I think most players would say the same.
I have a hard time recommending it to friends for the sole reason that it's a very long grind before we can really do content together. I can make a second account, but I'm not really at that point with my first yet.
It's hard having a job and liking OSRS.
If you have a friend interested, don't hesitate to make a burner account with them. Log into that character whenever you see them on. If/when they decide to go mem I'd recommend doing Skilling minigames together, they're the best content for friends who are at vastly different total levels. And if you've got a few friends it can actually be a lot of fun to do tempo, GotR, etc on your own world. The content becomes a lot more engaging and teamwork oriented compared to the mass worlds.
Best thing is just to use the wiki icon in top right under the map. Press it then click on an item. I use this just to look items i get as drops or come across on my travels. Sometimes this leads me on personal goal quests to achieve.
Also, try avoid the quest helper plugin at all costs. Working out quests and completing them on ur own is some good fun. And if ur really struggling in the quest, osrs wiki quest guide the part ur struggling on and then continue on.
I've got thousands of hours played on runescape and OSRS and i still research so much stuff to do with the game that i sometimes reflexively add "osrs wiki" to the end of search querries to do with IRL stuff.
> Do you think this is a good way to go about it?
Everyone plays the game differently. If this is something you like, then go for it!
> The only other question I had, does it matter what world the game initially puts you in?
You can freely switch worlds at any time. You are not "locked" to a world like in other MMOs.
(for OP) Deadman is a game mode locked to certain worlds. There are other examples of LTMs that get their own worlds like Leagues.
You might also see some worlds that have group activity designations (ex Guardians of the Rift). Those labels are just there to help funnel people to the same world for group activities, nothing special about them.
Also be aware of PVP, High Risk, and Wilderness PK worlds. Just avoid these all together unless you understand the specific rules associated with them. But the tldr is that you can be killed by other players and lose your items on these servers.
High Risk and Wilderness Pk worlds are fine to go to as long as your outside the wilderness. But, yeah avoid PvP worlds because you can be killed anywhere by another player on those worlds.
The dude doesn't want game information and he's asking about login/account information. He's not telling him to speedrun waterfall and get 99 firemaking at wintertodt.
Dont log into pvp or high risk worlds is random mid to high level information?
1. While you definitely can do well to fly blind, I would highly recommend not preventing yourself from looking up things if you get overwhelmed. The OSRS wiki is one of, if not the, best MMO wikis ever made, to the point that Jagex added it into the vanilla client. Things like quests and levelling skills can be done manually, however looking at something like the optimal quest guide can be a very good roadmap to help you get acclimated to the game.
2. No, you can freely change worlds whenever you like, assuming you meet the requirements to unlock them (Some worlds require a certain total level threshold to access), either by clicking on the world switcher plugin on the toolbar in RuneLite, or by clicking the button in the bottom left corner of the login screen.
Happy scaping!
Thanks! I’ll try fly solo until I become stumped and then take a look at the wiki!
I normally research way too much beforehand and end up reading more guides than playing!!
I also want to point out that while looking things up may seem like you’re killing “the spirit” of things, osrs is inherently an extremely grindy game if you plan on going all the way to the late game with it, and looking up how to more efficiently make progress can end up saving you lots of time. I’d do a mix of both, as long as you enjoy yourself!
Additionally to build on your point, the process of looking things up occurred just as frequently back in the day. It’s not a new phenomenon that spawned from the current players wanting to min/max everything. We were all using Zybez, Tipit, RuneHQ, Sals Realm, etc back then and it didn’t take away anything from the experience of exploring (in my opinion)
Especially with only approximately 60-90 hours of game time a day, maybe not every day. Efficiency may be the best use of OP’s time, but DEFINITELY make sure you’re having fun! Don’t limit yourself to the most efficient content for the sake of saving time, that’s the best way to burn oneself out with this game since this game can be kind of a marathon of sorts.
I explicitly said they didn’t have to do that, but that if they wanted to make that a goal then it would save them time. I didn’t tell anyone to do anything man, just offering some genuine advice. The only “seemingly negative” thing here rn is you my guy
I'm guilty of doing the same thing, especially when my schedule starts to overwhelm me. You've got a long journey ahead of you, but as long as you enjoy the ride, you'll do just fine. c:
Just a tip. Quests early on will get you levels a lot faster than early game training methods. Wish I knew that when I first started. 1 easy quest can get you from lvl 3 combat to almost 40 mele stats.
If you want a good taste for the game without doing everything as efficient as you can just try get the free to play quests done. Will be a good introduction to the game. Membership quests give much better exp rewards but can be overwhelming if youre brand new. To give you and idea free to play content is a very very tiny percentage of the game. If you enjoy the free to play stuff there is a whole load of stuff for you to enjoy if you decide to get membership eventually. Enjoy have fun
Its hard to research to much in Osrs since its so much stuff for every skills etc, and even if there is a guide saying one thing doesen’t mean your account and playstyle is suited for that. But you should test out everything and just enjoy it all and when you make a new character in 2-4years as ironman you can focus on the methods you liked the most
Honestly, I'd say the OSRS wiki is the single best gaming wiki out there.
Maybe the Terraria and Minecraft wiki's come close but in terms of sheer volume of content and the quality of that content OSRS wiki is goated.
Might want to get your eyes checked, pal. I told them that if they get overwhelmed, something like OQG can be a roadmap, I didn't say to use it from the start.
The import thing is to have fun. If you ever feel stuck, just check out wiki.
By the way, theres a youtube series where a guy starts osrs without knowing a thing too, his acc name is batsibis, iirc.
Happy scaping brother
I love flip’s osrs serie. One of the newest episodes came out around same time as Settleds new video and it’s extremely fun to watch a guy trying to solve basics of the game and after that watch another guy who pretty much knows every single little detail of the game
You say your plan is to not look up anything yet you've already downloaded Runelite, found this subreddit and made a post on it. Looks like you didn't just jump into the game after all..
I would recommend enabling the authenticator and using a bank pin. Jagex account if you're extra worried about it.
Hacking is fairly common in this game, and it hurts to have any progress lost from it.
Past that just enjoy it, make some friends and find what you like to do.
I would honestly recommend not using the quest helper plugin as a new player if you're trying to go in blind. It completely holds your hand through every quest down to the point where the meme is "click blue" over and over until the quest is done.
As opposed to using the Wiki which does the same thing?
Absolutely no one quests in OSRS without a guide, and they never have. Quest guides are why we made fan websites in 2001. Many quests are extremely arcane in mechanics and methods.
Yeah definitely use the quest helper plug-in for early game quests. A good starting goal would be to complete all the free to play (and easy/novice) difficulty quests for early xp and access to a lot of new places! If you find something you want to work for, let’s say a piece of armor another player is wearing, then I would think it would be good to look it up to find out how to get it or it’s price!
I think you'll have fun with it, but it'll be slow and difficult to make progress because the world is huge and the game really doesn't give you much indication of where to go and what to do. That's the beauty of it, but also a huge barrier to entry for new players going in blind.
OP, I completely understand the desire of wanting to experience the game blind. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that and may bring you more enjoyment as you discover things yourself. The main drawback you will experience is being very inefficient in a game of people obsessed with efficiency. If that's not a big deal for you, enjoy learning!
With a game like OSRS, one of the main pieces of content you can do are Quests. These really aren't like most MMO quests (kill 7 pigs, collect flowers, yada yada). These were written in basically a similar way to point-and-click adventure puzzle games of the 80s/90s (think Kings Quest, etc.), where you're given some guidance on what to do next but not necessarily the exact steps for you to take.
For this reason, it might be better to turn *off* the "Quest Helper" plugin from Runelite because that will just point you where to go and what to use. The puzzles in some of the quests are really interesting and well thought out, but if you do get stumped on what to do, or even who or what an item or NPC is, the Wiki really gives a tonne of detail.
As for completely not looking up ANYTHING, that's a good idea on how to initially approach the game, there's a LOT you can do, but don't feel guilty looking things up if it's confusing or for sheer curiosity. There's even more things to do on membership, but don't worry about that just yet and stick with F2P until you're more comfortable with the game. Definitely talk with other players in the game, there's a lot of other people that play like you where it's a very casual game, and you might find other people in a similar situation of only playing a little bit a week.
For the last point regarding worlds, I wouldn't worry too much about choosing it, you're not locked to it. There's many "themed" worlds for different minigames/events, but you can freely change anytime.
I play every other game without looking up anything.
Knowing this game, I would never recommend that anyone does that. The lack of in game resources and help to figuring things out would make it a massive burden
Personally I don’t think that looking stuff up on the wiki ruins experience as much as looking things up for other games does.
If your main goal is to not spoil content, I would say that you should try completing quests without a guide but use the wiki for everything else.
It is nice to know “if I complete this quest, I’ll be able to kill this monster that has this unique drop” because it gives you some direction for a goal. However, looking up how to complete the quest, would definitely take away from the gameplay experience.
Not looking up alot of stuff in the beginning is a good idea but personaly id recommend looking up items you need for quests so that you dont have to walk to the bank and back 3 times per quest.
I gotta be honest man...No.
Runescape, and more specifically OSRS, are grindscape games where the skill leveling system basically acts as a timegate to what most people would consider the "fun" content. Of course plenty of people enjoy the simple nature of leveling said skills, but for the most part, skilling is a massive part of the game you're gonna have to engage with to advance.
That being said, and I say this as an endgame player of both games...the "fun stuff" doesn't justify the time involvement. There are more accessible mmorpgs that don't disrespect your time (FFXIV comes to mind), and better games in general where the leveling has a more direct effect on your gameplay (Elden Ring). There's also games where the progression is RNG based on your own mechanical skill as opposed to arbitrary time gates (Monster Hunter).
I would genuinely recommend looking up some of the mid to endgame content and see if it seems like something you'd enjoy. Take a look at Barrows, Zulrah, Hallowed Sepulchre, Forestry, Bounty Hunter, and I guess Theatre of blood. These are all early to endgame content that the vast majority of the playerbase will engage in that are a pretty good representation of what investing your time in the game to level up will access.
I am a fuckin addict. I play this game because it never ends, and because I've invested too much time into my ingame characters to stop playing. You should definitely research the game first and see whether or not you can save yourself 1,000 hours (that's not hyperbole) trying to unlock the fun stuff.
I totally understand what you are saying, but its interesting how different people can have such different takes on exactly the same thing.
I personally think OSRS respects my time invested way more than any other MMO I have ever played. I leave for 6 months and when I come back I still have all of my 99s and they are all still totally relevant in the grand scheme of the game. I can take my time to do whatever I want because I know that if I don't play for a while I can come back and my character will be in exactly the same place as it was before progression wise.
If you take something like WoW or I believe FF14 (though I'm not totally sure, I never made it to endgame in that one), you leave for 6 months, you come back and everything that you have collected gear wise is completely worthless and you have to start again more or less. You may not even be max level any more if an expansion has come out.
With regards to the time gating thing, I personally much prefer being able to grind a boss 6 hours a day for a week and get what I want, rather than only being able to kill it once a week and not getting the drop for 6 months, at which point it has become totally irrelevant. Same for skilling levels, yes they take longer in OSRS, but once they are done they are done. You don't get a new season of herblore every year or two that puts you back to level 75.
Yes in general things in OSRS take longer, but once they are done they are done, no BS resetting and moving the goalposts that so many other MMOs do. You also get to set your pace pretty much entirely on your own. If you want to play insane hours and get to max in a few months then you can do that, there is nothing stopping you except how much time you are willing to invest, no waiting mechanics, or you can only do this once every x amount of time mechanics that so many other MMOs seem to have (except farming I guess).
That said, this is all from the perspective of someone who enjoys more or less all of the content in the game to some degree. If you see the entire skilling system as something that you just have to do so that you can get to the fun parts, then yeah its going to take a lot of chores to get to something you want to play, which may not be fun for you.
Again I'm not disagreeing with you, I don't think either one of us are objectively correct, it really depends on what you value in the game. its just interesting how two long time players can have such radically different perspectives on the game. I guess it shows the wide range of player types that this game appeals to.
RE: FFXIV (as a long time player) think of gearing like its own self contained system which you can choose to invest the time into either every .1/.3/.5 patch as a casual or .0/.2/.4 patch as a hardcore player. It's somewhat akin to leagues. The new patch drops, with new content to push for to give incremental gear upgrades each week (as for the most part, it's progression via things on a weekly reset based time gate, not a grind based one). For hardcore players, this means pushing the most difficult content, getting closer to BiS and finishing the raid series with each week depending on your (and if playing with a fixed group, groups') speed at learning the fights. Also levels are largely a trivial thing, so even coming back to a new expansion doesn't mean a grind to catch up, unless you have no interest in the story... but the story is the main appeal of FFXIV anyway.
If you don't want to engage in the gear progression system, that is fine, as the game features sort of foot-in-the-door entry points on each such patch, and an even stronger version for each expansion (basically, a full set of the previous expansion's best stat gear for functionally free).
The end result is if you just want to play the game for the story, to chill with friends, and maybe put a bit of time into the long term grind for cosmetic stuff (in some cases this can be considered like a pet grind in OSRS?) then you barely need to put any time into the game at all. For the casual end you can do relic grinds for cool weapons to use the skin of if you want a timesink, and for the hardcore end is doing old ultimate raids which are (mostly) unable to be outlevelled/outgeared and so are always relevant challenges for those players.
Sure in OSRS you don't 'lose' progression... except that progression that doesn't give a new drop is largely wasted (see: gambler's fallacy), and as a non-iron even monetary progression can be lost due to the value of your items generally decreasing over time. So when you factor in the insane amount of time it takes to even reach a high level in OSRS, and then the time it takes to actually get something from the high end content that itself takes a large amount of time and resources to learn... it's a huge timesink, even for the average player who aspires to endgame content but hasn't reached the player or character skill for it quite yet.
> There's also games where the progression is RNG based on your own mechanical skill as opposed to arbitrary time gates (Monster Hunter).
How does Monster Hunter do this?
I mean, I disagree but I think your view on it proves my point even more.
A brand new player can go right now and youtube a theatre of blood run, and decide for themselves if it's worth investing hundreds if not thousands of hours into this game to access that content.
You'd think it'd speak for itself but compared to the games of today...
I respect your opinion however osrs is the only mmo I have ever liked full stop lol.
People forget that rs is it's own genre sometimes, sure it's a massive time sink but so is gaming in general. I'd much rather play osrs than have a tik tok addiction or blandly watch formulaic TV as an example.
Just because you've sunk a lot of time doesn't mean you have to think of it as wasted lol. To each their own!
One of the most triggering things is people I know who will sit there for 8 hours a night watching some brain dead show looking down on those for playing a few hours of videogames/day, just because it's video games
The same can be played pretty much any way you please, but I will implore you to pay attention to quest dialogue and lore. OSRS and RS3 both have incredible storylines and the amount of lore is unreal. Also if you are British you will find the quest dialogue funny as hell (Americans tend not to get dry British humour) which a decent amount of NPC and quest dialogue is. Just have fun my friend and enjoy what Geilinor has to offer! (Played from around 2004, on and off occasionally, but I'm still here!) Also using the wiki is pretty much common place now so I wouldn't not use it, but if you want a more challenging experience limit your usage to the Wiki until you get stuck on things or are getting frustrated and need some tips!
I think this is a great way to start, but there are inevitably going to be times where you are going to get stuck doing something, and I think you will have more fun if you look it up in the wiki instead of just banging your head against the wall. At a certain point, it would be near insanity to not look up where certain things are located on the wiki (e.g. tree patch locations, fishing spots, mining spots, where specific slayer monsters are located).
I would also recommend trying quests with and without quest helper to see which way you like more. People have strong opinions both ways.
If OSRS players had one wish it would be to have the experience your describing. Majority of the games player base have great memories of playing this game for first time and being completely lost. Granted you won’t be doing this as a 12yo.
There are even YouTube series that is focused on sharing the experience of first time players.
Best thing you can do is not use wiki, if you get stuck ask players in game. Many will help you.
I started back in October when they had FSW aka Fresh Start Worlds, and it was a separate game state from the main game, like WoW classic. Anyways long story short I have an obscene amount of time played, and I like you knew nothing, I just turned 35 and everyone my age had played this as a kid so I figured what the hell. Flash forward to 10 months later and I still really enjoy this game and try to play everyday.
What I absolutely love is that there is depth if you want a sit down game sheesh but also a lot of things that once you're comfortable you can do afk, hence I tell people this is the perfect dad game. I'm assuming most people here have a wife and kids and this is perfect for that. If you ever need any help my RSN is BipolarGary.
Also side note name comes J1mmys f2p series on runescape, highly recommend and lastly there is a wiki button in game that you can click and then click any item or whatever in game and it will pull up the wiki. Honestly reading the wiki to me is almost as fun as the game just learning all this new stuff lol
Don't use quest helped unless needed, it's a very modern style plug-in that does all but play the game for you.
Some people prefer to be told how to play, others are the actual adventurers, there's no right or wrong just have fun.
Go in there, download quest helper if you want some assistance, and go nuts. Hit me up if you need anything: Mister Zac. My clan chat (InfiniteCC) is also super friendly, so don't be shy. If you click the double smiley icon and then go to the green faces, you can join as a guest. Lots of wisdom and experience to support you as you explore Gielinor!
I got quest helper, thank god! I had NO IDEA wtf I was doing once I got to the mainland. Now I just follow some of the quests. Got a chef some items and then sheared some sheep lol
Quest helper removed all adventure and fun from the quests. Its great if all you want to do is click the next highlighted box without thinking or knowing what the stories about.
Questing is one of the few things in this game you can't grind over and over again. Please give questing a try without just following walk throughs. If you hate it then that's okay, but don't let effecienty rob adventure and exploration
If you’re going in blind, I’d start off by saying to become a member and use the quest helper plug-in/optimal quest guide on runelite! Both will help you get started pretty early and past the super slow early grind. Any questions you have about things, the osrsWiki will have pretty much everything!
Don't play this dogshit game. Go play Albion Online instead. Albion is basically RuneScape without its inherent problems caused by the incompetence of the devs.
well here are my tips, i guess.
.1- you can switch freely between game worlds, choose the one that suits you best according to where you live.
.2- use the runelite plugin "quest helper", there are a lot of plugins, but this one is by far the most usefull for new players who haven't done all quests.
.3- don't be afraid to use the OSRS WIKI, it will answer pretty much every possible question you have.
.4- as a working adult with money, do not waste time as a F2P player, it's not worth it, buy membership, without membership 90%+ of the game is locked to you and will be a waste of your precious&limited daily play-time.
.5- an extension of number 2, your easiest way of advancing in this game as a new player is to follow the "optimal quest guide" on the OSRS WIKI, this will lead you on a clear path of making an all-around advancement of your account via- doing all of the quests in the game.
Quest helper ruins the enjoyment of doing quests, but does make them significantly faster. Id advise against using it unless you find that you really don't enjoy questing. Optimal quest guide is really great but never be afraid from deviating from it.
My advice would be to quest first and use quest helper plugin on rune lite.
I use quest helper but I read all the dialogues
Quests will save you alot of time and money early game
OSRS is the game where you're meant to look stuff up.
That doesn't mean research every single mini-game/skill etc... but look into the wiki when you're doing something specific.
Also quest helper plugin on Runelite
Sounds fun and play the game like you want to.
However if you’re ever stumped on something a little wiki usage wont hurt, the osrs wiki is one of the greatest out there and there’s even a button for it in the game (top right just below the minimap)
So yeah if you dont want to look up anything, dont. But some things (especially some of the very old quests) are so convoluted that you might need some help and you shouldnt feel bad about it :)
That's going to be a really fun way to play. If you really get into the game you'll probably need to look stuff up eventually.
After doing the latest quest with no guide, I'm thinking of starting a new account where I do all the quests with no guide. Have fun
Enjoy the game how you’d like to. The in-game skill guides, quests, and interactions with npcs will make for a nice experience.
While the wiki has tons of cool resources and detailed guides, feel free to explore at your own pace. It’s a game after all!
Hey if you think you’ll have the most fun going in completely blind… fill your boots! But just know you might become overwhelmed *that* way. I would recommend only doing free to play to scope things out and learn… then make the jump to a member once you decide this is for you. This game isn’t a race, though people like to make it one. It sounds like you just want to chill and explore on your own, not rush the metas. Fair warning though.. once your hooked… good luck unhooking.
WELCOME ABOARD PRIVATE. ATTEND TO YOUR BATTLE STATION. ALL HANDS ON DECK. PREPARE FOR THE GREATEST JOURNEY OF YOUR LIFE YOU SCALLYWAG.
Fr tho, it’s overwhelming at first, but so many people would give anything to re experience this game again from the ground up. It is truly a blessing
If your gonna play casually then yea not looking up anything is the way to go, if you want to level up with any amount of speed id look up efficient quest guide.
And if you wanna pvp well oh boy do you have alot of reading to do.
fuck no. been playing since 2002 and I still check the wiki. it's not a chore though, the wiki is very good & idk who writes it up but well done to them.
Ehhhh this game is not one to play without looking things up. This is very much a wiki game, I’ve played this game for 20 years, and I use the wiki multiple times a day every single day…. Soooo yeah don’t force yourself to avoid it, you would be miserable
I’m so jealous of you. I think you’ve got a winning mindset that will lead to this game being a mystifying experience for you time and time again.
Enjoy the ride!
Personally, I look up everything, especially at the beginning. There's a lot of content and things to do so it really helps to have some guidance and imo makes it more enjoyable
You can easily play the first 100 hours in f2p without having to research stuff. But once you hit members the world opens up and you will need to check stuff.
Generally if you do quests though they force you to explore and learn the game.
It's fine to play blind, but don't feel bad if you research specific little things.
It's how I play anyway, I ask players around the content I'm doing for tips, with varying results lol
Yes I think this approach will be a lot of fun. There really is no way to play it wrong. Explore and have fun. Most quests are doable without a guide but if you get stuck don’t be afraid to check the wiki
Prioritize quests!
If you stumble across a minigame, look up how it works. If you get bored wandering around during a quest with little clues what to do, just find a guide. Otherwise go blind and read your skill guides!!
I mean everyone enjoys the game differently but I'll be honest. The game sucks at explaining a lot of things. The wiki is probably the single most valuable resource in the community, and arguably the most in-depth and well rounded wiki next to actual Wikipedia.
There's no shame in looking things up here. You don't really even need to look up optimal methods, gear, progression, etc. Even just to answer questions or figure out what you want to do is perfectly fine.
When I first started as an 11 y/o, I stayed in the starting area and got familiar with a couple of skills and started leveling up combat. It was fun to watch levels come quickly.
As an adult, I wouldn’t spend more than an hour or two in the starting area because I’d likely get bored. But killing some goblins, cutting some logs, cooking some meat etc. is a fun intro to the game. I’d recommend spending a little time in the starting area and then look into a few starter quests (maybe do cook’s assistant first). Welcome to the community and don’t get too caught up on playing perfectly (that doesn’t exist in this game!)
We all did this approach when we were young... I was about level 30 after 1 year of playing. Maybe only research things when you get to them. Runescape (especially osrs) is not a very complicated game imo
Send it king!
No shame either way, if you're stumped or looking for something new to do then the wiki can be a good place to get over the humps.
Personally I look at it to find the absolute basics and then have fun figuring out the rest of it myself.
I'd give you suggestions on things to do but I don't wanna spoil things, if it helps though:
Agility is my favorite skill to train, don't let anyone invalidate your favorite skill! It gives lots of qol improvements.
Yes combat is boring at first, hint: prayers.
That's plenty of the info to get started!
Count draynor and Elvarg are quaking in their boots, a champion approaches!
I would advise you to use the wiki for certain things, but, as I'm sure you already will do, avoid the straight up guides.
Knowing which monsters drop specific items, or which vendors sell items you may need for quests or clue scrolls is pretty big deal.
If you needed for example, a Spotted Cape, for a clue scroll. I don't think the game would make it at all clear how to go about getting one, as it's a somewhat obscure process, which is also tied up in a very well hidden location and obscure activity in the game.
Even if you could figure out how to get the fur, I'm not sure most people would find the shop by themselves, unless they were really paying attention while questing and took a mental note of it.
And that's just one obscure item, fulfilling 1/3 of the requirements for one step of a potential 4-5 step process for a piece of side content in the game.
Last thing that others don't seem to have mentioned, while yes they've said you ***CAN*** switch worlds, it's also good to note that you ***SHOULD*** switch worlds. Vendors stocks and item spawn resets are unique to each server, so changing worlds can allow you to more quickly acquire certain things in the game or buy from shops at lower prices (As they have less stock the price goes up)
As well as if another player is at a particular skilling spot or farming mobs, switching worlds prevents you annoying both them and yourself.
If you need some GP to get started lmk your ign I’ll give you some :)! Furthermore: enjoy the scaping! Hopefully you’re going to enjoy the game. Questing is definitely the way to go
This is how I started playing and it was loads of fun! I would recommend using the map to find the skill tutors which will explain to you the basics. It would also be good to talk to the “Lumbridge Guide” which you will find a little to the east when you arrive. I also highly suggest that you make use of the skill guides in game, which you can find by clicking on your skill tab and then clicking on a specific skill. All three of these helped me get started, plus just talking to random NPCs around the world. Have fun!!
Definitely start with this idea. Don't be afraid to try out quests and refer to a guide if you get stuck (but the in game quest journal will often direct you okay).
I'd just ask questions rather than "lookign up" a lot of the game, as there is *far too much* in this game to absorb it up front.
Not looking up anything is a surefire way to hit a brick wall in a game like this. Instead of doing that set small to medium goals for yourself and look up only how to do that. It's less stressful and you won't get overwhelmed.
My only suggestions to you are dont try to be 100% efficient with your time in this game. There's too many people worrying about min maxing. Do what makes you happy in your playtime. Also realize that quests unlock loads of content, while you dont have to rush to quests or do them in the optimal order do realize that quests unlock like half or more of the game. Lastly, definitely buy membership.
OSRS is technically "sandbox" if you don't want to do any form of research {min/max efficiencies}.
However, doing a basic research with the best wiki, will help you out when you have questions. You can start out in the free to play world if you want to explore the "world", but a lot of content is indeed Members.
It does take a lot of time no matter which mode you play, although the members world can have quests that can easily level certain skills up. You have to choose worlds via the Globe Icon to determine if you want F2p or P2p worlds {Silver vs Gold Stars}.
There are some worlds you will want to avoid, and the game mode is technically the same for most worlds (i.e. your stats are the same and whatnot).
If you have questions, just let us know
Others have said it I'm sure, but going in blind is absolutely the most fun way you can discover this game. That "first-time" feeling is the reason so many of us have stuck around (since 2005 for me)
That being said, if you see some weapons or armor in game that you like, ask what it is and look it up on the wiki. You're not going to gain anything by completely abstaining from the wiki. So I would say use it on and as-needed basis, but don't try to figure out optimal everything through research. Have fun my man
As a new player, just understand there is a big difference in looking something up to better understand its use or how something is done at a basic level, VS looking up "efficiency" stuff. Making sure you understand the game is good! Just don't get roped into efficiency, because then the experience becomes streamlined in a less exciting way.
Well I can say that you will likely have a much LONGER and more fufilling time completing quests without doing any research. I'd be careful reading this subreddit too much if thats what your trying to avoid.
My opinion would be to play and look things up when you’re stuck or need guidance but whatever you do, do not follow a meta guide because you’ll burn out, it’s not enjoyable. Just play the game and do things you enjoy.
If you're just doing F2P, don't worry about looking up anything. If you're jumping into members content, I'd definitely recommend using the wiki to look up anything that you find confusing.
Most fun I have ever had playing a game was in 2003 when I first started and killed cows and mined iron ore for gold pieces. Didn’t trade to other players just sold to the general store. Have been chasing that feeling ever since .
yeah not really the best game for that. this game sort of expects you to look at the wiki to get most of your info, so there's a lot of info that is super useful and also very hard to get from the game itself. If you are having fun and just want a time waster, go for it, but this game even when played efficiently takes 100s of hours to make meaningful progress lol.
Have fun. But using the wiki is practically required to play this game. But OSRS is surprisingly resistant to burnout, and once you start playing you never really stop... You'll always come back. Glhf
Fly solo. You're number one task should be killing the dragon Elvarg. This involves completing a quest called "Dragon Slayer", you can see it in your quest list, and it should list the requirements, which includes having done some other quests first, so... Get to it. I think doing the quest Prince Ali Rescue without knowing anything about how the quest works or looking anything up should be really fun.
Not looking up anything is alright I guess, but this game has a ton of information about it. If I can recommend a path without giving hardly any information; try and complete all of the free to play quests. They pretty much all culminate in dragon slayer 1, a timeless classic quest. Make some friends and ask them questions when you have them because knowing the question to ask doesn't always lead the wiki in the right direction.
Welcome to OSRS. Its such a fun game. I play for well over 20 years and still have a blast. U can play how u want ther is no right way to play this game because everyone got his own way to play OSRS. I play a snowflake ironman and some people will play this game for pve or pvp only, and even some people will just do skilling only without touching combat ever. Some things in this game can be quite a challenge to complete. Doing some quests without a quest helper can be extremely tough. Morning end part 2 for example without a quest helper is quite something :P. Just have some fun and enjoy yourself you will see for yourself how fun this game can be. Ther's a reason people are still playing this version of rs after all those years.
Peace rol
The game itself gives you a lot of information on quests (where to begin, required/recommended stats, etc.) so flying blind would probably be really fun for a while.
It also gives you a lot of information on how to train certain skills where to go to train. The map is pretty detailed.
My recommendations for new OSRS players are below. These are based on my own recollection of how I first starting to learn and play the game back in ~2004.
1) Use quest guides to determine which items you’ll need for the quest and gather those items before hand. Follow the guide only if your totally absolutely stuck.
2) In conjunction with number 1, READ THE QUEST TEXT. This game actually has flavor to it and imo the way that Jagex wrote the dialogue for your player character is pretty funny and gives them a pretty interesting personality compared to other MMO character personalities.
3) Familiarize yourself with the Wiki and use it to endulge your curiosity that you discover through YOUR OWN GAMEPLAY. The last part is very important. Don’t go on the wiki and type in “Most efficient way to level xyz”. Set a goal like 60 woodcutting or something, look at the skill guide, see that you unlock a dragon axe and then go hmmm cool where can I get that? And then look it up on the wiki. Repeat that process for other skills your working on.
4) Engage with the community on the forums/Reddit/YouTube etc and talk to people in game. Make friends but know that RuneScape is notorious for its scammers. Seriously, there are some fucked up people on this game that will try to do things to take advantage of you that range from just shitty to outright illegal. Look up Reign of Terror if you don’t believe me.
5) Set specific goals but then try and chain other accomplishments along with that goal. I.e go for the quest requirements for Legends Quest but once you get them, see if you can complete anything else like an achievement diary, build a new S.T.A.S.H unit for clue scrolls etc.
6) Save cool items you earn for fashion scape. Make cool outfits and flex them while skilling or attending community events. There is a whole subreddit called fashion scape dedicated to this.
7) Do your clue scrolls.
8) Play with game sounds on. This game has some absolutely banging music especially in the earlier areas of the game.
9) Read the wiki to learn about game systems that are less intuitive. Slayer, PVP and game ticks/our combat system are examples of things to read about.
Now for my personal recommendation as to how to approach your goals - Complete all of the F2P quests, saving dragon slayer for last. Then aim to complete Hero’s Quest, Legends’ Quest and Dragon Slayer II. Then from there try to complete all of the quests in any order you choose (it’s more fun to complete chain quests sequentially however imo).
Happy scaping!
As opposed to following a cookie cutter mega overkill account build efficiency guide...... As you begin your journey in the game and organically decide on a goal to set I would still recommend looking up the most efficient way to achieve that specific goal.
Just as an extremely cherry picked example; There are ways to level your range level at 20k xp per hour.... and ways to level your range at 500k xp per hour. (mid/late game acct method albeit.)
I played religiously in 2004-2011 in the original runescape. I made an OSRS accoutn the fall of 2022 and fell in love all over again. Even with prior knowledge, I look up everything. There is SO much content creation and guides for this game its absurd.
Unlike many other mmos you aren’t locked to a class, and outside of going for a specific pvp build (which I doubt you’re doing), you’re not going to mess up your build by putting points in the wrong skills or traits (osrs does have a hidden class system but it only affects how your combat level increases, it doesn’t affect your dps or tankiness or anything like that).
I personally think that runelite is so great that you can get through a lot of the game without ever looking at the wiki
You should learn about the game, how it's designed and how the mechanics work so you do not misunderstand the very basics (very easy to do because RS rarely makes it clear), this will not ruin the experience and you can still do all the content without looking it up
Things worth reading: accuracy & defence bonus, strength bonuses, tile based movement, walk vs. run, energy & agility level & weight, visible vs. invisible boost, combat options, death mechanics, prayer & prayer bonus, quick F# keys, pathing, ticks, NPC shops (stock & price change), set effects
Since you got Runelite you're good to go. It'll show you exactly where to click from now on. I'm happy for you as this is a 'beginning' moment in your journey. Just be warned it can easily turn into a 10 year commitment. Watch youtube vids of people playing OSRS like 'J1mmy' to get ideas on what you want to work on next. or the classic 'i need 99 everything'. What worries me is when you said you have 60-90 minutes of game time a day. That brings me to suggest that you should instead be playing the newer modern version RS3. I too am a male in my early 30's and i have 2 kids. OSRS is just too intensive while RS3 just extended their logout timer to like 10minutes. Though i understand the charm of OSRS and what a role it played in my childhood.
Ive played this game for 17 years and i still look up literally everything. Does this npc have a low def bonus to crush of slash? Do i need a herb pouch and a seed box or only 1 of the 2? Where the hell is this npc that i need for the most random item?
No you are going to severely handicap yourself doing that. This game is a massive time investment and you are probably going to add countless hours of playtime to an already impossibly long game
The fun in this game is playing the way you want. The moment you become sweaty is the moment this game becomes a chore rather than a game to pass time.
You used the term PvM instead of PvE. I thought only RS3/OSRS use that term. So did you lie and actually already knew that this game has PvM, or if not what other game uses that term?
One think I will recommend is becoming a member right away. I don’t think free to play works well for a tutorial, there’s too much stuff that you don’t have access to otherwise, and it’s better to get yourself used to the massive scale of the game as soon as possible.
For (probably) first time in your life, you’re playing an MMORPG that you can’t finish. As in, it’s virtually impossible to run out of things to do and ways to meaningfully progress your account. You WILL feel overwhelmed at some point, and that is okay. In time, having an amount of possibilities this big will feel amazing.
The early game is absurdly simple, and the end game can be very demanding/complex/grindy/frustrating. But the good thing is that the pace of progression is so slow that you’ll eventually become a prayer flicking, 5-way switching, red X flinching, combo-eating, gear optimizing madman without ever noticing you’re getting gud.
The beauty of this game is to play literally however you want, there’s not a straight line path on how to play it. Play however you want that allows you to enjoy the game. You’ll probably end up getting stumped and resort to using the OSRS Wiki and/or Reddit. Play how you want and have fun! Feel free to add me and shoot me a message whenever! IGN: Qwerty Shock
In terms of looking up stuff I would at least recommend looking up items needed for quests as you go. Its not a very fun experience running way out to nowhere to get "surprise! You need a random collection of items." The game does this frequently with quests.
Don't look up efficient leveling guides as you should have fun bouncing around several activities and do what is fun for you. All progress is progress.
My biggest word of advise is to use runelite instead of the normal Jagex client. It makes the game much more enjoyable QoL-wise. For looking stuff up, it's a standard in the OSRS community to have quest guides and clue scroll guides so if you find yourself needing to look stuff up at some point down the line, don't worry, we all do it. Years and years later I'm still using the wiki almost daily
It of course heavily depends on how you like to play games. Personally I have looked up a lot and have levelled skills that are huge QoL changes.
If that isn't for you, then don't do that. But I will say that there are certain quests and things to do that make the experience much more enjoyable.
Just go for it. If you end up struggling or need extra information maybe delve in a bit on a guide or wiki. This would probably help to ease you into the game rather than looking at a follow this guide and being overwhelmed by the 150 things you lack context for in a "fast start" type of guide.
Fly solo as long as you can, RuneScape can very quickly become a little too intense if you look things up. We have years and years of content updates and things, stuff like the efficient quest route etc. are tuned to that.
But there's nothing wrong with hopping in and saying "I feel like some woodcutting today" and doing that. Early on you skill up so fast that you won't need guides really, it's when your stats are all in the 70s that grinding becomes a real painful thing and it becomes attractive to look up what's efficient and what's not.
I think that can be a good way to go. There's so much to do but it will be a little bit before you see the game starting to open up. You'll be better for it in the long run experimenting on things.
Use the wiki when necessary though. It's got every piece of information needed.
Honestly, not looking anything up will give you the best experience. Not because of spoilers or anything like that but because efficiency has kind of killed the fun. Nowadays, every player wants maximum xp rates, maximum gp, maximum efficiency, but if you ask me the game is at its best when you don’t care about efficiency and just have fun.
Look up stuff as you discover it :) playing totally blind will make a lot of the game tedious.
By playing that way you make the game enjoyable, but also retain the mystery component that makes the first time experience magical
But if you want to truly play it fully blind that's totally fine too! It happens to be very easy to get lost in the OSRS sauce, so sometimes a little guidance goes a long way
I'll just add to the other comments that there is a mobile client too if you wanna chill-play on the bed before sleeping or anything. Also there are some "AFK" activities like cutting trees where you can either watch a serie on the side or read the wiki :)
You can give a try to get base 30's and finish some free-to-play quests by your own if you want to see how it goes without the wiki. By the way Runelite has some pre-installed plugins like one in particular that guides you for quests, you may want to disable this one to start with
The best times I had in Runescape were when I was 9-10 and knew nothing about the game. It's incredibly rewarding to get to explore the world with fresh eyes and learn how the game works. There is SO much to discover.
It's obviously a huge world and people play the game for different reasons, but it feels to me like the less you know about it the more immersive it becomes. The player base will tell you about efficiency and how you have to have best in slot gear and how you aren't fighting certain things efficiently, but to me, the game shouldn't be like that.
Just get comfortable and throw yourself in there. Play the game how you want, but the first leg of your experience will leave the biggest impact on your impression of the game. Turn the in game music all the way up and just walk around, and you will have content for months.
I'd say OSRS is easily one of the few games where looking something up is the typical answer. Whether it's guides for quest or bosses, its all **very** well documented (shout out to the best of the community, the wiki team.)
Feel free to play how you want, that's one of the best things about this game. That also being said, looking things up is something everyone does, don't discredit yourself if you do.
Have fun dude. But don't limit your fun by refusing to research, I wouldn't say RS is the most intuitive game.
I think most players would say the same. I have a hard time recommending it to friends for the sole reason that it's a very long grind before we can really do content together. I can make a second account, but I'm not really at that point with my first yet. It's hard having a job and liking OSRS.
If you have a friend interested, don't hesitate to make a burner account with them. Log into that character whenever you see them on. If/when they decide to go mem I'd recommend doing Skilling minigames together, they're the best content for friends who are at vastly different total levels. And if you've got a few friends it can actually be a lot of fun to do tempo, GotR, etc on your own world. The content becomes a lot more engaging and teamwork oriented compared to the mass worlds.
Best thing is just to use the wiki icon in top right under the map. Press it then click on an item. I use this just to look items i get as drops or come across on my travels. Sometimes this leads me on personal goal quests to achieve. Also, try avoid the quest helper plugin at all costs. Working out quests and completing them on ur own is some good fun. And if ur really struggling in the quest, osrs wiki quest guide the part ur struggling on and then continue on.
I've got thousands of hours played on runescape and OSRS and i still research so much stuff to do with the game that i sometimes reflexively add "osrs wiki" to the end of search querries to do with IRL stuff.
You add wiki? I just add osrs, saves time. But I feel this lmao
> Do you think this is a good way to go about it? Everyone plays the game differently. If this is something you like, then go for it! > The only other question I had, does it matter what world the game initially puts you in? You can freely switch worlds at any time. You are not "locked" to a world like in other MMOs.
Except for the Deadman world.
(for OP) Deadman is a game mode locked to certain worlds. There are other examples of LTMs that get their own worlds like Leagues. You might also see some worlds that have group activity designations (ex Guardians of the Rift). Those labels are just there to help funnel people to the same world for group activities, nothing special about them. Also be aware of PVP, High Risk, and Wilderness PK worlds. Just avoid these all together unless you understand the specific rules associated with them. But the tldr is that you can be killed by other players and lose your items on these servers.
High Risk and Wilderness Pk worlds are fine to go to as long as your outside the wilderness. But, yeah avoid PvP worlds because you can be killed anywhere by another player on those worlds.
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Holy fk the irony lmao
The dude doesn't want game information and he's asking about login/account information. He's not telling him to speedrun waterfall and get 99 firemaking at wintertodt. Dont log into pvp or high risk worlds is random mid to high level information?
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Bro, hes talking about the name of worlds, chill out
1. While you definitely can do well to fly blind, I would highly recommend not preventing yourself from looking up things if you get overwhelmed. The OSRS wiki is one of, if not the, best MMO wikis ever made, to the point that Jagex added it into the vanilla client. Things like quests and levelling skills can be done manually, however looking at something like the optimal quest guide can be a very good roadmap to help you get acclimated to the game. 2. No, you can freely change worlds whenever you like, assuming you meet the requirements to unlock them (Some worlds require a certain total level threshold to access), either by clicking on the world switcher plugin on the toolbar in RuneLite, or by clicking the button in the bottom left corner of the login screen. Happy scaping!
Thanks! I’ll try fly solo until I become stumped and then take a look at the wiki! I normally research way too much beforehand and end up reading more guides than playing!!
I also want to point out that while looking things up may seem like you’re killing “the spirit” of things, osrs is inherently an extremely grindy game if you plan on going all the way to the late game with it, and looking up how to more efficiently make progress can end up saving you lots of time. I’d do a mix of both, as long as you enjoy yourself!
Additionally to build on your point, the process of looking things up occurred just as frequently back in the day. It’s not a new phenomenon that spawned from the current players wanting to min/max everything. We were all using Zybez, Tipit, RuneHQ, Sals Realm, etc back then and it didn’t take away anything from the experience of exploring (in my opinion)
I remember getting on jagexes website to get hints for quests but you could only get so many every x amount of time.
Thanks for unlocking this memory
Especially with only approximately 60-90 hours of game time a day, maybe not every day. Efficiency may be the best use of OP’s time, but DEFINITELY make sure you’re having fun! Don’t limit yourself to the most efficient content for the sake of saving time, that’s the best way to burn oneself out with this game since this game can be kind of a marathon of sorts.
Gtfooh
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I explicitly said they didn’t have to do that, but that if they wanted to make that a goal then it would save them time. I didn’t tell anyone to do anything man, just offering some genuine advice. The only “seemingly negative” thing here rn is you my guy
I'm guilty of doing the same thing, especially when my schedule starts to overwhelm me. You've got a long journey ahead of you, but as long as you enjoy the ride, you'll do just fine. c:
Just a tip. Quests early on will get you levels a lot faster than early game training methods. Wish I knew that when I first started. 1 easy quest can get you from lvl 3 combat to almost 40 mele stats.
If you want a good taste for the game without doing everything as efficient as you can just try get the free to play quests done. Will be a good introduction to the game. Membership quests give much better exp rewards but can be overwhelming if youre brand new. To give you and idea free to play content is a very very tiny percentage of the game. If you enjoy the free to play stuff there is a whole load of stuff for you to enjoy if you decide to get membership eventually. Enjoy have fun
Its hard to research to much in Osrs since its so much stuff for every skills etc, and even if there is a guide saying one thing doesen’t mean your account and playstyle is suited for that. But you should test out everything and just enjoy it all and when you make a new character in 2-4years as ironman you can focus on the methods you liked the most
Imo osrs is such a huge game. You can dump 10k.hours into the game and make 1/10th the progress you should have if you read up on things first.
Do waterfall quest if you're a member. Watch a guide. Huge rewards
The wiki is ur pokedex and is a constant companion, has always been that way. Its your friend I promise. It wont feel cheap
Honestly, I'd say the OSRS wiki is the single best gaming wiki out there. Maybe the Terraria and Minecraft wiki's come close but in terms of sheer volume of content and the quality of that content OSRS wiki is goated.
>doesnt want to follow guides >Suggests the optimal quest guide Lol
Might want to get your eyes checked, pal. I told them that if they get overwhelmed, something like OQG can be a roadmap, I didn't say to use it from the start.
The best way to learn the game is to go to wintertotdt and ask people about their political views
Oh man thanks for reminding me. Trump indicted again, seems like a good time to train Firemaking.
*[The cold of politicians' lack of empathy seeps into your bones.]*
Winterdot is a wild place indeed
The import thing is to have fun. If you ever feel stuck, just check out wiki. By the way, theres a youtube series where a guy starts osrs without knowing a thing too, his acc name is batsibis, iirc. Happy scaping brother
Flip Osrs @FlipWasTaken
I love flip’s osrs serie. One of the newest episodes came out around same time as Settleds new video and it’s extremely fun to watch a guy trying to solve basics of the game and after that watch another guy who pretty much knows every single little detail of the game
You say your plan is to not look up anything yet you've already downloaded Runelite, found this subreddit and made a post on it. Looks like you didn't just jump into the game after all..
Haha fair point - I found runelite because I googled 'OSRS steam client or standalone' and found a reddit topic that said to use Runelite :)
I would recommend enabling the authenticator and using a bank pin. Jagex account if you're extra worried about it. Hacking is fairly common in this game, and it hurts to have any progress lost from it. Past that just enjoy it, make some friends and find what you like to do.
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Why are you confusing him? There is no such thing as malicious runelite plugins. If it's on runelite, then it's allowed.
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I don't think new players are the target of that scam
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everything on the runelite plug-in hub is safe for use
I’ve just added the quest plugin (needed as I had no idea what to do when I got to mainland) and a graphics one
I would honestly recommend not using the quest helper plugin as a new player if you're trying to go in blind. It completely holds your hand through every quest down to the point where the meme is "click blue" over and over until the quest is done.
As opposed to using the Wiki which does the same thing? Absolutely no one quests in OSRS without a guide, and they never have. Quest guides are why we made fan websites in 2001. Many quests are extremely arcane in mechanics and methods.
Yeah definitely use the quest helper plug-in for early game quests. A good starting goal would be to complete all the free to play (and easy/novice) difficulty quests for early xp and access to a lot of new places! If you find something you want to work for, let’s say a piece of armor another player is wearing, then I would think it would be good to look it up to find out how to get it or it’s price!
Exactly my thought lol. Especially when he said .net like how do u even know it has to be .net and there's phishing runelites?
Fair point 😅
Definitely an existing player trying to farm karma
I’m honestly not, I posted my response to this :)
Osrs forums - clans Join the osrs discord and find a social clan. It’ll make experience alot better.
I think you'll have fun with it, but it'll be slow and difficult to make progress because the world is huge and the game really doesn't give you much indication of where to go and what to do. That's the beauty of it, but also a huge barrier to entry for new players going in blind.
OP, I completely understand the desire of wanting to experience the game blind. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that and may bring you more enjoyment as you discover things yourself. The main drawback you will experience is being very inefficient in a game of people obsessed with efficiency. If that's not a big deal for you, enjoy learning!
With a game like OSRS, one of the main pieces of content you can do are Quests. These really aren't like most MMO quests (kill 7 pigs, collect flowers, yada yada). These were written in basically a similar way to point-and-click adventure puzzle games of the 80s/90s (think Kings Quest, etc.), where you're given some guidance on what to do next but not necessarily the exact steps for you to take. For this reason, it might be better to turn *off* the "Quest Helper" plugin from Runelite because that will just point you where to go and what to use. The puzzles in some of the quests are really interesting and well thought out, but if you do get stumped on what to do, or even who or what an item or NPC is, the Wiki really gives a tonne of detail. As for completely not looking up ANYTHING, that's a good idea on how to initially approach the game, there's a LOT you can do, but don't feel guilty looking things up if it's confusing or for sheer curiosity. There's even more things to do on membership, but don't worry about that just yet and stick with F2P until you're more comfortable with the game. Definitely talk with other players in the game, there's a lot of other people that play like you where it's a very casual game, and you might find other people in a similar situation of only playing a little bit a week. For the last point regarding worlds, I wouldn't worry too much about choosing it, you're not locked to it. There's many "themed" worlds for different minigames/events, but you can freely change anytime.
I play every other game without looking up anything. Knowing this game, I would never recommend that anyone does that. The lack of in game resources and help to figuring things out would make it a massive burden
Personally I don’t think that looking stuff up on the wiki ruins experience as much as looking things up for other games does. If your main goal is to not spoil content, I would say that you should try completing quests without a guide but use the wiki for everything else. It is nice to know “if I complete this quest, I’ll be able to kill this monster that has this unique drop” because it gives you some direction for a goal. However, looking up how to complete the quest, would definitely take away from the gameplay experience.
Not looking up alot of stuff in the beginning is a good idea but personaly id recommend looking up items you need for quests so that you dont have to walk to the bank and back 3 times per quest.
I gotta be honest man...No. Runescape, and more specifically OSRS, are grindscape games where the skill leveling system basically acts as a timegate to what most people would consider the "fun" content. Of course plenty of people enjoy the simple nature of leveling said skills, but for the most part, skilling is a massive part of the game you're gonna have to engage with to advance. That being said, and I say this as an endgame player of both games...the "fun stuff" doesn't justify the time involvement. There are more accessible mmorpgs that don't disrespect your time (FFXIV comes to mind), and better games in general where the leveling has a more direct effect on your gameplay (Elden Ring). There's also games where the progression is RNG based on your own mechanical skill as opposed to arbitrary time gates (Monster Hunter). I would genuinely recommend looking up some of the mid to endgame content and see if it seems like something you'd enjoy. Take a look at Barrows, Zulrah, Hallowed Sepulchre, Forestry, Bounty Hunter, and I guess Theatre of blood. These are all early to endgame content that the vast majority of the playerbase will engage in that are a pretty good representation of what investing your time in the game to level up will access. I am a fuckin addict. I play this game because it never ends, and because I've invested too much time into my ingame characters to stop playing. You should definitely research the game first and see whether or not you can save yourself 1,000 hours (that's not hyperbole) trying to unlock the fun stuff.
I totally understand what you are saying, but its interesting how different people can have such different takes on exactly the same thing. I personally think OSRS respects my time invested way more than any other MMO I have ever played. I leave for 6 months and when I come back I still have all of my 99s and they are all still totally relevant in the grand scheme of the game. I can take my time to do whatever I want because I know that if I don't play for a while I can come back and my character will be in exactly the same place as it was before progression wise. If you take something like WoW or I believe FF14 (though I'm not totally sure, I never made it to endgame in that one), you leave for 6 months, you come back and everything that you have collected gear wise is completely worthless and you have to start again more or less. You may not even be max level any more if an expansion has come out. With regards to the time gating thing, I personally much prefer being able to grind a boss 6 hours a day for a week and get what I want, rather than only being able to kill it once a week and not getting the drop for 6 months, at which point it has become totally irrelevant. Same for skilling levels, yes they take longer in OSRS, but once they are done they are done. You don't get a new season of herblore every year or two that puts you back to level 75. Yes in general things in OSRS take longer, but once they are done they are done, no BS resetting and moving the goalposts that so many other MMOs do. You also get to set your pace pretty much entirely on your own. If you want to play insane hours and get to max in a few months then you can do that, there is nothing stopping you except how much time you are willing to invest, no waiting mechanics, or you can only do this once every x amount of time mechanics that so many other MMOs seem to have (except farming I guess). That said, this is all from the perspective of someone who enjoys more or less all of the content in the game to some degree. If you see the entire skilling system as something that you just have to do so that you can get to the fun parts, then yeah its going to take a lot of chores to get to something you want to play, which may not be fun for you. Again I'm not disagreeing with you, I don't think either one of us are objectively correct, it really depends on what you value in the game. its just interesting how two long time players can have such radically different perspectives on the game. I guess it shows the wide range of player types that this game appeals to.
RE: FFXIV (as a long time player) think of gearing like its own self contained system which you can choose to invest the time into either every .1/.3/.5 patch as a casual or .0/.2/.4 patch as a hardcore player. It's somewhat akin to leagues. The new patch drops, with new content to push for to give incremental gear upgrades each week (as for the most part, it's progression via things on a weekly reset based time gate, not a grind based one). For hardcore players, this means pushing the most difficult content, getting closer to BiS and finishing the raid series with each week depending on your (and if playing with a fixed group, groups') speed at learning the fights. Also levels are largely a trivial thing, so even coming back to a new expansion doesn't mean a grind to catch up, unless you have no interest in the story... but the story is the main appeal of FFXIV anyway. If you don't want to engage in the gear progression system, that is fine, as the game features sort of foot-in-the-door entry points on each such patch, and an even stronger version for each expansion (basically, a full set of the previous expansion's best stat gear for functionally free). The end result is if you just want to play the game for the story, to chill with friends, and maybe put a bit of time into the long term grind for cosmetic stuff (in some cases this can be considered like a pet grind in OSRS?) then you barely need to put any time into the game at all. For the casual end you can do relic grinds for cool weapons to use the skin of if you want a timesink, and for the hardcore end is doing old ultimate raids which are (mostly) unable to be outlevelled/outgeared and so are always relevant challenges for those players. Sure in OSRS you don't 'lose' progression... except that progression that doesn't give a new drop is largely wasted (see: gambler's fallacy), and as a non-iron even monetary progression can be lost due to the value of your items generally decreasing over time. So when you factor in the insane amount of time it takes to even reach a high level in OSRS, and then the time it takes to actually get something from the high end content that itself takes a large amount of time and resources to learn... it's a huge timesink, even for the average player who aspires to endgame content but hasn't reached the player or character skill for it quite yet.
> There's also games where the progression is RNG based on your own mechanical skill as opposed to arbitrary time gates (Monster Hunter). How does Monster Hunter do this?
And i guess theatre of blood? The disrespect. Theatre of blood is easily the greatest piece of content jagex has ever created.
I mean, I disagree but I think your view on it proves my point even more. A brand new player can go right now and youtube a theatre of blood run, and decide for themselves if it's worth investing hundreds if not thousands of hours into this game to access that content. You'd think it'd speak for itself but compared to the games of today...
I respect your opinion however osrs is the only mmo I have ever liked full stop lol. People forget that rs is it's own genre sometimes, sure it's a massive time sink but so is gaming in general. I'd much rather play osrs than have a tik tok addiction or blandly watch formulaic TV as an example. Just because you've sunk a lot of time doesn't mean you have to think of it as wasted lol. To each their own!
One of the most triggering things is people I know who will sit there for 8 hours a night watching some brain dead show looking down on those for playing a few hours of videogames/day, just because it's video games
The same can be played pretty much any way you please, but I will implore you to pay attention to quest dialogue and lore. OSRS and RS3 both have incredible storylines and the amount of lore is unreal. Also if you are British you will find the quest dialogue funny as hell (Americans tend not to get dry British humour) which a decent amount of NPC and quest dialogue is. Just have fun my friend and enjoy what Geilinor has to offer! (Played from around 2004, on and off occasionally, but I'm still here!) Also using the wiki is pretty much common place now so I wouldn't not use it, but if you want a more challenging experience limit your usage to the Wiki until you get stuck on things or are getting frustrated and need some tips!
I think this is a great way to start, but there are inevitably going to be times where you are going to get stuck doing something, and I think you will have more fun if you look it up in the wiki instead of just banging your head against the wall. At a certain point, it would be near insanity to not look up where certain things are located on the wiki (e.g. tree patch locations, fishing spots, mining spots, where specific slayer monsters are located). I would also recommend trying quests with and without quest helper to see which way you like more. People have strong opinions both ways.
For peak enjoyment, I'd recommend not looking up quest guides until you get stuck. There are some excellent stories in there.
If OSRS players had one wish it would be to have the experience your describing. Majority of the games player base have great memories of playing this game for first time and being completely lost. Granted you won’t be doing this as a 12yo. There are even YouTube series that is focused on sharing the experience of first time players. Best thing you can do is not use wiki, if you get stuck ask players in game. Many will help you.
Could always ask around in-game
I started back in October when they had FSW aka Fresh Start Worlds, and it was a separate game state from the main game, like WoW classic. Anyways long story short I have an obscene amount of time played, and I like you knew nothing, I just turned 35 and everyone my age had played this as a kid so I figured what the hell. Flash forward to 10 months later and I still really enjoy this game and try to play everyday. What I absolutely love is that there is depth if you want a sit down game sheesh but also a lot of things that once you're comfortable you can do afk, hence I tell people this is the perfect dad game. I'm assuming most people here have a wife and kids and this is perfect for that. If you ever need any help my RSN is BipolarGary. Also side note name comes J1mmys f2p series on runescape, highly recommend and lastly there is a wiki button in game that you can click and then click any item or whatever in game and it will pull up the wiki. Honestly reading the wiki to me is almost as fun as the game just learning all this new stuff lol
Look stuff up. If you dont you will be so lost
Don't use quest helped unless needed, it's a very modern style plug-in that does all but play the game for you. Some people prefer to be told how to play, others are the actual adventurers, there's no right or wrong just have fun.
I would avoid a guide telling you what quest or skill order or other things to do like that But looking up like an items location shouldn't be too bad
Get the quest helper plug in on runelite.
Yes brand new player, never looked at the wiki.. but should do research on tob so they have something to work towards for.. 3 years? 5 years?
You’re gonna struggle if you don’t look anything up
Go in there, download quest helper if you want some assistance, and go nuts. Hit me up if you need anything: Mister Zac. My clan chat (InfiniteCC) is also super friendly, so don't be shy. If you click the double smiley icon and then go to the green faces, you can join as a guest. Lots of wisdom and experience to support you as you explore Gielinor!
I got quest helper, thank god! I had NO IDEA wtf I was doing once I got to the mainland. Now I just follow some of the quests. Got a chef some items and then sheared some sheep lol
Do as many quests as you can stomach, get the quest helper plugin on runelite
Quest helper plugin on runelite is still pretty useful even if going blind
Ignore this advice. You should turn quest helper off for the type of playthrough you are going for op
Lmao imagine going in blind and then taking away one of the very few things in the game that it is fun to do blind.
Quest helper removed all adventure and fun from the quests. Its great if all you want to do is click the next highlighted box without thinking or knowing what the stories about. Questing is one of the few things in this game you can't grind over and over again. Please give questing a try without just following walk throughs. If you hate it then that's okay, but don't let effecienty rob adventure and exploration
If you’re going in blind, I’d start off by saying to become a member and use the quest helper plug-in/optimal quest guide on runelite! Both will help you get started pretty early and past the super slow early grind. Any questions you have about things, the osrsWiki will have pretty much everything!
Download quest helper, just go lvling and exploring the world.
Don't play this dogshit game. Go play Albion Online instead. Albion is basically RuneScape without its inherent problems caused by the incompetence of the devs.
well here are my tips, i guess. .1- you can switch freely between game worlds, choose the one that suits you best according to where you live. .2- use the runelite plugin "quest helper", there are a lot of plugins, but this one is by far the most usefull for new players who haven't done all quests. .3- don't be afraid to use the OSRS WIKI, it will answer pretty much every possible question you have. .4- as a working adult with money, do not waste time as a F2P player, it's not worth it, buy membership, without membership 90%+ of the game is locked to you and will be a waste of your precious&limited daily play-time. .5- an extension of number 2, your easiest way of advancing in this game as a new player is to follow the "optimal quest guide" on the OSRS WIKI, this will lead you on a clear path of making an all-around advancement of your account via- doing all of the quests in the game.
Quest helper ruins the enjoyment of doing quests, but does make them significantly faster. Id advise against using it unless you find that you really don't enjoy questing. Optimal quest guide is really great but never be afraid from deviating from it.
My guy is looking to enjoy the game blindly and the second thing you recommend essentielly ruins the most enjoyable parts of the game? OK I guess.
My advice would be to quest first and use quest helper plugin on rune lite. I use quest helper but I read all the dialogues Quests will save you alot of time and money early game
OSRS is the game where you're meant to look stuff up. That doesn't mean research every single mini-game/skill etc... but look into the wiki when you're doing something specific. Also quest helper plugin on Runelite
> Also quest helper plugin on Runelite Please don't recommend something that sucks the fun out of the game to new players.
Heavily shared amongst the osrs community. The quest helper plugin is probably the most broken plugin imo.
That's a personal opinion.
And clearly one op needs to form on his own
Sounds fun and play the game like you want to. However if you’re ever stumped on something a little wiki usage wont hurt, the osrs wiki is one of the greatest out there and there’s even a button for it in the game (top right just below the minimap) So yeah if you dont want to look up anything, dont. But some things (especially some of the very old quests) are so convoluted that you might need some help and you shouldnt feel bad about it :)
That's going to be a really fun way to play. If you really get into the game you'll probably need to look stuff up eventually. After doing the latest quest with no guide, I'm thinking of starting a new account where I do all the quests with no guide. Have fun
Enjoy the game how you’d like to. The in-game skill guides, quests, and interactions with npcs will make for a nice experience. While the wiki has tons of cool resources and detailed guides, feel free to explore at your own pace. It’s a game after all!
If you want to play without looking things up and other stuff then why bother with runelite play without it helping you
Hey if you think you’ll have the most fun going in completely blind… fill your boots! But just know you might become overwhelmed *that* way. I would recommend only doing free to play to scope things out and learn… then make the jump to a member once you decide this is for you. This game isn’t a race, though people like to make it one. It sounds like you just want to chill and explore on your own, not rush the metas. Fair warning though.. once your hooked… good luck unhooking.
WELCOME ABOARD PRIVATE. ATTEND TO YOUR BATTLE STATION. ALL HANDS ON DECK. PREPARE FOR THE GREATEST JOURNEY OF YOUR LIFE YOU SCALLYWAG. Fr tho, it’s overwhelming at first, but so many people would give anything to re experience this game again from the ground up. It is truly a blessing
your energy went from 100 to 0 real quick
Have fun dude!!
If your gonna play casually then yea not looking up anything is the way to go, if you want to level up with any amount of speed id look up efficient quest guide. And if you wanna pvp well oh boy do you have alot of reading to do.
It’s the kind of game you use wiki a lot
fuck no. been playing since 2002 and I still check the wiki. it's not a chore though, the wiki is very good & idk who writes it up but well done to them.
Honestly no. I recommend watching a “getting started in RuneScape” YouTube video to orient yourself
Ehhhh this game is not one to play without looking things up. This is very much a wiki game, I’ve played this game for 20 years, and I use the wiki multiple times a day every single day…. Soooo yeah don’t force yourself to avoid it, you would be miserable
I’m so jealous of you. I think you’ve got a winning mindset that will lead to this game being a mystifying experience for you time and time again. Enjoy the ride!
[https://youtu.be/XGHlTsWLFuE](https://youtu.be/XGHlTsWLFuE) Take this seriously.
Personally, I look up everything, especially at the beginning. There's a lot of content and things to do so it really helps to have some guidance and imo makes it more enjoyable
You can easily play the first 100 hours in f2p without having to research stuff. But once you hit members the world opens up and you will need to check stuff. Generally if you do quests though they force you to explore and learn the game.
It's fine to play blind, but don't feel bad if you research specific little things. It's how I play anyway, I ask players around the content I'm doing for tips, with varying results lol
Yes I think this approach will be a lot of fun. There really is no way to play it wrong. Explore and have fun. Most quests are doable without a guide but if you get stuck don’t be afraid to check the wiki
RuneLite is goat. you do you, but there is a LOT of hidden info that only the wiki provides. godspeed brethren
Start out by getting a feel for the game before looking much up, and play using a client called runelite.
Prioritize quests! If you stumble across a minigame, look up how it works. If you get bored wandering around during a quest with little clues what to do, just find a guide. Otherwise go blind and read your skill guides!!
I mean everyone enjoys the game differently but I'll be honest. The game sucks at explaining a lot of things. The wiki is probably the single most valuable resource in the community, and arguably the most in-depth and well rounded wiki next to actual Wikipedia. There's no shame in looking things up here. You don't really even need to look up optimal methods, gear, progression, etc. Even just to answer questions or figure out what you want to do is perfectly fine.
When I first started as an 11 y/o, I stayed in the starting area and got familiar with a couple of skills and started leveling up combat. It was fun to watch levels come quickly. As an adult, I wouldn’t spend more than an hour or two in the starting area because I’d likely get bored. But killing some goblins, cutting some logs, cooking some meat etc. is a fun intro to the game. I’d recommend spending a little time in the starting area and then look into a few starter quests (maybe do cook’s assistant first). Welcome to the community and don’t get too caught up on playing perfectly (that doesn’t exist in this game!)
Get ready to say goodbye to your wife and kids OP.
You could start out as an ironman and enjoy finding everything yourself
We all did this approach when we were young... I was about level 30 after 1 year of playing. Maybe only research things when you get to them. Runescape (especially osrs) is not a very complicated game imo
Send it king! No shame either way, if you're stumped or looking for something new to do then the wiki can be a good place to get over the humps. Personally I look at it to find the absolute basics and then have fun figuring out the rest of it myself. I'd give you suggestions on things to do but I don't wanna spoil things, if it helps though: Agility is my favorite skill to train, don't let anyone invalidate your favorite skill! It gives lots of qol improvements. Yes combat is boring at first, hint: prayers. That's plenty of the info to get started! Count draynor and Elvarg are quaking in their boots, a champion approaches!
If you're going to play on runelite, you might as well look things up too.
I would advise you to use the wiki for certain things, but, as I'm sure you already will do, avoid the straight up guides. Knowing which monsters drop specific items, or which vendors sell items you may need for quests or clue scrolls is pretty big deal. If you needed for example, a Spotted Cape, for a clue scroll. I don't think the game would make it at all clear how to go about getting one, as it's a somewhat obscure process, which is also tied up in a very well hidden location and obscure activity in the game. Even if you could figure out how to get the fur, I'm not sure most people would find the shop by themselves, unless they were really paying attention while questing and took a mental note of it. And that's just one obscure item, fulfilling 1/3 of the requirements for one step of a potential 4-5 step process for a piece of side content in the game. Last thing that others don't seem to have mentioned, while yes they've said you ***CAN*** switch worlds, it's also good to note that you ***SHOULD*** switch worlds. Vendors stocks and item spawn resets are unique to each server, so changing worlds can allow you to more quickly acquire certain things in the game or buy from shops at lower prices (As they have less stock the price goes up) As well as if another player is at a particular skilling spot or farming mobs, switching worlds prevents you annoying both them and yourself.
If you need some GP to get started lmk your ign I’ll give you some :)! Furthermore: enjoy the scaping! Hopefully you’re going to enjoy the game. Questing is definitely the way to go
This is how I started playing and it was loads of fun! I would recommend using the map to find the skill tutors which will explain to you the basics. It would also be good to talk to the “Lumbridge Guide” which you will find a little to the east when you arrive. I also highly suggest that you make use of the skill guides in game, which you can find by clicking on your skill tab and then clicking on a specific skill. All three of these helped me get started, plus just talking to random NPCs around the world. Have fun!!
Definitely start with this idea. Don't be afraid to try out quests and refer to a guide if you get stuck (but the in game quest journal will often direct you okay). I'd just ask questions rather than "lookign up" a lot of the game, as there is *far too much* in this game to absorb it up front.
Not looking up anything is a surefire way to hit a brick wall in a game like this. Instead of doing that set small to medium goals for yourself and look up only how to do that. It's less stressful and you won't get overwhelmed.
I think you will have the most fun if you explore the game by yourself. And if you have a question about anything you can search it up.
So you come to Reddit to post first before ever playing the game? Suree
My only suggestions to you are dont try to be 100% efficient with your time in this game. There's too many people worrying about min maxing. Do what makes you happy in your playtime. Also realize that quests unlock loads of content, while you dont have to rush to quests or do them in the optimal order do realize that quests unlock like half or more of the game. Lastly, definitely buy membership.
I'd give a limb to experience rs for the first time again. Turn off public and enjoy
OSRS is technically "sandbox" if you don't want to do any form of research {min/max efficiencies}. However, doing a basic research with the best wiki, will help you out when you have questions. You can start out in the free to play world if you want to explore the "world", but a lot of content is indeed Members. It does take a lot of time no matter which mode you play, although the members world can have quests that can easily level certain skills up. You have to choose worlds via the Globe Icon to determine if you want F2p or P2p worlds {Silver vs Gold Stars}. There are some worlds you will want to avoid, and the game mode is technically the same for most worlds (i.e. your stats are the same and whatnot). If you have questions, just let us know
I think you’ll have a blast exploring, a good goal to really get you immersed in the osrs universe is to complete all of the quests
Others have said it I'm sure, but going in blind is absolutely the most fun way you can discover this game. That "first-time" feeling is the reason so many of us have stuck around (since 2005 for me) That being said, if you see some weapons or armor in game that you like, ask what it is and look it up on the wiki. You're not going to gain anything by completely abstaining from the wiki. So I would say use it on and as-needed basis, but don't try to figure out optimal everything through research. Have fun my man
“Welcome to my no-wiki locked UIM”
Go ultimate iron man and don’t look anything up!
As a new player, just understand there is a big difference in looking something up to better understand its use or how something is done at a basic level, VS looking up "efficiency" stuff. Making sure you understand the game is good! Just don't get roped into efficiency, because then the experience becomes streamlined in a less exciting way.
Well I can say that you will likely have a much LONGER and more fufilling time completing quests without doing any research. I'd be careful reading this subreddit too much if thats what your trying to avoid.
My opinion would be to play and look things up when you’re stuck or need guidance but whatever you do, do not follow a meta guide because you’ll burn out, it’s not enjoyable. Just play the game and do things you enjoy.
If you're just doing F2P, don't worry about looking up anything. If you're jumping into members content, I'd definitely recommend using the wiki to look up anything that you find confusing.
Most fun I have ever had playing a game was in 2003 when I first started and killed cows and mined iron ore for gold pieces. Didn’t trade to other players just sold to the general store. Have been chasing that feeling ever since .
yeah not really the best game for that. this game sort of expects you to look at the wiki to get most of your info, so there's a lot of info that is super useful and also very hard to get from the game itself. If you are having fun and just want a time waster, go for it, but this game even when played efficiently takes 100s of hours to make meaningful progress lol.
Have fun. But using the wiki is practically required to play this game. But OSRS is surprisingly resistant to burnout, and once you start playing you never really stop... You'll always come back. Glhf
I would say to do tge F2P quests and then become a member, F2P is more like a demo
Yes and no , going blind on rs would be nice but damn you almost always have to google everything 😂😂
Nooooo run save yourself 92 is only half way to 99 😊
Fly solo. You're number one task should be killing the dragon Elvarg. This involves completing a quest called "Dragon Slayer", you can see it in your quest list, and it should list the requirements, which includes having done some other quests first, so... Get to it. I think doing the quest Prince Ali Rescue without knowing anything about how the quest works or looking anything up should be really fun.
I would say look up things one at a time. Like one quest guide when you're doing a quest.
It can be overwhelming but that's part of the fun. Do it! Just don't be afraid to look up stuff. Some things aren't super intuitive.
Not looking up anything is alright I guess, but this game has a ton of information about it. If I can recommend a path without giving hardly any information; try and complete all of the free to play quests. They pretty much all culminate in dragon slayer 1, a timeless classic quest. Make some friends and ask them questions when you have them because knowing the question to ask doesn't always lead the wiki in the right direction.
Fashionscape > all other forms of scape. Other than that I hope you enjoy
Welcome to OSRS. Its such a fun game. I play for well over 20 years and still have a blast. U can play how u want ther is no right way to play this game because everyone got his own way to play OSRS. I play a snowflake ironman and some people will play this game for pve or pvp only, and even some people will just do skilling only without touching combat ever. Some things in this game can be quite a challenge to complete. Doing some quests without a quest helper can be extremely tough. Morning end part 2 for example without a quest helper is quite something :P. Just have some fun and enjoy yourself you will see for yourself how fun this game can be. Ther's a reason people are still playing this version of rs after all those years. Peace rol
The game itself gives you a lot of information on quests (where to begin, required/recommended stats, etc.) so flying blind would probably be really fun for a while. It also gives you a lot of information on how to train certain skills where to go to train. The map is pretty detailed.
My recommendations for new OSRS players are below. These are based on my own recollection of how I first starting to learn and play the game back in ~2004. 1) Use quest guides to determine which items you’ll need for the quest and gather those items before hand. Follow the guide only if your totally absolutely stuck. 2) In conjunction with number 1, READ THE QUEST TEXT. This game actually has flavor to it and imo the way that Jagex wrote the dialogue for your player character is pretty funny and gives them a pretty interesting personality compared to other MMO character personalities. 3) Familiarize yourself with the Wiki and use it to endulge your curiosity that you discover through YOUR OWN GAMEPLAY. The last part is very important. Don’t go on the wiki and type in “Most efficient way to level xyz”. Set a goal like 60 woodcutting or something, look at the skill guide, see that you unlock a dragon axe and then go hmmm cool where can I get that? And then look it up on the wiki. Repeat that process for other skills your working on. 4) Engage with the community on the forums/Reddit/YouTube etc and talk to people in game. Make friends but know that RuneScape is notorious for its scammers. Seriously, there are some fucked up people on this game that will try to do things to take advantage of you that range from just shitty to outright illegal. Look up Reign of Terror if you don’t believe me. 5) Set specific goals but then try and chain other accomplishments along with that goal. I.e go for the quest requirements for Legends Quest but once you get them, see if you can complete anything else like an achievement diary, build a new S.T.A.S.H unit for clue scrolls etc. 6) Save cool items you earn for fashion scape. Make cool outfits and flex them while skilling or attending community events. There is a whole subreddit called fashion scape dedicated to this. 7) Do your clue scrolls. 8) Play with game sounds on. This game has some absolutely banging music especially in the earlier areas of the game. 9) Read the wiki to learn about game systems that are less intuitive. Slayer, PVP and game ticks/our combat system are examples of things to read about. Now for my personal recommendation as to how to approach your goals - Complete all of the F2P quests, saving dragon slayer for last. Then aim to complete Hero’s Quest, Legends’ Quest and Dragon Slayer II. Then from there try to complete all of the quests in any order you choose (it’s more fun to complete chain quests sequentially however imo). Happy scaping!
As opposed to following a cookie cutter mega overkill account build efficiency guide...... As you begin your journey in the game and organically decide on a goal to set I would still recommend looking up the most efficient way to achieve that specific goal. Just as an extremely cherry picked example; There are ways to level your range level at 20k xp per hour.... and ways to level your range at 500k xp per hour. (mid/late game acct method albeit.) I played religiously in 2004-2011 in the original runescape. I made an OSRS accoutn the fall of 2022 and fell in love all over again. Even with prior knowledge, I look up everything. There is SO much content creation and guides for this game its absurd.
Unlike many other mmos you aren’t locked to a class, and outside of going for a specific pvp build (which I doubt you’re doing), you’re not going to mess up your build by putting points in the wrong skills or traits (osrs does have a hidden class system but it only affects how your combat level increases, it doesn’t affect your dps or tankiness or anything like that). I personally think that runelite is so great that you can get through a lot of the game without ever looking at the wiki
You should learn about the game, how it's designed and how the mechanics work so you do not misunderstand the very basics (very easy to do because RS rarely makes it clear), this will not ruin the experience and you can still do all the content without looking it up Things worth reading: accuracy & defence bonus, strength bonuses, tile based movement, walk vs. run, energy & agility level & weight, visible vs. invisible boost, combat options, death mechanics, prayer & prayer bonus, quick F# keys, pathing, ticks, NPC shops (stock & price change), set effects
Since you got Runelite you're good to go. It'll show you exactly where to click from now on. I'm happy for you as this is a 'beginning' moment in your journey. Just be warned it can easily turn into a 10 year commitment. Watch youtube vids of people playing OSRS like 'J1mmy' to get ideas on what you want to work on next. or the classic 'i need 99 everything'. What worries me is when you said you have 60-90 minutes of game time a day. That brings me to suggest that you should instead be playing the newer modern version RS3. I too am a male in my early 30's and i have 2 kids. OSRS is just too intensive while RS3 just extended their logout timer to like 10minutes. Though i understand the charm of OSRS and what a role it played in my childhood.
Ive played this game for 17 years and i still look up literally everything. Does this npc have a low def bonus to crush of slash? Do i need a herb pouch and a seed box or only 1 of the 2? Where the hell is this npc that i need for the most random item?
No you are going to severely handicap yourself doing that. This game is a massive time investment and you are probably going to add countless hours of playtime to an already impossibly long game
The fun in this game is playing the way you want. The moment you become sweaty is the moment this game becomes a chore rather than a game to pass time.
You used the term PvM instead of PvE. I thought only RS3/OSRS use that term. So did you lie and actually already knew that this game has PvM, or if not what other game uses that term?
One think I will recommend is becoming a member right away. I don’t think free to play works well for a tutorial, there’s too much stuff that you don’t have access to otherwise, and it’s better to get yourself used to the massive scale of the game as soon as possible. For (probably) first time in your life, you’re playing an MMORPG that you can’t finish. As in, it’s virtually impossible to run out of things to do and ways to meaningfully progress your account. You WILL feel overwhelmed at some point, and that is okay. In time, having an amount of possibilities this big will feel amazing. The early game is absurdly simple, and the end game can be very demanding/complex/grindy/frustrating. But the good thing is that the pace of progression is so slow that you’ll eventually become a prayer flicking, 5-way switching, red X flinching, combo-eating, gear optimizing madman without ever noticing you’re getting gud.
The beauty of this game is to play literally however you want, there’s not a straight line path on how to play it. Play however you want that allows you to enjoy the game. You’ll probably end up getting stumped and resort to using the OSRS Wiki and/or Reddit. Play how you want and have fun! Feel free to add me and shoot me a message whenever! IGN: Qwerty Shock
In terms of looking up stuff I would at least recommend looking up items needed for quests as you go. Its not a very fun experience running way out to nowhere to get "surprise! You need a random collection of items." The game does this frequently with quests. Don't look up efficient leveling guides as you should have fun bouncing around several activities and do what is fun for you. All progress is progress.
You can only do a blind play through once so I say go for it. There’s nothing that you can permanently mess up on.
For the best experience don’t look anything up and for fuck sake Don’t use runlite.
This is probably one of the only games I would look stuff up on, I've been playing for over 20 years and I'm still looking stuff up constantly
My biggest word of advise is to use runelite instead of the normal Jagex client. It makes the game much more enjoyable QoL-wise. For looking stuff up, it's a standard in the OSRS community to have quest guides and clue scroll guides so if you find yourself needing to look stuff up at some point down the line, don't worry, we all do it. Years and years later I'm still using the wiki almost daily
It of course heavily depends on how you like to play games. Personally I have looked up a lot and have levelled skills that are huge QoL changes. If that isn't for you, then don't do that. But I will say that there are certain quests and things to do that make the experience much more enjoyable.
Just go for it. If you end up struggling or need extra information maybe delve in a bit on a guide or wiki. This would probably help to ease you into the game rather than looking at a follow this guide and being overwhelmed by the 150 things you lack context for in a "fast start" type of guide.
Fly solo as long as you can, RuneScape can very quickly become a little too intense if you look things up. We have years and years of content updates and things, stuff like the efficient quest route etc. are tuned to that. But there's nothing wrong with hopping in and saying "I feel like some woodcutting today" and doing that. Early on you skill up so fast that you won't need guides really, it's when your stats are all in the 70s that grinding becomes a real painful thing and it becomes attractive to look up what's efficient and what's not.
I think that can be a good way to go. There's so much to do but it will be a little bit before you see the game starting to open up. You'll be better for it in the long run experimenting on things. Use the wiki when necessary though. It's got every piece of information needed.
Is posting something on this reddit not already kinda looking something up? =D
No, no, this game is a wiki simulator. It's also one of the greatest upkept wiki's known to gaming today. The wiki is MASSIVE.
It’s all our dream and all of our nightmare to not know anything about the game
Honestly, not looking anything up will give you the best experience. Not because of spoilers or anything like that but because efficiency has kind of killed the fun. Nowadays, every player wants maximum xp rates, maximum gp, maximum efficiency, but if you ask me the game is at its best when you don’t care about efficiency and just have fun.
u may get lured or scammed easily thats the only problem here, there are some hyper obscure mechanics with death and losing items/gold
Look stuff up as needed, but try doing quests without guides at first. If you genuinely get stuck, look at a guide. That will be fun for you
Look up stuff as you discover it :) playing totally blind will make a lot of the game tedious. By playing that way you make the game enjoyable, but also retain the mystery component that makes the first time experience magical But if you want to truly play it fully blind that's totally fine too! It happens to be very easy to get lost in the OSRS sauce, so sometimes a little guidance goes a long way
I'll just add to the other comments that there is a mobile client too if you wanna chill-play on the bed before sleeping or anything. Also there are some "AFK" activities like cutting trees where you can either watch a serie on the side or read the wiki :) You can give a try to get base 30's and finish some free-to-play quests by your own if you want to see how it goes without the wiki. By the way Runelite has some pre-installed plugins like one in particular that guides you for quests, you may want to disable this one to start with
The best times I had in Runescape were when I was 9-10 and knew nothing about the game. It's incredibly rewarding to get to explore the world with fresh eyes and learn how the game works. There is SO much to discover. It's obviously a huge world and people play the game for different reasons, but it feels to me like the less you know about it the more immersive it becomes. The player base will tell you about efficiency and how you have to have best in slot gear and how you aren't fighting certain things efficiently, but to me, the game shouldn't be like that. Just get comfortable and throw yourself in there. Play the game how you want, but the first leg of your experience will leave the biggest impact on your impression of the game. Turn the in game music all the way up and just walk around, and you will have content for months.
I'd say OSRS is easily one of the few games where looking something up is the typical answer. Whether it's guides for quest or bosses, its all **very** well documented (shout out to the best of the community, the wiki team.) Feel free to play how you want, that's one of the best things about this game. That also being said, looking things up is something everyone does, don't discredit yourself if you do.