Skills

Skills
Runescape consists of 24 unique skills that a player may train and gain experience in. If you repeat a certain action in a certain skill you will recieve experience. This experience builds up and as it builds up players will "level up". The higher your levels are the more you can do in that particular skill.

Skills can allow players to Fight, Cook, Use Magic, Craft Runes, Cut Trees and Burn Logs. Some skills can be used together. This is called "synergy". A good example of synergy is cutting logs using the Woodcutting skill then burning the logs using the Firemaking Skill. Another example is when a player catches fish using the Fishing skill then cooks them using the Cooking Skill.

You start every skill at level 1 (except Hitpoints which is level 10). Your Starting Combat level is 3 and this can be raised by leveling Attack, Strength, Defence, Hitpoints, Prayer and Summoning. The maximum combat level is 138 for members and 126 for Non Members.

You stop leveling up skills once you achieve level 99 in that skill. You can still get experience after you achieve level 99 but you will not be able to level up anymore. You can achieve a maximum of 200,000,000 experience in a skill.

Members can use all 24 skills while Non Members can use only 15.

Free To Play Skills
Non Members have access to 15 Skills:

== Member Skills== Members have acces to the 15 Free To Play skills as well as 9 Members only Skills.