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Defence

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Level unlocks

LevelUnlockRequirements
1Wear bronze armour
1Wear iron armour
1Wear leather armour
1Wear wizard robes
1Wield bronze defendersP2P
1Wield iron defendersP2P
5Wear steel armour
5Wear red decorative armour
5Wield steel defenders (with 5 Attack)P2P5 Attack
10Wear black armour
10Wear hardleather bodies
10Wear Black masks (with 20 Strength and 40 combat)P2P20 Strength
10Wear Slayer helmets (with 55 Crafting and 400 Slayer reward points spent)P2P55 Crafting
10Wear white armour (with Wanted! completed)P2P
10Wear Xerician robes (with 20 Magic)P2P20 Magic
10Wield black defenders (with 10 Attack)P2P10 Attack
10Wield oak shieldsP2P
10Wield hard leather shields (with 20 Ranged)P2P20 Ranged
10Required to complete hard Desert DiaryP2P
20Wear mithril armour
20Wear studded bodies (with 20 Ranged)20 Ranged
20Wear white decorative armour
20Wear initiate armour (with 10 Prayer and Recruitment Drive completed)P2P10 Prayer
20Wear mystic robes (with 40 Magic)P2P40 Magic
20Wear enchanted robes (with 40 Magic)P2P40 Magic
20Wear robes of darkness (with 40 Magic)P2P40 Magic
20Wear Shayzien armour - Tiers 2-5 require the previous tier to obtain when fighting soldiers in the Combat RingP2P
20Wear yak-hide armourP2P
20Wield mithril defenders (with 20 Attack)P2P20 Attack
20Required for Rag and Bone Man IIP2P
20Required to complete medium Falador DiaryP2P
20Wear corrupted Ancient Warriors' equipment (only usable in Bounty Hunter)P2P
25Wear frog-leather armour (with 25 Ranged)P2P25 Ranged
25Wear infinity robes (with 50 Magic)P2P50 Magic
25Wield Neitiznot shieldP2P
30Wear adamant armour
30Wear gold decorative armour
30Wear Fremennik helms (with The Fremennik Trials completed)P2P
30Wear Ram skull helms (with Rag and Bone Man II completed)P2P
30Wear proselyte armour (with 20 Prayer and Slug Menace completed)P2P20 Prayer
30Wear Inquisitor's armour (with 70 Strength)P2P70 Strength
30Wear snakeskin armour (with 30 Ranged)P2P30 Ranged
30Wear 3rd Age mage equipment (with 65 Magic)P2P65 Magic
30Wield adamant defenders (with 30 Attack)P2P30 Attack
30Wield Fremennik shields (with The Fremennik Trials completed)P2P
30Wield willow shieldsP2P
30Wield snakeskin shields (with 30 Ranged)P2P30 Ranged
30Wear Masori armour (with 80 Ranged)P2P80 Ranged
30Required for Between a Rock...P2P
35Wear samurai armourP2P
40Wear rune armour (with Dragon Slayer I completed for platebody)
40Wear green d'hide bodies (with 40 Ranged and Dragon Slayer I completed)40 Ranged
40Wear rock-shell armour (with The Fremennik Trials completed)P2P
40Wear spined armour (with 40 Ranged and The Fremennik Trials completed)P2P40 Ranged
40Wear blue d'hide bodies (with 50 Ranged)P2P50 Ranged
40Wear red d'hide bodies (with 60 Ranged)P2P60 Ranged
40Wear black d'hide bodies (with 70 Ranged)P2P70 Ranged
40Wear blessed d'hide bodies (with 70 Ranged)P2P70 Ranged
40Wear blessed coifs (with 70 Ranged)P2P70 Ranged
40Wear blessed d'hide boots (with 70 Ranged)P2P70 Ranged
40Wear blessed d'hide shields (with 70 Ranged)P2P70 Ranged
40Wear Hueycoatl hide bodies (with 70 Ranged)P2P70 Ranged
40Wear Hueycoatl hide coifs (with 70 Ranged)P2P70 Ranged
40Wear skeletal armour (with 40 Magic and The Fremennik Trials completed)P2P40 Magic
40Wear splitbark armour (with 40 Magic)P2P40 Magic
40Wear lunar equipment (with 65 Magic and Lunar Diplomacy completed)P2P65 Magic
40Wear Dagon'hai robes (with 70 Magic)P2P70 Magic
40Wear fighter torsos (purchased with 375 Honour points in each role and killed the Penance Queen in Barbarian Assault)P2P
40Wear penance skirts (with 60 Ranged, 375 Honour points in each role, and killed the Penance Queen in Barbarian Assault)P2P60 Ranged
40Wear penance gloves (purchased with 150 Honour points in each role in Barbarian Assault)P2P
40Wear runner boots (purchased with 100 Honour points in each role in Barbarian Assault)P2P
40Wear sunfire fanatic armour (with 60 Prayer)P2P60 Prayer
40Wield rune defenders (with 40 Attack)P2P40 Attack
40Wield maple shieldsP2P
40Wield yew shieldsP2P
40Wield magic shieldsP2P
40Wield redwood shieldsP2P
40Wield green d'hide shields (with 40 Ranged)P2P40 Ranged
40Wield blue d'hide shields (with 50 Ranged)P2P50 Ranged
40Wield red d'hide shields (with 60 Ranged)P2P60 Ranged
40Wield black d'hide shields (with 70 Ranged)P2P70 Ranged
40Wield V's shield (with 60 Slayer and partial completion of The Fremennik Exiles)P2P60 Slayer
40Required for Lunar DiplomacyP2P
42Wear Void Knight equipment (with 42 Attack, Strength, Magic, Ranged, Hitpoints, and 22 Prayer)P2P42 Attack, 22 Prayer
42Required to complete elite Western Provinces DiaryP2P
45Wear berserker helms (with The Fremennik Trials completed)P2P
45Wear warrior helms (with The Fremennik Trials completed)P2P
45Wear archer helms (with The Fremennik Trials completed)P2P
45Wear farseer helms (with The Fremennik Trials completed)P2P
45Wear fighter hats (purchased with 275 Honour points in each role and killed the Penance Queen in Barbarian Assault)P2P
45Wear ranger hats (purchased with 275 Honour points in each role and killed the Penance Queen in Barbarian Assault)P2P
45Wear healer hats (purchased with 275 Honour points in each role and killed the Penance Queen in Barbarian Assault)P2P
45Wear runner hats (purchased with 275 Honour points in each role and killed the Penance Queen in Barbarian Assault)P2P
45Wear 3rd Age range equipment (with 65 Ranged)P2P65 Ranged
45Wear Zaryte vambraces (with 80 Ranged)P2P80 Ranged
45Wield spirit shields (with 55 Prayer)P2P55 Prayer
50Wear dwarven helmets (with Grim Tales completed)P2P
50Wear granite armour (with 50 Strength)P2P50 Strength
50Wear zombie helmets (with 50 Strength)P2P50 Strength
50Wear swampbark armour (with 50 Magic)P2P50 Magic
50Wear mixed hide armour (with 60 Ranged)P2P60 Ranged
50Wear blood moon armour (with 75 Strength)P2P75 Strength
50Wear blue moon armour (with 75 Magic)P2P75 Magic
50Wear eclipse moon armour (with 75 Ranged)P2P75 Ranged
50Required to complete hard Falador DiaryP2P
55Wear the Helm of Neitiznot (with The Fremennik Isles completed)P2P
60Wear dragon armour (with Legends' Quest completed for square shield and Dragon Slayer I completed for platebody)P2P
60Wear obsidian armourP2P
60Wear bloodbark armour (with 60 Magic)P2P60 Magic
60Wield dragon defendersP2P
60Wield toktz-ket-xilP2P
60Wield odium wardsP2P
60Wield malediction wardsP2P
65Use Chivalry (with 60 Prayer and completing the Knight Waves Training Grounds)P2P60 Prayer
65Wear Bandos armourP2P
65Wear 3rd Age melee equipmentP2P
65Wear ancestral robes (with 75 Magic)P2P75 Magic
65Required for King's RansomP2P
70Use Piety (with 70 Prayer and completing the Knight Waves Training Grounds)P2P70 Prayer
70Use Rigour (with 74 Prayer and unlocked using a dexterous prayer scroll)P2P74 Prayer
70Use Augury (with 77 Prayer and unlocked using an arcane prayer scroll)P2P77 Prayer
70Wear Neitiznot faceguard (with The Fremennik Exiles completed)P2P
70Wear Barrows equipment (with 70 Ranged for Karil the Tainted's equipment, or 70 Magic for Ahrim the Blighted's equipment)P2P70 Ranged, 70 Magic
70Wear crystal armour (with 50 Agility and Song of the Elves completed)P2P50 Agility
70Wear Armadyl armour (with 70 Ranged)P2P70 Ranged
70Wear Boots of Brimstone (with 70 Magic and Ranged)P2P70 Magic
70Wield crystal shields (with 50 Agility and Roving Elves completed)P2P50 Agility
70Wield Avernic defenders (with 70 Attack)P2P70 Attack
70Wield blessed spirit shields (with 60 Prayer)P2P60 Prayer
70Required to complete hard Kandarin DiaryP2P
70Required to complete hard Morytania DiaryP2P
70Required to complete elite Kandarin DiaryP2P
75Wear serpentine helmsP2P
75Wear Justiciar armourP2P
75Wear Virtus robes (with 78 Magic)P2P78 Magic
75Wear guardian bootsP2P
75Wear echo bootsP2P
75Wear primordial boots (with 75 Strength)P2P75 Strength
75Wear eternal boots (with 75 Magic)P2P75 Magic
75Wear pegasian boots (with 75 Ranged)P2P75 Ranged
75Wield dragonfire shields (with partial completion of Dragon Slayer I)P2P
75Wield ancient wyvern shields (with 70 Magic and partial completion of Dragon Slayer I)P2P70 Magic
75Wield dragonfire wards (with 70 Ranged and partial completion of Dragon Slayer I)P2P70 Ranged
75Wield Dinh's bulwarks (with 75 Attack)P2P75 Attack
75Wield elysian spirit shields (with 75 Prayer)P2P75 Prayer
75Wield arcane spirit shields (with 70 Prayer and 65 Magic)P2P70 Prayer, 65 Magic
75Wield spectral spirit shields (with 70 Prayer and 65 Magic)P2P70 Prayer, 65 Magic
75Wield twisted bucklers (with 75 Ranged)P2P75 Ranged
78Wear oathplate armourP2P
78Wear Ancient Warriors' equipment (only usable in Bounty Hunter)P2P
80Wear Torva armourP2P
80Wear ferocious gloves (with 80 Attack and Dragon Slayer II completed)P2P80 Attack
80Wear Fortified Masori armour (with 80 Ranged)P2P80 Ranged
80Wear Avernic treads and its maxed variants (with 80 Strength, 80 Ranged, and 80 Magic)P2P80 Strength, 80 Ranged, 80 Magic
80Wield Elidinis' ward (with 80 Magic and 80 Prayer)P2P80 Magic, 80 Prayer
80Wield Elidinis' ward (f) (with 80 Magic and 80 Prayer)P2P80 Magic, 80 Prayer
99Skill mastery
99Buy the Defence cape and hood from Harlan in Lumbridge, and wear themP2P

Temporary boosts

  • Defence cape

    +1 · Visible

  • Kebab

    +1-3 · Visible

  • Poison chalice

    +1 or 4 · Visible

  • Spicy stew

    +±0-5 · Visible

  • Excalibur

    +8 · Visible

  • Defence mix

    +3-12 · Visible

  • Elder (-)

    +4-13 · Visible

  • Overload (-)

    +4-13 · Visible

  • Elder potion

    +5-17 · Visible

  • Overload (Chambers of Xeric)

    +5-17 · Visible

  • Sapphire glacialis (item)

    +4-18 · Visible

  • Sapphire glacialis mix

    +4-18 · Visible

  • Bandages (Theatre of Blood)

    +4-18 · Visible

  • Super defence

    +5-19 · Visible

  • Super def. mix

    +5-19 · Visible

  • Divine super defence potion

    +5-19 · Visible

  • Super combat potion

    +5-19 · Visible

  • Divine super combat potion

    +5-19 · Visible

  • Bastion potion

    +5-19 · Visible

  • Divine bastion potion

    +5-19 · Visible

  • Battlemage potion

    +5-19 · Visible

  • Divine battlemage potion

    +5-19 · Visible

  • Overload (Nightmare Zone)

    +5-19 · Visible

  • Smouldering heart

    +?-20 · Visible

  • Elder (+)

    +6-21 · Visible

  • Overload (+)

    +6-21 · Visible

  • Moonlight potion

    +3-26 · Visible

  • Smelling salts

    +11-26 · Visible