In this guide, you will find out how to become from a poor new player to a rich medium leveled player while training combat skills. Just to let you know, combat skills consist of Attack, Strength, and Defense. Also, your Combat Level depends on how you train your combat skills and other skills like Ranging and Magic. I suggest that you train all of your combat skills equally, so you can easily judge if you can defeat a foe or not.
Combat Levels 3-10:To save money on food, attack Rats (Combat Level 1) around Lumbridge Castle. Wield your best armour and weapon, and train Defense first so that you don't get hit as much. You can use any bronze armour and weapon you got from tutorial island, but completing the Stronghold of Player Safety is probably the best thing to do. To view my guide on the how to complete the Stronghold of Player Saftey, click here: Stronghold of Player Saftey Guide. The reward for completing the stronghold is 10k and other things; with that 10k, you can buy full iron, an iron scimitar, and a power amulet for under 4-5k! This speeds up your training greatly. With better equipment, you'll get levels faster, so make sure to upgrade. While Rats have no good drops, at this Combat Level the xp (experience) is greatly needed. While training, you can pick up the Mind Runes that spawn to the left of stairway.
Most of the Combat Level 1 Rats are in the first floor of the Lumbridge Castle:
Combat Levels 11-30:Attack Cows (Combat Level 2) in the Cow Field by Lumbridge with any armour and weapon you have. As you continue to do this, buy the best armour, amulets, and weapons you can use. You can make about 120 GP per Cow because of the cowhides. Bury the bones, pick up the cowhides, and leave the raw meat on the ground. When you have a full inventory of the cowhides, travel back to the Lumbridge Bank. After you bank all your cowhides, run back to the Cow Field. Repeat until Combat Level 21. If the area gets too busy, make sure to world switch. World switching is when you log off of a world, and then log in to another world, usually this is preformed because an area is getting too crowded and the resources are in short supply.
The Cow Field is located on the top right of the map, and the Lumbridge Bank is placed on the third floor of the Lumbridge Castle:
Combat Levels 31-50:This method is more for money then training, given that you will be attacking Combat Level 8 Cockroach Drones until you can wear full Rune. These are extremely profitable; they can drop things worth over 7,000 gp (7k is the same as 7,000 gp)! Although they do not drop any bones, the extra money that is made from this method can be used to buy bones. Make sure to pick up any weird item that is dropped from them, such as Limpwurt Root or Red Spider's Eggs, for these are used to train Herblore, a member's skill that is used to make potions. Sometimes the Cockroach Drones drop nothing, but most of the time they drop air, water, or fire runes. Occasionally, they drop something rare such as a Diamond or a Limpwurt Root. It is known to walk out with around 50k worth of valuable items! Because of the incredible drops, your inventory becomes full very quickly. When you have a full inventory, you will need to bank at the Edgeville Bank. This method should only be used if you have at least full Mithril Armour, a Mithril Scimitar, and a Power Amulet or an Amulet of Defense. Food is highly recommended, for the Cockroaches can hit up 2 damage commonly on people with a low Defense Level, so a high Defense Level is also good to have. When you have full Adamant amour, food is not always needed, for your Defense Level blocks most of the damage. Additionally, world switching might be necessary because this is a multi-combat zone. A multi-combat zone is an area in which multiple players can team up and both attack one monster together. This can be a problem if there is a higher leveled player attacking the Cockroach Drones. Sometimes, the player might attack your Cockroach Drone just to annoy you. If he gets more hits then you, which he probably will because the player has higher combat skills then you, you will not get the drop of the Cockroach Drone. If this happens, ask nicely for the other player to stop; if he or she doesn't stop, just world switch. Also, make sure just to attack one at a time if you have a low level in Defense. If you try to take on more then one, they are likely to rapidly get 2 damage out of you. To avoid dying or using up too much food just attack one at a time until your Defense Level is high enough to take on more. Finally, make sure to complete the mini quest by talking to the Jail Guard inside the building. It is fairly easy, and can be completed quickly.
The Cockroach Drones are beneath the building on the bottom left of the map, and the Edgeville Bank is directly in the center of the map:
I hope this guide helped! More guides coming soon, and updates are on the way!
