= AFK Overview = ​ This guide is intended to be used in addition to the AFK and Low Effort guides. It will provide some assumed unlocks, and setup decisions that are omitted from specific guides to increase readability. ​ ⬥ These guides can often be used for extended sessions if you bring more supplies which is useful for places where you can extend the instance such as GWD2 ​ '''DISCLAIMER: IF YOU CANNOT GET A METHOD TO WORK DO NOT MESSAGE THE CREATOR(S)''' It is '''more than likely user error or cutting corners''', use [https://discord.com/channels/534508796639182860/656898197561802760 PvM help (external Discord)], and check '''this guide''' if you cannot get it to work ​ == Definitions == Within these guides there are two levels of AFK you will see mentioned: ​ '''AFK''' ⬥ These do not usually require any attention to the game ⬥ You may still need to interact infrequently, for example: clicking to prevent lobbying, drinking potions, using enhancedexcalibur or ancientshard, collecting loot, healing familiars with prismofrestoration ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Alt1 can usually be used to notify you of these ​ '''Low Effort''' ⬥ These usually do require you to pay attention to the game, and are instead used to heavily reduce inputs required to kill a boss ⬥ In addition to those listed above under AFK, example interactions include: queuing an ability before the fight, repositioning every kill, banking between kills, moving out of the way of mechanics, eating food at low health ​ == Assumed Setup == Several parts of AFK methods are '''assumed as mandatory''' (i.e., unless stated otherwise these should always be used for the method to work): ​ '''Prayers:''' ⬥ [https://runescape.wiki/w/Soul_Split Soul Split] soulsplit ⬥ [https://runescape.wiki/w/T95_prayers T95 prayers] turmoil anguish torment sorrow ​ '''Perks & Relics:''' ⬥ Basic perks on weapon and armour (see [https://pvme.io/pvme-guides/invention-and-perks/perks/ Perks]) ⬥ [https://runescape.wiki/w/Persistent_Rage Persistent Rage] persistentrage ​ '''Items:''' ⬥ [https://runescape.wiki/w/Elder_overload_salve#(6) Elder Overload Salve] elderovlsalve ⬥ [https://runescape.wiki/w/Powder_of_penance Powder of penance] powderofpenance ⬥ [https://runescape.wiki/w/Enhanced_luck_potion Enhanced luck potion] luckpotion ​ '''Other:''' ⬥ [https://runescape.wiki/w/Auto-retaliate Auto Retaliate] autoretaliate active ⬥ [https://runescape.wiki/w/Ring_of_vigour Ring of vigour] rov passive unlocked from the [https://runescape.wiki/w/Extinction Extinction] quest ⬥ [https://runescape.wiki/w/Darkness Darkness] darkness should not be active ​ == Common Items == You may also see the below items commonly used across AFK methods - these are '''not''' assumed by default: ​ ⬥ [https://runescape.wiki/w/Spring_cleaner Spring Cleaner] springcleaner to automatically alch / disassemble drops ⬥ [https://runescape.wiki/w/Holy_wrench Holy Wrench] holywrench to boost prayer restoration ⬥ [https://runescape.wiki/w/Potion_reservoir Potion Reservoir] potionreservoir to automatically drink potions ⬥ [https://runescape.wiki/w/Enhanced_Excalibur Enhanced Excalibur] enhancedexcalibur to provide free healing every 5 minutes ⬥ [https://runescape.wiki/w/Ancient_elven_ritual_shard Ancient Elven Ritual Shard] ancientshard to provide free prayer points every 5 minutes ​ == Top tips: Using Alt1's AFK Warden == To set up alt1 AFK Warden you can include several useful warnings. ⬥ HP Alert ⬥ Prayer Alert ⬥ Loot Beam ⬥ Inventory Full ⬥ Animate Dead ⬥ Overload ⬥ Weapon Poison ⬥ Summoning Familiar HP Alert ⬥ Kerapac Kill ⬥ Lobby timer ​ Depending on the boss you are doing, you can activate different ones of these, and set the HP threshold to a suitable level for the risk of your setup. Doing this will allow you to eat / excal to stop a death. ​ You can add all of these by clicking the save icon on alt1, and then importing the following text: [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pvme/pvme-guides/master/afk/PVME-Alt1-Setup.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pvme/pvme-guides/master/afk/PVME-Alt1-Setup.txt] ​ == Source and attribution == Source: [https://pvme.io/pvme-guides/afk/afk-overview/ AFK Overview], by PvME contributors. Licence: [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ CC BY-NC-SA 4.0]. Do not silently relicense. Captured 2026-11-10T14:22:33Z. Source HTML SHA-256: 397cffa419bbc40bf915d649d72a669f1979ed32db675303d34f77e639f875f6. Changes: Navigation and typography adapted. Original sanitized source HTML and its text hash are retained separately. Source channel and message references are repaired using the pinned guide repository and public directory/identity evidence; navigation wording is adapted for the web. 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