The Ironman Efficiency Guide
— a player-maintained companion to Oziris's guide, updated for 2026 —
Interactive walkthrough with progress tracking, quest order, gear progression and tools for Regular, Hardcore, Ultimate, and Group Ironmen. Sailing-ready.
Guide Sections
1.1 Early quests, wintertodt and ardy cloak 1
Starting your ironman journey. Complete early quests, get 50+ firemaking at Wintertodt, and unlock the Ardougne cloak 1 for its teleport.
1.2 Thieving, fishing and mining
Build your core skills. Blackjack to 50+ thieving, fish for food and cooking XP, and mine iron for smithing.
1.3 Fairy rings, 43 prayer, kingdom, 99 thieving
Unlock fairy rings for fast travel, get 43 prayer for protection prayers, and set up Miscellania for passive resources.
1.4 Various skilling, agility for graceful
Train various skills and complete the graceful outfit grind for unlimited run energy restoration.
1.5 Diaries and finishing RFD
Complete achievement diaries and finish Recipe for Disaster for Barrows gloves - the best-in-slot gloves for most of the game.
2.0 Goals after Barrows gloves
End-game progression goals including Song of the Elves, Dragon Slayer 2, and Corrupted Gauntlet.
Optional Tracks
Sailing Track
An optional, parallel track for the Sailing skill (released Nov 2025). Not part of Oziris's original efficiency route - progress it alongside the main guide whenever you want a change of pace. Most of it matures naturally during your 2.0 endgame grind.
Tools & Calculators
Drop Oracle
Are you dry or lucky? Enter your kills and drop rate — the oracle judges your RNG.
Gear Progression
60+ items across 4 phases and 4 combat styles, with ironman-specific sources.
Money Making
30+ GP methods ranked by actual coins/hr with the ironman Alch Pipeline.
Quest Order
62 quests in optimal order across 5 phases with XP rewards.
Herblore Guide
Level-by-level training, herb sources, secondary ingredients, ironman milestones.
Crafting Guide
Superglass Make deep-dive, battlestaves, d'hide bodies, and the path to Zenyte jewelry.
Ironman Modes
More Resources
The interactive version of Oziris's Ironman Efficiency Guide is maintained by the community. See also the OSRS Wiki Ironman guide, the r/ironscape subreddit, or follow @OzirisLoL for guide updates. Compare against other popular ironman guides if this one isn't your style.