Bank on it

I’ve been asked several times from friends if they can borrow certain items for Clue Scrolls. I lend those things out all the time. I don’t really ever think anything of it but last night I was asked a question which explained why I was always lending them out. The reason was a common thing we deal with daily which can be more frustrating than Rat Catchers and harder to deal with than the Chaos Elemental (would have said Corporeal Beast, but that’s all hearsay being I haven’t fought it yet). Who’s the vicious culprit? Bankspace.

With the tabbed bank categories and additional space updates we’ve had in the past year, it’s a little easier to deal with, but it seems that for every additional space there’s about 50 additional items released. I’m not really big on writing guides, I always feel like there’s someone out there who can do it better, but I thought maybe I’d just share how I take care of this issue. Definitely not something to be followed by letter, I’m sure I’m doing things wrong as well, also the customizable tabs let each person fit their bank to their own personality, which is pretty cool. But here’s how I have my bank set up and maybe there’s something in here you can use.

Tabs - I use the max amount possible and have them set up into certain categories that make things a little bit easier for me to find. I picture it as a dresser I have in my room. You got a t shirt drawer and you got a sock drawer. For me, it seems every dresser I’ve ever had, the top drawer has always been my junk drawer. Same with my bank. This is a place I keep a lot of things I grab on the fly and don’t particularly fit into any other category I have. This is where I keep my food, cooked and raw, buckets of sand, flax, seaweed, pineapples, logs, berries, spy notebook, adze, picks, axes, etc. This might make a little more sense after I go through my other categories.

Herbs/seeds - This is where I keep all my various Herblore supplies and seeds. Since I do a lot of herb farming runs, it kind of made sense to keep them together. This includes my mortar & pestle as well as any seconds I’ve been gathering. Since Herblore requires a lot of banking, it just makes sense to have everything together, including vials of water, just for convenience sake. Also, since a herb run is usually very quick, I keep my Ectophial and Explorer’s Ring there as well. I use these for herb runs more than anything, but if I need it for something else, I know exactly where to find them.

Runes/one touch teles - Since there’s so many runes in the game, they might as well get their own tab. If I’m going to be using magic, I know exactly where to go. I also keep my teletabs and pure essence here. This is quick for Runecrafting as well. If I’m not using the Abyss, my altar teletabs are right here. If I’m making teletabs, then I can quick grab the runes and store the made tabs. My Seal of Passage is right next to my Astral teletabs as a reminder that I need it. Most of my altar teletabs are used for star hunting, so this prevents being out at Keldagrim, finding out I have to go to Lunar Isle, but not having my seal on me.

Jewelry - I keep all my rings (exception of Explorers), necklaces, amulets, bracelets together. If someone says “Bring a ring of….” I know where it is. This is helpful for another reason too, by keeping my teleport jewelry together, I can free up spaces by only using one at a time. Having a (2), (3), (1), (4) and uncharged of say a glory, is a waste of space. You’d be surprised how much space you can make available and keep open by not having five different Rings of Dueling with random charges throughout the bank. It also makes it easier for grabbing all of them to recharge.

Combat - Pretty much all my magic equipment is runes which is already taken care of. I don’t really mage as cb, so my robes are tucked away in a closet in my POH. I have two separate tabs for melee and range. This makes it a little easier going from one to another. All my arrows, bows and dhides are in the same place and my armor (including Varrock 3) and melee weapons are in another. Pretty self-explanatory.

Pots - Its like a medicine cabinet. All my pots in the same place. Same with the teleport jewelry, making sure your pots are at the same dosage frees up space. Why have a (3) and a (1) when you can have a (4). This is probably the most common issue I’ve seen. I’ve watched people free up about 20 spots just by decanting their pots, which is even easier now since they’ve added that option at the Herblore guy at the GE.

Clothes - Hunting outfits, shade robes, builder outfit, bomber cap, etc. If I need to wear it, and its not range/melee/cb related its in here. This lets me keep track of sets from randoms so that when I have the proper Construction level to store more and more in my POH, I’m not eating up 3 spaces because I’m missing 1 piece of a 4 piece set.

Clue Items - Mith platelegs, rune platebody, sextant, watch, chart, addy 2h, blue vambs, ect. Since I don’t use a rune plate or blue vambs in cb, only for clues, they’re here. This might be different for you depending on a level. I hate scavaging everywhere because I need to laugh in front of Jokkul, everything is there for the quick grab, to get the clue done with, get the reward, then work on getting another one.

That’s how my odd little brain functions. Like I said, everyone’s different. This way I can see what I’m using and what’s sitting there, useless. If you haven’t used it in a year, chances are, you don’t need it. Here’s some quick tips:

House - keep barely used outfits from randoms, holiday items, armor etc in your house. This frees up a lot of space and its what you’ve been working on construction for, isn’t it? Also if you can get it from free from your house (hammer, chisel, saw, etc), then you don’t need it taking up that precious bankspace. Also, use all your quest obtained books on your bookcase. This gets them out of your bank and if you ever need them, they are always here, even if you take one from the bookcase and lose it, it will always be there again.

Leprechaun - don’t waste bankspace on all your farming items when you have this wee lil fella to carry them for you.

Pots/teles - keep them combined.

Quest item - not going to use again, and its easy to get back again? - drop it. Not to say drop that greegree that was a pain to get, but if all you have to do is talk to Joe down the street, and its free, then don’t sweat it.

Go see the Wise Old Man in Draynor - he’ll see what F2P quest items you no longer need.

Haven’t used it in forever? - I tend to side with the xp, but some might like the cash. Just realized you have 100 oak logs sitting there since you were a lvl 30, 3 years ago? Take a few minutes to get a little FM xp or Con or even just sell them. Use that cash on something you want to use, plus since you already have money in the bank, and its stackable, you’ll find that empty space maybe even more valuable than the cash you got from it.

So that’s it. Also let it be known that I’m a complete pack-rat, yet can still have some free space available. That blurite sword isn’t going anywhere because I know I can never get it back if I get rid of it. Those purple sweets and firelights still sit there idly. If anything, I hope that helped at least someone.

We all have our little things that motivate us. For me, recently it’s been hiscores. I know it might seem petty, but I love watching my rank change. I like seeing how positions fluctuate week to week. I love the contrast between the member and free to play skills. I got a lot of levels this weekend, I just happened to be close to a few and banged them all out at once. I love how 74 Farming ranks you at 27,000 but 74 Woodcutting doesn’t even get you under 500,000. I planted my first Magic Trees with the use of a garden pie. As cool as they look fully grown, I kind of think they look awesome as half grown saplings. Can’t wait to get the xp from checking health later on tonight.

I’m kind of disappointed with a few recent clan events. Our Bandos trip this weekend was cancelled due to only about four people showing up. Only a few have been taking part in training Agility as well. Even though I really don’t like cb that much, I try to make all the trips for a number of reasons. First, the more the better. With a large group, chances are you’ll be perfectly safe. You can stay for multiple kills and if anyone needs something, everyone’s willing to share. Second, I’ve done some things that I wouldn’t have done on my own. New music is always a plus. I’m just willing to try anything new, as long as I know its safe. Last, I just like to hang out. Everyone’s friends, its more like a group in that sense, opposed to other clans that are rank and cb level based for Clan Wars or what not.

It seems skilling kind of takes a back burner sometimes. People get upset no one shows up for cb trips, but no one even cares about even a mass skilling event. A lot of skills people find boring and much improved when you have good company. And think, if you do it now you won’t have to do it later. It’s just disheartening when you come up with a seemingly good idea, and no one pays much attention. At least just feign interest…

Ok sorry, gripe over. I’ve been really struggling with bankspace recently. I still haven’t done the circus yet because I know I have no room for whatever items it gives me. Next month is Crafting and I’ve been hoarding all my uncuts and battlestaves for then. That should free up some space, but still have to wait about 2 weeks to do it. I see they’ve come out with the follow up to the Wildy quest today. I’m sure that’ll end up taking even more bankspace. With so many things added just in the past couple months, I wouldn’t be surprised to see an expansion on the horizon. I guess the real basis of it is that I need to get my Construction up. When I got 60 Hunting this weekend it left me only having 2 skills left in the 50s. 58 Runecrafting and 57 Construction. I keep my RC up so I can use my tears for Construction. It kills me spending an arm and a leg without having any real way around it. I guess I could just use limestone, but where’s the fun in that?

Phils sweep the Brewers! As great as it is that they are tied for the wildcard, I would rather they won the division and once again the Mets fail to make the playoffs. Let’s see if that can happen, ok? It was sad to see the Jets fail to beat the cheating empire that is the Patriots. It’s awesome when your team plays on Monday nights, but it makes Sunday seem a little off. So tonight I’m going to hunker down, play a little RS. Watch The Sarah Connor Chronicles then watch my Eagles destroy those wretched Cowboys in their own home. Go birds!