Budget Cutter

Budget Cutter (#493)
Released	31 January 2024 (Update)
Members	Yes
Description	Kill Vardorvis with gear worth 2m or less in total.
Tier	Master
Monster	Vardorvis
Type	Restriction
League region	Varlamore✓

Budget Cutter is a master combat achievement which requires the player to kill Vardorvis in combat equipment worth under 2,000,000.

Strategy

The achievement requires both the player's Worn Equipment and inventory to be under 2,000,000. This includes food and potions but does not include the price of runes in a rune pouch. If the item is untradeable, its value will be used instead. Note that this is not the case for the Slayer helmet or imbued items; the value of its components will be used instead. By opening the Items Kept on Death interface and selecting "PK Skull active", the player can see the total guide risk value of their setup; note that items with tradeable ornament kits or a Trouver parchment attached to it may increase its value without it being visible in the interface.

The game will not tell players whether they've failed the achievement, and will simply give no completion message upon killing Vardorvis, so checking that the total value is valid before starting the fight is recommended.

The player should use a fairly cheap, but strong slash-based weapon, such as a dragon scimitar or Saradomin sword.

Equipment

As prices fluctuate, it may be worth using lower tier items to remain below 2,000,000.

Item (most effective → least effective)
Slayer helmet (i)^[1]	Helm of neitiznot	Berserker helm	N/A	N/A
Amulet of glory	Amulet of strength	Amulet of power	N/A	N/A
Infernal cape^[2]	Fire cape^[2]	Mythical cape	Ardougne cloak 4	Cape of Accomplishment (t)
Fighter torso^[2]	Torag's platebody	Granite body	Rune platebody	N/A
Verac's plateskirt	Torag's platelegs	Guthan's chainskirt	Dragon platelegs	Rune platelegs
Saradomin sword	Dragon scimitar / Arkan blade	Leaf-bladed battleaxe	N/A	N/A
Dragon defender^[2]	Rune defender^[2]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rada's blessing 4	Rada's blessing 3 /Rada's blessing 2	God blessing	N/A	N/A
Barrows gloves	Dragon gloves	Rune gloves	Combat bracelet	N/A
Dragon boots	Spiked manacles	Granite boots	Rune boots	Mixed hide boots
Ring of recoil	Ring of shadows / Warrior ring (i)	Steel ring	Explorer's ring 4	N/A
Arkan blade^[3]	Dragon dagger^[4]	Crystal halberd^[4]	N/A	N/A

^ Only while on a Slayer task.
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Items that have been locked are considered by the game to be more expensive than their normal versions.
^ Decently high accuracy spec, guaranteed minimum burn damage on hit makes it useful for lowering hitpoints at the start to reduce defence
^ ^4.0 ^4.1 Due to Vardorvis having higher defence at the start, use when Vardorvis has low health.

Other tasks

There are 9 Combat Achievement tasks (totalling 46 points) available for Vardorvis.

Name	Description	Type	Tier	Comp%
Vardorvis Adept	Kill Vardorvis once.	Kill Count	Elite (4 pts)	16.9%
Vardorvis Speed-Trialist	Kill Vardorvis in less than 1:15 minutes without a slayer task.	Speed	Elite (4 pts)	9.2%
Vardorvis Speed-Chaser	Kill Vardorvis in less than 1:05 without a slayer task.	Speed	Master (5 pts)	7.1%
Budget Cutter	Kill Vardorvis with gear worth 2m or less in total.	Restriction	Master (5 pts)	6.3%
Perfect Vardorvis	Kill Vardorvis perfectly 5 times without leaving.	Perfection	Master (5 pts)	6.3%
Vardorvis Master	Kill Vardorvis 50 times.	Kill Count	Master (5 pts)	11.4%
Vardorvis Sleeper	Kill Awakened Vardorvis.	Kill Count	Grandmaster (6 pts)	2.8%
Axe Enthusiast	Kill Vardorvis after surviving for 3 minutes of Vardorvis' max speed, and never leaving the centre 25 tiles.	Mechanical	Grandmaster (6 pts)	3%
Vardorvis Speed-Runner	Kill Vardorvis in less than 0:55 without a slayer task.	Speed	Grandmaster (6 pts)	4.1%

[head1-1] Only while on a Slayer task.

[trouver1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Items that have been locked are considered by the game to be more expensive than their normal versions.

[spec2-3] Decently high accuracy spec, guaranteed minimum burn damage on hit makes it useful for lowering hitpoints at the start to reduce defence

[spec1-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Due to Vardorvis having higher defence at the start, use when Vardorvis has low health.

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