Explore the RuneScape FAQ and Hints guide, covering essential tips for skills like Fishing, Mining, and Crafting, plus insights into the Wilderness and PKing strategies.
Q: What is this guide about?
A: This guide is a FAQ/Hints and Tips document for the online RPG RuneScape, covering various aspects of the game including skills, the Wilderness, and training strategies.
Q: Where can I get RuneScape?
A: You can download RuneScape from www.runescape.com. There is a free version and a member's version with more content.
Q: What is the Wilderness?
A: The Wilderness is an area in RuneScape where players can attack and PK other players. Attacking another player in the Wilderness results in a skull above your head.
Q: What happens if I die in the Wilderness with a skull?
A: If you die with a skull, you lose all items in your inventory. If you die without a skull, you lose all items except for your three most valuable ones.
Q: How do scams work in RuneScape?
A: Scammers may trick you into dropping items by telling you to press Alt+F4, claim to be game creators, or use fake trust tests. Be wary of items that look similar, like iron and tin.
Q: What are certs/certificates?
A: Certs represent 5 of a specific item (e.g., 2 coal certs equal 10 coal). They can be made for items like lobsters, swordfishes, steel bars, and coal. Draynor Village has cert traders for f2p players.
Q: What is the best way to train Fishing?
A: Start with shrimps, then move to anchovies (level 15). For fly fishing, use feathers and a fly fishing rod in Barbarian Village for trouts. At level 30, use a harpoon in Karamja for tunas, and at level 40, for lobsters.
Q: What is Power Fishing?
A: Power fishing involves getting many feathers and a fly fishing rod, heading to Barbarian Village, and continuously fishing trouts without banking or cooking them, letting them drop.
Q: What is the best way to train Mining?
A: Start with tin and copper, smithing them into bronze bars and selling bronze swords. At level 15, mine iron. At level 30, mine coal, which can be found in various locations, including a dangerous spot northwest of Edgeville in the Wilderness. At level 60, you can access the Mining Guild.
Q: What is Power Mining?
A: Power mining involves mining copper or tin until around level 60, then switching to iron. A method includes positioning yourself near tin rocks in Barbarian Village and continuously mining them, dropping the tin.
Q: How do I train Crafting?
A: One method involves mining clay in west Varrock, wetting it in the cooking guild, and crafting it in Barbarian Village. Another method involves getting cow hides near Lumbridge, tanning them into leather in Al Kharid, and using a needle and thread to craft leather armor.
Q: How do I make Holy symbols of Saradomin?
A: Mine silver in the Scorpion Pit (desert chasm), smith it into silver bars in Al Kharid (requires level 20 mining and 20 smithing), then use a Holy symbol of Saradomin mould (bought for 5gp) in the crafting store.
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