F2P Melee Pure Guide [under construction]

[lenzius]

INTRO

 

I recently decided to create a defense pure. I found the experience enjoyable, and have made this guide to document my experiences, and share my thoughts on how to do it.

 

Why someone would want to do this is beyond me... lol. I just thought it would be a challenge versus the normal RS leveling experience.

Step 1: Tutorials

 

Feel free to explore the tutorial area as much as possible. There is alot of easy training, and free stuff. Get acquainted with he game if you are completely new to it. In order to fully appreciate Runescape, you must understand its basic dynamics.

Step 2: free stuff

 

You might as well get all the free stuff you can. Keep your eyes open, as there are many things just lying around on the ground in the game. For example, there is a bronze medium helm in the kitchen in Draynor Manor. Also, in and around Lumbridge Castle, you will usually find upper level players giving away iron or steel armor sets they have made to level their smithing. I have done that before. And when playing a new character (on which this guide is based) I was lucky enough to receive a set of full steel.

 

The free stuff you should be most aware of are free sample items carried by some of the npc vendors in the starting area:

 

• ­North of the castle is a small cluster of buildings. The general store there has a small selection of free stuff available, including a bronze dagger, tender box, and hammer. Get these.
• Also in this area is the fishing shop. They carry a free fishing net you should grab for future use. This is also where you can get fishing supplies for leveling your fishing skill later on. Get them if you have ended up with any money.
• South of the castle you will find "Bob's Brilliant Axes." Bob has a free bronze pick axe and a free bronze hatchet. Get these too.

Armed with these things, you can now start your voyage to conquer the free world!

Step 3: FTP Achievement Diary

 

Next to the Lumbridge General Store is Explorer Jack. Go ahead and speak with him to start your achievement diary. Many of the things you will do starting out are on it anyhow. and you get a great achievement ring that gives your run stat a boost.

Step 4: Bank Your Crap

 

A long time ago... in a galaxy far far away, there was no free stuff from vendors. You simply were given a bunch of junk as a result of starting the game. A buddy of mine spawned as a a level three noob in front of Lumbridge castle after finishing up the Tutorial. He wandered around Runescape like the noob he was, having no clue what to do. He stumbled into the wrong NPC, got killed, and lost all his newbie gear, except for his sword, shield, and something else.

 

Don't do this. Go to the top floor of the castle and bank your stuff. Don't wander around with all your stuff in your bag. It is a bad idea.

Step 5: Deciding on stats

 

 

You have to also make a decision at this point whether or not to keep your defense at 1 and be a real pure... or fudge it a little and level your defense to 5 like I did and wear full steel. There is not shame in a little defense. Just remember that a

real

pure means level 1 defense. You might get razzed a little for calling yourself a "pure" while wearing steel armor. As far as that goes, you might get made fun of anyhow for being a level 40 and wearing iron armor. Whatever...

 

I was able to do all the FTP quests (except Dragon Slayer) with these beginning these stats:

• Level 20 Attack
• Level 30 Strength
• Level 5 Defense
• Level 15 HP (...I think. Not too sure about this)

I leveled my stats first to these levels. This made my combay somewhere in the area of 25. I then did all the quests. When done questing (once again no including Dragon Slayer), everything was magically at:

 

• 26 Attack
• 31 Strength
• 5 Defense
• 26 HP

Leveling Magic and Range up to, but not greater than your strength should earn you more HP without affecting your combat level much, which is very important for a Melee pure.

 

Also I have decided to level my prayer to 13, so I can get "Super Human Strength" which gives a 10% strength bonus. I think it it worth it.

Step 6: Gearing up

 

I suppose you could skip this part, and go straight to the combat portion with just a bronze dagger. Some people like to make their own stuff, other don't mind buying everything. Complete this step as you see fit. But remember, this is a guide for a melee pure, with little or no defense. So armor will make the difference between life and death.

 

I personally like to fight with a Battle Axe. At level 20 you can wield Mithril, and that will be your questing weapon, unless you want to level your attack all the way to 30.

 

Obviously your decided defense level makes a difference here. I suggest getting to the point where you can either buy or make bronze legs, med helm, and square shield. At the very least do this until you can have a square shield to go with that nooby dagger, then continue to the next step.

Step 6: Chickens

 

That is right people, I said chickens! :thumbsup: First off, chickens are easy to grind on. They are harmless. Only once have I seen someone get pecked to death. And remember, you will have almost no defense, so even fighting cows before your strength and attack reach a minimum of 20

WILL

get you killed. You will run for the gate screaming like a little girl. I have first hand knowledge of this.

 

Also, fighting chickens gets you three very important things in your quest to be a defense noob: Cooking level, Prayer level, and money.

 

Selling feathers on the exchange is an absolute gold mine. At the writing of this guide they are going for around 15 each. On your trip to level 20 attack and strength, you will collect between 3k and 4k feathers easily. Do the math. that is between 45k to 60k in gold. Nothing for a noob to sneeze at. You can buy your full steel after just one load.

 

Bones can get you that lucky level 13 prayer previously discussed. This is really optional, especially if you are watching your combat level.

 

Do not underestimate the leveling power of raw chicken. I got to level 30 cooking on raw chicken. No joke. Do not just throw those raw chickens away. They will be essential to being able to cook your own fish later on.

Step 7: Cows

 

When you get your attack and strength to 20 -AND- have a full set of your chosen armor set, it is safe to fight stuff other than chickens. I worked on getting my strength to 30 so I could het harder, but if you want to work on other skills, go ahead. Attack is an honorable skill, and will be needed for dragon slayer later on anyhow.

 

There are a number of options for things to kill. I like cows because of the leather they drop. It can be tanned and either used to level crafting, or it can be sold on the exchange. I recommend using it to level your crafting. Being able to make your own amulets and jewelry is very handy at higher levels, especially if you decide to bestow membership on your this account later on.

 

Other things you could fight would be goblins in and around lumbridge, priests up at the monestary near the black knights fortress, and stuff in the security stronghold.

Step 8: cooking, fishing, achievements

 

I finished up my achievement to the medium level, and got my cooking and fishing up to 3 or so before starting my quests. This allowed me to catch and cook salmon, which is a good

leveling fish. Level 40 is lobster, which is even better. Of course, you

could

just buy your food if you do't want to do it yourself, but what fun is that? :P

 

This is also a good time to work on any other stuff you might want to get done before beginning questing.

Step 9: FTP quests

now you are ready for the quests... except for dragon slayer. Dragon slayer is a whole 'nother ball of wax. Shield of arrav is alsio hard, unless you have lots of online buddies willing to also create a new character and help you out. not too many low level noobs walking around. I did these in a kind of haphazard manner, almost at random. Use the guides here at tip.it if you get stuck.

 

Step 10: Building HP

 

So in order to build my hitpoints, I decided to level my magic and range up to the same level as my attack. I am not completely how this affects the whole idea of being "Pure." I am not sure if there is a official definition of pure or not. I think that it is perhaps cheating just a bit. But Hitpoints are crucial for low/no defense pures, and I don't mind.

In Conclusion

This is not the end all guide of guides. there are at least a half a dozen different ways to do this same thing. At the moment, I am getting ready to try dragon slayer. I will post more on that after I have played around with a few strategies. I read somewhere to get 50 attack and strength and it was doable. I hope someone found this helpful. Please post suggestions if I left something out.