Beginner's Guide

Introduction

Welcome to RuneScape, the massive online adventure game by Jagex Ltd.! RuneScape offers many features and varieties within itself to keep everyone playing it with something to do - a vital characteristic of a game you play! Throughout RuneScape, you will be able to play mini games that help level up various skills, battle ferocious beasts, complete quests that tax your intellectual abilities, congregate with other people playing the game, and much, much more!

The purpose of this guide is to help you take your first steps in RuneScape. Throughout this guide, we will explain a lot of things a new RuneScape player needs to know such as creating your character, controlling your character, interacting with various people and objects, and much, much more! However, as it has already been mentioned, you will be interacting with other players, of which runs security risks. To help prevent insecurity, it is recommended that you browse through our Security Centre for tips on how to keep you and your computer out of harm's way while playing.

When you're ready to create your RuneScape account, go to RuneScape.Com and click on the Create a Free Account button and follow the instructions provided.

Once you have created your account, click the "Play RuneScape" button presented to you. This will load the game. Once the game loads, click on "World Select" and pick a world. Then, you can click "Log In" to enter your account information to log in. There are also various other options on the main game screen.

To login after closing your browser, click on the Play RuneScape - Continue Your Adventure button and proceed to login with your details.

The following is an explanation of their function:

• Log In (Existing User) Enter your information here to play!
• Create Account (New User) If you do not already have a Runescape account, you can create one with this link.
• World Select (Click to switch) This allows you to change worlds without having to return to the world select screen. You can also set up to two default worlds which will appear on the main screen.
• SD (Standard detail) Changes the game into the standard graphics settings.
• HD (High detail) Changes the game into the high graphics settings.
• Graphics Options (Press ‘Esc’ for Main Menu) Change all of your graphics options here. To learn more about the different graphics options click here.
• Audio Options Change all of your audio options here. To learn more about the different audio options click here.
• Music Volume Change your music volume here.
• Quit Takes you to main site.

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Control Panel

The picture in the middle of the table below is a of the main interface of the game. Around the picture, you will see a picture of the icon, what the icon name is, and what key you can press to quickly open that icon. When an icon is open, the background around is given a dark red tint. You can also click on the icon names in the table below to take you to the subsection explaining that icon in detail.

Note: The following are not shown on the Control interface:

• F9 loads the auto-response menu for QuickChat.
• F10 opens the QuickChat menu and the Context menu for QuickChat.
• F11 repeats the last sentence you spoke using QuickChat.

	Fighting Style Icon	F-5		N/A	Objectives Icon
	Statistics Icon	N/A		N/A	Friends List Icon
	Quest Panel Icon	N/A		N/A	Ignore List Icon
	Achievement Diary Icon	N/A		N/A	Clan Chat Icon
	Inventory Icon	F-1		N/A	Game Options Icon
	Equipment Icon	F-2		N/A	Emote Icon
	Prayer Icon	F-3		N/A	Music Icon
	Spell List Icon	F-4		N/A	Notes Page Icon

Inventory

The backpack (inventory) icon is the most important part of your control panel. You can easily reach this panel by pressing 'F-4' on your keyboard. Within this panel, there are 28 slots laid out in a 4x7 table that show everything that you have with you (excluding armour). Items can be clicked on for quick use, sometimes food will automatically be eaten or wearable items automatically worn, but usually you will "Use" and item and a white border will appear around it. After the border appears, you can use it with any other item on the gamescreen, but an action does not always occur. To get more item options, you can right-click on the item to get options such as examining or dropping the item. If you drop an item, it will disappear from your inventory and be placed on the ground, where it will be visible to only you for one minute, and other players after that. Re-arranging your inventory can be done by left-clicking on the item and dragging it to the spot you want it in.

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Equipment

The equipment menu is an area where you can see what you character is wearing, how much you currently weigh, what stat bonuses you currently have, and check the price of any tradeable item. You can reach this area by pressing 'F-5' on your keyboard. Items you are wearing do not take up space in your inventory. If you want to wield an item that is currently in your inventory, right- or left-click on the item and select "Wield"; to remove an item you are currently wearing from the equipment panel, right- or left-click on it and select "Remove" (it will appear in your inventory). By clicking on the icon at the bottom with the shield and helmet (otherwise known as the "Show Equipment Stats" icon), a window will open showing a moving 3-dimensional picture of what you currently look like. Within this window, you can view your equipment stats, see how much you weigh, and change what you are currently wearing. By clicking on the icon with the skull and cross-bones, (the "Items Kept on Death" icon), you can see what three items you will keep if you die (considering you are not "skulled"). Some items also have an "Operate" option while they're being worn. Some items, such as the effect of the Ring of Life, will not have to be operated for the condition to be triggered, but others, such as the Amulet of Glory, do. By clicking on the moneybag icon (otherwise known as the "Price-checker" icon), a window will open which allows to to check the price of tradable items you have in your inventory. Select the items(s) you want to check and it will add them to the screen. Their total worth (at mid GE price) is displayed in the lower left corner.

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Fighting Mode

The fighting mode panel is used in combat to decide which style of fighting you want to use. This area can be reached by pressing 'F-1' on your keyboard. At the top, the weapon you are using and your combat level is shown. There are typically four different fighting styles to choose from, the icon with the red background indicates that you are using that style. If you hover over the icon, you can get a description of what experience your fighting will go towards. Under the attack styles, you can toggle with the "Auto-Retaliate" button. Auto-Retaliate set to "Off" means that you won't automatically attack a monster or a player that attacks you first. If it is set to "On", you will automatically fight back when something attacks you, unless your character is still trying to reach a certain point on the map. At the very bottom, your special attack bar shows how much special attack you have left with a green bar. When you want to use your special attack, simply click on the bar and your next hit will be the special attack. You can take the use of the special attack away by clicking on it again before it is used.

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Quest Panel

In the Quests menu you will see a complete list of the RuneScape quests. This menu can be accessed by clicking on the Blue Star or by pressing 'F3'. When you haven't yet begun a quest, the name will appear in red. When you have started the quest, the name will be yellow, and when you have completed it the name will appear in green. Click on the quest names to get a short description of what you have done in the quest and what you need to do next. (Detailed information for conquering quests can be found in our Quest Guides.) Your total quest points are shown at the bottom of the screen. The tabs at the top of the page switch between your Achievement Diary list, and your Quests menu. Click the green icon to get the Achievement Diaries, and the blue icon to go back to your Quest list. If you right click on a quest and select the "Show on the World Map" option, the in-game world map will open and show you where the start location of the quest is in relation to your current location. The quest will then turn blue in your quest list. If you do not wish for it to be displayed on the world map any longer, right click on the quest again and select the "Stop showing on World Map" option. The "Filter" option allows you to choose whether you want to hide or show quests you cannot yet start. The "Reverse" button simply reverses the order of the groups in the list. Click on the drop down menu (defaults to "Free/Members") to bring up two other sorting options: progress, and difficulty. clicking on "Progress" sorts you quest list by quests you have not started, quests in progress, and completed quests. Selecting the "Difficulty" option sorts the quests by level of difficulty, ranging from Novice to Grandmaster.

Upon clicking a quest name, you will see your quest journal progress for that specific quest. The lowest right of this panel contains the "Get Quest Help" feature, which upon clicking will save your game and open a new window with your account logged into Jagex's online quest help system.

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Achievement Diary Panel

In the Achievement Diary menu you will see a complete list of the RuneScape achievement diaries. This menu can be accessed by clicking on the Green Star. When you haven't yet begun an achievement diary, the name will appear in red. When you have started the diary, the name will be yellow, and when you have completed it the name will appear in green. Click on the difficulty levels below the diary names to get the list of tasks required for completion.

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Statistics

In the Statistics menu, accessed by clicking on the red, green and blue Bar Graph or by pressing 'F2', you will find all of your stats/skills. When you hover over the icon of a skill, you will be able to see your current experience, and how much experience you need to get to the next level of the skill. You can click on each skill to bring up a small menu of information about that skill. This is very handy for a quick reference and usually has info about different things you can do at different levels. Detailed information about each skill, what can be done at each level and how much experience can be earned is shown in our Skill Guides.

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Prayer

In the prayer menu you will find a list of different prayers you can use. The Prayer menu is accessed by clicking on the silver Star icon or by pressing 'F6'. Prayer allows you to boost your stats for a short time to give you an added boost when you need it most. You can also activate certain special abilities with certain prayers, such as protection against certain kinds of attacks. (See Your Character for tips on beginning training.)

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Magic

In the magic menu you will find a list of different magical spells you can cast. The Magic menu is accessed by clicking on the Spell book icon or by pressing 'F7'. In the bottom area of your spellbook, you can choose to sort your spell list by either level order (default), teleports first, or combat spells first. Magic is a powerful form of combat that allows you to attack your foes from afar with devastating effects. (See Your Character for tips on beginning training.)

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Objectives

The Objectives Panel can help set and keep track of your goals in RuneScape. It can be accessed by clicking the sign-post icon in the bottom left of your control panel. To set an objective, right click on a quest in the quest panel or a skill in your statistics panel and click "Set Objective". You can also select "Random Objective" from your objective tabs and choose from a list of suggested goals. Once you have a goal set, the panel will tell you a fact about your goal and possible awards from achieving your goal. It will also show you your current progress on the goal. If you need advice on attaining your goal, click the Advisor button at the top right of the panel and you will be presented with advice on attaining the goal. The Advisor only gives advice on free to play skills. If at any time you want to clear your current goal, you can click "Clear Objective" at the bottom of the panel, or you can set a new objective to overwrite the current one.

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Friends List

Your friends list is your way to keep track of players you want to remember that you have met in Runescape. You can access this menu by clicking on the yellow smiley face icon or by pressing 'F8'. On your friends list you're able to talk privately with your friends. You can do this by clicking on a friend's name, and then entering a message in the chat box under your game screen. This is explained in greater detail in the Chatting section of this guide. You also have two different options: one is to add a friend to your list, and second is to delete a friend from your list. Furthermore, you will be able to see what world your friends are using. If they are on the same world as you, their name will appear in green, while if they are on a different world, their name will be yellow, and if they aren't online, their name will be red. When you're talking privately with a friend, other players cannot see these messages.

Also at the top of your friends list you will find information telling you which world you are currently on.

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Ignore List

Your ignore list is the opposite of your friends list. The ignore feature enables you to ignore messages from other users who you do not wish to receive messages from (such as someone who is harassing you or being offensive). If you add a name to this list, any messages sent by this person will be ignored, and you won't see them. The user will see you online, and can trade with you, even if they can't speak directly to you. Again, you have the options to add or delete users from the list.

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Game Options

By clicking on the Wrench (or "Spanner"), you can access the Game Options menu. The Game Options menu contains several useful toggles and adjustments that allow you to customise the way you experience the game.

Graphics Settings
Audio Settings
Mouse Buttons
Chat Effects
Split Private Chat
Accept Aid
Run and Energy
House Options

Here's a quick run through of what each one does.

Graphics Settings

Change all your graphical settings here.

Display settings:

• Standard detail: Standard graphics settings, standard detail's game interface.
• High detail (small): High graphics settings, standard detail's game interface.
• High detail: High graphics settings, high detail's game interface, adjustable window size.
• High detail (fullscreen): High graphics settings, high detail's game interface, game window matches your computer's resolution.*

*To find your screen resolution, right click on your desktop and click Properties. Click the Settings tab, and you should see a slider that says "____ by ____ pixels." That is your resolution.

Advanced settings

• Brightness
• Visible levels: All/Current (High Definition is "Always 'All'"
• Remove roofs: Always/Selectively**
• Ground Decoration: On/Off
• Texture detail: High/Low
• Idle animations: Few/Many
• Flickering effects: On/Off
• Ground textures: Few/Many (High Definition is "Always 'Many'")
• Character shadows: On/Off
• Scenery shadows: None/Static/Dynamic***
• Lighting detail: Low/High
• Water Detail: Low/High
• Fog: On/Off****
• Anti-aliasing: None/2x/4x

**Always means that roofs will never appear and you will see into buildings. Selectively means that roofs will only appear when your camera or your character is not in a building.

***The difference between Static and Dynamic shadows is that Dynamic shadows will react to additional light sources that may appear at different times, such as a lantern, whereas Static will cause shadows to be there at all times and no new shadows will be created.

****The Fog is designed to lessen the appearance of the Horizon pop-up effect (as new map areas load, they suddenly appear in the distance). The Fog causes these details to appear to load in gradually.

Audio Settings

Change all of your audio options here.

• Music Volume
• Sound Effects Volume
• Area Sounds Volume
• Mono or Stereo

Mouse Buttons

The Mouse Buttons control configures RuneScape to work with either a one button or two button mouse. If you choose to have two (default setting), you will have a left click option, and a right click menu. If you choose one button, you will automatically get the menu when clicking.

Chat Effects

The Chat Effects control determines whether you see in-game chat effects or not (these can get annoying after some time.) For more information about these, see the Chatting section of this guide.

Split Private Chat

This control allows you to split private chat! Amazing eh? You can either display private messages in the chat box (if off), or in the lower part of the game window (if on) - this will help you notice private messages when you are in a crowded public area.

Accept Aid

This toggle allows you to turn off or on the ability for another player to assist you. This option strictly controls whether or not another player can cast healing, curing, or teleporting spells on you. Turn it off to keep from being interrupted during risky situations, however, because some players may try to teleport you. When this happens, a window appears asking for you to confirm the teleport; this window interrupts your actions, which can be fatal in combat.

Run (and Energy)

Run (and Energy) is as simple as it looks. This option selects between walking and running. You need energy to run. The percentage shown on this control tells you how much run energy you have left. When it hits 0%, your character automatically starts walking. (For more info on running, energy and weight, see our Getting Around guide.)

House Options

The House Options button brings a member to another menu which allows them to change modes in their player-owned house (see the Construction guide). You can turn building mode on or off, select whether your house teleport should place you in your house or next to the entrance, expel all of your guests, or leave your house.

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Emotes

Emotes are a nifty feature. You can make your character perform various actions and poses by simply clicking your desired emote. Activate one by clicking on its image in your Emote menu, accessed by clicking on the waving man icon. The image displayed in each spot is the emote activated when clicking it. You can also hover the mouse over the image for a tooltip to appear displaying the name of the emote. Coloured emotes are ones you have unlocked, while grey emotes are ones you haven't unlocked.

Current Emotes
Start With:	Obtained from Quests (Members Only):	Other:	Other:
Yes No Bow/Curtsy Angry Think Wave Shrug Cheer Beckon Laugh Jump for Joy Yawn Dance Jig Twirl Headbang Cry Blow Kiss Panic Raspberry Clap Salute	Lost Tribe: Goblin Bow Goblin Dance	Stronghold of Player Safety: Safety First Stronghold of Security: Idea Stamp Flap Slap Head Lumbridge/Draynor Achievement Diary: Explore	Holiday Emotes: Scared Rabbit Hop Zombie Hand Snowman Dance Egg Transform Trick Freeze and Melt Give Thanks Around the World in Eggty Days Exclusive (P2P): Skill Cape Air Guitar
	Obtained from Random Events:
	Mime: Glass Box Climb Rope Lean Glass Wall Gravedigger: Zombie Walk Zombie Dance

Notes:

• Holiday emotes were issued at the following events:
  • "Scared" Halloween 2005 or 2006
  • "Rabbit Hop" Easter 2006, 2007, or 2008
  • "Zombie Hand" Halloween 2007
  • "Snowman Dance" Christmas 2007
  • "Egg Transform" Easter 2008
  • "Trick" Halloween 2008
  • "Freeze and Melt" Christmas 2008
  • "Give Thanks" Thanksgiving 2008
  • "Around the World in Eggty Days" Easter 2009
  Read about holiday events in our Holiday and Rare items guide.
  
• The "skill cape" emote is reserved for members who have reached level 99 in a skill and are wearing a cape to commemorate it. Learn more in our Achievement Capes Guide.
  
• The Air Guitar emote can only be obtained after unlocking 500 pieces of music.
• To do the "Egg Transform" emote, you must wear and operate your chocatrice cape gained from the event.

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Music

The music menu will show you a list of all the different musical pieces in RuneScape. Clicking on the harp icon will open this menu. The different songs are only unlocked if you have been to a certain area in the game. When a song is unlocked it will appear in green. You also have the option to choose between Auto and Manual music selection. If you choose automatic, the music played will be the music that goes with your current location, whereas if you choose manual you will be able to choose to hear any unlocked music yourself. For more information about where you need to go to unlock each piece of music, check out our Music Locations guide.

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Clan Chat

The Clan Chat feature in RuneScape allows you to chat with a group of your friends or clan mates in RuneScape, no matter where or what server they are on!

To join a clan chat, go to the Clan Chat panel and click the "Join Chat" button. Next, type in the channel owner's name, NOT the clan name, in the box that appears. If you log out while in a clan chat, you will automatically rejoin it upon logging back in. You can also quickly rejoin a clan chat by clicking on the name of the last visited one in the chat box. To set up your clan chat, click the "Clan Setup" button. The features are explained below. If you cannot join a clan chat channel, it could be because you are not on that person's friends list, your rank is not high enough, the person does not have their clan chat configured, the channel has 100 people already talking in it or because you have been kicked from the channel within the last hour.

Clan Setup When you open the "Clan Setup" button, you will be confronted with a window that has five buttons on the left, and a list on the right. The five buttons allow you to control your chat channel settings in general, and the list allows you to control who, on your friends list, can enter the channel.

General Configuration (Five Buttons)

This button allows you to set the name of your clan. Clan names can be up to 12 characters long. If you type anything longer, it will be cut off.

The "Who can enter chat?" button allows you to set who can enter your chat based on the ranks that you have given people on your friends list. If you select "Anyone", people that are not on your friends list can join. (NOTE: "Joining" does not include "Talking.")

The "Who can talk on chat?" button allows you to set who can socialize in the chat screen. If you select "Anyone", people that are not on your friends list can talk.

The "Who can kick on chat?" button allows you to set who can kick people out of clan conversations. Only give this access to people who can be trusted! (A "kick" will result in the person being kicked to be locked out of the channel for an hour!)

Use this setting to determine who will be included with loot sharing. People who want to be included must meet the required chat rank, and be within 16 squares of the monster that is killed.

NOTE: As Channel Owner, you can perform all of these actions without having to make special settings.

Ranks (List)

By clicking on people's names on the list to the right, a pop-up will show a list of rankings that you can set them for. Although the ranks are typically just names, here they are in order from lowest rank to highest rank:

These ranks are also used in the general configuration of your clan chat. (For example, if you have Sergeant+ as able to kick on your clan chat, Sergeants, Lieutenants, Captains, and Generals will be able to kick on your clan chat.)

Typing in the Chat

In order to speak in your clan chat, put a / before anything you type, otherwise it will be spoken publicly. Clan chat messages in the chat box are indicated in the following format:

[Clan Name] Person Speaking: Message

Lootshare

Loot sharing is a highly requested feature that allows members of a clan to share the drops from high leveled monsters more evenly than before. If you are on a server that allows lootshare(check the world select screen) and are the owner of the channel, click the moneybag in the clan chat menu. People that are in your clan chat and meet the required rank, assigned in the options menu, will be able to share the loot of monsters in a multi combat area. If you are within 16 squares of the monster that is killed, you will receive a notice in your chat box that tells you what was dropped and who gets it. If you don't get a drop, or you have a low value drop, you will have a higher chance of getting it next time. Over time, all members of the clan get equal drops.

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Notes Panel

The Notes section is, as the name suggests, a place to put notes. These can be whatever strikes your fancy, from the skills you plan to train next, supplies you need to buy, or anything else that you need to remember. You can colour-code your notes by right-clicking and selecting the 'Colour' option. There are four possible colours: white, green, red, and amber (gold).

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That completes the control panel. Let's move on to some of the other important things in RuneScape.

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Interfaces

Movement
Scenery Interaction
Camera
Mini-map
In-game World Map
Icons
Trading
Shops
Banks
Assist
Item Lending
Warning

Movement
Moving around in RuneScape is quite easy. Simply point your mouse at where you want to move your character to, and click your left mouse button. When you click, a little yellow cross will appear, and you will start moving. Your character will automatically walk around tables, trees, fences and other objects if required. As you explore more and learn about the several areas in the huge RuneScape world, there will be different ways to get around the world. Refer to our Getting Around Guide for detailed information.

Scenery interaction
Interacting with objects in RuneScape is easy. All you have to do is point your mouse at the object or NPC (Non Player Character) you wish to interact with and click on it/him/her. While hovering over an object, the default option will be shown in the top-left hand corner of the screen, this action will be performed if you left click. For more options, right click and you will be able to select from a list. The default option is usually the action which is most used, for instance, all items on the ground are left click to pick up, and all doors are left click to open. All objects, items and NPCs may also be examined (in the right click menu.) This is useful for finding out some information about it.
The picture below shows the right click menu of a shopkeeper. The default left click option is to 'talk to' him, but you can also 'trade' with him, 'examine' him or walk over to him.

Camera
Sometimes you will need to see your character from a different angle to see what you're doing. To change the camera angle, simply use the arrow keys on your keyboard. Right and left make the camera angle go from side to side, and the up and down keys make the camera go up and down. Sometimes the game automatically moves your camera when you walk near cliffs and mountains. To re-adjust your camera angle to the North, click the compass next to the mini map or right click the compass and choose Face North.

Mini map
Above your control panel you will find a little map. This shows the area around you. When you are moving somewhere, a little red flag will be placed at your destination. You can also move your character by clicking on the map. It also has a little compass so you know which direction you're going. If you get lost, try looking at the world map or use your ingame world map (as explained below). Alternatively, you could buy a Newcomer's map from the general store in Lumbridge for one gp. Whenever you read it, it'll automatically pinpoint your location. Keep in mind that it only covers Varrock, Lumbridge, Draynor Village, Port Sarim, and Falador surface areas and all surface areas between them. If you are outside these areas, your location will not be shown.

In-game World Map

Beside your minimap, you will find a globe icon, which looks like this:

Clicking on this icon will begin loading the in-game world map. While you are viewing the map, you will still appear logged in, but your chat box and friends list will be unavailable to you. This is why you should make sure that you do not open the map while conversing with someone or they might think you are ignoring them! (Note: You cannot open the world map during combat.) Once loaded, the map will be automatically placed at your current location. You can move around by dragging the map around. You will also be presented with some tools.

Clicking this button will bring up a legend for the icons found on the world map. Clicking on a listing in the legend will cause all of those icons in the area to flash. If you do not see anything flashing, move around and try again.

Clicking on this button will bring up a mini world map. You can move the red rectangle around to navigate through the map more easily.

This box allows you to increase or decrease the zoom level. Clicking the arrows of the box lets you choose from 5 different zoom levels: 37%, 50%, 75%, 100% and 200% with 200% begin furthest out and 37% being closest in. The default zoom level is 75%.

Here you can search for different cities, towns and villages and have the map take you right to it simply by typing the city name into the box and pressing enter. As you type, it will bring up possible cities. If the city you are searching for comes up before you have finished typing, press enter and it will also take you right to the place.

Under this dropdown menu you can toggle between the RuneScape surface level or underground dungeon maps. Simply click on the dropdown arrow, find the dungeon you wish to look at, and click on the name to open the map.

Icons
The icons to the right of the mini map tell you a number of things, making it easier to check prayer, health and run percentage without having to change screens. As the level decreases, the colour level in the related circle will get lower. Each number display changes colour as the level decreases: green for full, then yellow, orange, and red as you run out of points.

This tells you how much health you have. In addition to the colour drain and number colour change, the heart will flash red when you are almost dead!

This icon displays how many prayer points you have remaining.

This is how much run energy you have remaining, and will decrease if you have set run on.

If you are a member and have completed the Wolf Whistle quest, you will get an icon displaying how many summoning points you have left. The summoning menu can be accessed by right-clicking the icon.

Use this to logout.

Trading
Trading with other players is something that makes RuneScape great. You can trade almost every item in the game, except quest items. To trade with other players simply right click on their character, and select trade. The person will get a message on their screen saying "X wishes to trade with you" (Where "X" is your RuneScape name). If the other player accepts your wish, he needs to right click your character and choose trade as well. When both of you have done this, a new window will come up, where you can trade your items. Also, if someone wants to trade with you, you can just click on "X wishes to trade with you" to open the trade window.

The window will have 2 parts. The left side is your own offer. This part will contain the items you are willing to trade to the other person. To add items simply click them in your inventory. You have some more options if you right click the item. As shown below, you can easily offer 1, 5, 10 and all of the item. You can also select to offer "X" which enables you to enter the number on your keyboard, this is useful when making trades with large amounts of items. (Read the bank section below to learn about notes, too.)

The right part of the trade screen is what the other person is offering you in exchange for your items. You can view helpful pre-purchase advice about your opponent's offered item(s), such as stat bonuses or quests/skills required to use the item, by left clicking on the item(s) and reading the information provided in the inventory window. Items purchased via the Grand Exchange also show pre-purchase advice in your inventory window as well. When you have reached a trade that is acceptable to both of you, you will both have to click accept in the middle of the screen. The small box in the middle tells you how many inventory spaces your partner has. Your opponent will automatically decline any trade offers that he/she cannot carry so take this into account when offering. When you have done that, another screen will appear asking you to accept again. Remember to always check this second trade screen! If you do not check this screen, you may be cheated/scammed. Check both your own side, and the other player's side to make sure everything is as it should be. After that, click accept again, and the trade will be executed. Also, the trade screen will notify you with a large exclamation mark (!) if your opponent changes any items in the trade window. A sample of the Trade screen is shown below:

In F2P worlds, all players are limited to a 10,000 gp net wealth gain or loss every 15 minutes maximum. On the bottom center of the trade screen, the amount being transferred is displayed, along with the name of the person who is gaining the wealth. On either corner is the current trade limit. After every trade, the limit is adjusted with the current transfer amount. If your limit reaches 0, you cannot give someone even a single GP until it resets.

Your trade limit will increase over the base amount of 5,000gp depending upon the number of quest points you have earned.

• 270+ qp: 60,000 gp
• 225 qp: 50,480gp
• 200 qp: 45,192gp
• 150 qp: 34,615gp
• 100 qp: 24,038gp
• 75 qp: 18,750gp
• 34 qp(maximum on free worlds): 10,000gp
• 0-10 qp: 5,000gp

This is a ratio-based scale, so each quest point you earn over 10 will increase your trade limit.

If you'd like more information about trade and other scams and how to stay safe while playing, we recommend you pay a visit to our Security Centre.

Shops

There are many shops in RuneScape, and they deal with a lot of different items. One of the most important shop types is the General store. You can find these all over RuneScape, and they will buy almost any item, and give you money for it. However, specialised shops will buy your items for more, and sell items to you for less, so it's often worth going to them.

To open up a shop window you will need to talk with the shop keeper or shop assistant. After a bit of talking, a shop window will appear. You can also right click the shop keeper and choose trade, which will open the shop window instantly without the talking. The window has two tabs on it - Main Stock and Player Stock. Left clicking on an item in your inventory will show you how much the shop will pay you for it, and left clicking on an item in the shop will show you how much you must pay the shop for it. To sell an item to the store you will need to right click the item to bring up a menu, and select how many you wish to sell - 1, 5, 10, 50.

Buying items from shops is very similar. Just right click the item in the shop window and select buy 1, 5, 10 or x. The main stock tab of the shop sells items that have an infinite stock. The player stock tab will sell anything that has been sold buy a Runescape player. Shops only accept coins, and you may need to save up a bit before you can buy some of the more expensive things.

You can also buy items through The Grand Exchange system. Here you can buy items from other players even if they are in a different world! The Grand Exchange is located North-West of Varrock's West Bank. Just follow the route, and you'll get there.

Once you get there, you must first go through a brief tutorial. To receive this tutorial you must speak to Brugsen Bursen or the Grand Exchange Tutor, both are located on the south side of the Exchange. After you have completed the tutorial, you can start trading your valuables! Please refer to our The Grand Exchange guide for more detailed information.

Banks
Banks in RuneScape are simple and easy to use. They can be used to store your items so you don't have to carry them around in your inventory. To access your bank account, you'll need to find a bank (check the world map), and left click on the bank booth to use it. After a little talk with the banker, he will give you access to your bank account. (You can right click and select 'use quickly' to skip the chit-chat.) Note that you can only deposit items that are in your inventory (not those which you are wearing.) Depositing and withdrawing items is similar to using shops and trading, you just click on the item in your inventory to deposit it, and click it in the bank to withdraw it. You also have the deposit/withdraw 1, 5, 10, X, all, or all but one options. Note: You can quickly withdraw thousands of items by typing a 'k' next to the number or millions of items by typing an 'm' next to the number.

In the bank interface, there are many features that can be used to organize your items. Here is an image of a player's bank:

The first thing you should notice are the icons on the interface. When you click an icon, it will be saved for every time you log into the game. The icons and their functions are listed below:

New Tab: When you drag an item onto this icon, a new tab will be created, and the first item in that tab will be represented at the top of the respective tab. All other items that are dragged onto the tab will go into that specific tab. A maximum of 8 tabs can be created, and the way they are organized are up to you. The bank will memorize which items belong in which tabs, so there is no fear of reorganizing everything after multiple withdrawals and deposits.

Insert Item: When the "Insert Item" option is chosen, whenever an item is dragged on top of another item, the item will be placed one space before the corresponding item. This icon only appears if the current bank option is set to "Swap Items."

Swap Items Icon: When "Swap Items" is chosen, whenever you drag an item on top of another item, they will switch places in the bank. This icon only appears if the current bank option is set to "Insert Item."

Search Icon: If you have trouble finding a particular item, then use the search feature of the bank. Press this icon and a textbox will pop up. Type in the name of the item you are looking for, and the bank will display all items that match. Typing part of the name also works, and will display all items in your bank with that name.

Bank PIN Button: If you have not already set a Bank PIN, this button will be displayed in your bank interface. Click on it to be guided through the step-by-step process. A Bank PIN will make your account and items much more secure!

Note Icon: Pressing on this icon will make all items withdrawn from your bank into note form. Note form is commonly used to trade large quantities of goods, as the maximum amount of items that can be carried at one time is 28. A note of an item only takes one space in your inventory, and is stackable so you can carry as many of one item as you want.

Filled Slots Indicator: This icon does nothing when clicked, but always displays the number of used members and freeplay bank spaces.

Empty Backpack Icon: This icon deposits all items that you are currently carrying into the bank.

Deposit Worn Items Icon: This icon deposits all items that you are currently wearing into the bank.

Dump BoB Icon: This icon deposits all items that your Beast of Burden is carrying into your bank.

Assist

Ever wanted to craft a glory, chop a magic tree or runecraft double nats, but you just did not have the levels to do it? With the assist system, you can request someone else's assistance who has the levels you need to do something and providing they accept, you can "use" their levels to do anything in the skills they are assisting you in. To assist someone you just right click them and select "Req Assist".

When you request assistance, like a trade, a message will appear for that person to accept, but this time in a pinkish color:

Once the player has accepted, they must then choose which skills to assist you in. You can only be assisted in a few skills, as shown in the below picture:

Note: You cannot use request assistance to get help for Quests or Achievement Diaries.

For example: If you wanted to make a glory amulet, but only have 63 crafting, you could request assistance from another player that has 84 crafting. Once they accept the request, you can make a glory yourself providing you have the items required. This means you don't have to risk losing your items by giving them to someone else while they make it.

While you are being assisted you do not get any of the XP that you would normally, instead the person who is assisting you does. They can get a maximum of 30,000 XP in any 24 hour period. If you have reached your 30,000 XP you can still help people but you will not get any more XP. To be able to use the levels of the person who is assisting you, you must be within 20 squares of them.

Item Lending
Item lending is a feature that allows you to borrow another person's item or lend your items to someone else. To lend an item to somebody else, simply trade with them, and then right click the item you wish to lend.

You can then choose the duration in which the item can be borrowed for. If you choose the "Just until one of us logs out" option, the item can be reclaimed at any time. However, you can also lend the item for a specific amount of time in hours, ranging from 1-24 hours. When the specified period of time is over, the item can then be reclaimed by talking to any banker in RuneScape and asking for your Returned Items box.

There are some things to note when using the item lending system:

• You may only lend out one item, and borrow one item at a time.
• The item lending system only supports a select few items, most of which are weapons and armour.
• A borrowed item always protects over everything else upon death.
• The borrowed item cannot be traded, alched, or brought to into Bounty Hunter worlds. If the item is dropped or the person using it dies and loses it, the item will still go back to the Returned Items box after the borrowing time is over.

Warning Screens

Although most of Runescape are quite safe to stay in for indefinite periods of time, there are areas that will damage you (eventually knocking you out if you stay around long enough) if you do not have the appropriate equipment that will help you survive. An example of the warning screen is shown below:
Note: The option to have the warning message hidden only appears after you have seen the same Warning screen at least 6 times (e.g. have gone through the Shantay Pass 6 times).

When adventuring through these dangerous areas, it is advised, especially for the first time, to be fully equipped with the equipment needed for these hostile terrains.

Talking to the Doomsayer in Lumbridge will allow you to toggle warning options.

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Chatting

Chatting in RuneScape is very important. You need to be able to communicate with other players to get the full effect of the game. To chat simply enter your message in the typing box at the bottom of the client and hit enter. If you make an error or want to edit your message, you can move the text caret (the small flashing line) by clicking where you want it to move in the text box or holding shift and using the arrow keys. When your message has been sent, it will appear in the chat box, and above your character's head. Normal chat is blue in the chat box.

Private messages
Private messages are, as the name would suggest, private between you and another user. To send these, you will need to have the friend on your friend list (look above for more information), then click his or her name, and type in a message in the chat box. When you're done with the message, just hit enter and your friend should see the message on their screen. Only you and your friend who can see what you type. Private messages are red in the chat box.

Split private chat
In the Game Options part of your control panel you have an option to split your private chat. If you have this set to off, the private messages you receive will appear in your chat box. If you have it on, your private messages will appear as light-blue text above the chat box, in your game window.

Underneath the chat area there are four buttons to control your interactions with other players.

Public chat
The public chat button controls the chat that everyone can see. There are four options; simply click to change between them.

• On: Chat acts normally, you can see messages from everybody above their heads and in the chat box.
• Friends: You only see public chat messages from people on your friends list.
• Off: You see no public chat at all. If you talk, the button automatically changes to hide.
• Hide: You only see messages above people's heads, not in the chat box.

Private chat
The private chat button toggles how you filter the people who can private message you.

• On: Everybody can add you to their friends lists, and everybody can talk to you.
• Friends: Only people on your friends list can private message you, everybody else sees you as being offline.
• Off: Nobody can send you private messages, you appear as offline to everybody. If you private message someone in this mode, the button automatically changes to friends.

Trade/duel
The trade/duel button toggles who you can try to trade you or challenge you to a duel (members).

• On: You see trade and duel requests from everyone.
• Friends: You only see trade and duel requests from people on your friends list.
• Off: You see no trade or duel requests. You may, however, still send requests to other players.

Assist
The Assist button toggles who can request your assistance..

• On: You see assistance requests from everyone.
• Friends: You only see assistance requests from people on your friends list.
• Off: You see no assistance requests. You may, however, still send requests to other players.

Chat effects
You might have seen someone who is typing with a red-coloured text, or text that's waving. Typing like this is called chat effects, and you can only see them if you have the chat effects part of your settings in your control panel on. Chat effects will only appear over the head of the person using them, not in your chat box - there, the text will look normal.

To use the chat effects, you will need to write the code, and a colon
( : ) right after it with no space, and then your message without a space before the first word. For example, writing red:Hello would make you say "Hello" with a red font, but if you throw in a space and write red: Hello, you would actually say "Red: Hello" in game... Here is a full list of the codes:

Colour codes:	Movement codes:
Red: Text is red	Wave: Text moves up and down.
Yellow: Text is yellow (default colour)	Wave2: Text waves diagonally.
Green: Text is green	Shake: Text shakes bizarrely.
Cyan: Text is cyan	Slide: Text slides from up to down.
Purple: Text is purple	Scroll: Text scrolls from left to right.
White: Text is white	-
Flash1: Flashes between red and yellow text	-
Flash2: Flashes between cyan and blue	-
Flash3: Flashes between light and dark green	-
Glow1: Text fades from red, to orange, to yellow, to green, to cyan	-
Glow2: Text fades from red, to magenta, to blue, to dark red, to red	-
Glow3: Text fades from white, to green, to white, to cyan	-

Now, if you want to do something really advanced, you can use one of the colours AND movements at the same time. For this you need to write the colour first, and then scroll/wave. For example you could write something like this red:wave:Hello everyone and you would say "Hello everyone" with a red waving text.

QuickChat
QuickChat is a method of saying commonly said sentences or phrases without typing. Ranging from asking other player's skill levels to asking for assistance, there is a wide variety of chat options. Hit the F9 key to load the auto-response interface, F10 to open the context menu, and F11 to repeat the last sentence you spoke using QuickChat. You can load the main QuickChat menu by pressing the speech bubble on your chat interface or by pressing enter.

You can also use Clan QuickChat by typing a / then enter or right clicking the speech bubble and selecting Clan Quick Chat. In addition, you can use Private message QuickChat by right clicking a name on your friends list and selecting Quick Message.

QuickChat phrases are split into separate categories consisting of :

• General
• Trade/Items
• Skills
• Group Events
• Clans
• Context Variable

Here is a list of what each of the categories contains:

• General consists of various phrases such as questions, answers, compliments, general comments, and even smilies!
• The Trade/Items category is made up of buying and selling requests, along with general item information questions.
• The Skills category contains common questions and comments about all the Runescape skills.
• The Group Events category has phrases useful for organising and executing group events such as quests, fighting, and mini games.
• The Clans subset consists of phrases enabling you to quickly notify your clan of directions, equipment choices, and organisation, among other options.
• Context Variable options change according to your location and what you last did, such as options for mini games and training skills.

Using hotkeys for the QuickChat menu can speed up your typing even more. The letter and number codes next to the letters indicate these codes. For example, typing Enter, E, F, P, then 8, causes your character to say "Time for the dancing knights!".

Glossary
In addition to common internet shorthand (brb, lol, g2g, etc.) RuneScape players have developed a set of slang for RuneScape items, places and terms.

Glossary - Items
Weapons and armour	Items
2h - Two-handed sword Addy - Adamant Ammy - Amulet Battle/B-axe - Battleaxe Blk- Black armour Chain - Chain mail D or Drag - Dragon DDP - Dragon dagger poisoned (p) DDS - Dragon dagger(p++) Full - Full set (i.e. Chest + legs, full helmet, and sometimes shield) (g) - Gold trimmed Helm - Helmet Kite - Kite shield Large/Lrg - Full helmet Legs - Leg plate mail Long - Long sword Med - Medium helmet Mith - Mithril (p), (p+), (p++) - poisons of higher effect Plate/pl8/chest - Body plate mail R - Rune Scimmy - Scimitar Square/sqr - Square shield (t) - Trimmed	Airs - Air Runes Ammy - Amulet Axe - Hatchet Bloods - Blood Runes BS - Bow string DOR - Disk of Returning Earths - Earth Runes Ess - Rune essence Fires - Fire Runes Glory - Amulet of glory Gp - Gold coins (money) Law - Law Runes Lobs/Lobbies - Lobsters Mask - Monster mask Minds - Mind Runes Monks - Monkfish Nats - Nature Runes Phat - Party hat Pick - Pick axe Pot - Potion PPot - Prayer Potion ROW - Ring of Wealth Saph - Sapphire Santa - Santa hat Souls - Soul Runes Swordies - Swordfish Talis/Tally - Talisman Waters - Water Runes Wealth - Ring of wealth
Glossary - Generic
1337 - Elite, also "cool" Ard(y) - Ardougne Att - Attack level Barb Village - Barbarian Village CW - Castle Wars Def - Defence level Edge - Edgeville F2P - Free to Play (Free version of RS) Fally - Falador FM - Firemaking FTW - For the win G2G - Got to go GP- Gold pieces (money in game) Hits/HP - Hit points K - A thousand of something, usually gp (eg. 2k = 2.000gp), can also mean okay KBD - King Black Dragon KQ - Kalphite Queen Lag - pauses or jumps in play due to slow internet connection speed Lumby - Lumbridge Lvl - Level Mil - A million of something, usually gp Newb - Player who is new to RuneScape.	NFS - Not for sale Noob - Experienced player who acts like a newb (derogatory) NP - No Problem NTY - No, Thank You NVM or NM - Never mind OMG - Oh my God, or Oh my gosh Owns - Very good, or best at something P2P - Pay to Play (Members version of RS) PC - Pest Control Pker - Player Killer RC - Runecrafting RL - Real life ROFL - Rolling on the floor laughing RS1/RSC - RuneScape 1 (Classic) RS2/RS - RuneScape (2) Seers - Seers Village Str - Strength level TY - Thank You WC - Woodcutting WP - Wrong person Wildy - Wilderness Varr/Vrk - Varrock YW - Your welcome

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Your Character

Changing your looks

You can wear many different clothes, hats, gloves and boots in the game, but there are ways to change even your basic appearance.

• Skin colour and gender: If you want to change your skin colour or your gender, you will need to visit the Make Over Mage. He is located south-west of Falador. He will charge 3,000 coins to change your appearance.
• Hair and beard: If you want a new fancy haircut, a nice smooth shave (he can make your beard grow as well!), or a new hair colour, jump by the Hairdresser in his shop in north-west Falador. He will charge 2,000 coins to change your appearance.
• Clothes: If you want some different clothes, drop by Thessalia in Varrock (her store is in the south-west corner of the market place.) She will charge 500 coins to change your top and another 500 to get your legwear changed. To change your boots visit the Fremennik tailor Yrsa on the west side of Relleka for 500 coins (only members who've completed the Fremennik Trials quest).

Getting started with your skills
Here you will find a few tips on how to start the different skills. If you want more information, click the name of the skill, and you will be transferred to the Tip.It guide about that skill. Also see the Advisor section below to find assistance right in the game!

Free Version (F2P) Skills:

Combat: (Attack, strength, defence and hits): What can we say...? Just fight low levelled monsters and you will improve your combat skills depending on your fighting mode. Around Lumbridge, fight level 2 and 5 goblins in the forest, or chickens and cows at farms.

Ranged: To begin ranging, you'll need a bow and some arrows. Unfortunately, these can be costly. Visit Lowe's Archery Emporium for free starter equipment, and when you get some money, come back here again to buy more gear. Start ranging in Lumbridge against goblins or chickens.

Prayer: There's not much to say about this skill, just pick up all the bones you see on the ground, and choose 'bury' when you have them in your inventory. Prayer will help protect you when you're fighting.

Magic: To start you will need some runes. You can a few free ones from Aubury's Rune Shop in Varrock. Once you have some money, you can come back here to purchase some more runes. Once you have the runes to cast a lower level spell, go to the magic part of your control panel and choose the spell you want to cast: then just click on a monster.

Crafting: You can mine clay southwest of Varrock, then wet it with water and use the pottery in the Barbarian Village to the west. You can try leatherworking, too: kill cows for hides in Lumbridge and get them tanned in Al-Kharid. Do the Prince Ali Rescue Quest to save the tollgate fee.

Runecrafting: To start this skill you need to complete the Rune Mysteries Quest. After that, mine rune essence and make air runes at the air altar south of Falador.

Mining / Smithing: You can mine tin and copper in the Lumbridge Swamp East Mine south of the graveyard. When you decide you have enough ores, go to the furnace northeast of Lumbridge castle and smelt them into bars. Then head to Varrock and get metal-bashing!

Fishing / Cooking: To begin fishing, you'll need a net; then just go to a sea and start clicking. If there's a tree nearby, take your hatchet and tinderbox to raise your cooking, too. At a chicken farm you can train combat, prayer and cooking at the same time!

Firemaking / Woodcutting: To start these skills, simply go to the forest between Lumbridge and Draynor. A free bronze hatchet is available from Bob's Brilliant Axes and a free tinderbox is available from the Lumbridge General Store. Chop down some trees and choose 'Light log'.

Member Only (P2P) Skills:

An introduction to Member skills, guides, areas, and tips is included in the New Members (P2P) Guide. Member only skills are Agility, Construction, Farming, Fletching, Herblore, Hunter, Slayer, Summoning, and Thieving.

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Lumbridge Advisor

If you need more information on or require help with some of RuneScape's various skills and features, there is an Advisor named Roddeck located in Lumbridge to help you get started with your adventuring. To get advice from Roddeck, click the advice button, a question mark, located at the top right of your screen next to the logout button. An alternate button is found in the Objectives' Panel. Roddeck can help you in a variety of ways - he can give you a bit of information on several subjects, link you to helpful RuneScape website articles, direct you to a nearby location to learn more about the subject, or even guide you through an interactive tutorial on the topic of your choice. During these tutorials, you will often be directed to pick up free sample items from certain shops. If you are not interested in participating in these tutorials, the free sample items can still be obtained from the appropriate shops. Tip.It lists all shops with free samples in their related skill guide.

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The Wilderness

About The Wilderness

If you continue to head North in Runescape you will eventually come to a vast, deserted area of land known as 'The Wilderness'. In this area, dangerous ghosts and other monsters wander around waiting to make a quick meal out of a curious adventurer.

Entering The Wilderness

It is not possible to simply stroll into The Wilderness by accident. You will know when you are about to enter the wilderness as a ditch is placed at the boundaries to stop you wandering in. This ditch runs along the entire edge of the wilderness and requires one click to jump over it.

A warning screen will also appear, reminding you of the dangers of the wilderness and giving you a chance to turn back.

This screen will only appear the first time you enter The Wilderness since you logged on, not every single time you enter.

To find out more about the area of The Wilderness, check out our Wilderness Map.

Dangers of The Wilderness

Upon entering the Wilderness, you will start seeing and being attacked by revenant ghosts. These ghosts are more powerful than their level suggests, and can attack with magic, range, and melee. Not only are they dangerous with their actual attacks, but they also can use freeze spells to hold you in your spot, or spells that prevent you from teleporting away. The bottom edge of the wilderness is the "safest". As you head farther North, and deeper into The Wilderness, a small ghost icon at the bottom right of the screen will increase allowing revenant ghosts higher/lower levelled than yourself to attack.

This number corresponds to the level difference in attacking revenants. For example, if you are a level 50 character, and are in Level 27 Wilderness then revenants from level 23 to 77 can attack you. If a revenant decides to attack in a single combat zone, you cannot escape them by attacking another monster. They will make the monster stop attacking you and they will finish their work. The best method for dealing with them is to simply run away. They are very strong and their hits will hurt.

It is also worthy to note that you cannot teleport out of The Wilderness after Level 20. (Level 30 on member worlds with certain jewellery teleport items: enchanted dragonstone jewellery and the Ring of Life. See the Getting Around Guide.) After that, you can only use the teleports that are part of the wilderness(portals and levers)

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Death

If you are unlucky enough to die, you will lose all except your three most expensive (shop price) items. Stackable items such as money, runes, and arrows are also lost. At the place of your death, a gravestone will appear. Depending on which gravestone you have upgraded to, your items will remain there for a few minutes. If you can get to it before the timer runs out, you can destroy it and get all of your dropped items. Otherwise, it will crumble away and you will lose all of your items. It is possible to extend the lifespan of a gravestone to almost an hour.

If you have recently entered the abyss, you will have a skull floating over your head. If you die with this skull above your head, your gravestone will hold every item you were holding previously. Using the level 25 prayer Protect Items as stated in the Prayer Guide will let you keep 1 extra item if you die.
If you have a bounty hunter's skull, all of your items will drop on the ground without a gravestone. Your killer will be able to loot your items and keep them. If you are curious as to what items you will keep when you die, click the "Show Items Kept on Death" button from the equipment menu. This will also show you the total value of all the items that you are wearing and carrying, as well as the value of the items you stand to lose upon death.

Gravestones

Unless you have upgraded, every player in Runescape will have a wooden plaque that stands in the place that you died, waiting for you to get your items. If you have completed The Restless Ghost, Father Aereck in the Lumbridge church will help you upgrade your stone, so items last a little bit longer. If you are a member that has completed The Giant Dwarf, you can speak with the sculptor that works east of the Consortium Palace for a greater range of headstones and extended time. Below the minimap, a small counter will appear, telling you how much time left until your gravestone collapses. An arrow will also point toward your grave on the minimap.

Headstone	Information	Standing Time	Cost
Memorial Plaque	A simple plaque, bearing the name of the deceased.	3 minutes	Default(0gp)
Flag	A dignified little flag flutters in the breeze.	3 minutes	50 gp
Small Gravestone	A simple little gravestone.	3 minutes	500 gp
Ornate Gravestone	An ornately carved gravestone.	4 minutes	5,000 gp
Font of Life	An elaborate font. As water collects in the bowl, it symbolises new life and hope.	5 minutes	50,000 gp
Stele	A monolithic memorial stone bearing a selection of emblems.	5 minutes	50,000 gp
Symbol of Saradomin	The four-pointed star is universally recognised as the symbol of Saradomin.	5 minutes	50,000 gp
Symbol of Zamorak	This serpentine sigil represents the ruthless Zamorak.	5 minutes	50,000 gp
Symbol of Guthix	Favoured by humans of a mystical or drudic inclination.	5 minutes	50,000 gp
Symbol of Bandos*	Followers of Bandos are now scarce, but this symbol is still used by those who remember that violent god.	5 minutes	50,000 gp
Symbol of Armadyl**	Armadyl's love of winged creatures is represented by this elegant symbol. Little else is remembered of him.	5 minutes	50,000 gp
Ancient Symbol***	Adventurers often request this symbol, although its origin and meaning have become obscure in the centuries since the god wars.	5 minutes	50,000 gp
Angel of Death	The ultimate marker for a grave, this statue evokes intimations of mortality in all who are faced with it.	6 minutes	500,000 gp

* You must have completed The Land of the Goblins.
** You must have completed the Temple of Ikov.
*** You must have completed Desert Treasure.

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RuneScape Rules

Like everything, RuneScape has rules. These are not to make the game harder, or to annoy anyone, they are to protect you. Please, adhere to them at all time - it makes the game better for everyone. The official rules can be viewed here. It's very important that you read them carefully. If you accidentally break one you could be banned from RuneScape.

Reporting abuse
If you see someone breaking one of these rules, you ought to report them to Jagex. If everyone reports abusive players, then the game will be a better place for all. You can report abuse by clicking the red button in the lower right hand corner of the chat box. You need to type in the player's name and then select what the user is doing wrong. This sends a snapshot of the last 60 seconds of chat and trade activity to Jagex or it will submit the account name for review, depending on the type of abuse being reported. If the person continues to annoy you, add them to your ignore list rather than responding. Please, only send in an abuse report if the player is genuinely being abusive, not just because they called you a 'noob.' Clicking the question mark beside the category will show you general guidelines of what is and what is not appropriate. Below is a sample report.

If you find your account disabled or want to make an appeal to any offenses, go to the Account Management section of the official RuneScape website and choose the option 'Appeal an Offense'. This feature will also show you what will happen if you continue to receive offenses. Please do not send abuse reports to Tip.It. We are NOT part of Jagex Ltd. and cannot deal with abuse reports regarding players on RuneScape.

Player moderators
Player moderators are RuneScape players just like you, except Jagex has selected them as being responsible members of the RuneScape community. They are able to temporarily mute players who are being particularly foul-mouthed, and their abuse reports receive additional priority. This does not mean that they can answer all your RuneScape questions or that they always want to buy or sell items. They want to play the game, complete quests and raise their skills just like you do. When a player moderator talks they have a small silver crown next to their name to stand out from other players. You can read more about player moderators in the Frequently Asked Question section on the official RuneScape website. Note that you can also speak to Town Criers found in the game for some information about Player Moderators, in particular what they can do and what they cannot do.

- Player Moderator

Jagex staff
Jagex staff members have a little Gold crown next to their names when they talk in-game. Follow all their instructions promptly and you will have no cause for worry. If a member of the Jagex staff asks you a question, it would be wise to reply to them. Please note that ignore chat messages will not work on Jagex staff or player moderatorss.

- Jagex Staff

Town Criers
In addition to these features about playing by the rules, there are also NPC's dotted in all major cities. These cities are Falador, Draynor Village, Varrock, Seers' Village and East Ardougne. These Town Criers inform players about all the Rules of Runescape, as well as information on player moderators: most importantly, what they can or cannot do for other players.

Well! How's that for an 'introduction' eh? If you've read this far, you've gained the biggest head start in RuneScape that you could ever imagine. So get out there, explore the map, raise your skills and strive for your goals!

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Credits

Original Guide by: Cameron and Ks Jeppe

Thanks to: abomb67, Adamskii, allbogs, bambino, bluehooloovo, booduz69, brainymidget, Bransonosnar, chenw, Cowman_133, cretureisland, Daman422, Darkblade986, darthruneis, den160593, Drakolord7, Dragontotem, dutylil, FallenYou, Ferrol, Fudgy999, geopkip, Georgelemmons, Ginger_Warrior, Headnazgul, Howlin0001, Hellomoron, Kaphias, knittinqueen, JAmesjeffery, Jimmyw3000, Lady_Shahdie, lalala7324 manoman, Mchainmail, Misplacedme, MysticTiger, n_odie, Nyosuht, Paw_Claw, pokemama, Qbee101, RCTY, ruben, sheep455_is_the_best, soothsayer, sorry310, Swifty Mcvae, The Pure12, The_Unknown, tryto, Warriormonkx, wiseTSM, wizard111111, and wyvren2000

Last updated by: Speedyshel

Last updated on: 09-Nov-2009