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=Introduction=
This guide is written around the restrictions of the {{AoD}} [[Ancient Relics]] game mode, but intended to serve for players playing in Standard Mode.  
This guide is written for characters playing the [[Game Mode#Standard|Standard]] game mode. If playing {{Icon|Hardcore}} or {{Icon|Adventure}} modes, preparation for certain events is different, especially for the {{ZoneIcon|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 Ancient Relics game mode restricts the players maximum levels for Combat skills to to 10 + the number of dungeons completed. For this dungeon, the players combat skills will be capped at a maximum of '''10'''.
* The Early-Early Game:
** This is when the player is using very low level gear, has not purchased or obtained vital upgrades like {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat}} or the {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Looting}} and may require active (or more active) play to get through safely and efficiently. 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 {{ZoneIcon|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 {{ZoneIcon|Into the Mist}}.
* The Late Game:
** This is when the player is working on upgrading their weapons in the {{ZoneIcon|Dark Waters}} Area, upgrading their armor in the {{ZoneIcon|Unhallowed Wasteland}} Area, and fully preparing to defeat the {{ZoneIcon|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 {{ZoneIcon|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.
==Equipment==
Unsurprisingly, the players options for completing the very first dungeon are sparse, and the benefits for fully kitting out the character are lacking. However, for the ardent adventurer with some time to spare, the following is the best equipment available without wasting time grinding for items that will be replaced almost immediately.


==Using Non-Combat to improve at Combat==
{{Equipment/Recommended
There are several non-combat skills that improve various parts of the combat experience:
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* {{Skill|Agility}} - Many of the obstacles provide important combat bonuses.
* {{ItemIcon|(G) Steel Platebody}} from a {{Skill|Township}} '''[[Township/Tasks|Task]]''' for killing 25 {{MonsterIcon|Golbin}},
* {{Skill|Herblore}} - {{Icon|Diamond Luck Potion|Diamond Luck Potions}} are among the highest DPS boosts in the game.
* {{ItemIcon|Steel Helmet|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Steel Platebody|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Steel Platelegs|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Steel Boots|notext=true}} Steel Armor from {{MonsterIcon|Steel Knight}} or {{MonsterIcon|Zombie}}.
* {{Skill|Thieving}} - There are a multitude of useful item drops from several NPCs, including {{ItemIcon|Chapeau Noir}}, {{ItemIcon|Knight's Defender}}, and others.
** ''{{MonsterIcon|Steel Knight}} is a modestly difficult enemy, but only a few need to be killed in order to get everything that isn't a {{ItemIcon|Steel Platebody}}, which isn't helpful anyway with the free {{ItemIcon|(G) Steel Platebody|(G) version}} from {{Skill|Township}}.''
* {{Skill|Astrology}} - "Hidden Levels" provide accuracy and damage bonuses, as well as other powerful and important passive benefits.
* {{ItemIcon|Black Scimitar}} from {{MonsterIcon|Confused Pirate}}.
* {{Skill|Summoning}} - Tablets provide boosts to combat effectiveness and deal damage on their own. The {{ItemIcon|Dragon}} burn effect is particularly great against high hp enemies.
* {{ItemIcon|Golbin Thief}}, made in {{Skill|Summoning}} is a large boost to damage, which can really help with taking down this first boss.
* {{Skill|Cooking}} - Cook food to eat so you don't die!
* {{Skill|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:
=Undead Graveyard (Level 15)=


* {{Skill|Smithing}} - {{Skill|Attack|Melee}} armor and weapons.
* {{Skill|Fletching}} - {{Skill|Ranged}} ammunition and weapons.
* {{Skill|Crafting}} - Jewelry with unique effects and {{Skill|Ranged}} armor.
* {{Skill|Runecrafting}} - {{Skill|Magic}} armor and weapons.
* {{SkillReq|Firemaking|99}} - The {{ItemIcon|Firemaking Skillcape}} and {{ItemIcon|Ash}}
* {{Skill|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!


==Stats==
=Spider Forest (Level 20)=
All gear has certain stats that link it to one of the three combat styles: {{Skill|Attack|Melee}}, {{Skill|Ranged}}, or {{Skill|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 {{Icon|Combat}} page.''


===Shared Stats===
====Attack Interval====
{{Main|Reference=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:
=Frozen Cove (Level 25)=


* {{ItemIcon|Elder Crown}} - Drop from {{Icon|Elder Vampire|type=monster}}.
* {{ItemIcon|Sand Treaders}} - Drop from {{Icon|Turkul Riders|type=monster}}.
* {{Icon|Surge I|type=aurora}} / {{Icon|Surge II|type=aurora}} / {{Icon|Surge III|type=aurora}} - Spells.
* {{PetIcon|Otto}} - Pet from {{ZoneIcon|Dark Waters}}.
* {{ItemIcon|Knight's Defender}} - {{Skill|Thieving}} from {{Icon|Knight|type=thieving}}, Melee only.
* {{ItemIcon|Ring of Barrage}} - {{SkillReq|Crafting|90}} ring.
* {{ItemIcon|Guardian Amulet}} and {{ItemIcon|Spiked Shell Ring}} - Negatively impacts attack speed.
** Guardian Amulet - Drops from {{ItemIcon|Earth Chest|Earth Chests}} upgraded from {{ItemIcon|Earth Shard|Earth Shards}}, {{ZoneIcon|Earth God Dungeon}}.
** Spiked Shell Ring - Upgrade from {{ItemIcon|Guardian Ring|Guardian Rings|qty=10}} and {{ItemIcon|Stinging Essence|qty=500}}
* [[Slow]] and [[Frostburn]] Debuffs


====Damage Reduction====
{{Main|Reference=Damage Reduction}}


''Damage Reduction'', or DR, is the most important stat in the game. Damage Reduction, {{Skill|Hitpoints}}, and {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat - Tier I|Auto Eat}} tier are all taken into account when considering how much damage the player can take before being able to [[Death|die]]. Damage Reduction can be found on:
=Bandit Base (Level 30)=


* {{ItemIcon|(G) Dragon Platebody|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|(U) Black D-hide Body|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Air Expert Wizard Robes|notext=true}}- Upgraded versions of the highest level armor pieces from skilling.
* {{ItemIcon|(G) Ancient Platebody|notext=true}} - All Ancient tier gear, when fully upgraded
* {{ItemIcon|Ragnar God Platebody|notext=true}} - All God Dungeon gear
* {{ItemIcon|Silver Diamond Ring}} - Can be obtained through {{Skill|Crafting}}, {{Icon|Combat}}, or {{Skill|Thieving}}
* {{Icon|Damage Reduction Potion|Damage Reduction Potions}}
* {{PetIcon|Leonardo}} - {{Skill|Defence}} Pet
* {{PetIcon|Erran}} - {{ZoneIcon|Earth God Dungeon}} Pet
* {{Skill|Agility}} Obstacles
* {{PrayerIcon|Safeguard}}/{{PrayerIcon|Stone Skin}} - {{Skill|Prayer}}


For the end game, there are some {{Skill|Prayer|Prayers}} and items that drop from {{ZoneIcon|Impending Darkness Event|Impending Darkness}} that affect enemies' DR:
* {{PrayerIcon|Battleheart}} - Prayer, reduces enemy DR
* {{ItemIcon|Shield of Ranged Power}}
* {{ItemIcon|Shield of Magic Power}}
* {{ItemIcon|Shield of Melee Power}}
* {{ItemIcon|Ring of Power}}
* {{PetIcon|Bone}}


====Auto Eat====
=Hall of Wizards (Level 35)=
{{Main|Reference=Auto Eat}}
''{{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat - Tier I|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 {{Skill|Hitpoints}} and Damage Reduction controls what content is accessible without a chance of death.


With {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat - Tier III|Auto Eat}}, the type of food does not matter as long as one does not run out of it. Eating either {{ItemIcon|Potatoes}} or {{ItemIcon|Whale (Perfect)}} will both keep the player alive as long as they have enough of either. The main difference between any given food sources is the time spent {{Skill|Cooking}}, {{Skill|Fishing}} or {{Skill|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:


* {{ItemIcon|Wasteful Ring}} - Drops from {{Icon|Wicked Greater Dragon|type=monster}}
=Deep Sea Ship (Level 40)=


=====Auto Eat Efficiency=====
{{Main|Reference=Auto Eat Efficiency}}
''Auto Eat Efficiency'' increases the amount of HP healed per piece of food eaten. This can be found on:
* {{Skill|Cooking}} item [[mastery]].
* {{Skill|Astrology}} constellation modifiers.
* {{Skill|Agility}} Obstacles.
* {{Icon|Famished Potion|Famished Potions}}.


=====Lifesteal=====
''Lifesteal'' heals the player for a portion of damage dealt, it does not deal extra damage. This stat can be found on:


* {{Skill|Astrology}} constellation {{ConstellationIcon|Vale}}.
=Miolite Caves (Level 40)=
* {{ItemIcon|Elder Crown}}
* {{SpellIcon|Fervor I}}
* {{ItemIcon|Warlock Amulet}}
 
====Slayer Area Effect Negation====
{{Main|Reference=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 ({{ZoneIcon|Forest of Goo}}, {{ZoneIcon|Arid Plains}}) to downright progress blocking ({{ZoneIcon|Dark Waters}}, {{ZoneIcon|Unhallowed Wasteland}}). This stat can be found on:
* Pillar of Combat - {{Skill|Agility}} capstone.
* {{ItemIcon|Hunter's Ring}} - Drops from {{Icon|Hunting Greater Dragon|type=monster}}.
* {{ItemIcon|Slayer Helmet (Master)|notext=true}} - All {{Skill|Slayer}} armor from the shop (higher tier provides more).
* {{ItemIcon|Slayer Skillcape}}.
 
====Attack Bonus/Accuracy Rating====
These are included on all weapons, and some pieces of armor. {{Skill|Attack|Melee}} has {{Skill|Attack|Stab}}, {{Skill|Strength|Slash}}, and {{Skill|Defence|Block}} Bonuses, while {{Skill|Ranged}} and {{Skill|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. {{Skill|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.
 
====Hidden Skill Levels====
The main [[Combat]] page has details on the specifics of the max hit, accuracy, and evasion equations the game uses to calculate your stats. In summary, levels in {{Skill|Attack}}, {{Skill|Strength}}, {{Skill|Ranged}}, {{Skill|Magic}} and {{Skill|Defence}} increase your stats based on different equations, but only up to the level cap (99 for the base game, and 120 with {{TotH}}).
 
Hidden Levels in any of these stats force these equations to use the player's base skill level (the one shown on the sidebar, equal to the amount of XP earned) AND the player's hidden levels, making the player more powerful than their stats would otherwise indicate. Additionally, hidden levels allow the formulas to calculate stats beyond the level cap.
 
* A character that is level 15 Strength with +5 Hidden Strength Levels would calculate their Melee Max Hit based on their Effective Level of 20
* A character that is level 99 with +5 Hidden Strength Levels would calculate their Melee Max Hit based on their Effective Level of 104, even when their level is capped and can't go any higher.
 
====Reflect Damage====
With this effect, whenever the player takes damage, they will also deal a portion of that damage immediately back to the enemy. Reflect does NOT reduce the amount of damage taken. Reflect damage cannot kill an enemy, does not provide XP, and has a 2 second cooldown before it can activate again.
 
This effect can be found on:
* {{ItemIcon|Gold Sapphire Ring}}
* {{ItemIcon|Recoil Shield}}
* {{Skill|Astrology}} constellation {{ConstellationIcon|Tellus}}.
 
====Monster Respawn Time====
After killing any monster, there will be a respawn time of 3 seconds before the next monster appears. During this time the player cannot deal damage, and therefore cannot gain XP. This means that a monster respawning can be considered a guaranteed miss (or two).
 
This timer can be reduced with the following effects:
* {{Skill|Agility|Lava Jump}}
* {{Skill|Agility|Dragon Fight}}
* {{Skill|Agility|Pillar of Combat}}
* {{ItemIcon|Hunters Hat}}
 
===Class-related Stats===
====Melee Stats====
{{Skill|Attack|Melee}} gear focuses on 4 stats:
 
* {{Skill|Strength}} bonus: One of the factors that determines max hit.
* Stab/Slash/Block bonus: Determines the accuracy (chance to hit) of that particular attack style. Each melee weapon has stats that favor one of the styles, and using the correct one will boost the player's accuracy substantially.
 
====Magic Stats====
{{Skill|Magic}} armor and weapons focus on 2 stats:
 
* Magic Damage Bonus: Determines max hit.
* Magic Attack Bonus: Determines accuracy.
 
Additionally, {{Skill|Magic}} also benefits from Rune Preservation Chance and Rune Cost Reduction. This can be found on multiple items and buffs, including:
* {{ItemIcon|Mystic Air Staff|notext=true}} - All staves
* {{ItemIcon|Air Imbued Wand|notext=true}} - All imbued wands, crafted via {{Skill|Runecrafting}} from {{ItemIcon|Magic Wand (Elite)}}
* {{ItemIcon|Book of Eli}} - Drops from {{ZoneIcon|Hall of Wizards}} dungeon
* {{ItemIcon|Book of Occults}} - Drops from {{Icon|Necromancer|type=monster}}
* {{PetIcon|Salem}} - Magic [[Pets|Pet]]
* {{ItemIcon|Skull Cape}} - {{Skill|Slayer}} Shop
 
====Ranged Stats====
{{Skill|Ranged}} armor and weapons focus on 2 stats:
 
* Ranged strength bonus: Determines your max hit.
* Ranged attack bonus: Determines your accuracy.
 
Additionally, {{Skill|Ranged}} gear also benefits from Ammo Preservation. This can be found on multiple items and buffs, including:
* {{ItemIcon|Ranger Boots}} - Drops from {{ItemIcon|Spider Chest}} in {{ZoneIcon|Spider Forest}}
* {{ItemIcon|Ranger Hat}} - Drops from {{ItemIcon|Spider Chest}} in {{ZoneIcon|Spider Forest}}
* {{ItemIcon|Ranged Skillcape}}
* {{ItemIcon|Cape of Ranged Preservation}}
* {{PetIcon|Marahute}} - Ranged [[Pets|Pet]]
* {{ItemIcon|Ancient Throwing Knife|notext=true}}/{{ItemIcon|Ancient Javelin|notext=true}} - All Throwing Knives and Javelins
* {{ItemIcon|Throwing Power Gloves}} - Negatively impacts ranged preservation using throwing weapons
 
===Minimum Hit and Special Attacks===
Each normal attack made by the player or an enemy will deal a random amount of damage between its minimum value and its maximum value, for all monsters, and for players without any bonuses, the Minimum Hit is 1.
 
Increasing the minimum hit is possible with buffs such as:
* {{ItemIcon|Air Acolyte Wizard Hat|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Water Acolyte Wizard Hat|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Earth Acolyte Wizard Hat|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Fire Acolyte Wizard Hat|notext=true}} all {{Skill|Runecrafting}} armor.
* {{SpellIcon|Charged I}}
* {{PrayerIcon|Battleheart}}
* {{Skill|Agility|Pillar of Combat}}
* {{Skill|Astrology}} constellation {{ConstellationIcon|Iridan}}.
 
Special Attacks are typically found on weapons have a percentage chance of triggering when in combat and will replace your standard attack. If the player has multiple items that grant a special attack, and the combined total adds to greater than 100%, the game will attempt to normalize the chance of using either attack. For example, if the player is wearing both an {{ItemIcon|Ancient Sword}} and a {{ItemIcon|Ring of Blade Echoes}}, the player will have a 50% chance of using Life Leach, and a 50% chance of using Blade Echoes. A list of equipment and spells with special attacks can be viewed on the [[Special Attacks]] page.
 
===Passive Effects===
Beyond just stats, many pieces of equipment have passive effects that increase stats that don't directly make the player better in combat.
 
Passive effects are bonuses that are always in play. These can increase damage dealt, {{GP}} GP earned or simply provide more item drops. Item doubling is incredibly powerful as it increases the amount of items received independently of damage dealt or respawn time. This can be found on multiple items and buffs, including:
 
* {{ItemIcon|Ring of Wealth}} - 7% Item doubling while in Combat, which is 2% greater than the same bonus provided by {{ItemIcon|Aorpheat's Signet Ring}}
* {{ItemIcon|Aorpheat's Signet Ring}} - Made with parts A/B, collected from doing combat/non-combat skills while wearing a {{ItemIcon|Gold Topaz Ring}}
* {{ItemIcon|Chapeau Noir}} - Rare {{Skill|Thieving}} Drop
* {{Skill|Agility|Spike Jump}}
* {{Skill|Agility|Ice Jump}}
* {{Skill|Agility|Pillar of Skilling}}
 
GP increases can be found on:
* {{ItemIcon|Gold Topaz Ring}} - Made in {{Skill|Crafting}}, or common drop
* {{ItemIcon|Gloves of Silence}} - Drops from {{Icon|Thief|type=monster}}
* {{ItemIcon|Fine Coinpurse}} - Thieving {{Icon|Woman|type=thieving}}
* {{ItemIcon|Gold Crested Shield}} - Thieving {{Icon|King|type=thieving}}
* {{ItemIcon|Jeweled Necklace}} - Low Town {{Skill|Thieving}} Drop
* {{ItemIcon|Ring of Wealth}} - Royal Castle {{Skill|Thieving}} Drop
* {{ItemIcon|Sneak-Ers}} - Rare {{Skill|Thieving}} Drop
 
==External Tooling==
Two popular external tools are the Combat Simulator and Can I Idle.
 
[[Combat Simulator]] is a Mod 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 simulates combat at high speeds using the games own code, so it's quite accurate. As of game version v1.1.1 this mod has not yet been updated to work with the new built in mod manager and is currently not available.
 
[https://silberdrachi.github.io/CanIIdle/ Can I Idle] is a site built 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 the site is no longer being updated for anything beyond the base game, however it will still be entirely accurate for players who have not purchased any expansions. It will only be inaccurate for Elite/Master {{Skill|Slayer}} tasks for players who have completed {{ZoneIcon|Impending Darkness Event}} and have purchased the {{TotH|Throne of the Herald Expansion}}.
 
 
=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 {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat}} upgrade, purchased in the shop for {{GP|1000}}k, followed by the {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Looting}}, found in the {{ZoneIcon|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.
 
* {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat}}
* {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Looting}}
* {{MonsterIcon|Bandit}},  {{MonsterIcon|Master Wizard}}, {{MonsterIcon|Fierce Devil}}
** These monsters drop useful items and are good targets for gaining experience with {{Skill|Attack|Melee}}, {{Skill|Ranged}}, and {{Skill|Magic}}, as long as you are following the combat triangle, and are the end-point of this section
 
===Slayer===
{{Skill|Slayer}} is a skill that mostly revolves around fighting monsters in special areas called Slayer Areas, these areas function similarly to normal Combat Areas such as the {{ZoneIcon|Farmlands}}; however, each {{Skill|Slayer}} Area also has a negative passive modifier that applies to all combat that takes place there. In the early game, there's not much that can be done about Slayer Area Effects, so they can be ignored.
 
The other aspect of {{Skill|Slayer}} is [[Slayer#Slayer_Tasks|Slayer Tasks]]: a "bounty" rewarded for killing a number of enemies:
* Selecting the "New Task" button and choosing a difficulty is required to obtain the first task.
* Any other time the "New Task" button is pressed, the window will open again, and the player must pay a fee of {{SC|Slayer Coins}} to either re-roll a task of the same difficulty or select a new task of a different difficulty.
** the Easy difficulty has a reroll cost of {{SC|0}} and can be rerolled infinitely in order to choose a specific monster, if desired.
* The player will be given a quota of a random enemy available in that difficulty level.
** The "Extend Task" button will charge another fee of {{SC|SC}} and add a amount of monsters to the current task. Including the fee, completing an extended task will always provide more slayer coins in total than if the task was not extended.
* Any time the player kills one of these monsters, they will be awarded {{SC|SC}}.
* Any task that is completed will automatically end and be replaced with a different task of the same difficulty, combat will continue with the current monster and the player will stop earning {{SC|SC}}.
* {{Skill|Slayer}} XP is earned by fighting Slayer Tasks or by killing enemies in Slayer areas, these amounts stack, so a greater amount of XP is earned by doing Slayer Tasks in Slayer Areas.
 
It is recommended to start with {{Skill|Slayer}} Tasks as early as possible, working towards unlocking {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Slayer}} as the primary goal. Be aware that this can take some time as the enemies the player is able to kill at this stage will not drop very many {{SC|SC}}.
* The least amount of effort to do this would be to simply reroll until the monster the player is currently fighting is the current slayer task, and then extending that task to make it last as long as possible.
* Using Slayer Tasks as often as possible can be a great way to level multiple skills at once.
* Slayer Tasks can also encourage the player to fight targets they normally wouldn't simply for the rewards.
* '''In the early-early game, stick with Easy difficulty tasks due to their free rerolls'''
* The least amount of effort that can be put into Slayer is rerolling as many times as it takes until the monster the player is fighting becomes the task.
** This is especially useful against {{MonsterIcon|Plant}}, {{MonsterIcon|Cow}}, and {{MonsterIcon|Chicken}} and other very low level monsters.
 
===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 {{Skill|Defence|Melee}} except {{ItemIcon|Dragon Gloves|Gloves}} armor and {{Skill|Ranged}} armor starting with {{ItemIcon|Green D-hide Body|Green D-hide}}
 
For the first section, the player will likely not have any cape, amulet, rings, {{Skill|Prayer}}, {{Skill|Herblore|Potions}}, {{Skill|Astrology}} bonuses, or {{Skill|Agility}} obstacles. With proper bonuses, the player can attempt much more difficult content and make progress a lot faster. 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:
# Drops something that useful.
# Is the current Slayer Task.
# 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 [https://silberdrachi.github.io/CanIIdle/| Can I Idle] should be your guide over anything printed here. This guide accepts no responsibility for untimely deaths.
 
===Melee===
====Leveling====
Most players start combat with {{Skill|Attack|Melee}} as it does not require the overhead of {{Skill|Fletching}} Ammunition for {{Skill|Ranged}} or {{Skill|Runecrafting}} Runes for {{Skill|Magic}}.
 
For Melee, use {{Skill|Smithing}} to wear and wield the highest level gear available.
 
Smithing armor can be upgraded ({{ItemIcon|Bronze Helmet|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|(S) Bronze Helmet|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|(G) Bronze Helmet|notext=true}}) twice from the Bank, once with {{ItemIcon|Silver Bar|Silver Bars}} and the second time with {{ItemIcon|Gold Bar|Gold Bars}}. Typically, upgrading armor isn't really worth the extra time spent until at least {{ItemIcon|Adamant Helmet|Adamant}}.
 
Melee leveling is split across 3 different skills, {{Skill|Attack}}, {{Skill|Strength}}, and {{Skill|Defence}}.
* {{Skill|Attack}} is trained using the {{Skill|Attack|Stab}} Attack Style
* {{Skill|Strength}} is trained using the {{Skill|Strength|Slash}} Attack Style
* {{Skill|Defence}} is trained using the {{Skill|Defence|Block}} Attack Style
 
In general, all Melee weapons have Stat distributions that encourage the use of the following Attack Styles:
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
! Weapon
! Details
!colspan="2"| Style
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Steel Dagger|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Adamant Dagger|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Dragon Dagger|notext=true}} Dagger
| Fast, weaker
| {{Skill|Attack|Stab}}
| {{Skill|Defence|Block}}
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Steel Sword|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Adamant Sword|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Dragon Sword|notext=true}} Sword
|
| {{Skill|Attack|Stab}}
| {{Skill|Defence|Block}}
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Steel Scimitar|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Adamant Scimitar|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Dragon Scimitar|notext=true}} Scimitar
|
|colspan="2"| {{Skill|Strength|Slash}}
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Steel 2H Sword|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Adamant 2H Sword|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Dragon 2H Sword|notext=true}} 2H Sword
| No shield, slow
|colspan="2"| {{Skill|Strength|Slash}}
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Steel Battleaxe|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Adamant Battleaxe|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Dragon Battleaxe|notext=true}} Battleaxe
| Slow-ish
| {{Skill|Strength|Slash}}
| {{Skill|Defence|Block}}
|}
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! {{Skill|Attack|notext=true}} Level
! {{Skill|Attack}} Weapon
! {{Skill|Strength}} Weapon
! {{Skill|Defence}} Weapon
! Armor
! Recommended Monster
! Idleable Dungeons
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1
| {{ItemIcon|Bronze Dagger|Bronze}}
| {{ItemIcon|Bronze Scimitar|Bronze}}
| {{ItemIcon|Bronze Dagger|Bronze}}
| {{ItemIcon|Bronze Helmet|Bronze}}
| rowspan="2" | {{Icon|Cow|type=monster}}
| -
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Iron Dagger|Iron}}
| {{ItemIcon|Iron Scimitar|Iron}}
| {{ItemIcon|Iron Dagger|Iron}}
| {{ItemIcon|Iron Helmet|Iron}}
| -
|-
| 5
| {{ItemIcon|Steel Dagger|Steel}}
| {{ItemIcon|Steel Scimitar|Steel}}
| {{ItemIcon|Steel Dagger|Steel}}
| {{ItemIcon|Steel Helmet|Steel}}
| {{Icon|Skeleton|type=monster}}
| -
|-
| 10
| {{ItemIcon|Black Dagger|Black}} / {{ItemIcon|Steel Dagger|Steel}}
| {{ItemIcon|Black Scimitar|Black}} / {{ItemIcon|Steel Scimitar|Steel}}
| {{ItemIcon|Black Dagger|Black}} / {{ItemIcon|Steel Dagger|Steel}}
| {{ItemIcon|Black Helmet|Black}} / {{ItemIcon|Steel Helmet|Steel}}
| {{Icon|Tentacle|type=monster}} / {{Icon|Skeleton|type=monster}}
| {{ZoneIcon|Chicken Coop}} (Requires {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat - Tier II}})
|-
| 20
| {{ItemIcon|Mithril Sword|notext=true}} / {{ItemIcon|Mithril Dagger|Mithril}}
| {{ItemIcon|Mithril Scimitar|Mithril}}
| {{ItemIcon|Mithril Dagger|Mithril}}
| {{ItemIcon|Mithril Helmet|Mithril}}
| rowspan="3" | {{Icon|Frozen Archer|type=monster}}
| -
|-
| 30
| {{ItemIcon|Adamant Sword|notext=true}} / {{ItemIcon|Adamant Dagger|Adamant}}
| {{ItemIcon|Adamant Battleaxe|notext=true}} / {{ItemIcon|Adamant Scimitar|Adamant}}
| {{ItemIcon|Adamant Battleaxe|Adamant}}
| {{ItemIcon|Adamant Helmet|Adamant}}
| {{ZoneIcon|Undead Graveyard}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 40
| {{ItemIcon|Rune Sword|notext=true}} / {{ItemIcon|Rune Dagger|Rune}}
| rowspan="2" | {{ItemIcon|Rune Battleaxe|notext=true}} / {{ItemIcon|Rune Scimitar|Rune}}
| rowspan="2" | {{ItemIcon|Rune Battleaxe|Rune}}
| rowspan="2" | {{ItemIcon|Rune Helmet|Rune}}
| {{ZoneIcon|Spider Forest}} / {{ZoneIcon|Frozen Cove}} / {{ZoneIcon|Bandit Base}}
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Ice Sword|}}
| {{Icon|Bandit|type=monster}}
| {{ZoneIcon|Miolite Caves}} (Requires {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat - Tier III}})
|-
|}
 
====Gear Goals====
* Weapons:
** {{ItemIcon|Ice Sword}} {{SkillReq|Attack|40}} - Drops from {{ZoneIcon|Frozen Cove}} /{{Icon|Ice Monster|type=monster}}.
** {{ItemIcon|Elerine Spear}} {{SkillReq|Attack|40}} - Drops from {{Icon|Elerine Warrior|type=monster}}.
** {{ItemIcon|Almighty Lute}} - Drops from {{MonsterIcon|Wandering Bard}}.
* Equipment:
** {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Strength}} - Drops from {{MonsterIcon|Mummy}}.
** {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Torture}} - Rare drop from {{MonsterIcon|Fierce Devil}}, {{ZoneIcon|Deep Sea Ship}}.
** {{ItemIcon|Obsidian Cape}} - Drops from {{MonsterIcon|Adamant Knight}}.
** {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Looting}} - Drops from {{ZoneIcon|Spider Forest}}.
 
===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 {{Skill|Fletching}} large amounts of bolts, you shouldn't use {{ItemIcon|Bronze Crossbow|crossbows}} until you have the {{ItemIcon|Dragon Crossbow}} or better. For bolts, anything worse than {{ItemIcon|Emerald Bolts}} is sellable. Save the {{ItemIcon|Diamond|Diamonds}} for {{ItemIcon|Diamond Luck Potion IV|Diamond Luck IV Potions}}.
 
====Leveling====
{{Skill|Ranged}} has a lot of options to do great damage, particularly to {{Skill|Magic}} enemies that may be very difficult to beat with Melee.
 
For Ranged, use {{Skill|Crafting}} to obtain the highest level Armor, and {{Skill|Crafting}} to obtain the highest level Weapons and Ammo.
 
Crafting armor can be upgraded ({{ItemIcon|Green D-hide Body|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|(U) Green D-hide Body|notext=true}}) once from the Bank, using more of the raw {{ItemIcon|Green Dragonhide|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Blue Dragonhide|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Red Dragonhide|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Black Dragonhide|Dragonhide}}. Upgrading Ranged armor is always recommended once it's available.
 
Ranged has three different Attack styles, {{Skill|Ranged|Accurate}}, {{Skill|Ranged|Rapid}}, and {{Skill|Ranged|Longrange}}:
* {{Skill|Ranged|Accurate}} increases your Hidden Ranged level which causes each attack to be more accurate and deal more damage.
* {{Skill|Ranged|Rapid}} lowers the attack interval of the weapon by 0.4 seconds, making each attack significantly faster
* {{Skill|Ranged|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 {{Skill|Ranged}} and {{Skill|Defence}}.
 
In general, {{Skill|Ranged|Accurate}} is more effective at low levels, while {{Skill|Ranged|Rapid}} is more effective at higher levels. The cutoff is approximately level 40. {{Skill|Ranged|Longrange}} should likely be used before this cutoff to also get an amount of {{Skill|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:
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
! Weapon
! Details
! Ammo
! Notes
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Normal Shortbow|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Maple Shortbow|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Magic Shortbow|notext=true}} Shortbow
| Fast-ish, weaker
| {{ItemIcon|Steel Arrows|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Adamant Arrows|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Dragon Arrows|notext=true}} Arrows
| Not great.
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Normal Longbow|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Maple Longbow|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Magic Longbow|notext=true}} Longbow
| More accurate, more damage
| {{ItemIcon|Steel Arrows|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Adamant Arrows|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Dragon Arrows|notext=true}} Arrows
| Arrows are cheap and easy to mass produce.
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Steel Crossbow|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Adamant Crossbow|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Dragon Crossbow|notext=true}} Crossbow
| Slow with high damage
| {{ItemIcon|Topaz Bolts|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Ruby Bolts|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Diamond Bolts|notext=true}} Bolts
| Bolts are valuable and difficult to make.
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Steel Throwing Knife|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Adamant Throwing Knife|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Dragon Throwing Knife|notext=true}} Throwing Knives
| Extremely fast with low damage and accuracy
| -
| Does not require {{Skill|Fletching}}.
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Steel Javelin|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Adamant Javelin|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Dragon Javelin|notext=true}} Javelins
| Fast with high damage and low accuracy
| -
| Javelins are worth a lot of GP when sold
|-
|}
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! {{Skill|Ranged|notext=true}} Level
! Bows
! Arrows
! Armor
! Recommended Monster
! Idleable Dungeons
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1
| rowspan="3" | {{ItemIcon|Normal Longbow}}
| {{ItemIcon|Bronze Arrows}}
| rowspan="4" | {{ItemIcon|Leather Cowl|Leather}}
| rowspan="3" | {{Icon|Cow|type=monster}}
| -
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Iron Arrows}}
| -
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Ice Arrows}}
| -
|-
| 5
| rowspan="2" | {{ItemIcon|Oak Longbow}}
| rowspan="2" | {{ItemIcon|Steel Arrows}}
| {{Icon|Skeleton|type=monster}}
| -
|-
| 10
| rowspan="3" | {{ItemIcon|Hard Leather Cowl|Hard Leather}}
| {{Icon|Tentacle|type=monster}}
| {{ZoneIcon|Chicken Coop}} (Requires {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat - Tier II}})
|-
| 20
| {{ItemIcon|Willow Longbow}}
| {{ItemIcon|Mithril Arrows}}
| {{Icon|Wizard|type=monster}}
| -
|-
| 30
| {{ItemIcon|Maple Longbow}}
| {{ItemIcon|Adamant Arrows}}
| rowspan="2" | {{Icon|Bandit|type=monster}}
| {{ZoneIcon|Undead Graveyard}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 40
| {{ItemIcon|Yew Longbow}}
| rowspan="2" | {{ItemIcon|Rune Arrows}}
| {{ItemIcon|Green D-hide Body|Green D-hide}} / {{ItemIcon|Ranger Hat}}/{{ItemIcon|Ranger Boots}}
| {{ZoneIcon | Spider Forest}}
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Ice Shortbow}}
| {{ItemIcon|Ice Helmet|Ice}}
| {{Icon|Master Wizard|type=monster}}
| {{ZoneIcon|Bandit Base}} / {{ZoneIcon|Hall of Wizards}} / {{ZoneIcon|Frozen Cove}} / {{ZoneIcon|Deep Sea Ship}} / {{ZoneIcon|Miolite Caves}}(Requires {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Eat - Tier III}})
|-
|}
 
====Gear Goals====
* Weapons:
** {{ItemIcon|Ice Shortbow}} {{SkillReq|Ranged|40}} - Drops from {{ZoneIcon|Frozen Cove}}.
** {{ItemIcon|Elerine Longbow}} {{SkillReq|Ranged|50}} - Drops from {{MonsterIcon|Elerine Archer}}.
* Equipment:
** {{ItemIcon|Ranger Hat}}/{{ItemIcon|Ranger Boots}} {{SkillReq|Ranged|40}} - Drops from {{ZoneIcon|Spider Forest}}.
** {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Ranged}} - Drops from {{MonsterIcon|Bandit}}.
** {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Looting}} - Drops from {{ZoneIcon|Spider Forest}}.
 
===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 {{Skill|Attack|Melee}} enemies. Dealing more damage and taking less damage from the most common enemies in the game is fantastic.
 
For Magic, use {{Skill|Runecrafting}} to obtain the highest level weapons and armor, as well as to create runes to cast spells.
 
{{Skill|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, {{Skill|Magic}} and {{Skill|Magic|Defensive}}:
* {{Skill|Magic}} increases your Hidden Magic level which causes each attack to be more accurate and deal more damage.
* {{Skill|Magic|Defensive}} increases your Hidden Magic Level less, while also giving Hidden Defence Levels and evenly splitting the amount of XP earned between {{Skill|Magic}} and {{Skill|Defence}}.
 
In general, {{Skill|Magic|Defensive}} is always the most efficient Attack Style to use, as training {{Skill|Defence}} with {{Skill|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 {{ItemIcon|Air Rune|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Water Rune|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Earth Rune|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Fire Rune|Elemental Runes}} as possible.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
! Rune
! Staff
! Spell
! Aurora
! Robes
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Air Rune}}
| {{ItemIcon|Mystic Air Staff|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Air Rune|notext=true}}
| {{SpellIcon|Wind Surge|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Air Rune|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Air Rune|notext=true}}
| {{SpellIcon|Surge I|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Air Rune|notext=true}}
| {{ItemIcon|Air Expert Wizard Robes|notext=true}}
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Water Rune}}
| {{ItemIcon|Mystic Water Staff|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Water Rune|notext=true}}
| {{SpellIcon|Water Surge|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Water Rune|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Air Rune|notext=true}}
| {{SpellIcon|Fury I|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Water Rune|notext=true}}
| {{ItemIcon|Water Expert Wizard Robes|notext=true}}
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Earth Rune}}
| {{ItemIcon|Mystic Earth Staff|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Earth Rune|notext=true}}
| {{SpellIcon|Earth Surge|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Earth Rune|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Air Rune|notext=true}}
| {{SpellIcon|Fervor I|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Earth Rune|notext=true}}
| {{ItemIcon|Earth Expert Wizard Robes|notext=true}}
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Fire Rune}}
| {{ItemIcon|Mystic Air Staff|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Air Rune|notext=true}}
| {{SpellIcon|Fire Surge|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Fire Rune|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Air Rune|notext=true}}
| {{SpellIcon|Surge I|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Air Rune|notext=true}}
| {{ItemIcon|Fire Expert Wizard Robes|notext=true}}
|-
|}
 
Each non-Wind spell also has the option of using {{ItemIcon|Mist Rune|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Dust Rune|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Smoke Rune|Combination Runes}}. Combination Runes are a good way to level {{Skill|Runecrafting}} as they are worth significantly more XP than their individual counterparts; crafting combination runes for spells you plan to use is a great way to make more efficient use of your {{Skill|Runecrafting}} leveling.
 
When using Combination Runes, look to synergize your staff with any Aurora also being cast, as their rune cost reduction does not apply to Combination Runes. For example, there is no benefit to using a {{ItemIcon|Fire Battlestaff}} with {{SpellIcon|Fire Wave}} if you are casting the spell with {{ItemIcon|Smoke Rune|Smoke Runes}}, but there would be a benefit of using a {{ItemIcon|Air Battlestaff}} with {{SpellIcon|Fire Wave}} if you were also casting {{SpellIcon|Surge II}}.
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! {{Skill|Magic|notext=true}} Level
! Weapon
! Spell
! Armor
! Recommended Monster
! Idleable Dungeons
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1
| {{ItemIcon|Staff of Air}}
| rowspan="2" | {{Icon|Wind Strike|type=spell}}
| rowspan="2" | {{ItemIcon|Air Acolyte Wizard Hat|Air Acolyte Wizard Robes}}
| rowspan="2" | {{MonsterIcon|Tentacle}}
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Magic Wand (Basic)}}
|-
| 10
| {{ItemIcon|Staff of Air|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Staff of Water|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Staff of Earth|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Staff of Fire|Basic Staves}}
| {{Icon|Wind Strike|type=spell|notext=true}}{{Icon|Water Strike|type=spell|notext=true}}{{Icon|Earth Strike|type=spell|notext=true}}{{Icon|Fire Strike|type=spell|Strike Spells}}
| {{ItemIcon|Air Acolyte Wizard Hat|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Water Acolyte Wizard Hat|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Earth Acolyte Wizard Hat|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Fire Acolyte Wizard Hat|Acolyte Robes}}
| {{MonsterIcon|Confused Pirate}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 30
| {{ItemIcon|Air Battlestaff|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Water Battlestaff|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Earth Battlestaff|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Fire Battlestaff|Battlestaves}}
| rowspan="2" | {{Icon|Wind Bolt|type=spell|notext=true}}{{Icon|Water Bolt|type=spell|notext=true}}{{Icon|Earth Bolt|type=spell|notext=true}}{{Icon|Fire Bolt|type=spell|Bolt Spells}}
| rowspan="2" | {{ItemIcon|Air Acolyte Wizard Hat|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Water Acolyte Wizard Hat|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Earth Acolyte Wizard Hat|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Fire Acolyte Wizard Hat|Acolyte Robes}}
| rowspan="2" | {{MonsterIcon|Giant Crab}}
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Magic Wand (Powerful)}}
|-
| 40
| {{ItemIcon|Mystic Air Staff|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Mystic Water Staff|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Mystic Earth Staff|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Mystic Fire Staff|Mystic Staves}}
| {{Icon|Wind Blast|type=spell|notext=true}}{{Icon|Water Blast|type=spell|notext=true}}{{Icon|Earth Blast|type=spell|notext=true}}{{Icon|Fire Blast|type=spell|Blast Spells}}
| {{ItemIcon|Air Adept Wizard Hat|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Water Adept Wizard Hat|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Earth Adept Wizard Hat|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Fire Adept Wizard Hat|Adept Robes}}
| {{MonsterIcon|Giant Crab}}
|
|-
|}
 
====Gear Goals====
* Weapons:
** {{ItemIcon|Mystic Air Staff|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Mystic Water Staff|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Mystic Earth Staff|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Mystic Fire Staff|Mystic Staves}} {{SkillReq|Magic|40}} - Craftable with {{SkillReq|Runecrafting|70}}.
** {{ItemIcon|Nature's Call Staff}} {{SkillReq|Magic|40}} - Drops in two pieces from {{MonsterIcon|Elerine Mage}} and {{MonsterIcon|Druid}}
* Equipment:
** {{ItemIcon|Enchanted Cape}} - Drops from {{MonsterIcon|Master Wizard}}.
** {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Magic}} - Drops from {{MonsterIcon|Master Wizard}}.
** {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Looting}} - Drops from {{ZoneIcon|Spider Forest}}.
 
 
==The Early Game: Levels 41-75==
{{ZoneIcon|Volcanic Cave}} (and {{ZoneIcon|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. Do note that all {{ItemIcon|Ancient D-hide Body|notext=true}} {{ItemIcon|Ancient Wizard Robes|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Ancient Platebody|Ancient Armor}} is technically skippable, it will be replaced quite quickly with the armor from the God Dungeons, especially if these are done as early as possible. They are left in the guide as it is very common for players to get them anyways, and they can make progression a lot smoother.
* [[Auto Slayer]]
* {{MonsterIcon|Paladin}} and {{MonsterIcon|Sand Beast}} - {{ItemIcon|Paladin Gloves}} and {{ItemIcon|Sandstorm Ring}}, fantastic upgrades for {{Skill|Melee}}.
* {{MonsterIcon|Thief}} - Drops the {{ItemIcon|Gloves of Silence}}, BIS gloves for {{Skill|Thieving}} and useful for turning combat into a decent amount of {{GP}}.
* {{MonsterIcon|Seething Horned Elite}} - Fantastic {{Skill|Ranged}} experience farm, and {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Fury}}.
* {{ItemIcon|Ancient Platebody}} from the {{ZoneIcon|Volcanic Cave}}.
* {{ItemIcon|Ancient D-hide Body}} from the {{ZoneIcon|Dragons Den}}.
* {{ItemIcon|Ancient Wizard Robes}} from the {{ZoneIcon|Hall of Wizards}}.
====Equipment Options====
* {{ItemIcon|Sand Treaders}} - Drops from {{Icon|Turkul Riders|type=monster}}
* {{ItemIcon|Elite Amulet of Defence}} - Drops from combining 100 {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Defence}} or from {{ZoneIcon|Undead Graveyard}}.
* {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Torture}} or {{ItemIcon|Elite Amulet of Glory}} - Drops from {{Icon|Fierce Devil|type=monster}} or from combining 100 {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Glory}} - Offensive version of Elite Defence for Melee.
* {{ItemIcon|Gloves of Silence}} - Drops from {{Icon|Thief|type=monster}} - can be decent for earning some extra GP from kills.
* {{ItemIcon|Paladin Gloves}} - Drops from {{Icon|Paladin|type=monster}} - big block of DR from a relatively easy monster.
* {{ItemIcon|Desert Wrappings}} - Drops from {{Icon|Turkul Archers|type=monster}} - less DR than the {{ItemIcon|Paladin Gloves}}, but more well rounded stats.
* {{ItemIcon|Priest Hat}} - Drops from {{Icon|Priest|type=monster}}.
 
===Slayer===
Many of the important items for this stage of the game are found from monsters in {{Skill|Slayer}} Areas, so it is helpful to have decently high level Slayer before going too far.
 
At this stage the player should be geared enough to be comfortably dealing with Normal difficulty tasks, and moving in to Hard difficulty tasks by the end of this step.
* {{ItemIcon|Slayer Helmet (Basic)}} - unlocked in the Shop by completing 15 Normal Slayer Tasks
* {{ItemIcon|Slayer Gear Upgrade Kit (Strong)}} - unlocked in the Shop by completing 25 Hard Slayer Tasks
 
Slayer Areas sometimes require items that must be purchased using {{SC|SC}} from the [[Shop]] such as the {{ItemIcon|Mirror Shield}} and {{ItemIcon|Desert Hat}}. 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 {{UpgradeIcon|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.
 
===Melee===
 
====Leveling====
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! {{Skill|Attack|notext=true}} Level
! {{Skill|Attack}} Weapon
! {{Skill|Strength}} Weapon
! Armor
! Recommended Monster
|-
| 41
| {{ItemIcon|Rune Sword|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Rune Dagger|Rune}} / {{ItemIcon|Elerine Spear}}
| {{ItemIcon|Rune Scimitar|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Rune Battleaxe|Rune}}
| {{ItemIcon|Rune Helmet|Rune Armor}}
| {{MonsterIcon|Bandit}}
|-
| 50
| {{ItemIcon|Desert Sabre}} / {{ItemIcon|Rune Sword|Rune}}
| {{ItemIcon|Desert Sabre}} / {{ItemIcon|Rune Battleaxe|Rune}}
| {{ItemIcon|Rune Helmet|Rune Armor}}
| {{MonsterIcon|Bandit}}
|-
| 60
| {{ItemIcon|Dragon Claw}} / {{ItemIcon|Dragon Sword|Dragon}}
| {{ItemIcon|Dragon Claw}} / {{ItemIcon|Dragon Battleaxe|Dragon}}
| {{ItemIcon|Dragon Helmet|Dragon Armor}}
| {{MonsterIcon|Vampire}}
|-
| 70
| {{ItemIcon|Ancient Sword}} / {{ItemIcon|Warberd}}
| {{ItemIcon|Ancient 2H Sword}} / {{ItemIcon|War Axe}}
| {{ItemIcon|Ancient Helmet|Ancient Armor}}
| {{MonsterIcon|Holy Archer}}
|-
|}
 
====Gear Goals====
* Weapons:
* Equipment:
** {{ItemIcon|Elite Amulet of Strength}} - Drops from combining 100 {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Strength}}
** {{ItemIcon|Elite Amulet of Defence}} - Drops from combining 100 {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Defence}}
** {{ItemIcon|Elite Amulet of Glory}} - Drops from combining 100 {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Glory}}
** {{ItemIcon|Sandstorm Ring}} {{SkillReq|Attack|50}} - Drops from {{Icon|Sand Beast|type=monster}}.
** {{ItemIcon|Desert Wrappings}} - Drops from {{Icon|Turkul Archers|type=monster}}
 
===Ranged===
 
====Leveling====
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! {{Skill|Ranged|notext=true}} Level
! Weapon
! Ammo
! Armor
! Recommended Monster
|-
| 41
| {{ItemIcon|Rune Javelin}} / {{ItemIcon|Yew Longbow}}
| {{ItemIcon|Rune Arrows}}
| {{ItemIcon|Green D-hide Body|Green D-hide}}
| {{MonsterIcon|Master Wizard}}
|-
| 50
| {{ItemIcon|Rune Javelin}} / {{ItemIcon|Magic Longbow}}
| {{ItemIcon|Rune Arrows}}
| {{ItemIcon|Blue D-hide Body|Blue D-hide}}
| {{MonsterIcon|Master Wizard}}
|-
| 60
| {{ItemIcon|Slayer's Crossbow}} / {{ItemIcon|Dragon Javelin}}
| {{ItemIcon|Emerald Bolts}}
| {{ItemIcon|Red D-hide Body|Red D-hide}}
| {{MonsterIcon|Master Wizard}}
|-
| 70
| {{ItemIcon|Slayer's Crossbow}} / {{ItemIcon|Dragon Javelin}}
| {{ItemIcon|Emerald Bolts}}
| {{ItemIcon|Black D-hide Body|Black D-hide}}
| {{MonsterIcon|Superior Eyed Monster}}
|-
|}
====Gear Goals====
 
* Weapons:
* Equipment:
** {{ItemIcon|Elite Amulet of Ranged}} - Drops from combining 100 {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Ranged}}
** {{ItemIcon|Throwing Power Gloves}} - Drops from  {{MonsterIcon|Turkul Throwers}}
** {{ItemIcon|Cape of Ranged Preservation}} - Drops from  {{MonsterIcon|Holy Archer}}
** {{ItemIcon|Scaled Shield}} - Drops from  {{MonsterIcon|Holy Archer}}
 
===Magic===
 
====Leveling====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! {{Skill|Magic|notext=true}} Level
! Weapon
! Spell
! Armor
! Recommended Monster
|-
| 41
| {{ItemIcon|Mystic Air Staff|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Mystic Water Staff|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Mystic Earth Staff|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Mystic Fire Staff|Mystic Staves}}
| {{Icon|Wind Blast|type=spell|notext=true}}{{Icon|Water Blast|type=spell|notext=true}}{{Icon|Earth Blast|type=spell|notext=true}}{{Icon|Fire Blast|type=spell|Blast Spells}}
| {{ItemIcon|Air Adept Wizard Hat|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Water Adept Wizard Hat|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Earth Adept Wizard Hat|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Fire Adept Wizard Hat|Adept Robes}}
| {{MonsterIcon|Giant Crab}}
|-
| 50
| {{ItemIcon|Mystic Air Staff|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Mystic Water Staff|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Mystic Earth Staff|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Mystic Fire Staff|Mystic Staves}}
| {{Icon|Wind Wave|type=spell|notext=true}}{{Icon|Water Wave|type=spell|notext=true}}{{Icon|Earth Wave|type=spell|notext=true}}{{Icon|Fire Wave|type=spell|Wave Spells}}
| {{ItemIcon|Air Adept Wizard Hat|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Water Adept Wizard Hat|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Earth Adept Wizard Hat|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Fire Adept Wizard Hat|Adept Robes}}
| {{MonsterIcon|Turkul Giant}}
|-
| 60
| {{ItemIcon|Mystic Air Staff|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Mystic Water Staff|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Mystic Earth Staff|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Mystic Fire Staff|Mystic Staves}}
| {{Icon|Wind Surge|type=spell|notext=true}}{{Icon|Water Surge|type=spell|notext=true}}{{Icon|Earth Surge|type=spell|notext=true}}{{Icon|Fire Surge|type=spell|Surge Spells}}
| {{ItemIcon|Air Adept Wizard Hat|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Water Adept Wizard Hat|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Earth Adept Wizard Hat|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Fire Adept Wizard Hat|Adept Robes}}
| {{MonsterIcon|Griffin}}
|-
| rowspan=2 | 70
| {{ItemIcon|Mystic Air Staff|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Mystic Water Staff|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Mystic Earth Staff|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Mystic Fire Staff|Mystic Staves}}
| rowspan=2 | {{Icon|Wind Surge|type=spell|notext=true}}{{Icon|Water Surge|type=spell|notext=true}}{{Icon|Earth Surge|type=spell|notext=true}}{{Icon|Fire Surge|type=spell|Surge Spells}} / {{Icon|Slicing Winds|type=spell}}
| rowspan=2 | {{ItemIcon|Air Expert Wizard Hat|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Water Expert Wizard Hat|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Earth Expert Wizard Hat|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Fire Expert Wizard Hat|Expert Robes}} / {{ItemIcon|Ancient Wizard Hat|Ancient Wizard Robes}}
| rowspan=2 | {{MonsterIcon|Venomous Snake}}
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Magic Wand (Elite)}} / {{ItemIcon|Air Imbued Wand|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Water Imbued Wand|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Earth Imbued Wand|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Fire Imbued Wand|Imbued Wands}}
|}
 
====Gear Goals====
 
* Weapons:
* Equipment:
** {{ItemIcon|Elite Amulet of Magic}} - Drops from combining 100 {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Magic}}
** {{ItemIcon|Book of Eli}} - Drops from {{ZoneIcon|Hall of Wizards}}.
** {{ItemIcon|Shaman Ring}} - Drops from {{MonsterIcon|Shaman}}.
*** Upgrades into {{ItemIcon|Nature's Blessing Ring}} with 10,000 {{ItemIcon|Nature Rune}}
 
===Volcanic Cave and Ancient Armor===
The major goal of this section is to find and equip {{ItemIcon|(G) Ancient Platebody|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|(U) Ancient D-hide Body|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Ancient Wizard Robes|Ancient Armor}}
 
{{ItemIcon|Ancient Wizard Hat|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Ancient Wizard Robes|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Ancient Wizard Bottoms|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Ancient Wizard Boots|Ancient Wizard Robes}} come from the {{ZoneIcon|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.
 
{{ItemIcon|Ancient D-hide Body|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Ancient D-hide Chaps|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Ancient D-hide Vambraces|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Ancient D-hide Shield|Ancient D-hide Armor}} comes from the {{ZoneIcon|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
* {{ItemIcon|Ancient D-hide Shield}} has a second upgrade, the {{ItemIcon|Scaled Shield}}, which is best in slot for Ranged for a long time.
 
{{ItemIcon|Ancient Helmet|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Ancient Platebody|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Ancient Platelegs|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Ancient Shield|Ancient Plate Armor}} comes from the {{ZoneIcon|Volcanic Cave}}.
- '''This dungeon has a guide at [[Volcanic Cave/Guide]]'''
* This armor, like {{Skill|Smithing}} armor needs to be upgraded twice.
* {{ItemIcon|Ancient Shield}} has a fourth upgrade, the {{ItemIcon|Dragonfire Shield}}, which is best in slot for Melee for a long time. Upgrading this shield requires 7050 {{ItemIcon|Dragon Bones}}.
 
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 {{ItemIcon|Dragonfire Shield}} and the {{ItemIcon|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 {{Skill|Prayer|Prayers}}, {{Skill|Herblore}} Potions, {{Skill|Summoning}} Tablets, or {{Skill|Agility}} / {{Skill|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===
* {{ItemIcon|Infernal Cape}}
* {{ItemIcon|Infernal Claw}}
* {{ItemIcon|Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs}}
* {{ItemIcon|Stormsnap}}
* {{ItemIcon|Cloudburst Staff}}
* {{ItemIcon|Earth Layered Shield}}
* {{ItemIcon|Big ol Ron}}
* {{ItemIcon|Aeris God Platebody|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Glacia God Platebody|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Terran God Platebody|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Ragnar God Platebody|God Armor}}
 
===External Buffs===
====Prayer====
{{Skill|Prayer}}, while always useful, can be difficult to level up in the early game, and many players ignore it due to the upkeep required. Now is a great time to remedy that!
 
Obtaining {{Skill|Prayer}} Points is the main ingredient here, this can take time and effort, but is rewarding. Prayer Points come from the following sources:
* Burying {{ItemIcon|Bones|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Big Bones|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Dragon Bones|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Magic Bones|all Bones}} and {{ItemIcon|Holy Dust}}, this is generally not recommended unless you have a consistent, non-combat source of these as bones are relatively slow to gather and often used for non-combat skills.
** {{ItemIcon|Bones}} and {{ItemIcon|Holy Dust}} can be made with {{Skill|Magic|Alt-Magic}} Spells.
** {{ItemIcon|Magic Bones}} can be purchased from the Shop for {{SC|SC}}
* {{ItemIcon|Ash}} is obtained from {{Skill|Firemaking}} which can be buried by itself or turned into {{ItemIcon|Small Urn}} or {{ItemIcon|Medium Urn}} in {{Skill|Crafting}} and then turned into {{ItemIcon|Small Urn (Enchanted)}} and {{ItemIcon|Medium Urn (Enchanted)}} in {{Skill|Magic|Alt-Magic}}.
* {{ItemIcon|Raw Skeleton Fish}} can be caught in {{Skill|Fishing}} if the player has found the {{ItemIcon|Message in a Bottle}}
 
As for which Prayers to use, preferably {{PrayerIcon|Battleheart}} and the best combat style prayer available, {{PrayerIcon|Piety}}, {{PrayerIcon|Rigour}}, or {{PrayerIcon|Augury}}.
 
====Agility====
 
Agility grants many powerful bonuses the most important of which being increased {{Skill|Hitpoints}}. This can make achieving idle-breakpoints much easier when your effective HP is 9 levels higher than it should be.
 
Which bonuses you pick and whether or not you want to swap courses often are '''up to you''' as which obstacles are "best" varies based on what you're doing and what your goals are, but the following table will list any obstacles with helpful combat bonuses:
 
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="1"| #
!colspan="1"| Obstacle
!colspan="4"| Reason
|-
! colspan="1"| 1
| {{Skill|Agility|Cargo Net}}
| +3% Global GP, woohoo!
|-
! 2
| colspan="2"| X
|-
! 3
| {{Skill|Agility|Pipe Climb}}
| The only obstacle on this tier with any benefit to combat.
|-
! rowspan="2"| 4
| {{Skill|Agility|Coal Stones}}
| The only obstacle on this tier with a net-positive benefit to combat.
|-
| {{Skill|Agility|Mud Dive}} / {{Skill|Agility|Cave Climb}}
| These obstacles are decent in the Early Game for squeezing out a little bit of extra power when your HP and Damage Reduction don't really matter.
|-
! rowspan="2"| 5
| {{Skill|Agility|Cliff Climb}}
| Use this typically any time when doing slayer, but be aware of the negative modifier and pick and choose when to run this.
|-
| {{Skill|Agility|Cliff Balance}}
| Can be used as the default combat obstacle, the {{Skill|Prayer}} point increase is really not as bad as it sounds.
|-
! rowspan="2"| 6
| {{Skill|Agility|Rocky Waters}}
| This obstacle is '''extremely powerful''' in the early game, and is always viable for Combat. This obstacle can single-handedly let you do Dungeons much earlier than normal.
|-
| {{Skill|Agility|Lake Swim}}
| Damage reduction is great, so is doing more damage and preserving {{Skill|Prayer}} points! In the later stages of the game, this obstacle is typically more useful than Rocky Waters, but will rarely, if ever, provide more survivability.
|-
! 7
| colspan="2"| '''Pick the trap that hinders what you're doing the least, this varies based on where you are in the game and what goals you have.'''
|-
! rowspan=3 | 8
| {{Skill|Agility|Pipe Crawl}}
| Used for {{Skill|Slayer}}.
|-
| {{Skill|Agility|Raft Building}}
| More well rounded, and can help making damage reduction breakpoints. This obstacle can safely be the default.
|-
| {{Skill|Agility|Spike Jump}}
| Used for completing Dungeons.
|-
! rowspan=5 | 9
| {{Skill|Agility|Lava Jump}}
| Primarily used for killing weak enemies as quickly as possible, particularly when the enemy dies in one or two hits. The negative modifiers make this unappealing for any other use
|-
| {{Skill|Agility|Water Jump}}
| Great if you do not need the bonuses from {{Skill|Agility|Ice Jump}} or {{Skill|Agility|Frozen Lake Crossing}} and can afford to swap to something else when you do want those bonuses.
|-
| {{Skill|Agility|Ice Jump}}
| The most well rounded for all Skills including, and can be used as the default.
|-
| {{Skill|Agility|Cave Maze}}
| Competes with a bunch of heavy hitters, there should be no reason to use this instead of the other options.
|-
| {{Skill|Agility|Frozen Lake Crossing}}
| The most well rounded for combat, not as useful for non-combat and can be used as the default.
|-
! rowspan=3 | 10
| {{Skill|Agility|Lava Waterfall Dodge}}
| Well rounded and often best for non-combat skills, this can be used as the default.
|-
| {{Skill|Agility|Dragon Fight}}
| Primarily used for killing weak enemies as quickly as possible, particularly when the enemy dies in one or two hits.
|-
| {{Skill|Agility|Ocean Rafting}}
| Always useful for combat, not as useful for non-combat and should generally only be used if you really need extra Damage or {{Skill|Slayer|Slayer Coins}}.
|-
! rowspan="1"| P
| {{Skill|Agility|Pillar of Combat}}
| Does everything you want it to.
|}
 
====Herblore====
Preferably {{ItemIcon|Diamond Luck Potion IV}} or {{ItemIcon|Damage Reduction Potion IV}}. Alternatively:
* {{ItemIcon|Melee Strength Potion IV}}, {{ItemIcon|Ranged Strength Potion IV}}, or {{ItemIcon|Magic Damage Potion IV}}
* {{ItemIcon|Hinder Potion IV}}
* {{ItemIcon|Lethal Toxins Potion IV}}
 
====Summoning====
For dungeons, preferably {{ItemIcon|Dragon}} and the best combat style Tablet available, {{ItemIcon|Minotaur}}, {{ItemIcon|Centaur}}, or {{ItemIcon|Witch}}. For Slayer {{ItemIcon|Cyclops}} paired with the same combat style tablets a safe bet. The best two alternatives are:
* {{ItemIcon|Yak}}
* {{ItemIcon|Occultist}}
 
===Slayer===
{{Skill|Slayer}} is crucial to continuing to upgrade your equipment at this point; if it has been neglected, now is nearly the last time to catch up without falling behind. Elite and Master difficulty Tasks can be quite difficult, especially if using {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Slayer}}, it may be more efficient to only do tasks when possible, and fight each enemy normally when the player can't be around.
* {{ItemIcon|Skull Cape}} - Obtained from the Shop for {{SC|400}}k.
* {{ItemIcon|Ancient Claw}} - Drops from {{MonsterIcon|Pegasus}}.
* {{ItemIcon|Hunter's Ring}} - Drops from {{MonsterIcon|Hunting Greater Dragon}}.
* {{ItemIcon|Wasteful Ring}} - Drops from {{MonsterIcon|Wicked Greater Dragon}}.
* {{ItemIcon|Magic Wand (Elite)}} - Drops from {{MonsterIcon|Cursed Maiden}}.
* {{ItemIcon|Elder Crown}} - Drops from the {{MonsterIcon|Elder Vampire}}.
* {{ItemIcon|Magic Wand (Elite)}} - Drops from {{MonsterIcon|Cursed Maiden}}, used for creating {{ItemIcon|Air Imbued Wand|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Water Imbued Wand|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Earth Imbued Wand|notext=true}}{{ItemIcon|Fire Imbued Wand|Imbued Wands}}.
* {{ItemIcon|Slayer Helmet (Elite)|Elite Slayer Armor}} - Can be purchased in the Shop after completing 30 Elite difficulty Slayer Tasks.
 
===Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs (FEZ)===
Final upgrade of all of the Elite Amulets. FEZ has a table that details a number of important stats on each Amulet at [[FEZ/Guide]]. If the guide has been followed thoroughly until this point, here is a quick summary of where each amulet should be obtained from the quickest:
** {{MonsterIcon|Mummy}} for {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Strength}}
** {{MonsterIcon|Bandit}} for {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Ranged}}
** {{MonsterIcon|Master Wizard}} for {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Magic}}
** {{MonsterIcon|Bounty Hunter}} for {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Glory}}, {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Accuracy}}, and {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Defence}}
** {{MonsterIcon|Fierce Devil}} for {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Torture}}
** {{MonsterIcon|Seething Horned Elite}} for {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Fury}}
*** Note that {{ZoneIcon|Deep Sea Ship}} drops {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Torture}} and {{ZoneIcon|Volcanic Cave}} drops {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Fury}}, so it is recommended to finish obtaining any items from these dungeons first to help ease the grind.
 
===Dungeon Guides===
====Infernal Stronghold====
- '''This dungeon has a guide at [[Infernal Stronghold/Guide]]'''
 
The primary reason to do this dungeon is the {{ItemIcon|Infernal Cape}} which grants 4% Damage Reduction and works well for each combat style. The {{ItemIcon|Infernal Core|Infernal Cores}} dropped here can be used to upgrade and {{ItemIcon|Ancient Claw}} into an {{ItemIcon|Infernal Claw}}, a critical and powerful one-handed Melee weapon.
 
====Air God Dungeon====
- '''This dungeon has a guide at [[Air God Dungeon/Guide]].'''
 
The {{ZoneIcon|Air God Dungeon}} drops {{Skill|Ranged}} armor and equipment, and is usually completed with {{Skill|Attack|Melee}} equipment
from the {{ZoneIcon|Volcanic Cave}}.
 
====Water God Dungeon====
- '''This dungeon has a guide at [[Water God Dungeon/Guide]].'''
 
The {{ZoneIcon|Water God Dungeon}} drops {{Skill|Magic}} armor and equipment, and is usually completed with {{Skill|Ranged}} equipment from the {{ZoneIcon|Air God Dungeon}}.
 
====Earth God Dungeon====
- '''This dungeon has a guide at [[Earth God Dungeon/Guide]].'''
 
The {{ZoneIcon|Earth God Dungeon}} drops {{Skill|Attack|Melee}} tank oriented armor and equipment, and is usually completed with {{Skill|Magic}} equipment from the {{ZoneIcon|Water God Dungeon}}..
 
====Fire God Dungeon====
- '''This dungeon has a guide at [[Fire God Dungeon/Guide]].'''
 
The {{ZoneIcon|Fire God Dungeon}} drops {{Skill|Attack|Melee}} dps oriented armor and equipment, and is usually completed with {{Skill|Ranged}} equipment from the {{ZoneIcon|Air God Dungeon}}.
 
==Into the Mist==
- '''This dungeon has a guide at [[Into the Mist/Guide]].'''
 
{{ZoneIcon|Into the Mist}} is one of the most difficult challenges in the game. It cannot be idled.
 
To start, the player must first fight 20 Afflicted versions of randomly chosen monsters between combat level 165 and 677. Any monster, including bosses, save those from {{ZoneIcon|Unhallowed Wasteland}} or {{ZoneIcon|Dark Waters}}, can be chosen.
 
[[Affliction]] is a special status effect applied by monsters that reduces your max HP. This means that the encounters are a race against the clock, forcing you to kill the enemy before your affliction stacks get too high. Due to this, it is recommended that you focus on DPS above all else when choosing your three gear sets.
 
'''This dungeon cannot be completed without the Dungeon Equipment Swapping upgrade purchased from the shop.'''
 
Note that it may be beneficial to complete the [[Slayer#Master|Master]] tier {{Skill|Slayer}} tasks required to unlock {{ItemIcon|Slayer Gear Upgrade Kit (Master)}} before completing Into the Mist for the first time. This is because of {{ZoneIcon|Dark Waters}} monsters being added to the pool of available enemies. It will no longer be trivial to use {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Slayer}} for Master tier Tasks, as the new enemies are fairly strong, and are more lethal to the average player than the Greater Dragons available in the {{ZoneIcon|Perilous Peaks}} version of Master Tasks. If you do not feel comfortable learning how to do manual slayer, feel free to Auto-slay Perilous Peaks. See below for a more in depth explanation.
 
{{ZoneIcon|Into the Mist}} consists of 3 boss phases in a set order, with pauses in between each phase. Refer to [[Into the Mist/Guide]] for a comprehensive guide on completing this dungeon.
 
Notable Rewards:
* Access to the {{ZoneIcon|Dark Waters}} slayer area, where the T90 weapons can be obtained
* {{PetIcon|Pablo}} - Drops after 5 completions
 
===Combat Passive Slot===
 
Main Article: [[Combat Passive Slot]]
 
Congratulations on completing {{ZoneIcon|Into the Mist}}! The reward is one of the best upgrades in the game, the Passive Slot. This allows any item with a "Passive: ____" effect to be equipped in said slot.
 
While the original article is more than exhaustive, some of the best choices are highlighted here:
* {{ItemIcon|Chapeau Noir}} - More item doubling is always good
* {{ItemIcon|Ring of Wealth}} - More item doubling is always good
* {{ItemIcon|Slayer Helmet (Master)|Master Slayer Armor}} - Lets you splash more Flat Slayer Area Reduction, along with a pittance of item doubling
* {{ItemIcon|Elder Crown}} - Slightly more dps from attack interval reduction, a big pile of free lifesteal helps preserve food stocks
* {{ItemIcon|Fighter Amulet}} - Melee only, good dps, less attacks taken from enemies
* {{ItemIcon|Deadeye Amulet}} - Ranged only, fantastic dps
 
===When to complete Master Slayer Tasks: Before or after ITM===
 
{{ItemIcon|Slayer Gear Upgrade Kit (Master)}} and therefore {{ItemIcon|Slayer Helmet (Master)|Master Slayer Armor}} are unlocked by completing 40 [[Slayer#Master|Master]] tier {{Skill|Slayer}} tasks. In the base game, Master Tier Slayer consists of 3 Slayer areas based on the following unlock conditions:
 
* {{ZoneIcon|Perilous Peaks}} - {{SkillReq|Slayer|85}}. By default, only enemies in this area will appear in Master Tasks
* {{ZoneIcon|Dark Waters}} - {{ZoneIcon|Into the Mist}} completed at least once.
* {{ZoneIcon|Unhallowed Wasteland}} - [[Map to the Unhallowed Wasteland]] purchased from the [[Shop]].
 
The {{TotH|Throne of the Herald Expansion}} contains new Master Slayer areas, but these are all locked behind completion of the {{ZoneIcon|Impending Darkness Event}}
 
Completing 40 Master tasks can take anywhere from 20-80+ hours (with a probable average of about 40hours), depending on your setup, luck with task length, or efficiency/luck in rerolling for short tasks on the fastest to kill monster. These tasks can be completed either before or after {{ZoneIcon|Into the Mist}}, and which method you do is up to you.
 
Due to the difficulty of enemies in {{ZoneIcon|Dark Waters}}, using {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Slayer}} to complete Master tasks is no longer feasible following the completion of {{ZoneIcon|Into the Mist}}. Therefore, it is 'simpler' to complete all 40 tasks while having only {{ZoneIcon|Perilous Peaks}} unlocked, as the only necessity is to meet the DR checkpoints of each monster. You will also need a fairly healthy supply of food, as these Greater Dragons all have the Greater Dragonbreath ability, which deals a large amount of unavoidable damage.
 
The {{ZoneIcon|Dark Waters}} drop valuable materials to make powerful weapons, generally consume equal or less food than greater dragons, and an average of about 40 hours each to complete with optimal setups. Therefore, even though they cannot be done on Auto-slayer, completing your Master tasks while working on your t90 weapons will most likely consume less food, and generally take less overall time on on task by killing two birds with one stone. The major downside here is that you will want to check back in every 2-3 hours to swap your equipment and manually change to the next task. This is not mandatory, but it is recommended as you will be earning Slayer XP and Slayer Coins all the while, and you will be able to purchase [[Prayer|Prayer Points]] and [[Generous Resupply|Food]] at a profit.
 
Consider the addition of the [[Combat Passive Slot|Passive Slot]] - By equipping powerful passive effects in this slot, you can greatly increase your DPS, item drop rate, or greatly reduce your food consumption. This is most noticeable on Greater Dragons; with the {{ItemIcon|Elder Crown}} equipped, food use against these enemies drops ''dramatically''. {{ItemIcon|Fighter Amulet}} works similarly for enemies primarily fought with Melee; {{Icon|Rokken|type=monster}} and {{Icon|Hunting Greater Dragon|type=monster}}.
 
==The Late Game: Levels 96-99==
 
===Major Goals===
Following completion of {{ZoneIcon|Into the Mist}}, you now have access to {{ZoneIcon|Dark Waters}}, the penultimate slayer area and will soon be able to unlock {{ZoneIcon|Unhallowed Wasteland}}
 
These are long grinds, and may require quite a bit of preparation.
 
We recommend acquiring them while fighting each monster as a slayer task, this will require you to turn OFF auto-slayer, and will encourage semi-frequent check-ins. Doing these on task will increase your damage dealt to them from various buffs, namely {{ItemIcon|Slayer Skillcape}}.
 
All items dropped in these two areas come as fragments of the final pieces, needing hundreds of individual items to make one final version, therefore it is recommended to attempt to sneak in as much item doubling into your gear as possible. Using the [[Combat Simulator]] to measure your Drops per hour with no deaths is highly recommended. It can make the difference in literal days of grinding.
 
===Dark Waters===
- '''This Slayer area has a guide at [[Dark Waters/Guide]]'''
 
These 3 monsters drop fragments for the T90 (tier, or level requirement) weapons, high level and powerful weapons that are extremely helpful in completing the following Slayer Area, as well as the Impending Darkness Event. Each weapon is upgraded by combining 100 fragments, and the fragments have a 2% drop rate. That's 5,000 kills on average with 0% chance to double items.
 
Using the above "manual" Slayer method will make the order you obtain the weapons in effectively random, but if you want to do them in a specific order, we recommend the following:
 
* {{ItemIcon|Shockwave}} - Made from {{ItemIcon|Shockwave Fragment}}, dropped by {{Icon|Rokken|type=monster}}
* {{ItemIcon|Ocean Song}} - Made from {{ItemIcon|Ocean Song Fragment}}, dropped by {{Icon|Ku-tul|type=monster}}
* {{ItemIcon|Tidal Edge}} - Made from {{ItemIcon|Tidal Edge Fragment}}, dropped by {{Icon|Umbora|type=monster}}
 
Additionally, you should also acquire the pet {{PetIcon|Otto}} whilst doing this grind, if you do not, continue farming whichever mob you kill the fastest on or off task until you get it.
 
===Unhallowed Wasteland===
- '''This Slayer area has a guide at [[Unhallowed Wasteland/Guide]]'''
 
After completing the T90 weapon grinds, you are ready to face the another difficult challenge, the {{ZoneIcon|Unhallowed Wasteland}} (UW) - the final {{Skill|Slayer}} area in the base game
 
To access it, you need to purchase a {{UpgradeIcon|Map to the Unhallowed Wasteland}}.
 
The area requires maximizing a different stat than DR. All of the monsters here will heal a % of their current HP every 2 attacks, which will massively hinder your DPS regardless of the setup. To mitigate this, you need a cumulative 100% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation.
 
With 0% chance to double items, these monsters all require an average of 4000 kills to obtain all items required.
 
Here's an example of the gear required for melee:
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Item
! Slot
! Slayer Area<br>Effect Negation %
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Slayer Helmet (Master)}}
| Head
| 20%
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Slayer Platebody (Master)}}
| Body
| 20%
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Slayer Cowl (Master)}}
| Passive
| 20%
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Max Skillcape}}/{{ItemIcon|Slayer Skillcape}}
| Cape
| 25%
|-
| {{ItemIcon|Hunter's Ring}}
| Ring
| 10%
|-
| {{Skill|Agility}} Pillar of Combat
| Agility
| 5%
|-
! scope="row" colspan="2" | Total
| 100%
|}
 
For the other combat styles, you'll be wearing the equivalent Master Slayer armor. Note that you cannot ever wear two of the same item, so whichever item you choose to put in the passive slot must be one of the armor pieces not currently equipped in your chest/head slots.
 
It should be noted that while UW is listed first, '''completing the {{ZoneIcon|Impending Darkness Event}} will strictly make this grind faster!''' You can complete ID without any of the UW gear sets, and the shields greatly speed up these grinds.
 
While you are here, you will be working to acquire all of the set bonus gear, dropped from each of the UW monsters:
 
* {{ItemIcon|Poison Virulence Gloves}}/{{ItemIcon|Poison Virulence Ring}} - Upgrades from {{ItemIcon|Worm Spike}}/{{ItemIcon|Poison Essence}} respectively, dropped by {{Icon|Legaran Wurm|type=monster}}
* {{ItemIcon|Burning Madness Gloves}}/{{ItemIcon|Burning Madness Ring}} - Upgrades from {{ItemIcon|Cursed Hands}}/{{ItemIcon|Burning Essence}} respectively, dropped by {{Icon|Cursed Lich|type=monster}}
* {{ItemIcon|Spiked Shell Gloves}}/{{ItemIcon|Spiked Shell Ring}} - Upgrades from {{ItemIcon|Tough Shell}}/{{ItemIcon|Stinging Essence}} respectively, dropped by {{Icon|Spiked Red Claw|type=monster}}
* {{ItemIcon|Relentless Fury Gloves}}/{{ItemIcon|Relentless Fury Ring}} - Upgrades from {{ItemIcon|Desecrated Bones}}/{{ItemIcon|Undead Essence}} respectively, dropped by {{Icon|Greater Skeletal Dragon|type=monster}}
 
==Impending Darkness Event==
 
- '''This dungeon has a guide at [[Impending Darkness Event/Guide]].'''
 
The final dungeon of the base game of Melvor Idle also has a bunch of unique mechanics:
* Combat takes place in {{Skill|Slayer}} Areas, with their respective Slayer Area Effects active
** '''This also includes the entry requirements for each Area!'''
* Negative modifiers, each phase of the event will require the player to choose a modifier that applies to all enemies.
* Running from Combat will not make you leave the event, but will reset any progress made on '''unfinished''' Slayer Areas.
** Bane's combat style will also be rerolled, if you want to choose a different combat style.
** All non-combat skills are able to be trained while the Event is paused, which can be helpful if the player wants to complete the Event over multiple sessions without losing time doing nothing.
 
And some returning mechanics:
* [[Affliction]] - everybody's favorite debuff!
** Each phase of the Event gives the normal Slayer enemies more Max HP, more Max Hit, and a higher chance to apply affliction.
* Manual Eating - It is very difficult to impossible to guarantee your safety in this event without careful manual eating and knowledge of each enemy's attacks.
 
Similar to {{MonsterIcon|Ahrenia}}, {{MonsterIcon|Bane}} requires you to fight him with the same combat style he is using.
 
Each phase of the event is the same, with the added dangers of extra negative modifiers and increased base passives. The player will be given the choice of a negative modifier, then must complete a series of gauntlets through 4 difficult Slayer Areas, these gauntlets are up to 8 monsters randomly chosen from the pool of available monsters in each area. Once each area is completed, the event pauses until the player selects the next area. Immediately upon completion of the final slayer area, {{MonsterIcon|Bane}} will spawn with a random combat style. While the main article has more information, it is recommended to complete the slayer areas in the following order:
* {{ZoneIcon|Unhallowed Wasteland}}
* {{ZoneIcon|Dark Waters}}
* {{ZoneIcon|Shrouded Badlands}}
* {{ZoneIcon|Perilous Peaks}}
 
Because {{MonsterIcon|Bane}} uses the modifiers from the Slayer Area you fight him in, you should always fight him in the {{ZoneIcon|Perilous Peaks}}. Your prayers will be {{PrayerIcon|Battleheart}} and {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Melee|notext=true}}{{PrayerIcon|Protect from Ranged|notext=true}}{{PrayerIcon|Protect from Magic|Protect from Style}}, which makes the area effect (-% Evasion) not actually have an effect on {{MonsterIcon|Bane|Bane's}} chance to hit the player.
 
The final fight with {{MonsterIcon|Bane}} is a special version, {{MonsterIcon|Bane, Instrument of Fear}} with an extra ability.
 
Each time {{MonsterIcon|Bane}} is defeated the following rewards are given directly to the player, in this set order. All of these are BiS for the base game, and are still useful and viable in any expansion content:
 
* {{ItemIcon|Shield of Melee Power}}
* {{ItemIcon|Shield of Ranged Power}}
* {{ItemIcon|Shield of Magic Power}}
* {{ItemIcon|Ring of Power}}
* {{PetIcon|Bone}} - Pet
 
===FAQ===
Q: No Monsters are spawning!
:A: Make sure you select a Slayer area! Monsters do not spawn on their own here.
 
Q: I'm not dealing any damage with any of my attacks, and attacks that can't miss are missing!
:A: As combat takes place '''in''' {{Skill|Slayer}} Areas, the player needs to have access to the area to be able to deal damage.
* {{ItemIcon|Slayer Skillcape}} or {{ItemIcon|Maximum Skillcape}}.
* {{ItemIcon|Blazing Lantern}} in the Passive Slot.
* {{ItemIcon|Climbing Boots}} in the Passive Slot.
 
Q: How long does this dungeon take?
:A: Approximately 2 hours, depending on your gear and preparation. Each phase of the dungeon (there are 5) should take up to 20 minutes of combat and 5-10 minutes for equipment swapping, ability reading, and hard breathing
 
Q: How many times do I need to complete this Event?
:A: {{MonsterIcon|Bane, Instrument of Fear}} only needs to be killed once. Note that {{MonsterIcon|Bane}} must be killed four times before reaching the final boss.
 
Q: What Skills can I train while the Event is Paused?
:A: All non-combat skills including {{Skill|Magic|Alt-Magic}}. No other combat can be trained until the event is completed or the "Stop Event" button is pressed.
 
Q: How do I beat this event?
:A: Keep your {{Skill|Hitpoints|HP}} above 0 while lowering your enemy's {{Skill|Hitpoints|HP}} to 0. Works every time!
 
 
 
 
={{TotH}} Throne of the Herald Expansion=
 
This section will be updated as time goes by, for now, following some basic guidelines will be a good way to get started: Combat in the Throne of the Herald Expansion revolves significantly around using {{Skill|Slayer}} areas to prepare to complete a dungeon. Leveling can be done in the first 2 Slayer Areas, the {{ZoneIcon|Jungle Labyrinth}} and {{ZoneIcon|Lava Lake}} - note that [[Deadly Poison]] is simply a more damaging version of [[Poison]], it deals 25% of the players HP over the duration instead of 10%.
 
A simplistic order for completing {{TotH}} Combat:
# {{ZoneIcon|Jungle Labyrinth}} for the {{UpgradeIcon|Labyrinth Solution}}
# {{ZoneIcon|Ancient Sanctuary}} - See [[Ancient Sanctuary/Guide]]
# {{ZoneIcon|Lava Lake}} and {{ZoneIcon|Forsaken Tundra}}
# {{ZoneIcon|Underground Lava Lake}} and {{ZoneIcon|Lightning Region}} Dungeons
# *optional*: {{ZoneIcon|Lair of the Spider Queen}} - must be cleared manually at this stage.
# {{ZoneIcon|Foggy Lake}} for powerful midgame tools
# {{ZoneIcon|Midnight Valley}} for powerful midgame weapons
# {{ZoneIcon|Cursed Forest}} and {{ZoneIcon|Necromancers Palace}} for powerful lategame equipment
# {{ZoneIcon|Golden Cloud Mountains}} only until obtaining the {{UpgradeIcon|Golden Shard}}
# {{ZoneIcon|Millennium Gate}} for BIS engame Armor with the highest Damage Reduction
# {{ZoneIcon|Golden Cloud Mountains}} for BIS endgame weapons
# {{ZoneIcon|Lair of the Spider Queen}}
# {{ZoneIcon|Throne of the Herald}}
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