The excitement for Old School RuneScape's (OSRS) Leagues 5 season, Raging Echoes, is reaching a fever pitch as Jagex introduces a fresh set of Tier 1 relics that will fundamentally alter how players approach skilling and gameplay. This year, the relics are completely different from previous seasons, offering new and innovative ways to enhance your gameplay experience. In this guide, we’ll dive into the details of the three new relics: Lumberjack, Power Miner, and Animal Wrangler, helping you choose the best relic to kickstart your journey in Raging Echoes.

What Are Leagues Relics?

Relics in OSRS Leagues serve as powerful bonuses that dramatically change the way you play the game. By selecting a relic, you gain access to unique equipment or abilities that boost your performance in specific areas, whether that's skilling, combat, or otherwise. These relics come with significant pros and cons, which make them ideal for different playstyles. In Raging Echoes, each of the new Tier 1 relics grants you a tool equivalent to a crystal item, allowing for non-degradable, requirement-free access to powerful skilling tools.

Let’s break down each relic and examine their unique benefits.

1.Lumberjack Relic

As the name suggests, the Lumberjack relic is all about Woodcutting. Upon selecting this relic, you receive the Echo Axe, a non-degradable, crystal-like axe that comes with a variety of exciting perks.

Echo Axe Benefits:

50% Chance to Retry: When you fail to chop a tree, you have a 50% chance to succeed instead. This significantly speeds up woodcutting, especially at higher levels.

Automatic Banking: Any items you gain from Woodcutting are sent straight to your bank. This adds a nice layer of AFKability to your training, similar to the Endless Harvest perk.

Firemaking and Fletching Integration: The Echo Axe has a unique feature where it can either burn the logs for Firemaking XP or fletch them into arrow shafts for Fletching XP. You can toggle between the two modes or disable them altogether.

Firemaking Boost: You will never fail to burn logs if you have them in your bank, making Firemaking much easier to train.

Advantages:

This relic allows you to train three skills (Woodcutting, Firemaking, and Fletching) with minimal effort, making it ideal for players who enjoy AFKing.

It synergizes well with regions like Kandarin, where you can use the Woodcutting Guild for the best experience rates and access high-level trees such as Magic and Redwood.

Disadvantages:

While the relic offers some useful AFK features, its overall impact on the game is relatively limited. Woodcutting is already an easy skill to train, and the benefits of the Lumberjack relic are more about convenience than raw power. For example, Wintertodt is already a great training method, even without the relic.

This relic is generally considered weaker compared to the other two, especially for players looking for more substantial changes to their gameplay.

2.Power Miner Relic

The Power Miner relic is a must-have for anyone who wants to rapidly accelerate their Mining skill. By choosing this relic, you gain the Echo Pickaxe, a non-degradable equivalent of the crystal pickaxe that comes with several exciting features.

Echo Pickaxe Benefits:

50% Mining Success Rate: Just like the Lumberjack relic, you have a 50% chance to succeed in mining a rock if you fail. This makes high-level rocks like Runite ore much faster to mine.

Rocks Don’t Deplete: Your rocks will not deplete until you've mined four ores, turning Mining into a much more AFK-friendly activity. This can be further boosted with Mining Gloves for a total of seven ores per rock.

Automatic Banking: All ores you mine are sent directly to your bank, adding more convenience to your AFK mining sessions.

Smelting and Crafting: The pickaxe can automatically smelt ores you mine (without needing coal) and grant you full Smithing experience. Additionally, it will automatically craft any gems you mine, granting you Crafting experience regardless of your level.

Advantages:

The ability to mine faster and more efficiently makes high-level ores like Runite much easier to obtain. This can result in significant gold-making opportunities.

You can AFK train Mining by mining Pure Essence, and the pickaxe will also provide opportunities for training Crafting and Smithing on the side.

The Asgarnia region offers fantastic synergy with this relic due to the Mining Guild and access to high-level ores.

Disadvantages:

While the relic makes Mining more accessible, it’s primarily useful for players who enjoy AFK methods. It’s less effective for those who prefer more active methods of training.

Some areas, like the Desert and Kourend, offer less synergy with this relic compared to regions like Asgarnia or Tirannwn.

3.Animal Wrangler Relic

The Animal Wrangler relic is perfect for players who want to maximize their fishing and hunting efficiency. By selecting this relic, you receive the Echo Harpoon, a tool that combines the benefits of all the fishing tools in the game.

Echo Harpoon Benefits:

50% Fishing Success Rate: Similar to the other relics, you have a 50% chance to succeed at fishing each time you fail.

Automatic Banking: Any items you catch while fishing are automatically sent to your bank, making fishing almost entirely AFK.

One-Tick Faster Fishing: You can fish one tick faster, improving your efficiency and reducing time spent on each catch.

Cooking Immunity: You will no longer burn food while cooking, providing an easy way to ensure you always have food available for dangerous content.

Hunter Boost: Your traps will never fail, and your Chinchompas caught in Box Traps will double in number, granting double experience.

Advantages:

The ability to AFK fish and cook, as well as the enhanced Hunter abilities, makes this relic ideal for players looking to efficiently level multiple skills.

Regions like Kandarin, Wilderness, and Varlamore offer fantastic synergy with this relic due to the abundance of Chinchompas, high-level fishing areas, and useful hunting spots.

Disadvantages:

While the Echo Harpoon is a great tool for Fishing and Hunter, it does not provide as much of a direct impact on skilling as the Power Miner relic, especially for those who prefer mining or other activities.

Final Verdict: Which Relic Should You Choose?

When deciding which relic to pick, it’s important to consider your playstyle and which skills you want to prioritize. If you’re looking for a significant boost to your Mining experience and want to make tons of OSRS gold, the Power Miner relic is your best bet. For those who prefer AFK skilling and want to breeze through Fishing, Hunter, and Cooking, the Animal Wrangler relic provides excellent value. On the other hand, if you’re just looking for a way to make Woodcutting easier, the Lumberjack relic may be a solid choice, although it’s considered the weakest of the three.

Overall, the Power Miner relic seems to be the strongest choice for most players due to its combination of ease of use and substantial rewards.