Attack

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This article is about the Attack skill. For information on training Attack, see Melee training (F2P) (P2P).

For a list of all requirements and unlockables within the Attack skill, see Attack/Level up table.

Attack
Released		4 January 2001 (Update)
Also called		Att, Atk
Members		No
Type		Combat
Statistics
Players with 99		194,886 as of 1 November 2020 - update
Players with 200M XP		191 as of 1 November 2020 - update

Attack is a player's accuracy in melee combat. As a player raises their Attack level, they can deal damage more consistently as well as wield weapons of stronger materials.

Attack level up - normal

The music that plays when levelling up.

Attack level up - with unlocks

The music that plays when levelling up and unlocking new content.

Fighting accurately

In order to gain experience in the Attack stat, players must choose the accurate attack style. While using the style, players gain an invisible +3 attack bonus.

Attack bonuses

Some weapons give players Attack bonuses when using certain attack types. These bonuses are noted in the Equipment Stats section of the equipment menu. Attack bonuses give players advantages as well as disadvantages in melee combat, based on their target's strengths and weaknesses.

Attack type	Suitable weapons
Stab	Daggers, swords, longswords, and pickaxes.
Slash	Swords, longswords, axes, scimitars, battleaxes, and two-handed swords.
Crush	Maces, battleaxes, warhammers, pickaxes, axes, and two-handed swords.

Other Attack bonuses

• An amulet of accuracy gives an equipment bonus of +4 to the stab, slash, and crush Attack types.
• An amulet of power gives an equipment bonus of +6 to the stab, slash, and crush Attack types.
• An amulet of glory gives an equipment bonus of +10 to the stab, slash and crush Attack types.
• The beads of the dead gives +1 in all styles.
• An amulet of fury gives the same bonuses as the amulet of glory in the Attack stats, but has higher bonuses in Defence, Strength, and Prayer.
• The amulet of torture gives +15 to all melee attack bonuses.
• A Warrior ring gives an equipment bonus of +4 to just the slash Attack bonus.
• Any gloves received as a reward from the Culinaromancer's Chest as a reward from the Recipe for Disaster quest gives substantial attack bonuses in stab, slash and crush; the more expensive, the better the bonuses.
  • "Bronze" gloves provide equipment bonuses of +2 in each melee style.
  • "Iron" gloves provide equipment bonuses of +3 in each melee style.
  • "Steel" gloves provide equipment bonuses of +4 in each melee style.
  • "Black" gloves provide equipment bonuses of +5 in each melee style.
  • "Mithril" gloves provide equipment bonuses of +6 in each melee style.
  • "Adamantite" gloves provide equipment bonuses of +7 in each melee style.
  • "Rune" gloves provide equipment bonuses of +8 in each melee style.
  • "Dragon" gloves provide equipment bonuses of +9 in each melee style.
  • "Barrows" gloves provide equipment bonuses of +12 in each melee style.
• The Ferocious gloves give +16 to all melee attack styles.

You can check out all the highest possible bonuses for each attack bonus here.

Levels

In order to wield weapons, a certain Attack level requirement must be met. Commonly used items and their corresponding level requirements are as follows:

Level	Weapon		Other requirements
1		Bronze	None.
1		Iron	None.
1		Machetes	None.
5		Steel	None.
10		Black	None.
10		White	Completion of the Wanted! quest.
15		Ancient mace	25 and partial completion of Another Slice of H.A.M.
20		Mithril	None.
30		Adamant	None.
30		Battlestaves	30
30		Swamp lizard	30 30
40		Brine sabre	None.
40		Mystic staves	40
40		Rune	None.
42		Void knight mace	42 , , , , , , and 22
50		Ancient staff	50 Magic and completion of Desert Treasure.
50		Granite maul	50
50		Iban's staff	50 Magic and completion of Underground Pass.
50		Leaf-bladed spear	55
50		Leaf-bladed sword	55
50		Orange salamander	50 50
60		Barrelchest anchor	40 and completion of Great Brain Robbery.
60		Dragon	The dragon longsword and dragon dagger require completion of the Lost City quest. The dragon mace and dragon battleaxe require completion of the Heroes' Quest. The dragon halberd requires completion of Regicide. The dragon scimitar requires completion of Monkey Madness I.
60		Obsidian	The Obsidian maul (Tzhaar-ket-om) instead requires 60 , with no attack requirement. The Obsidian staff also requires 60
60		Red salamander	60 60
60		Viggora's chainmace	None.
65		3rd age longsword	None.
65		Leaf-bladed battleaxe	55
65		Sarachnis cudgel	None.
70		Abyssal bludgeon	70
70		Abyssal dagger	None.
70		Abyssal whip	None.
70		Avernic defender	70
70		Barrows	70 for Dharok's greataxe and Torag's hammers. 70 for Ahrim's staff.
70		Black salamander	70 70
70		Saradomin sword	None.
70		Zamorakian spear (Hasta)	None.
75		Abyssal tentacle	None.
75		Arclight	Completion of Shadow of the Storm.
75		Elder maul	75
75		Ghrazi rapier	None.
75		Godswords	None.
75		Blade of saeldor	None.
75		Saradomin's blessed sword	None.
75		Scythe of vitur	75
75		Staff of the dead (Toxic)	75

Temporary boosts

Main article: Temporary skill boost

Boost		Level increase	Visibility	Other info
	Attack cape	1	Visible	Activating the cape's effect will increase the corresponding skill by 1.
	Attack potion	3-12	Visible	Boosts Attack by $Level*{\frac {1}{10}}+3$. Allows a player to hit more often with Melee attacks.
	Blood pint	5	Visible	Also raises Strength by 5, but decreases Magic and Prayer points by 5.
	Spicy stew (red spice)	±0-5	Visible	Depending on type of stew, any skill can be boosted or reduced by 0 to 5 levels randomly.
	Kebab	1-3	Visible	4% chance to do so
	Poison chalice	1, 4	Visible	Has a variety of beneficial and disastrous effects.
	Cup of tea	2	Visible	Restores 3 Hitpoints. Up to 5 doses can be stored in a tea flask.
	Jangerberries	2	Visible	Also increase Strength by 1, restore 1 prayer point and reduce Defence by 1.
	Ruby harvest (item)	4-18	Visible	Boosts Attack by $Level*{\frac {15}{100}}+4$. Must be used on another player. Boost affects the player it is used on. Acquired from the Hunting skill.
	Super attack	5-19	Visible	Boosts Attack by $Level*{\frac {15}{100}}+5$. Allows a player to hit more often with melee attacks.
	Divine super attack potion	5-19	Visible	Acts as a super attack potion. Natural stat draining for Attack is disabled for 5 minutes, meaning the player's Attack will stay fully boosted. After the 5 minutes are over, Attack level will be restored to its base level.
	Zamorak brew	2-21	Visible	Boosts Attack by $Level*{\frac {1}{5}}+2$ and strength by $Level*{\frac {12}{100}}+2$. Reduces Defence by $Level*{\frac {1}{10}}+2$ and Hitpoints by $CurrentLevel*{\frac {12}{100}}$.
	Combat potion	3-12	Visible	Boosts Attack and Strength by $Level*{\frac {1}{10}}+3$. Provides the boosts of a normal attack and strength potion in one potion.
	Super combat potion	5-19	Visible	Acts as a super attack, super strength, and super defence potion in one dose.
	Divine super combat potion	5-19	Visible	Acts as a super combat potion. Natural stat draining for Attack, Strength, and Defence is disabled for 5 minutes, meaning the player's combat stats will stay fully boosted. After the 5 minutes are over, affected stats will be restored to their base level.
	Overload	5-19	Visible	Boosts combat stats by $Level*{\frac {15}{100}}+5$ (excluding Hitpoints and Prayer). The boost is reapplied every 15 seconds for 5 minutes. Also damages the player for 50 Hitpoints. (This lost health is refunded after the overload ends.) Only usable within the Nightmare Zone or within the Chambers of Xeric

Quests

Quests requiring Attack

Quest	Attack requirement	Other skill requirements
Another Slice of H.A.M.	15	25
Holy Grail	20	-
A Taste of Hope	40	48 , 45 , 40 , 38
Sins of the Father	50	62 , 56 , 52 , 60 , 50 , 49

Quests rewarding Attack experience

Main article: Quest experience rewards

Quest	Experience reward	Attack requirement	Other skill requirements
In Search of the Myreque	600	-	25
Mountain Daughter	1,000	-	20
Fairytale I - Growing Pains	2,000	-	-
In Aid of the Myreque	2,000	-	25 , 15 , 7
Tai Bwo Wannai Trio	2,500	-	15 , 30 , 5
The Fremennik Trials	2,812	-	25 , 40 , 40 if crafting your own lyre
Death Plateau	3,000	-	-
Underground Pass	3,000	-	25
Heroes' Quest	3,075	-	55 , 53 , 53 , 25 , 50
Vampyre Slayer	4,825	-	-
Tree Gnome Village	11,450	-	-
Fight Arena	12,175	-	-
Waterfall Quest	13,750	-	-
The Grand Tree	18,400	-	25
Camelot training room (minigame)	20,000	-	45 , 65
Total	100,587

Skill choice

Upon completing any of the following quests, players may choose to allocate experience to Attack. These rewards usually come in the form of items, such as lamps or books, and are independent of any experience rewards directly received for completing the quest.

Quest	Experience reward	Skills available	Skill requirements
X Marks the Spot	300	Any	-
Client of Kourend	500 twice	Any	-
Fairytale II - Cure a Queen	2,500	Any skill above 30	49 , 57
A Tail of Two Cats	2,500 twice	Any skill above 30	-
The Great Brain Robbery	5,000	Any skill above 30	16 , 30 , 50
King's Ransom	5,000	Any skill above 50	65
Darkness of Hallowvale	2,000 three times	Any skill above 30	5 , 20 , 22 , 32 , 33 , 40
A Taste of Hope	2,500	Any skill above 35	48 , 45 , 40 , 40 , 38
Architectural Alliance (miniquest)	10,000	Any skill above 40	-
Curse of the Empty Lord (miniquest)	10,000	Any skill above 50	Some players will need 31
Shadow of the Storm	10,000		30
Contact!	7,000 twice		-
The Fremennik Isles	10,000 twice		20 , 40
One Small Favour	10,000 twice	Any skill above 30	36 , 25 , 18 , 30
Recipe for Disaster (Defeating the Culinaromancer)	20,000	Any skill above 50	175 , 48 , 50 , 53 , 53 , 25 , 59 , 40 , 50 , 40 , 40 , 10 , 10 , 36
Legends' Quest	7,650 four times		107 , 50 , 50 , 45 , 56 , 52 , 42 , 50 , 50 , 50 , 50
Monkey Madness I	35,000 or 20,000	or	-
Dragon Slayer II	25,000 four times		200 , 75 , 70 , 68 , 62 , 60 , 60 , 50 , 50
Monkey Madness II	50,000 twice		69 , 70 , 60 , 55 , 55 , 60
Total	396,900 or 381,900