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Ok I know I'm a leecher and all but I think I have a pretty good guide on defence pures. I hadn't really seen a good defence pure guide yet either, but I only looked on a couple of pages.
Hope you enjoy it.
I. Picking a name
II. Equipment for training
III. Training spots
IV. Helpful quests
V. Avoiding trouble
VI. Tips and tricks
VII. Questions and answers
VIII. Credits
I. Picking a name.
There are three things to keep in mind when coming up with a name. They are, originality, simplicity and likeness.
You want an original name, because copying someone else’s name will not make you look good. Also, in my case, when I copy someone else’s name, I come to not like it later. So choose a name that you can stick with ‘til the end.
Another thing that is significant in making a name, is the simplicity of it. The reason a simple name is often a good name, is that people will remember you much more easily. Names like Def noob23912 or Defil3d320 are hard to remember. So if you plan on being the best of the best, make your name simple so people will remember you.
Finally, the most important factor in a name, you need to like the name. If you’re anything like me and create an account with a name that you’re not so crazy about, you’ll regret it forever.
II. Equipment for training.
Weapons
There are only a few weapons to choose from when making a defense pure because you’ll only have 1 attack. These are Iron dagger, Iron scimitar, Red topaz machete and Silverlight.
Iron Dagger – 1.5-1.6k exp per hour.
This is probably the best F2p weapon for training a defense pure. They attack fast, are accurate and they give a good stab bonus (for the defensive attack style).
Iron Scimitar – 1.3-1.4k exp per hour.
This is another good weapon choice, however, not the best. An Iron Scimitar is a good sword to train with, but it is slightly worse than the Iron dagger.
Red Topaz Machete - 1.5-2k exp per hour.
A Red topaz machete is the overall best weapon known for defense pures. It attacks just as fast as a scimitar or dagger, but has higher damage and accuracy than the iron dagger.
Silverlight – 1-1.3k exp per hour (not confirmed)
The Silverlight sword isn’t a popular choice among defense pures, but it is effective. It has the highest damage and accuracy of the four weapons mentioned, but it attacks slower resulting in slower experience per hour.
Armor
Bronze - 1 Defense
Bronze is a very weak armor and should not be used because Iron gives better defense bonuses while having the same defense requirements.
Iron - 1 Defense
Another weak armor, but it is the best that you can use until 5 defense.
Steel - 5 Defense
This armor is still very weak compared to others, but it is the best that you can wear until 10 defense.
Black - 10 Defense
Black is an interesting armor because you cannot make it using the smithing skill. Also, some items only drop from monsters and are not sold at shops (for example, the black kite shield). Use this armor until 20 defense.
Mithril - 20 Defense
Now you're getting to the good stuff. Mithril gives a medium defense bonus and requires 20 defense. A great thing about it, is it weighs less than other armor so you can preserve that precious energy for longer amount of time.
Adamant - 30 Defense
Adamant also gives a decent defense bonus. A cool thing about it, is that you can get it in trimmed or gold trimmed if you want to look fancy thumbsup.gif . Use this armor until 40 defense.
Rune - 40 Defense
Now we're getting to the higher armors. Rune armor gives the best defense bonus for free to play worlds and some defense pures stop here. But we're going to keep going! Use Rune armor until 60 defense.
Dragon and Obsidian - 60 Defense
Dragon armor is probably the prettiest armor (in my opinion innocent.gif ). It also gives a great defense bonus. And once again, a lot of defense pures stop here, but we're going to continue to be the best. Use dragon armor until 65 or 70 defense. Depending on the amount of money you have to spend.
Third Age Melee - 65 Defense
Third Age armor comes from a long time ago. It gives a great defense bonus, but there's a down side. It is amazingly expensive. It isn't much better than dragon, so you can stick with dragon until 70 defense.
Barrows - 70 Defense
Barrows is the ultimate armor for defense pures and for any other type of character with 70 defense for that matter. There is a down side though. It needs to be repaired after every 15 hours of combat (and it costs a good amount to repair). The repair costs are listed below.
Keep in mind these are the repair costs when the item is at 0. You can repair it earlier for less.
Barrows Helms - 60,000 gp
Barrows Body Armor - 90,000 gp
Barrows Leg Armor - 80,000 gp
Barrows Weapons - 100,000 gp
You may continue using barrows until 99 defense! Although, if you plan on training that long on monks, you can use another armor so you don't need to pay repair costs. Monks will not hit on anything from Adamant to Barrows. Anyways, you're not done yet. You still need to get 75 defense for the most exciting item of all... The Dragonfire Shield!
Dragonfire Shield - 75 Defense
The Dragonfire Shield works wonders for defense pures. It allows them to stake and even PK with ease. What makes it so special is that it has a special attack. The special attack uses the fire from dragons to your advantage. What you must do is charge the shield by having dragons use their fiery breath attack on it. Once it is fully charge you may "operate" it to unleash the fire on an opponent.
BEWARE! The Dragonfire Shield will give magic experience if you use the special attack on a monster. So only use the special attack on other players if you want to continue as a defense pure.
For more information on the Dragonfire Shield visit these links: Runescape Knowledge Base or Zybez Item Database
III. Training spots. (monster info taken from Zybez.net)
1-10 Defense:
The ideal monster to train on for these levels is Chicken (level-3). There are many in one location, and they deal no damage (no matter what defense level you have)
Combat: 3
Hitpoints: 3
Race: Animal
Members: No
Quest: No
Nature: Not Aggressive
Attack Style: Melee
Examine: Yep definitely a chicken.
10-99 Defense:
The monastery is the place you’ll be spending most of your time from here on out. The reason monks are such a great monster to train on is because they are a low level, so they’re easy to hit, and because they heal themselves. Whenever they heal themselves, they regenerate 2 hitpoints and since you’ll be 1 attack and 1 strength, the monks will never die. If it wasn’t for random events, you could get from 10-99 defense on 1 monk.
Combat: 5
Hitpoints: 15
Race: Human
Members: No
Quest: No
Nature: Not Aggressive
Attack Style: Melee
Examine: A holy man.
IV. Helpful quests.
At the moment there are no quests that can be easily done on a defense pure that give defense experience. So this section will be coming soon…
V. Avoiding Trouble
1. While training at the monastery, you may be tempted to leave your computer. However, this is against JaGeX rules and is dangerous because of random events. I believe that it is allowed to browse other web pages while training though.
2. Once you’ve become a pretty good defense pure, with say… 40 – 70 defense, you will want to show off with fancy armor or items. Be Careful! A well known *sort of defense pure* named Defil3d, got killed by an Evil Chicken and lost hundreds of millions of GPs worth in items (including a white partyhat).
3. While training on monks, I guarantee that there will be people coming and flaming you for not killing the monk fast enough. Just add them to your ignore list, because it isn’t worth getting banned.
VI. Tips and tricks.
1. If you’re using your defense pure for staking/PKing, be sure to use a poisoned dagger. It can deal 6 damage, which can ultimately be the difference between life and death in some cases.
2. If you are lucky enough to stick with your pure and reach 75 defense, I recommend buying a Dragonfire shield. The shield has a special attack which can deal 20+ damage. It is a sure fire way to win a stake.
3. For training, an amulet that gives extra accuracy bonus is better than one that gives a strength bonus. Therefore, Amulet of Power is better than Amulet of Strength (f2p) and Amulet of Fury is better than Amulet of Glory (p2p).
Hope you enjoy it.
I. Picking a name
II. Equipment for training
III. Training spots
IV. Helpful quests
V. Avoiding trouble
VI. Tips and tricks
VII. Questions and answers
VIII. Credits
I. Picking a name.
There are three things to keep in mind when coming up with a name. They are, originality, simplicity and likeness.
You want an original name, because copying someone else’s name will not make you look good. Also, in my case, when I copy someone else’s name, I come to not like it later. So choose a name that you can stick with ‘til the end.
Another thing that is significant in making a name, is the simplicity of it. The reason a simple name is often a good name, is that people will remember you much more easily. Names like Def noob23912 or Defil3d320 are hard to remember. So if you plan on being the best of the best, make your name simple so people will remember you.
Finally, the most important factor in a name, you need to like the name. If you’re anything like me and create an account with a name that you’re not so crazy about, you’ll regret it forever.
II. Equipment for training.
Weapons
There are only a few weapons to choose from when making a defense pure because you’ll only have 1 attack. These are Iron dagger, Iron scimitar, Red topaz machete and Silverlight.
Iron Dagger – 1.5-1.6k exp per hour.
This is probably the best F2p weapon for training a defense pure. They attack fast, are accurate and they give a good stab bonus (for the defensive attack style).
Iron Scimitar – 1.3-1.4k exp per hour.
This is another good weapon choice, however, not the best. An Iron Scimitar is a good sword to train with, but it is slightly worse than the Iron dagger.
Red Topaz Machete - 1.5-2k exp per hour.
A Red topaz machete is the overall best weapon known for defense pures. It attacks just as fast as a scimitar or dagger, but has higher damage and accuracy than the iron dagger.
Silverlight – 1-1.3k exp per hour (not confirmed)
The Silverlight sword isn’t a popular choice among defense pures, but it is effective. It has the highest damage and accuracy of the four weapons mentioned, but it attacks slower resulting in slower experience per hour.
Armor
Bronze - 1 Defense
Bronze is a very weak armor and should not be used because Iron gives better defense bonuses while having the same defense requirements.
Iron - 1 Defense
Another weak armor, but it is the best that you can use until 5 defense.
Steel - 5 Defense
This armor is still very weak compared to others, but it is the best that you can wear until 10 defense.
Black - 10 Defense
Black is an interesting armor because you cannot make it using the smithing skill. Also, some items only drop from monsters and are not sold at shops (for example, the black kite shield). Use this armor until 20 defense.
Mithril - 20 Defense
Now you're getting to the good stuff. Mithril gives a medium defense bonus and requires 20 defense. A great thing about it, is it weighs less than other armor so you can preserve that precious energy for longer amount of time.
Adamant - 30 Defense
Adamant also gives a decent defense bonus. A cool thing about it, is that you can get it in trimmed or gold trimmed if you want to look fancy thumbsup.gif . Use this armor until 40 defense.
Rune - 40 Defense
Now we're getting to the higher armors. Rune armor gives the best defense bonus for free to play worlds and some defense pures stop here. But we're going to keep going! Use Rune armor until 60 defense.
Dragon and Obsidian - 60 Defense
Dragon armor is probably the prettiest armor (in my opinion innocent.gif ). It also gives a great defense bonus. And once again, a lot of defense pures stop here, but we're going to continue to be the best. Use dragon armor until 65 or 70 defense. Depending on the amount of money you have to spend.
Third Age Melee - 65 Defense
Third Age armor comes from a long time ago. It gives a great defense bonus, but there's a down side. It is amazingly expensive. It isn't much better than dragon, so you can stick with dragon until 70 defense.
Barrows - 70 Defense
Barrows is the ultimate armor for defense pures and for any other type of character with 70 defense for that matter. There is a down side though. It needs to be repaired after every 15 hours of combat (and it costs a good amount to repair). The repair costs are listed below.
Keep in mind these are the repair costs when the item is at 0. You can repair it earlier for less.
Barrows Helms - 60,000 gp
Barrows Body Armor - 90,000 gp
Barrows Leg Armor - 80,000 gp
Barrows Weapons - 100,000 gp
You may continue using barrows until 99 defense! Although, if you plan on training that long on monks, you can use another armor so you don't need to pay repair costs. Monks will not hit on anything from Adamant to Barrows. Anyways, you're not done yet. You still need to get 75 defense for the most exciting item of all... The Dragonfire Shield!
Dragonfire Shield - 75 Defense
The Dragonfire Shield works wonders for defense pures. It allows them to stake and even PK with ease. What makes it so special is that it has a special attack. The special attack uses the fire from dragons to your advantage. What you must do is charge the shield by having dragons use their fiery breath attack on it. Once it is fully charge you may "operate" it to unleash the fire on an opponent.
BEWARE! The Dragonfire Shield will give magic experience if you use the special attack on a monster. So only use the special attack on other players if you want to continue as a defense pure.
For more information on the Dragonfire Shield visit these links: Runescape Knowledge Base or Zybez Item Database
III. Training spots. (monster info taken from Zybez.net)
1-10 Defense:
The ideal monster to train on for these levels is Chicken (level-3). There are many in one location, and they deal no damage (no matter what defense level you have)
Combat: 3
Hitpoints: 3
Race: Animal
Members: No
Quest: No
Nature: Not Aggressive
Attack Style: Melee
Examine: Yep definitely a chicken.
10-99 Defense:
The monastery is the place you’ll be spending most of your time from here on out. The reason monks are such a great monster to train on is because they are a low level, so they’re easy to hit, and because they heal themselves. Whenever they heal themselves, they regenerate 2 hitpoints and since you’ll be 1 attack and 1 strength, the monks will never die. If it wasn’t for random events, you could get from 10-99 defense on 1 monk.
Combat: 5
Hitpoints: 15
Race: Human
Members: No
Quest: No
Nature: Not Aggressive
Attack Style: Melee
Examine: A holy man.
IV. Helpful quests.
At the moment there are no quests that can be easily done on a defense pure that give defense experience. So this section will be coming soon…
V. Avoiding Trouble
1. While training at the monastery, you may be tempted to leave your computer. However, this is against JaGeX rules and is dangerous because of random events. I believe that it is allowed to browse other web pages while training though.
2. Once you’ve become a pretty good defense pure, with say… 40 – 70 defense, you will want to show off with fancy armor or items. Be Careful! A well known *sort of defense pure* named Defil3d, got killed by an Evil Chicken and lost hundreds of millions of GPs worth in items (including a white partyhat).
3. While training on monks, I guarantee that there will be people coming and flaming you for not killing the monk fast enough. Just add them to your ignore list, because it isn’t worth getting banned.
VI. Tips and tricks.
1. If you’re using your defense pure for staking/PKing, be sure to use a poisoned dagger. It can deal 6 damage, which can ultimately be the difference between life and death in some cases.
2. If you are lucky enough to stick with your pure and reach 75 defense, I recommend buying a Dragonfire shield. The shield has a special attack which can deal 20+ damage. It is a sure fire way to win a stake.
3. For training, an amulet that gives extra accuracy bonus is better than one that gives a strength bonus. Therefore, Amulet of Power is better than Amulet of Strength (f2p) and Amulet of Fury is better than Amulet of Glory (p2p).
10/10 (Because it look's like it took some time.)
