Bonus XP or Double XP Weekends are where players gain bonus or double experience when doing certain skills. XP Weekends start generally start Friday and end the following Monday. The bonus experience when training most skills, but does not apply to quests, random events, or XP enhancers (eg: gilded altar for prayer). The experience rate during a Weekend averages out at 1.7 times more XP over the first 10 hours. Usually prices of skilling materials will go through the roof leading up to the weekend, either to be sold a day or two before the weekend to make a nice sum of money, or to use to gain their desired level hassle free. After most Bonus XP weekends the prices of potions and cooked foods plummit in price which is very nice for PVP and PVM activities.
From the evidence of the previous it shows two Bonus XP weekends per year the months are shown below:
March 2010
September 2010
March 2011
A Bit Of Trivia:
The future of Bonus XP weekends could well be opened up to the F2P community. When gaining Bonus XP you’ll have an XP counter located in the top left of your screen built into the mini-map.
My strategy For Bonus XP
Strategy 1 – Money Making:
First of all, when the Runescape website has an update revealing the Bonus XP you should head straight over to the Grand Exchange with a nice cash stack, then what you’re aiming to do it buy as many resource materials as you possibly can! I’ll make a list of the type of items you’ll be wanting to buy below.
– Planks
– Oak Planks
– Teak Planks
– Mahogany Planks
– Raw Lobsters
– Raw Monkfish
– Raw Sharks
– Raw Rocktail
– Maple Logs
– Yew Logs
– Magic Logs
– Bow Strings
– Green Dragonhides
– Green D-Leather
– Air Orbs
– Battlestaffs
– Uncut Gems
– Herbs (Ranarr – Torstals)
– Pure Essence
– Summoning Secondaries
– Herblore secondaries
– Smithing Supplies (Steel – Rune Bars)
– Arrow Making Supplies (Steel – Dragon Tips)
If you buy as many of these supplies as you can in large quantities you could be looking to make some serious profit. I’d suggest buying them just over medium price perhaps 10% higher than they’re medium, and selling the supplies 2-3 days before the Bonus XP weekend begins for 40-60% over medium price, or look on the Runescape/Forums for buyers.
Strategy 2 – Gaining Levels:
Ok, firstly this is going to completely go against the money-making method, but you want to be getting in there early once again, buy the day the update for the weekend is released, buy for high prices and don’t leave it to the last-minute as the prices will increase significantly. One other tip i’ve give before you buy yours items make sure you do your calculations there’s nothing worse than using all your supplies to realise you’re a few 100k experience of getting your target level.
My Plans:
My Runescape username is; Matlocked. I’ve recently achieved 95 Prayer, and have made a lot of money from Slayer and Pking. I plan to use this Bonus XP Weekend getting 91 Herblore to make Overload Potions, I’m extremely excited about obtaining the level and will be working flat-out on the weekend of the 11th as I’m sure many of you will be! I hope you all achieve the stats you’re hoping for! Good luck!
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