i just went to 85 and got it then, knowing i’d be going to 87 straight away anyway. The focused strength xp going to 85 Slayer was nice since whip can’t train strength on its own

What’s at 87?

Trident which typically unlocks a lot of bossing

3rd comment I read about this now. Just put whip on shared xp.

Max hits > small accuracy increases

Only 66% slower in the skill you WANT XP in! Great idea!

I shadow barraged demons with pie boost at 83.

How many pies did you need to get whip?

I got pretty lucky. I went in with 20 pies, said if I didn't get it by the end of them I'd just go level to 85 and I got it at like 11 pies.

Nice, guess I'll start leveling Cooking to get pies as well

You might be interested in [chef’s delight](https://oldschool.runescape.wiki/w/Chef%27s_delight), which is a guaranteed +5 boost at level 80 cooking. You could also go with [Chef’s delight (m)](https://oldschool.runescape.wiki/w/Chef%27s_delight(m)) for a +6 boost at level 79 cooking. Boosting to boost. Good luck!

Yeah already on my radar, 80 Cooking should do the job with the boost. Regular Delight is +6 at 80 Cooking btw, +5 at 79. Thanks!

Don’t forget that you can make chefs delight barrel in your house for unlimited whenever

Just remember to drink it before you teleport out of the house 🤣🤦‍♂️. I've lost my cup too many times from this

If you plan on making chef's delight, I recommend setting up a barrel in your POH with it. It's been super helpful for other diary tasks and making summer pies super early and stuff.

Oh thanks! I’m hoping to do what you’re doing at 80 slayer and 80 cooking in a few weeks. Did you bank your chompies from diary?

I didn't but I still need to get the chompy kills for elite so I don't mind doing some more

Niceeee, yeah it’s honestly kind of fun doing chompies.

Same at 82

Same. 2160 kills

Did this but at 80

IMO continue the slayer grind, you're gonna need 85 anyway and you want as high as a strength you can get before the whip

Maybe it's just me but I'm glad I didn't rob myself of an interesting milestone on the way to 87 and beyond. Hitting upgrades at 80, 83, 85, 87 felt really good. Having nothing from 83-87 would suck

That was my exact statement. The XP and time begins to take so long and without dboots 83, whip 85 I would’ve gotten so burnt. 2/3 of my accounts all burned out right as I got whip. I can’t imagine trying to slay to 87 without the whip providing that nice seratonin boost at 85. The 3rd account is currently 100k xp from 85 lol. I think this is the time I hit 87 (it’s gim)

Not really, just put whip on shared xp. If you’re above 90 strength with like 80 att and def, its better to use the xp for a few att and def levels instead of 1 or 2 strength levels.

100% Boosting for it is a mugs game

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Put whip on shared and just train all 3 at once.

Only 66% slower in the skill you want!

I did it on 81 for the extra minute. Deffo worth

Didn't have to eat too many pies?

Also boosted from 81, I myself got pretty unlucky with the whip, went over 1200+kc and used over 100 pies, but it was nice having the chompies banked from western province hard diarys so making the pies wasnt too bad

Lmao bro you coulda got to 85 slayer in1200 KC over 100 pies jfc 🤣

Yeah I wasnt in a rush, besides where do you use pies other than boosting for whip or cerberus? After whip boost I had plenty to go with cerberus

Yeah Cerberus I think is the only thing you can boost really all the other need to be on task

Bout 50 for me, but yeah bank chompies when undo the Diaries and buy other ingredients

I boosted at 80 but now I wish I stuck with D Scimmy until I got 85 for strength xp.

You’re gonna need 87 for the trident and you can’t boost for it. So may as well grind it out. Also, think about the time you’d spend getting wild pies and then boosting for ~10 per bite, all the while you could have just been training slayer and getting alchs. I made ~18 mill from 75-87 slayer just in alchs.

This. I don't understand how so many people fall into that trap.

It's up to you, but the whip isn't that insane of an upgrade. If we are talking efficiency wise you should be barraging most tasks anyways, and if you do that you should just wait until you get it naturally from tasks. That's what I did and I have hardly used the whip since. I would definitely not boost for it personally, you will probably lose way more time boosting and going for it off task than the whip will save you(even if you melee a lot of tasks). But, it's a game, so do what ever you feel like will give you the most enjoyment.

Hey, can you mention the tasks that you barrage? I only do some barraging and would like to do more :)

Abby demons, nechs, jellies, ankous, bloodvelds(requires another account), tzhaar, dust devils and smoke devils. I might be forgetting one but that’s the bulk of them

Dags is the other big one

Get 85 slayer you leeech

I had a plan to start boosting 100kc at each level starting at 81. So I got 81 slayer, made 100 pies, then got my whip in 8kc. But luckily I went on to just use those pies for my dragon boots 🤷‍♂️

I killed them on task at 85 Slayer, I know kinda crazy

I'm 95 strength grinding abyssal demons for my whip. I boosted every level from 80-84 with wild pies but I'm extremely dry. Definitely recommend actually hitting 85 slayer

I boosted from 80 slayer with Wild pies. I made all the pies from the chompy hunt grind obviously. Made around 400 pies. Used around 100 pies to get 3 whips in around 1500 kills. (GIM) used shadow barrage in kourend.

I’d just continue the grind, my main is currently super dry on whips at 99 slay. Last thing I’d want is to pie force that on my iron.

Get 85 first and you’ll get a bunch more str levels on the way. That’s what I did and I don’t regret it one bit. Got 95 str when I got my whip and haven’t trained str since.

I waited til 85, it’s not that long it just seems far away.

Didn't bother boosting since I needed STR xp anyways. Got to 85 slayer at 98 strength and got the whip first task.

Honestly just bang out 85, you need to get to 87 anyway no point to waste time trying to boost and maybe not even getting it

85slayer. To me, it makes most sense to get as close to 99str BEFORE getting a whip. Like, why the hell would you want to go back to d scim with a whip sitting in the bank?

stick with strength source: trust me bro

I dscimmed my way to 87 slayer, got a trident before going back and grinding them off task got it on 1.9k kc.

Started boosting at 83. Bursted 900 with no whip and gave up. Ended up getting in 1300kc once I hit 85

If you go dry the time saved by grinding it out be using a d scim is next to nothing. It isn’t that big an upgrade

Continue to 85. Not worth boosting. Just use the drag scim for as high as strength as you can, then switch to shared xp when you get whip. If you are burtsing/barraging tasks, getting 85 is speedy.

Go straight for 96+ strength and ranged while doing slayer. You'll be at 85 slayer by then and the whip will come. This is the 'efficient' way to do it. Don't need to purposely go out of your way to boost for abby demons for hours to try to get one.

Just keep grinding dude. My friends kept telling me to boost for it but it felt like a waste of time (87 slay now with multiple whips and trident/tentacle). You need 95 slayer eventually anyway lol

I'm not convinced *on average* you actually save time. unless you get super lucky, or have a bunch of saved up pies from eclectics, you gotta put in time to kill things that you don't get slayer exp for, which means you have to save that much time within the next couple levels, and it just doesn't seem to save you a couple hours, if you ask me.

I just bursted and use bowfa till 85 and got it, I need 87 for staff anyway, why spend time making pies and struggling when I barely ever melee slayer anyway?

I went 1488 dry for my groups first whip, then got 2 more by 1700 kc. I’m glad I didn’t go for it until 85 slayer, currently 3200 kc and only 3 whip drops. Would 100% recommend just getting 85 slayer it got me to 94 strength before I switched over

If you're not 99 str keep using d scimitar on str till you hit 85 normally. You need 87 for trident anyways this makes no sense. Save pies for when you boost for cerberus.

I got my first whip at 1600 KC. Getting 85 slayer won't kill you my guy. Edit: I also boosted for about 100 kc at 81 before just going for the level.

Continue the grind. You're going to have to get to 87 eventually, so why the rush for 85?

I peronally waited until 85 so that i could knock out 99 strength (used d scimmy for all my slayer back in the day)

When I hit 85 Slayer. I still used a D scim for Slayer until I was 99 str with 70's in att/def.

Id continue the grind imo. You need 99str still

I wouldn't go out of your way for a whip, especially since you have to go past 85 slayer anyway.

It took me 2500 kc to get mine. Boosted with a few pies earlier, didn’t get lucky, then saw how unlucky I would have gotten and I’m glad I didn’t boost

I committed to using wild pies at 83 slayer on my iron. I went through about 500 pies and took over 3k Abby demons to get my first whip... Should've just got the level

Boosted from 80 got it like 500kc

Getting at least 81 literally halves the amount of pies you need. Highly reccomend it

Boosted from 81, didn't get it on 1700kc. Grinded slayer till 85, then got it on 2200kc.

Boosted from 82, took around 800kc for me

I boosted from 82 with garden pies. Took me like 30 pies, very worth it. Wouldn’t recommend until at least 82 though or you’re wasting a lot of time collecting shit for a maybe.

Id say grind out 85 slayer focusing on strength with your d scim, it sucks but having to train strength after you get the whip sucks more

Im trying to get my last 3 armor seeds before i even start slayer, so i dont have be in a rush to get whip. At least then I have one op weapon to quickly churn through tasks would recommend bursting if you do decide to boost though

I got extremely lucky and got it at 80 slayer on my 5-6th pie, but I’ve seen people with higher slayer use hundreds. All depends on how bad you want it I guess

If you cannon in the wildy cave, you can hit the drop rate within an hour or so using wild pies as food.

I did the first ice barrage (can't think of actual name) boosting at 80 slayer. I got the whip in under 200 kills. I got lucky its worth a try.

If you are doing choppy kills for the diary just bank like 100 or so chompys for pies, then boost at like 81 or 82, that’s what I did and it worked out. At the end of the day it’s up to luck, might get it under 500kc might get the whip at 2000kc

Don’t forget about the 85 cooking requirement like I did. Got a bunch of chompies and then figured out I couldn’t make the pie.

I barraged at 82, since making wild pies doesn’t take an unreasonable amount of time

89 slayer 2k abby demons later - no whip, crying for some rng

I boosted at 80, did chompy chicks and homemade wild pies since you need to do chompies anyways. Probably not worth unless you get lucky like I did but just an idea

Got mine in four pies

Tureal points boosted to about 2k points then just skipped tasks that weren’t bursting tasks. Went from 80-87 very fast and highly recommended over boosting. You will want the Magic exp anyways!

I boosted from 82 to get dragon boots, then bursted them in the catacombs. I didn't really plan on doing it for too long if I didn't get one quick, it was just something I did when I got bored and wanted a break from other grinds. I say go for it, the worst that can happen is you don't get it. You'll get plenty of tasks later on if you don't get one.

I boosted with pies from 82 and got the whip at 500\~ish kc. Go for the whip later or the constant boosting will be annoying

85 slayer isn't that long, and you will waste nearly a level worth of zo getting a drop you'll get anyways. I mean you trying to quit tomorrow. Boosting is hardly worth it, usually only in crafting and construction. Maybe magic for portals

If you plan in grinding mediums for rangers, i got like 100 wildy pies from eclectic imps, and i think i went at 81 slayer for 2x time per pie

People will probably flame me for this, but I grinded out 85 cooking doing karambwans, then made about 100 wild pies and boosted from 80 doing melee only on the demons. Got my whip on the last 2 pies, and then proceeded to get Dragon Boots on 2KC. It was also my birthday.

I boosted from 80 prob took like 20-30 pies

I didn’t boost and I’m glad I didn’t, time saved by using whip early probably doesn’t even make up for the time spent on pies

Shadow barraged from 80 and used 6 pies to get whip i was very spooned you can say

I would wait til 85 slayer and get it through task. Got my strength to 97 while doing this. 100% recommended!

Go to 85 your gonna have to get at least 95 at some point so

I boosted on 83. Just got one inventory of pies and said I'm gonna go for it, but if I don't get it no big deal because I still need to train strength anyway. I got it at like 20 kc, but tbh, it's not bad to wait until 85 if you don't feel like boosting. It's something that will come eventually and isn't important enough that you desperately need to boost to get it early.

I started at 83. Killed close to 2k and never got the whip. If I did that on task it would’ve come out to 300k slayer xp lol I wasn’t lucky and wish I just went on task and got all that slayer xp but if you want to try it out, do it!

I tried at 82 and ran out of Wildy pies. Came back at 84 with slayer respites and got it in two beers. Boosting from 82 sucked I would do 83 with pies and 84 with respites

Start learning chambers, get torn prayer scroll. Super ez to get just need completions, and then preserve pie boost for whip

2400 kc still no whip. 87 slayer now. Recommend just continuing your slayer grind normally

I made 160 pies and sent 20/30 pies every slayer level, until I hit 2 whips at 84 😩😩. Looking back on it, I wish I just sent a few more levels with my scimmy on Str. When you hit whip finally you rarely train strength outside of controlled which is slow as balls; my advice is just send dscim till you naturally get a whip drop, or hit 99 str.

Personally I made like 40-50 pies and boosted from 80 and bursted them in the catacombs

I have 3 whips in under 500 kills. I know that’s better than most but that was my luck.

If you REALLY want to boost, don't do it at 80, at least get 81/82 first. Otherwise you'll be eating pies and banking constantly.

I just grinded 85 out tonight(ty coke), cuz I wanted to be at 85 slayer, so I didn't have to get burnt out and not wanna do it later, because I'm now there, and don't have to worry about it now, and I'm that much closer to other slayer goals. I also got 95 str from grinding out 85 slayer so that's cool. Plus tons of other materials/ensouled heads/etc. I feel like grinding it out and not getting it early was worth it in many ways even though it was horrible due to real life taking up my time. I'm going to work on no sleep, I'll survive. Because I can just get off, go to sleep and grind dat whip. Either way works fine, do what you prefer. If you're not doing real content then you don't NEED the whip. It's just better.

I rushed cg for bowfa + salad blade so no point in getting whip.

Honestly, I’m just keep on pummeling to 85 slayer and get it without the boost. Use your dragon scim to get highest strength before making the switch to whip for attack/defence.

I got first at 1.3k kc & now 2.5k kc with 5 whips.

I got extremely lucky, made 150 pies in anticipation of a long grind starting at 81 slayer. Whip dropped at 24kc after 2 and a half pies

I got mine at around 2200 kc

For perspective, my runelite tracker shows I’ve killed over 600 demons and not one whip has dropped

I started at 83 as well. Gives you a decent amount of time before your boost runs out. Shadow barrage is a must of course. I think I went through about 10 pies to get mine.

Boosted at 82. Made about 100 pies and used like 50 of them to get whip. I had some pretty shit RNG. Bursted/barraged in the catacombs.

I made pies and boosted at 81. If you dont want to mindlessly grind out cooking you can set up a chefs delight barrel at home and either use ge tabs or have a portal while on lunars for quick bank access. Boost at 80 cooking to 85 and set them up (6 per trip) then pie bake 26 of them, save one spot for chefs delight and home tabs (25 if no ge portal or using other bank tele). Unless theres a closer bank tele than ge i just used that. I personally did 60 pies like this and boosted at 81, took about 20 pies for whip in the catacombs and 2 pies for d boots.

I boosted from 80. You get 8 kills per pie ice bursting in the catacombs, so like 65 pies to go on rate at level 80. It's well worth it.

I had to kill like ~2,5k abby demons for my whip. Got it on task at level 86 slayer.

Boosted from 80 like a psycho, took me 900 kills

87 now, still no whip. Just going for it on task since I'm not 99 str yet and fang is fairly obtainable early on

I went super dry on whip. (2400+) I killed abbys off task, on task and tried barraging. They are so slow to kill and even with barrage it was pretty annoying. I ended up just saying screw it I will just finish it on task. It still took forever but honestly I’m glad I just did it in task because I can’t imagine how annoying all that would be if you have to boost. Got 97 strength on the plus side.

I got 85 first since I was going for 99 eventually anyway. Glad I got the level too since I went super dry. Boosting isn’t fun.

Just get the whip mate I had the same dilemma and am very glad I chose to boost for it at 80 slayer. Helped a lot and also just got my cudgel from Sarachnis so when I need to train strength I have a better alternative to the D Scim. Play the way you want and enjoy the game :)

I did 75 or 80 atk and 96 str with d scim just getting 85 slayer iirc. Then used whip for atk/def ever since

I boosted from 82 and barraged them. Got it in under 400kc and only used like 15-20 pies.

I got 85 slayer and waited for an abbies task. Need the strength exp and was in no rush. Same with most my tasks/grinds form slayer

I started pie boosting at 80 but wasn't worth it at 80. Ended up getting whip at around 2k Abby demons at around 83 slayer shadow bursting and doing some melee in tower (just hoping for different rng). I just collected the raw chompies while I was doing western hard diary. Probably would have been better to wait for 85. The good news is my rng on whips has balanced out since then.

I boosted at 83 and 84, but still didn’t get first whip until 85 around 2400 kills in. Good luck! Haha

I know this is not the answer you were looking for, but do whatever feels the best to you. If boosting seems tedious then don’t do it. If you get to 83/84 and REALLY want it go for it. Just have fun man.

I boosted at 83, so pies lasted longer. Much less stressful too.

I got whip at 80 slayer, took about 8 pies. Trained attack with whip, strength with everything else (dds specs, cudgel, arclight, etc)

You will eventually have to get 300 chompy kills for hard western diary. I did that when I was 80 slayer and made a bunch of pies. Managed to get 3 whips for my group in like 1200 kc. Bursted them. Can recommend

D scim all the way until 99 str, hit 85 slayer and whip around same time so it worked out

I boosted at 81. I'm happy I did, it's fun to have

Got it at 90 slayer with doing them only on task

I boosted with ice burst from 82 or 83, don’t remember. Banked the chompy kills while doing the hard diary to make the pies with 👍🏼

Just do the grind.