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Determines which melee weapons you can wield and your melee accuracy. Trained by fighting with the Accurate or Controlled attack style.

Your primary melee damage stat. Trained with the Aggressive attack style, or on Controlled to share XP across melee stats.

Reduces the chance of being hit and unlocks armour. Trained on the Defensive attack style, usually alongside Attack and Strength.

The ranged combat style. Trained by attacking with bows, crossbows and thrown weapons; scales hard with expensive gear.

Casts combat, teleport and utility spells. Trained by casting spells — from splashing and High Alchemy to multi-target barrage on Slayer tasks.

Provides protection prayers, stat boosts and overheads. Trained by burying bones or, far faster, offering them at a gilded altar.

Your health pool. Not trained directly — it rises automatically as you gain XP in other combat skills. Starts at level 10.

Makes potions from herbs and secondaries. Gated behind Druidic Ritual; trained by cleaning herbs and mixing potions in bulk.

Builds and furnishes a player-owned house. Trained by building and removing furniture in bulk with a servant fetching planks.

Cuts gems, tans and sews leather, blows glass and crafts jewellery. A flexible skill with both cheap and profitable methods.

Makes ranged ammunition, bows and darts. One of the fastest skills to 99 if you're willing to spend on darts.

Smelts ore into bars and forges equipment. Trained via the Blast Furnace, cannonballs, or the Giants' Foundry.

Cooks raw food into healing items and brews. One of the fastest and cheapest skills — great for a first 99.

Extracts ores and gems from rocks. Train for XP (3-tick iron, Motherlode Mine) or profit (amethyst, high-tier ores).

Catches fish for food and profit. Barbarian Fishing is the top XP; anglerfish and sharks pay well for a relaxed pace.

Chops logs for Firemaking, Fletching and profit. Teak/redwood for XP and gp, or near-AFK yews and magics.

Grows herbs, trees and crops on timers. Trained in short daily runs, not by the hour — tree and herb runs give huge XP for minutes of effort.

Crafts runes from essence at altars. Historically slow — Guardians of the Rift changed that, giving strong XP, gp and rewards at low requirements.

Traps creatures for gear, food and profit. Bird houses give passive XP; black chinchompas and herbiboar are the active high-end.