Dungeoneering/Party guide

Soloing or choosing your party is one of the key procedures of Dungeoneering. Although it may be a quick and easy thing for players, it may be a good idea to observe these factors for the best gain.

Key factors
Before choosing or creating a party, you should be careful to make tghe best out of it. These factors determine how good your party may be.

Size
Parties can be made up of 1-5 players. The more people, the better. But, if you are raiding a small dungeon (for example: floor 3) with a 5-man party, chances are you are not going to get very much xp at the end, as you havn't had a chance to do anything before the rest of you party have killed all monsters and the boss. Remember that only aprties with 3-5 players can raid large dungeons.

Combat and skill levels
If its possible, you should always team up with players who have a higher combat level then you. They are always useful when fighting bosses and other monsters. However, don't exclude skillers, as they can be very helpful and make you runes and other equipment.

Party owner
If you are a skiller or simply a low leveled player, its best to try and join other peoples parties, as yours won't be that popular when advertising. Although many players arn't familiar with this, the party owner can always promote other people to party owners by right clicking and selecting 'promote' on their party interface.

Party management
While raiding a dungeon with your party, you may need to kick a player or see if any other player has a key for a locked door. This is done by opening the party interface with the Ring of Kinship.

Shared xp
You can toggle shared xp on and off only for yourself. Shared xp is a mechanism which will award with a small amount of xp everytime another player in your party performs an action which you are also able to do. For example:

You have 40 Runecrafting. One of your teammates crafts a Chaos rune. Every player, including yourself who has Shared xp on and also level 40 Runecrafting or above will recieve a little xp.

You have 40 Runecrafting. One of your teammates crafts a Death rune. Because Death Runes require level 65 Runecrafting, you will not recieve any xp, even if you have Shared xp on. Any other player who has 65 Runecrafting or above will recieve xp.

Inspecting skills, familiars and inventories
On your party interface, right click on a persons name and select 'inspect.' You will then be able to look through your teammates inventory and skill levels, thus helping you to see if they have a level good enough to solve a puzzle or open a door, or have a key to open a door.

Kicking
Kicking players from your party may be neccesary. Their items will be dropped on the spot on which they were when they were kicked. However, if that player has better skill levels, he may be requiered to unlock a door or solve a puzzle, and without his help, the dungeon may be impossible.

Party recruiting
The most popular world for Dungeoneering is World 1. If you want to start a party, advertising there in the courtyard is the best thing to do. Players use various different ways to try and get people to join.

When you are advertising, always say the name of the floor you are going to do, and perhaps also the complexity. This is done by saying 'F15 C6' which means floor 15, Complexity 6. You may also want to specify how big you want your party to be and how large you are going to make the dungeon. Useing chat effects is a good idea.

Prestige parties
Prestige parties are players who start off with floor 1, no matter what Dungeoneering level they are, and work their way down through Daemonheim. This allows them to get good prestige.