Skilling
Skilling trains gathering and production skills for supplies, equipment and rewards. Start with one useful skill, bring the right tool, and choose a resource you can use or bank.
Before you start
- Buy tools and supplies through Sarim Shops. Regular accounts can use the Skilling Shop; Ironmen use the Iron Man Store and gather their own materials.
- Open Sarim Hub and choose Skills to find training destinations. Use town teleports for early resources.
- Leave inventory space for what you gather.
- Equip the relevant perks at home. An unlocked perk only works while equipped.
- Check Daily Tasks and Sarim Achievements for goals that match your session.
An Ironman can buy a bronze axe or small fishing net for 5 coins each in the Iron Man Store.
Fishing and Cooking
For an easy start, teleport to Draynor Village and walk southwest to the fishing spots. Use a small fishing net for shrimp. At level 15 you can also catch anchovies there.
At level 20, use a fly fishing rod and feathers at the Lumbridge river north of the castle, or at Barbarian Village. Choose Lure to catch trout, with salmon available from level 30.
Catherby Fishing in the Skills teleports has net, cage and harpoon spots along the beach. The option you select determines which fish you catch.
| Fish | Fishing level | Bring |
|---|---|---|
| Shrimp | 1 | Small fishing net |
| Anchovies | 15 | Small fishing net |
| Trout | 20 | Fly fishing rod and feathers |
| Salmon | 30 | Fly fishing rod and feathers |
| Tuna | 35 | Harpoon |
| Lobster | 40 | Lobster pot |
| Swordfish | 50 | Harpoon |
| Shark | 76 | Harpoon |
A dragon harpoon needs 61 Fishing to use. A basic harpoon is enough for the fish listed above once you meet their Fishing level.
Use raw fish on a range or fire to cook them. Fishing and Cooking have separate requirements:
| Fish | Cooking level |
|---|---|
| Shrimp | 1 |
| Trout | 15 |
| Salmon | 25 |
| Lobster | 40 |
| Shark | 80 |
Master Angler can cook and bank catches, but normal Cooking levels and burn chances still apply. Its automatic cooking and banking does not work for Ultimate Ironmen.
Woodcutting
Bring an axe in your inventory or weapon slot. You need both the tree's Woodcutting level and enough Woodcutting to use your axe. A bronze axe works from level 1.
Start with regular trees, then move to oak or willow as you unlock them. Bank logs you want to use later, or process them with Lumberjack.
| Tree | Woodcutting level |
|---|---|
| Regular | 1 |
| Oak | 15 |
| Willow | 30 |
| Teak | 35 |
| Maple | 45 |
| Mahogany | 50 |
| Yew | 60 |
| Magic | 75 |
| Redwood | 90 |
Lumberjack can bank fresh logs and prevent tree depletion. Its ::lumberjack fletch and ::lumberjack burn modes require the relevant Fletching or Firemaking level. Use ::lumberjack off to stop automatic processing.
Mining
Bring a pickaxe in your inventory or weapon slot. You need the rock's Mining level and enough Mining to use the pickaxe. A bronze pickaxe works from level 1.
The Skills teleports include Al-kharid mine, Varrock east mine and Varrock west mine. Use Prospect if you are unsure what a rock contains. Start with copper or tin, then try iron from level 15.
| Ore or resource | Mining level |
|---|---|
| Copper or tin | 1 |
| Iron | 15 |
| Silver | 20 |
| Coal | 30 |
| Gold | 40 |
| Mithril | 55 |
| Adamantite | 70 |
| Runite | 85 |
| Amethyst | 92 |
Prospector can bank ordinary ore and prevent rock depletion. Gem rocks and rocky outcrops are excluded from auto-banking.
Prayer, supplies and your house
These skill guides give a repeatable training route and the supplies to bring:
| Skill | First useful goal | Follow the guide for |
|---|---|---|
| Prayer | 43 for all three protection prayers | Bone XP, safe house altars, Wilderness Chaos Altar and later prayer scrolls. |
| Herblore | 38 for Prayer potions | Cleaning, unfinished potions, secondaries and useful recipes. |
| Farming | 32 for ranarr herbs | Tools, patch teleports, fast growth, disease cures and herb supply. |
| Construction | A house, then 45 for a chapel | The 100,000-coin house purchase, plank service and repeatable furniture. |
Farming and Herblore have separate levels. Growing ranarr at 32 Farming does not let you make Prayer potions until 38 Herblore. For Construction, buy the house before collecting large batches of furniture materials.
Skilling activities
- Wintertodt combines its own encounter rules with Firemaking training and a custom points exchange.
- Shooting Stars lets you mine star layers and spend Stardust; check its tool and layer requirements before travelling.
- Gauntlet requires several skills for entry and uses temporary resources inside each attempt.
Choose perks for the session
A useful gathering loadout is Lumberjack, Master Angler and Prospector. These three activate Polymath, which strengthens eligible skilling bonuses. Each perk still applies to its own skill.
Use Perk builds for starter choices and saved loadouts. The Profession perk tables also cover Farming, Thieving, Runecrafting, Smithing, Agility, Herblore, Crafting, Construction and Hunter.
If training stops
- Check your tool, resource level and inventory space.
- Refill feathers or bait when fishing.
- Move to another tree or rock when the current one depletes.
- Click a fishing spot again after it moves.
- Check that your training perk is equipped.