I Killed 5000 cows without ever Leaving the Lumbridge Cow Pen... Now The Final Challenge Awaits #2

Video concept / storyline

Challenge: play an Ultimate Ironman account that must never leave the Lumbridge cow pen — kill cows, farm drops and level up entirely from inside the pen.

• Episode goal: prepare for and repeatedly farm the new cow boss (Brutus) and push the cow kill count past 5,000 without leaving the pen (one permitted exception: leave once to start the boss quest).
• Tone: comedic, experimental series (“When Cow 2 Electric Mooaloo”) documenting progressively absurd limits of staying locked in the pen.

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Major events / progression

• Early exploits: flinching low-level cows, world-hopping oddities (goblin head interplanar glitch), grabbing starter gear from wandering goblins.
• Rule break: left the pen once to start the Ides of Milk quest (required to unlock Brutus).
• First Brutus kill: learned safe spots and boss attacks, completed quest, earned unique rewards (cowbell amulet, bottomless milk buckets, etc.).
• Boss grind: repeated kills produced many useful drops and unlocked in-pen activities (milking, cooking, prayer training via burying bull bones, magic via runes).
• Major milestones by episode end: learned Earth Strike after using an XP lamp, gained magic/ranged/prayer/strength/cooking/firemaking/fishing XP, repeatedly safe-spotted/flinch-killed Brutus, surpassed 5,000 cow kills and logged 300+ Brutus kills.

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Gameplay highlights, drops and unlocks

Notable drops from Brutus:

• Iron plate legs, helm and other iron pieces (allowed a full iron set)
• Muleta (weapon)
• Raw T-bone steaks and massive stacks of raw beef
• Bottomless milk buckets (hundreds of uses for AFK milking)
• Mind and earth runes
• Oak/normal logs and tinderbox (enabled cooking/firemaking)
• Iron arrows and cosmetic slippers
• Bull bones (bury for prayer XP)

Useful items/utilities:

• Cowbell amulet: teleport back to the pen.
• Bottomless milk bucket: huge AFK milking.
• Tinderbox + logs: cooking and firemaking progression.
• XP lamp: awarded ~1,000 magic XP, unlocking Earth Strike and confuse spells.

Achievements & records:

• Beat Brutus using flinching/safe-spot tactics with minimal HP loss.
• Combat achievements (e.g., “beefy beef” — kill without food/potions equipped).
• Reached new levels in magic, strength, cooking and firemaking; personal best boss kill ~29s.
• Passed the 5,000 cow kill barrier and logged hundreds of Brutus kills.

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Key strategies, tactics and tips

Flinching / safe-spot method (core combat technique)

• Position: stand on the tile southwest of the bush/plant where Brutus spawns/walks to.
• Attack pattern:
  • Attack twice to flinch him.
  • When he growls/snorts, step one tile aside to dodge the AoE, then reposition southeast and resume flinching.
• Benefits: flinching effectively yields ~2 hits for every 1 hit from Brutus — higher DPS and much less damage taken.
• Additional maneuvers: corner-trapping and hiding behind the plant to avoid/negate certain charge attacks.

Weapon / equipment plan

• Muleta used early as best-in-slot for crush/aggressive play.
• Weapon-switch strategy: use muleta until a strength breakpoint, switch to spear to hit a different breakpoint, then switch back — optimize around precise strength-based max-hit thresholds (tracked breakpoints like 51 / 53 Strength).
• Full iron armor from drops increased survivability.

Magic & debuffs

• Use Earth Strike and confuse (from the XP lamp) to reduce boss attack and finish fights when safe-spotted.
• Collect mind/earth runes from drops to fuel spells.

AFK & economy techniques

• Milking with a bottomless bucket for huge AFK milk stock.
• Bury bull bones for prayer XP.
• Create large piles of raw beef and use a one-tick cooking method to quickly train Cooking.
  • One-tick cooking trick: make a huge pile of cookable food, stand on it, use the “one cookable item” action then pick up another item to cancel/skip animations and confirmations → very fast cooking.
• Use remote lighting and animation stalls to light fires or cook from a distance inside the pen.

Misc practical tips

• Check the collection log to track boss uniques and quantities.
• Use corner traps to cook safely when the boss is nearby.
• Monitor HP regen (it’s low on this account); flinching minimizes damage so fights last longer without food.
• Manipulate fight space to prevent certain boss specials (e.g., force or deny room for charge attacks).

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Fun oddities and community flavor

• Bizarre world-hopping moments (players milking then logging off, NPC oddities).
• Cowbell amulet teleport gag: it returns you to the pen — “one teleport, back in prison.”
• Cosmetic drops and roleplay moments (cow slippers, Johnny Sins avatar standing pensively).
• Sponsor segment included: Boot.dev (coding-learning RPG-style sponsor).

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Notable achievements & final state

• Strength milestones: reached ~51–53 Strength.
• Magic unlocked: Earth Strike and other spells (14+ magic).
• Skilling gains: 22+ Cooking, multiple Firemaking levels, Fishing levels via a cat teleport minievent.
• Boss stats: 300+ Brutus kills reported, hundreds of raw/cooked steak stacks, ~700+ milking uses, and overall 5,000+ cow kills.
• Episode wrap-up: exhausted most in-pen experiments (animation stalls, corner cooking, remote lighting, bottomless milk) and declared the attempts historically memorable for RuneScape.

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Practical step-by-step for a safe flinch kill (concise)

1. Gear: wear best available tanky iron pieces; muleta or spear depending on your strength breakpoint.
2. Position: stand on the tile southwest of the bush/plant where Brutus spawns/walks to.
3. Attack cycle:
   • Attack twice to flinch him.
   • When he growls or snorts, step one tile aside to dodge the AoE, then reposition southeast and resume flinching.
   • If he charges, use the plant safe-spot or step out of the charge axis.
4. Use Earth Strike/confuse when safe-spotted to reduce his attack or finish him quickly.
5. Corner-trap as needed to cook or perform other tasks while he cannot reach you.

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Gamers / sources featured

• Nin Rain (creator / player / narrator)
• Johnny Sins (observed player/avatar in pen)
• Boot.dev (sponsor mentioned)