Heres a few tips and tricks for making a pure. CONTENT: 1. tips and tricks / what not to do 2. getting started 3. where to train 4. equipment 5. quests heres a few things you need to know before to start This thread is for 1 defence pures not zerker/barrows only 1 defence! DO NOT TRAIN DEFENCE to help with this there are a few quests you are not aloud to do you will read them soon DO NOT GET HIGH PRAYER / SUMMONING a little debate weather pures have sum click show to see other comment the maximum for 1 defence pure which is still good pker is roughly 44 some do have 52 but there old pkers for smite smite is now pointless, because of this there a few quests to avoid but quests is the best way to get it to 44 I will post them later too. 2. Getting started After you have made your account maybe a nice catchy name! You would need to get money, and a good way to get money for a new account is collecting cow hides just outside lumby castle. Standard_Pix Also with cow hides I would recommend the field with Beefy Bill situated behind the Lumbridge windmill. This is a decent spot as its usually un-crowded and Bill will bank your cowhides for a small cost (2-3 cowhides depending inventory size.) you can just kill them and train while do it and then collect, or you can just collect from the people that do not collect them. after a full invent (be sure to have 10gp+ in your invent for the gate) go to alkarid bank located south east and bank then go back and repeat until your happy with your money for starting 3. training training all depends on your level, and because you are 1 defence you will get hit easily I recommend this: for range: 1-30 cows (collecting cow hides for money) 30-40 monks (monastery) 40-50 hill giants (dungeon near barbarian village needs brass key) 50 + I recommend getting members and go to ogres after doing plague city quest you can easily get 99 there but there easy ways 50 - 70 for ftp hill giants / lesser demons (in karamja volcano) 70+ ftp cockroaches for members the best way for pure to train is soul wars pest control is only good for 100+ cb so soul wars is the way for you! if you dont want to use soul wars then ogres in combat training area / slayer tasks (slayer is very hard unless you have 43 prayer) for the rich pures that you do see, chinchopas with 43 prayer is the fastest way however it is very expensive so only do this if you ready to lose money melee: for melee (attack and strength) I say wait till members before you start it, and do waterfall quest waterfall quest on its own gives, enough experience for 1 - 32 in both attack and strength and its a short quest which is very handy how ever if you dont want to do that typically the same as range its: 1 - 20 cows (collecting hides) 20 - 40 monks after 40 if you stay ftp its a long road of monks because of your lack of defence so again I recommend getting members. 40+ again is soul wars there are a few quests that help with attack and strength but that can also cause a problem the maximum level in attack for a good pker in a pure is 60 for dragon scim (monkey madness quest) and you can get allot of xp in attack from quests again you will see what best is to do there a quests you HAVE to do to help you be a good pure for items such as dragon scim and I recommend doing those quests before you are 60 attack I would prefer to do them when you are 40 attack no higher magic: magic is very simple there is a ftp quest that helps all you need is beads and you will get 1-9 magic fast and free (unless you buy the beads) and I would do that defiantly no need to waste time or money on casting when you can get 9 strait away on the quest "imp catcher" so do that before you train magic after that do curses it will keep hitpoints down and its very fast as well until you are level 25 magic for varock teleport level 25 after lvl 25 do varock teleport for 31 magic (lumbridge teleport) after 31 magic teleport lumbridge for 37 magic (falador teleport) after 37 magic I recommend members so when you get 45 magic you can get comelot teleport after 45 magic get 55 with comelot teleports then 55 is high alchemy 55-99 with alchemy is recommended for pures and most other accounts magic also has the ancient spells after desert treasure quest which is another fast way for 99 magic using burst / barrage (same way with red chinchompas needed 43 prayer too) other tips which I dont use but I know a lot of people use rock crabs for range and melee east of relleka ive never used them train but i here there very effective if you want to experiment go for it 4. equipment: equipment is quite simple range: best leather you can use you will only be able to change chaps and vambraces body needs 40 defence to wear plain leather 1- 20 20 - 40 studded chaps 40 - 50 green chaps / vambraces 50 - 60 blue chaps / vambraces 60 - 70 red chaps / vambraces 70+ black chaps / vambraces after doing recipe for disaster quest you will be able to use other gloves which will give strength bonus the maximum for a 1 defence pure is adamant gloves again I will say more later about quests, each gloves requires 1 defence to wear so just do the quests required for it magic: normal wizard or (t) /(g) is needed for magic or if you have done desert treasure you will have a chance to get ghostly robes which provide better magic bonus it consists of (hood, top, bottoms, gloves, boots, cape) a lot of pure still wear there chaps / vambraces or gloves with the top and hat it gives it that "pure look" melee again simple best scim you can use 1 - 5 iron 5 - 10 steel 10 - 20 black 20 - 30 mithril 30 - 40 adamant 40 - 50 rune 50 - 60 granite maul (with 50 strength) 60 dragon scim, Dragon dagger (p++) Dragon claws (if you can buy) climbing boots for the boots are also a requirement they give a nice 2+ strength boost you can also use wizard boots for magic or just a nice look if you can afford or also ranger boots and robin hood hat again if you can afford ammy: strength for melee power (ftp) for range / magic glory (p2p) fury (if you can afford [p2p) ranging (for range and if you can afford) body: leather body is the only armour you can wear unless you get varrock armour 1 that is very good for a pure and also helps with skilling you can also wear anything that you can afford that you like there but best for easy access is leather body through out your hole of training this account cape slot: avas accumulator after animal magnetism it collects arrows you fire if there is no obstacle in the way of the monster or any cape you want but avas is recommended shield slot: books are the best (zammy guthix saradomin) after horror fromt he deep quest, it is said to be hard but I can do it with 1 prayer 1 defence 40+ magic easily 5. quests okay now for quests: here are a list of quests you should NOT do at all under any circumstances: these give defence experience Quest Experience Gained F2P/P2P King's Ransom 33,000 P2P Dragon Slayer 18,650 F2P Holy Grail, The 15,300 P2P Olaf's Quest 12,000 P2P Defender of Varrock 10,000 P2P Between a Rock... 5,000 P2P Fremennik Trials, The 2,812.4 P2P In Aid of the Myreque 2,000 P2P Nature Spirit 2,000 P2P What Lies Below 2,000 P2P Heroes Quest 1,325 - 3,075 (varies) P2P In Search of the Myreque 600 P2P Soul's Bane, A 500 P2P Blood Pact, The 100 F2P Quests which are a must: ftp: Cooks assistant demon slayer Ernest the chicken goblin diplomacy imp catcher the restless ghost (prayer xp) vampire slayer (attack xp) p2p animal magnetism big chompy bird hunting biohazard death plateau desert treasure dig site family crest fishing contest Gertrudes cat the golem the grand tree horror from the deep lost city monkey madness (after you complete do not get the xp reward you will gain defence xp) plague city priest in peril (prayer xp) recipe for disaster (dwarf, goblin, pirate, evil dave, ogre shadow of the storm tree gnome village waterfall quests you need to be careful of - PRAYER - Quest Experience Gained F2P/P2P Land of the Goblins (Extra) 13,750* P2P Holy Grail, The 11,000 P2P Spirit of Summer (Extra) 10,000** P2P Summer's End 10,000 P2P Swan Song 10,000 P2P Temple at Senntisten, The 10,000 P2P Spirits of the Elid 8,000 P2P Dealing with Scabaras 7,000 P2P Fur 'n' Seek (Wishlist) 7,000 P2P Rum Deal 7,000 P2P Great Brain Robbery, The 6,000 P2P Rag and Bone Man (Wishlist) 5,000 P2P Spirit of Summer (Quest) 5,000 P2P Another Slice of H.A.M. 3,000 P2P Ghosts Ahoy 2,400 P2P Land of the Goblins (Quest) 2,000 P2P Mountain Daughter 2,000 P2P Fur 'n' Seek (Quest) 1,500 P2P Priest in Peril 1,406 P2P Restless Ghost, The 1,125*** F2P Making History 1,000 P2P Recruitment Drive 1,000 P2P Rag and Bone Man (Quest) 500 P2P I believe that is it hope this helped or if I have not finished then please say what I have missed