Attack

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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		256,440 as of 1 July 2022 - update
Players with 200M XP		294 as of 1 June 2022 - 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 is used to calculate the accuracy of your attacks against an enemy's defence.

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

Main article: Attack/Level up table

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		Godswords	None.
75		Saradomin's blessed sword	None.
75		Staff of the dead (Toxic)	75
80		Ghrazi rapier	None.
80		Blade of Saeldor	None.
80		Inquisitor's mace	None.
80		Scythe of vitur	90

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.
	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.
	Bandit's brew	2	Visible	Heals 1, boosts Thieving by 1, but drains Strength and Defence points by $\lfloor {\text{Level}}\times {\frac {6}{100}}+3\rfloor$.
	Kebab	1-3	Visible	4% chance to do so. Available to free-to-play players.
	Poison chalice	1, 4	Visible	Has a variety of beneficial and disastrous effects.
	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.
	Blood pint	5	Visible	Also raises Strength by 5, but decreases Magic and Prayer points by 5.
	Attack potion	3-12	Visible	Boosts Attack by $\lfloor {\text{Level}}\times {\frac {10}{100}}+3\rfloor$. Allows a player to hit more often with Melee attacks.
	Combat potion	3-12	Visible	Boosts Attack and Strength by $\lfloor {\text{Level}}\times {\frac {10}{100}}+3\rfloor$. Provides the boosts of a normal attack and strength potion in one potion.
	Elder (-)	4-13	Visible	Boosts Attack, Strength, and Defence by $\lfloor {\text{Level}}\times {\frac {10}{100}}+4\rfloor$. Only usable within the Chambers of Xeric, and is the weakest variant
	Overload (-)	4-13	Visible	Acts as an elder (-), twisted (-), and kodai (-) potion in one dose. Boosts combat stats by $\lfloor {\text{Level}}\times {\frac {10}{100}}+4\rfloor$ (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 Chambers of Xeric, and is the weakest variant
	Elder potion	5-17	Visible	Boosts Attack, Strength, and Defence by $\lfloor {\text{Level}}\times {\frac {13}{100}}+5\rfloor$. Only usable within the Chambers of Xeric, and is the standard variant
	Overload (Chambers of Xeric)	5-17	Visible	Acts as an elder, twisted, and kodai potion in one dose. Boosts combat stats by $\lfloor {\text{Level}}\times {\frac {13}{100}}+5\rfloor$ (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 Chambers of Xeric, and is the standard variant
	Ruby harvest (item)	4-18	Visible	Boosts Attack by $\lfloor {\text{Level}}\times {\frac {15}{100}}+4\rfloor$. Must be used on another player. Boost affects the player it is used on. Acquired from the Hunting skill.
	Bandages (Theatre of Blood)	4-18	Visible	Acts like a super combat (minus one point), ranging, magic, prayer, and stamina potion, and heals 20 Hitpoints.
	Super attack	5-19	Visible	Boosts Attack by $\lfloor {\text{Level}}\times {\frac {15}{100}}+5\rfloor$. 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.
	Super combat potion	5-19	Visible	Acts as a super attack, super strength, and super defence potion in one dose. Boosts Attack, Strength, and Defence by $\lfloor {\text{Level}}\times {\frac {15}{100}}+5\rfloor$.
	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 (Nightmare Zone)	5-19	Visible	Acts as a super combat, super ranging, and super magic potion in one dose. Boosts combat stats by $\lfloor {\text{Level}}\times {\frac {15}{100}}+5\rfloor$ (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
	Zamorak brew	2-21	Visible	Boosts Attack by $\lfloor {\text{Level}}\times {\frac {20}{100}}+2\rfloor$ and Strength by $\lfloor {\text{Level}}\times {\frac {12}{100}}+2\rfloor$. Reduces Defence by $\lfloor {\text{Level}}\times {\frac {10}{100}}+2\rfloor$ and Hitpoints by $\lfloor {\text{CurrentLevel}}\times {\frac {12}{100}}\rfloor$.
	Elder (+)	6-21	Visible	Boosts Attack, Strength, and Defence by $\lfloor {\text{Level}}\times {\frac {16}{100}}+6\rfloor$. Only usable within the Chambers of Xeric, and is the strongest variant
	Overload (+)	6-21	Visible	Acts as an elder (+), twisted (+), and kodai (+) potion in one dose. Boosts combat stats by $\lfloor {\text{Level}}\times {\frac {16}{100}}+6\rfloor$ (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 Chambers of Xeric, and is the strongest variant

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	None
Client of Kourend	500 twice	Any	None
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	None
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 three times	Any skill above 35	48 , 40 , 40 , 45 , 38
A Kingdom Divided	10,000	Any skill above 40	54 , 52 , 52 , 50 , 42 , 38 , 35
Architectural Alliance (miniquest)	10,000	Any skill above 40	None
In Search of Knowledge (miniquest)	10,000	Any skill above 40	None
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		None
The Fremennik Isles	10,000 twice		20 , 40
A Night at the Theatre	20,000 three times		90 recommended
One Small Favour	10,000 twice	Any skill above 30	36 , 25 , 18 , 30
Recipe for Disaster (The final battle)	20,000	Any skill above 50	175 , 70 , 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 & 20,000		None
Sins of the Father	15,000 three times	Any skill above 60	62 , 60 , 56 , 52 , 50 , 50 , 49
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	526,900