Play RuneScape

RuneScape is a popular MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) in a medieval setting. To start, all you need is to create an account. Later on in the game, you may decide to become a member (those who pay for extra features). With a paid subscription, you can build your own house, explore more areas, and level more skills.

Steps

Creating your account

  1. Go to the RuneScape account creation page and register your account.
  2. Click the "Create new account" link at the bottom of the page that appears.
  3. Type in your name, email address, password, and age, then click continue. Remember that you have to be 13 or older if you want to be able to freely chat with people!
  4. Choose your character's skin color, gender, and what you'd like them to look like. This will not affect their skills within the game. Since it is a fantasy-type game, it's fine if you make your character be of the opposite gender. Remember that you can change your characters' gender, skin color, and clothes in-game.
  5. Further customize your character. You can do this by clicking on the tabs in the upper right corner of the screen for hair, shirt, pants/skirt, boots, skin color, and beard (if applicable), then selecting the type and color you'd like below.
  6. Name your character. This can be whatever you want, but make sure you don't use any vulgar language or they may force you to change your name later.

Starting Out By Following the Game

  1. Do what the game tells you to do! The next part is pretty self explanatory -- a bunch of instructions will appear on screen. They will tell you how to talk to Explorer Jack, go to your task list and pick some coins up off the ground. You should finish all of the introductory tasks on your task list if you have never played before, just to figure out how the game works. If you need help at any time during this process, click the task and then click the "hints" tab.
  2. Finish even more tasks -- try out the Easy Lumbridge and Draynor Tasks. This will require you to raise some of your levels a lot. Don't worry, this will help you a lot with the game. Don't forget to collect reward money from the tasks!
  3. After this, you will know how the game works, and you'll probably be able to figure out how to be successful on your own. Joining a clan in runescape might be helpful, as these people will likely be higher levels than you, and they'll help you out.

Starting Out Your Own Way

  1. After you finish the required introductory tasks, start your existence in runescape without help from the game!
  2. While there is no set thing to do, there are things you can do that would benefit you more. To start, go to Bob's axes (south of Lumbridge Castle) and take a free bronze hatchet and bronze pickaxe. Find some level 2 goblins north or east of Lumbridge and begin the "killing process." The hatchet is recommended, but you can use the pickaxe and still have a good effect. If you set the hatchet to "Chop" you level attack. "Slash" levels strength and "Block" levels defense.
  3. Health always goes down. After fighting for a few minutes, your health begins to drop and drop. If your health is below 15, STOP FIGHTING! Turn on the run button in the top right and run away to a safer place with no enemies. As you level up, you are less prone to taking damage and become slowly stronger. The one way to heal yourself the fastest: food. This is where the next four skills will come into play.
  4. Chopping trees with woodcutting. To start the healing process with food, use your hatchet once again to chop down a tree. You only need one tree, but cut two in case your first fire burns out. Make sure it's a regular tree or a dead tree only. You need a woodcutting level of 15 to cut oak trees, so you can only cut regular trees for a while.
  5. Fishing in RuneScape. To fish, first go to the fishing store in Lumbridge and take a free sample for a crayfish cage. Go behind the church to find spots for "crayfishing." Catch about 10 crayfish and walk away from the river.
  6. Making fire. Fire is a lot less dangerous in RuneScape. It may take a while the first few times. To start, grab a free sample for a tinderbox from the Lumbridge General Store. Come back and click on the tinderbox in your inventory and then click on the logs to light a fire.
  7. Cooking the fish. By now, your health may be (almost) full. This is alright, but you are still learning to fish, cut, burn and cook. Click on the raw crayfish and then click on the fire. You will most likely burn at least forty percent of your crayfish.
  8. Eat the shrimp. Head back to the goblins and train on those until you think you are ready to fight cows or you get 15 or below health if you get 15 or below health then go back and repeat steps 5-7 and train until you are comfortable
  9. Go to cows and train on them. If you are level 5 or lower, you will need to go back for food often so it is not recommended. Train and pick up cowhides as these sell for high prices and bury bones. DO not sell the cowhide until you have about maybe 200-300 of them. After you have 200 cowhide you will have a good solid 20-50k gp. Congratulations! You have reached your first 20-50k gp! Sell your cowhide at the Grand Exchange, which is North-West of Varrock West Bank and North-East of Barbarian Village.
  10. Now if you think you are ready go to Al-Kharid... Walk east from the Lumbridge Lodestone into the desert area. Now walk south into the town and you will see a palace. Enter the palace and fight Al-Kharid warriors. The only bad thing is there are really no fishing spots and going around is just plain boring so lots of GP is recommended just in case.
  11. Do you feel like you need to be more defended? Sell your cowhides and get armour according to your defence level (bronze 1, etc). If you were training on cows for a long time, then you might be looking towards into buying feathers or food. Make sure you still have at least 10 gp left to go through the gate. Leather Armor can also be effective-if you have the required crafting level.
  12. Start Questing. This can get you Xp, Coins or items. A good one to start with is "Cook's Assistant". if you get stuck on it just go to a help site or go onto the RuneScape quest help page.
  13. Your first 100K. Note that gaining 100k as a noob AND a f2p can become extremely challenging.
  14. What to do after you feel comfortable to get out of the chicken pen and cows. Go to the Grand Exchange and buy some good armour. For instance, after all of those hours obtaining cowhide go and buy some black or mithril armour depending on your level. Do not buy the helm or shield as that is a total waste of money (maybe not, depending on how much money you have). Buy about 100 trout or pike, as they heal good enough for a noob (beginner). Or, you can fish for your own food, as it can save you lots-I mean lots-of money. If your defence level is only 20, then it is suggested to buy steel armour, because it is a lot cheaper and also you would save more money. Stay in the GE, don't fall for the doubling money scam which is always not legit. Buy 100 bowls of water. With your 30k leftover, buy 100 pots of flour. Make some pizza dough. Withdraw 9 pots of flour and also 9 bowls of water as you will make 9 pizza dough. After you make the 100 pizza doughs, sell them for around 400 -330 gp, each making 200-250gp profit (items may not load right away so wait for 1 day).
  15. Never ever trust anyone who asks for your email, if anyone wants you to follow them and get a load of expensive armour and coins.......DON'T they will kill you and then steal your stuff so be warned.



Tips

  • Be sure to visit the Stronghold of Player Safety and the Stronghold of Security. Not only do you get to learn how to be safe on RuneScape, you get a few new emotes and quite a bit of money.
  • Try to complete many quests. Some of them give you additional skill points, extra rewards, or special access to areas and shortcuts. Try to do quests around your level.
  • If you are called a bad name, or something else, put them in your ignore list, they might add you and annoy you. If this happens, you can also click on your buttons at the bottom of the screen to say "Private Friends" instead of Private Public.
  • Remember set your recovery questions, preferably before you start playing the first time. It's more security towards your account, and RuneScape NPCs won't have to hunt you down to remind you.
  • Avoid Scams in RuneScape, know what scams are, and avoid them as much as possible. If you don't know the price of an object during a trade or you are skeptical, use the Grand Exchange, or just look at the bottom of the trade screen, which will tell you how much an item is worth (be extra careful now that free trade is back).
  • Find the Right RuneScape Combat Type for you with the skills that are provided in the game. You can choose to level magic (a mage), ranged (a ranger/archer), or melee (a warrior), or you can do all of them as a hybrid player.
  • Understand that it could take a few months to get a decent level in a skill, depending on how much you play.

Warnings

  • Sometimes other players trick you and say that you can have free membership but this is fake. Don't trust them and report them.
  • People might not always be nice to new players, And might just offer you free money for sexual things.
  • Please read the rules thoroughly before reporting anyone. False reporting can fall under misuse of customer support and can get you banned.
  • RuneScape can eat up a lot of time if you're not careful (you want to play for 30 minutes but instead end up spending 33 minutes), so if you've got a job interview or other important event you must attend, check the time frequently, especially once you get down to the final few minutes.
  • Do not hack RuneScape in any way. You will be banned.
  • Never download software that claims to give you money or hacks, they are highly likely to be viruses and keyloggers. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THEM!
  • Do not visit the Stronghold of Security without setting a bank pin and security questions. Also, be sure to have good armor and food with you.
  • Only enter your RuneScape password on http://www.runescape.com/, or http://www.funorb.com/. Any other site may steal your RuneScape account.
  • Never give out any personal information to anyone, even if they are your supposed "best" friend.
  • Don't use the Report Abuse function to report people who are annoying, but not disruptive to the community by scamming, swearing/cussing, or soliciting.
  • Do not share accounts with other people, including friends, family members or people you know, unless you want to risk your account being stolen by someone you think is trustworthy.
  • If you see any offensive player, use the Report Abuse button. If there is a Mod nearby, alert him/her/it.

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