Combat Training Guide
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Combat Training Guide
Pick the combat skill you want to train and enter your combat levels. The guide shows the weapon and shield to use and the monsters that give good XP for your level. Two-handed weapons train an offence skill and its matching defence skill together. With a one-handed weapon, the shield you hold decides which defence skill you train.
Your combat levels
How to train Defence: Equip a two-handed Attack skill weapon or a shield that requires a Defence skill to use. Be in a Defensive stance. (Can be changed in Stance tab. Default Hotkey: V) Benefits: Increases your chance to completely mitigate a Pierce or Slash type damage. Reduces the incoming Heavy type damage while using a shield. Unlocks stronger armour and shields.
Shield and arrows
| Slot | Item | Status | Why | How to get | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Shield (trains Defence) | Elven Shield | Best for you | Block power 70 vs Heavy attacks | Buy at Shield Stall (10000 Coins) |
 | Shield (trains Defence) | Steel Shield | Step down | Block power 50 vs Heavy attacks (29% weaker) | Buy at Shield Stall (2500 Coins) |
 | Shield (trains Defence) | Shield of Eadmund | Upgrade: needs Defence 60 | Block power 100 vs Heavy attacks (43% better) | Crafted from Broken Shield of Eadmund, Large Ebony Plate x2, Ebony Bar x2, Dusk Knight Schematics |
| Weapon | Depends on the monster | See the Best weapon column in Where to train: it is ranked by damage per second against each monster. |
Where to train
XP is the combat XP for every 100 damage you deal, as on the Levelling guide. Higher level monsters give more. Highest, Best fit and Lowest are the normal monsters; Darklands monsters and bosses are listed separately below them.
| Pick | Monster | Level | Health | Damage it deals | Best weapon vs it | Damage per second | XP per 100 damage | Why | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest XP |  | Ashen Warrior | 95 | 1,500 | Heavy 150, Slash 150 | Carved Lightning Wand | 53.4 | 146 | Hits with Heavy attacks, so a Block shield reduces it. Tough, a stretch. |
| Best fit |  | Elk | 40 | 500 | Heavy 85, Pierce 40 | Elven Shortsword | 61.6 | 105 | Hits with Heavy attacks, so a Block shield reduces it. Easy for you. |
| Lowest |  | Skeleton Knight | 26 | 350 | Heavy 80, Slash 25 | Elven Shortsword | 62.3 | 95 | Hits with Heavy attacks, so a Block shield reduces it. Easy for you. |
| Darklands (PvP area) | | Skeleton Knight | 72 | 1,000 | Heavy 125, Slash 75 | Elven Shortsword | 49.8 | 129 | Hits with Heavy attacks, so a Block shield reduces it. An even match. The Darklands is a dangerous PvP area: other players can attack you here. |
| Boss |  | Silvissira | 362 | 12,000 | Heavy 250, Quick 200, Mystical 200, Slash 200, Pierce 200 | Skeleton Rapier | 45.2 | 212 | Uses every damage type, so no single shield covers it. Tough, a stretch. |
| Boss |  | The Burning King | 307 | 10,000 | Heavy 200, Quick 200, Mystical 250, Slash 200, Pierce 200, Fire 200 | Mithril Sword | 48.8 | 207 | Uses every damage type, so no single shield covers it. Tough, a stretch. |
Any monster marked Darklands lives in the Darklands, where other players can attack you. Bring only gear you can afford to lose.
Monsters are matched to your levels using their stats, so the picks are a guide, not a promise. Weapon strength is a simple estimate of the biggest hit at the skill level the weapon needs. Gear that needs a gathering or crafting skill is left out.