The term Melee is used to describe the Attack, Strength, and Defence skills as a ground. Melee is one of the three Combat classes in RuneScape. It involves using swords, daggers, and other weapons to damage opponents, as well as wearing heavy armour made from various metals.

In this OSRS Melee guide, we will be discussing everything you must know about this important RuneScape skill.

There is a range of quests available that give huge XP rewards with very low requirements as a member, some of which are.

osrs quests for melee training

Members Quests

Waterfall Quest (Instant level 1 to 30 in attack and strength)
Tree Gnome Village (Attack Experience)
Fight Arena (Attack Experience)
The Grand Tree (Attack Experience)
Camelot Training Room (Attack, Strength and Defence Experience)
Holy Grail (Defence Experience)
Haunted Mine (Strength Experience)

F2P Quests

Vampire Slayer (Attack Experience)
Dragon Slayer (+18k Strength and Defence Experience)

There are many places to train in Runescape for players with low levels, these methods are not just suitable for fast combat experience but also decent money-making.

OSRS Melee Members Training

Rock Crabs

Rock crabs are level 13 NPCs with about 50 hit points, they are located just north of Relleka.

osrs rock crabs

Sand Crabs

Sand crabs are the same as rock crabs but with a combat level of 15 and around 60 hit points, they are located on the south shores of Zeah.

runescape sand crabs

Experiments

They have a very low attack bonus with 100 hitpoints, this is an excellent spot to train at a low level. But experiments have no valuable drops.

runescape experiments

Chaos Druids

Being a low level, if you want the experience as well as profit. This is the place to go as these NPCs drop a lot of high-level herbs.

You can kill them at the Edgeville dungeon, chaos druid tower, or the Taverley dungeon. It's the best way to make OSRS Gold at a low level while training your combat skills.

osrs chaos druids

OSRS Melee F2P Training

Chickens and Cows

It’s best to start off your training by killing chickens and cows at Lumbridge. Once you’ve reached a higher combat level, you can move further.

chickens in runescape

Hill Giants

With a sufficient combat level needed, you can then head over to the hill giants at the Edgeville dungeon for a better experience. By killing hill giants, you can receive a key that gives you access to fighting Obor (Hill giant boss).

killing hill giants for melee training

Moss Giants

From moss giants, you can also receive a key called a mossy key. This gives you access to fighting the moss giant boss, Bryophyta. Both Obor and Bryophyta have very lucrative drops for low-level accounts.

osrs moss giants

The Stronghold of Security

This a great place for non-members to AFK train on low-level creatures like Flesh Crawlers or Spider and gain a little bit of money. Flesh crawlers are located on the second level of the stronghold.

the stronghold of security in runescape

Ogress Warriors

Once you’ve reached a combat level of 80 or above, you can start training and making a good amount of money by killing ogress warriors at Corsair Cove. These NPCs drop a lot of rune items and high-value drops.

osrs ogress warriors

Weaponry For Melee Training

Slow weapons usually hit a bit higher compared to faster weapons, but faster weapons are more consistent and give a better experience rate, along with faster damage. In terms of training all three, attack, strength, and defence, Scimitars are the best for training your melee combat all the way up to 50.

Once you’ve reached an attack and strength level of 50, the best in slot would be granite items like the hammer or longsword. However, if you reach 55 Slayer, the best in slow for level 50 weaponry would be the leaf-bladed sword.

best weapons for melee training guide
At level 60 attack, you unlock dragon weaponry. The dragon scimitar is what you should be aiming for. However, wielding the scimitar requires the completion of the quest ‘the monkey madness’.

For those who haven’t completed the quest, there are other options like the normal dragon sword or longsword. Once your ‘attack + Strength level = 130’, you will gain access to the warrior’s guild. Inside this guild, you can get defenders from bronze – dragon, which requires a specific defence level to equip.

However, they give a very high attack and strength bonus as well as defensive and are a very important item on the shield slot while training melee combat.

Now, at combat level 70 you unlock a few more expensive options like the abyssal whip for training attack and defence, saradomin sword, or the abyssal bludgeon being the best two-handed weapon.

Whereas, at level 75 you unlock the best melee training combat weapon, called the ghrazi rapier. Also, at the same level, you unlock other weapons like the abyssal tentacle, blessed saradomin sword, and the staff of the dead. To get a hold of these items you will need a lot of RuneScape gold, but Probemas can always help you with that.

Best in slot armour

· Against magic – Dragon hide and other ranged items have the best defence against magic.

· Attack or Strength boost – Fire cape, Barrows gloves, Bandos chestplate

· Head gears – Serpentine helm, Helm of neitiznot, Berserker helm, Slayer helmet (For slayer tasks), Obsidian helm

· Body – Bandos chestplate, Fighter torso, Obsidian body

· Legs – Bandos tassets, Barrows legs, Obsidian legs

· Shields – Avernic defender, Dragon defender, Dragon fire shield, Toktz-Ket-Xil

· Capes – Infernal cape, Fire cape, Mythical cape, Obsidian cape

· Necklace / Amulets – Amulet of torture, Amulet of fury, Amulet of glory, Amulet of strength

· Gloves – Barrows gloves, Dragon gloves, Rune gloves, Regen bracelet, Adamant gloves, Granite gloves, Combat bracelet

· Boots – Primordial, Dragon, Guardian

· Rings – Berserker ring (i), Berserker ring, Warriors’ ring

Must Read: Best In Slot Defence Items In Old School RuneScape

If you want the best OSRS items, but can't be bothered to grind for them, you can buy most of these items in our store. There are also other efficient ways to gain combat experience such as:

Slayer

The most efficient way in training melee on RuneScape through combat is slayer, it is recommended to start slayer at a combat level of 70 so that you have access to use the fairy slayer master as well as good gears and teleports.

It is also recommended to wear a slayer helmet or a black mask for your slayer task as they provide damage boost and accuracy bonus while being on a slayer task, along with a great melee experience.

You can make a lot of money when you get to level 99 slayer as many slayer monsters have quite valuable drops. Along the journey of getting 99 slayer, you may get 99’s in a lot of combat stats.

osrs slayer skill cape

The Nightmare Zone

This is one of the fastest experience methods in-game. To take part in The Nightmare Zone (NMZ), you’ll have to complete at least 5 quests with bosses in them, you can start NMZ at a lower combat level.

However, it is recommended to have at the least 60 combat levels before you start, or else the experience rate gained through it, won’t be worth it.

The nightmare zone can very well be done AFK as well, wearing full dharok and lowering your hitpoints to 1 by using dwarven cake or the locator orb, is another very common, fast, and helpful way to gain combat experience.

There are also other benefits like, access to overloads and other potions, herbs boxes for OSRS GP, and imbuing your rings and other items etc.

runescape's the nightmare zone

Monkey Guards

These guards can be found at ape atoll and is another efficient melee training method with the help of Dharok. An easy way to teleport if you have access to ape toll is to use your spellbook and it’ll take to directly to the spot where the guard lies.

There is also an altar near the spot, which will help you regenerate your prayer and allow you to stay there until you’re satisfied or have gained your desired level.

monkey guards in osrs

That concludes our OSRS Melee guide. Try out a variety of methods and see what works for you. Good luck!

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