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=== Introduction ===
=== Introduction ===
This guide will not include any Throne of the Herald or Atlas of Discovery content.
This page presents one possible way to start your Melvor journey. Please note that the instructions below are for the Standard and {{Icon|Hardcore|nolink=true}} [[Game Mode|Game Modes]]. For {{Icon|Adventure|nolink=true}}, please refer to [[Adventure/Guide]].


This page is intended to be a quick start guide to beginning your Melvor journey. It basically holds your hand through the early game, and gets you off on the right foot. If you want to make your own way through Melvor, this is not the guide for you. There's no right or wrong way to play Melvor, and I would encourage you to play at your own pace. Yes it can be frustrating to constantly run out of gold or bank space, but exploration is very fun in Melvor. There are plenty of skills to try out and get a feel for, as well as combat. If this has somehow changed your mind about reading, my advice is to get every skill to level 30. Fast enough that it won't take forever, but long enough to see the interplay of the skills.
This guide is not intended for casual players or players looking to find their own way through the game. The goal of this guide is to give players a helping hand in the early stages of the game by introducing them to more intermediate concepts of the game and some inter-skill synergies. Please keep in mind that this guide is NOT intended to be the most efficient way to do things. ''There is no right or wrong way to progress in the game''. Therefore, new players are heavily encouraged to try a larger diversity of [[:Category:Skills|skills]] as soon as they feel more comfortable with the basics.


If I haven't convinced you, let's go!
This page was originally inspired by the following [https://www.reddit.com/r/MelvorIdle/comments/r6e6wk/comment/hmsrvon/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 reddit post].
 
Note: If you have any questions, need clarification, or have suggestions, @seravin on the discord.


=== Steps ===
=== Steps ===


# Do the tutorial if you're completely new to this type of game, just to get your feet wet(or don't. I'm not your dad)
# Level {{Skill|Astrology}} until the {{Icon|Ameria|type=constellation}} constellation is unlocked ({{SkillReq|Astrology|20}})
# Woodcutting until you get the first {{ItemIcon|Ent}} mark.
#* Once {{SkillReq|Astrology|10}} is achieved, training on the {{Icon|Iridan|type=constellation}} constellation is the fastest path to Ameria. Generally speaking, the fastest method for training a skill is the one with the highest level requirement.  
#* We want summoning going early. We won't be using {{ItemIcon|Ent}} except to level {{Skill|Summoning}} to level 5, and not even right now.
# Continue training {{Skill|Astrology}} on the {{Icon|Ameria|type=constellation}} constellation until {{Icon|Mastery}} level 80 is achieved in Ameria.
# Switch to {{Skill|Mining}} and mine [[Tin Ore]] and [[Copper Ore]] in equal amounts. We want to get to [[Iron Ore]] which takes Mining 15.
#* Doing so will provide access to 3 basic modifiers and 2 unique modifiers from Ameria, which can then be activated and then upgraded by consuming {{ItemIcon|Stardust}} and {{ItemIcon|Golden Stardust}}. All of these bonuses are good, however, be aware that the cost '''doubles''' for each upgrade you purchase. For now, we recommend not purchasing past the following upgrade levels:
#* You will likely get [[Topaz]] from mining at some point. '''Keep Two Topaz''' Sell the rest, you can use the money to buy your [[Smithing]] pick upgrades as you go.
#** For {{ItemIcon|Stardust}} modifiers, be careful upgrading past star level 5-6
#* {{Skill|Mining}} and {{Skill|Smithing}} will be our early money making skills. They aren't great but they're the best we've got for now.
#** For {{ItemIcon|Golden Stardust}} modifiers, be careful upgrading past star level 3-4
# Now we're moving on to {{Skill|Smithing}}. Make [[Bronze Bar]] and turn those bars into [[Bronze Arrowtips]]. They're okay exp and the best money per bar we can get for now. So we'll make them until {{Skill|Smithing}} 10 at least. You can finish out the rest of your bronze here for money, but as long as we can make [[Iron Bar]] we can move on.  
#** ''You can always come back for more bonuses later!''
#* This is our early game income. We'll use this first batch to fund tools, and the little bit of money we need for summoning. It's fine if we go a little overboard. You can sell most of the gems you find, and even though it might seem crazy? [[Mastery Tokens]] can be sold too.
# Train {{Skill|Woodcutting}} until you obtain one {{Icon|Ent|type=mark|Mark of the Ent}}
#* Make sure you have at least 9600 gold.
#* [[Woodcutting#Axe Upgrades|Axe upgrades]] should be purchased as soon as possible, as they significantly decrease the amount of time required to cut all trees.
# Jump over to {{Skill|Woodcutting}} and get yourself 400 normal logs.
#* Open any {{ItemIcon|Bird Nest|Bird Nests}}, plant the seeds you're able to in {{Skill|Farming}}, and sell any seeds you're not able to plant. If able, always use {{ItemIcon|Weird Gloop}} (by combining 2 {{ItemIcon|Compost}} with 10 {{ItemIcon|Rune Essence}} in the {{Icon|Shop}}) when planting seeds as this guarantees their growth.
#* We're gonna make almost exactly enough {{ItemIcon|Ent}} to hit {{Skill|Summoning}} 5.
#** Farming works passively while you're doing something else, so harvesting crops/herb/trees and planting new ones as soon as they're available is the best strategy.
# With our first mark found, we're making {{ItemIcon|Ent}} until we run out of wood.  
# Train {{Skill|Summoning}} by creating {{ItemIcon|Ent}} Tablets until about {{SkillReq|Summoning|5}}.
# Back to {{Skill|Woodcutting}} to use up our {{ItemIcon|Ent}} tabs. If you're not level 5 summoning by the time they're gone I have no idea how you did that since the three times I did this 175 was enough.
#* We will use these Tablets in {{Skill|Woodcutting}} to further level to around {{SkillReq|Summoning|10}} to unlock the Ent/Octopus [[Ent#Synergies|Synergy]] for Fishing later on. You can see all possible {{Skill|Summoning|Synergies}} here.
# {{Skill|Mining}} is up next. We're gonna be spending a bit of time here getting up to 30 Mining, going back and forth between this and {{Skill|Smithing}}.  
#* Summoning is a very {{GP}} expensive skill, especially in the early game. It may not be possible to complete this step immediately. You can start fishing (Step 7) for some money and come back to this step once enough money is attained for summoning.
#* At some point you will find your first {{ItemIcon|Mole}} mark, and you should immediately go mark a set of {{ItemIcon|Mole}} tablets. Later Mole synergies will be useful, and even if we can't get summoning exp right now, finding more marks is very good.
# Train {{Skill|Woodcutting}} with your {{ItemIcon|Ent}} Tablets equipped, until 5 more {{Icon|Ent|type=mark|Marks of the Ent}} have been discovered, making your {{Icon|Ent|type=mark|Mark of the Ent}} level 2, enabling one half of the {{ItemIcon|Ent}}/{{ItemIcon|Octopus}} synergy.
# {{Skill|Smithing}} time! Once you've got a stack of [[Iron Ore]], go turn it into [[Iron Bar]] and turn those into whatever the highest exp thing there is. The ratio of exp/bar is identical across all iron things. Daggers, then gloves, then battleaxes will suffice on our way to Smithing 24.
#* No matter what you're doing, try to ensure you always have Tablets equipped, even if this means temporarily stopping whatever skill you are doing to create some more. Having a {{Skill|Summoning|Tablet}} equipped that works in the skill you're training increases the amount of {{Skill|Summoning}} XP you gain per action.  
#* We want the quickest path to [[Iron Crossbow Head]] since they're the best compromise of money and exp.
#* Once at least 1 batch of Tablets of the appropriate Mark has been crafted, you have enabled finding additional Marks of that type even when the Tablets aren't equipped or present in your Bank. However, the drop chance for Marks is higher when respective Tablet(s) are equipped.
#** At this point, we alternate {{Skill|Mining}} and {{Skill|Smithing}} until Smithing is 40. We will need 300 [[Iron Ore]] later but if you need money or bank space, we can get more later.
#* We want to prepare unlocking the {{ItemIcon|Ent}} half of the synergy now, so that it is immediately ready while we're training Fishing later. Having a synergy active further improves Summoning XP gained per action.
'''Note here. Sticking with mining until 40 so you can mine gold ore overnight is a good plan. It depends a lot on when you start this whole thing. But a first overnight of gold ore is highly recommended.'''
# If not already {{SkillReq|Summoning|15}}, train {{Skill|Summoning}} until {{SkillReq|Summoning|15}}. You can train Summoning by either:
# Since we're already mining, let's get a couple thousand {{ItemIcon|Rune Essence}}. You'll need lots over the course of this guide, so there's not really a too much you can get here.  
#* Preferably, equipping and using Tablets in its appropriate action (e.g. equipping {{ItemIcon|Ent}} while {{Skill|Woodcutting}})
#* We're gonna start up some combat soon. Yes it seems like we're all over the place, but it'll make sense eventually.  
#* Alternatively, but slower and not recommended, creating additional Tablets (e.g. creating {{ItemIcon|Ent}} Tablets)
# {{Skill|Runecrafting}} is our next step. We need {{ItemIcon|Air Rune}}, {{ItemIcon|Mind Rune}}, {{ItemIcon|Water Rune}}, {{ItemIcon|Fire Rune}}, and {{ItemIcon|Mist Rune}}. We also want to make a full set of Air Acolyte gear, including {{ItemIcon|Staff of Air}}. That'll be an investment of 180 air runes. Early game spells are cheap, but you'll use the runes eventually, so go crazy.  
# Train {{Skill|Fishing}} until you receive one {{Icon|Octopus|type=mark|Mark of the Octopus}}.
#* You'll want to spend your mastery to level up the runes you're making to 45 minimum. Ideally 60+ to get a bigger stack per action.  
#* Don't forget, after the first Mark is found, you must create at least 1 batch of Tablets of the associated Mark to be able to find any additional Marks of that type.
# For a change of pace, we're going {{Skill|Fishing}}. We need {{ItemIcon|Shrimp}}, but not a whole lot.
# Create at least 1 batch of {{ItemIcon|Octopus}} Tablets to enable finding additional {{Icon|Octopus|type=mark|Marks of the Octopus}}
#*There's a township task to kill 100 plants that rewards 2000 potatoes, and we're going for it right away. If we assume we'll be very unlucky, and it will take 2 shrimp to kill each plant, that's about 300 shrimp once we get past the failure chance of cooking to start.  
# Train {{Skill|Fishing}} with both {{ItemIcon|Ent}} and {{ItemIcon|Octopus}} equipped until {{SkillReq|Summoning|25}}
# Pretty simple, {{Skill|Cooking}} those shrimp.
#* Equipping both prepares you for the likely chance that you accumulate enough {{Icon|Octopus|type=mark|Marks of the Octopus}} to enable the Ent/Octopus synergy, enabling even faster Summoning XP gains
# Start your {{Skill|Township}} up at this point. May as well pick the Aeris worship too.  
#* Synergies use both Tablets in the Synergy simultaneously, so expect the Tablet usage for both to go up when the Synergy is active.
#* This guide doesn't cover any township stuff, since it doesn't have a whole lot of spare gold early. Later on you can spend extra time thieving to upgrade Township, but that's on you.
# Train {{Skill|Cooking}} until you find a total of six {{Icon|Pig|type=mark|Mark of the Pig}}.
# We're finally getting into combat! You want to immediately switch to magic + defense style. You can find that on the View Equipment tab of the combat screen. Go kill 100 [[Plant]].
#* Again, remember to craft at least one batch of {{ItemIcon|Pig}} to be able to find more than one {{Icon|Pig|type=mark|Mark of the Pig}}.
# Alongside the Plant task, there's a few others we can hit up before we switch back to skilling.
#* The chance of mark discovery per action scales with the recipe's base cooking time for {{Skill|Cooking}}, therefore the recipe chosen has no impact on the mark drop rate.
#* Kill 25 [[Golbin]], you can sell the armor reward, we won't need or want it.
# Train {{Skill|Fishing}} with {{ItemIcon|Octopus}} and either {{ItemIcon|Ent}} or {{ItemIcon|Pig}} equipped until both the {{ItemIcon|Ancient Ring of Skills}} and {{ItemIcon|Ancient Ring of Mastery}} have been acquired.
#* Kill 25 [[Chicken]], we'll be able to get the reward later, for now just get the kills.
#* Remember that these rings are incredibly rare and may take a very long time to obtain, ''feel free to do something else if you get bored.'' You can always come back later when you have more bonuses.
#* Kill 25 [[Cow]], keep the raw beef and leather. The beef can be cooked now, the leather will be useful later.
#* Use the raw fish you catch to create {{ItemIcon|Octopus|Octopi}} and the cooked fish you earn from the synergy to create {{ItemIcon|Pig|Pigs}}. Some resources cannot be used to create Tablets.
# And the final combat task is to kill [[Junior Farmer]] for some seeds. You want at least 20 [[Potato Seeds]] for {{Skill|Farming}} but more is better. [[Adult Farmer]] offer even more, and higher level seed selections. Whatever food you have left should be used to collect as many seeds as possible before moving on.
#* {{ItemIcon|Octopus}} and {{ItemIcon|Ent}} should be phased out as you progress and transition into {{ItemIcon|Octopus}} and {{ItemIcon|Pig}}. The synergy will require the {{ItemIcon|Octopus}} to be Mark Level 3, and the {{ItemIcon|Pig}} to be Mark Level 2.
#* Hopefully you'll get enough mastery to "go infinite" with your seeds from this point on, but if you can't, do some more {{Skill|Fishing}} and {{Skill|Cooking}} to get more seeds.  
#* {{ItemIcon|Pig}} allows you to ''make money'' while training Fishing and Summoning, instead of pouring all of your {{GP}} into familiar tablets.
# Once you've finished seed collecting, start {{Skill|Farming}}. Gloop will be useful for getting more crops out of your seeds, which in turn yields more exp. We're aiming for level 35 [[Farming]] here to get to {{ItemIcon|Lemontyle Herb}}.
#* Once you start making more raw and cooked fish than you need to create Tablets, sell the excess for spare {{Icon|GP}}.
#* Once you've gotten to 35, pick a veggie and stick with it. You can get some pretty good stacks of corn or strawberries for later combat if you stick to a single one.
#* Most summoning Tablets allow you to select the recipe, changing the type and quantity of resources consumed per action. For example, {{ItemIcon|Pig}} needs 50 {{ItemIcon|Shrimp}} available at {{SkillReq|Fishing|1}}, making good {{ItemIcon|Pig}} Tablet uptime hard, but only needs 7 {{ItemIcon|Swordfish}} which is available at {{SkillReq|Fishing|50}}.  
# Time to bounce back to {{Skill|Mining}}. We're looking for level 40, and iron then silver will get us there. [[Silver Ore]] sells for more than iron, and gives more exp, but isn't worth its smithing time, so sell it raw, once you've made 100 bars for a task.
#* It is likely that {{SkillReq|Fishing|99}} will have been reached by the time this happens due to the rarity of these rings.
''Once you can mine mithril ore, it's a good time to start working on {{Skill|Summoning}} with {{ItemIcon|Mole}} tabs. We're going to use {{ItemIcon|Mole}} to take us all the way to 35 Summoning. Yes, this will also take a while, but if Summoning lags behind, it's a hassle to catch it back up.''
#* Like with Woodcutting's Axe upgrades, [[Fishing#Fishing Rods|Fishing Rods]] also provide a significant decrease to catch time and should be purchased as soon as they become available.
# Now that we have access to [[Gold Ore]], this is our cash cow. Mine and smith [[Gold Bar]] until you've got 1.5 million gold. Yes, it's a lot. Hopefully it's the only time we have to do it.
#* Open any {{ItemIcon|Treasure Chest|Treasure Chests}}, equipping the {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Fishing}} if it drops, as this greatly reduces the catch time for all fish.
#* ''1 million of this is for autoeat 1, which you should buy immediately.''
#* Consume any {{ItemIcon|Mastery Token (Fishing)|Mastery Tokens}} acquired to increase your {{Icon|Mastery|Mastery Pool}}, as long as you don't cap your pool.
#* Once you can make gold bars, immediately jump to {{Skill|Crafting}} and get it to level 10. Make {{ItemIcon|Gold Topaz Ring}} and {{ItemIcon|Gold Topaz Necklace}}. Equip them both.
#* Keep any {{ItemIcon|Diamond|Diamonds}} gained along the way as these are required for a number of highly desirable things later, notably {{ItemIcon|Diamond Luck Potion|Diamond Luck Potions}} and the [[Agility#Obstacles|Ice Jump]] {{Skill|Agility}} obstacle.
#** The ring allows for the chance to get [[Signet Ring Half (a)]] and [[Signet Ring Half (b)]] which together make [[Aorpheat's Signet Ring]]. The odds are slim, but we'll take them.
#* Once you've obtained a decent amount of of {{Icon|GP}}, you can begin saving any {{ItemIcon|Emerald|Emeralds}}, and {{ItemIcon|Sapphire|Sapphires}} obtained from fishing, as these will be useful for creating {{ItemIcon|Devil}} Tablets later, and for various other skills further down the line.
#* While you're {{Skill|Smithing}}, spend your mastery on gold bars. The increased preserve and double are very helpful. Once gold bar is 99, split the mastery among other items in smithing. This is a small boost in chance to get {{ItemIcon|Circlet of Rhaelyx}} and {{ItemIcon|Jewel of Rhaelyx}} but we may as well.
#* Sell everything that isn't a rare special drop acquired while Fishing, which should provide enough {{Icon|GP}} to fund fishing rod upgrades
# Now that we're back to skilling, we've got some tasks we can work on.
#** Special drops can be seen on [[Fishing#Special|Fishing Specials]], other notable drops include {{ItemIcon|Circlet of Rhaelyx}}
#* Make 100 [[Gold Bar]], 100 [[Silver Bar]], and 100 [[Mithril Bar]]. We'll get to those without much trouble in the 1.5m gold section, it's a small detour that's easy to accomplish.
#* Once the 2M {{Icon|GP}} for the [[Dragon Fishing Rod]] upgrade is acquired, all gems can reasonably be saved at this point.
#* Make a set of mithril armor. You can sell the rewards from this one as well.  
#* Catching the following fish is suggested:
#* This one will take a bit more doing, but you want 5000 exp in {{Skill|Woodcutting}}, {{Skill|Fishing}}, {{Skill|Firemaking}}, {{Skill|Cooking}}, {{Skill|Mining}}, and {{Skill|Smithing}}. You should be mostly done with these at this point, and the reward is worth over 40,000 gold.
#** Below {{SkillReq|Fishing|99}}:
# At this point, we should be looking at a {{Skill|Summoning}} level of 35, which opens up {{ItemIcon|Crow}} for us with {{Skill|Runecrafting}}.
#*** See [[Fishing/Training|Fishing Training]]. Your fish selection should always be the highest XP/h fish.
# Use your mist runes to make [[Crow]] tablets, then make more {{ItemIcon|Air Rune}}, {{ItemIcon|Water Rune}}, {{ItemIcon|Fire Rune}}, {{ItemIcon|Chaos Rune}}, {{ItemIcon|Mist Rune}}, and {{ItemIcon|Smoke Rune}}. We're just aiming for level 45 {{Skill|Summoning}} at the moment, so once you get there, we can move along.
#**** Keep leveling {{Skill|Summoning}} simultaneously by always having the {{ItemIcon|Octopus}}/{{ItemIcon|Pig}} Synergy equipped, and making sure your selected fish can actually cook. It is preferable to only pick fish that work with this synergy, even if it means losing a bit of {{Skill|Fishing}} XP/h.
#* Once your {{ItemIcon|Crow}} and {{ItemIcon|Mole}} can make a synergy, it is a good idea to use them to get rune essence. You will go through a lot at this point.
#** {{SkillReq|Fishing|99}} with [[Fishing Skillcape]] unlocked (requiring {{SkillReq|Fishing|99}} and costing 1M [[Currency#Gold Pieces|GP]]):
# It's {{Skill|Agility}} time! Not actually, but it's worth taking time to see what we need coming up soon.
#*** {{ItemIcon|Raw Whale|Whales}} for GP and eventually so they can be cooked into valuable food and {{Skill|Cooking}} XP, or turned into {{Skill|Summoning}} Tablets ({{ItemIcon|Octopus}}, {{ItemIcon|Wolf}}, and {{ItemIcon|Pig}}), as well as other uses, including as a resource for an {{Skill|Agility}} Obstacle.
#* Quick obstacle rundown:
#*** {{ItemIcon|Raw Magic Fish|Magic Fish}} are generally not recommended if using Summoning. If you're ''not'' using Summoning, they are technically worth approximately [[Money Making#Fishing (Max  4,421k/hr)|1% more]] GP/h than Whales, which makes Magic Fish require the least amount of setup to be effective for GP. However {{ItemIcon|Raw Whale|Whales}} seriously outweigh Magic Fish in flexibility in other uses in the game, as well as severely outvaluing the GP/h when Whales are used with the {{ItemIcon|Octopus}}/{{ItemIcon|Pig}} synergy.
#** Obstacle 1/Agility 1: Cargo Net or Rope Climb. 10,000 gold
#** For maximum special drops, once {{ItemIcon|Message in a Bottle}} is acquired: ('''Only suggested if stacked on cooked fish and GP'''):
#** Obstacle 2/Agility 10: Balance Beam. 50,000 gold
#*** By reading the {{ItemIcon|Message in a Bottle}}, you unlock the [[Secret Area|Secret Fishing area]] which has a 5% special catch rate, the highest in the base game. With Level 50 {{Icon|Mastery}} in the respective fish, the special catch rate is 8%.
#** Obstacle 3/Agility 20: Pipe Balance-this one takes 300 [[Tin Ore]] and 300 [[Iron Ore]]. 150,000 gold
#*** Equipping the {{ItemIcon|Ent}}/{{ItemIcon|Octopus}} Synergy for an additional +6% chance to acquire special items will push the special chance to 11%, or 14% with Level 50 {{Icon|Mastery}} in the respective fish.
#** Obstacle 4/Agility 30: Coal Stones-100 [[Tomato Seeds]], 500 [[Salmon]], 20 {{Skill|Thieving}}, 20 {{Skill|Cooking}}, 250,000 gold
#**** The Level 20 {{Icon|Mastery}} Unique star from the {{Icon|Ameria|type=constellation}} constellation in {{Skill|Astrology}} can further increase the special catch rate by another +1% per point invested.
#** Obstacle 5/Agility 40: Rooftop Run-500 [[Lemontyle Herb]], 750 [[Lobster]], 50 {{Skill|Thieving}}, 500,000 gold
#**# For the most special rolls per hour: {{ItemIcon|Raw Seahorse|Seahorses}}
# As you can see some of those are out of reach, so we're gonna remedy that now. We're going {{Skill|Fishing}} again. [[Raw Shrimp]], [[Raw Sardine]], [[Raw Herring]], [[Raw Trout]], [[Raw Salmon]], and [[Raw Lobster]] in that order will get you there. Now go get some {{Skill|Cooking}} done!
#**#* Fastest catch speed in this area, which maximizes the chance of acquiring both rings
#*This is a boring grind, but you may get lucky with {{ItemIcon|Message in a Bottle}} and get some easy exp from [[Raw Seahorse]]. All down to luck. If not, just grind it out, and don't forget about the 71% success chance that mastery 1 {{Skill|Cooking}} starts at. Swapping back and forth isn't difficult, but it is kinda annoying.
#**#* Contrary to the other fish in the Secret Area, Seahorses can be synergized with {{ItemIcon|Octopus}}/{{ItemIcon|Pig}} if {{ItemIcon|Ent}} resources are hard to come by.
#** Now is a good time to cook up that [[Raw Beef]] if you didn't already for the township task.
#**# For prayer points: {{ItemIcon|Raw Skeleton Fish|Skeleton Fish}}
# Since we didn't need all those fish, equip some of the leftovers, and let's go get our [[Lemontyle Seeds]]. The easiest way to get them is [[Master Farmer]], so that's what we're doing. You're gonna have to manually eat, and it's not gonna be great, but eventually you'll get out of there with 100 [[Tomato Seeds]] and around 20 [[Lemontyle Seeds]]. That's your cue to run off.  
#**#* Can be redeemed for 3 {{Skill|Prayer}} points each, but can not be cooked
#* You could definitely use {{Skill|Slayer}} to roll for [[Master Farmer]] tasks. It'll be a minor benefit, but until you manage to get autoslayer, you may as well.
#**# {{ItemIcon|Raw Magic Fish|Magic Fish}} is not recommended for special drops, as their catch rate is the one of the slowest in the base game, with {{ItemIcon|Raw Skeleton Fish|Skeleton Fish}} having an almost 100% increased rate of special catches per hour in comparison.
# While you're waiting for your [[Lemontyle Herb]] to grow, get {{Skill|Agility}} to 30. After that, we're hopping over to our actual moneymaking method in Melvor Idle.
#* Any spare GP can be spent on bank slots. It is advised to leave a sizeable buffer of GP (at least 3M) remaining to be able to afford Shards for additional {{Skill|Summoning}} Tablets, as well as other upgrades.
# {{Skill|Thieving}} finally! Unfortunately, Thieving kinda sucks early on. Before we even start, you want probably 3-400k gold on hand to buy {{ItemIcon|Thieving Gloves}} to get you started.
#* When your {{Skill|Fishing}} Mastery pool exceeds 95%, you can start spending your Mastery pool to increase your {{Icon|Mastery}} level for individual fish. First, level all fish to at least level 20, then focus spending on whichever fish you're currently working on, if it is below 88 Mastery.
#* You do want to stop using Thieving Gloves as soon as possible though, since they'll hinder your gold/hour tremendously.
#** Level 88 {{Icon|Mastery}} is an approximate point where spending Mastery pool becomes inefficient, while you can use the pool to level an item higher than 88, it is recommended at that point to simply train the item until it hits 99 and spend your pool on other, lower leveled items.  
#* You're going to have to either take baby steps, or be willing to watch yourself do thieving so as not to die. With only autoeat 1, it's unlikely to keep you alive. You are just going to verrrryyyyy slllooooowwwwllyyy, creep from one target to the next, when they're at 100% success chance.  
#** Higher total {{Icon|Mastery}} levels across all items and all skills increase the rate at which you obtain certain rare items, so your first goal when hitting above 95% Pool in any skill should be to level as many items as possible as high as possible.
#** You'll want to buy mastery levels in Man until it's 100%, then start buying mastery levels in Woman, etc.
# Train {{Skill|Astrology}} further. Equip the {{ItemIcon|Ancient Ring of Mastery}} and study {{Icon|Deedree|type=constellation}} until level 80 {{Icon|Mastery}}.
#** Your progression should be [[Man]]-[[Woman]]-[[Bandit Thug]]-[[Marauder]]-[[Golbin Chief]]-[[Assistant Cook]]-[[Chef]]
#* Like suggested in the start of the guide, purchase modifiers as you see fit, but as earlier, upgrade costs double each time for each respective area upgraded.
#** You are looking for some specific drops besides money here too. Bandit Thug and Marauder can drop [[Thiever's Cape]] which increases stealth and gold from thieving. Golbin Chief drops [[Golbin Mask]] which also increases stealth and gold while thieving. And any target can drop [[Sneak-Ers]], which again, increase stealth. It's all in the rng here.
#* For {{ItemIcon|Stardust}} modifiers, be careful upgrading past star level 5-6
# Once you're level 20 {{Skill|Thieving}}, you should work your agility up to 40. At that point it'll just be waiting for level 50 to buy the last obstacle. The timing on this is up to you, but you want to be able to buy the obstacle once {{Skill|Thieving}} is level 50.
#* For {{ItemIcon|Golden Stardust}} modifiers, be careful upgrading past star level 3-4
 
# Alternate between training {{Skill|Woodcutting}} and {{Skill|Firemaking}} until {{SkillReq|Firemaking|15}}
At this point you're basically set! I know it sounds really early to be kicking you out of the nest, but from here you don't have much work to do. Thieving will eventually unlock Chef, which pretty easily makes you a million gold per hour(with [[Gloves of Silence]]), along with stacks of food, relieving you from fishing or cooking. Your summoning is at least 45, so you can make and use leprechaun tabs to get summoning exp, along with any other easily unlocked marks. I'll leave some suggested tasks here to get you moving along though.
#* The ultimate goal here is {{SkillReq|Firemaking|99}} to unlock the {{ItemIcon|Firemaking Skillcape}}.
#* '''Equip the {{ItemIcon|Ancient Ring of Skills}} before starting.'''
#* Any [[Woodcutting#Axe Upgrades|Axe upgrades]] should be purchased as soon as possible, as they significantly decrease the amount of time required to cut trees
#* Open any {{ItemIcon|Bird Nest|Bird Nests}} dropped for seeds, then plant those you can in {{Skill|Farming}}. Don't forget to buy new Farming plots when available.
#** Keep all {{ItemIcon|Strawberry Seeds}} for {{ItemIcon|Gentle Hands Potion|Gentle Hands Potions}} used in {{Skill|Thieving}}, and keep 3000x {{ItemIcon|Watermelons}} for {{Skill|Agility}}.
#** High Mastery level in Farming gives a chance to return seeds (to the point where crops sustain themselves), so a surplus of Strawberry Seeds can be planted if its Mastery level is high enough.
#* Manually lighting bonfires is ''not'' recommended
# Train {{Skill|Agility}} until {{SkillReq|Agility|10}} is reached. This will allow the Monkey Bars [[Agility#Obstacles|Agility obstacle]] to be created, providing a 4% decrease to the Firemaking interval
# Train to {{SkillReq|Woodcutting|35}}<!--This is not a typo, the obstacle requires level 30 but also uses Teak logs to build, meaning for this guide the effective level requirement is 35--> and {{SkillReq|Firemaking|30}}
#* If you haven't already trained {{Skill|Township}} a bit ({{SkillReq|Township|15}}), it is worth doing this now to unlock {{ItemIcon|Warm Beanie}} for additional {{Skill|Firemaking}} boosts. If you've followed the full guide up to this point, you should have plenty of Township ticks to easily reach {{SkillReq|Township|80}} or higher, so it is highly recommended to be mindful when spending ticks.
# Train {{Skill|Agility}} once more, this time until {{SkillReq|Agility|20}} is reached for the purpose of creating the Stepping Stones obstacle. This obstacle provides both a 6% decrease to Woodcutting interval and a 3% increase to Firemaking skill XP.
# Continue training {{Skill|Woodcutting}} and {{Skill|Firemaking}} until {{SkillReq|Firemaking|99}}
#* Having {{ItemIcon|Ent}} and {{ItemIcon|Octopus}} equipped will increase the number of {{ItemIcon|Bird Nest|Bird Nests}} dropped and continue to grant you more summoning XP.
#* If you have reached {{SkillReq|Summoning|90}}, as soon as you obtain one {{Icon|Devil|type=mark|Mark of the Devil}} you can begin to craft {{ItemIcon|Devil}} and use them for Firemaking to increase your summoning XP/action considerably as well as your Firemaking XP/h.
#* Once again, keep planting seeds awarded from [[Bird Nest]]s and keep the ones noted in the first {{Skill|Woodcutting}} section.
#* Skip cutting {{ItemIcon|Magic Logs|Magic Trees}} due to the long cut time
#* It is highly suggested to have the {{UpgradeIcon|Multi-Tree}} upgrade by the time you reach {{ItemIcon|Redwood Logs|Redwood Tree}}s as this allows you to level Woodcutting with the best XP rates while keeping the primary Firemaking resource ({{ItemIcon|Yew Logs}}) intact
#** This means using {{UpgradeIcon|Multi-Tree}} to simultaneously cut {{ItemIcon|Redwood Logs|Redwood}} and {{ItemIcon|Yew Logs|Yew}} logs.
#* Save any {{ItemIcon|Redwood Logs}} gained as these should be turned into {{ItemIcon|Dragon Javelin|Dragon Javelins}} later, burning only up to and including {{ItemIcon|Yew Logs}} to achieve {{SkillReq|Firemaking|99}}.
#* Although lighting bonfires will increase the {{Skill|Firemaking}} Skill XP gained, this is very manual to maintain and uses significantly more logs per hour.
#** Lighting bonfires automatically by using {{ItemIcon|Controlled Heat Potion}}s is highly recommended if you are able to reach {{SkillReq|Herblore|20}} by creating only {{ItemIcon|Bird Nest Potion|Bird Nest Potions}}, requiring {{ItemIcon|Garum Herb|Garum Herbs}} from {{Skill|Farming}} and {{ItemIcon|Potato Seeds}} from {{ItemIcon|Bird Nest|Bird Nests}} to create.
# Purchase and equip the {{ItemIcon|Firemaking Skillcape}}
#* It might be worth checking your {{Skill|Firemaking}} {{Icon|Mastery}} pool and seeing whether the 95% checkpoint is active. This provides an additional +5% Global Mastery XP - if not, go back and finish this this up now. Continuing on your moderately mastered {{ItemIcon|Yew Logs}} you should be getting a bit more than 1% pool per hour.
#* Reaching maximum level in a skill increases the amount of pool provided per action from 25% to 50% of the Mastery XP.
# Train {{Skill|Astrology}} once more, this time until {{SkillReq|Astrology|99}} is reached in order to unlock many more bonuses, including the {{ItemIcon|Astrology Skillcape}}, which - when equipped - further speeds up the rate at which you find both types of Dust.
# Go back to {{Skill|Astrology}} and ensure all your constellations are at least {{Icon|Mastery}} Level 40, and train those which are not.
#* {{Icon|Mastery}} Level 40 unlocks the 2nd tier of normal modifiers, which contain Skill XP or Mastery XP (or both) bonuses.
#* Many {{Skill|Astrology|notext=true|nolink=true}} {{Icon|Mastery}} Level 60, 80 and 99 unlocks provide modifiers that are rarely seen elsewhere in the game, with some of them only being useful in edge cases, so it is suggested to only further master the constellations that you know you will be benefiting from. You can see the list of constellation modifiers on the {{Skill|Astrology|notext=true|nolink=true}} [[Astrology#Constellations|Astrology]] page.


# Continue working on {{Skill|Runecrafting}} with {{ItemIcon|Crow}} tablets and Magic + Defense style combat. Collect slayer coins to get AutoSlayer. Good targets would be [[Giant Crab]], [[Ghost]], [[Confused Pirate]], [[Bandit]], or [[Hill Giant]].
At this point, you have both Ancient rings (providing +8% Skill or +7% Mastery XP, depending on which is equipped), the {{ItemIcon|Firemaking Skillcape}} (providing +5% Skill XP to all skills), and a variety of other bonuses from {{Skill|Astrology}} and {{Skill|Agility}}.
# Upgrade your magic gear as you gain levels in magic and runecrafting. Air adept gear can be used at 35 magic, which doesn't take long. At some point you'll want to get the 25% mastery pool checkpoint to improve your exp gain.
# When {{Skill|Slayer}} gets to 45, go get [[Gloves of Silence]] for another stealth, interval, and gold boost to thieving. These things are '''HUGE''' for your gold per hour. Suggest getting them as soon as possible. Once you have them, autoeat 2 and 3 are more quickly gotten, and should be whenever you feel you want them.
# [[Amulet of Looting]] is a very important piece of equipment if you plan to do any long term combat. You can idle the Spider Forest dungeon around 16 dr/380 hp. This dungeon also contains nearly all the base game gear you'll need for ranged, minus some fairly easily bought dhide pieces to upgrade them.
# Once your defense reaches level 40 you can equip rune armor. If you use your silver and gold bars to upgrade a set of armor, you'll make your melee journey much easier. You can even get the rune armor from [[Rune Knight]] which are weak to magic attacks.
# With all your thieving money, {{Skill|Township}} should be started soon. It will be another source of food for you once you get it leveled up a ways.  


'''Good luck and happy leveling!'''
The choices on what path to take next start to open up, some suggestions are:
* {{Skill|Thieving}} for [[Currency#Gold Pieces|GP]], and various [[Thieving#Areas|Area unique]] & [[Thieving#Thieving Targets|NPC unique]] items, a number of which provide various bonuses to other skills.
* {{Skill|Mining}}, {{Skill|Smithing}}, and {{Skill|Fletching}} for the {{ItemIcon|Dragon Javelin|notext=true}} [[Money Making#Fletching_Dragon_Javelins_with_Alt_Magic_.28Max_.7E9500k.2Fhr.29|Dragon Javelin money-making method]], which is one of the best in the game. This is where any saved {{ItemIcon|Redwood Logs}} from Woodcutting will be used.
* {{Skill|Agility}} to unlock further [[Agility#Obstacles|obstacles]], providing additional bonuses. Reaching any further than obstacle 5 or 6 may be difficult initially however, due to the significant cost of obstacles and various level requirements.


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Revision as of 09:31, 30 April 2024

This page was last updated for (v1.2).

Introduction

This page presents one possible way to start your Melvor journey. Please note that the instructions below are for the Standard and

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Hardcore

Game Modes. For Adventure, please refer to Adventure/Guide.

This guide is not intended for casual players or players looking to find their own way through the game. The goal of this guide is to give players a helping hand in the early stages of the game by introducing them to more intermediate concepts of the game and some inter-skill synergies. Please keep in mind that this guide is NOT intended to be the most efficient way to do things. There is no right or wrong way to progress in the game. Therefore, new players are heavily encouraged to try a larger diversity of skills as soon as they feel more comfortable with the basics.

This page was originally inspired by the following reddit post.

Steps

  1. Level
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    Astrology     until the
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    Ameria     constellation is unlocked (
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     Level 20    )
    • Once
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       Level 10       is achieved, training on the
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      Iridan       constellation is the fastest path to Ameria. Generally speaking, the fastest method for training a skill is the one with the highest level requirement.
  2. Continue training
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    Astrology     on the
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    Ameria     constellation until
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    Mastery     level 80 is achieved in Ameria.
    • Doing so will provide access to 3 basic modifiers and 2 unique modifiers from Ameria, which can then be activated and then upgraded by consuming Stardust and Golden Stardust. All of these bonuses are good, however, be aware that the cost doubles for each upgrade you purchase. For now, we recommend not purchasing past the following upgrade levels:
      • For Stardust modifiers, be careful upgrading past star level 5-6
      • For Golden Stardust modifiers, be careful upgrading past star level 3-4
      • You can always come back for more bonuses later!
  3. Train
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    Woodcutting     until you obtain one Mark of the Ent
    • Axe upgrades should be purchased as soon as possible, as they significantly decrease the amount of time required to cut all trees.
    • Open any Bird Nests, plant the seeds you're able to in
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      Farming      , and sell any seeds you're not able to plant. If able, always use Weird Gloop (by combining 2 Compost with 10 Rune Essence in the
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      Shop      ) when planting seeds as this guarantees their growth.
      • Farming works passively while you're doing something else, so harvesting crops/herb/trees and planting new ones as soon as they're available is the best strategy.
  4. Train
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    Summoning     by creating
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    Ent     Tablets until about
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     Level 5    .
    • We will use these Tablets in
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      Woodcutting       to further level to around
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       Level 10       to unlock the Ent/Octopus Synergy for Fishing later on. You can see all possible
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      Synergies       here.
    • Summoning is a very GP expensive skill, especially in the early game. It may not be possible to complete this step immediately. You can start fishing (Step 7) for some money and come back to this step once enough money is attained for summoning.
  5. Train
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    Woodcutting     with your
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    Ent     Tablets equipped, until 5 more Marks of the Ent have been discovered, making your Mark of the Ent level 2, enabling one half of the
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    Ent    /
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    Octopus     synergy.
    • No matter what you're doing, try to ensure you always have Tablets equipped, even if this means temporarily stopping whatever skill you are doing to create some more. Having a
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      Tablet       equipped that works in the skill you're training increases the amount of
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      Summoning       XP you gain per action.
    • Once at least 1 batch of Tablets of the appropriate Mark has been crafted, you have enabled finding additional Marks of that type even when the Tablets aren't equipped or present in your Bank. However, the drop chance for Marks is higher when respective Tablet(s) are equipped.
    • We want to prepare unlocking the
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      Ent       half of the synergy now, so that it is immediately ready while we're training Fishing later. Having a synergy active further improves Summoning XP gained per action.
  6. If not already
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     Level 15    , train
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    Summoning     until
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     Level 15    . You can train Summoning by either:
    • Preferably, equipping and using Tablets in its appropriate action (e.g. equipping
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      Ent       while
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      Woodcutting      )
    • Alternatively, but slower and not recommended, creating additional Tablets (e.g. creating
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      Ent       Tablets)
  7. Train
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    Fishing     until you receive one Mark of the Octopus.
    • Don't forget, after the first Mark is found, you must create at least 1 batch of Tablets of the associated Mark to be able to find any additional Marks of that type.
  8. Create at least 1 batch of
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    Octopus     Tablets to enable finding additional Marks of the Octopus
  9. Train
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    Fishing     with both
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    Ent     and
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    Octopus     equipped until
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     Level 25
    • Equipping both prepares you for the likely chance that you accumulate enough Marks of the Octopus to enable the Ent/Octopus synergy, enabling even faster Summoning XP gains
    • Synergies use both Tablets in the Synergy simultaneously, so expect the Tablet usage for both to go up when the Synergy is active.
  10. Train
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    Cooking     until you find a total of six Mark of the Pig.
    • Again, remember to craft at least one batch of
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      Pig       to be able to find more than one Mark of the Pig.
    • The chance of mark discovery per action scales with the recipe's base cooking time for
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      Cooking      , therefore the recipe chosen has no impact on the mark drop rate.
  11. Train
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    Fishing     with
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    Octopus     and either
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    Ent     or
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    Pig     equipped until both the Ancient Ring of Skills and Ancient Ring of Mastery have been acquired.
    • Remember that these rings are incredibly rare and may take a very long time to obtain, feel free to do something else if you get bored. You can always come back later when you have more bonuses.
    • Use the raw fish you catch to create
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      Octopi       and the cooked fish you earn from the synergy to create
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      Pigs      . Some resources cannot be used to create Tablets.
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      Octopus       and
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      Ent       should be phased out as you progress and transition into
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      Octopus       and
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      Pig      . The synergy will require the
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      Octopus       to be Mark Level 3, and the
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      Pig       to be Mark Level 2.
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      Pig       allows you to make money while training Fishing and Summoning, instead of pouring all of your GP into familiar tablets.
    • Once you start making more raw and cooked fish than you need to create Tablets, sell the excess for spare
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      GP      .
    • Most summoning Tablets allow you to select the recipe, changing the type and quantity of resources consumed per action. For example,
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      Pig       needs 50 Shrimp available at
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       Level 1      , making good
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      Pig       Tablet uptime hard, but only needs 7 Swordfish which is available at
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       Level 50      .
    • It is likely that
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       Level 99       will have been reached by the time this happens due to the rarity of these rings.
    • Like with Woodcutting's Axe upgrades, Fishing Rods also provide a significant decrease to catch time and should be purchased as soon as they become available.
    • Open any Treasure Chests, equipping the
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      Amulet of Fishing       if it drops, as this greatly reduces the catch time for all fish.
    • Consume any Mastery Tokens acquired to increase your
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      Mastery Pool      , as long as you don't cap your pool.
    • Keep any Diamonds gained along the way as these are required for a number of highly desirable things later, notably Diamond Luck Potions and the Ice Jump
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      Agility       obstacle.
    • Once you've obtained a decent amount of of
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      GP      , you can begin saving any Emeralds, and Sapphires obtained from fishing, as these will be useful for creating
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      Devil       Tablets later, and for various other skills further down the line.
    • Sell everything that isn't a rare special drop acquired while Fishing, which should provide enough
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      GP       to fund fishing rod upgrades
    • Once the 2M
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      GP       for the Dragon Fishing Rod upgrade is acquired, all gems can reasonably be saved at this point.
    • Catching the following fish is suggested:
      • Below
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         Level 99        :
        • See Fishing Training. Your fish selection should always be the highest XP/h fish.
          • Keep leveling
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            Summoning             simultaneously by always having the
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            Octopus            /
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            Pig             Synergy equipped, and making sure your selected fish can actually cook. It is preferable to only pick fish that work with this synergy, even if it means losing a bit of
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            Fishing             XP/h.
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         Level 99         with Fishing Skillcape unlocked (requiring
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         Level 99         and costing 1M GP):
        • Whales for GP and eventually so they can be cooked into valuable food and
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          Cooking           XP, or turned into
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          Summoning           Tablets (
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          Octopus          ,
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          Wolf          , and
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          Pig          ), as well as other uses, including as a resource for an
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          Agility           Obstacle.
        • Magic Fish are generally not recommended if using Summoning. If you're not using Summoning, they are technically worth approximately 1% more GP/h than Whales, which makes Magic Fish require the least amount of setup to be effective for GP. However Whales seriously outweigh Magic Fish in flexibility in other uses in the game, as well as severely outvaluing the GP/h when Whales are used with the
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          Octopus          /
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          Pig           synergy.
      • For maximum special drops, once Message in a Bottle is acquired: (Only suggested if stacked on cooked fish and GP):
        • By reading the Message in a Bottle, you unlock the Secret Fishing area which has a 5% special catch rate, the highest in the base game. With Level 50
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          Mastery           in the respective fish, the special catch rate is 8%.
        • Equipping the
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          Ent          /
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          Octopus           Synergy for an additional +6% chance to acquire special items will push the special chance to 11%, or 14% with Level 50
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          Mastery           in the respective fish.
          • The Level 20
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            Mastery             Unique star from the
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            Ameria             constellation in
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            Astrology             can further increase the special catch rate by another +1% per point invested.
        1. For the most special rolls per hour: Seahorses
          • Fastest catch speed in this area, which maximizes the chance of acquiring both rings
          • Contrary to the other fish in the Secret Area, Seahorses can be synergized with
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            Octopus            /
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            Pig             if
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            Ent             resources are hard to come by.
        2. For prayer points: Skeleton Fish
          • Can be redeemed for 3
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            Prayer             points each, but can not be cooked
        3. Magic Fish is not recommended for special drops, as their catch rate is the one of the slowest in the base game, with Skeleton Fish having an almost 100% increased rate of special catches per hour in comparison.
    • Any spare GP can be spent on bank slots. It is advised to leave a sizeable buffer of GP (at least 3M) remaining to be able to afford Shards for additional
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      Summoning       Tablets, as well as other upgrades.
    • When your
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      Fishing       Mastery pool exceeds 95%, you can start spending your Mastery pool to increase your
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      Mastery       level for individual fish. First, level all fish to at least level 20, then focus spending on whichever fish you're currently working on, if it is below 88 Mastery.
      • Level 88
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        Mastery         is an approximate point where spending Mastery pool becomes inefficient, while you can use the pool to level an item higher than 88, it is recommended at that point to simply train the item until it hits 99 and spend your pool on other, lower leveled items.
      • Higher total
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        Mastery         levels across all items and all skills increase the rate at which you obtain certain rare items, so your first goal when hitting above 95% Pool in any skill should be to level as many items as possible as high as possible.
  12. Train
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    Astrology     further. Equip the Ancient Ring of Mastery and study
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    Deedree     until level 80
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    Mastery    .
    • Like suggested in the start of the guide, purchase modifiers as you see fit, but as earlier, upgrade costs double each time for each respective area upgraded.
    • For Stardust modifiers, be careful upgrading past star level 5-6
    • For Golden Stardust modifiers, be careful upgrading past star level 3-4
  13. Alternate between training
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    Woodcutting     and
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    Firemaking     until
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     Level 15
    • The ultimate goal here is
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       Level 99       to unlock the Firemaking Skillcape.
    • Equip the Ancient Ring of Skills before starting.
    • Any Axe upgrades should be purchased as soon as possible, as they significantly decrease the amount of time required to cut trees
    • Open any Bird Nests dropped for seeds, then plant those you can in
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      Farming      . Don't forget to buy new Farming plots when available.
      • Keep all Strawberry Seeds for Gentle Hands Potions used in
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        Thieving        , and keep 3000x Watermelons for
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        Agility        .
      • High Mastery level in Farming gives a chance to return seeds (to the point where crops sustain themselves), so a surplus of Strawberry Seeds can be planted if its Mastery level is high enough.
    • Manually lighting bonfires is not recommended
  14. Train
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    Agility     until
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     Level 10     is reached. This will allow the Monkey Bars Agility obstacle to be created, providing a 4% decrease to the Firemaking interval
  15. Train to
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     Level 35     and
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     Level 30
    • If you haven't already trained
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      Township       a bit (
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       Level 15      ), it is worth doing this now to unlock Warm Beanie for additional
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      Firemaking       boosts. If you've followed the full guide up to this point, you should have plenty of Township ticks to easily reach
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       Level 80       or higher, so it is highly recommended to be mindful when spending ticks.
  16. Train
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    Agility     once more, this time until
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     Level 20     is reached for the purpose of creating the Stepping Stones obstacle. This obstacle provides both a 6% decrease to Woodcutting interval and a 3% increase to Firemaking skill XP.
  17. Continue training
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    Woodcutting     and
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    Firemaking     until
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     Level 99
    • Having
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      Ent       and
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      Octopus       equipped will increase the number of Bird Nests dropped and continue to grant you more summoning XP.
    • If you have reached
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       Level 90      , as soon as you obtain one Mark of the Devil you can begin to craft
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      Devil       and use them for Firemaking to increase your summoning XP/action considerably as well as your Firemaking XP/h.
    • Once again, keep planting seeds awarded from Bird Nests and keep the ones noted in the first
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      Woodcutting       section.
    • Skip cutting Magic Trees due to the long cut time
    • It is highly suggested to have the
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      Multi-Tree       upgrade by the time you reach Redwood Trees as this allows you to level Woodcutting with the best XP rates while keeping the primary Firemaking resource ( Yew Logs) intact
      • This means using
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        Multi-Tree         to simultaneously cut Redwood and Yew logs.
    • Save any Redwood Logs gained as these should be turned into Dragon Javelins later, burning only up to and including Yew Logs to achieve
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       Level 99      .
    • Although lighting bonfires will increase the
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      Firemaking       Skill XP gained, this is very manual to maintain and uses significantly more logs per hour.
  18. Purchase and equip the Firemaking Skillcape
    • It might be worth checking your
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      Firemaking
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      Mastery       pool and seeing whether the 95% checkpoint is active. This provides an additional +5% Global Mastery XP - if not, go back and finish this this up now. Continuing on your moderately mastered Yew Logs you should be getting a bit more than 1% pool per hour.
    • Reaching maximum level in a skill increases the amount of pool provided per action from 25% to 50% of the Mastery XP.
  19. Train
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    Astrology     once more, this time until
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     Level 99     is reached in order to unlock many more bonuses, including the Astrology Skillcape, which - when equipped - further speeds up the rate at which you find both types of Dust.
  20. Go back to
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    Astrology     and ensure all your constellations are at least
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    Mastery     Level 40, and train those which are not.
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      Mastery       Level 40 unlocks the 2nd tier of normal modifiers, which contain Skill XP or Mastery XP (or both) bonuses.
    • Many
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      Mastery       Level 60, 80 and 99 unlocks provide modifiers that are rarely seen elsewhere in the game, with some of them only being useful in edge cases, so it is suggested to only further master the constellations that you know you will be benefiting from. You can see the list of constellation modifiers on the
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       Astrology page.

At this point, you have both Ancient rings (providing +8% Skill or +7% Mastery XP, depending on which is equipped), the Firemaking Skillcape (providing +5% Skill XP to all skills), and a variety of other bonuses from

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Astrology

and

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Agility

.

The choices on what path to take next start to open up, some suggestions are:

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    Thieving     for GP, and various Area unique & NPC unique items, a number of which provide various bonuses to other skills.
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    Mining    ,
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    Smithing    , and
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    Fletching     for the Dragon Javelin money-making method, which is one of the best in the game. This is where any saved Redwood Logs from Woodcutting will be used.
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    Agility     to unlock further obstacles, providing additional bonuses. Reaching any further than obstacle 5 or 6 may be difficult initially however, due to the significant cost of obstacles and various level requirements.


Melvor Idle Skill Guides
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Combat •
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Prayer •
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Farming •
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Township •
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Woodcutting •
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Fishing •
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Firemaking •
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Cooking •
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Mining •
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Smithing •
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Crafting •
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Herblore •
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Agility •
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Summoning •
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Astrology •
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Harvesting
Melvor Idle version v1.3.1 (Released: 30th October 2024)
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Combat:
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Slayer •
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Corruption
Skills:
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Farming •
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Township •
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Fishing •
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Firemaking •
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Cooking •
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Mining •
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Herblore •
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Agility •
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Summoning •
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Astrology •
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Cartography •
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Harvesting
Other:
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Beginners Guide • Guides •
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Bank •
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Mastery •
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Money Making •
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Shop • Easter Eggs • Pets •
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Golbin Raid •
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Full Version • Throne of the Herald • Atlas of Discovery •
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Into the Abyss
Reference Tables: Items, Equipment, Experience Table, Upgrading Items, Combat Areas, Slayer Areas, Dungeons, Strongholds, The Abyss, Monsters
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