Ectofuntus

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The Ectofuntus is in a temple located to the north of Port Phasmatys. Players who worship the Ectofuntus receive quadruple Prayer experience for every bone used during worship. It is a bit of effort to grind the bones and collect the slime needed for worshipping, as these activities are time consuming. It can be well worth it, however, especially for high-prayer-experience bones, as many consider prayer to be very tedious to train. Before the 29 September 2008 update, grinding the bones used to be a lot of work because every step (putting bones in, grinding, and taking) required individual clicks for each item. After the update, everything became automated, making it easier to grind the bones and collect ectoplasm.

Completing the Ghosts Ahoy quest will help immensely with the Ectofuntus, as players can use the Ectophial to teleport to the temple repeatedly. Without using the ectophial, it can be a considerable walk in itself just to reach the temple. Also, completing the quest allows the player to enter Port Phasmatys for free instead of paying two Ecto-tokens each time the player wishes to access the town.

Background
The Vampyres of Morytania came to the port town long ago, demanding blood tithes. The inhabitants were willing do anything to stop them and therefore turned to the evil wizard Necrovarus, begging for help. Necrovarus told them to start digging to the north of the town, and not to stop until they found a large pool of green slime. So they did, and discovered Ectoplasm. Then he ordered a temple to be built above the pool, and in that temple a large fountain: the Ectofuntus.

Once everything was finished, the fountain emitted unholy power, creating a large force field around the settlement. This defended the town from the Vampyres, who couldn't breach the barrier. There was a horrible side effect, however, that Necrovarus counted on: All the people of Port Phasmatys died and their souls, instead of passing into the next world, were trapped by the field. From that day onward, Port Phasmatys has been a town inhabited solely by ghosts. All this was the real intent of Necrovarus, who planned to use the ghosts and the power of the Ectofuntus for his own evil ends, until he was thwarted in the Ghosts Ahoy quest.

Ground floor
Necrovarus and several Ghost disciples haunt this floor. The ghost disciples will explain the workings of the Ectofuntus and give players Ecto-tokens for worshipping the Ectofuntus.


 * 1) Northern exit.
 * 2) Southern exit.
 * 3) The Ectofuntus itself.
 * 4) Staircase up to the first floor.
 * 5) Trapdoor to ladder down to the dungeon and ectopool.

First floor
One ghost disciple haunts this floor and will explain the workings of the bone grinder.


 * 6. Staircase down to the ground floor.
 * 7. The bone grinder.
 * 8. Necrovarus's coffin. (The coffin room is unlocked during the Ghosts Ahoy quest. Once unlocked, it can subsequently be entered without using the key from the quest.)

The Ectofuntus dungeon
The dungeon is entered through the trapdoor on the ground floor. The only object of interest in the dungeon is the ectopool at the centre, where players can fill buckets with slime.

The dungeon is organised in four tiers, descending in turn from the outer tier (Tier 1 on the digram) to the innermost one (Ectopool on the diagram). Although the dungeon looks compact, the tiers and placement of the stairs actually results in a considerable walk from the ladder to the ectopool, as on each tier the player must walk all the way to the other side to get to the stairs.

The level 58 Agility shortcut greatly cuts the time it takes to walk to the ectopool. The short cut can be used in both directions. From the ectopool, however, players with the ectophial in their inventory can use it to return to the ground floor even faster.

Note that the northern section of Tier 2 is cut by Tier 3 and thus cannot be traversed. Players must use the southern section of this tier.

Collect slime
Take empty buckets and enter the trapdoor near the Ectofuntus, and travel down the stairs. There is an Agility shortcut here that will shorten the journey considerably but requires level 58 Agility. At the bottom of the stairs is a pool of slime, just use empty buckets with it. For maximum efficiency, it is best gather 24 buckets of slime at a time (and have at least 2 ectotokens to get back to the bank, if necessary).

Grind bones
Take bones and one empty pot for each set of bones. Go up the stairs near the Ectofuntus. Use the bone grinder to grind the bones and collect the contents in the pots. It is best gather 12 of these at a time for maximum efficiency (12 bones, 12 pots, and, if necessary, some ectotokens to get back to the bank.)

Clicking on the grinder will result in you automatically grinding all bones in your inventory and placing them in pots, one at a time. (Walk away from the grinder if you want to stop the process.) Before the update of 29/9/08, each set of bones had to be ground separately, with the process requiring three clicks. Although the new process is still time consuming, it is faster than the old method. (Note that when grinding a large number of bones, it is possible that the game will log you out before they are all ground. To prevent this, periodically click somewhere safe, like switching between the inventory and equipment views on the UI or changing the view with the arrow keys.)

Worship the Ectofuntus
You should now have buckets of slime and pots of bonemeal in your inventory. Just click on the Ectofuntus to worship it, and receive prayer experience. Players will need to talk to the disciples when the Ectofuntus is full to receive some Ectotokens. Players can then worship again. Technically, worshipping 13 of these at a time offers maximum efficiency. You used to have to pause to collect your ecto-tokens after 12 worships (60 ecto-tokens), but that is no longer true; you can now worship the Ectofuntus 52 times (260 ecto-tokens), before needing to collect tokens in order to continue.

Equipment

 * Ectophial.
 * Ring of duelling.
 * Ghostspeak amulet.
 * Boots of Lightness.
 * Spotted cape or Spottier cape.
 * Penance gloves.
 * 9 empty Pots (smaller amounts); as many Pots as bones you have (larger amounts).
 * 9 Buckets (smaller amounts); as many Buckets as bones you have (larger amounts).
 * Your bones of choice.

Process for smaller amounts of bones

 * 1) Wear the Ghostspeak Amulet (and possibly a Ring of duelling).
 * 2) Load up with 9 Buckets, 9 Pots, 9 bones of your preferred type, and the Ectophial.
 * 3) Jump to the Ectofuntus using the Ectophial.  Refill the Ectophial now.
 * 4) Run upstairs and grind your bones.
 * 5) Run downstairs and fill your buckets with Ectoplasm slime (don't forget the Agility shortcut!)
 * 6) Run back upstairs and worship the Ectofuntus. If you have an Ectophial, empty it to get upstairs quickly. Remember, you do not need to wait for the worship animation to complete.  You can begin your next worship as soon as the bonemeal and slime are gone from your inventory.
 * 7) Speak to one of the Ghost disciples to collect your Ecto-tokens.
 * 8) Enter Port Phasmatys (costs 2 Ecto-tokens if you have not completed Ghosts Ahoy), go to bank, and restock your bones. Or, use the Ring of duelling to teleport to Castlewars and bank there, returning to the Ectofuntus with the Ectophial. Using a Ring of duelling will speed up the time taken to bank significantly, but you will only be able to do eight trips per ring, so it can work out a little more expensive.

This method is recommended if you have around 100 bones or less, as it is more efficient to use the following method for larger amount. This method can also be used to gather ecto-tokens, for use in Ghosts Ahoy, Rocking Out, to visit Dragontooth Island or buy Ale yeast.

Process for larger amounts of bones

 * 1) Make all your bonemeal - only 13 at a time can be done, due to the usage of the Ectophial.
 * 2) Grind all bones at the grinder;
 * 3) Run to Port Phasmatys bank, or teleport to Castlewars and bank;
 * 4) Deposit all completed bonemeals and withdraw empty pots and your preferred bones.
 * 5) Teleport back using Ectophial, refill and repeat.
 * 6) Collect all Buckets of slime.
 * 7) Travel to the Ectoplasm pool (use agility shortcut if possible), and fill your buckets;
 * 8) Empty your Ectophial and run to Port Phasmatys bank, or teleport straight to Castlewars;
 * 9) Deposit 27 buckets of slime and withdraw 27 empty buckets;
 * 10) Teleport back to the Ectofuntus with Ectophial, refill and repeat.
 * 11) Worship the Ectofuntus.
 * 12) Withdraw 12 bonemeals and 12 buckets of slime (13 can be done, but after 12 worships you must collect your Ecto-tokens);
 * 13) Worship the Ectofuntus until all your bonemeals and buckets of slime are used up;
 * 14) Run to Port Phasmatys bank or teleport to Castlewars;
 * 15) Deposit all empty pots and buckets and withdraw 12 bonemeals and 12 buckets of slime;
 * 16) Return to the Ectofuntus via the Ectophial, refill and repeat.

Players may wish to do the slime-collecting first, which they may do so.

This method is most efficient for processing larger amounts of bones. Players with very large amounts of bones (for example, 10,000) may wish to do smaller batches (of, for example, 1000) to help relieve the tediousness. This will also remove the need to buy masses of pots and buckets.

Processes for Familiars
A small Summoning Obelisk is right next to the tower, which makes Summoning familiars with beast of burden capabilities especially attractive. Inventory management remains a challenge, however, and getting the best results requires specific TTPs, however, as explained below. Note that a bucket of slime cannot be traded with anyone - not even your familiar.

Bull Ant TTPs
Option 1 - Division of Labour: Assumes that you're using pre-made bone meal, and describes how to make more bonemeal on each trip. It eventually yields 18 worship sets at the Ectofuntus.


 * Summon your Bull Ant familiar
 * Fill your inventory with 18 bones
 * Right-click to Store X (9) bones with the ant
 * Add 18 empty pots to your inventory
 * Ectophial to the Tower
 * Turn off run
 * Ascend steps and use auto mode to grind 9 bones into pots
 * Right-click for "Store" on the ant, remove remaining bones
 * Use auto mode to grind remaining bones
 * Ectophial to the lower floor
 * Worship the Ectofuntus; collect tokens if you wish
 * Turn run back on
 * Off to Port Phasmatys bank

One you've made the bone meal pots, you can return to the tower with an inventory of 18 buckets of slime, 9 pots of bone meal, and an Ectophial, with 9 more pots stored on the familiar. Worship 10, unload, worship the rest, repeat as necessary.

Option 2 - All-in-One: assumes that you are doing all steps each trip, and yields only 12 worships per trip. This may be preferable if you don't have enough bones to justify the dedicated bonemeal runs. It's also more complicated than simply storing pots of bonemeal you've made on previous trips:


 * Summon your Bull Ant familiar
 * Fill your inventory with 12 empty pots
 * Add 12 bones of whatever type
 * Right-click to Store X (7) bones with the ant
 * Now click on 2 pots to add them to storage, making the full 9 spaces
 * Ectophial to the Tower
 * Turn off run
 * Ascend steps and use auto mode to grind 5 bones into pots
 * Right-click for "Store" on the ant, and Right-click for 5 bones
 * Use auto to grind 5 bones into pots
 * Right-click for "Store" on the ant, remove remaining 2 bones and 2 pots
 * Use auto mode to fill the pots with the bonemeal. That gives you 12
 * Ectophial to the lower floor
 * Worship the Ectofuntus; collect tokens if you wish
 * Turn run back on
 * Off to Port Phasmatys bank to do it again.

Use the summoning obelisk outside to keep your points charged up, so your familiar's time left is the only limit.

Trivia
"you pay the 2 ectoken toll" rather than saying "you pay the ecto-token toll"
 * The word Ectofuntus appears to be a conflation of Ectoplasm, a physical manifestation of spiritual energy, and Funtus, which is derived from the Latin word for fountain, Fons, or perhaps Little Fountain, Fonticulus.
 * The top of the Ectofuntus is bowl shaped, with the hollow end directed towards the East. This could indicate that the unholy energy of the fountain is somehow being received out of the East or perhaps being sent to the East, possibly from the Eastern Lands. Necrovarus was from the Eastern Lands.
 * Unlike water, the ectoplasm or slime will fill the bucket you use on the pool first, then fill up all other buckets in your inventory, from beginning to end.
 * When paying the ecto-token toll at the gate near the ectofunctus, the chat box will say,
 * When on the tier just above the ectopool, the green 'worms' that jump out of it jump from different spots each time, but when on the same tier as the ectopool, they both start and end at the same location each time, jumping northward.
 * If you teleport in with your cat, your cat will arrive first followed by yourself.