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| 1s | during the era of runescape classic |
|---|---|
| 3s | runes were quite hard to come by shops |
| 6s | sold the limited amounts and getting |
| 8s | drops from monsters wasn't very easy |
| 10s | meaning training magic was a whole |
| 12s | different ball game compared to today so |
| 15s | it's easy to understand how |
| 17s | groundbreaking runecrafting was when |
| 19s | this guild was released on the 29th of |
| 21s | march 2004 under the name runecraft but |
| 25s | jagex did not intend to make runes too |
| 28s | common training it required you to get |
| 30s | the essence and walk all the way from |
| 31s | the bank to the rune altar and the |
| 33s | higher level rune you crafted the longer |
| 36s | the distance would be this made |
| 38s | high-level runecrafting restricted to |
| 40s | the people who could be bothered to go |
| 41s | through the work something that was |
| 43s | rather few in a time when the average |
| 46s | player was probably like 11 years old |
| 49s | not to mention this skill was released |
| 51s | together with a different tiny update |
| 53s | being the entirety of runescape 2. |
| 56s | but the players who did pull through |
| 58s | despite the tedious effort made serious |
| 61s | money |
| 62s | larrier was the second player to achieve |
| 64s | 99 runecrafting just behind kale still |
| 67s | on the 15th of september 2004 but she |
| 70s | was the only one to keep going after |
| 72s | hitting the final level making her one |
| 74s | of few to create double nature wounds |
| 76s | and thus supplying the market with them |
| 78s | the money to be made from this was above |
| 80s | anything else and larrier was smart |
| 83s | about it paying other players to run |
| 85s | back and forth to the bank for her |
| 87s | letting her stand at the altar and |
| 88s | constantly craft runes for xp and money |
| 91s | while the essence was brought in for her |
| 93s | and it worked like a charm one paid |
| 96s | runner became two two became four four |
| 99s | to eight and over a short period of time |
| 101s | larrier had quickly become famous for |
| 103s | her runecrafting business and what would |
| 106s | become a popular moneymaking method for |
| 108s | the average player |
| 109s | tons of low-level players titled |
| 112s | collectors would queue up outside the |
| 114s | runecrafting altar with rune essence for |
| 116s | larrier a different player employed as |
| 118s | security would tell them when they could |
| 120s | enter all to avoid scammers and piling |
| 123s | up making the business run slower but |
| 126s | trade fast if you are too slow larrier |
| 128s | would throw you off the team recruiters |
| 131s | would run around in the world getting |
| 132s | new runners onto the team with a promise |
| 134s | of money for anyone who signed up they'd |
| 137s | be sent to a trainer who would tell them |
| 139s | how the business worked and teach them |
| 141s | the art of running which would be their |
| 142s | first role in the business the nature |
| 145s | runes larry are crafted would then be |
| 146s | handed to one of the few ceos larrier's |
| 149s | personal circle of friends the players |
| 151s | who were paid in party hats due to the |
| 153s | money they raked in who would go on to |
| 155s | sell the nature runes in world 2 varicor |
| 157s | falador and then proceeded to pay out |
| 159s | the money to all the employed players |
| 161s | under them in the hierarchy larrier made |
| 163s | herself untouchable by adding an |
| 165s | exclusivity rule to her business if you |
| 168s | ran for her you couldn't run for anyone |
| 170s | else even if other runecrafters could |
| 173s | afford one or two runners they'd never |
| 175s | be able to match larrier's personal |
| 177s | juggernaut her xp rates would rocket |
| 179s | past competitors getting up to 250 000 |
| 183s | xp a day in a time where 70k xp a day |
| 186s | was considered a valid effort the |
| 189s | business ran for quite some time until |
| 191s | area eventually quit in late 2006 to |
| 194s | pursue new adventures in a different |
| 196s | game ending with 157 million |
| 199s | runecrafting xp five times that of |
| 201s | second place the last recorded high |
| 204s | score image we have is slightly less |
| 206s | though as you can see here |
| 207s | larrier would throw in the high scores |
| 209s | for another three years without gaining |
| 211s | a single xp until finally in late 2009 |
| 214s | when the player phoenix odin passed her |
| 216s | to become the first player to achieve |
| 218s | 200 million xp |
| 220s | larrier's legacy was in april 2011 |
| 223s | reflected in game when mod ash added the |
| 225s | npc larrier to the runecrafting guild |
| 228s | replacing aubry as the one to sell the |
| 230s | runecrafting cape to any player who |
| 231s | followed the path larrier once took |