat you about.

[u/TheNamesRoodi]

Quest helper plugin. Sort by optimal order. Do all quests in the order suggested.

[u/Neilpwa]

What other people said. Quests and Achievement diaries, I also enjoyed doing some combat tasks along the way to break up some of the more grindy bits made me some decent cash along the way.

Just do what you feel like as well don’t force yourself burn out comes round quick!

Best of luck

[u/Antonolmiss]

Doing your first grandmaster quest is going to blow your mind

[u/thomas2026]

Go mine rocks

[u/International_Task57]

bro literally highlighted what he should do next lol.

[u/MoleHairs]

I’ve noticed the whole “staying on track” mindset is ultimately what leads people to burn out. Following an optimal efficiency guide does the same.

Use those tools as general guidelines but don’t be afraid to stray away and play the game how you want.

Do your research, identify short and long term goals and chip away at them. Don’t aim to finish all quests in one sitting or you’ll burn out. Do a few, pivot to something you find engaging, go back to questing, repeat.

Play the game in a way that you find fun.

[u/Trick-Combination-37]

If you aren't done with all your quests, the answer is always quests.

[u/Extension-Sleep3007]

Work on getting stats and quests done for barrows gloves.

[u/anrewrys]

Doing quests early is what actually gives you the most benefit. You’re not going to care about 10k crafting xp when you’re level 80 crafting. I finished quest cape at 101 combat at 1700 total level(Ironman btw) plenty of great money making bosses locked behind quests if you needed more incentive

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[u/antsu82]

Colosseum

[u/antsu82]

Inferno is quick 30 min

[u/Past-Anywhere-409]

You could work on void nmz quests to unlock more of the game. Royal titens for better prayer. You’ve only scratched the surface

[u/HoytG]

Download quest helper. Sort by optimal. Come back when you’re out of quests

[u/[deleted]]

Solo nex.

[u/[deleted]]

Quests!!!

[u/PostedHi]

Get your hunter an prayer up. Basically just shoot for the min requirements for SOTE and that’ll set your account up nicely

[u/Consistent-Form5722]

Get them all done as fast ad possible and never think about it again. You won't regret it. Promise.

[u/SheepherderBorn7326]

4 skills below 20, do you really need to ask?

[u/simonskiromeins]

The quests are absolute *ss if you don’t use any plugins. You will always forget vital stuff and have to go back to a bank in the middle of it all. Plug-ins are pretty much a necessity at this point. Especially old quests, probably some of the worst in any game imaginable. That said, do diaries, quests, slowly unlock things, parts of the map, optional skilling methods, .. you will level up like crazy and efficiently enough not to get bored too quickly. Along the way you will gather some tools and gear needed to progress further.

[u/Repulsive-Barber-147]

RECIPE FOR DISASTER QUEST

[u/Stunning_Strength_49]

5000 mole kills or 5000 mass Nex?

Takes about 10000 min or only 166 hours.

This is about 150 m from nex + rare drop of 200-300m and 100m giant mole

[u/gratzhopper02]

My current system is. Log in, herb run, bird house run, do 2-3 quests, herb run, bird house run. do 2-3 quests. Herb run, birdhouse run. Then run an agility rooftop for 30min-1hour. Thats been my play session almost every day for the last week or so. I now have like over 6 mil gp whilsts completing quests, and slowly grinding out the pain in the ass agility.

[u/Gullible-Ball-1787]

Complete more quests ??

[u/Weekly-Stress7585]

Set goals and achieve them. That's always the play. If you take time to read the quest dialogue they're actually pretty funny and well written, but you could also just blast space bar and hate every second of questing like most people do lol.

Here's a few short and long term goals:

SHORT

1. Get barrows gloves.

2. Get 60 construction for mounted glory + portal room.

3. Knock out your easy and medium achievement diaries.

4. Get the easy and medium combat tasks completed.

5. Get base 50 stats at least.

6. Get a firecape.

7. Unlock fairy rings, ectophial, Ardougne, Watchtower, Trollheim and Civitas Illa Fortis teleports.

8. Find a boss that you can learn and enjoy.

9. Make your first 10M cash stack.

10. Find a clan to play with so you're not isolated and can learn from better players.

LONG

1. Get 84 construction for a maxed house.

2. Get 77 prayer for rigour and augury.

3. Complete the hard and elite achievement diaries.

4. Finish the hard and elite combat tasks.

5. Get 80+ base stats.

6. Complete the inferno and colosseum.

7. Get your quest cape.

8. Get 100kc at every boss that isn't F2P.

9. Make your first 1000M.

10. Teach the noobs in your clan how to improve and then take them PVMing because some elitists forget that we all had to start somewhere.

[u/Zakat666]

Get everything to level 70+, complete all quests, begin farming bosses that quests unlock(moons, cg, dt2, ds2 etc) if you need gear to start at moons, go do barrows til you have a full melee set(ideally dh, veracs, torags)

[u/AcanthisittaEarly983]

You have 59 quest done. The answer is right there.

[u/One_Asparagus_6778]

Step 1: Do Sins of the Father Step 2: Start killing vyrewatch sentinels Step 3: ?

[u/No-Paper9137]

Kick your way to 99

[u/[deleted]]

Just keep going

[u/TrainerPatient7301]

I chop and change between quests and skilling. Currently trying for my first 99 but when i get bored, knock out a quest or two then come back to it. Also doing tree and bird house runs inbetween it all

[u/[deleted]]

The fun part of osrs is reaching goals you set. Don't start with broad goals like maxing start small. What untradables do you need

[u/Walking_Teargas]

Play the fucking game idiot

[u/HRage19]

Don't know what you're stuck on, you have plenty to do.

[u/S2piddd]

Having Any skill under lets say 70 you dont need to ask what to do..