Runescape Pking - Basic Overview

To start off, you may be wondering - what is Runescape Pking? Simple. PKing stands for Player Killing. This means that you go out into the wilderness, and fight with another player of Runescape. A lot of Runescape PKers focus on one or two stats so that they remain a fairly low level player but pack a punch that is much larger than the average player their level. But be warned, other Runescape players are more of a challenge than a mindless monster. An actual player can heal themselves with food, or prayer to defend themselves, and can fight back with their own cunning strategies. The best area for PKing is North of Varrock, preferably North of the dungeon area.


So is it dangerous? In a word ?Yes. Runescape Pking may seems like fun, and yes if you succeed in PKing someone you do get collect your opponents belongings, but there are some things you should be wary of. First off, be careful when you attack another person in the wild. When you attack someone who hasn't attacked you first within the last 20 minutes, a skull will appear above your head and last for 20 minutes. However if someone attacks you, you don't get a skull above your head and you are free to attack them back without receiving a skull. Whilst you have a skull above your head, if you die, whether by monster or person, you lose everything you have on you at that time. Normally you keep your three most valuable things when you die without a skull, but when you have a skull you lose everything.


Another thing you should be careful of, is the other PKers around you. First people to watch out for would be the rangers, people that work solely on their range, sometimes they combine their high range with high defense to allow them to be tougher if they get into close combat. If you are in battle with someone, you can still be attacked by someone who is a ranger, so be careful of that. They are most likely equipped themselves with dragon hide armor, which will make it even harder for you in your battle with them. If you are getting attacked by a group of rangers and are heavily outnumbered the smart thing to do is to run. However, if you have your prayer at least to 40, that will allow you to use protect from missiles to make sure that the arrows do not affect yelp protect you from their arrows ?this prayer is often the difference between making it out alive and being piled.

The second type of player to be careful of in the wilderness is a mage. Now there are two main kinds. Firstly there is a pure mage, who has nothing but magic built up. These mages aim to take advantage of their superior mage to easily wipe out the lower level players or players of their own level quickly and efficiently. There is also, the tank mage. This type of mage has magic and defense built up very high. This is so that they can last in a match against someone who is powerful, long enough to wipe them out with their magic. This is the more dangerous mage, and I suggest you watch out for them. Although you can use protect from missiles, this mage can still pack a wallop with its melee.

So what can you do to prepare? There are some things you should do to ensure you are not killed in the wilderness. Firstly try to go with some friends, sometimes joining a Runescape clan can really help you in this regard. You will most likely need the assistance anyway, if the situation gets bad. Also, it can be to your advantage to have you and your friends sneak up on someone, to ensure that you actually get the kill before they run off, although it means you will have to split the spoils of war. That said in the end it will definitely be worth it, because you are five times more likely to make kills with one or two friends than you are by yourself.

Come with food, preferably lobsters if not swordfish. You will need food when in combat with another person. If they are able to hit high on you, you will need to quickly heal yourself. Lobsters are the most popular food out there when it comes to low level PKing. They are probably the most cost effective food to eat as a PKer, and there is always a good supply of lobsters available.

If you are not a pure mage, or a pure ranger, come with a high prayer level. This way, if you are being attacked by a ranger or a tank mage, you will need to use protect from missiles to make sure the arrows or spells can not hurt you. Also, you might find it helpful to use protect from melee.

What is this I hear about a Combat Triangle? This triangle represents which players can be effective against each other. Basically a mage is more effective against a warrior than it is a ranger, a ranger is more effective against mage than a warrior, and a warrior is more effective against a ranger than he is against a mage.