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Following a brief but basic tutorial on the appropriately called Tutorial Island after which I found myself in the mundane but rather enjoyable town of the river of Lumbridge OSRS Gold. There, every new starter knows the basics of mechanics like how to start a fire or deposit money in the bank. It’s important to note that, in RuneScape, everyone starts out with the same playing field (weirdly when you reach level 3).
There’s no set classes or predetermined structures, only skills, ideally with the ultimate goal of making sure that each person reaches its maximum level of 99. But, as that’s not practical or perhaps even desirable to most of us it’s best to focus only in a few. However, the total level of the character or the combat level has an upper limit in 126 (or 12 in RuneScape Classic). I think I got to 82 before I decided to call it a day. Perhaps school started again.
There are also five different types of attacks in which to be skilled: stab, smash, slash, magic and ranged. At first, my measly prey included goblins and chicks. But there’s a lot of larger and more deadly food sources available. Predators, too. It’s true that RuneScape is a long learning curve to begin with. Once I had the basic abilities mastered, I was ready to go and I soon found it hard to walk away from my computer.
The total number is 232 in all, scattered over a vast world map varied enough to keep my twelve-year-old self, each is a distinct short story filled with an outrageous plot and witty dialogue. My personal favorites include solving the mystery of the missing chicken from Draynor Manor and sneaking into the seemingly inaccessible Black Knights’ Fortress on behalf of the rival White Knights of Falador.
There’s nothing like taking down the dragon in Crandor – by far the most memorable and remarkable task a player with no cost can achieve. The quests can be made more accessible by becoming a paying member of RuneScape and I did. It also lets you access an enormous portion of the world map with a myriad of other things which marked me away from the noob I’d previously been.
You can of course simply wander around freely and explore the vast deserts and plains or go east to the gloomy , vampyre-infested marshlands of Morytania, ideally when you have the Bobby Pickett song ‘Monster Mash which plays throughout the game. The act of entering a new area first time, you can unlock the corresponding soundtrack(s) for the region Buy RuneScape Gold. There are some catchy songs in there. I remember listening to an original Christmas song playing on repeat.