Melee

Melee is a combat skill that determines your effectiveness with melee weapons like swords. Higher Melee levels increase your accuracy and maximum damage in close-quarters combat.

How Melee Works

Your Melee level affects:

• Accuracy: Higher levels mean you hit more often
• Maximum Hit: Higher levels increase the maximum damage you can deal

Gaining Experience

You gain Melee XP by dealing damage to enemies with melee weapons. The amount of XP gained is based on the damage dealt.

Combat Mechanics

Attack Roll

Your chance to hit is calculated using:

• Your Melee level
• Your weapon's attack bonus
• The defender's Defense level
• The defender's defensive bonuses

Damage Roll

When you hit, damage is calculated using:

• Your Melee level
• Your weapon's strength bonus
• A random roll between 1 and your max hit

Melee Weapons

Melee weapons are typically crafted through Smithing. Higher tier weapons provide better attack and strength bonuses.

Tier	Examples	Notes
Bronze	Bronze Sword	Starter weapons, low bonuses
Iron	Iron Sword	Entry-level upgrade
Mithril	Mithril Sword	Mid-tier weapons
Adamant	Adamant Sword	High-tier weapons

Training Tips

1. Start with weak enemies: Begin training on low-level creatures near the spawn area
2. Keep food handy: Cook fish to restore health during extended training
3. Upgrade your weapon: Better weapons mean faster kills and more XP per hour
4. Check your Defense: Balance Melee and Defense training for survivability

Combat Style

Melee has a range of 1.25 tiles, requiring you to be close to your target.

Combat Level

Your overall Combat Level is calculated using your Melee, Health, and Defense levels. A higher Combat Level indicates a more formidable fighter.

Related Pages

• Defense - Reduces damage taken from attacks
• Health - Determines your hit points
• Smithing - Craft melee weapons
• Food - Healing items for combat