OSRS Attack training guide
Determines your accuracy in melee combat and which weapons you can wield.
About Attack
Attack controls how often your melee hits land and gates the weapons you can equip. It does not affect how hard you hit — that is Strength — but a high Attack level makes a big difference against armoured targets.
Most players train Attack alongside Strength and Defence by choosing a combat style and letting the experience accumulate. It is rarely trained in isolation.
Fastest training
Rates assume an attentive player with the gear and unlocks that make each method work. Real sessions include banking, breaks and mistakes.
Controlled or accurate training on Sand Crabs
Sand Crabs on Crandor and Hosidius have high hitpoints, low damage and respawn quickly, which makes them the standard low-effort melee training target. Bring food early on, then almost none once your Defence catches up.
Nightmare Zone
Absorption potions and a Dharok set turn NMZ into near-unattended melee training. Set it up correctly and it is the highest passive melee experience in the game.
Slayer
Slower per hour than dedicated training, but it pays you and levels Slayer at the same time. Most players training combat seriously do it through Slayer.
Other approaches
- Profitable
- Training Attack through Slayer turns combat experience into drops rather than a food bill.
- AFK
- Nightmare Zone with absorptions, or Sand Crabs with a high Defence level, both need very little input.
- Free-to-play
- Train on chickens and cows to start, then move to the Stronghold of Security or Al Kharid warriors. Free players cap at 99 like everyone else.
Useful quests
Quest experience is often worth far more than the time it takes, particularly at low levels where the curve is shallowest.
- Vampyre SlayerKill Count Draynor with a stake. A large early Attack experience reward.4,825 xp
- Waterfall QuestNo combat requirements, no skill requirements, and it takes a fresh account to level 30 Attack and Strength.13,750 xp
- Tree Gnome VillageA maze, a battle and a warlord. Gives strong Attack experience and the glider network.11,450 xp
- Fight ArenaA series of arena fights. One of the better Attack experience rewards available early.12,175 xp
- Monkey Madness IUnlocks the dragon scimitar and gives 70,000 combat experience split across two skills.35,000 xp
- The Grand TreeStrong Attack and Agility experience, plus five quest points and the glider network.18,400 xp
Making money with Attack
- Green dragonsKill green dragons in the Wilderness for dragon bones and green dragonhide. A long-standing route for mid-level accounts.Level 60
- BarrowsClear six brothers and loot the chest. Predictable, safe and a good bridge between early PvM and serious bossing.Level 70
- Hill giantsKill hill giants for big bones and limpwurt roots. One of the first combat methods that pays on a free account.Level 30
- Ogress warriorsThe best free-to-play combat money maker. Ogress warriors drop gems, runes and coins consistently.Level 40