Defence/Level up table

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Level	New abilities
Each level		Each level contributes to a player's combat level. Increases the chance that an attack is blocked, resulting in 0 damage taken.
1		Wear bronze armour Wear iron armour Wear leather armour Wear wizard robes
		Wield bronze defenders Wield iron defenders
2	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
3	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
4	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
5		Wear steel armour Wear red decorative armour
		Wield steel defenders (with 5 )
6	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
7	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
8	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
9	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
10		Wear black armour Wear hardleather bodies
		Wear slayer helmets (with 55 and 400 Slayer reward points spent) Wear white armour (with Wanted! completed) Wear xerician robes (with 20 ) Wield black defenders (with 10 ) Wield oak shields Wield hard leather shields (with 20 ) Required to complete Hard Desert Diary
11	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
12	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
13	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
14	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
15	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
16	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
17	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
18	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
19	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
20		Wear mithril armour Wear studded bodies (with 20 ) Wear white decorative armour
		Wear enchanted robes (with 40 ) Wear initiate armour (with 10 and Recruitment Drive completed) Wear mystic robes (with 40 ) Wear robes of darkness (with 40 ) Wear shayzien armour (with 60%/70%/80%/90%/100% Shayzien favour for the 1/2/3/4/5 tiers respectfully) - Tiers 2-5 require the previous tier to obtain Wear yak-hide armour Wield mithril defenders (with 20 ) Required for Rag and Bone Man II Required to complete Medium Falador Diary
21	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
22	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
23	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
24	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
25		Wear frog-leather armour (with 25 ) Wear infinity robes (with 50 ) Wield Neitiznot shield
26	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
27	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
28	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
29	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
30		Wear adamant armour Wear gold decorative armour
		Wear 3rd age mage equipment (with 65 ) Wear fremennik helmss (with The Fremennik Trials completed) Wear proselyte armour (with 20 and Slug Menace completed) Wear Inquisitor's armour (with 70 ) Wear snakeskin armour (with 30 ) Wield adamant defenders (with 30 ) Wield fremennik shields (with The Fremennik Trials completed) Wield willow shields Wield snakeskin shields (with 30 ) Required for Between a Rock...
31	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
32	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
33	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
34	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
35		Wear samurai armour
36	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
37	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
38	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
39	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
40		Wear rune armour (with Dragon Slayer I completed for platebody) Wear green d'hide bodies (with 40 and Dragon Slayer I completed)
		Wear black d'hide bodies (with 70 ) Wear blessed dragonhide armour (with 70 ) Wear blue d'hide bodies (with 50 ) Wear fighter torsos (purchased with 375 Honour points in each role and killed the Penance Queen in Barbarian Assault) Wear lunar equipment (with 65 and Lunar Diplomacy completed) Wear Dagon'hai robes (with 70 ) Wear penance gloves (purchased with 150 Honour points in each role in Barbarian Assault) Wear penance skirts (with 60 , 375 Honour points in each role, and killed the Penance Queen in Barbarian Assault) Wear red d'hide bodies (with 60 ) Wear rock-shell armour (with The Fremennik Trials completed) Wear runner boots (purchased with 100 Honour points in each role in Barbarian Assault) Wear skeletal armour (with 40 and The Fremennik Trials completed) Wear spined armour (with 40 ) Wear splitbark armour (with 40 ) Wield rune defenders (with 40 ) Wield maple shields Wield yew shields Wield magic shields Wield redwood shields Wield green d'hide shields (with 40 ) Wield blue d'hide shields (with 50 ) Wield red d'hide shields (with 60 ) Wield black d'hide shields (with 70 ) Wield v's shield (with 60 and partial completion of The Fremennik Exiles) Required for Lunar Diplomacy
41	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
42		Wear void knight equipment (with 42 , , , , , and 22 ) Required to complete Elite Western Provinces Diary
43	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
44	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
45		Wear 3rd age range equipment (with 65 ) Wear fighter hats (purchased with 275 Honour points in each role and killed the Penance Queen in Barbarian Assault) Wear ranger hats (purchased with 275 Honour points in each role and killed the Penance Queen in Barbarian Assault) Wear healer hats (purchased with 275 Honour points in each role and killed the Penance Queen in Barbarian Assault) Wear runner hats (purchased with 275 Honour points in each role and killed the Penance Queen in Barbarian Assault) Wear archer helms (with The Fremennik Trials completed) Wear berserker helms (with The Fremennik Trials completed) Wear farseer helms (with The Fremennik Trials completed) Wear warrior helms (with The Fremennik Trials completed) Wield spirit shields (with 55 )
46	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
47	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
48	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
49	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
50		Wear granite armour (with 50 ) Wear dwarven helmets with Grim Tales completed) Wear swampbark armour (with 50 ) Required to complete Hard Falador Diary
51	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
52	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
53	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
54	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
55		Wear helm of neitiznots (with The Fremennik Isles completed)
56	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
57	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
58	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
59	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
60		Wear dragon armour (with Legends' Quest completed for square shield and Dragon Slayer I completed for platebody) Wear bloodbark armour (with 60 ) Wield dragon defenders Wear obsidian armour Wield malediction wards Wield odium wards
61	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
62	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
63	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
64	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
65		Wear 3rd age melee equipment Wear ancestral robes (with 75 ) Wear bandos armour Required for King's Ransom Use chivalry (with 60 and completing the Knight Waves Training Grounds)
66	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
67	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
68	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
69	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
70		Use piety (with 70 and completing the Knight Waves Training Grounds) Use augury (with 77 and unlocked using a arcane prayer scroll) Use rigour (with 74 and unlocked using a dexterous prayer scroll) Wear armadyl armour (with 70 ) Wear barrows equipment (with 70 for Karil the Tainted's equipment, or 70 for Ahrim the Blighted's equipment) Wear boots of brimstone (with 70 and ) Wear crystal armour (with 50 and Song of the Elves completed) Wield avernic defenders (with 70 ) Wield blessed spirit shields (with 60 ) Wield crystal shields (with 50 and Roving Elves completed) Required to complete Hard Kandarin Diary Required to complete Hard Morytania Diary Required to complete Elite Kandarin Diary
71	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
72	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
73	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
74	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
75		Wear eternal boots (with 75 ) Wear guardian boots Wear justiciar armour Wear pegasian boots (with 75 ) Wear primordial boots (with 75 ) Wear serpentine helms Wield ancient wyvern shields (with 70 and partial completion of Dragon Slayer I) Wield arcane spirit shields (with 70 and 65 ) Wield dinh's bulwarks (with 75 ) Wield dragonfire shields (with partial completion of Dragon Slayer I) Wield dragonfire wards (with 70 and partial completion of Dragon Slayer I) Wield elysian spirit shields (with 75 ) Wield spectral spirit shields (with 70 and 65 ) Wield twisted bucklers (with 75 )
76	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
77	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
78	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
79	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
80		Wear ferocious gloves (with 80 and Dragon Slayer II completed)
81	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
82	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
83	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
84	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
85	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
86	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
87	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
88	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
89	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
90	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
91	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
92	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
93	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
94	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
95	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
96	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
97	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
98	No new abilities unlocked for free players or members
99		Skill mastery
		Buy the defence cape and hood from Harlan in Lumbridge, and wear them