Old School RuneScape
Quest guides that tell you what to bring
Every quest with its required items, the teleports to each stop and what makes it quicker. Plus achievement diaries, skill calculators and money-making methods — all written here, none of it regurgitated.
182 quests · 12 diary sets · 23 skills · 14 calculators
Quests
Quest guides
Requirements, rewards, length and what each quest actually unlocks — so you can decide what to do next rather than working through a list.
Cook's Assistant
The traditional first quest. Fetch three ingredients for the Lumbridge cook.
The Restless Ghost
Lay a ghost to rest in Lumbridge graveyard for a sizeable early Prayer boost.
Doric's Quest
Bring a dwarf some ore. A large early Mining experience reward for very little work.
Sheep Shearer
Shear twenty sheep and spin the wool. A gentle introduction to Crafting.
Calculators
Popular tools
Experience tables, combat formulas and drop rates, worked out in the browser. No account linking, no adverts in the way, no waiting for a page to load.
Quest Planner
Enter your levels and see which quests you can start now, and what is blocking the rest.
Checks every quest we cover against your stats, your completed quests and your quest points, and names the specific requirement missing rather than just refusing.
Max Hit Calculator
Your exact max hit for melee, ranged and magic, using the game's own formula.
Accounts for prayer, attack style, void, potions and the damage multipliers, and floors at every step the way the game does — which is why the answer matches in game rather than being one off.
GE Profit Calculator
Work out net profit on a flip after the 2% Grand Exchange tax.
Enter a buy price, sell price and quantity to see gross profit, tax charged, net profit, ROI and the capital the trade ties up.
GE Tax Calculator
See exactly what the Grand Exchange takes from a sale.
Shows the tax on a single sale, including the per-item cap and the exemptions, plus the break-even price you need to sell at to avoid a loss.
XP Calculator
Experience remaining to your target level, and how many actions that takes.
Works from either level or exact experience, and converts the remainder into actions at whatever rate you enter.
Combat Level Calculator
Calculate combat level and see which stat raises it next.
Uses the standard Old School combat formula and tells you the cheapest single stat increase that would push you into the next combat level.
Drop Rate Calculator
The real odds of seeing a drop across a number of kills.
Calculates the probability of at least one drop over N attempts, the odds of going dry, and the kill counts at which you pass 50%, 90% and 99%.
Prayer Calculator
Bones needed and GP cost to reach your Prayer goal, at live prices.
Compares every bone against every altar multiplier, so you can see how many you actually need before committing to a route.
Money making
Ways to earn GP
Filter by GP per hour, requirements, risk and how much attention a method needs. Every rate is an estimate, and every page says what the estimate assumes.
Fortis Colosseum
Twelve waves of escalating fights, with the highest hourly rate in the game if you finish them.
- Est. GP/hr
- 5m–11m
- Starting GP
- 400k
- Attention
- Hands-on
- Requirements
- 95 Attack, 95 Strength, 90 Defence, 95 Hitpoints, 90 Ranged, 94 Magic, 77 Prayer
Theatre of Blood
Six fixed rooms, learned rather than improvised, and the least forgiving money in the game.
- Est. GP/hr
- 5m–10m
- Starting GP
- 1m
- Attention
- Hands-on
- Requirements
- 95 Attack, 99 Strength, 95 Defence, 95 Hitpoints, 99 Ranged, 94 Magic, 77 Prayer
Chambers of Xeric
The first raid, and the one that pays for learning it rather than after you have.
- Est. GP/hr
- 4m–9m
- Starting GP
- 500k
- Attention
- Hands-on
- Requirements
- 90 Attack, 74 Prayer, 78 Herblore, 70 Woodcutting, 70 Mining, 55 Farming, 30 Construction
Duke Sucellus
The most forgiving of the four awakened bosses, and the usual first one.
- Est. GP/hr
- 4m–8.7m
- Starting GP
- 300k
- Attention
- Hands-on
- Requirements
- 90 Attack, 90 Strength, 90 Defence, 70 Prayer
Vardorvis
A pure reaction fight — no prayer switching, just constant movement.
- Est. GP/hr
- 4m–8m
- Starting GP
- 300k
- Attention
- Hands-on
- Requirements
- 90 Attack, 90 Strength, 90 Defence, 70 Prayer
Tombs of Amascut
The raid you set the difficulty of yourself, which makes it the one to learn in.
- Est. GP/hr
- 3m–7m
- Starting GP
- 400k
- Attention
- Hands-on
- Requirements
- 95 Attack, 95 Strength, 90 Defence, 95 Hitpoints, 90 Ranged, 94 Magic, 77 Prayer
Achievement diaries
The unlocks worth doing early
Diaries are the best value in the game per hour spent, and most of the good ones are reachable far earlier than people assume.
Ardougne
The cloak most players chase first, for the teleports and the farm patch access.
Desert
Teleports and heat protection across the least forgiving region in the game.
Falador
A Prayer restore you carry, and easier access to Falador's resources.
Fremennik
Rellekka access, and the boots that make the northern islands bearable.
Kandarin
Seers' Village conveniences, and a strong Fishing and Woodcutting region.
Karamja
Gem mine access, and eventually a teleport straight to the Tzhaar city.
Guides
Written for players, not for search engines
Original guides covering trading mechanics, money making and getting started. Updated when something meaningful changes, not on a timer.
Quests
How to Get Barrows Gloves in OSRS
Every requirement for Barrows gloves in Old School RuneScape — the full Recipe for Disaster subquest list, skill levels needed, and a sensible order to do them in.
5 min readVideoUpdated
Grand Exchange
OSRS Flipping for Beginners: Your First Profitable Trades
A step-by-step introduction to flipping on the Old School RuneScape Grand Exchange, from your first buy offer to reading volume and avoiding mistakes.
8 min readVideoUpdated
Skills
Fastest Skills to 99 in OSRS
Which Old School RuneScape skills reach 99 quickest, roughly how many hours each takes, and why the fastest skills are usually the most expensive ones.
6 min readVideoUpdated
PvM
Which OSRS Boss Should You Learn First?
How to pick your first Old School RuneScape boss based on the stats you actually have, what each one pays, and how to learn without losing your bank.
6 min readVideoUpdated
Getting started
How to Make Your First Million GP in OSRS
Practical routes to your first million in Old School RuneScape, for accounts with low levels and no starting capital, in both free-to-play and members.
7 min readVideoUpdated
Grand Exchange
Best Items to Flip in OSRS: How to Pick Them Yourself
How to identify good Old School RuneScape flipping candidates using volume, margin, buy limits and liquidity — and why a fixed list goes stale.
7 min readVideoUpdated
Skills
All 23 skills
Training routes, costs, profitable methods and what each level unlocks.
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How our data works →Estimates stay estimates
GP per hour depends on prices, gear and attention. We publish ranges and say so, rather than presenting one number as fact.
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