Welcome to another F2P OSRS guide. In this guide, we’ll take a look at the mechanics behind OSRS Magic Combat and how Magic works!

It is important to note that this guide is intended to establish a basic understanding of the mechanics, so I will use approximations and simplifications to make things easier to understand. Without further ado, let’s get started!

Magic Attack, Strength And Defense

First, we have a Magic Attack, which is Magic Accuracy. This affects how often you hit your target. This is a combination of your Magic level and any Magic equipment bonuses provided by your armor, weapons, or other items.

Magic Strength or rather Magic Damage. This isn’t actually very useful early on, as very few items actually increase Magic Strength. Ancient Sceptre, Black Mask and Slayer Masks are some of the more easily obtained items that provide a percentage-based bonus to spell damage. But these items belong to mid-range games and are beyond this guide.

Magic Damage is determined by the spell you use. For example, Wind Strike has base damage of 2 and Wind Blast has base damage of 13. These maximum hits have nothing to do with your Magic level, as it cast them from a spell book. Therefore, even at level 99, Magic Wind Strike still has base damage of 2.

Usually spells based on Spellbook have a fixed maximum hit, such as Trident of the Seas. They use your Magic level as the basis for damage output. But again, these are mid-range gaming level items, a bit out of scope.

For now, just know that the spells you choose to cast usually set your Max Hits, so we can look up the handy OSRS Wiki table to find our Magic Max Hits.

Finally, we have Magic Defense. Unlike Melee and Ranged, which are entirely dependent on your defense level and equipment bonus. Magic Defense is a combination of your actual Magic level (70%), base Defense level (30%), and any equipment bonuses.

As you can see, it’s similar to the defense calculation we used before. We should note here that for monsters, this is not their base Defense level, but their Magic level and Magic Defense bonus.

Magic Equipment

Magic Equipment is very similar to Melee and Ranged equipment. Rewards are provided by Armor, Weapons, Necklaces and other equipment items. However, there are two key differences.

First, like Ranged, spells usually require ammunition in rune form. For example, a Wind Strike requires Mind Rune and a Wind Rune. These need to be farmed from drops, Runecrafted, or purchased from Magic Store and GE.

Next, you can only auto-cast magic by equipping a staff or similar item. These staffs often also provide other magic bonuses, such as an unlimited supply of certain runes. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that you get a set of staff before training magic. Because auto-cast magic is necessary, and it also saves OSRS Gold and inventory slots.

Magic Attack, Styles, Speed & Range

Base level magic attacks award XP based on spells cast, with additional magic HP and XP added based on any damage dealt.

Unlike Melee and Ranged attacks, which require a weapon, Spellbook manual clicking can cast Magic and has no attack style. You can access Magic Attack option by equipping a Magic staff weapon.

Once equipped, you can choose which spells you want to auto-cast. But this doesn’t provide any additional benefits other than allowing you to auto-attack or auto-retaliate using spells from your equipped Spellbook. Therefore, as with manual spellcasting, XP is awarded based on base spell XP, plus additional magic HP and XP based on any damage dealt.

The last option for equipping staff is Defensive Casting. This is the same as the previous auto-cast option. In addition to damage, it divided XP into Magic, HP, and Defense. There is no invisible bonus to magic casting unless using a Powered staff.

Powered staff allow players to throw in Accurate or Long-range styles. Accurate provides invisibility +3 magic level, while Long-range provides +1 magic and +3 defense level and is also invisible. In addition, Long-range can also increase the magic attack range by +2.

All magic attacks have a cast speed of 5 ticks. There are some exceptions, including Powered staff with a cast speed of 4 ticks. It also fixed the range of magic attacks at 10 ticks, which obviously applies mainly to combat spells.

Some Powered staffs have lower range, you can also enhance it with Long-range, the maximum range is 10. If the weapon or attack already has a range of 10, Long-range provides no additional range bonus.

DPS Calculations

As with these guides, high DPS is the end goal, as this gives us the most XP/hour.

Unlike Melee and Ranged, spells tend to have a fixed speed and maximum hit, so DPS is more dependent on spell and enemy selection.

As Magic level increases and higher damaging spells are unlocked, figuring out the exact DPS is a little troublesome. The equation here will show you how to do this. There’s another handy OSRS Wiki table that will give you the maximum DPS for each spell.

Unfortunately, my XP trick works with Melee and Ranged, so we can’t use it in this case. So if you want actual DPS you can either take the best-case scenario and assume the maximum number of hits in the table, or you have to calculate it the old-fashioned way.

At the end of this guide, I hope this OSRS Magic combat mechanics guide has been useful. Hopefully, it helps shed some light on what’s going on behind the scenes and how to maximize your character’s performance.

If you’re an avid RuneScape 3 fan looking to make the most of your crafting skills. Then you might be looking for a profitable yet relaxing way to craft while offline to take advantage of the bonus XP from the last day of XP Week.

So, in this guide, we’re going to share some highly profitable crafting methods for AFK training in RuneScape 3.

Dragonstone Necklace

We will first describe a wonderful craft method involving the making of Dragonstone Necklace. This method is very versatile and allows you to earn a decent amount of RS3 Gold by crafting these valuable Necklaces with Dragonstone and Gold Bar.

Also, you can choose to create Combat Bracelet, Ring of Wealth, and other Dragonstone jewelry to generate profits. However, Dragonstone Necklace is one of the most popular items.

Players of RuneScape 3 often choose Dragonstone Necklace. This is mainly because it meets market demand. It not only guarantees players’ profits but also circulates in the market. Especially for Porters, which is a must-have for many players, Dragonstone Necklace has become popular.

Players can also choose to sell these Necklaces directly at Grand Exchange or enchant them for extra profit. This method is a good option if you want to gain crafting experience while farming gold.

How To Use It?

There are many ways you can use Dragonstone Necklace. You can use it with Alchemy, use machines or sell them directly. The choice depends on the build in your account and your own preferences.

Notably, it can also profit from caching. Especially if you wait for the right moment, such as a bonus XP event, when the price will usually increase.

Tips

It is important to note that if you have not completed Family Crest mission, you cannot use Gold Bar storage feature in Furnace.

Still, you can craft Dragonstone Necklace efficiently if you place it near a bank, such as Prifddinas’ Workshop. After completing the mission, you can craft a total of 28 Necklaces in your inventory. This will bring you greater convenience.

Also, if you plan to enchant Dragonstone Necklace, you will also need to reach a certain level of magic. If you’re not there yet, consider using Extreme Magic Potions to increase your level temporarily. This will allow you to perform enchantment spells that you wouldn’t normally be able to perform.

Finally, make sure to use bonus XP tokens wisely. If you’re planning to get into Slayer soon, Slayer Masks are a priority, as they offer significant advantages. Using tokens to unlock Slayer Masks makes Slayer easier.

Lever

In addition to Dragonstone crafting, Lever crafting can also help you gain experience points quickly. But unlike gem crafting, which can usually be AFK, Lever crafting requires more effort and provides excellent experience points. Also, you’ll want to focus on Lever prices, as they tend to drop at the end of bonus XP events.

Royal Dragonhide Body

You may also consider crafting Royal Dragonhide Body for high crafting experience points and substantial profits. Since Royal Dragonhide Body has high alchemy value and they are in high demand, there is no risk of price falling.

Players should preset 18 threads and fill the remaining inventory with Royal Dragon Leather and Beast of Burden. It takes 36 seconds to make 18 Royal Dragonhide Bodies. You should be able to craft 1800 Royal Dragonhide Bodies per hour. But you don’t need all 1800 lines, as 1 line can be used to make multiple Royal Dragonhide Bodies.

The process involves combining it with Royal Dragon Leather, which nets you around 350k XP per hour.

Conclusion

As you complete your bonus XP and prepare for regular play, consider these crafting methods to get the most profit while training your RuneScape 3 skills.

These methods of making Dragonstone Necklace, Lever, and Royal Dragonhide Body are both suitable for AFK and profitable at the same time. Following this guide can help you strategically use bonus XP tokens and maximize your profits!

The new version of Forestry comes with a series of exciting additions to Woodcutting, making it even more fun. The community gathers in designated worlds to complete Events, Pet Hunting, and XP collection. This is what I have honed into 99 Woodcutting on my maxing journey.

So here I want to share some Forestry tips. These tips have really enriched my experience and I hope it helps you too.

Prepare

We’ll start with a very basic one. You probably already know this. In order to turn your Beaver Pet into a Fox or Pheasant, you must have rare items that drop from events.

In order to have a chance of dropping, you must have a Trap Disarmer and Padded Spoon equipped in your Forestry toolbox. Alternatively, you can spend OSRS Gold from Grand Exchange to purchase inventory or trade with Freaky Forester.

Tips & Tricks

Here are some of my tips to make the event easier and more efficient so you can gain more experience.

Haircut Event

For example, when each event resets at the end, you can just pick a set of flowers so you still get the full experience drops for the entire event.

This also applies to Haircut Events. But it depends on how much you interact with it.

Therefore, I recommend you return to Woodcutting after completing Haircut Event and make sure to stock up on some items. For example, Padded Spoon, Bee on a stick and all the items that make the event happen. This will enhance your experience. They will pop up more depending on how many items you have in your inventory or Forestry toolbox.

For some of them, you do get more rewards just by having the item in your Forestry kit.

Rainbow

When Leprechaun comes out, you’ll pop up a Rainbow. When you stand under Rainbow for about 2 game ticks, it will give you enhanced experience points, regardless of how many experience points the wood you are cutting has dropped.

I recommend tagging all Rainbows as they appear. Because of their IDs, you must tag them individually. But once you have all Rainbows, they’re easier to catch, and you won’t miss out on the boosting experience.

Poacher

During Poacher event, you will place traps on the ground, which last approximately 7 game cycles. I recommend you keep chopping wood until the last possible moment, and be sure to consider run times, so that you hit the trap at the best time. This way you get more experience points and don’t waste woodcutting experience points disarming traps.

Ritual Circle

The same applies to Ritual Circle. You’ll have approximately 27 game minutes to reach Ritual Circle, stand on it and receive 300 experience points at the end of the event.

You will need to get around 3000 full experience points. So when you're woodcutting, it’s definitely worth doing it efficiently. Please don’t just stand on the circle unless you just want to AFK.

Mulch

During a Mulch event, be aware of other people calling the rotation. For example, if someone said RRG, they would say first is red, second is red, and third is green. If you’re the one calling the rotation, be a team player.

If you want to farm Fox Whistle, remember that it doesn’t matter how many traps you disarm, but how long you were there from the start of the campaign to the end.

Today I wanted to do a quick guide and Slayer Points boosting example to show you the quick and easy way I could get tons of Slayer Points instantly.

In this guide, I will only cover Regular Slayer, not Wildy Slayer, as I have no experience going to Krystilia yet. If you want to unlock any rewards or missions or if you are like me and always run out of points for skipping during PVM Bingo events. Then you must not miss these great ways to increase your Slayer Points quickly.

Tasks 1-9

In fact, this method is very simple. If you want to increase your Slayer Points, you can go to Turael in Burthorpe. Or you can even go to Spria in Draynor Village and complete 9 Slayer tasks in a row for them. These missions require dealing with fast, low-level monsters, and you can usually complete them in a few minutes.

Note that you won’t get any rewards from these missions, but don’t worry about what happens next. Another important thing to note is that you may not necessarily need to perform the exact 9 tasks. But make sure to right-click on your Slayer Helmet or Enchanted Gem to inspect your missions and see which mission number you are performing.

The target for Slayer Points boosting will always be these low-level Slayer Masters while performing any mission except the 10th mission.

What Do We Need To Bring?

As for what to bring, that depends on you personally and on the assignment you're given. But I’ll check out things in my inventory that I like, so I’m ready for anything.

I have a full set of gear, from Runes to High Alchemy, Teleportation to Varrock Diary, Falador Diary, Lumby Chest, and my Ardougne Cloak and Desert Amulet, just in case.

I also need to spend OSRS Gold to get some extra Teleportation, Superantipoison, Light Sources, my Herb Sack, some food, or prayer pots. You can also choose to carry an Expeditious Bracelet to further speed up the mission. The bearer of Soul Bearer can pick up any Ensouled Heads, as well as Ash Sanctifier and Bonecrusher, to gain Slayer experience.

The 9 missions it gave me while making this guide were: Cows, Monkeys, Dwarves, Kalphite, Cave Slimes, Jackals, Sourhog, Scorpions, and finally Bears to give you an idea of the types of missions you may be assigned. On average, each monster only took me 3 minutes.

10th Task

After completing the 9th mission, you will next need to go to any high-level Slayer Masters you have access to get the 10th mission. If you can, you need to seek out Konar quo Maten. Because she rewards the most Slayer Points for every 10 completed tasks outside of Wilderness.

She’ll even give you 10 extra points if you complete Elite Kourend & Kebos Diary. Once you complete this mission, you will receive additional Slayer Points. The amount will vary depending on which Slayer Masters you go to.

When I completed Diary and went to Konar quo Maten again, I gained 100 points for every 10 tasks completed through her. My Bloodveld mission only took me about 30 minutes, and combined with my first 9 missions, I earned 100 Slayer Points in about an hour!

This is how to earn Slayer Points quickly. It’s quick and easy. You’ll have all the rewards and unlocked block slots worth 9,580 Slayer Points before you know it.

That’s it for this guide. If you found this helpful and who your favorite Slayer Masters are, feel free to share. Good luck!

Hello and welcome to another guide on F2P OSRS mechanism. In this guide, we’ll look at the mechanics behind OSRS ranged combat. This guide is intended to establish a basic understanding of the mechanics, so I’ll use approximations and simplified terms to make things easier to understand.

Ticks Combat Levels & Rolls

OSRS runs on a clock or tick system. Each tick lasts about 0.6 seconds, which is roughly equivalent to 100 ticks per minute. But in some cases, players can manipulate ticks.

Currently, the only reason we need to know about ticks is to understand the speed of OSRS weapons and actions. Combat level is the benchmark for measuring your overall combat effectiveness. In OSRS, this is a combination of your skill levels: HP, Attack, Strength, Defense, Magic, Ranged and Prayer. Unless you’re playing specific PK or Pure builds, you don’t really need to worry too much.

The last thing is Actual Combat Rolls. OSRS uses attack and defense rolls to determine whether an attack hits.

So-called Opposed Rolls, both the attacker and the defender roll dice, and if the attacker rolls higher than the defender, the attack succeeds and a “hit” occurs. When a hit occurs, it made a second roll to determine damage.

In OSRS, you can roll a 0 here in most cases. So while you might get a successful hit, you still don’t actually do damage to the defender’s HP. Damage rolls are rolls from 0 to the current maximum hit.

Ranged Attack, Strength & Defense

Thankfully, the range is slightly simpler than melee, as there’s a direct correlation between primary stats and associated effects.

First, we have a Ranged Attack, which is Ranged Accuracy. This affects how often you land hits on your target. This is a combination of your ranged rating and the equipment bonuses provided by your armor set. Therefore, to improve your ranged attack, investing more OSRS Gold to upgrade your armor set may be the best option.

Ranged Strength is ranged damage. This represents the maximum damage you can deal with a single attack and is a combination of your ranged rating. At least, for Bows and Crossbows, it’s the strength bonus provided by the ammunition you’re using.

Finally, Ranged Defense is great. Your defense rating, combined with the armor you use, gives you overall ranged defense capabilities. The higher these two values are, the less likely you are to be hit by a Ranged Attack.

Ranged Equipment

Ranged Equipment is similar to Melee Equipment in most respects, except that instead of having 3 melee damage types, ranged equipment has its own damage type.

We usually divide equipment into Weapons, Ammunition, Throw Weapons and Armor. Weapons such as Bows and Crossbows provide a Ranged Attack bonus, while Ammunition provides a Ranged Strength bonus.

Also note that, like melee weapons, ranged weapons have speed. Similar to melee weapons, lower speed is better. Ranged weapons also have a “range” that is usually between 6-10 game tiles. It can expand this to up to 10 using ranged attacks.

Ranged armor also usually provides higher magic defense and is widely used by melee players in “PK” situations. Because they hope to make up for their weakness in magic based on the combat triangle.

It is also worth mentioning the consumption of ammunition. You’ll notice that when you attack an enemy, Arrows, Bolts or other things will pile up on the square below the opponent.

I always recommend restoring these arrows. However, you’ll notice that when you do this, you recover less often than you fire. This is because in OSRS, every time you fire an arrow or use any ranged ammo, there is a 20% chance of that ammo being destroyed.

A quick tip that’s very helpful here is to talk to Lumbridge’s ranged tutor and turn on auto-equipment as soon as possible. This means that if you pick up any Arrows or Bolts that match what you have equipped, it will immediately equip them instead of putting them into your inventory!

Ranged Attack Styles

All ranged weapons have 3 simple attack styles: Accurate, Rapid and Long Ranged.

Accurate style, adds an invisible +3 ranged level bonus, increases Ranged Accuracy and Ranged Strength. When fighting this way, you gain 4 ranged XP and 1.33 HP XP for each point of damage dealt. While the benefits of this style sound great, most players prefer to use Rapid style.

Rapid style reduces weapon speed by 1 tick, allowing you to attack more often. When you weigh the advantages of slightly higher accuracy and max hit versus more attacks, having more attacks results in higher overall damage. When fighting this way as before, you’ll gain 4 ranged XP and 1.33 HP XP for each point of damage dealt.

Long Ranged style increases invisible +3 defense level and increases your attack range by +2 blocks. When fighting this way, you gain 2 ranged XP, 2 defense XP, and 1.33 HP XP for each point of damage dealt. But this style is only useful when trying to engage from a distance. Once they get close, it’s better to switch to Rapid style unless you really need the +3 defense bonus.

Ranged DPS

Just like melee weapons, highest Ranged DPS is always the end goal. And, as before, weapon speed plays a sizeable role in this calculation.

For general ranged combat, players always use a short bow. Although you lose some range, the 25% increase in speed more than makes up for it.

Crossbows are a different story. They are not free. But compared to Arrows, Crossbows offer a significantly higher Ranged Strength bonus, which more than makes up for the slower attack speed.

To figure out the exact DPS, I’m going to show you how to do this via an equation. However, it’s somewhat time-synced, it’s probably only worth doing to compare mid-range game gear sets, check trained enemies.

If you want to understand the concepts covered so far, with the right combination of Combat Style, Skill Level, Weapon and Equipment, you should be able to get very close to max DPS without having to calculate it.

That concludes this guide. I hope this OSRS ranged combat mechanics guide has been useful to you and helped shed some light on what’s going on behind the scenes and how to maximize your character’s performance.

Welcome to our in-depth guide to RuneScape 3. This guide is designed to help you understand the intricacies of Archeology skill, especially during the exciting Bonus XP Weekend.

Our focus is on maximizing your profits while providing an AFK-specific approach to enhancing your characters. With our wonderful experience with skills like Construction and Herblore, it’s time to dive into Archeology mechanics.

Archeology Mechanism

Archeology had a unique performance during Bonus XP Weekend. Archeology mechanics will change during Bonus XP event. Instead of receiving double experience points from Artefacts, players get Artefacts back at twice the normal speed.

This effectively doubles your XP gain, since most Archeology XP comes from Artefacts. However, this rapid acquisition of Artefacts means that materials are collected at a normal pace, resulting in material shortages.

This material shortage also brings us the opportunity to earn RS3 Gold. Players in need will turn to Grand Exchange to purchase materials to restore their Artefacts and continue to earn experience points. This surge in demand allows savvy players to sell their stored materials at high prices.

Advantages Of AFK

Archeology is one of the most AFK-friendly skills in RuneScape 3, allowing players to perform multiple tasks efficiently. Whether you’re studying, working from home, or enjoying other games, Archaeology fits seamlessly into your daily life. Our guide ensures you can get the most out of this skill, no matter your concentration level.

Flip Material

Before delving further into Archeology, consider selling all stored materials in Material Warehouse. Prices for some materials will peak during Bonus XP Weekend, which could translate into substantial profits.

Also, don’t forget to keep track of the materials you sell, as buying them back after Bonus XP Weekend could net you plenty of extra RS3 Gold profits.

Items & Strategies

To maximize AFK potential and effectiveness, certain items and strategies are crucial. Auto Screener is an invaluable tool that can simplify Archeology process.

Also, Grace of the Elves and Premier Artefact can significantly enhance your AFK capabilities, reduce porter charges and increase your profits.

Flexibility is key when choosing a dig site. While we’ve provided examples of profitable Zamorak excavation sites, choose one that matches your level of Archaeology. Thanks to Artefacts, all materials have varying levels of demand, ensuring there’s a market no matter where you mine.

At each excavation site, you will see a material storage container. Not only does this allow you to store materials without using up valuable bank space, but it also provides direct access to Artifacts as they occur. This improves the efficiency of Archeology.

Tips

Not only does Archeology provide us with a large amount of RS3 Gold every hour, but it also ensures steady progress.

Depending on where you choose to mine, the profit you can make per hour ranges from 2-3 million gold to a staggering 9-10 million gold.

But as you know, focusing our efforts on a few lucrative items often brings us the greatest returns. Some of the colorful dyes and specific materials like Hellfire Metal and Blood of Orcus always bring us high profits.

As you indulge in Archaeology’s AFK nature, keep in mind that material prices fluctuate based on demand. Staying informed and adjusting your sales strategy accordingly can maximize your profits.

With Archeology, you not only unlock skills that are highly suited to AFK but also provide you with a reliable way to accumulate enough funds. In any case, Archaeology is definitely one of the best money-making tools during Bonus XP Weekend, so hurry up and give it a try!

Welcome to this year’s Halloween Event on RuneScape 3! If you have not participated in a Halloween event for more than ten years, the content of this event will surprise you. In this guide, we’ll take a thorough analysis into 2023 Halloween Event to learn more about how you can join in the festivities and earn substantial rewards.

Event Overview

This year’s Halloween Event will be held from October 16 to November 5, 2023.

Halloween Event 2023 will bring a series of exciting activities. Your major goals are to smash Party Pumpkins, take part in Pumpkin Parties and assist Pumpkin Pete in his mysterious Necromancy Ritual. If you haven’t come across this game feature before, don’t worry, we’ll keep you updated.

During the event, Pumpkin Pete needs players’ help to grow new pumpkin heads with Necromantic energy. When talking to him, he will give the player a Rotten Pumpkin Mask.

Players need to upgrade it to Pumpkin Mask by crushing Party Pumpkins during Pumpkin Parties event or by consuming Gourd Gorger Gobstopper. Pumpkin Mask prevents light sources placed at Layer 1 and Layer 2 light source points from being exhausted during Necromancy Ritual.

Players can get various rewards after smashing pumpkins, including Ensouled Pumpkin Mask, Orange Hallowe’en Mask, and Sweets that produce beneficial effects during the event.

How To Get Started?

To start your Halloween Event adventure, head to Fort 4 and 3 and look for Pumpkin Pete. If you haven’t built Lodestone yet, don’t worry, you can still participate.

Due to the large influx of spooky skeletons in the game, Pumpkin Pete has encountered some problems with his head. Your mission is to lend a helping hand by waving your arms every day at his Makeshift Communion Ritual location. In return, he’ll reward you with snacks to keep you in good spirits.

During the event, you’ll stumble across pumpkins scattered in designated areas. Your job is to crush them. The more you crush, the more RS3 Gold rewards for loot you can earn.

To speed up your pumpkin crushing and partying, Pumpkin Pete can teleport you directly to the action. Say the magic word and the teleportation begins.

Pumpkin Party Mechanics

Please pay more attention to Pumpkin Party during the event. These Parties include special pumpkins with extra spirit. Players need to crush as many of them as possible to gain valuable loot.

Pumpkin Party takes place every hour at half an hour. The event starts at Fort Forinthry, City of Um, or Draynor Village, and the locations rotate in order. Pumpkin Party takes place only in members’ worlds.

Ken Muppet P.I. will appear during the party event. You can find them in the party area with Pumpkin Joy icon above them.

These parties are similar to Wilderness Flash Events, where players have five minutes to smash Party Pumpkins to achieve their individual goals and collective event goals. The personal goal is a pumpkin, while the active goal changes with the number of players in the area.

Party Pumpkins appear as yellow dots on the mini-map and spawn at predetermined locations. But after the first set of pumpkins appears, the order will vary between players. The party always starts with the same group of eight pumpkins spawning, which move to new locations at different intervals. Smashing a pumpkin will cause it to disappear until it naturally reaches a new location, rather than moving immediately.

The party ends when the collective goal is reached or time runs out. If we met both individual and collective goals, it will reward players with five Gourd Gorger Gobstoppers and Agility experience.

While all world event start times are synchronized at the start, event completion or failure may vary. However, there is a 15-minute timer, and players may not receive the ultimate rewards of the extra event after switching worlds.

Event Rewards

By participating in Halloween Event, you can earn a range of rewards including unique Masks, RS3 Gold and experience points. Don’t forget to keep smashing those pumpkins and partying to maximize your chances of getting rare drops.

Remember, Halloween Event is time-limited, so make the most of it. Whether you are an experienced RuneScape 3 player or just getting started, this event is a great opportunity to enjoy Gielinor spooky season.

Today, we’ll look at the mechanics behind OSRS melee combat. This guide is designed to give you a basic understanding of how melee combat works and how to set up your character to maximize DPS!

On the surface, OSRS combat seems very basic, and anyone familiar with dungeons and dragons, or roll-based tabletop games, can imagine how it works.

This isn’t too far from the truth. Combat is indeed based on a rolling system, but the actual system is much more complex. It gives players an advantage, as understanding how it works can give you some enormous benefits in combat. This guide is intended to establish a basic understanding of the mechanics, so I’ll use approximations and simplifications to make things easier to understand.

The ‘Tick’ System

The first thing to grasp is that OSRS runs on a clock or tick system. Each tick lasts about 0.6 seconds, which is roughly equivalent to 100 ticks per minute.

Why is this important? It’s important to understand the way events “stack” to the end or beginning of each tick change. For example, if I click on a piece of food to eat at the beginning of one tick, the actual action will occur at the end of that tick or the start of the next tick.

Certain moves can be used to exploit errors in the game clock and provide additional benefits. This is called a tick manipulation. Currently, the only reason we need to know about ticks is to understand the speed of OSRS weapon.

Combat Triangle

Another basic combat concept to remember is Combat Triangle. This is how the weaknesses/super effectiveness of the game works.

Essentially, the melee is weak against magic, but strong against ranged. Ranged is weak against the melee, but strong against magic. Compared to ranged, the magic is weak, but to melee, the magic is very strong. This is a general rule of thumb for deciding how to equip your character based on the mission or battle ahead.

The pros and cons associated with this depend largely on the gear being worn. Therefore, in PVP, most melee players need to spend OSRS Gold to purchase ranged armor. This can reduce magic attacks with a high probability.

Combat Level

Before introducing melee combat skills, we need to briefly introduce combat levels. Your combat rating is a guide to how effectively you can fight certain opponents.

But the precise calculation of combat levels is very complicated. As a rough guide, assuming you level up all combat skills evenly, you will increase your combat level for every 3-5 levels in a combat skill. It’s more complex, but unless you’re looking for a very specific character build, or are looking for PVP, you don’t need to worry too much about it.

Attack Type & Fighting Style

Before we get into actual melee skills, it’s also worth looking at some other factors regarding melee weapons and attacks. First, the weapon damage type can be Stab, Slash, or Crush. You need to be aware of this to maximize accuracy.

Also, most bosses or higher level enemies are more vulnerable to some type of attack. Dragons, for example, are all weak against Stab, so this should help with your weapon choice.

Related to attack types are combat styles or combat options. There are four categories: Accurate, Aggressive, Defensive, and Controlled. These relate to core melee skills and determine XP awarded. They also determine which attack type your weapon will use.

Attack

Attack power is related to melee accuracy and how often you damage your opponent, higher attack power equals higher accuracy.

First, to use better weapons than Bronze and Iron, you need a higher attack rating. For example, a Steel weapon requires 5 Attack, Black 10, Mithril 20, Addy 30. This is useful because better weapons provide higher attack bonuses and higher strength bonuses. Roughly speaking, this means greater accuracy and potentially higher maximum hits.

To calculate a reasonable approximation of an attack’s accuracy, combine your attack rating with your equipment’s attack type bonus, minus any defense bonus the target has against that type.

Strength

Strength relates to maximum melee hit or damage. The higher your power level, the higher your potential melee damage. As mentioned in the previous section, weapons also have a strength bonus stat, which is not to be confused with strength levels, as the two are not exactly the same.

For general play, you can assume that the higher your overall strength level and strength gear bonuses, the higher your melee max hit will be. However, this is a stat you may need to calculate occasionally to ensure you get a higher maximum hit.

Therefore, in order to get a higher maximum hit, you need to equip more items that provide a strength bonus.

Defense

The first thing to remember about defense is that it’s about avoiding harm, not reducing it! It increases the chance that your opponent will hit you with “0 damage,” also known as a miss.

First, to wear better armor than Bronze and Iron, you need a higher defense rating. For example, Steel requires 5 Defense, Black 10, Mithril 20, and so on. This is useful because better armor provides a higher defense bonus.

Increasing your defense level will also increase your defense against magic. To do this, you need to combine your defense level with the relevant defensive equipment bonuses based on the type of incoming attack. As always, the rewards for gear don’t exactly scale with skill level, but a rough estimate is not bad.

Attack Speed And DPS

The next thing to consider is the weapon’s attack or tick speed. Each weapon has an associated speed, usually a value between 4-7. The lower the better, as it means the weapon will hit more often.

Specifically, a weapon with a speed of 4 will attack 4 times in 10 seconds, while a weapon with a speed of 5 will only attack 3 times. This is usually a set statistic and cannot be changed.

Now we discuss the last and most important concept: Damage Per Second. More DPS means more XP, and more XP means faster leveling. This also means you’ll kill enemies faster. So if you make sure to maximize your DPS, you’ll also maximize the damage you can do and the experience you can gain.

Again, if you want to understand the concepts covered so far, with the right combination of Combat Style, Skill Level, Weapon and Equipment, you should be able to get very close to max DPS without having to calculate it.

This concludes this guide. OSRS combat looks simple, but is actually very complex. I hope this analysis of melee combat mechanics is useful and meaningful to you.

Are you new to Old School RuneScape and want to get started with simple tasks? Cook’s Assistant quest is your best choice! Not only is this a great way to gain experience and rewards quickly, it’s also a great introduction to the world of quests in Old School RuneScape.

In this guide, we'll walk you through everything you need to know about Cook's Assistant quests, including requirements, steps, and rewards. Without further ado, let’s get started!

Requirements

Before you can start helping the poor and busy chef of Lumbridge Castle, there are a few requirements you need to meet. First, you need to complete Rune Mysteries quests. This is a fairly simple quest that serves as an introduction to the world of RuneScape and is a prerequisite for many other quests in the game.

First, you need to have at least Level 1 cooking ability. Don’t worry if you don’t have this skill. Cook’s Assistant quest is a great way to get started and gain some cooking experience quickly.

You can start training your cooking skills by collecting eggs, flour, and buckets of milk and using them to bake cakes on the stove. You can find ranges in various locations around the game world, including Lumbridge Castle’s kitchen.

Finally, you need to have a pot and a bucket in your inventory. These are fairly common items. You can easily get them by looting barrels and crates in the game world, or spending OSRS Gold on purchases from other players or NPC shopkeepers.

Steps

Now that you’ve met the requirements to complete Cook’s Assistant quest, it’s time to get started! Here are the steps you need to follow.

First, you need to talk to the chef in Lumbridge Castle kitchen. When you talk to him, he’ll tell you that he’s in some trouble, namely that he lost the recipe for Duke’s Feast and doesn’t have all the ingredients he needs. He will ask you to help him retrieve the missing ingredients.

Next, you can head to the cow field west of Lumbridge Castle. You need to collect a bucket of milk from a cow there. Right-click on a cow and select “milk” to collect milk.

Then, head to the chicken coop north of the castle. You can collect eggs from one chicken by right-clicking on them and selecting “Collect Eggs.”

Finally, head to the mill east of the castle. You need to collect a jar of flour from the miller. He will be the one standing by the mill. Just talk to him and he will give you a pot of flour.

Now that you have all the ingredients, return to Lumbridge Castle’s kitchen and talk to the chef. Give him milk, eggs, and flour, and he’ll reward you with tons of cooking experience and a Pie Dish.

Rewards

So what do you get for completing Cook’s Assistant quest? As mentioned above, you will receive a significant improvement in cooking skill experience.

In addition to experience, you will also receive a Pie Dish as a reward for completing the mission. This may not seem like much, but Pie Dish is actually a very useful item that will come in handy later on in your journey through Old School RuneScape.

You can use it to make various types of pies, and it’s a significant source of healing food. And you can sell them to other players for substantial OSRS Gold profits.

But perhaps the most valuable reward for completing Cook’s Assistant quest is access to the kitchens of Lumbridge Castle. This kitchen is a great place to practice your cooking skills. Because it has a range, a sink, and a larder stocked with various ingredients that you can use to cook various dishes. You can also use a spinning wheel and a loom to make your own cloth and thread.

Finally, completing Cook’s Assistant quest will also grant you access to Lumbridge Castle cellar. This is a great place to store excess items. It’s also a great place to hang out and chat with other players, as it’s usually a fairly quiet spot in the castle.

Tips & Tricks

Here are some tips and tricks to help you successfully complete Cook’s Assistant quest.

Before starting the mission, make sure you have a pot and a barrel in your inventory. These are the basic items you need to gather ingredients for your chef.

If you haven’t reached Level 1 Cooking yet, you can easily train the skill by baking cakes on the range. You can find a range in various locations around the game world, including Lumbridge Castle’s kitchen.

If you have trouble finding ingredients, don’t forget to check out the mini-map in the upper right corner of the screen. It will show you the location of cows, chickens, and millers, as well as other useful locations and landmarks.

If you can’t find the chef in the kitchen, try using “Look” feature to get a better view of the room. Just right-click on the chef and select “Look” to inspect him and his surroundings.

Once you have all the ingredients ready, don’t forget to talk to the chef. He won’t give you a reward until you give him milk, eggs, and flour and complete the task.

Overall, Cook’s Assistant quest is a great way to start Old School RuneScape. This is the first mission released in Old school RuneScape! Not only is this a simple task that’s easy to complete, it’s also a great way to gain experience and rewards quickly. With the help of this guide, you’ll be a primary chef in no time!

Welcome fellow RuneScape 3 players to another in-depth guide as we delve into the lucrative gold crafting opportunities.

Today we are discussing a method related to the new boss in Vorkath that is coming to RuneScape 3. Because this new boss is a dragon, players will have a surge in demand for Antifire Potions, especially Super Antifire Potions. 

This guide will tell you how to use this potion to maximize your profits in preparation for the next boss.

Antifire Potion

Let’s start with the basics. Currently, Regular Antifire Potion is worth approximately 6,200 RS3 Gold on Grand Exchange. However, they tend to be sold for over 12,000 gold. This provides a sizable headroom for flipping, yielding approximately at least 3.7k gold per dose.

And a more profitable option is Super Antifire Potion, which is even better value. The unfinished potion has a price tag of around 16k RS3 Gold. We can sell the completed Super Antifire Potion for approximately 23k gold coins. Although it is less profitable than the regular Antifire Potion, it is still quite profitable.

Prepare

Before we delve into how to make gold, you first need to make sure you have all the necessary ingredients. Such as Unfinished Antifire Potion, Dragon Scale Dust and Phoenix Feathers.

How To Make Money With Antifire Potion?

Now, let’s inspect how to make substantial profits from Antifire Potion. Suppose you spend 15k to buy Antifire Potion, then the cost of making a bottle of Antifire Potion is 15k gold coins. If you don’t have Dragon Scale Dust and other materials, your expenses will increase accordingly.

However, the most critical ingredient here is Dragon Scale Dust. While collecting it can be time-consuming, it’s worth it.

An unfinished Antifire Potion costs 7k RS3 Gold, and you can craft a regular Antifire Potion for around 99.4k gold. Even if you sell at the low end, you’ll still make a profit of around 3k gold per potion. And selling at the high end, you can earn at least close to 7k gold per potion.

Also, there are items you can use to maximize your profits.

First, Portable Wells are essential, as they double the number of potions you can make. Make sure to have Scroll of Daemonheim to get Scroll of Efficiency.

Next, Botanist’s Mask will help you make more potions efficiently. And using God Pages can trigger your Portable Wells more frequently.

If you farm Herbs, Supreme Growth Potions, and use items like Dwarven Tools, you can enhance your Herb Collection to further increase your profits. Especially with the weekend XP bonuses coming, herbs like Ranarr and Lantadyme may see an increase in demand, allowing you to make even more profits.

Tips

By following these strategies, you can earn a profit of 7k RS3 Gold per bottle of Antifire Potion. With the potential to manufacture approximately 2000 doses of Antifire Potion per hour, you can accumulate a profit of 14 million gold. And that’s without taking into account the additional boosts brought by Portable Wells, Botanist’s Mask, and God Pages.

To maximize your profits, you can also collect Phoenix Feathers in the desert. This can add 9k worth to your Antifire Potion, bringing your total profit per potion to around 8k gold. Moreover, if you turn ordinary Antifire Potion into Super Antifire Potion, you can increase your profit by another 7k.

Conclusion

Overall, this method provides an excellent way to train your Herblore skills and make a decent profit, especially if you’ve stocked up on more Phoenix Feathers. You can craft up to 2,000 Antifire Potions per hour, potentially earning a profit of 23,000 gold per potion.

With the upcoming release of Vorkath entering the game, Antifire Potion prices have skyrocketed. This strategy is an ideal way to prepare for an upcoming boss, ensuring you have the resources and funds you need for the adventure. Good luck!