Overcoming Rookgaard - The Strategy Guide.
Step By Step Instructions Written By: Master Slayer

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Overview
Rookgaard - The "dreaded" island which many Tibians everyday have to struggle through and endure the uncountable annoying traits the island has to provide. With this said, my first and one of my most greatest hints shall be passed on to you right away. Other than seeing Rookgaard as a horrible place, you must first create a whole new perspecitive of the island in your mind as soon as you teleport down in to Cipfried's temple. Think of the island as being a vacation away from home (mainland) and you are here to have as much fun as possible. The stronger your disregard for the island, the longer this process will seem. If you ever become stressed, or perhaps someone succeeds in making you angery...always remember that you will soon be out of here and living at home very soon.

Before we begin, you must choose your preferred weapon. If you are going to use the fastest method off of Rookgaard, then choosing a weapon does not apply. For the most efficient methods the strongest weapons possible are the most reccomended:

Melee weapons: Katana (sword skill), Sword (sword skill), Mace (club skill), Hatchet (axe skill)
Distance weapons: Bow and arrows (distance skill), Spears (distance skill).

Distance fighting on Rookgaard is not wanted! It is a major time consumer. If you wish to understand why, please read the explination below. If you want to skip past this please move on to melee weapons section.

Distance Fighting on Rookgaard
My best reccomendation is to avoid using distance fighting while on Rookgaard, unless you plan on staying on the island permantly. A spear has a higher attack\higher amount of misses than any other weapon on Rookgaard, so it proves most effective on stronger monsters. Theres no point in constantly missing a spider when you can easily attack and kill it with a melee weapon much quicker. The three monsters specifically designed to kill with spears would be orc spearmen, rotworm, and minotuar. The orc spearmen though would have to be the one of the two found on premium side since there is not enough room for them to run. On free side there is far too much open space for the spearmen to run in, so melee attack would be best against it.

	Minotaur Low attack High defense High hitpoints
	Rotworm High attack Low defense Average hitpoints
	Orc Spearman High attack Average defense High hitpoints

Because of these stats, spears work effectivly to kill these monsters easily. A high distance skill is needed though. The strength of these monsters is not worth fighting against if you are low level. By the time it would take a level two to kill a minotuar with spears he/she could kill seven rats with melee and earn twenty more experience and have much more hitpoints left afterwards. And by the time someone is done training with spears to get respectful distance, they could be atleast level six by then. Training on Rookgaard with distance at low level is pointless and a waste of time. Save the distance training for mainland where your advances to rapidly pour in.

Melee Fighting on Rookgaard. The quickest way to leave the island would choose one of the three melee weapons listed above depending on which skill you prefer to advance in, and kill small monsters until level eight. However, by choosing one of the fastest methods below you will be forced to use sword fighting skill.

Choosing a Hunting Method. Now we are ready to begin. According to this Strategy Guide there are four ways of hunting on Rookgaard. For premiums there is the fastest way, and most efficient way. For free accounts it is the same. If you would like to leave the island extremely quick but have bad skills, and not much money then please follow the fastest path. If you wish to stay a little longer and have a decent amount of money and skills then please follow the efficiency plan. These may not be the fastest or most effecient ways. As said in the warning above, this is for hunting purposes only. Most quests are not mentioned. Also, as one of the most eldest hunting Rookgaardians I must keep some of my own secrets. Many Rookgaardians may not agree with these methods which is acceptable, but for those who have poor strategies or no strategy at all this section will prove quite worthy. :)

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Special thanks to Sunrise, Seranity, Excessus, the Rising Dragons, and everyone at tibianews.net!
(Takes a nice long nap after writing this Strategy Guide) :)
--Master Slayer