Runescape combat guide F2P

Every monster and player that has the ability to engage in combat has a combat level. This level summarizes your skill in combat. Your combat level is made up of these skills:

Attack
Strength
Defence
Ranged
Magic
Prayer
Summoning (Members Only)

Your combat level can be Melee, Magic or Ranged based. The minimum combat level is 3 and the maximum is 138 for Members and 126 for Free-to-play players. This is calculated using the following formula:

((Highest result of Attack+Strength, or Magic x2, or Ranged x2)x13/10+Defence+Constitution+(Prayer/2)+(Summoning/2))/4

You may notice that the combat levels of other monsters and players will appear in a color - red, green, yellow, or something in between. Enemies 10 levels or more below you will appear very green. Likewise, if they are 10 levels or more above your combat level, their level will appear very red to you. If a player or monster is the exact same combat level as you, their level will appear yellow to you. If the enemy is less than 10 levels below you, their level will appear greenish-yellow, progressing as the level gets lower; enemies above your level will appear orange.

For every monster that you kill, you will be awarded experience split between your selected Combat skill(s) (see below) and Constitution. It is divided between the two as follows:

• Combat experience = Total experience per kill/1.33
• Constitution experience = Combat experience per kill/3

The XP Selection interface allows you to select which combat skill you wish to train while fighting.

Melee combat allows you to train Attack, Strength and Defence separately or by dividing the experience between them equally (balanced), Magic combat allows you to train Magic and Defence together or separately, and Ranged combat allows you to train Ranged and Defence together or separately. Constitution is automatically trained alongside all other combat skills.

Attack level dictates how often you hit an enemy. In short, the higher your Attack level, the more often you hit.

Attack level also dictates what weapons a player can wield. The higher your Attack level, the stronger weapons you have the ability to wield.

Weapons are what you will use in the game to attack your enemies. Certain Attack levels are required to wield the different kinds of weapons. To see the stats of individual weapons, please use the Items DB.

To find out about specific pieces of weaponry, you can use the Items DB.

Strength is the skill that allows you to hit harder on enemies. The higher your strength level, the higher you will hit on enemies.