Easy Rs Skills to Train Without Bank Space

This article will provide non-members with information for training Attack, Strength, Defence, and Constitution effectively. Members can use this, but it is recommended to use the Pay-to-play Melee training. It will explain which monsters are the best to kill at a certain level, providing the pros and cons of training on each monster. It will also provide tips and suggests suitable monsters to kill at a wide range of levels. This article assumes players are training attack, strength, and defence equally, or close to equal.

General training notes

It is highly recommended that players use the best equipment available to them at their level. For example, if whilst training you reach an Attack level of 40, it is worth going to the GE immediately to purchase an adamant weapon.
Try to match your attack style to the monster's weakness for maximum damage, and therefore exp/hour; a player attacking a slash-weak monster with a crushing weapon will train slower than a player who attacks with a slashing weapon.
Use of the Revolution combat mode is strongly recommended.
Depending on the monster's combat level and stats, food may be necessary.
Try to fight monsters with low defence. Lower defence means the monster is easier to hit, so less time is spent out of combat, therefore providing more experience.
It is advised that you carry a teleportation item or teleport runes (if your Magic level is high enough) just in case. (The lodestone network can be used instead for less dangerous cases.)
When fighting monsters that are aggressive, turn on Auto Retaliate for an easier training experience.
Training in the Wilderness is arguably more fun, but inherently risky, due to the threat of player killers. Most monsters that are found in the Wilderness have better alternatives in non-Wilderness locations. One should understand the risks and strategies to reduce those risks; crucially, don't carry wealth that you aren't willing to lose.
Use attack, strength and defence potions when training as doing so will both increase exp/hour and extend the duration of trips. It is possible to obtain 100 percent hit accuracy without a potion, and if so, attack potions do not help anymore (unless enemies can drain attack).
Two ultimate abilities can be chosen. Rejuvenate lessens the need for food somewhat, but requires constant monitoring in game and the player must have a shield equipped. Overpower deals an accurate blow with high damage.
- Some players have developed a method which equips between two-handed sword and a shield, they are benefited from heightened attack power and not losing the rejuvenation ability. Those players finish a fight with full adrenaline, change to a shield and immediately queue Rejuvenate. The downside is they cannot attack during the 10 seconds in rejuvenation, which is of little concern as most monsters are not aggressive.
It is recommended to train against monsters that are weak to melee attacks. This is generally more effective than fighting monsters that are weak to ranged or weak to magic.

Common equipment, accessories, and setups

Weaponry

Damage output over time is roughly the same for any weapon. The accuracy greatly depends on the properties of the targeted monsters. Monsters with high defence need weapons with high hit bonus and suitable attack style, while weak ones are quite free on the choices. One can consult hit-chance calculators online. Each weapon only has one of three attack methods: stab, slash or crush. The player can choose which skill to train as mentioned before.

Two-handed weapons or dual-wielded weapons are recommended for their 50% damage boost over using a weapon and a shield.

The basics

Weapons and armour

Remember to keep your equipment up to par. As you train, you will start to be able to use better and more powerful combat items. Once you can use a better combat weapon, try to save up the money for it. (The ideal path to take for your choice of equipment is as follows: bronze, iron, steel, black, mithril, adamant, rune. The armour sets from bronze to steel are actually fairly lackluster and unnecessary, provided that you only train on the weak monsters such as adolescent white wolves.) It is strongly recommended that you wield the best weapon and armour available to you.

A better weapon means more damage and increased accuracy, which results in more experience gained in a shorter period of time. Better armour reduces the likelihood of enemies damaging you, which allows you to stay at a training spot for a longer time with less food. Better armour also provides a larger life point bonus. Two handed weapons are often used in player versus player combat because of their ability to inflict larger amounts of damage in a single hit. It is also advised to wear an amulet of strength, as it gives a Strength bonus of 18, compared to the 15 of an Amulet of power. The amulet of defence provides a Strength bonus of 8, while also providing a small armour bonus, but it is also inferior to an amulet of strength.

Inventory and drops

For players with at least 52 Defence, the Rejuvenate ability makes food less useful for training, though some will still be useful against enemies that often hurt you, deal enough damage during the cooldown to outpace it, or to avoid wasting adrenaline.

Finding a good balance of food to bring is a necessity for any player. Filling up with food may sound good for training, but inventory space may be needed for potential drops, especially if you are against low-level monsters where food is rarely consumed. If you are looking to make money while training, remember to consider the cost of the food you bring.

Swordfish and anchovy pizza are the two best foods for training as a free player, as they are the highest-healing foods available to free players and only cost 157 and 600 coins respectively. An emergency teleportation item, such as an explorer's ring or a ring of kinship, is recommended for training in areas with aggressive and/or high-level monsters. If a monster gets a lucky streak and manages to hit you hard, you may find yourself with a small number of life points, and a method of quick escape may be necessary. Since combat experience increases with kill rate, attack and strength potions are strongly recommended for all players, although they are not necessary. Defence potions are also recommended as they effectively extend the duration of trips.

Some players choose to also collect bones, but this is not recommended for players with Prayer levels of 45 or higher as it decreases exp/hour. While collecting bones is often tedious and can be boring at times, it can be helpful since burying bones can lead to more powerful Prayers. Bones can be buried for 4.5 Prayer experience each or sold for 266 coins on the Grand Exchange, for a total of 7,448 coins per inventory. Big bones can be buried for 15 Prayer experience each, or sold for 203 coins on the Grand Exchange, for a total of 5,684 coins per inventory.

Using Area loot will often help with collecting drops.

Attack styles

Train Attack, Strength, and Defence as you see fit – this preference is different for every player. Generally, high Attack will be vital against opponents with high Defence as it increases accuracy; high Strength will be best if you want to do more damage; and high Defence will alleviate the need for food, as you will be hit less often. If you're not sure what to raise, raise them equally. This method works extremely well in the long run. For most training methods, raising Strength, Attack, and then Defence will provide the fastest experience, although you may want to train Attack to a decent level first to increase your chances of hitting the monster before you raise your Strength level.

A very successful method is to train Attack until you can use the next tier weapon, and thus use a superior two-handed sword. That new weapon has higher stats and allows one to get bigger hits and train much faster. Then train Strength to the level of Attack. Finally, train Defence to the level of Attack and Strength. Now purchase the armour of the newly-unlocked tier and repeat.

Equipment

Level 1	Typical weapons
	Bronze scimitar Bronze longsword Bronze battleaxe Bronze 2h sword
Bronze armour
Levels required
None

Level 10	Typical weapons
	Iron scimitar Iron longsword Iron battleaxe Iron 2h sword
Iron armour
Levels required
10 Defence

Level 20	Typical weapons
	Steel scimitar Steel longsword Steel battleaxe Steel 2h sword
Steel armour
Levels required
20 Defence

Level 30	Typical weapons
	Mithril scimitar Mithril longsword Mithril battleaxe Mithril 2h sword
Mithril armour
Levels required
30 Defence

Level 40	Typical weapons
	Adamant scimitar Adamant longsword Adamant battleaxe Adamant 2h sword
Adamant armour
Levels required
40 Defence

Level 50	Typical weapons
	Rune scimitar Rune longsword Rune battleaxe Rune 2h sword
Rune armour
Levels required
50 Defence

Monsters

The levels below refer to individual combat stat levels, not your overall combat level (so a player with level 15 Strength would refer to the section titled "Level 1 to 20").

Level 1 to 30

As your Attack and Defence levels progress, upgrade your equipment from bronze to iron to steel etc.

One of the most efficient areas to train is the Abandoned Burthorpe mine (north of Burthorpe) yielding a vast number of level-2 Troll Chuckers, Troll Brutes and Troll Shamans. Upon death these NPCs earn you 40 experience per kill and are normally one-shot kills, making this an extremely efficient area for rapid combat training. This will allow you to get up to 20 in all combat skills effectively. Along with their high numbers they also have an extremely fast respawn rate (between 20-30 seconds). You will never run out.

Monster name	Location(s)	Combat level	Life points	Experience	Requirements	Recommendations
Troll brute, Troll shaman, Troll chucker	Abandoned Burthorpe mine, north of Burthorpe	1	50	30 (and 9.9 )	None	Use a bronze/iron 2h sword or a weapon with high attack speed
Advantages				Disadvantages
Very low defence, often one-shot kills. Around 40,000 xp/h, assuming 990 kills. Fast spawn rates				Often crowded

Monster name	Location(s)	Combat level	Life points	Experience	Requirements	Recommendations
Warped cockroach, Corpse spider	Lumbridge Catacombs	1, 4	50, 150	24.9 (and 8.2 ), 25.5 (and 8.4 )	None	Use a bronze/iron 2h sword or a weapon with high attack speed, e.g. Mace
Advantages				Disadvantages
Very low defence, often one-shot kills. Around 20,000 exp/h. Extremely fast spawn rates				Often crowded, but is largely compensated by spawn rates

Monster name	Location(s)	Combat level	Life points	Experience	Requirements	Recommendations
Chicken	Farm across from cow field, north-east of Lumbridge Fred's farm, south cabbage field north of Lumbridge	2	50	24.9 (and 8.2 )	None	Use a bronze/iron 2h sword or a weapon with high attack speed
Advantages				Disadvantages
Maximum hit of 4				None

Monster name	Location(s)	Combat level	Life points	Experience	Requirements	Recommendations
Cow calf, Cow	Cow pen on east side of River Lum	4/6	100, 150	24.9 (and 8.2 ), 25.5 (and 8.4 )	None	Use the best possible two-handed sword available
Advantages				Disadvantages
Good experience given the ease of killing them Drop cowhides for selling or tanning.				Often crowded

Monster name	Location(s)	Combat level	Life points	Experience	Requirements	Recommendations
Giant rat	West of Lumbridge Castle Lumbridge Swamp	7, 9	250, 350	26.7 (and 8.8 )	None	Use the best possible two-handed sword available
Advantages				Disadvantages
Not crowded				None

Monster name	Location(s)	Combat level	Life points	Experience	Requirements	Recommendations
Goblin	East side of River Lum West of Lumbridge Second room Stronghold of Security	2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 16	50, 100, 200, (Unknown), 150, 200, 225, 250, 400	24.9 (and 8.2 )	None	Use the best possible two-handed sword available at your Attack level
Advantages				Disadvantages
Weak and relatively easy to kill Common				Occasionally crowded

Monster name	Location(s)	Combat level	Life points	Experience	Requirements	Recommendations
Scorpion	Al Kharid mining site Dwarven Mine	14	500, 600	32.1 (and 10.5 )	None	Use a weapon such as a steel mace/warhammer
Advantages				Disadvantages
Weak to crush				Does not drop anything

Monster name	Location(s)	Combat level	Life points	Experience	Requirements	Recommendations
Al Kharid warrior	Al Kharid palace	18	650	35.7 (and 11.7 )	None	Use a steel 2h sword
Advantages				Disadvantages
Not very crowded				Players with low Defence can get ganged up on by multiple warriors. Bad drops

Level 30 - 40

Monster name	Location(s)	Combat level	Life points	Experience	Requirements	Recommendations
Barbarian	Gunnarsgrunn Long Hall	30	1100	48.9 (and 16.1 )	None	Use a mithril 2h sword
Advantages				Disadvantages
Cooked meat is there for healing The nearby fishing spot, usually active with fly-fishers constantly dropping salmon and trout, which can be cooked on the nearby fire.				Sometimes crowded

Monster name	Location(s)	Combat level	Life points	Experience	Requirements
Cockroach soldier	Stronghold of Player Safety	36	1300	56.1 (and 18.5 )	None
Advantages				Disadvantages
Very easy to kill Hardly any attack Valuable drops including mithril/rune weapons				Somewhat crowded

Level 40 - 50

Monster name	Location(s)	Combat level	Life points	Experience	Requirements	Recommendations
Hill giant	• Edgeville Dungeon • Edgeville Dungeon hill giant resource dungeon	44	3200	108.9 (and 35.9 )	20 to access the resource dungeon (optional)	Bring food such as swordfish, and also a brass key for easier access to the dungeon.
Advantages				Disadvantages
Always drops big bones Low Defence				Aggressive until at higher levels Relatively high maximum hit (192)

Monster name	Location(s)	Combat level	Life points	Experience	Requirements	Recommendations
Flesh Crawler	Stronghold of Security (Second level)	40	2900	128 (and 42.2 )	Access to Stronghold of Security	Use dual adamant daggers/swords
Advantages				Disadvantages
Weak to stab Decent drops if looking for money				Often crowded

Monster name	Location(s)	Combat level	Life points	Experience	Requirements	Recommendations
Giant spider	Stronghold of Security (Third level)	39	2800	90.9 (and 30 )	Access to Stronghold of Security	Use dual adamant maces/warhammers
Advantages				Disadvantages
Weak to crush				Does not drop anything

Monster name	Location(s)	Combat level	Life points	Experience	Requirements	Recommendations
Moss giants	• Varrock Sewers (4) • Crandor (3)	51	3700	136.3 (and 44.9 )	Partial completion of Dragon Slayer (for access to Crandor)	Use an adamant or rune 2h sword
Advantages				Disadvantages
Weak to slash Drops Big bones				Accurate attacks

Monster name	Location(s)	Combat level	Life points	Experience	Requirements	Recommendations
King Scorpion	• Dwarven Mine • Crandor	32, 56	1400	61.5 (and 20.2 )	Partial completion of Dragon Slayer (for access to Crandor)	Use dual Adamant maces/warhammers
Advantages				Disadvantages
Weak to crush				Does not drop anything

Level 50 - 70

Monster name	Location(s)	Combat level	Life points	Experience	Requirements	Recommendations
Moss giants	• Varrock Sewers (4) • Crandor (3)	51	3700	136.3 (and 44.9 )	Partial completion of Dragon Slayer (for access to Crandor)	Use a Rune/Gravite 2h sword
Advantages				Disadvantages
Weak to slash Drops big bones

Monster name	Location(s)	Combat level	Life points	Experience	Requirements	Recommendations
Ankou	Stronghold of Security (Level Four)	60, 61, 63	4300, 4400, 4500	179, 188, 198 (and 59, 62, 65.3 )	Partial completion of the Stronghold of Security	Use a Rune/Gravite 2h sword
Advantages				Disadvantages
Decent drops				Not weak to melee

Monster name	Location(s)	Combat level	Life points	Experience	Requirements	Recommendations
Lesser demons	• Karamja Dungeon (7) • Karamja Resource Dungeon (14)	70	5,000	250.2 (and 82.5 )	• Completion of Demon Slayer for the 3 lesser demons in Crandor Dungeon • 25 Dungeoneering for the resource dungeon	Use a Rune/Gravite 2h sword
Advantages				Disadvantages
Decent drops				Has a ranged magic attack

Monster name	Location(s)	Combat level	Life points	Experience	Requirements	Recommendations
Deadly red spiders	• Varrock Sewers (9) • Karamja Dungeon (5)	95	3400	399 (and 131.6 )	None	Use dual Rune maces/warhammers for accuracy or a rune/gravite 2h sword for area-of-effect abilities
Advantages				Disadvantages
Weak to crush See the in-depth strategy guide to maximise experience				Many players will find that they consume food (can made up for by looting red spiders' eggs) Can be difficult to hit if not using a crush weapon, especially at lower Attack levels. A lot of food will be needed. The most effective ones are Swordfish or Lobster.

Level 70+

Monster name	Location(s)	Combat level	Life points	Experience	Requirements	Recommendations
Clan Wars free-for-all (white portal) on world 3	Gamers' Grotto	N/A	N/A	N/A	None (high combat stats strongly recommended)	Use full rune equipment
Advantages				Disadvantages
Up to 160,000 exp/hour All items are kept upon death, respawn is instant Experience is awarded even if you die in a fight The lower section is single-way combat, which prevents multiple players from attacking you simultaneously				No drops Weaker players may find that they do not receive as much experience as stronger players Requires rapid Prayer switching for optimal exp/hour

Monster name	Location(s)	Combat level	Life points	Experience	Requirements	Recommendations
Deadly red spider	• Varrock Sewers (9) • Karamja Dungeon (5)	95	3400	399 (and 131.6 )	None	Use a rune/gravite 2h sword for damage per second or a rune warhammer/mace for accuracy
Advantages				Disadvantages
Best experience in free-to-play outside the wilderness (up to 120,000 or exp/hour, assumes 300 kills/hour) Weak to crush See the in-depth strategy guide to maximise experience				No profitable drops Many players will find that the food they consume when fighting can cost a fair amount over time (can be made up for by looting red spiders' eggs) Can be difficult to hit if not using a crush weapon.

Monster name	Location(s)	Combat level	Life points	Experience	Requirements	Recommendations
Hellhound	• Forinthry dungeon • Wilderness Crater	92	3300	361.5 (and 119.2 )	None	Use a rune 2h sword or Gravite 2h sword and the Protect Item prayer (strongly recommended); bring food (such as swordfish)
Advantages				Disadvantages
Weak to slash, so players may be able to get more exp/hour from hellhounds than deadly red spiders. Players with can reach 100 percent accuracy without an attack potion and with either (1) 82 attack and a level 55 slash weapon or (2) 88 attack and a level 50 slash weapon. Since there are no level 55 free-to-play crush weapons, this is an important difference. Usually not crowded Fast respawn rate Aggressive, therefore semi-afkable Drops bones, so using a Twisted bird skull necklace, one may keep multiple prayers activated Up to 199,000 or exp/hour (assumes 550 kills/hour) See the in-depth strategy guide to maximise experience				Hits hard and fast No profitable drops Can be difficult to hit Located in the Wilderness

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