Hello and welcome to The Ultimate Get-Going Guide!

 

 

 

This guide was made to give people a headstart when starting on Runescape. It should give the reader a grasp on the Free to Play (F2P) world, knowing where the main towns are and how to make your way around. It should also give them the skills to make their own money.

 

 

 

 

 

This guide shows you how to get the following:

 

29 Smithing

 

11 mining

 

2 Crafting

 

4 Cooking (Maybe higher)

 

8 Magic

 

9 Prayer

 

Level 6 in a stat of your choice

 

Some Melee Experience

 

Atleast 10k gp

 

Ghost Speak Amulet

 

Quite a few Quest Points

 

 

 

 

 

[hide=Getting Started]The first thing you should do after the tutorial is make your way to the lumbridge bank. You should know where this is from the tutorial. But before you bank your items you should use the experience (EXP) lamps you recieved from the tutorial on a skill(s) of your choice (I highly suggest Defence, as you will need a good defence level). Bank everything you have except for your training shield and sword. You now have a choice, you can either keep using your training gear or you can try and get some free bronze or iron, i suggest just continuing with your training gear though. After you have made your choice/got your free armour from someone make your way to the cow field (You can find this on your world map). Kill cows and pick up the hides, do this for 3 inventories (Deposit them after each inventory). If you chose to level up Defence with your lamps after the tutorial, you should now train attack and strength. If you lose too much HP, stop killing cows. Collect some "Raw Meat" and search for a fire to cook it on. You should now have 84 cow hides. You should also have a bit of combat experience.[/hide]

 

 

 

[hide=Making your first bit of money]Now you should make your way to The Grand Exchange (GE). Talk to the tutor there (Look for the question mark on the map). This should explain how GE is used. Now open up GE and sell your cow hides for the MEDIUM price (click the hand with coins in it to set it to the medium price). They should sell instantly. Now with your money you need to buy the following things:

 

2x Iron Ore

 

4x Copper Ore

 

6x Clay

 

50 trout

 

Flour

 

An Egg

 

A Bucket of Milk

 

A Redberry Pie

 

20 Balls of Wool

 

Red Bead, Black Bead, White Bead, Yellow Bead

 

2x Iron Bar

 

Steel Scimitar

 

If you have any left over money, the best armour you can use and afford.[/hide]

 

 

 

[hide=Easy Cooking Levels]You should now make your way to lumbridge after banking everything except your armour and your milk, egg and flour. Then go into the castle, and look for the Cook. Talk to him until the quest "Cooks Assistant" becomes yellow in your Quest Journal. Then talk to him again straight away afterwards, keep talking to him until the quest is complete. If you don't have milk, an egg and flour you will not complete the quest. You will gain 300 cooking EXP and the ability to use ranges.[/hide]

 

 

 

[hide=Easy Prayer Levels]By this time, you should have a fairly good combat level, before attempting this part, i suggest killing cows or chickens to level up to combat level 10. Make sure you have atleast 10 defence and 10 attack also. I would suggest getting 10 strength in addition to attack and defence, to esure this next step is as easy as possible.

 

 

 

Make your way to the bank and withdraw about 5 trout. Now go to the Lumbridge church. Talk to the priest until you start the quest "The Restless Ghost". Then go into the graveyard and into the small hut with a coffin in it. Then open the coffin, a ghost will appear. Talk to the ghost and you will be unable to understand him. Return to the priest and ask him what to do. He will tell you to go to lumbridge swamp and find a hut. Do as he says (Using the world map if neccessary). Take to the NPC inside and get him to give you a Ghostspeak Amulet. Put it on and make your way back to the ghost. Talk to him and ask him why he is restless. He will say it is because he lost his skull. Then agree to help him find it. After this, make your way to the wizards tower, located south of Draynor village (Use your world map to help you).

 

 

 

*WARNING* Make sure you avoid Jail Guards and Wizards. They are both agressive and will probably kill you.

 

 

 

Once you reach the wizards tower, go inside and down the ladder. make your way to the altar. Search it and you should find a skull, but a level 13 skeleton appears. Kill it, and if you need to, heal up by eating the trout. You may need to return to the bank to restock on food and attempt it again, but with the suggested stats this is unlikely. Now take the skull and return to the ghost. Use it on the coffin and you should get the quest complete screen. You have now completed "The Restless Ghost". You recieve 1,125 EXP (enough for level 9 prayer from 0 exp) and you can keep the Ghostspeak Amulet.[/hide]

 

 

 

[hide=Easy Mining Levels]Now head to Falador (Using your world map). Find a bank and deposit everything but your armour, withdraw 2 iron ores, 4 copper ore and 6 clay. On your world map find "Goblin Village", just south of this there is a hut, make your way to this hut. Talk to the dwarf inside and ask him if you can use his anvils. He will say if you get him some materials (The ores and clay you bought). Agree to get them and he will give you a bronze pickaxe. Then talk to him again, he will take the materials and you will, once again, get the quest complete screen. You have now completed "Doric's Quest". You recieve 1,300 mining experience (Enough for level 11 from 0 exp) and 180gp.[/hide]

 

 

 

[hide=The big one, 29 smithing, and it's easy!]*WARNING* You may want to gain a few defence levels before you attempt this quest, you can complete this quest at level 3, but i do not suggest attempting this with 10 defence unless you have previous experience.

 

 

 

You should now go to one of the banks in Falador and withdraw 2 iron bars, a redberry pie and your bronze pickaxe. Go into the castle and talk to the Squire. Keep talking until you start the quest "The Knight's Sword". After this go to Varrock castle and find the library, talk to Reldo. Ask him about dwarfs. Then use your world map to make your way to port sarim. Continue south to the cliff, just below it there is a small hut with a fat dwarf in. Give him the redberry pie and then ask him to make the sword. He will ask for a picture. Go back to the castle and talk to the squire, he will tell you that there is a picture in a cupboard upstairs. Go to the ladder towards the east, then find the staircase in the room close by and climb up the stairs. Then go into the room with the cupboard. Search it and you will get the picture. Take it back to the dwarf and he will tell you that he will need a bluerite ore to make it. Go back to the bank and withdraw 20 trout. Make sure that you have your pickaxe and make your way back to the dwarfs hut, but don't go in. Go up the cliff beside it and enter the cliff. You should be in an area with level 6 muggers (Be warned there are high level monsters on this bit, but you only have to run past them). All the monsters in the cliff are aggressive. Run past the muggers and follow the corridor (Stay running at all times) run past the pirates and hobgoblins. There should be a small area just as the snow area begins that you are safe from all monsters. Stay here until you are back to 100% run. You should then run to the south east until you reach two rocks which you can mine. Mine one of the rocks and then exit the way you came. Take the ore with two iron bars to the dwarf and he will make the sword. Take the sword back to the squire and you have completed the quest. You will recieve 12,725 Smithing EXP (Enough for level 29 Smithing from 0 exp).[/hide]

 

 

 

[hide=Easy Magic Levels]Now go to a bank and deposit everything but your armour and withdraw the four beads you bought. Then go back to the Wizard's Tower and to the top floor. Talk to the wizard next to the orange star on the floor and start the quest "Imp Catcher". Then talk to him again and you will complete the quest. You will recieve 875 magic EXP (Enough for 8 Magic from 0 exp) and an Amulet of Accuracy.[/hide]

 

 

 

[hide=Easy Crafting Levels]Now go to Lumbridge bank and once again, empty your inventory. Withdraw your 20 balls of wool and head to the farm to the north of Lumbridge. Talk to the farmer inside until you start the quest "Sheep Sheerer". Talk to him again afterwards and you will complete the quest. You will recieve 150 Crafting EXP (Enough for level 2 from 0 exp) and 60gp.[/hide]

 

 

 

[hide=10kgp and a pair of non-tradable boots!]This is quite possibly the hardest part but i feel it is easy money and it gives you a pair of boots that are free and pretty cool. First of all, make your way to Edgeville (Use the world map). Bank everything except 3 pieces of armour (I suggest shield, platebody and platelegs). Now withdraw 25 trout and go south to barbarian village. Enter the hole in the centre of the mining patch. Then get up the tip.it map of the Stronghold of Security (Can be found here: http://tip.it/runescape/?page=stronghol ... p.htm) and use it to navigate to the first chest. You will get a cash reward once you reach the first chest. Then climb the rope to barbarian village and bank the reward. Now re-enter the Stronghold and use the portal to go to the end of the first level. Now climb down the ladder. Use the map to navigate your way to the chest once again. Do the same as you previously did, bank the reward and return using the portals. Do this until you reach the last chest, you will then be given a choice between a two pairs of boots. Make your choice and exit. You will find you will have 10k gp from the rewards.[/hide]

 

 

 

[hide=Credits]Tip.It - For Quest rewards and the Stronghold of Security map.

 

Runescape - For the world map and game.[/hide]

 

 

 

 

 

Congratulations, you now have the stats to make your own money and train efficiantly. You now should also have a grasp on the Free to Play (F2P) world, knowing where the main towns are and how to make your way around.

 

 

 

I hope this guide has helped!

since this is for a lvl 3 - maybe you should post pictures? maps could help too.

 

 

 

oh - and don't call your guide "ultimate" until its received enough views, ratings, etc. Its not ultimate just quite yet.

4/10

 

 

 

There should be pictures since this is geared to newer players.

 

 

 

Also, I agree with the poster above me. This guide is not "Ultimate" until it is basically ready for AOW.

 

 

 

You should capitalize the name of cities like "Lumbridge". All this guide basically tells you how to do the easier quests. If someone finds these forums, they would have most likely have used the quest guides.

 

 

 

Good effort on your part though.

i am probably the only one who actually likes this guide, ima try it out!

 

you get a 7/10 from me, re-check your spelling and capitalisation and add some pictures because if this is pointed to newcomers, how would they know where varrock is?

 

EDIT: at rewards, using the two lamps i only got a skill to level 5, not level 6.

 

EDIT2: i highly suggest you suggest range to kill cows

 

EDIT3: what cow field? the gnomecopter one?

 

EDIT4: 84*8*4=2688 melee experience

 

EDIT5: easy cooking levels, how about homeport?

 

EDIT6: when slaying cows, i took my 25 gp and bought a spinach roll when i was in need of hp from hieronimus alvafrim for one gp, it heals 2 hp.

 

EDIT7: implement witch's potion and Rune mysteries in your guide.

 

EDIT8: i suggest you decrease the cow count to 50, 84 is too much and you dont need that much money.

 

EDIT9: cowhides dont instant sell at mid price.

 

EDIT10: i easily begged the 3k i didnt get from the other 30 cows. i begged full steel.

 

EDIT11: when going to the wizards tower for restless ghost, take the beads to do imp catcher.

 

EDIT12: [hide=][/hide]

 

[hide=][img=http://tip.it/runescape/map2/Stronghold_of_Security.png][/hide]

 

EDIT13: Stronghold of Player Security maybe?