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OSRS Melee Levelling Guide (1-99)
Old School RuneScape offers over 20 skills, but seven are tied to RuneScape gold combat. Among them, Melee is split into three independent skills: Attack, Strength, and Defence. To master Melee combat, especially if you're not building a pure, all three must be trained.
Attack: Allows you to wield stronger weapons.
Strength: Increases your max hit and DPS.
Defence: Reduces incoming damage and unlocks better armor.
This guide covers efficient training methods, gear tips, and progression routes from level 1 to 99.
Starting (Levels 1-40+)
Complete Combat XP Quests First
Before training manually, take advantage of OSRS's generous early-game quest rewards.
Recommended Early Quests:
Waterfall Quest (13,750 Attack & Strength XP)
Fight Arena (12,175 Attack XP)
Tree Gnome Village (11,450 Attack XP)
The Grand Tree (18,400 Attack XP)
Vampire Slayer (4,825 Attack XP)
Fremennik Isles (20,000 XP to a combat stat)
Completing these can get you to level 44, attack enough to wield Rune weapons-without swinging a sword.
Training Melee Skills (Levels 40s-60s)
Quests start to offer less XP impact around this stage. Now it's time to manually train your stats.
Recommended Training Locations:
Sand Crabs (Hosidius)
Ammonite Crabs (Fossil Island - 100 HP, very low Defence)
Equip a Rune Scimitar, set your attack style to Strength, and AFK train. Fossil drops from Ammonite Crabs can be used at the Varrock Museum for bonus XP in other skills.
This is the most AFK-friendly method and works well with mobile play or multitasking.
Key Early Upgrade: Dragon Defender
Once you hit 65 Attack and Strength, you can enter the Warrior's Guild to grind for the Dragon Defender untradeable off-hand item that's BIS for years.
Steps:
1. Kill animated armor to farm tokens.
2. Spend tokens killing Cyclopes upstairs.
3. Progress from Bronze - Dragon Defender.
Drop rate: 1 in 50. This grind can take 3-15 hours, but it is 100% worth it.
Also consider:
Fighter Torso (Barbarian Assault)
Barrows Gloves (Recipe for cheap OSRS items Disaster)
Fire Cape (Fight Caves)
Old School RuneScape offers over 20 skills, but seven are tied to RuneScape gold combat. Among them, Melee is split into three independent skills: Attack, Strength, and Defence. To master Melee combat, especially if you're not building a pure, all three must be trained.
Attack: Allows you to wield stronger weapons.
Strength: Increases your max hit and DPS.
Defence: Reduces incoming damage and unlocks better armor.
This guide covers efficient training methods, gear tips, and progression routes from level 1 to 99.
Starting (Levels 1-40+)
Complete Combat XP Quests First
Before training manually, take advantage of OSRS's generous early-game quest rewards.
Recommended Early Quests:
Waterfall Quest (13,750 Attack & Strength XP)
Fight Arena (12,175 Attack XP)
Tree Gnome Village (11,450 Attack XP)
The Grand Tree (18,400 Attack XP)
Vampire Slayer (4,825 Attack XP)
Fremennik Isles (20,000 XP to a combat stat)
Completing these can get you to level 44, attack enough to wield Rune weapons-without swinging a sword.
Training Melee Skills (Levels 40s-60s)
Quests start to offer less XP impact around this stage. Now it's time to manually train your stats.
Recommended Training Locations:
Sand Crabs (Hosidius)
Ammonite Crabs (Fossil Island - 100 HP, very low Defence)
Equip a Rune Scimitar, set your attack style to Strength, and AFK train. Fossil drops from Ammonite Crabs can be used at the Varrock Museum for bonus XP in other skills.
This is the most AFK-friendly method and works well with mobile play or multitasking.
Key Early Upgrade: Dragon Defender
Once you hit 65 Attack and Strength, you can enter the Warrior's Guild to grind for the Dragon Defender untradeable off-hand item that's BIS for years.
Steps:
1. Kill animated armor to farm tokens.
2. Spend tokens killing Cyclopes upstairs.
3. Progress from Bronze - Dragon Defender.
Drop rate: 1 in 50. This grind can take 3-15 hours, but it is 100% worth it.
Also consider:
Fighter Torso (Barbarian Assault)
Barrows Gloves (Recipe for cheap OSRS items Disaster)
Fire Cape (Fight Caves)