975 total has been another tale in frustration. We got 56 Magic for Family Crest only to discover we needed the Witchaven chunk. We got 17 Construction for Falador Easy to discover we needed Port Sarim Jail. We’re a little directionless right now. Maybe we’re forced to get all the way to 59 Smithing for the Lumbridge Medium Diary?

This chunk doesn’t help a ton either. It’s another one thats eventually necessary – both Jungle Potion and Tai Bwo Wannai Trio start here. However we can’t do those quests, or even the mini game, without the adjacent areas, so for now it’s dead content.

Grind to 1000 next? We’re probably implementing some milestone rewards for 1000 total and similar achievements, likely in the form of rerolls, but they’ll be another post about that before we get there

Enlightened Journey was a pretty solid quest. Farming xp is very valuable, and the other rewards are fine too. The balloon transport system is not super exciting just yet, mainly allowing for faster use of the sawmill. However, once we can get magic logs we unlock access to the Grand Tree, which would be huge. Magic logs are no mean feat however, and without maple access it’s not something we’re going to be grinding out any time soon.

The unlock is some more west Karamja. The only notable feature here is Brimhaven Dungeon, but that is an interesting one. Fire Giants mean we can finally get a Rune Scimitar. Metal Dragons give us a bunch of theoretical upgrades, but are far from kill-able in our current state. Not too much going on, but finally getting that Fire Giant grind done will be nice.

Next unlock is probably 975 total

We could probably have done this a while ago but now we have ready access to swordfish it was much more doable. 10k magic xp is nice, putting us close to 52 and one step closer to Family Crest.

Karamja Volcano doesn’t do much for us any more, given that we killed a monkey a while ago and we already had the dungeon access. It does unlock Crandor as potential, which is fine. Not much more to say here

Now to finish Enlightened Journey once this tree finished growing…

950 total was a weird grind. We had a lot we thought we could do this bracket, but ultimately couldn’t. Prayer to 40 proved impossible, which also locked obor, and then getting the requirements for Animal Magnetism also proved fruitless. We ended up getting some hacky construction levels via teleports, then killing some dragons, which has been going well

Our unlock is medium. Nothing negative, but not much positive. We should be able to do Enlightened Journey, getting another chunk and unlocking the Grand Tree as potential. Any chunk with a free roll unlock is good, so I’ll take it

We’re grinding out 50 Magic for Obor and hit 925 total. Current project is 50 magic and 40 Prayer, which should let us do Haunted Mine, and then maybe Shadow of the Storm.

Unlock is underwhelming. A relatively empty stretch of desert, with the only notable feature being desert lizards, which I would only do on task. No new tiles adjacent though, so not negative.

Haunted Mine should be the next unlock, fingers crossed

After significant discussion with Jethro, I have decided not to add milestone chunk awards at 1000, 1500 and 2k total levels. However, I will be adding the reward of 1 chunk for completing non-boss pages of the Collection Log. These are as follows:

• Raids
  • Chambers of Xeric
  • Theatre of Blood
• Clues
  • Beginner Treasure Trails
  • Easy Treasure Trails
  • Medium Treasure Trails
  • Hard Treasure Trails
  • Elite Treasure Trails
  • Master Treasure Trails
• Minigames
  • Barbarian Assault
  • Castle Wars
  • Fishing Trawler
  • Gnome Restaurant
  • Magic Training Arena
  • Pest Control
  • Rogues’ Den
  • Shades of Mort’ton
  • Temple Trekking
  • Tithe Farm
  • Trouble Brewing
• Other
  • Aerial Fishing
  • All Pets
  • Champion’s Challenge
  • Chaos Druids
  • Chompy Birds
  • Creature Creation
  • Cyclopes
  • Fossil Island Notes
  • Glough’s Experiments
  • Motherlode Mine
  • My Notes
  • Random Events
  • Revenants
  • Rooftop Agility
  • Shayzien Armour
  • Skilling Pets
  • Slayer
  • TzHaar
  • Miscellaneous

This is 38 chunks total, but its worth noting that almost none of these have been completed on my main. These aren’t easy handouts (with a couple of exception), but they are motivating goalposts, which is the whole point of this chunk account. I think this is a positive change and should make some otherwise blank chunks into exciting unlocks.

Meanwhile, grinding continues. Total 925 approaches

Our wave of chunks from Taverly has come to an end. However, we have a bunch of content locked behind combat/magic/prayer, so our next goals are relatively clear.

Our chunk is Catherby. This is great – we’ve been desperate for a source of better food for a while, and this is probably the best fishing spot in the game. It should also unlock Family Crest (and Pest) if we can get the magic levels.

For now, magic training and gathering big bones

Not much to say here. 5 minute quest, with insignificant rewards. 5 swordfish are surprisingly nice though.

Burgh de Rott is inaccessible until Mort’ton is unlocked and we can do In Search of the Myreque, but it is fantastic once we can use it. So nice for the future

Easy quest done quickly. Unlocks Shadow of the Storm but I’m not confident about the fight until we get rune armor or better food.

Pollnivneach is a cool unlock. Several quests take place here, some of which may be done immediately. Access to the southern carpets also unlocks Nardah, Sophanem and Menaphos chunks, 2/3 of which are great!

Nice and simple once Digsite was done. Lamp went to prayer, since it had to be a skill over 30. Medium is locked behind Fenkenstein Castle for now, but is probably pretty doable once that unlocks.

Corsair’s Cove isn’t one I know much about. I think we need the chunk to the west to complete the associated quest. Once Dragon Slayer is done, this is one way to access maple trees and fish swordfish but that’s still some way off. Like so many others, this is nothing for now but useful later