What to level first: Difference between revisions

{{Disclaimer|This guide has NOT been fully updated for Melvor Idle 1.1, there are a few significant changes included in the update that change the early game. Follow the guide at your discretion}}

# Level {{Skill|Astrology}} until level 20 to unlock {{Icon|Ameria|type=constellation}}, then continue training on this constellation until level 80 {{Icon|Mastery}}. 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 upgrade 5-6 for Stars that cost  or past level 3-4 for Stars that cost

#* For {{ItemIcon|Stardust}} modifiers, be careful upgrading past star level 5-6

#* For {{ItemIcon|Golden Stardust}} modifiers, be careful upgrading past star level 3-4

#* You can always come back for more bonuses later!

# Train {{Skill|Woodcutting}} by following as many of the steps outlined below as you're able to until you obtain one Mark of the {{ItemIcon|Ent}}, then craft Ent tablets until about {{SkillReq|Summoning|10}}. Use these tablets in {{Skill|Woodcutting}} (using tablets grants more XP than crafting them) until {{SkillReq|Summoning|15}} and you receive five more Mark of the Ent to unlock the Ent/Octopus [[Ent#Synergies|Synergy]] (You can see all possible {{Skill|Summoning|Synergies}} here). Train {{Skill|Fishing}} until you receive one Mark of the {{ItemIcon|Octopus}}.

#* 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}} when planting seeds.

#* 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|Synergy}} that works in the skill you're training increases the amount of {{Skill|Summoning}} XP you gain per action. Summoning can be fairly expensive and unintuitive at first, however, as you collect higher level resources, you will use less of each to make each batch of tablets, making them significantly easier over time.

# Train {{Skill|Fishing}} with {{ItemIcon|Ent}} and {{ItemIcon|Octopus}} until {{SkillReq|Summoning|25}}, then train {{Skill|Cooking}} until you find a total of six mark of the {{ItemIcon|Pig}}. Remember to craft at least one batch of {{ItemIcon|Pig}} to be able to find more than one mark.  

# Train {{Skill|Fishing}} with {{ItemIcon|Octopus}} and {{ItemIcon|Pig}} equipped until both the {{ItemIcon|Ancient Ring of Skills}} and {{ItemIcon|Ancient Ring of Mastery}} have been acquired. It is likely that {{SkillReq|Fishing|99}} will have been reached by the time this happens due to the rarity of these rings.  

#* 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}}. All summoning tablets have a dropdown box to select recipe, changing the type and quantity of resources consumed per action. Some resources cannot be used to create tablets. Once you start making more raw and cooked fish than you need to create tablets, sell the excess.

#* Open any {{ItemIcon|Treasure Chest|Treasure Chests}}, equipping the {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Fishing}} if it drops as this reduces the catch time for all fish.

#* [[Fishing#Fishing Rods|Fishing Rods]] also provide a significant decrease to catch time and should be purchased as soon as they become available.

#* Sell everything else acquired while Fishing, which should provide enough [[Currency#Gold Pieces|GP]] to fund fishing rod upgrades, the {{UpgradeIcon|Multi-Tree}} upgrade for later, and any other purchases such as additional bank slots.  

#* Once you've obtained a decent amount of of GP, you can begin saving any {{ItemIcon|Diamond|Diamonds}}, {{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.

#* If possible, all gems can reasonably be saved at this point, and only sold in small quantities if necessary.  

#: <br/>Catching the following fish is suggested:

#* {{ItemIcon|Fishing/Training|img=Raw Shrimp}}, below Level 99, your fish selection should always be the highest XP/h fish.

#* {{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|Raw Magic Fish|Magic Fish}} are worth approximately [[Money Making#Fishing (Max  4,421k/hr)|1% more]] more GP/h than whales. However, whales also serve many purposes beyond raw GP, as they will be useful for leveling {{Skill|Cooking}}, can be eaten in Combat, used as a resource for an {{Skill|Agility}} Obstacle, and can be a valuable resource for creating {{ItemIcon|Wolf}} and {{ItemIcon|Pig}} Tablets. Fishing whales with the {{ItemIcon|Octopus}} and {{ItemIcon|Pig}} synergy is worth significantly more GP than Magic Fish. While they do have an innately high special chance, once whales are unlocked, {{ItemIcon|Raw Magic Fish|Magic Fish}} are not recommended as they will not help you advance in any other skills.

#* {{ItemIcon|Raw Skeleton Fish|Skeleton Fish}}, which can be redeemed for {{Skill|Prayer}} points, and have an 8% base chance to obtain a special item.

#* {{ItemIcon|Raw Seahorse|Seahorses}} if you are very low level, and don't care about anything but the highest number of special rolls per hour, which maximizes the chance of acquiring both rings. This doesn't apply if you are able to catch {{ItemIcon|Raw Skeleton Fish|Skeleton Fish}} or have reached {{SkillReq|Fishing|99}} to massively improve your GP gains with the {{ItemIcon|Fishing Skillcape}}.

# Consume any {{ItemIcon|Mastery Token (Fishing)|Mastery Tokens}} acquired to increase your {{Icon|Mastery|Mastery Pool}}. 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.  

#* 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.  

#* 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.

# Train {{Skill|Astrology}} further. Equip the {{ItemIcon|Ancient Ring of Mastery}} and study {{Icon|Deedree|type=constellation}} until level 80 {{Icon|Mastery}}. Once reached, purchase modifiers as you see fit:

# Alternate between training {{Skill|Woodcutting}} and {{Skill|Firemaking}}. Equip the {{ItemIcon|Ancient Ring of Skills}} before starting. The ultimate goal here is {{SkillReq|Firemaking|99}} to unlock the {{ItemIcon|Firemaking Skillcape}}.

#* [[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.

#* Skip {{ItemIcon|Magic Logs}} due to the long cut time. This means using {{UpgradeIcon|Multi-Tree}} to simultaneously cut {{ItemIcon|Redwood Logs|Redwood}} and {{ItemIcon|Yew Logs|Yew}} logs.

#* If you have reached {{SkillReq|Summoning|90}}, as soon as you obtain one Mark of the {{ItemIcon|Devil}} you can begin to craft them and use them for Firemaking to increase your summoning XP/action considerably and your Firemaking XP/h.  

#* Open any {{ItemIcon|Bird Nest|Bird Nests}} dropped for seeds, then begin training {{Skill|Farming}}. Once started, any planted seeds will grow in the background while training any other skill. Keep {{ItemIcon|Strawberry Seeds}} for {{ItemIcon|Gentle Hands Potion|Gentle Hands Potions}} used in {{Skill|Thieving}}, and keep {{ItemIcon|Watermelons}} for {{Skill|Agility}}.

#* Manually lighting bonfires is ''not'' recommended. Although doing so will increase the {{Skill|Firemaking}} Skill XP gained, this is very manual to maintain and uses significantly more logs. Lighting bonfires automatically by using {{ItemIcon|Controlled Heat Potion|Controlled Heat Potions}} is however 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.

#* After reaching {{SkillReq|Firemaking|15}}, train {{Skill|Agility}} until level 10 is reached. This will allow the Monkey Bars [[Agility#Obstacles|Agility obstacle]] to be created, providing a 4% decrease to the Firemaking interval.

#* After reaching {{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}}, training {{Skill|Agility}} once more, this time until 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.