RuneScape Melee Levelling Guide (F2P)

( The guide will be updated when possible, and try to contribute if at all possible. Delete this after reaching level 126 in this guide.)

This is a guide dedicated to the three main melee skills: Attack, Strength and Defence. Created by: Eventguy2009.

Newbie: Level 3 to 20
At these levels, you're pretty much useless when it comes to making real profit off monsters.

Recommended:

 * Cows: Pretty good money and crafting experience from cowhides. They also do not hit often as well as having high health, giving more experience.


 * Goblins: Good fighting experience, low - low medium drops. Can drop gems occationally. Caution: May be crowded in lumbridge, and death is always possible.


 * Chickens: Killing chickens is a good way to earn experience, as they do not hit you AT ALL. They drop feathers at a rate of 90%, in which ~25 - 30% are in bunks of 20. Your hits are getting wasted at around level 15 strength, as you are probably capable of hitting 4 with a good enough weapon by then.

Challenges:
Looking for some more challenging stuff? Well, take a look here:


 * Imp revenants from level 1 - 13 wilderness: Decent coin drops, but worthless none the less. Only killed for fun most of the times.


 * Level 15+: Level 21 guards at Falador and Varrock, and preferably Edgeville. Bring food and decent armory.

Amateur: Level 20 to 45
You're becoming better, i see. Stronger monsters await you.

Recommended:

 * Level 21 guards: Recommended to bring food at level 40-. Mithril or higher recommended as weapon and armor.


 * Dwarves in Dwarven mines: Bring decent food. They drop gems and nature runes occationally. Black or better recommended.


 * Scorpions in Dwarven mines or Al-Kharid mining crevasse: Bring decent food and mithril or better.
 * Black Knights in the Black Knights Fortress. Level 30. Silver or higher. Bring food like swordfish.

Challenges:

 * Goblin revenants: Advised to bring food as they are capable of hitting over 10. Bring mithril or adamant, maybe rune armor and/or weapons if you can wear/wield and afford it.


 * At level 40+ you could always try Lesser Demons. You are advised to bring food such as tuna or better and adamant armor or better (rune.)

Intermediate: Level 45 to 60
Good, good, good; Keep up the good work!

Recommended:

 * Skeletons: In wilderness (beware of Revenants!) or in Karamja volcano. They stop being agressive at combat level 42, except for the ones in the wilderness, as enemies there are always aggressive there. Bring salmon or better food.


 * Stick to level 21 guards in Falador; they are still worth a neat amount of experience and hit lower than ever. Follow the instructions above.


 * Stronghold of Security: Minotaurs level 27; Good experience and high hp, but they hit decently, though. Bring adamant or rune to minimize damage taken. Also, tuna or better food is recommended, as the closest bank is in Western Varrock.

Challenges:

 * Lesser Demons: Stick to them and you'll get a rune medium helmet eventually... or probably two... or even three. Bring adamant or rune. Rune is recommended, as they tend to hit up to 8 pretty often at your level.


 * Revenant werewolves and pyrefiends: Bring rune if willing to lose it. If not, bring ranged armor and use protect from ranged to prevent them from freezing. If you can't do any of this, this is not recommended... at all.


 * Spiders level 50 in Stronghold of Security: Not recommended without rune armor and lobsters or swordfish. Defence over 50 recommended.

Professional: Level 60 to 80
Amazing! You made it this far, and why not continue until level 126?

Recommended:

 * Lesser Demons in Karamja dungeon: This is now recommended, as you probably have either 40+ fishing or over 300k (300.000 coins) to fish/buy lobsters and/or swordfish. Bring rune armor, as usual. A defense of 60 or more recommended.


 * Ankous and others in Stronghold of Security: This is a good source of experience, as they are easier to kill now that you probably have 60+ attack and 60+ defence. (level 75+.)

Challenges:

 * Revenant orks with party in level 30+ wilderness: Not recommended unless you have 45+ prayer and 40+ ranging in order to use protection prayers and Green Dragonhide Armor. Dragon Slayer recommended to be completed, because you need to in order to wear D'hide and Rune bodies.


 * Greater demons and Hellhounds in Wilderness Volcano or Demonic Ruins: Demonic Ruins are NOT recommended, unless you have a group or a death wish. Bring plenty of tuna or better and preferably strength potions. Protection prayers recommended in case of emergencies. Beware!!!: Hellhounds attack faster than scimitars and can hit up to 11 at level 121 pretty commonly.

Master: Level 80 to 100
You keep getting better, good. Just a few more levels and you're done.

Recommended:

 * At level 90+, Greater Demons: They semi-rarely drop Rune full helms which can be sold for 20.000 coins or.


 * Stick to Ankous and others in Stronghold of Security: Rune armor and tuna or better recommended, teleports and/or prayers also adviced in case of emergencies or food run-outs.


 * Cockroach Soldiers in Stronghold of Player-Safety: These are among the strongest enemies in F2P, as they can hit 11 with their ranged attack and 8 with their melee attack. They also have surprisingly high attack and hits pretty often with both techniques. Rune armor recommended and lobsters or better food recommended.

Challenges:

 * Hellhounds in Wilderness Volcano: Not recommended unless you want a bigger challenge and want to waste your food and health. They are stronger than Greater Demons and are therefore not recommended. As usual, rune armor and lobsters or swordfishes are recommended, as well as prayers and get-away teleports (level 20- wilderness, only.)

This practically ends the challenges, except for the revenant knights and orks. From now on, you'll have to find your own challenges and have fun with them!

Monster Hunter: Level 100 to 125
You made it past the first centilevel! Just a few "tiny" levels to go!

Recommended:

 * Stick to Greater Demons: Just bring rune armor and good food. That's all you need to know.


 * Lower levels of Stronghold of Security/Player Safety: Rune armor and good food, as always. Stick to them until level 125 and i'll give you your special assignment...


 * Lesser Demons: These are good experience all the way from level 70 to 126. Rune armor and good food (tuna+) as always.

Challenges:
Your only challenge is to reach level 125.

Overlord: Level 125 to 126!
Now for your last assignments:


 * Greater Demons for a few days: Great job on reaching level 125; only a few more levels to go!

All other enemies are allowed, as you probably know how to deal with leveling by now. Greater Demons are a great place to start.

Demon Exterminator: Level 126 to 138
Congratulations! You are now worthy of calling yourself not only a master of RuneScape, but also one of the biggest nerds the world has ever seen. You shall be written on the Hi-Scores and shall be there for years and years to pass!!!

Tips and Hints:
I recommend you to follow these few hints:


 * Try to level up primary skills (fishing, mining and woodcutting) in order to earn money for equipment. by level 126, you should have at level 90 or higher in at least one of them, as most level 126 players do.


 * Do NOT level up Magic unless you want High Alchemy. The reason it is not recommended to train magic is that it uses up a lot of money and takes up extra time to level up.


 * Always level up prayer if you're fighting giants and other enemies that drop big bones, unless you want to be a pure/pker (pk worlds.)

Credits
Please give credits to these people:

Kaabii123: Level 3 to 60

Bob omb40: Level 60 to 90

Are Pee Gee1: Level 90 to 126