The Calm Before the Storm

The Calm Before the Storm is the eighth episode of Season 2 of Gielinor Games.
The main challenge was Soup's Clues, where the contestants had to complete one Beginner, Easy, Medium, and Hard clue scroll each. The money from all of the caskets would then be used to gear and supply for a free-for-all fight in the Fight Pits. The team with the last person standing at the end of the fight would win the challenge. 
Verf and Zulu were the quickest to finish all of their clue scrolls, so they had the option to either re-roll one tier of their own caskets, or force another team to re-roll one tier of theirs. They chose to re-roll their own hard caskets, gaining another 164k GP. During the fight, Solo Mission and Gunschilli teamed up with Verf and Zulu against DitterBitter and Torvesta, but once DitterBitter went down Solo Mission and Gunschilli started targeting Zulu instead. The fight then devolved into a full free-for-all, until only Verf and Gunschilli were left. In the end, Gunschilli narrowly outlasted Verf and took the win for him and Solo Mission.
There was no vote this week, since J1mmy and Settled automatically returned to join the banning after the events of Return of the Banned. Solo Mission and Gunschilli chose Verf and Zulu as their opponents in the banning. The banning challenge was Jack of all Trades, where the teams had to gain XP in every skill as quickly as possible. Verf and Zulu gained XP in every skill in 2 minutes and 20 seconds, 23 seconds quicker than J1mmy and Settled, winning the banning. This meant that no new team was eliminated, with J1mmy and Settled leaving once more.
==Episode Overview==
===Main Challenge===
====Clue Scrolls====
Team 	Beginner	Easy 	Medium 	Hard 	Hard Re-Roll	Total 	Team Total
Torvesta 	50 	6,687 	121,322	116,072	 	244,131	365,858
DitterBitter	316 	2,537 	36,187 	81,427 	 	121,727	365,858
Zulu 	220 	7,983 	2,498 	52,693 	208,449 	219,150	323,673
Verf 	196 	635 	50,883 	44,175 	52,809 	104,523	323,673
Solo Mission	1,386 	52,046	4,184 	33,809 	 	91,425 	128,535
Gunschilli 	140 	18,982	6,204 	11,784 	 	37,110 	128,535
Tanzoo 	979 	371 	4,734 	55,586 	 	61,670 	92,869
Virtoso 	229 	2,363 	8,269 	20,338 	 	31,199 	92,869
====Fight Setups====
Team 	Cost 		Elimination Order
Tanzoo 	60,505 		Gunschilli
Virtoso 	36,350 		Verf
Verf 	148,166		Solo Mission
Zulu 	166,561		Virtoso
Torvesta 	153,750		Tanzoo
DitterBitter	178,687		Zulu
Gunschilli 	60,334 		Torvesta
Solo Mission	61,541 		DitterBitter
===Banning===
Team 	Attack 	Strength 	Defense 	Ranged 	Prayer 	Magic 	Runecrafting	Construction	Hitpoints 	Agility 	Herblore 	Thieving
Verf/Zulu 	dwarf (whip)	dwarf (whip)	dwarf (whip)	dwarf (blowpipe)	bones 	teleport 	astral rune 	bagged plant	dwarf (blowpipe)	Ardy course start	cleaning grimy valencia moss	pickpocketing (man)
Settled/J1mmy	cow (whip) 	cow (whip) 	cow (whip) 	hero (blowpipe) 	bones 	teleport 	water rune 	bagged plant	hero (blowpipe) 	abyss entrance 	cleaning grimy snakeweed 	Ardy gem stall
Team 	Crafting 	Fletching 	Slayer 	Hunter 	Mining 	Smithing 	Fishing 	Cooking 	Firemaking 	Woodcutting 	Farming 	Final Time
Verf/Zulu 	cut sapphire	bronze darts	dwarf 	ruby harvest 	gem rock 	bronze dart tips 	trout 	trout 	logs 	tree 	bagged plant 	2:20
Settled/J1mmy	cut sapphire	arrow shafts	cow 	black warlock 	pure essence	silver (superheat item)	lobster 	lobster 	logs 	tree 	bagged plant 	2:43
==Gallery==
File:S2e8verfzulandrastep.png|Verf does a clue step in Zul-Andra
File:S2e8torvestacasket.png|Torvesta gets a casket
File:S2e8ditterpuzzlebox.png|DitterBitter solves a puzzle box
File:S2e8tanzoofalls4times.png|Tanzoo fails an agility obstacle four times in a row
File:S2e8soloforgetsemoteitems.png|Solo Mission teleports to the Wilderness, then realizes he didn't bring the items for his emote step
File:S2e8solochasesverf.png|Solo Mission chases Verf to distract him
File:S2e8sologunschilliloot.png|Solo Mission and Gunschilli's final loot totals
File:S2e8tanzoovirtosoloot.png|Tanzoo and Virtoso's final loot totals
File:S2e8dittertorvloot.png|DitterBitter and Torvesta's final loot totals
File:S2e8verfzululoot.png|Verf and Zulu's loot totals before they re-rolled their hard caskets
File:S2e8finalclueetotals.png|The final loot totals
File:S2e8ditterbittersetup.png|DitterBitter's setup for the Fight Pits
File:S2e8torvestasetup.png|Torvesta's setup for the Fight Pits
File:S2e8tanzoosetup.png|Tanzoo's setup for the Fight Pits
File:S2e8virtososetup.png|Virtoso's setup for the Fight Pits
File:S2e8verfsetup.png|Verf's setup for the Fight Pits
File:S2e8zulusetup.png|Zulu's setup for the Fight Pits
File:S2e8solomissionsetup.png|Solo Mission's setup for the Fight Pits
File:S2e8gunschillisetup.png|Gunschilli's setup for the Fight Pits
File:S2e8chaosinthepits.png|The fight immediately devolves into chaos
File:S2e8solochillibackstabzulu.png|Solo Mission and Gunschilli start attacking Zulu once DitterBitter is down
File:S2e8batsenterthefight.png|Bats spawn to attack the remaining teams
File:S2e8blobs.png|Blobs enter the fight
File:S2e8verfgunschilli.png|Verf and Gunschilli are the last ones remaining as the Rangers close in
File:S2e8verfgoesdown.png|Verf dies, leaving Gunschilli as the winner
File:S2e8j1mmysettledreturn.png|J1mmy and Settled return to enter the banning
File:S2e8verfzuluvsj1mmysettled.png|Verf and Zulu vs J1mmy and Settled
File:S2e8verfshilo.png|Verf uses Shilo Village to gain XP in multiple skills
File:S2e8j1mmynowateringcan.png|J1mmy buys a bagged plant but has no watering can
Category:Season 2 episodes