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Hard & elite achievement diaries

The hard diaries, then any elites you want.

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29steps
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0quests
16dangerous or high-risk

First the levels and unlocks the hard diaries still need, then each diary’s tasks and claim in one loop. Elites are long-term and optional.

By the end: Hard diary rewards across the map.

16 steps in this chapter are marked dangerous or high risk. Hardcore safety covers what counts as an unsafe death and the stats to have first.

Levels for the hard diaries

Various · 5 steps · Start: Varies

  1. Crafting to 70, Runecraft to 65, Smithing to 75, Fishing to 70, Fletching to 70, Thieving to 75 and Farming to 74. Do them as your passive skills, alongside Tears of Guthix and birdhouses.
  2. Lumbridge & Draynor Hard needs the Bones to Peaches spell: earn Pizazz points in the Mage Training Arena’s four rooms and buy it from the Rewards Guardian.
  3. Falador Hard needs a prospector helmet: mine pay-dirt in the Motherlode Mine for golden nuggets and buy the helmet from Prospector Percy.
  4. Western Provinces Hard needs 300 chompy kills (Elite needs 1,000): ogre arrows and bloated toads, as in Big Chompy Bird Hunting.
  5. Kandarin Hard needs the Penance Queen killed in a full Barbarian Assault game, and this guide treats Barbarian Assault as an unsafe death on Hardcore Worlds. Do it with an experienced team, or leave Kandarin Hard for later.High riskOptional

Hard diary claims

Various · 12 steps · Start: Lumbridge

  1. Lumbridge & Draynor Hard: do the tier’s tasks (your diary journal lists each one), then claim from Mikasi.
  2. Varrock Hard: do the tier’s tasks (your diary journal lists each one), then claim from Toby.
  3. Desert Hard: do the tier’s tasks (your diary journal lists each one), then claim from Jarr.Dangerous
  4. Falador Hard: do the tier’s tasks (your diary journal lists each one), then claim from Sir Rebral.Dangerous
  5. Karamja Hard: do the tier’s tasks (your diary journal lists each one), then claim from Pirate Jackie the Fruit.High risk
  6. Ardougne Hard: do the tier’s tasks (your diary journal lists each one), then claim from Two-pints.
  7. Western Provinces Hard: do the tier’s tasks (your diary journal lists each one), then claim from the Elder Gnome Child.High risk
  8. Kandarin Hard: do the tier’s tasks (your diary journal lists each one; the Penance Queen is one), then claim from The ‘Wedge’ in Camelot.High risk
  9. Fremennik Hard: do the tier’s tasks (your diary journal lists each one), then claim from Thorodin.
  10. Kourend & Kebos Hard: do the tier’s tasks (your diary journal lists each one), then claim from Elise.Preparation
  11. Morytania Hard: do the tier’s tasks (your diary journal lists each one), then claim from Le-sabrè.High risk
  12. Optional: Wilderness Hard (PvP).High riskOptional

Elite diaries (long-term)

Various · 12 steps · Start: Varies

  1. Karamja Elite.Optional
  2. Western Provinces Elite.High riskOptional
  3. Lumbridge & Draynor Elite.Optional
  4. Ardougne Elite.High riskOptional
  5. Varrock Elite.Optional
  6. Falador Elite.Optional
  7. Kandarin Elite.High riskOptional
  8. Desert Elite.DangerousOptional
  9. Fremennik Elite.High riskOptional
  10. Kourend & Kebos Elite.High riskOptional
  11. Morytania Elite.DangerousOptional
  12. Wilderness Elite.High riskOptional
Ticking steps off, the preparation checklists for high-risk steps and the requirement checks are in the app: Follow this chapter in the app