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Introduction

This guide is written for characters playing the Standard game mode. If playing

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Hardcore

or Adventure modes, preparation for certain events is different, especially for the

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Fire God Dungeon

due to the differences in the Combat Triangle. This guide will assume there are no self-imposed restrictions put upon the account, if you choose to restrict your character in some way, you have to figure out how to get around it.

Progression in Melvor Idle primarily revolves around combat; while there is of course progression in all of the non-combat skills, that progression all serves to make you better at combat. This guide will break the game into multiple sections and try to give advice for each. The sections this guide will look into, and roughly how long they will take are as follows:

  • The Early-Early Game:

- This is when the player is using very low level gear, has not purchased or obtained vital upgrades like Auto-Eat or the Amulet of Looting and may require active (or more active) play to get the most out of. Can take a few days up to about a week.

  • The Early Game:

- Where most of the game opens up and when combat gets exciting. The player has obtained reasonable gear, is able to fight the majority of monsters in Combat Areas and the first few Slayer Areas comfortably, and is starting to prepare to get more specialized gear from combat to progress. This section can take anywhere up to about a month or two, and is marked by the completion of

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Volcanic Cave

.

  • The Mid Game:

- This section revolves around finishing your armor sets, maxing out your stats, and completing long term achievements like the God Dungeons. This section can take up to several months, and is usually marked by completion of

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Into the Mist

.

  • The Late Game:

- This is when the player is working on upgrading their weapons in the

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Dark Waters

Area, upgrading their armor in the

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Unhallowed Wasteland

Area, and fully preparing to defeat the

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Impending Darkness Event

. This step contains long grinds, but if enough preparation has already been done, it should only take a few weeks at most.

  • The Late-Late Game:

- Here the player finishes any achievements that haven't been mopped up yet, with the goal of filling the completion log with anything that hasn't been worth the time. This step's length is variable, as it depends on how much has already been completed, and how optimal/lucky the player is finishing up. Prepare to spend multiple days hunting for an item you'll never actually use!

The guide will start with an overview on how combat works, the stats, and what items affect them. After that, it describes in detail the leveling up to the first challenging dungeon of the game, the

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Volcanic Cave

. It will cover the God Dungeons and conclude with guidance for late game content. Remember that the majority of things mentioned here are recommendations and are not always required or the most optimal, if you don't want to do something, you probably don't have to.

Using Non-Combat to improve at Combat

There are several non-combat skills that improve various parts of the combat experience:

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    Agility
    - Many of the obstacles provide important combat bonuses.
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    Herblore
    - Diamond Luck Potions are among the highest DPS boosts in the game.
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    Thieving
    - There are a multitude of useful item drops from several NPCs, including Chapeau Noir, Knight's Defender, and others.
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    Astrology
    - "Hidden Levels" provide accuracy and damage bonuses, as well as other powerful and important passive benefits.
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    Summoning
    - Tablets provide boosts to combat effectiveness and deal damage on their own. The
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    Dragon
    burn effect is particularly great against high hp enemies.
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    Cooking
    - Cook food to eat so you don't die!
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    Farming
    - Farm food to eat so you don't die! Farming is particularly useful because it does not require you to actively spend time on it, you can farm food 'while doing combat' for example.

Other skills helpful for smooth progression include:

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    Smithing
    -
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    Melee
    armor and weapons.
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    Fletching
    -
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    Ranged
    ammunition and weapons.
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    Crafting
    - Jewelry and
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    Ranged
    armor.
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    Runecrafting
    -
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    Magic
    armor and weapons.
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    Level 99
    - The Firemaking Skillcape and Ash
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    Township
    - The Trader can be used to exchange goods for food and consumable items that make combat easier.

Melvor Idle is not competitive, so it is recommended to set goals that you personally want and work towards them. The game will take a very long time to complete, so anything you can do to make it more fun for YOU is hugely recommended; using a weapon that you personally think is cool or useful, or not using an item because the grind isn't fun is perfectly acceptable and makes the game more interesting!

Gear Stats

All gear has certain stats that link it to one of the three combat styles:

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Melee

,

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Ranged

, or

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Magic

. Gear that is more difficult to obtain is usually better. Closer to endgame, the choices become more situational. For stat breakdowns and math, use the Combat Simulator or read the

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Combat

page.

Shared Stats

Attack Interval

Attack Speed is determined primarily by the default Attack Interval on weapons and affects how long it takes between attacks. It is given as seconds per attack, so lower is better. Some things that affect attack speed are:

Damage Reduction

Damage Reduction, or DR, is the most important stat in the game. Damage Reduction,

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Hitpoints

, and

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Auto Eat

tier are all taken into account when considering how much damage the player can take before being able to die. Damage Reduction can be found on:

  • - Upgraded versions of the highest level armor pieces from skilling.
  • - All Ancient tier gear, when fully upgraded
  • - All God Dungeon gear
  • Silver Diamond Ring - Can be obtained through
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    Crafting
    ,
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    Combat
    , or
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    Thieving
  • Damage Reduction Potions
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    Leonardo
    -
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    Defence
    Pet
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    Erran
    -
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    Earth God Dungeon
    Pet
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    Agility
    Obstacles
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    Safeguard
    /
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    Stone Skin
    -
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    Prayer

For the end game, there are some

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Prayers

and items that drop from

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Impending Darkness

that affect enemies' DR:

Auto Eat

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Auto Eat

is an upgrade that automatically eats equipped food after a certain health threshold. Upgrading this as quickly as possible is critical. Auto Eat Tier, along with

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Hitpoints

and Damage Reduction controls what content is accessible without a chance of death. With

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Auto Eat

, the type of food does not matter as long as one does not run out of it. The difference between Potatoes or Whale (Perfect) is negligible. The main difference between any given food sources is the time spent

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Cooking

,

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Fishing

or

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Farming

instead of fighting monsters.

Auto Eat Threshold

Auto Eat Threshold is the HP value necessary to trigger Auto Eat, lowering the necessary HP/DR required. In the base game, only one item affects the Auto Eat threshold:

Auto Eat Efficiency

Auto Eat Efficiency increases the amount of HP healed per piece of food eaten. This can be found on:

Slayer Area Effect Negation

Slayer Area Effect Negation reduces the effect of Slayer Area debuffs when fighting in one of these areas. These can range from annoying (

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Forest of Goo

,

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Arid Plains

) to downright progress blocking (

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Dark Waters

,

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Unhallowed Wasteland

). This stat can be found on:

Attack Bonus/Accuracy Rating

These are included on all weapons, and some pieces of armor.

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Melee

has Stab, Slash, and Block Bonuses, while

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Ranged

and

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Magic

have their own attack bonuses. In combat the player's Accuracy Rating determines how often they hit an enemy, based on the enemy's Evasion Rating.

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Summoning

Tablets use the player's accuracy rating to calculate their chance to hit.

Defence/Evasion Rating

These are included on all pieces of armor, and are heavily connected to the Combat Triangle. The higher the number, the better. Evasion only helps to kill enemies faster if they can stun, slow, or sleep, as the player will evade their disabling attacks more often.

Class-related Stats

Melee Stats

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Melee

gear focuses on 4 stats:

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    bonus: One of the factors that determines max hit.
  • Stab/Slash/Block bonus: Determines the accuracy (chance to hit) of that particular attack style. Every weapon favors one of the styles, and using the correct one will boost your effective DPS.

Magic Stats

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Magic

armor and weapons focus on 2 stats:

  • Magic Damage Bonus: Determines your max hit.
  • Magic Attack Bonus: Determines your accuracy.

Additionally,

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Magic

also benefits from Rune Preservation Chance and Rune Cost Reduction. This can be found on multiple items and buffs, including:

Ranged Stats

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Ranged

armor and weapons focus on 2 stats:

  • Ranged strength bonus: Determines your max hit.
  • Ranged attack bonus: Determines your accuracy.

Additionally,

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Ranged

gear also benefits from Ammo Preservation. This can be found on multiple items and buffs, including:

Special Attacks and Passive Effects

Beyond stats, many pieces of equipment have Special Attacks or passive effects.

Special Attacks have a percentage chance of triggering when in combat and will replace your standard attack. A list of equipment and spells with special attacks can be viewed on the Special Attacks page.

Passive effects are bonuses that are always in play. These can increase your dps, GP/hr or simply provide more item drops. Item doubling is the most critical. This can be found on multiple items and buffs, including:

GP increases can be found on:

External Tooling

Two popular external tools are the Combat Simulator and Can I Idle.

Combat Simulator is a browser extension maintained by TinyCoyote that allows you to estimate many attributes of combat, such as death rate, XP/hr, drops/hr, DPS, and so on. With Combat Simulator, it is trivial to check if your setup is going to work or not. It uses the same webworker as the game itself, so it's quite accurate. As of game version v1.1.1 this extensions has not yet been updated to work with the new built in mod manager and is not available.

Can I Idle is a site built and maintained by Silber. You enter some of the stats found on the combat page and see which enemies you can or can't idle. It's a very useful tool throughout the game. As of v1.1.1 the site is no longer being updated, however it should still be accurate. It will no longer be accurate for elite/master slayer tasks for players who have completed ID and have purchased the expansion.

Slayer

If you play actively, you can start with

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Slayer

early. If you want to progress in it, unlocking

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Auto Slayer

should be your first goal. You will also level your combat skills along the way. If you idle, it is okay to leave

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Slayer

until you need the bonuses from its gear or drops from its monsters.

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Slayer

picks up closer to the time of

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Volcanic Cave

, and you will be able to catch up quickly with all the gear that you have at that point.

It takes 15 Normal Slayer tasks to buy the Basic Slayer gear. The Slayer Gear Upgrade Kit (Strong) / Slayer Gear Upgrade Kit (Elite) / Slayer Gear Upgrade Kit (Master) take 25 Hard Tasks / 30 Elite Tasks / 40 Master Tasks respectively.

Slayer Areas sometimes require items that must be purchased using Slayer Coins from the Shop. The monsters locked in slayer areas will not be rolled in slayer tasks until the item has been purchased from the shop. Also, if you are using

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Auto Slayer

, monsters locked behind an item will never appear if the item is not equipped; you can leverage this to control the task rolls.

Base Game Combat

The Early-Early Game: Levels 1-40

Early on, the game is primarily about leveling up your core combat stats, getting a feel for the combat systems, and acquiring basic combat equipment.

All three combat styles are connected. It is impossible to use only one style throughout the game if you wish to complete all content. The Combat Triangle determines how much damage and damage reduction you have against enemies of each different combat style, and is very important in choosing how to approach combat.

It is highly recommend to level all styles to not be in the position where you finished are almost ready to take on a dungeon that requires a specific combat style, and then have to level that skill from level 1 for 2 weeks.

Major Goals

The earliest for most players is the

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Auto Eat

upgrade, purchased in the shop for 1,000GPk, followed by the Amulet of Looting, found in the

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Spider Forest

, which will make combat a fully automated activity. Beyond that, it's mainly a matter of learning how combat works and leveling up your skills.

Leveling Guidelines

As the player is just being introduced to combat, this section will try to be as simple as possible, while also setting some guidelines for the rest of the guide. The tables in each section in this entire guide will generally provide bare minimum recommendations. Some notes on how to use the information given:

  • The player must have an appropriate Auto Eat level and won't run out of food.
  • The player has enough Damage Reduction to survive against enemies when Auto Eat is not enough by itself.
  • Armor should be upgraded from the Bank screen whenever possible, this is possible for all
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    Melee
    armor and
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    Ranged
    armor starting with Green D-hide

For the first section, there will be no cape, amulet, rings,

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Prayer

,

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Potions

,

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Astrology

bonuses, or

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Agility

obstacles. With proper bonuses, the player can attempt much more difficult content. Some notes on the first section:

  • All assumed skill levels are equal to the ones required by the set of gear.
  • When choosing a proper monster to farm, it is recommended to follow a priority rule:
  1. Drops something that you want.
  2. Is your current Slayer Task.
  3. Highest XP/hr.

Hitting the same enemy for 2 weeks because they are the "best" is a really boring way to play the game.

And finally, using Combat Simulator and Can I Idle should be your guide over anything printed here. This guide accepts no responsibility for your untimely demise.

Melee

Leveling

Most players start combat with

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Melee

as it does not require the overhead of

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Fletching

Ammunition for

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Ranged

or

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Runecrafting

Runes for

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Magic

. For Melee, use

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Smithing

to wear and wield the highest level gear available.

Smithing armor can be upgraded () twice from the Bank, once with Silver Bars and the second time with Gold Bars. Typically, upgrading armor isn't really worth the extra time spent until at least Adamant.

Melee leveling is split across 3 different skills,

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Attack

,

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Strength

, and

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Defence

.

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    Attack
    is trained using the
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    Stab
    Attack Style
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    Strength
    is trained using the
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    Slash
    Attack Style
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    Defence
    is trained using the
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    Block
    Attack Style

In general, all Melee weapons have Stat distributions that encourage the use of the following Attack Styles:

Weapon Details Style
Dagger Fast, weaker
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Stab
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Block
Sword
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Stab
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Block
Scimitar
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Slash
2H Sword No shield, slow
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Slash
Battleaxe Slow-ish
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Slash
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Block
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Level
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Attack
Material
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Defence
Material
Recommended Monster Newly Idleable Dungeons
1 Bronze Bronze Cow -
Iron Iron -
5 Steel Steel Skeleton -
10 Black Black Tentacle / Skeleton
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Chicken Coop
(Requires
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Auto Eat - Tier II
)
20 Mithril Mithril Frozen Archer -
30 Adamant Adamant
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Undead Graveyard
40 Rune Rune
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Spider Forest
/
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Frozen Cove
/
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Bandit Base
Ice Bandit
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Miolite Caves
(Requires
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Auto Eat - Tier III
)

Gear Goals

Ranged

Same as Melee, you should be doing the highest XP/hr monster with the highest possible gear. Due to the slower attack speed and the relative difficulty of

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Fletching

large amounts of bolts, you shouldn't use crossbows until you have the Dragon Crossbow or better. For bolts, anything worse than Emerald Bolts is sellable. Save the Diamonds for Diamond Luck IV Potions.

Leveling

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Ranged

has a lot of options to do great damage, particularly to

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Magic

enemies that may be very difficult to beat with Melee. For Ranged, use

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Crafting

to obtain the highest level Armor, and

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Crafting

to obtain the highest level Weapons and Ammo.

Crafting armor can be upgraded () once from the Bank, using more of the raw Dragonhide. Upgrading Ranged armor is always recommended once it's available.

Ranged has three different Attack styles,

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Accurate

,

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Rapid

, and

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Longrange

:

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    Accurate
    increases your Hidden Ranged level which causes each attack to be more accurate and deal more damage.
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    Rapid
    lowers the attack interval of the weapon by 0.4 seconds, making each attack significantly faster
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    Longrange
    increases your Hidden Ranged Level by less than Accurate, while also giving Hidden Defence Levels and evenly splitting the amount of XP earned between
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    Ranged
    and
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    Defence
    .

In general,

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Accurate

is more effective at low levels, while

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Rapid

is more effective at higher levels. The cutoff is approximately level 40.

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Longrange

should likely be used before this cutoff to also get an amount of

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Defence

XP!

Ranged has several different Weapon types to choose from, each with their own benefits and drawbacks. For the early part of the game, it is recommended to stick with Longbows, since Arrows are the most plentiful ammo source:

Weapon Details Ammo Notes
Shortbow Fast-ish, weaker Arrows Not great.
Longbow More accurate, more damage Arrows Arrows are cheap and easy to mass produce.
Crossbow Slow with high damage Bolts Bolts are valuable and difficult to make.
Throwing Knives Extremely fast with low damage and accuracy - Does not require
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Fletching
.
Javelins Fast with high damage and low accuracy - Javelins are worth a lot of GP when sold
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Level
Bows Arrows Armor Recommended Monster Idleable Dungeons
1 Normal Longbow Bronze Arrows Leather Cow -
Iron Arrows -
Ice Arrows -
5 Oak Longbow Steel Arrows Skeleton -
10 Hard Leather Tentacle
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Chicken Coop
(Requires
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Auto Eat - Tier II
)
20 Willow Longbow Mithril Arrows Wizard -
30 Maple Longbow Adamant Arrows Bandit
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Undead Graveyard
40 Yew Longbow Rune Arrows Green D-hide / Ranger Hat/ Ranger Boots
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Spider Forest
Ice Shortbow Ice Master Wizard
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Bandit Base
/
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Hall of Wizards
/
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Frozen Cove
/
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Deep Sea Ship
/
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Miolite Caves
(Requires
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Auto Eat - Tier III
)

Gear Goals

Magic

Leveling

See Magic/Training for an alternative way to level magic with non-combat Spells.

Magic is a time consuming but rewarding Combat Style due to the sheer prevalence of

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Melee

enemies. Dealing more damage and taking less damage from the most common enemies in the game is fantastic. For Magic, use

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Runecrafting

to obtain the highest level weapons and armor, as well as to create runes to cast spells.

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Runecrafting

armor does not need to be upgraded to provide Damage Reduction, appropriate level Robes will automatically provide this stat. Magic has two different Attack styles,

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Magic

and

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Defensive

:

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    Magic
    increases your Hidden Magic level which causes each attack to be more accurate and deal more damage.
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    Defensive
    increases your Hidden Magic Level less, while also giving Hidden Defence Levels and evenly splitting the amount of XP earned between
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    Magic
    and
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    Defence
    .

In general,

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Defensive

is always the most effecient Attack Style to use, as training

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Defence

with

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Magic

uses the least amount of time and damage while remaining efficient.

Combat Magic has a ton of options to choose from, mainly based on the amount and type of runes required to cast each spell. Curses and Auroras can add a lot of damage, but are entirely optional as they increase the amount of runes required to

It is recommended to choose a spell, staff, robes, and aurora that use as many of the same primary Elemental Runes as possible.

Rune Staff Spell Aurora Robes
Air Rune
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Water Rune
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Earth Rune
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Fire Rune
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Each non-Wind spell also has the option of using Combination Runes which can be much more efficient and are always worth more

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Runecrafting

XP. When using combination runes, you should look specifically to synergize your staff with whichever Aurora you're using, as their rune cost reduction does not apply to Combination Runes.

Spell Staff Aurora
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Level
Weapon Spell Armor Recommended Monster Idleable Dungeons
1 Staff of Air
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Wind Strike
Air Acolyte Wizard Robes Tentacle
Magic Wand (Basic)
10 Basic Staves
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Strike Spells
Acolyte Robes Confused Pirate
30 Battlestaves
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Bolt Spells
Acolyte Robes Giant Crab
Magic Wand (Powerful)
40 Mystic Staves
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Blast Spells
Adept Robes Giant Crab

Gear Goals

The Early Game: Levels 41-75

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Volcanic Cave

(and

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Dragons Den

to a lesser extent) is the first real challenge the game presents to you, and preparing for it will likely take a couple of weeks of grinding for standard accounts.

This is where the Combat Triangle becomes extra important, and ignoring it entirely can be deadly or progress hampering.

Major Goals

The primary goal of this section is to replace all equipment and weapons obtained from non-combat skills with upgrades obtained from combat

Equipment Options

Melee

Leveling

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Level
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Attack
Weapon
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Strength
Weapon
Armor Recommended Monster
41 Rune / Elerine Spear Rune Rune Armor Bandit
50 Desert Sabre / Rune Desert Sabre / Rune Rune Armor Bandit
60 Dragon Claw / Dragon Dragon Claw / Dragon Dragon Armor Vampire
70 Ancient Sword / Warberd Ancient 2H Sword / War Axe Ancient Armor Holy Archer

Gear Goals

Ranged

Leveling

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Level
Weapon Ammo Armor Recommended Monster
41 Rune Javelin / Yew Longbow Rune Arrows Green D-hide Master Wizard
50 Rune Javelin / Magic Longbow Rune Arrows Blue D-hide Master Wizard
60 Slayer's Crossbow / Dragon Javelin Emerald Bolts Red D-hide Master Wizard
70 Slayer's Crossbow / Dragon Javelin Emerald Bolts Black D-hide Superior Eyed Monster

Gear Goals

Magic

Leveling

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Level
Weapon Spell Armor Recommended Monster
41 Mystic Staves
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Blast Spells
Adept Robes Giant Crab
50 Mystic Staves
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Wave Spells
Adept Robes Turkul Giant
60 Mystic Staves
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Surge Spells
Adept Robes Griffin
70 Mystic Staves
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Surge Spells
/
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Slicing Winds
Expert Robes / Ancient Wizard Robes Venomous Snake
Magic Wand (Elite) / Imbued Wands

Gear Goals

Volcanic Cave and Ancient Armor

The major goal of this section is to find and equip Ancient Armor

Ancient Wizard Robes come from the

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Hall of Wizards

.

  • This dungeon isn't really difficult enough to warrant a guide, it is recommended to use the best available Ranged equipment to benefit the most from the Combat Triangle.
  • As with most Magic equipment, these robes do not need to be upgraded to get the full benefit.

Ancient D-hide Armor comes from the

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Dragons Den

.

  • This dungeon has a guide at Dragons Den/Guide
  • This armor needs to be upgraded, getting the raw D-hide necessary to fully upgrade this armor will likely take longer than getting each piece of armor
  • Ancient D-hide Shield has a second upgrade, the Scaled Shield, which is best in slot for Ranged for a long time.

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Volcanic Cave

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Due to the nature of the game, it is entirely possible to skip Ancient armor completely, and go straight to the next section. This does however require a bit more knowledge of how the game works, and is not necessarily recommended. The Dragonfire Shield and the Scaled Shield are two important items that should NOT be skipped.

The Mid Game: Levels 76-95

After acquiring and equipping all of the Ancient sets of armor and obtaining decent weapons, the player should now be well prepared to step up to the plate of the next challenge the game has to offer, Infernal Stronghold and the God Dungeons. But first, it is hugely recommended to assess the progress of all non-combat skills; each of these dungeons is difficult enough that NOT having access to

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Prayers

,

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Herblore

Potions,

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Summoning

Tablets, or

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Agility

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Astrology

bonuses can make progress significantly slower than it needs to be.

This section will first outline any particularly useful buffs and some crucial pieces of equipment to grab before moving on.

Major Goals

External Buffs

Prayer

Preferably

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Battleheart

and the best combat style prayer available,

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Piety

,

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Rigour

, or

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Augury

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Agility

a table or something

Herblore

Preferably Diamond Luck Potion IV or Damage Reduction Potion IV. Alternatively:

Summoning

For dungeons, preferably

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Dragon

and the best combat style Tablet available,

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Minotaur

,

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Centaur

, or

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Witch

. For Slayer

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Cyclops

paired with the same combat style tablets a safe bet

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    Yak
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    Occultist

Slayer

slayer drops good items, do it

Dungeon Guides

Infernal Stronghold

This dungeon has a guide at Infernal Stronghold/Guide

The primary reason to do this dungeon is the Infernal Cape which grants 4% Damage Reduction and works well for each combat style. The Infernal Cores dropped here can be used to upgrade and Ancient Claw into an Infernal Claw, a critical and powerful one-handed Melee weapon.

Air God Dungeon

This dungeon has a guide at Air God Dungeon/Guide.

This dungeon drops

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Ranged

armor and equipment, and is usually completed with

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Melee

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Water God Dungeon

This dungeon has a guide at Water God Dungeon/Guide.

This dungeon drops

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Magic

armor and equipment, and is usually completed with

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Ranged

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Earth God Dungeon

This dungeon has a guide at Earth God Dungeon/Guide.

This dungeon drops

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Melee

tank oriented armor and equipment, and is usually completed with

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Magic

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Fire God Dungeon

This dungeon has a guide at Fire God Dungeon/Guide.

This dungeon drops

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Melee

dps oriented armor and equipment, and is usually completed with

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Ranged

or sometimes

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Magic

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Into the Mist

This dungeon has a guide at Into the Mist/Guide.

blah blah blah Passive Slot

Combat Passive Slot

The Late Game: Levels 96-99

Major Goals

Dark Waters

Unhallowed Wasteland

Impending Darkness Event

Throne of the Herald Expansion