# Combat level

A player's, monster's, or non-player character's combat level indicates the difficulty in defeating them in combat.

Normally, aggressive non-player characters stop attacking you when you reach higher than double their combat level. There are exceptions, however - for example, any monsters in the Wilderness will be aggressive no matter what your combat level.

Monsters with a higher combat level than a player cannot be attacked by using a left mouse click. Instead, players need to right click and select the attack monster option (you can change this setting in the Options tab). So, to be able to attack a Blue dragon with combat level 111 with a simple left click, a player needs a combat level of at least 111. It is possible to edit this in the settings under Controls by changing Attack option priority (default is "Depends on combat levels").

All new players start out at combat level 3, and the maximum level for players in Old School RuneScape is level 126.

## Calculating combat level

### Simply

1. Take your Prayer level and divide it by two and round down (for example, if your Prayer level is 43, dividing by two and rounding down gives you 21)
2. Add this to your Hitpoints and Defence levels and divide the result by 4. This is your base combat level. (For example, if your Hitpoints is 60, Defence is 70 and prayer is 43 you should end up with 37.75)
4. If your Magic or Ranged level is exceptionally higher than your Attack and Strength, carry on - in the calculation noted below Magic is used, but if your Ranged is exceptionally higher, use that instead in all cases
5. Divide your Magic level by 2 and round down, and then add your Magic level again to this (for example, if your Magic level is 83, you should end up with 124)
6. Multiply this by 0.325 and add the result to your base combat level calculated above, and you should have your magic combat level.

### Mathematics

{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}Base&={\frac {1}{4}}\times \left(Defence+Hitpoints+\left\lfloor Prayer\times {\frac {1}{2}}\right\rfloor \right)\\Melee&={\frac {13}{40}}\times (Attack+Strength)\\Range&={\frac {13}{40}}\times \left\lfloor Ranged\times {\frac {3}{2}}\right\rfloor \\Mage&={\frac {13}{40}}\times \left\lfloor Magic\times {\frac {3}{2}}\right\rfloor \\Final&=\lfloor Base+{\textrm {max}}(Melee,Range,Mage)\rfloor \end{aligned}}}

#### Combined formulae

{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}MeleeCombatLevel&=\left\lfloor {\frac {1}{4}}\times \left(Defence+Hitpoints+\left\lfloor Prayer\times {\frac {1}{2}}\right\rfloor \right)+{\frac {13}{40}}\times (Attack+Strength)\right\rfloor \\RangedCombatLevel&=\left\lfloor {\frac {1}{4}}\times \left(Defence+Hitpoints+\left\lfloor Prayer\times {\frac {1}{2}}\right\rfloor \right)+{\frac {13}{40}}\times \left\lfloor Ranged\times {\frac {3}{2}}\right\rfloor \right\rfloor \\MagicCombatLevel&=\left\lfloor {\frac {1}{4}}\times \left(Defence+Hitpoints+\left\lfloor Prayer\times {\frac {1}{2}}\right\rfloor \right)+{\frac {13}{40}}\times \left\lfloor Magic\times {\frac {3}{2}}\right\rfloor \right\rfloor \end{aligned}}}

### Wiki combat calculator

This calculator can be used to experiment how combat skills affect combat level.

 template = Calculator:Combat level/Template
form = combatCalcForm
result = combatCalcResult
param  = playername|Player name||hs|attack,1,1;strength,3,1;ranged,5,1;magic,7,1;defence,2,1;hitpoints,4,1;prayer,6,1
param = attack|Attack|1|int|1-99
param = strength|Strength|1|int|1-99
param = ranged|Ranged|1|int|1-99
param = magic|Magic|1|int|1-99
param = defence|Defence|1|int|1-99
param = hitpoints|Hitpoints|10|int|10-99
param = prayer|Prayer|1|int|1-99

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Outside of raids and using Stat Spy, combat level is the only in-game visible parameter that players have to evaluate another player. High combat levels do not always accurately describe a players' capabilities in other skills. There are players with maximum combat that have very low levels in other skills and there are pure skillers with no combat levels and very high non-combat skills. Yet, there is a reasonable chance that a high combat level also implies a decent skill level and a reasonable knowledge of the game.

A more complicated assessment is in the trustworthiness of a player in trades. Some players place higher trust in higher combat level players, as they have more to lose when they get banned after being reported for illegal trading practices.

Note: these calculations are only for Hitpoints level increases and affect your combat level in this way regardless of your levels for Attack, Strength, Ranged, and Magic (which obviously will also have additional effects on your combat level).

## Colours

Combat levels that are different than your own display as a different colour. These colours range from ±10 of your combat level, from shades of green for levels that are slightly lower than the player's to red for levels slightly higher than the player's; 9 distinct colours exist for this purpose.

Level Colour Hex Code
+10 (level+10) #ff0000
+9 (level+9) #ff3000
+8 (level+8) #ff3000
+7 (level+7) #ff3000
+6 (level+6) #ff7000
+5 (level+5) #ff7000
+4 (level+4) #ff7000
+3 (level+3) #ffb000
+2 (level+2) #ffb000
+1 (level+1) #ffb000
±0 (level±0) #ffff00
-1 (level-1) #c0ff00
-2 (level-2) #c0ff00
-3 (level-3) #c0ff00
-4 (level-4) #80ff00
-5 (level-5) #80ff00
-6 (level-6) #80ff00
-7 (level-7) #40ff00
-8 (level-8) #40ff00
-9 (level-9) #40ff00
-10 (level-10) #00ff00

## Exceptions

Some monsters do not have a combat level. These are:

## Trivia

• In RuneScape Classic, the maximum combat level is 123, this is due to classic using an alternative combat level formula.
• In RuneScape 3, the maximum combat level is 138 due to the introduction of the Summoning skill.