How to Play Runescape - A Beginner's Guide

How to Play Runescape - A Beginner's Guide

You must read and understand Jagex's rules! They are trying to provide a safe and pleasant experience for players 13 and over. There are a lot of people over 30 playing this game, too, so it's not just for kids! (I know some people over 80 who play this to keep their minds sharp!) Because of copyright laws, I can't use screen shots from the actual game for this article. I will add a link to my Runescape blog at the end, to the book, and a link to the game. There is a whole lot to learn about this game, so set aside some time and be patient!

Start Page Once you have signed up using the Create a free runescape accounts (new user), set up the way you want to make your basic character look - they have some great choices and you will probably keep that look for a while. Then make the most of the tutorial they provide when you start a new character - try everything twice or more to get the hang of things. Keep as much of the cooked food as you can - this will help as you start the next step.

When you start working on your character in real Runescape (as opposed to TutorialIsland), I suggest you put most of your goods and runescape gold for sale in the Lumbridge Castle bank. That will be close to your starting point. Just go inside the castle, head to the south staircase and go up two flights.

You will need food to be able to fight while building your skills. Keep the shrimp you cooked on Tutorial Island in your inventory. Keep your woodcutting axe and a tinder box. Wear your shield and sword. Then head over to the south west area of Lumbridge. Look for the cow pasture. This is where you can start building your skills - including combat. With your basic weapon and armour equipped and your tinder, axe and cooked shrimp to keep your health up in your inventory, you can begin combat safely. After each cow you kill, pick up the bones, hides and meat. (Don't worry - this stage of the game does not last long and you will be able to work on truly nasty monsters later!) Bury the bones by clicking on them. When you have about 10 raw meat and/or your fish is gone, cut a tree down and light the logs. Cook the meat. Keep repeating all the steps and you will see yourself leveling.

Return to the bank in the Lumbridge castle on the third floor often. Plan to bank your hides for use in crafting later. Put any cooked meat in the bank, too, but take about 5 when you return to the cows - it will come in very handy in the beginning. Concentrate on working on these skills for now. You will be raising combat, cooking, woodcut and fire making all at once and it will give you a big head start for later. (All those cow hides in the bank will really help as well.) If you want an all around character, be sure you switch your combat choice around as you get different levels of combat. You can choose power level. As you build up your skills, you will be able to make, fish or catch better types of food, and even smith weapons and armour that you can use. When you can use other, higher weapons, you will be able to choose shared on your combat assign - allowing all three to earn experience at the same time.

Read Runescape's manuals and guides to get an idea of the many things you can do on this great game. Check out my blog and Rune Registry's listings of players with Runescape related websites for more tips and secrets to playing this game well and have a great gaming experience! The Official Guide in on the Wild Books page of RR Bazaar